Chapter 1789: 1789 Cast Prototype

Objectively speaking, the two roles of Jack and Ed in "LA Confidential" are not the type that can push actors to the extreme. Therefore, Hugo finally chose a character that he is interested in - Ed. Hugo has never challenged a pious role in his career as an actor. How to make the audience hate Ed, or even loathe and reject Ed, is definitely a difficult challenge. He thinks it will be a Very interesting.

"Ed?" Curtis cast his gaze in surprise, pondered for a while, then shook his head, "This is an extremely... extremely difficult matter."

Although it is said that Hugo has successively played the role of many big villains such as "Schindler's List", "Seven Deadly Sins", and "Death Row Walking", in fact, the audience's image of Hugo is still mainly positive. Not only because of the positive images in works such as "Independence Day" and "Speed", but also because of the positive impression Hugo usually shows when facing media reporters. Therefore, when people see Hugo, the first impressions that come to mind are more positive words such as "sunshine, clear, gentleman, gentle".

This is also the reason why Hugo's image in "Seven Deadly Sins" is turned upside down, making people feel even more chilled.

However, Ed in "L.A. Confidential" is different. He is hated almost from the first appearance. Breaking stereotypes is not easy.

Kevin chuckled, "That's Hugo's purpose, isn't it?" He and Hugo are actually the same kind of people, and they have a strong interest in acting. However, he is still slightly inferior to Hugo. He does not have a wise enough vision for the selection of commercial film scripts, so he has never dared to try. If there is a chance in the future, he also wants to act in a commercial film, which may be a very interesting thing.

"What about you?" Hugo looked at Kevin with a smile, "As I said, you are allowed to choose first."

"I want to play the role of Jack." Before Kevin finished speaking, Curtis clapped his hands happily, and the clear voice echoed, "I just want Kevin to play Jack!" Everyone couldn't help but Looking at the excited Curtis, he couldn't help explaining, "Actually, I watched Kevin's stand-up comedy before he became famous..."

Everyone looked at Kevin again, and Kevin suddenly realized, and explained, "That bar on Poor Street?" Curtis nodded in agreement, and Kevin said to Hugo, "It's a means of making a living when you're not famous. , as if you were performing on the street."

Curtis nodded vigorously, "I really wanted to work with Kevin at that time. Before this work, Kevin had never played the role of Jack, calm, gentle, wise, and cunning, but at the same time Hiding incredible emotions, knowing how to measure, but because of the residual justice, he got himself involved in the whirlpool."

Kevin laughed, "If I say that I want to play Jack, it's because he unexpectedly died in two-thirds of the movie, would you believe it?"

After speaking, Kevin and Hugo looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Curtis, who was sitting next to him, had black hair, but things went smoothly beyond expectations, and Curtis couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Previously, when choosing the cast of the movie, Curtis heard that Hugo had issued a list of actors, which made him worried, lest the poor choice of actors would ruin the whole movie, but he was the first to see it The name of "Kevin Spacey" and the second saw "Kevin Bacon", which really surprised Curtis; It is obviously a wise choice for Hugo to play Jack and Hugo to play Ed... Curtis's mood suddenly became clear.

"Hugo, what about Bud? I looked at the list of actors, and there is no suitable partner on it." Curtis quickly cut to the topic, the iron triangle has already formed two of them, and we are looking at the third role.

Imagine the confrontation between Hugo and Kevin—these two are Oscar winners for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor in the past three years, respectively, and they are both leading actors in the baby boom generation. It is exciting to paint the scene in your mind—even surpassing the confrontation between the two old actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in "The Wire", and it is far from the explosion of "Seven Cases". Hugo crushes Brad Pitt in "Sin".

When conceiving the role of Bud, Hugo proposed several candidates, including Alexander Lorraine, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, etc., and this list was also obtained by Barry. -Meyer's approval-the latter two are not actors under the Endeavor Elite Agency.

"So, you don't like Depp?" Hugo raised his eyebrows. Johnny also appeared at the party tonight, but he only had time to nod and say hello to him. Curtis went straight to the audition instead.

Curtis did not speak immediately, but considered his words, "First, he is not strong enough, far from enough; second, his temperament is too gloomy, he can win the audience's pity and care, but he cannot That kind of bloody and cruel power erupted." He carefully looked at Hugo's expression to make sure that Hugo was not too unhappy, and then said, "So, I don't think he is suitable."

Hugo also knew it was a dilemma. The role of Bud looks like a "thug" on the surface, but hidden under his violent image, he is a broken soul. The innocence and beauty he represents are very mixed emotions.

Since the strong rise of a large number of action actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Harrison Ford in Hollywood, for a long time, thick muscles are almost the most important part of the interview process, so I want to find one in Hollywood Muscular actor, very easy. But this kind of actor needs to have that kind of childlike innocence at the same time, and enough acting skills to make the audience feel empathy, which is even more difficult.

Not even Mark Wahlberg, who, for all his laudable acting skills, is fatally tall -- he's not even five foot seven.

In fact, Hugo thought of Russell Crowe first, which is a matter of course.

When Russell was young, it can be said that he was a very unique landscape in Hollywood. He had a strong figure and a rough temperament, which was fully displayed in "Gladiator"; but at the same time, his delicate facial features had a very special Childish, that kind of innocence and childishness make his temperament changeable, sometimes male and sometimes boyish, "A. Beautiful. Mind" has become another stage for him. More importantly, when he was only 30 years old, Russell's aura and solid acting skills have already been praised by countless people, and his natural acting style has won numerous praises.

Playing the role of Bud, Russell can be said to be completely in line with the original, and more importantly, Russell gave Bud a sympathetic and heartbreaking beauty in "LA Confidential", which made the tone of the whole movie Everything has changed.

However, Hugo did not write this name in the list of actors because Russell is still a newcomer to Hollywood, and he is not sure if it is too shocking for him to write it rashly - appointing an actor who has never met before work together? Not only in Hollywood, but in any industry is very weird.

Originally, Hugo hoped that Alex or Johnny would be able to play the role of Bard, but obviously Curtis was not satisfied. Hugo thought about it carefully, and also denied his own idea. Fan, said, "I don't know if you have heard of an actor named Russell Crowe?"

Hugo vaguely remembered that after Russell landed in Hollywood, he collaborated with Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie. The two newcomers co-starred, and even in order to force the producer to agree to this condition, Sharon did not hesitate to lower her salary and postpone the film contract, just to match the schedule of the two newcomers. There was a lot of fuss about this matter, and Leonardo also mentioned it to Hugo, but in the end the movie failed miserably.

Hugo has an impression of this incident, but recently he couldn't remember the name of the movie, and he was not sure whether his memory was accurate. Therefore, at this time, Hugo is still a little cautious.

"Russell Crowe?" Even Kevin made a clear rhetorical question.

Immediately afterwards Curtis said, "Of course, 'Romper. Stomper', an Australian movie, this young actor has surprised Hollywood."

Hugo is not very familiar with Australian movies, and he doesn't know the movie "Lawless". Naturally, he doesn't know how many people's attention this movie attracted in 1992.

This movie called "Lawless" has been regarded by countless people as one of the most important movies in the past two decades. The movie shows how an ordinary individual becomes an evil and cruel Nar under the influence of the environment. Pure, it shows not only the problems of independent individuals, but also the contradictions and conflicts between the whole society and isolated groups. The blood and cruelty shown in the works are controversial.

At the same time, Russell, who starred in "Lawless", also attracted the attention of Hollywood by virtue of his superb acting skills and outstanding performance. This won Sharon's favor and knocked on the door of Hollywood.

Although "Lawless" has limited influence on ordinary audiences, "Russell Crowe" is still an absolute newcomer; but for directors, actors, screenwriters and other veterans, it is the first time that they really feel Russell's unlimited potential. At the same time, Russell and Nicole Kidman, the two Australian actors' achievements in Hollywood, have really opened the door for Australian actors to enter Hollywood.

So, "Lawless" is indeed a very important work. Both Kevin and Curtis knew about it.

At this time, Hugo could only bite the bullet and pretend to understand, but he secretly thought that his understanding of movies is still very limited, and he should continue to study, "Yes, it is him, it is him. Do you think he came How about playing Bud?"