King of Hollywood

To be honest, is there any director or producer who can do as well as Adrian? The first film won the Best Newcomer Award at the Venice Film Festival, and the second film won the Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. Although luck is involved in this, it cannot negate the excellence of these two films. Listen to people in the circle. His title: Ghost Director! These two low-budget, high-grossing films pushed Adrian to the pinnacle of second-tier directors and producers. Laverne is almost certain that he will be promoted to first-tier directors and producers after "The Shawshank Redemption" is released. Hardly a problem.

In addition, his screenwriting ability is also obvious to all. The scripts of these three films were all written by him, and the first four scripts sold to various companies all made money after being made into movies. In particular, "Bodyguard" sold to Warner is the most profitable of the four scripts. Although Warner has adjusted the schedule to mid-July in order to temporarily avoid the edge of "Terminator 2", the North American box office has so far exceeded Billion is no longer a delusion.

Not to mention other kinds. And best of all, he did it in just over a year! Do the math, "Two Smoking Barrels" only took about two months from filming to production, while "Memento" took three months. If "Shawshank Redemption" wasn't for him in London, he couldn't get rid of it. body, about four months at most. So even if Lavern does not approve of this kind of rapid development, he has to admit that Adrian's vision and ability are unparalleled. In this case, let's go on.

"So, which one are you going to choose for your new movie?" Laverne asked.

"Of course it's a remake of an Italian movie. You only need to make some changes to the original plot," Adrian replied with a smile. Julis from the editorial review department is in charge of editing and trying to complete it within a week, she is currently the best among those screenwriters."

"Okay, what else?" Lavern wrote these down.

"Set up the shelf as soon as possible. I hope it will not exceed mid-September. Except for the leading actor, other roles and shooting locations are all in charge of various departments." Adrian paused here, pondered for a few minutes before opening again Mouth: "I'm afraid you have to help me figure out a way to invite the male lead, Laffer."

"Oh?" Laverne raised his eyebrows.

"I'm going," Adrian looked at him with meaningful eyes, "to invite Al Pacino to play the blind lieutenant colonel."

"Scent of a Woman", this is the new movie that Adrian is preparing.

Question: If you want to get the first place and know the answer, how can you guarantee that you will get it?

Answer: Move over the entire key calculation steps intact.

Al Pacino won the Best Actor for playing the blind Lieutenant Colonel Frank at the 65th Oscar, so Adrian only needs to completely copy the movie "Scent of a Woman" and invite Al Pacino Acting as the leading actor, the rest depends on Laverne's publicity and public relations methods. It's very speculative and tricky, but Adrian doesn't care, as long as he can achieve his goal, as long as the means are within the scope of the rules, he can do anything.

Although Lavern didn't know this, he very much agreed with Adrian's approach. It's very simple. Al, who became famous in the 1970s, has passed the Oscar for Best Actor several times. In terms of acting skills, whether it is "The Godfather 2" or "Hot Day Afternoon" or "Justice" is enough for him to win It's a pity that Al's luck is not very good.

But now, this bad luck has turned into capital, and almost everyone knows that the Film Academy owes Al a golden man. As I said before, if you can't leave your competitors far behind in terms of quality, then other factors will determine the outcome, and this qualification is also one of the factors. So as long as Adrian can really guarantee the quality, Laverne is absolutely sure to push Al to the throne of best actor.

That being the case, let's get started. Although the various leaders of the company were surprised that Adrian was about to start making new movies non-stop, they didn't have too many opinions. His performance over the past year is obvious to all.

In fact, if possible, Adrian would like to make the first of the three films prepared, the "Howard End" that won Emma Thompson the best actress.

"Howards End" is a novel written by the famous late British writer Edward Morgan Foster. It is a typical English literature. In a sense, this novel is more like a long fable.

The reason why I wanted to choose this movie to shoot first was because Adrian was sure to persuade Emma Thompson to star in it. As one of the most well-known British actresses, Thompson is also a talented woman. She also has her own opinions on film screenwriting and production. In addition, this film is adapted from a famous British novel. As long as she believes that he can make a good film This movie, then it is absolutely no problem to agree to it. Moreover, Anthony Hopkins, another protagonist of the film, also verbally agreed to cooperate during the Berlin Film Festival.

It's a pity that although the idea is good, there is an embarrassing problem that people cannot avoid, that is, "Howard Endor" is an out-and-out money-losing product. This is a typical British Victorian style movie. This alone can make many viewers lose interest in watching. In addition, the story itself is neither suspenseful nor thrilling. It tells the relationship between people. things, then you will lose part of the audience. To put it simply, this is a very niche literary film, and it is conceivable how much box office it can get.

Of course, since Adrian has decided to cast this movie, he certainly doesn't care if he loses money, but that should never be now. Although "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Memory Fragments" made a lot of money for the film company, they also spent a lot of money at the same time. Not to mention the expansion of the company, there are several films just invested in. It is really not wise to lose money at this time Act of. Therefore, he had no choice but to set his sights on "Scent of a Woman", but this film also has troubles that need to be solved.

As I said before, Adrian would choose "Howard's End" as his first choice because he was sure of convincing Emma Thompson. But if it's Al Pacino, it's not easy.

Pacino is not like Freeman or Robbins. He has been famous for a long time and has experienced too many things. He is a leading big-name star in Hollywood. It is not easy to persuade the other party to take the role.

All in all, it's because Adrian's qualifications are too young. If he can maintain his current momentum, these big-name stars will definitely not refuse to cooperate with him in three to five years, but it's hard to say now.

Facts have proved that his worries are correct. Pacino's agent is a difficult guy. Not only is he tactful, but he is also impeccable in his words and deeds. It is impossible for Adrian to talk to Pacino alone.

However, Lavern is not helpless. After several negotiations, he invited the other party to participate in the last test screening of "The Shawshank Redemption". Finally, he passed the level of the agent, and then it was Al himself.

"Let's put it this way, Al, I created the character in your image from the beginning, especially the speech at the end. I've seen a lot of your movies, your long, manifesto monologues, that Dramatic performance, that kind of iconic action that others can't perform, I very much hope that you can take this role." When making an appointment to talk, Adrian said so, while making slightly exaggerated gestures Seems excited.

"I have to say, Ed, you now look, body language is much richer than mine." Pacino laughed, privately he is a very easy person to get along with, "Frankly speaking, I also like The character of Frank and the speech. After reading your script, I specifically found that Italian movie and watched it. Although the main plot has not changed much, I think the lieutenant colonel is more attractive than the captain. , so I don’t think I can still say no.”

"I'm glad you agreed, Al, I promise you won't regret it." Adrian immediately held out his hand.

"I believe you, a talented director, won't let me down." Pacino laughed and shook hands with him.

After directly contacting Pacino, it was much easier. Including this time, we only talked twice. The script obviously has something to attract Pacino, otherwise how could he "ever" take this role? Of course, this has nothing to do with Adrian's preference, so that when he left, Pacino's agent said to Laverne meaningfully: "You have a good boss."

In any case, Pacino agreed, and then he can sign the contract after the discussion on the treatment issue is completed. It was time to negotiate with Pacino's agent Eddard, but Adrian threw it directly to Lavern.

Although the main goal has been achieved, it will take time to start filming, because "The Shawshank Redemption" needs publicity, so the preparation work for the new film is relatively slow, and the location of this film is more troublesome-school, Hua The Aldorf Hotel and so on—plus casting also requires manpower, so by mid-September the basic framework has been set up, but it will take time to go further.

It doesn't matter, anyway, as a representative of the method school, Pacino still needs to go to the blind home to observe and study-it has to be admitted that he is a dedicated actor, and he contacted the blind home the day after signing the contract. Therefore, it is not a big deal to delay the time a little bit. This time there is not a lot of big scene scheduling like "The Shawshank Redemption". As long as the actors are in good condition, Adrian is sure to complete the filming in 6 weeks.

Interestingly, he was dealing with other people's agents for the role, and someone else's agent was dealing with him for the role.

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