Chapter 679

Hugo, Leonardo, and James stood at the door of the gym talking, Leonardo pressed Hugo's arm with his elbow, "Although I don't want to interrupt the communication between you and the fans, I think we Should have left."

Hugo followed Leonardo's line of sight, and saw a group of people with cameras around their necks walking quickly from the street corner. Judging by the scale, there were only ten people, but everyone's faces were full of expressions. With a menacing look, he charged strongly in the direction of Hugo and Leonardo.

Leonardo thought about it carefully, "Is there any news today? On you?" Leonardo has not filmed other works recently, nor has he received much attention. He doesn't think reporters will come to him, " Oscar nominations?"

"No, the nominee luncheon hasn't been held yet, and the reporters will stay until then if they have any questions." Hugo also began to recall, in fact, the scene of reporters in a group can be seen every three or five times in Hollywood, and they have long been used to it. It doesn't necessarily come to me every time. After all, there are countless artists living in Los Angeles. "Is the last media meeting Ian mentioned today?"

"I'm not sure." Leonardo frowned and replied hesitantly.

Although "Speed ​​of Life and Death" invited Hugo, who has been in the limelight recently, the investment in the work was not high, and the crew did not have much to discuss, so the crew decided not to hold a press conference after consideration. The opening ceremony was just a small media meeting. Twentieth Century Fox invited a group of reporters they were familiar with to promote the film for the first time.

Since it's just a media meeting, it's just a pre-heating session. The main task is to let everyone know that there is such a movie ready to start shooting, and it has no other effect. Therefore, Hugo, who was insisting on physical training, did not participate, and Leonardo also refused. In the end, the actors did not attend at all, but communicated with the media through the team of directors, screenwriters, and producers.

James stood beside him and didn't have time to leave. He watched Hugo and Leonardo stand there calmly, as if they were chatting about the content of their lunch casually and freely. When he looked back, the group of reporters seemed to smell blood. Scented sharks generally flock to the scene, and this contrast of extreme stillness and extreme movement, with strong contradictions and absurdities, is jaw-dropping. James has never been in direct contact with the Hollywood circle of life, so this scene directly shocked him to stay in place, motionless.

Hugo also noticed James' sluggishness, and he himself knew that at the end of the Golden Raspberry Awards, he was also stunned when he saw reporters swarming up. There is a huge difference between watching this scene and experiencing it in person. Yes, so he patted James on the shoulder and said with a smile, "We're leaving first, I hope we'll have a chance to meet next time." Then he pulled Leonardo and turned around and left unhurriedly.

Regardless of whether this group of reporters came to Hugo or Leonardo, it was the best choice for them to leave, and it would not involve James.

James just watched Hugo and Leonardo turn around and leave with a laugh, as if the reporters swarming behind didn't exist at all. The two of them were just ordinary people who had just left the gym, looking at Hugo. That kind of calmness and ease, James was suddenly curious, how did Hugo cultivate such indifference, he could not imagine how Hugo grew up in the struggle, and he could not imagine the past two years. In the past month, the overwhelming controversy and discussion on how Hugo dealt with it, but at this moment, he had countless curiosity, he didn't want to run away, he wanted to stand by and see with his own eyes what Hugo was. How to deal with journalists.

The introverted and shy James is not good at dealing with the surging crowd, but at this moment, he is willing to stay.

The reporters ran at the speed of a sprint, while Hugo and Leonardo just moved forward with their usual footsteps. This huge speed difference shortened the distance between the two quickly, and soon the reporters were like a group of lions. Like submerging two antelopes, surrounded by Hugo and Leonardo, this scene made James standing beside him stunned.

The reporters really came to Hugo and Leonardo, and for a while, the screeching voice instantly formed an airtight protection net, imprisoning Hugo and Leonardo in it, listening to those The fragmented keywords in the question are obviously related to "speed of life and death".

After the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was announced, not many people actually paid attention to the project. After all, the topics worthy of discussion at the project approval stage - producers, scripts, directors, etc., "Speed ​​of Life and Death" did not have any advantages, and the first two The investment amount confirmed by Tenth Century Fox is only 20 million, which is really not worth discussing.

But now, after the announcement of the cast of "Life and Death", it caused a heated discussion in all the media in an instant. Hugo and Leonardo are both strong contenders for the best supporting actor at the major awards ceremonies this year, and the two are still very good friends. The cooperation between the two is worth looking forward to; more importantly Part of it comes from Hugo's challenge to commercial action movies again, and this topic is even more shocking.

After the reporters finished their speeches, the noise gradually subsided. Leonardo was already a little impatient at this time. This kind of noisy noise always made people irritable, but Hugo standing next to him still With a calm face, he looked at the reporters around him with a smile.

Hugo's eyes made the reporters feel a little embarrassed, and they couldn't help but think of the scene at the "Schindler's List" celebration banquet not long ago. Now Hugo has a strong aura. Make reporters jealous.

After the noise subsided, Hugo said with a smile, "Wonderful morning, what is everyone looking for?" Facing reporters, Hugo has gradually taken the initiative, because he knows , reporters are such a group of people, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, so the loser is not the loser, no matter what the situation is, at least they can't be weaker in terms of momentum.

The reporters looked at each other, and finally a senior reporter took the initiative to break the silence, "Hugo, why did you choose such a movie to return to an action-themed commercial film? It is said that there are several works that have invested more than 100 million US dollars. They all sent you invitations, but you all gave up, and finally chose such a... ordinary work."

Hearing the reporter's question, Leonardo looked strangely at Hugo, because the reporter's words were already very restrained, and the adjective "ordinary" applied to "speed of life and death" is indeed intriguing.

Hugo didn't answer immediately, but stood there and thought about it very seriously for a while, and then said with a puzzled face, "Do you know? Actually, I am also very curious." Suddenly all the reporters were stunned, what kind of medicine is Hugo selling in this gourd? "I am very curious, why do I fall into this situation every time, and why do you ask similar questions every time. I am very curious, what are your criteria for judging whether a work is good or not? This leads to Every time I take on a new work, you all have to come and question it.”

Hugo's remarks immediately made all the reporters stand on the spot with strange and embarrassed expressions, and Leonardo couldn't hold back and laughed outright.

The same is true. Since the Golden Raspberry Awards, "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", "The Righteous Sea", "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Pulp Fiction" have all been the same, even Steven Spielberg led the way. The "Schindler's List" is not exempt. It seems that every choice of Hugo is not favored by people, whether it is the theme, or the investment, or the partner. For various reasons, Hugo has always been in the under suspicion.

Especially after the great success of "Schindler's List", Hugo could have entered the multi-million-dollar club, but he chose "Pulp Fiction" and then "Life and Death", which means, Hugo wasted two consecutive career breakthrough opportunities, which is very incomprehensible to people.

If Hugo has no other better choice, or if Hugo's choice is very convincing, then perhaps there will be less skepticism. But "Pulp Fiction" has nothing to look forward to except Quentin Tarantino, let alone a $250,000 salary, which is jaw-dropping.

The same is true for the current "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Although this is a complete commercial action movie, since "Terminator 2" created a precedent of 100 million US dollars of investment, the investment in action movies is not as high as 60 million. One cannot expect more in return. Coupled with the fact that the entire production crew is unknown, the most famous Jane - de Bont is a photographer, and she is completely blank in terms of directors.

Under such circumstances, every choice of Hugo has also been questioned by the media indiscriminately, as if Hugo is a maverick and unruly thorn, but those who are familiar with Hugo know that this is obviously Not the most suitable evaluation for Hugo's character.

Therefore, in the face of Hugo's unreasonable rhetorical question, the reporters were instantly dumbfounded, and they didn't know how to describe Hugo's decision to choose each new work, but the fact is that Hugo has been continuously The four works have achieved great success - whether it is box office or word of mouth, but whenever Hugo chooses the next work, doubts still pop up involuntarily, and then connect into one piece.

Hugo still had a puzzled expression on his face, as if he was discussing a professional academic issue. He looked at the reporters seriously and asked in confusion, "Is it because of the sequelae after the 'Hudson Eagle'? , Do you habitually want to question my choice? Or, is there really such a serious problem with my choice, theme?