Chapter 1453 1453 Super Project

"So, Steven, you can tell me now, what's going on?" After watching James' obviously stiff back leave, Hugo looked back at Steven and said with a slight frown.

Everything seemed too weird tonight. Everything happened between lightning and flint. It only took less than a quarter of an hour from James' appearance to his departure. The words about "Titanic" also seemed very hasty, and there was no talk at all. To the point, Hugo is still at a loss.

"I don't know, I swear, I'm not involved in this, I really don't know what's going on." Steven defended solemnly.

But Hugo didn't believe it at all. He stared at Steven with doubts, and then nodded his chin slightly, "Okay...well, if you say that..." But even so, Hugo still looked suspiciously With Steven, there is no sign of giving up at all.

Hugo's eyes made Steven irritable, and he raised his hands in surrender, "Hugo, first of all I have to stress, I don't like your questioning my eyes, although I'm not a control freak like James, But I also don't like other people challenging my authority, you know that, you know it very well." Steven said to Hugo viciously with wide-eyed eyes.

In fact, Steven said something similar during the filming of "Schindler's List", but now Steven's deterrent to Hugo no longer exists, not only because the two are friends, but also because now the two The position of individuals has gradually become equal.

Hugo shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands innocently, as if to say "I didn't do anything", which made Steven very depressed.

"Okay, maybe, maybe I gave Kevin a little bit of wind." Steven said helplessly, "You know, we have cooperated more recently. He attaches great importance to this project of James, and he has mentioned it to me several times. But I really didn't know James would show up today, that's the truth."

"So, it's fake that you asked me for something today?" Hugo didn't get angry, but looked at Steven with a smile.

Steven was stunned by Hugo's smile, and looked very helpless, "No, I really have something to do with you today. However, can we eat first? About the Kobe beef here, it's all true, I definitely didn't lie."

"Then let's taste the delicious food here first." Hugo spread his hands and gave Steven the steps without further investigation.

Although he and Steven are now friends, Hugo also knows that people like Steven, who have been in the top position for a long time, are still used to taking the initiative by themselves. As Steven himself said, he and James are essentially the same kind of people. Hugo knew that getting along with friends also needs to have a bottom line. Hugo knew exactly where he was going.

As weird as everything was going on tonight, the weirdest thing was the fact that James invited Hugo to star in "Titanic" itself.

As we all know, James likes to take all situations into his own hands, and he hates others to challenge his authority. He is the undisputed master of power on set, there is no doubt.

It can be seen from the conversation just now that Hugo did not play his cards according to common sense, which obviously made James very dissatisfied, and he left without even cutting into the main topic of the conversation. If it weren't for Steven at the scene, it is estimated that the atmosphere would have been more tense, even tense.

So, looking at James's work as a director and a producer, he has never used a big-name star except for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was enabled by the "Terminator" series.

James prefers actors who are well-known and whose careers are on the rise. It doesn't matter if they are second-tier or third-tier. Such actors have ambitions and desires for the future, and they will do their best to perform even without supervision. A certain solid foundation and performance experience does not require the director to spend too much time on the scene for guidance. The most important thing is that such an actor is completely in his hands and things don't get out of control.

James and Kathryn Bigelow's marriage fell apart because of the co-production of "Strange. Day" - or this work was the straw that broke the camel's camel, James as producer, Kathryn As the director, as a result, the two people were always fighting for control on the set, and they ended up breaking up.

In the preparatory stage of "Titanic", the original male protagonists were Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey. At this time, neither of them can be considered famous. A rookie who performed well in 2018, and his acting skills have been recognized to a certain extent, and the most important thing is to be handsome enough.

Twentieth Century Fox favored Matthew, while James insisted on Leonardo, and the war between directors and studios was clearly the winner.

But neither Leonardo nor Matthew could be Hugo.

Hugo is currently not only a second-tier or third-tier actor, but also a top-notch actor in the entire Hollywood, an unprecedented owner of 20 million yuan in remuneration, and the first owner of the list of actors that any production company would most like to cooperate with. It can be said that Hugo's influence on production companies and producers is unparalleled, just look at the "Independence Day" crew.

So, if you cooperate with Hugo, then James' authority in the crew will be challenged like never before. Even if Hugo did not directly challenge James in the crew, there would not even be conflicts and disagreements-there have been no major problems since the filming of "Independence Day", but this is still unacceptable to James, like a throat.

The fact that James invited Hugo to star in "Titanic" was the strangest thing in itself.

Steven mentioned Kevin just now, which is obviously Kevin Pence, the head of Twentieth Century Fox. "Titanic" was invested and filmed by 20th Century Fox, but later because the investment was too high, 20th Century Fox did not dare to take such a big risk-a $200 million investment, who knows if there will be a second Two "Future Water World", so they found Paramount to work together to make this work.

Judging from the current situation, it should be that Kevin wants to use Hugo as the male lead, so the plan of 20th Century Fox in the past year or so makes sense, not only "Independence Day", but also "Titan" Nick". Kevin just wants to tie Hugo to the chariot of 20th Century Fox - of course not permanently, but to maximize the value of Hugo while Hugo is at the peak of his career, this is the real businessman character.

Kevin's expectation for Hugo is very simple. He wants to use Hugo's huge market appeal to create a huge box office wave, especially for a work with high investment such as "Titanic". Inviting Hugo to become one of them is actually It's like adding an insurance for the movie.

What about James? He should be against it. Although Hugo doesn't know whether James has taken a fancy to Leonardo now, at least from today's situation, James is temporarily persuaded by Kevin, otherwise he will not be willing to come and rain at all. fruit conversation. Unfortunately, the conversation was beyond James' control, so he angrily left.

I just don’t know what James is thinking now. He still mentioned the script before leaving, and it is impossible to predict how things will develop next. A mega project like "Titanic" has never been so simple, and the most direct example is "Future Water World".

Although there are many reasons for the final failure of "Future Water World", the contradictions in the production process obviously cannot be ignored. When the film was still filming, the director and the actors quarreled constantly, and the temporary modification of the script made the screenwriter miserable. There were countless conflicts between the staff behind the scenes, and even the actors were glaring at each other. Sick, the actor Kevin Costner almost died, the filming process suffered repeated weather disasters, and the cost of shooting continued to rise... The whole conflict continued to the end, director Kevin Reynolds quit shooting two weeks ago, Kai Wen - Costner had no choice but to take over.

It's not because the crew has too many thorns, but because such a huge crew has too many interests involved, and it is difficult to settle it in a few words. Kevin Costner was already the best director of the Oscar at the time. However, Kevin Reynolds' previous two commercial films have failed, and the huge pressure and power contrast are all unsettling factors in the heavy filming process.

So, no one can know how "Titanic" will develop, especially 20th Century Fox is worried that this work will become another "Future Water World". Both James and Twentieth Century Fox have their own positions and ideas. Both sides are cautious and want to control the initiative in their own hands. How to find common ground and find solutions is also in the filming process. issues that must be addressed.

However, these situations are just Hugo's own guesses, and it is estimated that he still needs to go back and talk to Rick. All these behind-the-scenes intricacies aside, what about Hugo himself? Does he want to star in "Titanic"? This is a very important question.

"Dear Hugo, tonight's main event is coming, and I'm ready." Steven's words interrupted Hugo's thoughts.

The chaos in Hugo's mind was only for a moment. He knew that this was not the time to think carefully, so he quickly recovered, "Are you going to show it off to David?" Hugo remembered that after the popularity of smartphones, Many people are keen to take pictures with their mobile phones before eating, and then post them on social networks. Looking at Steven who is gearing up in front of him, the smile on Hugo's face blooms.

At this point, Randy had placed two plates in front of Steven and Hugo, and said with a smile, "Please enjoy."