Chapter 114： turnaround

Five million dollars, which is Al Pacino's final salary bottom line, from eight million to five million, which has exhausted all the energy of Emma Thomas. Emma Thomas, wife of Christopher Nolan, and one of the producers of "White Night".

This time, the cast of "White Night" is very strong. In addition to Al Pacino, there is also Robin Williams, who has appeared in "Dead Poets Society", "Soul Hunter" and "Jumanji". Actors, holding Golden Globes, Oscars, Emmys and other awards, are definitely heavyweights.

Another supporting actress in the script, Hilary Swank, the actress of the 72nd Harmony Oscar, was nominated for the Oscar for four years with her stunning performance in "Boys Don't Cry". The newcomer who successfully won the award after the Ska Shadow competition has still become the focus of attention. Gu Luobei still clearly remembers that this Jie, xìng actress won the second time in 5 years with "Million Dollar Baby".

Because the cast is relatively strong, it also restricts the distribution of remuneration to investors. Although five million dollars is not too high for an actor of Al-Pacino's level, after all, he has a golden statue. hand. But Al-Pacino's attitude really angered the "White Nights" crew, which caused Emma-Thomas to keep an inch on the salary.

Al... The execution of Luo Xiufan this time by Pacino is of course not specifically for "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", and there are several movies that have invited this old actor to play the script. After reading the various scripts, Al... Pacino expressed interest in "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" but the salary is less than 10 million beautiful teeth..." He will not act.

In fact, this is very normal. The salary in Hollywood means the status of an actor. At present, there are only a handful of actors who can earn more than 20 million yuan, and those who earn more than 15 million can be considered a first-line actor. For Al-Pacino, although he is in his sixties, there are still many film companies interested in him. The $10 million remuneration is also Al Pacino's test for the producer.

After the first round of negotiation, Albercino fixed the remuneration at $8 million and refused to give an inch: at this time, the negotiations reached a deadlock. At the same time, Albercino abandoned the "White Nights" crew and took over another The two films invited "Deadly Network" and "Virtual Idol (straight scripture: Xi méng, which was not a big ministry at first, but the point is that the shooting time of "Virtual Idol" overlapped with "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night".

Al-Pacino's act of agreeing to play a "virtual idol" is equivalent to abandoning the script of "Chasing the Murder in the White Night" without notifying the crew before a result has been reached.

As a result, Emma Thomas, who was already stretched thin, chose to give up Al Pacino, but Al... Pacino also said that if the salary was 8 million, and "White Night Chase" was willing to postpone the shooting, He is still willing to take the script.

The arrogant and arrogant Christopher said Lan was directly angry, as if his new movie was not Al Pacino. If not considering Al Pacino's appeal, in fact, replacing a middle-aged actor with superb acting skills Producers George Clooney and Stevie Soderbergh said it wasn't difficult at all.

As a result, Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino became rigid. At this time, there was an interview announcement from the Screen Actors Guild and Gu Luobei's door-to-door interview.

When he realized that he was not irreplaceable, Al-Pacino finally lowered his stance and lowered his salary to five million dollars, which was already in line with the price in Emma-Thomas' mind. This was a second-tier actor. 's remuneration. This also directly led to the fact that the name Evan-Bell became popular in the media for more than two days, and everyone refocused their attention on the latest progress of Al... Pacino and "White Night Chase".

But Al-Pacino insisted on filming "Virtual Idol..." and postponed the shooting of "White Night" until July, which made Christopher-Nolan hesitate.

"Emma, ​​what do you think?" Christopher Nolan asked in a low voice, looking at his wife in front of him.

"From the producer's point of view, I think it is the most reasonable to use Pacino. It has appeal, and the acting is convincing. Besides, the salary he finally agreed to is really not high, if it weren't for Clooney and Soder Berg, this is absolutely impossible." Emma Thomas' words couldn't be clearer, inviting an actor like Al Pacino for five million dollars would definitely snicker, "Standing on the wife's side. From the point of view, don’t you always want to cooperate with your favorite actors?” Many big directors have this habit and like to cooperate with familiar actors, such as Timothy and Johnny Depp, Steven Spielberg And Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. "You've admired Bell very much since returning from the Sundance Film Festival. After the interview, you even decided to use him for the role of Domo, if Pacino suddenly changed his mind again..."

After the initial interview, Christopher Nolan Knight had already decided to hire Gu Luobei, but "Bai Ye Chasing the Murderer...it's not an independent film, the director is not alone in casting roles, and the producer's opinion is also very important. .George Clooney and Steven... Soderbergh tended to use Alborcino, so when Al Pacino changed his mind, several producers were shaken.

"So I would recommend you to use Bell." Emma-Thomas's words did not make Christopher-Nolan's brows stretch, because he knew that Emma-Thomas at this time was not only his wife, but also a producer. The entire producer needs to be considered. "From my personal point of view, I would also recommend you to use Bell." This sentence made Christo Jingyi Nolan's eyes light up.

"Death Illusion, I'm not going to talk about the performance, it was absolutely stunning." Emma Thomas is struggling to adapt to her role, she is Christopher Nolan's wife and filmmaker, she must work and live Find a balance among them. The producers and directors of most movies are always unhappy, because the two sides have different positions, and there will indeed be many differences, and even the producers and directors are at odds with each other. Emma Thomas didn't want her marriage to be a negative example of this. "Besides that, I also watched clips on the Internet about sniping at phone booths. Although it's just a short film shot by some tourists and pedestrians, his performance is still amazing!" Emma and Thomas made no secret of their own A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Christo Shuyi Nolan still did not speak, just looked at Emma Thomas, waiting for her to follow.

Emma-Thomas knew her husband's temperament, and didn't deliberately disgust her, she just continued, "With your vision, and mine, I think Bell can be a genius to be able to play the role of Will-Domo, Then why not use him? Besides, in my opinion, his salary is estimated to be two million, but he saved half of the money."

Hearing Emma-Thomas' words, Christopher Nolan just smiled, took his wife beside him into his arms, sighed deeply, and let out a long sigh of relief. If you really want to cooperate with Al Pacino, I am afraid that the scenes on the set will not be pleasant. Besides, if we postpone the shooting until July, I am afraid that the phenomenon of extreme daylight will be difficult to capture. This is Christopher Nolan's most entangled. Place: Christopher Nolan is a director who advocates traditional shooting methods. He is always not very interested in computer digital special effects. Although he does not reject Weiguang, if he can create a **** near the Arctic Circle, he can use the extreme day environment for real shooting. The dog photo "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" must have a much better effect. Therefore, Christopher Nolan has been hoping to start filming in mid-April, but there have been problems with the selection of the male lead, which has led to the approaching of the planned filming time, and there is still no clue.

Now that Emma-Thomas has made a decision, there will naturally be a way to convince George-Clooney and Steven-Soderbergh. For all kinds of pros and cons, there is more communication between their producers. As for Gu Luobei, the interviewer Christopher Nolan personally informed him by phone.

The phone rang for a while before it was picked up. The voice on the other end was deliberately low, the phone signal seemed to be poor, and there were some rustling noises, which made the voice even more hoarse, "Hello, here It's Bell."

Xiang Cheng's cautious and sensitive Christopher Nolan noticed the anomaly at once, but he didn't know if it was because the phone signal was not good that his voice was low, "Hello, this is Nolan, Christopher Nolan.

Is it convenient to call now? "

"Of course What's the matter?" The voice is a little louder now, with a little echo, it sounds like a bathroom or a stairwell or something. Well, the place where you must stay is not suitable for loud calls.

"Bell, I'm very honored to invite you to be one of the members of the 'Bai Ye Chasing Murder...' crew, I hope you will play the role of Will Domo. But now the time is tight, the crew plans to play around the fifteenth of this month. Shooting, I wonder if you can accept my invitation?" Nolan poured out the words in one breath, and after speaking, he waited for a reply from the other end of the phone with a trace of anticipation.

The other end of the phone also seemed to be stunned, "You mean 'Bai Ye chasing the murderer...?" After a pause, he heard Christo's answer confirmed by Yi Nolan, and his voice rose slightly, Christo said a little. Nolan could clearly hear the excitement in his voice, and this feeling made him feel a little more excited, "Of course! However, sir, due to the tight time, I need to ask for leave from the school first, I don't know if I can Arrived on time on the 15th. I asked the professor tomorrow, will I give you the final reply?" It's almost six o'clock now. Although the voice was slightly excited, it was still polite.

"I'm waiting for your good news." Christopher Nolan breathed a sigh of relief, this matter is always confirmed. a.