Chapter 1896: 1896 The Whole Line Is Defeated

"LA Confidential" has not stopped making history, but the challenge tour of "Peacemaker" ended after only the first weekend.

In the following week, the box office of "Peacemaker" plummeted by 40% when no one cared about it, only earning 5.6 million box office, and the accumulated box office in two weeks was 19 million US dollars. This also means that all the doubts have been settled, not to mention the 15% drop, even the drop below 30% has not been controlled, and the 40% drop is almost It is a devastating blow, which has been officially marked: the cost of the film's 50 million US dollars cannot be recovered, and losses are inevitable.

No one, not even Ron Meyer, could have predicted this ending before "The Peacemakers" was released. George, who had high hopes, handed in a disappointing answer: the two previous works failed miserably in just three months, not to mention "confronting Hugo", even standing out among the second-line actors has become a an almost impossible goal.

From the momentum of the publicity campaign, to the professional evaluation of the work itself, to the audience's feedback on the work, to the response from the box office market, and finally to the response from the surrounding market. "Batman & Robin" and "The Peacemaker" were both busted across the board, leaving little room for face—"'Batman & Robin' barely braked before losing money, pay for itself”, which is not good news.

If someone says "George VS Hugo", it will usher in a defeat across the board, and it is estimated that they will be laughed by a group of people around them. Because even Brad has not fallen to such a point - the collision of "Interview with the Vampire" and "Speed ​​​​of Life and Death" still gave the former a good evaluation; The dollar box office has still become the most eye-catching achievement on Brad's resume. And George is better than Brad in every aspect, not to mention the strong influence of "ER Story" in the United States. So, a rout across the board? Even if the opponent is Hugo, this is impossible.

But the reality is so cruel. Aside from the hot topic during the promotional period that won George a lot of women's hearts, his 1997 year was not just lackluster, it was a complete disaster. It can almost be said that George's "big screen dream" was directly ruined.

The news about George in the media seemed to disappear overnight, and no one even mentioned George's fiasco to Hugo - because this fact is too commonplace now, as if the British media kept bringing up the "disguise" "Heirs to the Heads" title, but every time it was just a flash of inspiration, it was lost in history, and then they put the title on other new bands. Now, the "Hugo Challenger" title, too.

The New York Post added a pinch of salt to George's wounds, writing an opinion piece about the spectacular failure. But the feedback received is really not much, because even ordinary people have become accustomed to the strength of Hugo, and no one will take this as news. Apart from sympathy, there was nothing more they could give George.

No one cared about George, and in just a few months, George had become a thing of the past.

The reality is so cruel, even though George is still the most attractive actor in "The Story of the Emergency Room", even if the vast audience is still crazy about him, in the field of movies, the name of "George Clooney" is not as fast as lightning The deception disappears on the casting list of various projects-no one wants to invest in an actor who can't make a return, and the actor who will even drag the entire movie project down is even more avoidable.

Like the "Little Mermaid", George watched the winner's back go to the center of the carnival, but he himself became a bubble bit by bit and disappeared on the calm sea.

It has never been so easy for a small-screen actor to achieve a career on the big screen. The TV series group has transformed into a movie theater audience. This road full of thorns has been tried by countless people, and the winners are rare. But what is certain is that George is not one of them for the time being.

Faced with such a result, George could hardly keep his composure. Although he was in the "Emergency Room Story" crew, he still maintained his elegance and composure, sticking to the position he is most familiar with and most successful, devoting himself to the new season In the process of filming, but in fact, he has spent all his energy on endurance, so that he has no way to concentrate during the filming. As long as there is a slight gap, he will feel the overwhelming sense of shame Come.

Because "Hugo Lancaster," that's a keyword Hollywood can't avoid. Even though the "Emergency Room Story" crew had considered George's feelings and tried to avoid mentioning them as much as possible, the faint whispers behind them were even more aggressive, which made George feel like a poor guy who couldn't stand the blow. Everyone was sympathizing with him, as if all the eyes that fell on him were thorny. But because of his own image, he couldn't get angry, and couldn't argue, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

This taste almost drove him crazy.

When he got home, George started to pick up the scissors and frantically attacked the pillow. The feathers and cotton wadding all over the sky could relieve his inner anger and shame a little, "Hugo Lancaster! I'm going to kill you, I Yes! Kill! You!" George picked up the scissors fiercely, frantically poked the huge pillow in front of him, and even cut his palm with too much force, dripping with blood, but he didn't notice the flying flying all over the sky. Xu was already stained with blood, but his eyes were stabbing red, venting all the negative emotions in his heart.

It wasn't until he was exhausted that George let out a long breath, and lay down fiercely in a mess. George is a person with good self-control, he seldom loses control of his emotions, as far as he remembers, this kind of situation almost never happened after he entered his thirties, because George knew deeply that he wanted to make a name for himself in Hollywood. One day, poor emotional control can't help anything. On the contrary, learning to control emotions and learn to build an image is one of the necessary topics.

The most successful example is Tom Cruise, an American icon in the 1980s, who almost created an idol image tailor-made, and persisted all the way, achieving incredible success. George also hopes to replicate this route. He needs to create his own characteristics and charm, and then carry it forward.

George was a smart guy, no doubt about it, so he succeeded. Just took a small chance given by Tracy.

"Tracey Jacobs..." George whispered the name softly, "Tracey Jacobs..." This name, which has been completely forgotten by Hollywood, is the key to his success. Now, George finally realized what Tracy felt at the beginning: the feeling of losing to Hugo, gnawing at the heart.

The failure of "Peacemaker" is not unacceptable, because George knows deeply that any Hollywood work may succeed or fail. risk of nothing.

But for George, "Peacemaker" is a disgrace, because in the face of his provocation - the accident on "David's Late Show", Hugo didn't even take the initiative to take the initiative, not only did not say anything on the media Speech, and did not mention any related topics in the circle, as if it was just trivial matters not worth mentioning. But that's it, Hugo didn't spend any effort at all, and won the final victory in an understatement. What's even more shameful is that the failures of "Peacemaker" and "Batman and Robin" are exactly the same: bad works, Bad role, bad word of mouth, even without Hugo's shot, George has already killed himself. No wonder Hugo dismissed it.

Such a shame made George think that he was standing naked in front of the public, accepting everyone's criticism and comments. He wished he could wipe his neck directly but was unwilling to accept such treatment. This is even more embarrassing than Oasis or Mariah Carey.

The fiasco of the battle of the century and the final showdown, in the eyes of many people, is a disgrace. But George knows that at least both Oasis and Maria got what they wanted—the hype, the attention, and, finally, the breakthrough: what they achieved was their best. Although they all failed miserably to Hugo, and although they all contrasted with Hugo's incredibleness, at least they all succeeded.

However, George had nothing, nothing but chicken feathers, not even his underpants to hide his shame, and he was not even allowed to use his hands to cover his important parts. The shame of this kind of red fruit goes deep into the bone marrow.

"Tracey Jacobs...Tracey..." George kept saying the name over and over again. It was because of this woman that he got the chance to play Batman. Both Joe Schumacher and him With the help of Tracy, he started his own business, but both of them also died because of the movie "Batman and Robin". It is difficult for him or Joe to receive good scripts in a short period of time. up.

The Avengers. "Hmph," George sneered lightly. This was a brand of shame, deeply burned into his blood. "What I owe you, I've already paid it back. Then, I have to think about myself next." George realized that Tracy had become a thing of the past and could no longer be his fetters. Instead, he confronted Hugo. It is impossible for him to choose to forget after accepting such a shame, but he knows that he needs to change his method, "Maybe, I should become friends with Hugo."

Enemies, but still friends. It's like playing politics. Those who rule are average.