Chapter 63

Roy had to take a deep breath. He adjusted his mind and explained with great care that "Raytheon is a top-level production. Marvel pictures and Paramount Pictures are very confident in this work. With a big hand, they gave us a budget of 150 million yuan! 150 million, which is the average investment level of Hollywood's top production. "

As the official agent of the actors union of America, Roy almost takes over the invitation of independent production, because every agent knows that 95% of the large production projects with more than 100 million investment are in the hands of the top agents of the five major brokerage companies, and other brokers simply can't access these resources, Not to mention the top investment of 150 million - and the hottest cartoon adaptation project in the past two years!

"If the audition is successful, it's the leading actor of the top production. You know, 99% of the actors in Hollywood are willing to strip themselves and climb into the producer's bed for such an audition. They don't even care whether the producer is a man or a woman!" Roy's vivid metaphor made Langley smile, which made Roy feel speechless.

”No, even if it's just an audition, it's enough to spread your name around the circle“ Roy strongly stressed that for Hollywood, opportunity is a very delicate thing. Sometimes, it's just a top agent, or a top producer, or an audition opportunity for a top production, which is enough to make the future of the actor change dramatically.

Instead of interrupting Roy in a hurry, Langley listened with a smile all the time. After he was sure that Roy had finished, he said, "I know. I know all that. But I also know what it means once the audition is successful - "Langley pauses," which means at least five or six movie contracts; It means cooperating with marvel to carry out propaganda, and there is almost no space for its own development; It means that the label of commercial actor will go with me all the time. "

The most representative is Chris Evans. Before his popularity, he had been active in the campus comedy of youth. He continued his acting career by showing off his muscles and being silly and funny. Later, he was acquired by Marvel Entertainment and played "Captain America".

At that time, Chris signed six film contracts at one go, and the price of each film was only $300000. Later, the movie became popular. Robert Downey Jr., who plays iron man, has been paid as much as 40 million yuan. Disney has symbolically increased Chris's pay and given him the right to pay dividends at the box office. However, compared with Robert, it is still a heaven and a earth.

Of course, what's more important is that "Captain America" has completely become Chris's label and even shackle in the next six or seven years. Except for Marvel films, his acting career has almost fallen into a morass. Not only because after the success of the film, the screen image is fixed; Also because of the contract requirements of marvel, the actors must maintain a corresponding positive image in order to cooperate with the publicity. In other words, both inside and outside the film and inside and outside the life are constrained.

In fact, it's not just Chris, the main actors in the marvel series, who are facing the same problem. Even Robert Downey Jr. is no exception. After other works of Marvel were defeated one after another, he focused on tapping the potential of "Sherlock Holmes", hoping to expand his career.

Success is marvelous, failure is marvelous.

Instead of speaking immediately, Roy fell silent and pondered, "are you not interested in commercial movies?" That's the only explanation Roy can think of.

From the solid acting skills of "Pacific War", to the folk music style of "Cleopatra", and then to the acting skills polishing of off Broadway, these details can be seen. Langley is an actor who pursues art, and is bound to hope to seek more breakthroughs in acting skills. In this way, it is not surprising that he refuses commercial films.

For Hollywood, the type of actors is very important. The simple and crude distinction is that artistic actors and commercial actors, as the name suggests, the former are mainly active in independent art films, and they have solid acting skills in Hollywood; The latter is mainly commercial films, box office appeal and audience affinity are the magic weapon for them to enter the front line.

Although commercial film actors often act in some art films, hoping to impress themselves, and vice versa, it is even more difficult for them to achieve cross-border success. This is one of the reasons why Steven Spielberg has such a special position in the industry, and also one of the important factors why Merrill Streep has such a lofty position in the industry.

Take two actors as an example. One is George Clooney. After entering the film industry from the field of TV series, the tragic defeat of "Batman and Robin" led Warner Brothers to shelve the Batman role for ten years, which also made George stay away from commercial films and concentrate on the shooting of art films, Later, although there was a small victory in the "eleven Arhats" series, the fiasco of "tomorrow's world" in 2015 still returned to the origin again.

The other is Scarlett Johansson. Her works such as "lost in Tokyo", "girl with Pearl Earrings" and "end of the game" all show the great potential of acting stars. After playing the black widow in "Iron Man 2", she has achieved unparalleled success in business, However, literary works have never won the favor of the academic school.

At this time, we can see the importance of brokers. Agents have a clear plan for the future of actors, when they should take over art films, when they should play in some commercial films to increase their exposure, how they should choose commercial films, whether they should focus on the establishment of contacts between directors and producers, or just play for the script.

All this is very particular, and it's also a chip for top brokers to get 10% of the bonus.

"But if that's the case, you should be auditioning even more." Roy took on his professional stance and suggested, "not to succeed in the audition, but to increase the exposure. Only in this way can you have enough freedom to choose works in the future. Otherwise, as a newcomer, no one knows, even the audition. What's the future orientation

It's the fault of every new actor to aim high.

"First of all, if you take part in the audition, you naturally have to do your best to fight for the role, don't you?" Roy was stunned by lanli's reply. His confident attitude can't be refuted. Roy couldn't help laughing. "Secondly, I'm interested in commercial movies. In fact, I think it's a wonderful experience to play in commercial movies. If I have a chance, I'll try my best to fight for it."

The truth is that commercial movies are really different. Although they don't test their acting skills very well, Langley always thinks that the charm and depth given by actors has nothing to do with the theme itself. Matt Damon's performance in "spy films" is impressive, Not to mention Heath Ledger's historic performance in "Batman Prequel: the dark knight.".

What's more, the experience of performing in commercial movies brings about quite different gains. Imagine yourself in the magic world of "the Lord of the rings" or "Harry Potter", or the spy world of "007", or the vast universe world of "Star Wars". These are things that can't be experienced in real life, It must be very interesting to participate as an actor.

Being able to try different tastes of life is also the reason why lanli has always been enthusiastic about acting. Therefore, Lan Li not only does not reject, but also is eager to try.

It's just that Marvel movies don't work, at least not the main characters. Because lanli clearly knew that once he played, he would not be able to get rid of the shackles; If he plays the villain role in Marvel movies, he thinks it's a good proposal.

"I'm just not interested in sol. If it's Loki, I'll try." Lanli's answer almost took Roy's eyes off the window - giving up the leading role and choosing a supporting role? If it's a top actor, forget it, but is Langley just a rookie? This... This... Is just a fantasy.

Roy swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly he didn't know what to say. If Langley refused to play in a commercial film, he was willing to audition for the role of rocky. If Langley was proactive, he refused Sol's invitation“ You know, you have no bargaining capital. "

Langley shrugged with a smile. "So I just chose to refuse." Lanli also knows that such an opportunity is really rare, but, this is not what he wants, "but I really have no interest in playing a superhero. I don't think I'm superhero. " With that, Lan Li laughed at himself, relaxed and happy.

Roy finally understood that it was not lanli who was too stupid and arrogant, on the contrary, it was lanli who was too wise and experienced. He knew what he wanted. He had clear goals and clear preferences. He would not compromise easily, but he would not give up easily. After such a person enters Hollywood, the road may be more tortuous at the beginning, but as long as he is given a chance, he can firmly grasp in the palm of his hand and shine.

Suddenly, Roy realized, "Pacific War" is such an opportunity“ Raytheon's audition invitation may be the first signal.

"Hoo..." Roy took a long breath and rearranged his thinking. "Well, I've brought the script here. You can take it back." Seeing what else Langley wanted to say, Roy stopped him this time and continued, "if you think the script is interesting and you plan to audition, then it gives you a chance. At least you can go to the producer and say you want to play the role of rocky."

Lan Li couldn't help laughing.

"If you think it's boring, you can give me a call at that time. I'll take care of marvel." The bad guy's role still has to be played by the agent, otherwise the production company's impression of the actor is bad, and it can't be reversed.