In December, London was freezing cold. Grey and dark clouds spread in large areas. There was no sunlight. Pedestrians came and went in a hurry. The gray, black and blue overcoats became a vast gloom, passing through the ancient city streets, Even the red double decker buses and telephone booths seem to have disappeared into the dark.
This year's winter is particularly difficult, the snow has not dropped, the wind is becoming more and more evil day by day, the temperature is getting colder and wetter day by day, the continuous cold seems endless, forever trapped in this winter.
Now, the whole city is looking forward to snow. As long as it snows, everything will get better.
"It's another cloudy day, and it's also a typical London. If you've just arrived in London today, welcome to the Republic of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is our winter. It's never changed, and it doesn't seem to change, so... Welcome. I'm Daniel, and you're listening to the BBC
In the cold weather, the warm voice of the radio anchor is like a cup of warm hot chocolate, which becomes the best company on the way to work and in the office. Even the voice of the host is lazily echoing in the coffee shop, guiding people to go back to the eighties or the more distant past.
"Even though it's an annoying workday, it's not without good news in the midst of all the busyness." "Les miserables" is not the Almeida theater version, but the film version jointly created by Cameron mackintosh and Hollywood, which will be premiered in Trafalgar Square today
Radio waves are beaming around the city of London, once again reminding every audience that today is the time to cash in on the latest movie release information that has been buzzing in the past half a month.
"Les miserables" has always been one of the most popular plays in the west end. Even if the modification of "one" is removed, it is estimated that many audiences will agree with it. However, in the recent year, this play is obviously in hot demand. It is bound to be a year of "miserable world."
First of all, in the first half of the year, John corder and the Almeida theatre rearranged the tragic world. They not only rediscovered the magnificence and profundity of Victor Hugo's original work, but also explored the significance of Victor Hugo's original work; In addition, he boldly employed a series of young actors, re endowed the drama and characters with vitality, and won the unanimous praise from people inside and outside the industry! "
"Then the Hollywood adaptation started the project almost at the same time. Cameron Macintosh joined hands with Tom Hooper to ensure that an original film can be created. In the past six months, with the great success of the drama version, the film version has also aroused numerous discussions and expectations. "
"Today, the global Premiere of the film version will be held in London. It's the first time to meet the audience. Obviously, it's a grand occasion that can't be missed. However, as far as I'm concerned, I'm more curious about whether Langley hall, who is now shooting a new work in Surrey, will appear in Trafalgar Square to support the film. As far as I know, Langley almost joined the film version in the casting stage. "
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Radio programs are sparing no effort to promote the film version of "les miserables"!
The production stage of this musical film, which is invested, built and publicized by universal pictures, has attracted much attention. The production cost of US $61 million is the top of musical. Compared with "Chicago", which won the best Oscar in that year, the cost budget is US $45 million; And the star studded "Nine" has cost 80 million to build.
The production of CASS can be regarded as luxurious. Oscar best director Tom Hooper joined hands with Tony Award Best Producer Cameron Macintosh. In addition, Oscar gold medal British producer Eric Fellner created such excellent works as "Pride and Prejudice", "atonement", "Fox dialogue with Nixon", "true love first" and "Elizabeth", It's also on the producer list.
No doubt, the project stage can be determined, this will be a hit Oscar masterpiece!
After the news is confirmed, everyone is boiling, everyone hopes to be a member of this work, and everyone is also concerned about the future trend of this work. Finally, a series of famous actors have joined in to confirm people's conjecture again, and they are worthy of being the most popular work in this year's award season.
It's not shown yet. We're looking forward to it.
In early November, Universal Pictures officially decided that "les miserables" would hold its world premiere in London on December 5; Then, on December 25, the film will be officially released in Spain, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Canada and the United States, including the United Kingdom.
It can be seen from this single detail that universal pictures is full of confidence in films.
Choose the British mainland to launch the global premiere, take the lead in opening up the local market, and rely on Cameron Macintosh's strong contacts to open up the situation and win the support and affirmation from the British mainland; After three weeks of word-of-mouth precipitation and fermentation, it was officially released in North America, starting the first shot of the college's public relations.
Everyone said that in the world, London is undoubtedly the most suitable city for the premiere of "les miserables", first the Queen's Theatre, and then the Almeida theatre. This play has nearly 30 years of performance history in this city, and has an incomparable strong mass base.
People are familiar with and understand the play and are willing to pursue it.
Today, the premiere on Trafalgar Square also vividly proves this point. Even if the ice is cold and the wind is raging, it still can not stop the audience from coming to the scene to express their support.
More than 2000 audiences gathered in the square, and became the most beautiful scenic spot of the world premiere of "les miserables", completely ignoring the dignity of winter, even compared with many commercial films in summer, lighting up the haze and depression of London, becoming the most sought after Premiere of this year's film market.
Of course, the world premiere is always special. The choice of London is just the same.
As for the more than 400 reporters, it's not surprising. Whether it's the ambition of Universal Pictures, the high attention of the world premiere, or the series of topics created by "les miserables" this year, it's enough for reporters to rush to Trafalgar Square in the cold wind and get first-hand information.
As the radio said, this is a golden age; Again, as the radio says, the name "Langley hall" has taken the headlines away.
"Hugh, it's said that during the audition, Langley wanted to play Jean Valjean, and his excellent performance moved Cameron, but it's a pity that he didn't make it in the end. But is it really the case? If so, what do you think of it? "
Hugh Jackman, who arrived on the red carpet, couldn't even adjust his pace before the reporters' bombardment started. For this, Hugh was obviously ready and laughed happily, "true, it's true." He nodded his head in affirmation.
"There is no doubt that Langley is an excellent actor; Moreover, he has the absolute ability and talent to play the role of Jean Valjean, which is well known Hugh expressed his views with a smile on his face. It seemed that even if the reporter did not ask, he would take the initiative to mention, "I have watched the Langley version of Jean Valjean, twice on the west end and once on Broadway. In fact, he won my respect and admiration, and inspired my arrogance at the same time. "
When he said "arrogance", all the reporters chuckled. Hugh spread out his hands and shrugged in self mockery. "I realized that I had to do my best. There is no difference in acting skills, but I hope that Jean Valjean, who presents another version of Jean Valjean, can inject my own understanding. At least, the film version can not be delayed because of my existence. "
The scene was filled with laughter.
Humility and self-confidence, sincerity and humor, Hugh Jackman is always like this, personality charm in unconsciously flowing out, let people love.
Then, when the reporter asked aggressively, whose Jean Valjean version did Hugh think was better; In this regard, Hugh not only didn't feel annoyed, but also said, "I will choose lanli. In my opinion, everyone has their own preferences. I hope that someone will like my version more; But as far as I'm concerned, I like Langley's interpretation. It's really a pleasure to watch his performance. "
"Of course, part of the reason is that if I choose myself, I'll fall down and the scene will be too ugly." As soon as the words changed, Hugh began to laugh, "so, in order to keep my image, I'd better choose lanli. I believe Debra will choose me. That's enough. "
Debora Lee Furness, Hugh's wife.
The whole audience began to gather together and make complaints about Tucao Xiu again. It can be seen that the relationship between sue and the reporter is really good, and they get along very happily.
However, for the sake of gimmicks and hot spots, reporters naturally will not let it go so easily, and their questions are not over.
"Hugh, will Langley be at the premiere today?" Just this summer, Langley attended the London premiere of "extraordinary Spider Man" and expressed his support for Andrew Garfield. Now, Langley is filming in Surrey, 30 minutes away by car. If he wants to, it's a matter of minutes to come to London.
Originally, the reporter wanted to be provocative, but he didn't expect that, but Hugh showed an enthusiastic expression, "can you send an invitation? I mean, I'm looking forward to the premiere. I know he's very busy now, but if we can sit down and talk face to face and talk about our understanding of the role, I think it's very interesting. "
Looking at Hugh in front of them, the reporters could not help but help him. They knew that the news explosion point should be hopeless.