Chapter 67

Andy squints his eyes slightly and looks at Lan Li's expression carefully, trying to figure out Lan Li's real thoughts. But obviously, it's not an easy thing. The eyes hidden under the shadow of long eyelashes make it impossible for people to further explore, which is far from the clear and transparent eyes of Eugene sleigh in the Pacific War, Andy can't help sighing: just this detail, you can feel the basic skills of lanli's performance.

"So, haven't you heard of it?" Andy is still smiling, slightly show some surprise, take the initiative to say.

"No, I got the script yesterday." Lanli chuckles twice and skillfully enters the subway entrance, but Andy is trapped outside. It is obvious that he has not taken the subway for many years. However, Andy doesn't care. He immediately goes to the side to buy a subway ticket, and then comes in smoothly without any impatience.

After entering the subway station, Andy continued the topic just now, "now that you have got the script, you should know that your name has caused a lot of waves in Hollywood now."

Tom Hanks' endorsement is not the treatment that any new actor can get. What's more, the frenzy caused by the "Pacific War" on the Internet is obvious to all. Paramount Pictures hopes that Lan Li will go to the audition, which is indeed a bold and risky move. But after all, it's only an audition, and it hasn't really appeared. On the contrary, we can see Paramount's intelligence.

"So, that's a good thing." Lan Li's words are plain, but the rising ending reveals a lot of questions, just like curious baby is proposing "100000 whys".

Andy knows.

Today, he is willing to visit lanli for the second time because he is optimistic about the potential of lanli. He thinks that the signing is cost-effective and is likely to cultivate the next superstar. Of course, it is extremely difficult. Otherwise, there will not be so few actors who can be called superstars in the industry.

But for lanli, he is waiting for a price, and there must be more than one agent willing to sign him. It also means that now it's Andy's turn to show his ability. After the last time, Andy once again felt the wisdom and calmness of lanli, who was different from his age. He was a little lucky that he paid a visit in person today instead of a phone call.

At this time, it is still half an hour before the rush hour, but there are many people in the subway. The roaring sound is reverberating in my ears. The chaotic scene presents a completely different face from Hollywood Vanity Fair. It's probably the first time for Hollywood to talk about their future plans on such an occasion.

Andy, however, was not affected. He thought about his words. "It's really a good thing. But I don't think you should take over the Raytheon project Andy is the first to make his own judgment.

Blue Li's eyebrow tail rose gently, the corner of the mouth also showed a playful look, "Oh?" It's really unusual“ I thought anyone would be ecstatic to receive such an audition invitation, even Brad Pitt? " Robert Downey Jr. turned over with the help of "Iron Man", which is obvious to all of Hollywood.

"But you're not Brad Pitt." Andy's answer is simple and clear, which makes lanli smile. "It's just a joke. There are two real reasons. First, you are not a superhero actor. Playing Thor will affect your future development; Second, you are rootless now. Once you take over the role, you are likely to be tied to the marvel chariot. A top company like Paramount will never be soft on new people. You don't want to be the second Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson. "

Lanli thinks that things are beginning to become interesting, not only because of Andy's accurate positioning, but also because of Andy's overall view in his simple words, which is really different.

"In the eyes of agents, actors are generally divided into two kinds, the development path is relatively single, or there are many possibilities." Andy's words let Lan Li show a big smile, raised his voice to respond, "I thought it was profitable and unprofitable." Andy can't help smiling at this response, but he always has a smile on his face, which makes it hard to see.

"Choosing a superhero can be a quick success. It is likely to become popular overnight and become a front-line actor at once. However, the road is getting narrower and narrower. There will be fewer choices and fewer possibilities in the future." Andy went on to say that his sincere smile seemed to be exchanging industry secrets with Langley. Even in the noisy environment of the subway, he still had a kind of convincing force. "It's a fact that many new actors choose superhero movies as the quickest shortcut in order to get to the top quickly. But when they make this decision, their height limit has been decided

Andy's sincerity really brightened lanli's eyes.

Of course, Langley also knows that the top brokers in the industry understand this. There are countless such cases, including Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp and now Robert Downey Jr; But why don't brokers stop newcomers from making such a choice? Because it's not necessary.

It's a circle full of new people. Every day, countless new people are emerging, missing this superstar of tomorrow, and the next potential legend. As long as brokers focus on short-term interests, it's enough - they're not running long-term planned charities, actors are just their means of seeking interests.

Look at Johnny Depp with "Pirates of the Caribbean" after the rise in film pay speed, this is the iron fact, this is the undoubted success, no one will care about his career development curve after how bad.

The most classic case is Hayden Christensen, which started with the "Star Wars prequel" series and became popular. However, the follow-up has gone downhill, which has been gradually forgotten in recent years. The same is true of the "Harry Potter" actors Andy just cited.

All agents understand this, and Andy is no exception, but he gave up this short-term plan in front of lanli. No matter what the reason is, he showed his sincerity.

"So what do you think I should do?" Lanli still did not show an obvious tendency, but put forward this question with a trace of exploration.

Andy knows that it can't be treated casually. He says attentively, "I think you should exercise in two independent films first, and it's better to win a Golden Globe nomination, and then come to seek commercial film performance opportunities. We can't rush all this. If it's fast, we can choose works for two years. If it's slow, we can choose works in a planned way. We can give full play to your advantages. After accumulating enough public praise, we can explore different possibilities. "

The difference between commercial actors and artistic actors, any agent knows, want to achieve cross-border success, is not an easy thing, Tom Hanks only one. However, all agents will try to explore different possibilities. Commercial films will make profits, so as to increase the exposure of actors and win more performance opportunities; Art films earn fame, pursue honor, and expand the possibility of future development.

Unless it's actors like Sean Penn and Catherine Keener who are dedicated to breaking out in independent art movies. Otherwise, most actors will find a balance between business and art, but the reality is that how to master this balance is the ultimate mystery of every actor and every agent.

From Andy's definition of Langley, we can see that he thinks Langley is still an artistic actor, with solid and delicate acting skills and full of spiritual lens sense, which are enough to make Langley perform well in independent films; At the same time, the excellent appearance and elegant demeanor make lanli have certain commercial value. It may or may not succeed, but we can try it in the future.

"So, Brad Pitt?" Lanli suddenly thought of Roy's jokes. Hollywood now defines him as "Brad Pitt". It's really interesting, isn't it?

Andy did not immediately answer, but seriously think about it, gave a different answer, "Edward Norton."

This makes lanli's eyes bright. It's a very intriguing analogy. It's far from Hollywood's current view. "If I miss Thor, I won't have so many choices in the future."

"But you don't care, do you?" In the face of lanli's trial, Andy's counterattack successfully makes both of them smile, tacit.

Langley asked again, "I never knew there was a difference between commercial movies." In fact, in the eyes of most agents, commercial movies are the same, popcorn works, sacrifice word-of-mouth, attract box office. But as an actor, lanli knows that even the same vase is different in different commercial films.

"Of course." "The dark knight is different from Iron Man 2," she said in a deep voice, without any confusion Inception is different from twilight

For example, let Lan Li not hold back, directly laughed, "I hope our conversation just now has not been overheard by others, otherwise it will be a mess."

The craziness of "Twilight city" fans is absolutely unmatched by others. Even if the film critics yell at the series of films, the craziness of fans still pushes the box office to a new high one after another; In addition, DC Comics and marvel comics fans for their own film support is also inviolable.

"So you're a DC fan?" Lan Li said jokingly.

But Andy raised his thick and short index finger, put it on his lip, made a "Shh" gesture, and then pretended to say, "I'm a movie fan."