Chapter 970

Oscar, in the film field of contemporary society, this is the highest award for the combination of business and art. In North America, it, together with the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards, is known as the four authoritative awards in the entertainment circle; In the world, it, together with Berlin Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, is called the highest honor of the film industry.

People can dislike it and even despise it. But there is no doubt that the influence and authority of the Oscar, which is the top among the top, is the ultimate dream for every film Practitioner - perhaps the European art creators are an exception.

It's the pinnacle of any film practitioner's career, especially the actor, director and screenwriter; So, after the summit? It's like climbing Mount Qomolangma and looking at all the small mountains, what should we do next? How can we surpass the achievements of Oscar? How can we maintain above the peak?

Standing at the peak, which means that the uphill space is very limited, a little careless, that is downhill. In fact, it's the same to be at the bottom of the valley and to be at the top. The former is to retreat, while the latter is to face barriers. They need to break through and then stand up, but it's not easy to operate.

In real life, after the peak of the Oscars, actors tend to fall into a long period of depression, especially actresses, who are called "three years of failure after winning awards", which is also known as the curse of the little golden man.

In 1972, Liza Minnelli of "singing hall" was born; In 1975, Louise Fletcher flew over the madhouse; In 1985, Geraldine page, who was on a visit to bontiful, almost disappeared after the harvest.

As for the actors who have fallen into career crisis after capturing the movie queen, there are many more, such as Cher, Jessica Lange, Susan saradon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry

Such a list can be long and voluble. It's not complicated to seriously explore the reasons. After the peak of career brought by the Oscar, the value of actors will rise, and the film pay may triple or even more; At the same time, the audience's expectations are also further improved, always expecting these actors to show their strength or ability "in line with the little golden man".

The problem is that Oscars only acknowledge the actor's performance achievements in a particular film, not the whole acting career, nor the actor's individual. There are countless Movie Masters and movie queens; Once nominated, there are too many, such as Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Daniel Day Lewis. What they need is time accumulation.

Therefore, when a brand new film is released, the distribution company and the publicity department can mark the name of "Xinke movie queen" to attract attention, but this is not equal to the box office appeal.

For the new Academy Award winners, they increase the chances of their works and challenges; But in essence, it is difficult for the strength to change dramatically, and the brilliance has not been really improved.

Once the completion of the work fails to meet expectations, or the box office fails, it is easy to fall into the fault between the surface scenery and the actual status, and then gradually disappear from the audience's sight.

Generally speaking, a few years before winning the award is the golden age of actors, because at that time, the pursuit of the quality of works was the main, and the film pay was reasonable, and there were more opportunities; After winning the prize, either in order to make money, they began to appear frequently in popcorn movies, but the quality could not keep up with them, or they persisted in the field of art movies and struggled to find a breakthrough, but it became more and more difficult.

In the final analysis, it is very important to adjust one's mentality and position oneself after one's career reaches its peak. If you are fascinated by the light of the little golden man and lose the accurate judgment of your position, then, in the interest oriented Hollywood, the additional effect of the little golden man is easy to lose control and eventually lead to a gradual retreat.

The so-called little golden man curse is not a kind of Vanity Fair curse.

For actors, after winning the Oscars, the choice of the next work must be cautious.

On the one hand, we need to distinguish the image of the award-winning works, and it is best to make some challenges; On the other hand, the challenge should not be too extraordinary, subversive attempts often lead to avalanche collapse.

On the one hand, we need to get away from our own safety and comfort field. For example, art film actors can try some commercial possibilities. If they have tried before, they can go further now; On the other hand, they should not be too radical. The reason why Tom Cruise and will smith never get the Oscars is that their business attributes are too distinct.

The simple conclusion is: difficult.

Everyone can see the scenery of winning the prize, including actors and agents; But the planning and consideration after winning the prize has become more difficult. After all, the career is not over.

At the beginning of this year, after he became the youngest winner of film history with "crazy love", all eyes focused on Lan Li: how would he choose his next work? Art film? Or a commercial movie? Or a second album?

At the age of 22, Langley's acting career has just begun. There are still unlimited possibilities in the future. He has won the Oscar early. This can be the peak of Langley's career, but it can also be the beginning of his downhill.

It is noteworthy that so far, all of lanli's works have still maintained a record of complete victory, and even the lowest box office figure "buried alive" has made a lot of money. So, after xiaojinren, can lanli continue this momentum? With higher expectations and attention, can lanli continue to be recognized by the audience?

That's what Andy Rogers and the whole creative artists agency are thinking about.

From this point of view, in fact, Langley went to the west end of London to participate in the performance of "les miserables", which was unanimously supported by the innovative artists agency. They even shared a small part of their strength to help Andy promote the publicity of "les miserables" on Broadway and North America.

The reason is simple. He devoted himself to polishing his acting skills, devoted himself to professional research, and showed a modest and cautious attitude. Even though he won the Oscar, he was still not arrogant, but more down-to-earth. This can quickly cool down the jealousy and hatred brought by the "22-year-old movie king" for the old scholars and ordinary audiences.

If young actors choose to return to the west end or Broadway at other times, their agents will yell; However, lanli is a special innovative artist agency, which has fully promoted the relevant cooperation and subsequent arrangements. After the temperature rises rapidly, the temperature drops rapidly.

But after "les miserables"?

Over the past few months, Langley has been busy in London, and Andy has not been idle in Los Angeles. Even if Langley is not around, he is still the focus of Andy's work. He has been repeatedly selecting projects, screening and screening, from pure art films to independent low-cost production, from popcorn commercial blockbusters to unique commercial works,

Now, what Andy pursues is not a simple reward or award, but more careful and cautious.

Commercial popcorn blockbusters? No problem, but now lanli's personal image has gradually formed, which means that the role image needs to fit with lanli; Independent art film? There is no problem, but the role or theme needs to be breakthrough, can not repeat themselves.

In addition, they have to take into account the current position of Langley“ "Tomorrow's edge" has been paid 10 million US dollars, and 5% of the box office bonus, which means that the commercial works can never be paid less than 12 million US dollars; Independent works of art also need to start selecting directors and scripts. If they are works of unknown origin, then lanli needs to start producing them by name.

If you do not advance, you will retreat. They have to accept the effects of Oscar winners.

Most importantly, lenley needs to nod his head.

Andy clearly understands that many times, lanli is a very easy partner to communicate with. He has no pay requirements, no set privileges, no weird problems, and even no fastidious attitude towards the cooperative crew; But sometimes, lanli is a very troublesome partner. He has strict requirements for the script, the role, the director and so on.

It's not easy, it's very difficult.

Recently, one of the most interesting proposals Andy received was from Warner Bros. they asked if lenley was interested in playing Batman.

Christopher Nolan's "Batman prequel trilogy", the last of which has been completed, will be released on July 20 this year. Batman, played by Christian bell, is about to retire. After the film contract ends, there is no plan to renew it; But now Warner Bros. is planning to find a new actor to take over Batman.

Obviously, Langley is on their waiting list.

Andy refused without any hesitation, not because of the pay or anything else, but because of Langley's temperament and style, which has nothing to do with Batman. It's just like when Warner Brothers chose Nicholas Cage to play superman - it didn't work out in the end, and when Warner Brothers chose George Clooney to play Batman - it failed in the end. Now it's not wise to choose Langley.

To be more precise, it's not funny.

It is worth pondering that universal pictures sent a tentative inquiry, is it possible for Luke Hobbes to spread the story? Obviously, this is behind van diesel's advice, not to mention whether Langley will return to the sequel series after "speed and passion", but universal pictures is optimistic about the role of Luke Hobbes.

Andy did not directly refuse, but to schedule the problem temporarily shelved, and then look at the game between the two sides.

In addition, Andy's projects are close to three figures. Many of them are just a framework concept, and there is no script or crew. His only idea is to select a suitable work for lanli and break the curse of little golden man.

But now?