Chapter 210

This is Hollywood. No one is irreplaceable. no one.

This sentence can be said to be the highest standard of Hollywood, because Hollywood has a large number of talents and fresh blood. Even the top of Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp, and even the top of the industry with racial advantages such as Will Smith and Denzel washinon, are still not irreplaceable.

Hollywood is a star making factory. Without this person, there will always be the next one. When this superstar falls, there will always be the next one. This is a cold-blooded, merciless and rapidly changing soil.

Just like "Transformers" replaced Megan Fox, the "Spider Man" series almost replaced Toby Maguire, just because Toby lion opened his mouth and demanded too much money, which angered the top management of Sony Pictures.

Of course, after shooting two works, the top management was not satisfied with the box office results, so they did not hesitate to replace Andrew Garfield, who was just popular, and cut off the series to make a new start.

This is the real Hollywood.

"So, I'm going to compete with dawn Johnson?" As he spoke, Lan Li raised his right hand to show his biceps. The metaphor was so obvious that Andy began to laugh.

The opportunity of "speed and passion 5" is really worth looking forward to, but obviously the competition is not so simple. It can be seen from Andy's words just now that if dawn and the crew reach a consensus, no matter how hard lanli works, the role still belongs to dawn. After all, if lanli is chosen, the style and orientation of the role are different, and even the fighting scenes need to be rearranged. A small change will bring the whole crew earth shaking.

But the film has already started the early shooting, and the producer is still on a tour in telliureid, and nodded this audition, which means they are imminent, which also left a window for Langley. Either it's to coerce dawn, or it's to be impatient with negotiation and plan to change course.

Anyway, after face-to-face conversation, you can know the specific situation.

"There's another one?" Lanli knows that Andy must be prepared. How can Andy not know what he can consider. So, Andy said the work "speed and passion" first, and try the bottom line of lanli. It seems that Andy doesn't intend to focus on it.

"Comedy." Sure enough, Andy had been waiting there for a long time. He didn't hesitate to say anything. Then he looked back, looked through the briefcase behind him, and took out a thin book. It looked like about 20 or 30 pages. If it was a script, it would be too thin, but if it was a proposal, it would be too thick“ This is a hot book that came out last weekend. I found an old acquaintance and tried my best to get the first 20 pages to see if you are interested. I can get Brett Ratner out any time you want. "

Instead of rushing to take over the script, Langley looks at Andy in surprise, "comedy?" For Andy's choice, he was a bit surprised.

Among many types of films, comedy is a very special one. As we all know, comedy is hard to shoot. In many cases, it's easier to make the audience cry, but it's more and more difficult to make the audience laugh. Especially after the audience has seen a lot of things, they often don't buy it when they see through the routine of comedy. In the 21st century, there are fewer and fewer excellent comedies.

Not only that, except for Billy Wilder, most comedians and comedy directors are not welcomed by the Academy. This is a prejudice in the field of art. From the very beginning, comedians were not regarded as genuine actors, just like magicians and jugglers.

Don't you see that comedians like Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton have been excluded from the Oscars all their lives. Kim Carrey is undoubtedly the best comedian since the 1990s, but he has won six Golden Globe nominations, but he has never won an Oscar nomination. Even such highly praised works as "eternal sunshine of a beautiful heart" and "Truman's world" have been ignored by the Oscars.

Now, it is considered "black history" to have played in comedies. It is a rare breakthrough that James Franco, Bradley Cooper and Steve Carrell can win the Oscar nomination. Bradley won the Oscar nomination for three years in a row, and then he basically stopped acting in comedy.

Andy actually chose a comedy, which is quite unexpected.

"What? You don't like it? " Andy asked with a smile.

Lan Li chuckled twice, "no, of course not."

On the contrary, in fact, Langley thinks that challenging comedy is a very interesting thing. Even Shakespeare has a special preference for comedy, because Langley deeply knows that it is extremely difficult to perform comedy well, and the difficulty is even greater than that of drama and tragedy.

Some comedians only rely on the power of the script, the credit is in the writer; Some comedians rely on their body to make fun of themselves, such as falling on their back or making a fool of themselves in public. Many of the comedies of the rotten boy Gang come from this way; There are also comedians who rely on their own inside information and talent. That kind of humor is more like a temperament. Many comedians and British black humor are like this.

In short, the performance of comedy is definitely not as simple as it seems. All the time, lanli wanted to challenge comedy. He even imagined what kind of style it would be if he presided over "Saturday night live" and was a cold faced comedian? Or is it the vulgar and funny way to throw away all the shackles and roll up the sleeves? Just thinking about it in your head is exciting.

"I was just surprised by your choice." The smile on lanli's face went up and said, "I always thought you wanted to make a difference in the awards season. Comedy is obviously not a wise choice

"Even if you get the gold medal, I can't get a dividend; But if your comedies sell well, I'll get my dividend directly. " Andy also made a joke, which made Langley's shoulder slightly shrug. Then he said solemnly, "I just think that if you continue to make serious plot movies, you may fall into the pattern of Nicole Kidman. Therefore, it should be a good choice to break this myth before the image is fixed, It's better than knowing it's too late to save it. "

Lenley laughed mercilessly. "God, Andy, Nicole has got her little gold medal, but I don't even have a nomination. Are you thinking too far?"

Nicole also appeared in several commercial films at the beginning of her career, but later her development path soon moved closer to the literature and art drama films, and never came back on this road. In 2003, after winning the Oscar winner by "all the time", Nicole has been trying to break the stage and has appeared in many commercial films, including many image breaking comedies, such as "fairy wife at home", "Golden Compass" and "duplicate wife", all of which are so desperate that she can only return to the field of art and film, Looking for another breakthrough in the award season, but always ups and downs, the results are not satisfactory.

But Andy didn't smile with him. He still had that calm smile on his face. After waiting for lenley to stop smiling, he said, "I think your achievement will be higher than Nicole." The plain but firm words made Lan Li's eyebrows light. "To tell you the truth, now break this fixed image and broaden your play. There will be more choices in the selection of your next works, such as' dream girl ',' midnight Barcelona ',' Juno 'and' Yangguang beauty '. In the past few days, there have been many excellent comedies. "

Smile from the corner of the mouth slowly fell into the fundus of the eye, lanli for the first time really feel the blueprint Andy built for him.

"Then, take a look at the script." Lan Li picked an eyebrow and said, "what kind of comedy is it? Shit, pee, fart comedy? Black comedy? Spoof comedy? My favorite comedy recently is pineapple express. Tell me, can I cooperate with rotten boy Gang? "

Listening to lanli's positive words, Andy shakes his head and hands over the script. "It's disappointing. It's a comedy like the 'waste wood League' and 'office'. The director is Seth Gordon. He is a TV drama director. I just said that he directed both of the two dramas, and just directed an episode of 'modern family' not long ago."

TV drama director, this is the field that lanli is not familiar with, but Andy distance's several comedies, he likes very much, each of them is the kind of comedy of the sword walk, the performance style will not be too exaggerated, but there is a kind of quirky.

"Steve Carrell! One of my favorite comedians, I had a conversation with him not long ago at the Emmy Awards Lan Li said sincerely, then opened the script, bowed his head and began to read.

Andy's mood is actually a little uneasy. From "Pacific War" to "buried alive", the two roles are quite different. It can be seen that Langley's plasticity is very high, but he jumps to the comedy category at one go. This span is really big.

As an agent, Andy can't be more clear. If the positioning is wrong and the work fails, it doesn't matter. The important thing is that lanli's image positioning must start again, which is a fatal blow to the rising newlyweds. When he chooses this comedy, he is the one who is most nervous. At this time, looking at lanli's calm and focused appearance, Andy feels that his stomach begins to surge

Did he choose the wrong one? According to lanli's own choice, it seems to be a more appropriate and wise choice to play in that love literary work, and the later operation is also more simple. If he chooses this comedy and ends up smashing the pot, what should he do? Or just forget it?

However, Lan Li devotes himself to reading the script in his hand, sighing Andy's insight and wisdom in his heart. This choice is indeed bold, which can be regarded as an exception, but it is also enough to make people shine in front of their eyes. The sword goes to the wrong side, either to the ground or to a complete victory. If he is not born again, I am afraid he will be stunned at this time; Fortunately, he is.