Chapter 146： Hype and self-hype

While Natalie was sitting in the classroom and looking at the "New York Post" given to her by the reporter, in the hotel suite, Ryan was also looking at the same newspaper. His face was calm, only slightly A mocking smile.

"Shameful indecent love!"

This is the title of the article, which directly defines the film. It is very shocking, but Ryan is just looking at it as a joke... Well, every issue of The New York Post is actually a complete collection of American jokes.

"... Although the film is concealed, it clearly praises the love affair between the killer and the underage girl. This is a very immoral practice. Such films should be restricted. In addition, there are several minors in the film holding guns. I don’t know how mpaa passed the review. Such a movie should be rated as -17. It should not be placed in a movie theater and watched grandiosely. This is a challenge to the value orientation of the United States!"

"We don’t understand why Ryan Jenkins, as a young genius, a Hollywood gold-medal screenwriter and famous child star, chose such a sensitive subject? Could it be said that his past achievements have gone to his head, or he Don’t understand what social responsibility is? No matter how outstanding the film is, it’s a shame!"

There are a hundred Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people, and the tabloids will naturally look at this movie with the worst eyes. The New York Post always likes to antagonize it, not attacking "Killer Leon", it is strange not to attack itself.

Ryan was still wondering why the "New York Post" had been so quiet for two days. It turned out that the reaction was a little slower.

It's better now, the sky is blue, the light is brighter, the air is fresher, the tabloids are spraying manure, and the world is back to normal.

Anyway, I've long been used to it, and Ryan won't care. Now he has neither the ability nor the energy to care about these trivial things. Just keep an account in mind.

As for restricting the movie or dropping it early, the New York Post can only clamor. If there are not enough excuses, even the federal government can't drop the movie at will.

It may not be too difficult to downgrade an unpopular movie, but to force a popular movie to downgrade, it requires persuasive reasons.

Behind the big hit movies, what is involved is not only the interests of the producers, but also the interests of the theater chain, and the interests of advertisers. It represents more than just the box office.

As long as you can benefit from "Killer Leon". The media group that controls the theaters will ignore those clamors. In the eyes of capitalists, banknotes are the cutest things.

Ryan took the first week's box office statistics sent by Harvey Weinstein and looked at the numbers on it and couldn't help laughing. Without wasting my own modification.

On the first Wednesday, more than 2500 theaters were released, with a North American box office of 30.44 million U.S. dollars, firmly sitting on the top of the weekly box office rankings, not only surpassing the North American box office total of the previous life, and even catching up with the global box office.

"Killer Leon" is indeed a classic, but the previous life is not very successful in North America. The investment of about 20 million only returned the North American box office of less than 20 million US dollars. Fortunately, this theme is very popular in Europe and the Far East. . This finally won the global box office of more than 45 million U.S. dollars.

Now that I have joined, the fate of this movie has been changed.

Of course, it's not just movies. As far as Ryan knows, Miramax has already contacted the manufacturer. Evergreen, bear dolls, yarmulke, Matilda's costumes, and the classic pendant, etc., have all been developed into peripheral products.

Harvey Weinstein even contacted Surprise, planning to publish a comic version of "Killer Leon". Unfortunately, Surprise is in trouble now and has no energy to take up this business.

Just like other hot movies, this is a whole chain of interests that affects the whole body.

Ryan knows very well that he is now a minor and his own strength is limited, and being able to receive the attention and invisible care of the giants is nothing more than providing them with huge benefits, and he has been working hard to tie the allies in the same battle of interests. In the car.

However, seeing the following news, Ryan couldn't help but shook his head. As expected, the woman who had become famous in her previous life didn't have a simple thing.

"Recently, the reporter got news that Miss Liv Taylor, who participated in the audition for "Killer Leon", claimed that the massive audition was just a hype and there was serious injustice. The person who originally won the role of Matilda would be She did not expect that it was Miss Natalie Portman in the end, and there was a black box operation in it..."

"The following are the original words of Miss Liv Taylor-on the day the second audition ended, when I was dining in an Italian restaurant, I saw Ryan Jenkins and Natalie Portman. They sat together and talked and laughed. Laughing, it’s obviously not what I just met. It should be an old friend. Natalie’s mother and Ryan’s agent were sitting together. They were celebrating. I was disappointed at the time. I thought it was fair. The audition, I didn’t expect it to be such a result..."

"Ryan Jenkins is known as a role model for all American teenagers. He was also my idol before, but this approach is very disappointing. This audition is just a show he used to hype. I regret participating in such an audition very, very much. , Natalie Portman shouldn’t get so much praise, she got this role by shameless means, and the Screen Actors Guild should investigate this..."

"I am a model. I had the opportunity to be an actor, but now I can only play mv. This is not fair, and it is not fair to all the girls who participated in the audition..."

Is it really an injustice? It's just a self-hype. Ryan simply threw the newspaper aside, and as his fame became more and more popular, there would be no less hitchhiking things in the future, just ignore it.

Is the fairy princess really innocent? That's just the image in the movie. Maybe people don't know it now, but Ryan knows that this girl has been living in such a complicated circle since she was a child. Will her mind be simple?

Of course, her hype belongs to the hype, as long as she doesn't touch the bottom line, Ryan will only be ignored.

However, he didn't care, but someone did. At noon, Natalie called.

"Ryan, how can Liv Tyler say that? I greeted her when I auditioned. You should know that I got this role by my own strength!"

"Hey, Nat, won't you be so excited?" Ryan persuaded.

"My acting really can't deserve so much praise? Or is her acting better than me..."

Acting? Ryan rolled his eyes, Liv Tyler's acting... well, it's sunny today.

"I got the role of Matilda by disgraceful means. What disgraceful means did I use? We are good friends, but the person who decided this character is Luc Besson." Natalie was completely venting. Dissatisfaction in the heart. "Ryan, if I want to do something, she is also criticizing you."

"No, Nat." Ryan said after thinking about it, "Remember the self-hype thing I mentioned to you?"

"You mean..."

"Yes, Nat, ignore it. Also, do you think her opinion is important, or the opinion of mainstream media and well-known film critics is important. They almost praise you by all accounts. Don’t forget, even God can’t win Everyone likes it."

"I understand." Natalie was very smart and soon recovered her calm.

I have to say that Ryan has a great influence on her. The little girl's heart is far stronger than that of her previous life. After a moment of anger, she can restore her calm mind.

"Yes, there is one thing, I... I don't know who to tell." Natalie seemed a little hard to say.

"What happened, Nat?" Ryan frowned. "Could it be that the paparazzi made things difficult for you?"

Probably not. Both she and Jinsli have taught her a lot in this regard, and Natalie has already been mentally prepared.

"Just now when get out of class was over, I found a letter in the locker."

"Believe?" Ryan tightened the microphone.

"Yes, a letter written by a man is full of dirty language. I miss your tender body and want to..."

Although Natalie didn't go on, Ryan guessed the following. The person who wrote the letter was probably a lo*ic*n.

"What should I do?" Natalie is still a child after all.

Ryan scratched his head for a while. He remembered clearly that in her previous life, Natalie had encountered this kind of experience, but now this person is most likely from her school. It is easy to deal with just harassment, if it is John Hin. Like Klee...

After patted his head, Ryan scolded himself again and started thinking about it, and quickly said, "Well, Nat, you can ask for leave for the time being. Anyway, I will go to France to participate in the promotion in a few days."

"okay then."

After hanging up the phone, Ryan sighed. The circle was disturbed. It is not easy to protect the people you want to protect, maybe more actions should be taken.

Money and time! Ryan covered his forehead. This is what he needs most. Money represents a powerful capital in this country, and time can make him grow up!

Tabloid hype is sometimes a bad thing, and sometimes a good thing. It can keep the topic and popularity of the film enough, and it can attract people's eyes continuously, thereby boosting the box office.

Even some hype is that Miramax is behind it. The entertainment industry has developed to the present, and publicity has become more and more important. Sometimes it can be equated with box office numbers.

Before going to France, the crew also accepted an interview with the TV station. When the host asked about it, Ryan made no secrets.

"Natalie is my best friend. We have known each other since 1989. Although she was in New York and I was in Los Angeles, this did not affect our relationship. In fact, we communicate with each other at least once a week, twice. The above call."

"Some people questioned the audition. What I want to say is, after watching "Killer Leon", how did you feel about Nat's performance? I think it's too good to be described. She is my Matilda!" (m )