Chapter 662 662 Action Movies

Jane de Bont, Graham Yost (Graham. Yost), and Ian Bryce sat in the coffee shop, nervously drinking the coffee in front of them and chatting absentmindedly.

To be honest, the "Speed ​​of Life" crew never thought that they would be able to invite Hugo to star, not only because the budget of "Speed ​​of Life" of less than 30 million is not worth it at all compared to the huge investment like "Future Water World" A mention; at the same time, because the crew does not have a Quentin Tarantino like "Pulp Fiction", "Pulp Fiction" has a unique script style, and the director is even more famous, but these advantages are not "life and death". .

The production team of "Life and Death" is even more lackluster. Director Jane is a photographer. He has served as the photographer for famous works such as "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Ben. Neng", but this time "" "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is his first time as a director. He has no previous experience and no work to prove his directing ability.

Screenwriter Graham is also a rookie who is writing a script for the first time in his career. It is a huge success that the script of "Life and Death" can be appreciated by 20th Century Fox.

Ian, who finally served as a producer, was an assistant director. He once collaborated with Steven Spielberg on "Indiana Jones 2", which is also his greatest achievement so far; Howard. The. Duck", "Batman Returns" assistant producer; this is his second time as a film producer after "The. Beverly. Hillbillies".

Such a group of Hollywood newbies is naturally unconvincing, not even as attractive as "Pulp Fiction".

The only good thing about Speed ​​of Life, to be precise, is that the script is a fresh take on an action movie about a bus that's been bombed that starts up when the speed goes above fifty mph, and then Once the speed of the bus dropped below 50 mph, the bomb was detonated, and the police began a battle of wits with the gangsters to rescue the passengers on the bus.

Although a similar theme was tried in the 1975 Japanese movie "The. Bullet. Train": a bomb was installed on the Shinkansen in the movie, and as long as the speed exceeded 80 kilometers, the bomb would be activated , if the speed of the car is less than 80 kilometers, the bomb will explode; but screenwriter Graham had seen the 1985 Oscar nominee for the best actor "Runaway. Train (Runaway. Train)", produced the installation of bombs on the bus idea.

Unlike the "Shinkansen Blast" trains, the bus is a narrower, more uncertain and wobbly vehicle, and most importantly, the train has a track, and the bus is on the road - even rush hour The Los Angeles roads of the period, so how to make the bus control the speed so as to avoid the bomb being detonated, this is obviously a more terrifying problem.

Therefore, this also makes the script of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" more fascinating and more exciting than "Shinkansen Blast".

This is the only place where "Speed ​​of Life and Death" can impress actors.

Although Hugo has not officially taken over any work with a salary of more than 10 million yuan, it is not inferior to Tom Cruise's current status in terms of popularity. For the "Speed ​​of Life" crew, invited to Hugo's role is almost a pie in the sky.

Compared with "Pulp Fiction", an action movie such as "Life and Death", which is specifically aimed at the male market, undoubtedly hopes to make some achievements at the box office. Now there are three consecutive Hugo works that exceed 100 million yuan. Naturally, it is perfect. choose.

So, after learning from Joseph that Hugo was keeping the "Speed ​​of Life" script, Twentieth Century Fox and Ian Bryce, the producer, have been working hard to make it happen, even when Hugo was filming "Pulp Fiction" made "Life and Death" have to delay the launch, at all costs.

Now, their perseverance finally paid off. Hugo's agent Joseph took the initiative to call and express his willingness to audition, which almost made Jane De, Ian, Graham and others jump for joy. Although they were the interviewers for the audition, they arrived at the scene 20 minutes earlier than the agreed time, and they looked like the parties who participated in the audition, too nervous to speak.

"Don't worry, I heard from Steven that Hugo is very easy to get along with in private and is very kind." Ian looked at the nervous companions sitting next to him and comforted, but in fact he was also comforting Own. In fact, they were not afraid of facing Hugo, but worried about what reason should be used to persuade Hugo to join the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" crew. After all, they had too few chips in their hands.

"Are you sure? Hugo doesn't seem so friendly when dealing with reporters recently." Jane teased with a smile, but after saying it, he found that neither Ian nor Graham laughed, and he immediately felt bored. He took a sip of coffee. As a photographer, he has absolute confidence; but as a director, he is a complete novice, which makes him inevitably lack of confidence.

At this time, the door of the coffee house was pushed open, and the clanging wind chimes broke the silence in the room. At this time, there were only two tables of guests in the coffee house. I glanced at the door and saw a tall A strong man came in, and then a taller man came in, which immediately made the guests feel bored, so they all looked away, but then another tall and straight man came in again.

The three of them looked left and right, then walked in the direction of Ian's table. The three of them also stood up, showing courtesy.

"Good afternoon, I'm Joseph Gibbs, Hugo's agent." Joseph walked in the front and took the initiative to introduce, "This is Samora, this is..."

"Hugo Lancaster." Ian took Joseph's words and said with a smile, holding Hugo's right hand.

Hugo smiled and shook the hands of the three people in front of him, "I'm sorry, we're late, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

"No, we arrived early." Ian waved his hands again and again. In fact, there were still ten minutes before their agreed time. Hugo and others were definitely not late, but Hugo did not ask, but politely Apologizing, which made Ian's nervous mood a little relaxed, at least Hugo's first impression was as rumored, a gentle gentleman.

"That's really a relief." Hugo didn't expose the fact, but he really breathed a sigh of relief, dissolving Ian's embarrassment with a smile.

After Samora finished greeting, she took the initiative to call the waiter over and started ordering coffee in a low voice, while Joseph took the initiative to say after sitting down, "Is this the lineup for today's audition? Or, there are more Will the other guys join us?"

"We also arranged an audition for an actress today to see how she and Hugo will cooperate, because we have not yet confirmed the actress, and we still hope that the two sides can spark." Ian explained briefly, "But the actress was supposed to be here in 30 minutes, and we staggered the time, so, I think, that's it for now."

Joseph nodded with a smile, "Actually, Hugo has been busy with other things one after another during this period of time. He was worried that he would miss the script of 'Life and Death', but I learned that you still reserved the space for the male lead. , which is really good news for us.”

After arriving at the scene today, it was Joseph who was in charge of the conversation. Although it was just an opening remark, it was true that Joseph was different.

"Hugo is interested in the script. This is the happiest thing for us, because Hugo has always been the first choice of our crew, and it is still the case now." Ian replied with a smile and glanced at Hugo. , and then looked at Graham and Jane sitting next to them, "We are not an experienced team, or even a novice, so the script can be a bright spot, which really adds a lot of confidence to us."

"Everything has a first time. For a director's debut, an excellent script is obviously a good start." Joseph still responded skillfully, "Hugo has read the script again in the past two days. , he kept telling me that he must meet and discuss with the screenwriter." At this point, Joseph looked at Hugo and said freely, "What was the script you mentioned last time?"

"'Shinkansen Bombing'." Hugo naturally took over the conversation and looked at the screenwriter Graham, who was sitting opposite, "This is a Japanese work, I don't know if you understand it?"

"No, I'm not sure, I came up with the idea after watching 'Escape Train'." Graham leaned forward involuntarily and asked with interest, "So, you can talk to me. Is this... a Japanese movie script?"

"Of course." Hugo simply said the main story line of "Shinkansen Bombing".

In fact, "Shinkansen Blast" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death" are only similar in setting, but are completely different works in essence and theme. The former focuses more on showing the different forms of 1,500 passengers on the train when they are threatened with death , because of the closedness and stability of the train, the tension of the atmosphere is more of psychological oppression; the latter is more simple and direct, the simple bus maintains the lives of all passengers, and the rescue operation is simple but not lacking in wisdom. Said to be one of the pinnacles of action movies.

When Hugo and Graham were talking, Joseph leaned back on the rattan chair and handed over the initiative to Hugo. Compared to before, Joseph's ability to control the situation at the scene obviously had a new look. The scene like this is obviously caused by Joseph's conscious guidance.

After Hugo carefully read the script of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", he also had his own ideas about the script, so he planned to communicate with the screenwriter to see if the script of the action movie could stand up to scrutiny and polishing.