novelraw Chapter 220
Chapter 220
"I don't think your choice is wrong."
Leonardo DiCaprio, hands behind his head, speaks to the girl in front of him at a Japanese restaurant in New York's Greenwich Village.
"Yes, superstar style is very important, but don't forget, we are still actors in the final analysis. Do you like this script? OK, then you should accept this role!"
After "Titanic" took the world by storm, Leonardo still did whatever he wanted, such as playing a small star in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" with his friend Tobey Maguire and others made a very experimental "Tang's Plum Restaurant".
It wasn't until this year that he starred in "The Beach," which will be released next year.
Of course, this does not completely rule out the possibility that he was fascinated by the colorful world after becoming famous, or just because he was engulfed by huge fame, he hoped to take a break for a while.
"And that's the Lord of the Rings." Leonardo said, "If PJ offered me an invitation, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to refuse. It's like someone asking you to play "Les Miserables". The show is engaging."
"The key is that Alwen's image is far less plump than Fantine and others." Josie never regretted the decision, so she said: "But PJ has led the screenwriting team to continue to change the script, and they will control this role to a lesser part of the play." Much but to a satisfactory degree."
Not really wanting to continue the subject, she asked instead: "Tell me about you—how are you doing, Leo?"
"Same as usual," Leonardo replied, "I just finished shooting "The Beach", and I'm going to take a break."
"Emmm, you seem to have been resting?" Josie raised an eyebrow.
Leonardo rolled his eyes unceremoniously, and spread his hands: "Please, my dear J, working in Hollywood for six months a year is already very dedicated, don't treat everyone else as a workaholic like you. And I haven't encountered a good script, I would rather lack than abuse."
Josie shrugged and said, "The "American Psycho" you rejected is not bad, it is the type of character you like."
"I just like flawed characters, not ruthless killers," Leonardo replied, "And they tricked me with their words, leading me into thinking you would take over."
"Is this my fault?" Josie disagreed.
She did read the script of "American Psycho", and Martha also talked to the producer of the other party, but in the end they both believed that the male lead was the absolute center of the movie, leaving too little role for the female lead.
Moreover, the leading actor proposed by the crew at that time was Edward Norton. Martha believed that he and Josie should not appear in two consecutive movies, even though Christian Bale finally got the role.
Leonardo raised his hands in surrender and said, "Well, it's my fault. Rick (Rick Wynn, his manager) thinks our performance in "Titanic" is too classic, at least five Shouldn't be in the same movie during the year."
"He makes sense." Josie nodded, "So I don't want to act in the same type of film in the short term, I just want to make a light-hearted romantic comedy."
The few scripts she has read recently are pretty good, "Simply Hal", "Moulin Rouge", "American Honey", "I Am Sam"...except "Pearl Harbor".
But Joe Ruth, Disney's production director in charge of Touchstone Pictures, called himself. He hoped to sit down and talk about this project, and the whole Disney had high hopes for "Pearl Harbor" and was going to make it into "Titanic". No. " style special effects blockbuster.
As for the "American Honey" project, it is a bit interesting.
Sony Columbia Pictures head Amy Pascal is working on a rom-com in which she wants Josie to play the role of the younger sister, who will be starred by an actress of at least Cameron Diaz's level Playing, Josie would be an absolute heroine.
It's a pity that Josie finds the younger sister's role very boring, but her domineering female star personality is very interesting.
Moreover, in the script, my sister's ex-husband and the leading actor of the film simply have the face of Edward Norton...
Edward Norton, Edward Norton, why does she keep thinking of Edward Norton today? The promotional period for Fight Club hasn't even started yet.
Josie was thinking about it when her new Motorola phone rang.
Glancing at the caller ID, Josie pressed the answer button, and then David Fincher's roar echoed in her ears: "Damn! Can you get someone to kidnap this bastard from my house? Mom is going to be driven crazy by him!"
"What?" Josie asked.
"What?" David Finch said grumpily, "You know, that bastard Edward Norton lays the floor in my living room every day, asking me to recount to him the work I do in the editing room every day, and then he still damn Say hello to this!"
("David, you asked me to come to your house to talk about our movie." Edward emphasized in the background.)
"Can you shut your mouth? Give me some private space." After spraying on Edward, David Fincher turned to Josie and continued, "Anyway, get him away, otherwise I won't be able to work normally, because he They are trying to force X my brain."
("Asif!" Edward yells, barely audible over the phone, "I'm not gay!")
Josie probably understood what was going on, thought for a while and said, "He said, you went to him yourself. And I remember that Fox people warned you not to let him touch the editing thing again. "
"Fight Club" may be the film with the longest post-editing time in Josie's memory-in the film starring herself-it is a huge project to straighten out more than 500 reels of film shot by David Fincher , not to mention finding the most suitable material to appear in the finished film.
And one of David Fincher's biggest mistakes was bringing Edward into the editing room at the beginning.
In this regard, the producer of the film, Arnon Milkan, expressed his displeasure in private. He believed that they had indulged David Fincher too much, and that Edward Norton, as an actor, should not have touched the editing at all.
David Finch choked on Josie, and it took a few seconds before he said, "Then I won't go to work tomorrow."
"Oh, if you trust the people Fox sent, that's all right," replied the ruthless Ms. Horton.
"Boss?" David Finch couldn't believe it.
"Don't call me that. You called me like you were possessed by something dirty." Josie held her forehead, "Listen, David, you've been working on post-production for a long time, and you have to speed up .And on top of that - I'm not getting paid as a producer either, so why do I have to deal with this?"
Leonardo on the side laughed softly, made a gesture of begging for mercy before Josie glared over, and personally filled up the tea in her cup as an apology.
Josie took a sip of the cup of Japanese brown rice tea.
David Fincher on the other end of the phone said: "Lana, you can't treat me like this. You know, I am very serious and rigorous about film creation..."
"I know, Lynch." Josie interrupted David Fincher, "For example, you can argue with Ed for two hours about what color shoes I should wear on shooting day, and finally choose the first one." The pair that the clothing team gave me, right."
And within two hours of their argument, Josie had to change one pair of shoes after another.
"..." David Finch was silent for a while, and muttered, "You really hold a grudge. No matter what, my work will make money for you, won't it?"
When it comes to making money, Josie is not sleepy.
She directly asked: "I will go back to Los Angeles in three days to attend the media preview of "The Trap". Will I be able to see the feature film of "Fight Club" in the screening room?"
"No—emmm, I'll try my best." David Finch said.
"Very good, give him the phone." Josie didn't mention her name, but they all knew who she was referring to.
Edward's voice quickly came from the phone, and it didn't sound strange: "It's me."
"Are you okay?" Josie asked, "I mean, you don't like the floor of Finch's house for no reason."
Edward paused, and said in a soft but slightly tired voice: "It's not very bad. It's just... I'm preparing my first directing work, which is the script I showed you once, maybe it's I've been having a hard time sleeping lately because of a bit of anxiety. But my doctor has given me medicine."
"What medicine?" Josie asked.
"Um, painkillers." Edward said, "Anyway, it's quite effective."
Josie frowned slightly, held back, but couldn't help it: "Are you sure your anxiety is not because of "Fight Club"?"
"There is also this part of the reason." What Edward didn't say was that Arnon Milkan approached him to talk about the film's preparation for the Olympics. They thought it would be possible to run the Best Actor Performance Award and strive for at least one nomination.
But he's already tired of awards season.
The problem was that he found it difficult to resist the temptation to take over the statuette from Josie.
It just sounds like it's already meaningful.
No?
"Don't worry, take it easy." Edward smiled on the phone, and then asked: "When is the full release of "The Trap" this month? I think I will contribute at least one movie ticket."
Josie called up a date and added, "It doesn't have to be your style of movie."
"What style do you think I should like?" Edward asked with a smile.
"You?" Josie also raised her red lips, as if thinking of something interesting, "Old Martin or Brother Coen."
In fact, they've discussed this topic before.
Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" and the Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink" are all Edward's top ten personal favorites, while Josie's preferences are more rampant. For a while, she especially liked Kon Min's works , but I can also follow "The Legend of the Demon Heroes" with gusto.
So at this point, she usually doesn't think she has too high-brow intellectual attributes.
Edward laughed again, just about to say something: "But I..."
("Honey, do you want mustard?" Leonardo put his chin on Josie's shoulder and whispered in her ear.)
"No." Josie cast a helpless glance at Leonardo, who was complacent.
However, at this time, Edward had lost the desire to continue recalling the past. He ended the call in a few words, and when he turned around, he saw David Finch on the sofa with an expression of interest, and was actually taking pictures of his expression with a handheld video camera.
Edward rolled his eyes towards the ceiling of Finch's living room, and said weakly, "Fxcku, David Finch."
"Who is David Fincher? I don't know, I am David Lynch." David Fincher, who is also a famous Hollywood director with David Lynch, smiled and did not forget to give Edward a close-up , "Come on, give me a smile, very good. Your international general gesture standard is excellent!"