Chapter 1806: 1806 Highly Anticipated

Hugo continued to take a step forward, and whispered to Curtis for a while about the press conference and today's shooting plan. The two producers are bound to be extremely busy on the first day of the filming. Russell and Heath followed closely behind Hugo. Even though they couldn't get in a word, they still couldn't suppress the throbbing in their hearts.

Russell and Heath's gaffes seemed normal to the crew, because they all knew how rare the opportunity to appear in the "LA Confidential" crew was. It was rumored in the circle that Russell played the role of Bard, and the entire Hollywood A total of seventeen people participated in the competition - twelve of the seventeen candidates were from the three major brokerage companies. The fierce competition can be described as fierce.

As for the small role of Matt played by Heath, the Screen Actors Union received a total of 57 application forms, not to mention the grand occasion where the three major brokerage companies fought in order to compete for the heroine Lynn. There were even rumors that the international Marvin Josephson, CEO of Innovative Management Agency, in order to get his artist Demi Moore to get the role of Lynn, met with Martin, senior partner of Innovative Artist Agency, on the night of the Hugo Malibu Villa Party. -Baum wrestles into a ball.

Of course, rumors are just rumors, and no one can confirm them. Only Barry Meyer can know how grand the casting of "LA Confidential" is this time. As many as 63 agencies in Hollywood have participated in the fight for more than 70 characters with lines in the crew. There are as many as 600 actors who have actually been exposed to role auditions. Even if the four core roles are not deducted, there are nearly nine actors fighting for each role on average.

On the surface, Russell and Heath's nominations, including Charlize's victory, went smoothly, but in fact the struggle behind it was a big show.

Almost everyone in the Hollywood industry knows one thing. Since the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1992, every work Hugo Lancaster has starred in has either box office or awards, or both commercial and word-of-mouth, or miracles. , or write brilliantly.

As an actor, being able to perform with Hugo is not only the dream opportunity of many new actors, but also the cooperation that many veteran actors are happy to see. From "Before Sunrise" to "The Seven Deadly Sins", and then to "Death Row Walking", the actors who co-starred with Hugo all burst out with great energy and made breakthroughs repeatedly. Even Morgan Freeman lamented, The experience of playing with Hugo is one of the most memorable experiences in his acting career, "Perhaps, it is not too much to remove 'one'".

More importantly, Hugo will also appear as the producer of "L.A. Confidential" this time. For agents and actors, this is almost a guarantee of a good work, almost a guarantee of success. Who knows if it's the next "Independence Day," or the next "Pulp Fiction," but one thing's for sure, no one wants to miss, even if it's the next "Before Sunrise."

That's why the casting process was so tragic. It was almost one of the most exciting events after the film industry regained its glory in the 1980s. It reminded people of the crazy scene when "Star Wars 3" was publicly cast in 1981. .

Of course, Russell and Heath's excitement, even gaffes, are justifiable, and no one will blame them.

"We have too many locations, more than 60 locations. If we don't want to delay the progress, we must ensure that we finish shooting at two to three locations every day... Wait, when did David say the movie is expected to be released?" Rain Guo stopped, and looked at Curtis with some irritability.

After Hugo got the shooting schedule yesterday, he has been in a state of anxiety. This is not a good thing for the adjustment of the shooting state. Fortunately, Hugo is already experienced now, so there should be no problem. But now when discussing with Curtis, it is inevitable to start to get irritable again.

"September," Curtis also frowned in embarrassment, "but the exact date hasn't been set yet...?" Curtis wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Crazy, a group of lunatics." Hugo frowned slightly, which meant that the shooting and post-production time for "LA Confidential" was only less than four months, and the speed was really too fast, "Are you planning to do post-production together? , or edit every day?" Hugo looked at Curtis and asked.

"Post-production every night." Curtis replied neatly, "I plan to shoot according to the timeline, and then keep the secret of the ending. I only announce the script of the day to the actors every day, and try to brew emotions according to the progress of the movie. Get up." So far, only the four protagonists have received the full version of the script.

Hugo nodded. Although he didn't know anything about film post-production, he clearly knew that they didn't have much time to waste during the filming stage, "Well, let's allocate about half a million dollars from the budget and put The props group is divided into three groups. While we are shooting here, the other two groups will go to other locations to arrange the scene first, and then after the shooting is over, we will move quickly, and we can start shooting directly there.” This is what Hugo strives for. With the benefit of a larger budget, there is obviously more room to move.

"However, the requirements for the actors are very strict, and they must enter the state immediately, and there is no time for the actors to waste." Curtis does not want this, but it is definitely not an easy task.

Hugo let out a long breath, but smiled at Curtis, "Fortunately, our cast is trustworthy." Then he gave Curtis a meaningful look.

Curtis quickly understood that among the four protagonists, except for the new Hollywood face Russell, the acting skills of the other three have been recognized. Even Russell, his previous performances have already received many evaluations . In terms of the most important heroine, Charlize's three works "Before Sunrise", "Romeo and Juliet", and "The Devil's Advocate" in the past year have proved their strength, especially "The Devil's Advocate" which has just been completed. , the crew is also full of praise for Charlize. At this point, you can see the advantages. If you choose Kim Basinger, although there may not be problems, it is certain that things will not be so optimistic.

"Curtis, what is this?" Hugo's voice stopped Curtis from thinking. He raised his head and saw Hugo standing beside the trailer. Hugo had a puzzled expression on his face, because the sticker on the trailer Holding a huge "Hugo Lancaster", it is very difficult not to notice it.

It's a huge trailer with a fully equipped RV in the back that sleeps, showers, cooks in, and more.

Curtis smiled, "Your mobile lounge, a gift from Barry." Although he wanted to play it lightly, he couldn't restrain the excitement in his voice.

After entering the 21st century, especially after the rapid development of the Internet, the RV has become a must-have item for the top superstars of the crew, and even most of the crew will prepare one——for all the actors of the crew as a mobile lounge, dressing room, and dressing room Use, only a few top stars can own their own RV. On the one hand, it is due to the consideration of mobility, so that the crew can move at any time, and there is no need to clean up the scene temporarily; Pay attention to sight.

But now in 1997, not to mention the actors, not even the entire crew used an RV much—Hugo once used it once on the "Pulp Fiction" crew, because the entire crew needed to travel around Los Angeles for a long time. Of course, this is also related to the current filming mode of the crew, and the era of commercial blockbusters has just begun. Today, Hugo inadvertently made history again, becoming the first actor in Hollywood to have a private RV lounge — a gift from the Warner Bros. CEO.

Although there were already enough surprises today, Hugo still stared at the RV in front of him dumbfounded. Of course, Hugo is not short of money to buy his own private lounge, but because of the unique treatment of the crew. The special treatment is really fascinating.

"Wow, does this mean that I can sleep in the RV and be late for the shoot on purpose?" Hugo said excitedly, and Curtis, Heath, Russell and other staff members standing beside him all looked Black line—even if there is no RV, no one can stop Hugo from playing big.

It's a pity that before Hugo took a serious look at this gift, he started to get busy again, because the reporters who came to the press conference had already surrounded the scene tightly, a total of 73 media outlets , More than 200 reporters arrived at the scene, which made the open-air press conference look bloated. There are obviously no border restrictions, but it still makes people feel that the street is almost bursting.

Curtis and David successively appeased the restless media, but to no avail. As a result, Hugo could only act in person—as a producer.

Seeing Hugo appearing next to the temporary bleachers at the press conference, the reporters immediately booed, and Hugo understood in an instant. In fact, everyone knew that there was still half an hour before the press conference, and the uncrowned kings deliberately made trouble. Let Hugo appear - if Hugo is an actor, he can continue to avoid seeing him, but he is a producer, so he needs to come out to maintain order. This can be regarded as the uncrowned kings' revenge for Hugo's little teasing.

Looking at Barry Meyer standing on the scene "helping the evil", Hugo could only laugh helplessly, then walked onto the stage, took the microphone and said, "I didn't know that Halloween came early to summer ?” One sentence made all the reporters on the scene burst into laughter, looking triumphant, “Since everyone is looking forward to our crew so much, then I can also look forward to your headlines tomorrow, right?” Squeezed out of the seam.

In a word, the noise at the scene stopped abruptly in an instant. Sure enough, Hugo is not easy to mess with.