novelraw Chapter 118
Chapter 118
After the Oscars, Josie flew back to New York.
She has a big ensemble scene to shoot on "The Devil's Advocate," and then she's off to Arizona on location, with a packed schedule.
"Robin"'s email was still not late. This "stranger" across the Internet was very considerate, not only reminding Josie of the recent sharp drop in temperature in New York, but also worried about her busy work.
So, after putting on a disguise for myself, I became more and more honest. This is really a question worth thinking about, isn't it?
With that in mind, she offered to swap phone numbers with "Robin," since she might not have much time to check emails.
Up to now, they have become friends who can share their lives and moods. Although the true and false are slightly artistically processed, they are indeed used to chatting a few words often-the other party has no reason to refuse.
"Robin" hesitated for a while, and finally gave an unfamiliar number.
Then, "Robin" couldn't help talking about his scumbag ex who seemed like a harmless little white rabbit, but ended up playing with "Robin" so hard that "Robin" couldn't forget it... …
Josie could only hold back a smirk while echoing the conversation.
When she officially joined the filming of "The Devil's Advocate", the entire crew had been working for a long time, and even the leading actor had dated the second female number several times.
As a result, when Josie joined the group, Charlize Theron avoided her like a thief, obviously misunderstanding her relationship with Keanu, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
Josie laughed it off, and didn't specifically explain the problem, but was busy with her next new movie when she was free.
She has been in touch with Ernest Dawson who is far away in the UK, and the two are planning to remake "The Perfect Victim" into a feature film and then release it in theaters.
By the way, the script of "The Perfect Victim" has returned to Ernest, and Tianji Films is now in charge of the production, with Columbia as the North American distributor.
Ernest rewrote a version of the script. In addition to his carefully portrayed heroine, the focus of the whole story was to give the murdered university professor a lot of roles and try to explore some deeper human issues.
British actor Alan Rickman has been cast for the role of the professor, and the police officer and student should be auditioned for the role.
Ernest personally prefers to use Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, but the crew's budget is only 500 million US dollars, and there are not many roles, so it is obvious that they cannot invite so many stars.
"Let's audition as soon as possible. If we want Russell, we must hurry up before the full release of "L.A. Confidential." Josie said. "Forget about Leo, he has no schedule."
Leonardo was already preparing to leave for Europe to shoot "The Man in the Iron Mask". He called her a few days ago and asked her if she had any gifts she wanted.
The filming of Titanic was like a long and lonely journey, and the two protagonists and heroines formed a special friendship with each other, although there was not much about possession or sex. Just a drunken indulgence.
High on Josie's list was Brad Renfro, but he seemed a little too green for the role.
However, Brad is currently fighting for a role in a film that explores racial conflict, and there may be conflicts in the shooting schedule.
Therefore, for the specific role audition, we still have to wait for Ernest to fly from London to meet with Josie, producer Connie Wilson, and casting director Mary Finn before discussing it.
After only two scenes in New York, Josie and Keanu flew to Gainesville, Florida for location shooting.
Keanu Reeves, whom I haven't seen for a long time, has lost at least two sizes compared to the last time he just came back from Toronto, and has regained his peak appearance and mental state similar to "Point Break" or "Speed".
Today, he has trimmed his beard and sideburns, and he looks much younger than his actual age. His fair face is extremely handsome. He is a rare elegant and handsome man among North American actors, and he is not lacking in masculinity.
"Hi Keanu, you look fine." Josie greeted.
"Long time no see, Josie." Keanu smiled, "I haven't congratulated you yet, the Titanic has been successfully completed."
Josie spread her hands and said with a little self-mockery: "Ah, thank you, that's the latest sensational news in Hollywood."
The cost of "Titanic" has finally climbed to a jaw-dropping $[-] million, and this super-produced disaster blockbuster is generally considered to be the same as the fate of its original shipwreck, which will sail to endless sinking and destruction.
Even Frank Horton, who invested money with Tianmu Capital, can't help regretting his original choice now—who would have thought that James Cameron was really a madman out of control?
But now that they have already boarded this ship, Tianmu Capital has the same attitude as the director in charge of this project at Fox, that is, they must hold their noses to anyone and say that it is an unprecedented and unprecedented masterpiece. cheat a few more people,
Anyway, someone at Fox has already booked a location with a great view on the top floor rooftop, and Tianmu Capital is also fully prepared to buy the box office, and is currently giving "Titanic" the distribution treatment that meets its status, and is carrying out public relations and cooperation step by step. publicity.
However, this did not have much positive impact.
At least according to Keanu's knowledge, Warner executives have concluded that Fox will suffer a big fall this time, because even if "Titanic" is a big hit at the box office, its high cost will still make the film studio lose everything. .
Laymen will not consider cost issues and theater divisions.
In the final analysis, the failure of this film lies in the great director James Cameron's total loss of control over the budget. Because of this huge mistake, he will definitely fall from the sought after box office elixir to the ranks of ordinary second-rate commercial film directors , And lost the absolute control over the crew and the final editing rights of the film.
As for the next careers of the two leading actors, it depends on how good the film is. If the quality is not bad, maybe they won't fall too badly--the specific degree of "too miserable" is that they may It is necessary to completely stay away from the field of mainstream commercial films.
Especially the heroine Josie Horton.
Prior to this, she had just stabilized her position due to the explosion of "Mr. Sweetheart", and Columbia's sky-high asking price made her film salary hit a new high, and she was officially qualified to challenge veteran sweetheart Meg Ryan.
But after the filming of "Titanic" ended and entered the post-production stage, the industry began to sing bad news about the actress' future stardom.
Yes, Hollywood allows two failures-but the problem is that with the $[-] million "Titanic", one movie is equal to the production cost of two commercial blockbusters.
"Don't worry." Keanu did not comfort Josie in vain, but directly promised: "Even if there is a problem with the Titanic, I still have some connections with Warner, and it is still possible to run a heroine." .”
"You are such a good person, Keanu." Josie sent a good person card to the big star in front of her, and she was still in the mood to joke, "If no one really asks me to act in a movie by then, please make me your next For the heroine of a movie, the remuneration can be negotiated on anything."
Josie wasn't too worried about something going wrong with the Titanic.
It's just that she vaguely remembered that the word-of-mouth and box office when it was first released were very anxious, because she didn't make a vow to predict the future, but just gave Keanu a faint smile without any frustration.
"I remember, I will call you when the time comes." Keanu also replied in a joking tone.
He was infected by Josie's extraordinarily optimistic attitude, and he couldn't help but relax a lot, so the location shooting for several days went very smoothly.
In fact, compared to the much-anticipated "Titanic", "The Devil's Advocate", which has been artificially blocked from various channels, is somewhat silent, and most of its names only appear in tabloid scandals. Actually Keanu didn't want it.
But there is no way, Warner has been under a lot of pressure to produce this movie, and their key project this year is not "The Devil's Advocate" with a budget of 5000 million US dollars, but Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. "Contact", "I Have Two Dads" starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, "The Chain Conspiracy" starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, etc.
Moreover, "The Devil's Advocate" was not positioned as an orthodox commercial film from the very beginning. This obscure script full of religious metaphors and discussions of human nature obviously does not meet the viewing needs of most ordinary people, and it has the artistic style of some European movies.
But this is exactly the kind of movie that Keanu himself wants to make most: with a certain spiritual core and profound humanistic feelings.
After the exterior filming was completed, Josie returned to New York to continue filming.
At the same time, she planned to officially enroll in the fall, her first semester at NYU, so she began to preview some professional books between work-as usual.
In addition, TalkTalk (TT), the first instant messaging software of Tianyan Network, has been officially launched, and at the same time, the blog site is about to be completely revised. Qiao Qian must remotely monitor the progress of the entire project.
The current mainstream communication software is ICQ, which was launched by the Israeli magic company in November last year. Once it was launched, it triggered a new upsurge in the Internet.
However, TT has had a considerable amount of discussion since the previously released internal test version. Its advantages mainly lie in the user drainage of the blog, the convenient functional interface, and the unique friend matching mechanism. It has already attracted many young people when it first appeared. favorite.
In particular, the recent official version also launched a function of displaying business cards in personal outfits, which perfectly hits the G-spot of a large number of blog user groups.
And because the website has been operating well for more than a year, many companies have proposed an agreement to acquire the website to SkyEye Network, including the well-known America Online.
But it is obvious that, compared to the one-shot deal that was acquired in the early stage, what Qiao Qian wants to see is the scene of her own listing bell ringing, and I believe this will not be too far away.
While busy with work, of course she did not forget to sprinkle water on her fish pond.
Under the strong intervention of Harvey Weinstein, the heroine of "Good Will Hunting" was decided to be played by British newcomer Minnie DeVry. Matt Damon seemed very guilty about this, and he didn't even dare to contact Josie — Josie was not invited to audition for the role.
According to Lucy Spiller, there was a conflict between Matt and Harvey Weinstein, but he finally chose to compromise.
Well, understandable.
After all, Josie thinks about it differently. Being able to put her own script on the big screen is much more exciting and exciting than having a partner.
But from the very beginning, her goal was not the heroine of the movie, but Matt Damon himself-after this time, will his cooperation with Weinstein be so happy and intimate?
Profit is one thing, and the strong self-esteem that belongs to geniuses is another.
In particular, newcomers who are new to Hollywood are so powerless, and they are hit by a double blow from the savage film businessman and the woman they like.
After sending out a message, Josie thought about it and asked about "Miss Robin"'s recent situation by email, about the scumbag that "she" mentioned last time wanted to get back together, was coldly rejected by "her", and now regretted it etc.
Wow, that was a good show with ups and downs!
The "scumbag ex" thought so, and wrote an email: [So, have you ever thought that you might have misunderstood him.Just a guess, maybe those girls are just his friends, he even remembered to send flowers on your promotion day, isn't this a sign that he still cares about you? 】
"Miss Robin" quickly replied: 【No, this is impossible.He's dating his new co-worker and working on the same project as his ex-girlfriend... He's surrounded by so many people that I don't think I'm needed anymore. 】
[At least not currently. 】
In an apartment in Soho, New York, the real Miss Robin watched Edward Norton type the last letter in front of her.
She rolled her eyes recklessly, and asked: "So, you already vaguely know that she already knows that the real identity of 'Robin' is you, why continue this boring game?"
"Only outsiders find it boring." Edward stroked Maggie in his arms, "Besides, how can you conclude that she doesn't know that I already know that she knows about it?"
"..." Robin was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Say something else, I'm going to be stunned by you."
"The fact is that she has no more love for me." Edward snorted coldly and replied like this.
As soon as the voice fell, the computer prompted a new email reminder.
I saw that Ms. "I have no love left" was writing: [Well, maybe you can also take this opportunity to start a new life as soon as possible.And, I will always be by your side^^]