Chapter 1861: 1861 New Idea

"How is it, how is the script research?" Charlize watched Hugo walk into the game room, and asked casually back, but before Hugo could reply, she pointed to the TV screen and said, "Leo, you Losing again, hey man, you really don't have the talent to play the game at all."

"Please, cheat, it must be Toby who cheated!" Leonardo yelled loudly, but the others booed, and Charlize pointed his thumb down without hesitation, showing no mercy at all. Then she turned her head and cast a puzzled look at Hugo. Hugo laughed dumbly, "Yes, there is no doubt that this is a wonderful script, and I like it very much."

The corners of Charlize's mouth curled slightly, "Wow, your evaluation is so high? There are very few scripts that can get such praise from you now." They were discussing "The Truman Show", "If I remember correctly , even 'LA Confidential' you are not so excited."

Hugo shrugged, "There is no comparison. 'The Truman Show' is a comedy, a subject that I have always been very curious about, and it is far more difficult for a comedy to have such a wonderful script than other types of works." Hugo After a pause, I thought about it seriously, "Maybe except for horror movies."

"Then you're going to be tangled up." Charlize said gloatingly, one is a script written by herself, and the other is a once-in-a-lifetime excellent comedy. Although this is a trouble of happiness, it is probably something no one wants to face Situation, "Is there still no news from Ernst?"

Hugo shook his head, and he didn't hide the disappointment between his brows. He wasn't even sure if Ernst had received the script. Compared to Ernst receiving the script but not responding at all, perhaps Hugo hoped that Ernst had not received the script. In front of Ernst, Hugo's confidence is still unavoidable.

"But, you created this script, didn't you? You are a screenwriter, why don't you think about it from the perspective of a screenwriter?" Charlize said casually, seeing Hugo's puzzled look, she explained, " I mean, you do have yourself in mind when you write the script, but as you said, a lot of times the character takes on a life of its own and is far from what it was originally conceived for. So why don't you Think from the perspective of a screenwriter, who is Melvin's image after you close your eyes?"

Charlize has never experienced Hugo's entanglements. Her understanding of screenwriting and characters is far less profound than Hugo's, so it is not difficult for her to break out of the rut. She changed her thinking lightly, as if it was just It couldn't be easier.

In many cases, Charlize's layman's ideas will make professionals roll their eyes; but occasionally, the layman's wild ideas can open up a whole new world, allowing insiders to jump out of the predicament and generate new sparks and ideas. For example, right now.

Hugo listened to Charlize's babbling and trivial thoughts, and she said while paying attention to the intense game in progress, "Hey! Alex, it's my turn next, why are you stuck!" But Alex sat down without hesitation, "Aren't you talking with Hugo, me first, me first." Charlize looked back at Hugo helplessly, "I think that many times the screenwriters and actors The way of thinking will be closer, but at this time, maybe you should put aside your identity as an actor and think purely from the perspective of a screenwriter."

"Jack Nicholson." Hugo said aloud, which made Charlize stunned, and looked at Hugo with a question mark on his face, "What?" Hugo repeated, "I said, Jack -Nicholson. The first image that popped into my head just now, Jack Nicholson."

"Jack?" Charlize frowned, as if she couldn't keep up with Hugo's rhythm, "I thought it would be John Travolta or something, but... Jack and your image are too different Right?" Charlize still did not forget to look up and down, and said jokingly.

Hugo laughed, "I don't know... just now you said that I should change the angle, and then the image of Jack popped up in my mind, and I don't know why." Hugo stood quietly I thought about it on the spot, "Maybe it's because I think Jack and Ernst are close."

Under Hugo's guidance, Charlize thought seriously, and then couldn't help but nodded, "If you put it this way, it's true, although Jack is not as old as Ernst, but... when they first looked, He doesn't look like a good person. I guess the image of the clown played by Jack in 'Batman' is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, I always think his smile is a bit wretched and a bit evil."

"You forgot 'Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest'." Hugo added, and then the two exchanged glances with each other, saying in unison, "There is also 'The Shining'!"

Jack is not a handsome guy. On the contrary, his appearance has a kind of evil spirit. The strange temperament that fluctuates between normal and neurotic is unique. It is the thick and messy eyebrows that always gather too much focus. But the most interesting part is here. Jack's appearance seems to be very "scary", but he is never disgusting. On the contrary, he has a cute temperament, especially when he smiles, his fleshy cheeks have a kind of The joy of baby fat is hard to hate.

Therefore, although Jack has played a lot of "psychopaths", and most of the screen images are slanted, he still starred in many films such as "Mother and Daughter", "Man. Trouble", "Heartfire" and so on. Romantic love comedy, this is the affinity of his personal image and personal acting skills.

"I probably understand what you mean." Charlize nodded her chin lightly, "Although the appearance does not look impressive, but when you get along with them, you can find the pleasing part of their personalities." This is Ernst The similarity with Jack's personality, "is also your original intention of creating this script: as long as you watch people for a long time, you will find their human touch."

Charlize looked Hugo up and down again, "Indeed, you don't have the advantage of Jack's appearance. Compared with you, Jack is indeed closer to Ernst." Not only because Hugo is young, but also because of Hugo's temperament.

Acting skills can indeed change many things, but acting skills are not omnipotent. The limitations of appearance will definitely have an impact on acting skills. Most of Jack's screen images are slanted, Dustin Hoffman's honest and simple image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Robert De Niro's both good and evil temperament makes him like a fish in water in gangster movies.

"It depends on what kind of Melvin you expect," Charlize made the final conclusion, "I mean, from the screenwriter's point of view." Before the words finished, Charlize suddenly screamed Get up, "Hey!" This startled Hugo, and then saw Charlize strode over, "It's my turn, Toby, it's my turn! Alex just snatched my Order, now it's my turn."

Looking at the little friends who were fighting in front of him, Hugo laughed dumbly, but before he could react, Sandra Bullock's voice sounded from behind, "Hey! I went to the bathroom, so my turn What time? Come back!"

"No way!" Everyone else in the room said in unison, but Sandra stood there with a depressed face, turned her head and saw Hugo, originally Hugo wanted to comfort Sandra, but when she didn't want her, his brows stood up. "You are not allowed to jump in line!" Hugo couldn't laugh or cry, and raised his hands as a sign of surrender.

The box office failure of "Speed ​​2" put Sandra under tremendous pressure. At the beginning, Hugo told Sandra not to accept the script, but Sandra still signed and agreed. Now, Hugo has no intention of mocking his friend, but Sandra said with a self-deprecating, "You will help me choose my works from now on", which made Hugo look helpless. Recently, Sandra was so disturbed by the paparazzi that she simply hid in Malibu.

Sandra watched Hugo raise his hands in surrender, so she immediately laughed smugly, and ran behind Charlize and Alex, "The next one is me, the next one!"

Hugo stood there looking at a group of friends who were crazy about the game console, and couldn't help laughing, "Hugo, your letter." There was Zamora's voice behind him, and Hugo turned around and cast a suspicious look— — There is no need to worry about ordinary letters. Why did Zamora specifically mention, "I see the mailing address is Sunset Square, maybe Ernst's?"

Hugo walked over quickly, and then saw the kraft paper bag in Zamora's hand, and took it over. But Zamora still explained, "I'm not sure, because I don't know Ernst's handwriting..." Zamora hoped that Hugo would not expect too much, but before he could finish speaking, Hugo had already taken it apart I took out the paper bag, shook it, and a script fell out of it, which was impressively "as good as it gets", and a blank piece of paper fell out next to it.

Hugo quickly picked up the blank paper, and the vigorous font on it was Ernst's handwriting, "Simon's description has completely failed, and several scenes of psychological transformation must be rewritten. You really should go to a gay bar to experience life." It's terrible." Simon is Melvin's neighbor in the story, and when Hugo gave the script to Ernst, he hadn't realized it yet, so he didn't further polish the character. "The role of Simon's agent is not clear enough. If it is replaced by a black man with a more prominent personality, the effect will be more obvious..."

The whole white paper is eloquent, clarifying several main lines in Hugo's script, and giving his own opinions, which made Hugo break out in a cold sweat - he originally thought that the "perfect" script was very complete Yes, but in Ernst's view, it was obviously not the case, but Hugo couldn't help getting excited, and stood still and thought carefully.

At the end of the white paper, it was written impressively, "Finally...you are not Melvin."