Ace Hollywood

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"Nice to meet you, Frank." Cusa got up and hugged Frank. They met a few times and communicated more by phone and email.

Frank's role on the "Bourneaux" crew was a bit special, as he joined the film as a low-ranking producer, more because of personal camaraderie—with Universal's Stacey Schneider, the The 40-year-old woman became the president of Hollywood's seven major tiers last year. Frank and Spielberg have a very close relationship, and Stasi and Steven are also inseparable. Before Stasi became the president of Universal, she and Steven worked together on some blockbuster commercial films, a good cooperation experience. Let the two become best friends.

Flack is not a small person either. Last year's No. 2 U.S. box office "Sixth Sense" was the first producer, with 290 million in the U.S. and 670 million in the world. Therefore, it is conceivable how hot he is now, and it is not surprising that the Stasi invited him to check the film.

Therefore, he became a key figure.

However, the situation is not optimistic for Daniel. Flack and Stasi's friendship came from Steven Spielberg, and Matt Damon's last blockbuster "Saving Private Ryan" was directed by Steven. . This is not to say that Steven will lobby for Matt Damon, just like Daniel can't ask Ridley Scott to help him speak to Universal, and even he himself has nothing to do with Steven, Although there is more communication with Universal Pictures, the producer of "Gladiator" is Steven's DreamWorks.

These twists and turns can negate some advantages and create some advantages, but in terms of personal relationships, Steven is definitely on Matt Damon's side.

However, in the current situation, Flack's opinion is more important than Steven, after all, he is the one who is directly responsible for the film.

The purpose of Cusa's interview with Frank at this time is obvious.

"Frank, let's go straight to Huanglong," Kusa literally translated this Chinese idiom, and Frank was really at a loss.

"Daniel likes to use Chinese idioms, and I was spoiled by him."

Flack smiled, "I've been to China, is Daniel familiar with China?"

"Yes, yes, you don't even know why, he's a China guy. If you have any script about China in the future, you can come to him. I guarantee he's like an authentic Chinese young man." Kusa's expression He exaggeratedly said, "Oh, I remembered, it's "Empire of the Sun", isn't it? You and Steven's film, that's a few years old."

"Yeah, it's been so hard to film in China for more than ten years. We filmed in Shanghai, but we had to go all the way to Beijing because we had to get permission to shoot. Oh, to be honest, I miss that place. ."

"It must have been an unforgettable experience."

Cusa ended this unexpected topic and returned to the main text, "Flac, Daniel is better than Matt in character matching, and has stronger publicity value than Matt. I can't think of any reason why you don't choose him, even, he wants to Cheaper than Matt, who's asking for no less than ten million."

The prices of commercial films and literary films are absolutely different. The remuneration prepared by the "Bourne Bourne" crew for the male lead will definitely not be less than 10 million, because whether it is Brad Pitt or Russell Crowe who they were looking for at the beginning, Even Stallone's price is between 10 million and 20 million. Even if Matt is a little less senior, it can't be lower than 10 million. From this point on, Johnny Depp is actually less commercially valuable than Matt Damon - now known as the Golden Boy of Hollywood.

And Cusa's price was seven million. He even reserved one million for bargaining. When it comes to six million, he will say OK.

4 million before and after is not a large amount for the budget of 60 million "Bourneage", but it is not a small amount either.

"I especially sincerely hope that you will seriously consider Daniel."

Frank picked up his coffee, took a sip, paused, and took another sip, "Kusa, we can feel your desire and seriousness for this role. In fact, it's incredible that the final candidate hasn't been decided yet. , the film is still seven months away, and we've reached so many people, everyone is exhausted for the role."

"But for the movie, everything will be worth it."

"Yeah, that's right, you're right. There's a lot of different opinions on this guy now, besides the director, the producer, the writers and Universal, and that really confuses us. I can be very Sincerely tell you, Matt still has an advantage, but Daniel has come into our field of vision and is becoming the object of our serious consideration. But one thing is that you can't avoid the disadvantage, so far, Daniel has not proved his box office ability- Even if we recognize that "School Blues" made an important contribution to the 87 million box office, it does not prove that Daniel is from Hollywood statistics. "Gladiator" is released in August, but we can't wait until then. Whether it's a starring role, Daniel, or Matt, none of them can leave a large blank for the unknown nature of The Bourne."

"Everyone has a first time, and everyone must have a chance to prove themselves. When UU reading www.uukanshu.com "Gladiator" gave Daniel a chance, I didn't think he lacked box office proof. I think "Bourne Bourne" also You should have that confidence.”

"Comedius isn't the protagonist. Gladiator has Russell Crowe, you can't deny that, can you?"

Cusa knew that he was quibbling. Strictly speaking, "Gladiator" would hardly be Daniel's proof, but as a main character, it is not impossible to get some brilliance from the film's performance.

"I understand, I understand this. Well, Frank, I hope your final consideration is satisfactory, that's all."

"We'll be careful. No one wants a perfect Bourne more than we do, and Daniel is very good and very lucky, and I find it odd that your dedication to Bourne is not lacking. Opportunity, slow down and nothing."

"For The Bourne, all I can say is that Daniel would make it better. And the rest, Frank, if we just finished 'School Blues' and we thought that, there wouldn't be a 'Lord of the Rings' at all. There will be no "Gladiator," and you wouldn't even be interested in seeing me today."

Frank was silent for a while, took a breath and nodded, "Exactly, young man, you are respectable."

Cusa watched Frank get into his Chevrolet, it's still cold in America at the moment, Cusa stomped, looked at his watch, decided to sit here a little longer, and then went straight to the appointment, yes, except for Frank, he today Also made an appointment with someone else.

A person who may be more important.