Chapter 919

Hollywood's most popular actors at the moment are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, and these actors have formed They have established their own fixed market, and their strong box office appeal and huge popularity are enough to make them the first list of cooperation partners selected by major production companies.

Now, Hugo and Tom Hanks are enough to make the list.

However, Hugo's biggest advantage lies in his plasticity. Compared with other actors, he is easily trapped in the limitations of appearance or acting skills and becomes a genre actor. In addition to his box office appeal and popularity, Hugo's superb acting skills have broken the The restraint of appearance allows him to be like a duck to water in different roles.

After the Golden Raspberry Awards, Hugo has starred in six different works, and the roles in them are also very different, which gives Hugo a lot of advantages.

The reason why Mark Canton considered it so much was that he was interested in the plasticity of Hugo, and several of the works that he highly recommended can be competent for Hugo.

Rick picked up the materials on the table, selected them, and handed them to Hugo, "This is the script Van Sant is preparing." Hugo then noticed that there were actually several materials on the table. It's all script, Samora just came back from grocery shopping, and when she saw the table was so chaotic, she shouted, "You go to the hall, go to the hall! Dinner needs to be prepared here, and Charlize, Alex and Carl will be back today."

Hugo took the script and walked towards the hall, Joseph and Rick began to organize the information, and Henry was still lying on the table, Joseph was quite dumbfounded, "Henry, if you are really tired, go to the room. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to go and lie down?"

Henry said lazily, "It's not bedtime, the fun of being lazy is that you can completely relax yourself anywhere." This remark was so high-sounding that Rick and Joseph both burst into laughter.

Hugo flipped through the script in his hand. Hugo had never read the script called "To. Die. For", and he had no impression at all.

Gus Van Sant is an independent producer who made his name in 1991 with the film "The Uninhibited Sky", then relied on "Good Will Hunter" to achieve success, and then dedicated "Elephant" , "Milk" and other wonderful works, he is a very special kind of director. He is not a favorite of the academic school, but he can often surprise all film critics. He is not the darling of the commercial box office but can attract the support of fans. , refined, delicate and far-reaching, the faint artistic atmosphere formed his unique youthful psychedelic style.

Although Gus has never really been a big hit, he has always been a very important director in the field of American independent film, with extraordinary influence.

Hugo has seen a lot of Gus's works, but there is no "whatever" one in his memory. Of course, Hugo is not surprised. Although he has seen many movies and has the advantage of time travel, it does not mean that he knows all the works.

At this time, Rick came over with a lot of information and explained, "I actually don't like this work very much, because it is a women's play," and then he sat down on the sofa opposite Hugo. "The story is that the heroine who grew up in a small town is unwilling to spend the rest of her life in obscurity. She wants to succeed at all costs. Because of her husband's obstruction, she does not hesitate to set a trap and joins a young man to conspire to murder her husband. ."

When Hugo heard the introduction to the story, he couldn't help but glanced at the script in his hand. The story was too much like Lena. Of course, Lena didn't have such an uncompromising means. She didn't kill Adam, and there was no third party at the beginning. appear. Thinking of this, Hugo couldn't help curling his lips. Although he was sure that Joseph, Rick and others knew nothing about Lena, it still felt very strange at this time.

But Rick didn't notice Hugo's slight change, and then said, "I read the script, Mark should be thinking that the roles of husband and young man are up to you to choose, depending on your interests."

At this time, Joseph also came over with the documents, "Is there a big age gap between the husband and the young man?" Henry finally walked over with a lazy pace.

Rick shrugged, "I guess they can make adjustments based on Hugo's choice." In fact, Mark didn't hand over these scripts. Rick got some simple information through his relationship in the circle, such as Hugo's current script is not the full version. He got it from another alternate actor, Joaquin Phoenix.

Joaquin Phoenix, the younger brother of River Phoenix, is the poor kid who witnessed the death of his brother at the scene and was surrounded and bombed by reporters.

"At present, I heard that the heroine has talked with Nicole Kidman almost, and Nicole also thinks that it will be very exciting to cooperate with you." Rick went on to explain that his words were actually relatively content. It is relatively concise, only talking about the key points and the key points, and other detailed and peripheral things, unless Hugo asks, he will rarely talk about it.

"Nicole..." Hugo nodded his chin slightly. His relationship with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman was actually quite good, although he and Tom were competitors, and the number of times they met was not bad. Not too much, but the two of them got along quite happily a few times. "She is very suitable for this role."

Nicole has never concealed her ambitions for acting, or more precisely, for fame. Whether it's marrying Tom at his peak, or still diligently immersing himself in art films after winning the Oscar, it's the same. Hugo has been rolling in Hollywood for more than two years now. He must admit that the version circulating in the circle about the marriage of Nicole and Tom is indeed much more exciting than the outside world knows.

From this level, Nicole has an innate fit with the script of "whatever it takes".

Mark handed Hugo the script of "whatever it takes". On the one hand, he thought that the director Gus would be attractive to Hugo, and on the other hand, he hoped that Hugo and Nicole would play opposite roles and sparked a spark. Maybe you can hype up the scandal between Hugo and Nicole to see how Tom will react.

Strictly speaking, the strategic significance is more important than the characters and the script.

Hugo didn't mind playing a supporting role, but the script really didn't appeal to him, whether it was the heroine's husband or being seduced. Confused young men, in fact, the test of acting skills are limited. And as long as he thinks about Lena, Hugo is a little bit repulsive of this script. Otherwise, it would be a really good idea to be able to work with Gus.

Rick looked at Hugo's expression, but he couldn't read much. After all, the cooperation between Rick and Hugo was still too short. Except for the "Interview with the Vampire" when he discussed the script, he didn't know at all. What was Hugo's state in the process of choosing the script, so Rick subconsciously glanced at Joseph.

Joseph noticed Rick's gaze and shook his head. Rick nodded his chin clearly, and didn't say anything more, and then said, "Sam Raimi prepared the script, in fact, strictly speaking, he is just a part-time worker. The real core of this work is Sharon- Stone."

Hugo put the script of "Whatever It Takes" on the coffee table, leaning on the sofa, enjoying a leisurely cup of coffee, "It's another work with female characters as the core? Mark's choice is really..." Hugo doesn't know how to describe it. It's not that Hugo doesn't want to participate in female-centric works, but that if the production company wants to impress an actor, then creating a work around this actor obviously has a higher chance of success. much more. Hugo didn't understand what medicine was sold in Mark's gourd.

Rick shook his head, "No, this work is a bit complicated. In fact, the script was originally intended to be made into an independent film, and it only invested 3 million. However, after Columbia Pictures acquired it, they decided to make it into a traditional western film, willing to Invest 30 million to 40 million to make a great film. Sharon is the first confirmed actress, and she is also a co-producer, of course, this work is really special, its story is to substitute women into Westworld ."

Rick's simple explanation didn't make Hugo react, but it evoked Joseph's memory, "Hey, I know this work, it's called... uh," Joseph thought for a while, "'Deadly Pleasure (The. Quick.And.The.Dead)', right?"

Rick looked at Joseph in surprise and nodded in confirmation, "How did you know that?"

Joseph laughed, "Leo and I mentioned that Sharon strongly invited Leo to play one of the roles, and even made some unpleasantness with Mark for this." After speaking, Joseph turned his head and explained to Hugo. , "Before 'Life and Death' was released."

It was precisely because "Life and Death" had not been released at the time, so Mark certainly couldn't understand why Sharon wanted Leonardo to appear. After all, Leonardo was only a fledgling on the big screen at that time, and the risk was too great.

Hearing what Joseph said, Hugo immediately reacted. He knew about this movie—not that he had seen it, but that he knew because the gossip about this movie was very interesting.

After relying on "Ben. Neng", Sharon starred in the western movie "Deadly Pleasure", which caused a sensation at the time, and because she served as a co-producer, she participated in the selection of almost the entire production team. The director Sam Raimi was chosen by her, and she even threatened to launch it; the actor Russell Crowe was chosen by her. At this time, Russell was just an Australian boy who had never starred in any movie in Hollywood. For the work, for Russell, she had a very unpleasant quarrel with Columbia Pictures; the supporting actor Leonardo DiCaprio was also chosen by her. Under the circumstance that Columbia Pictures was always unwilling to compromise, Sharon finally paid for it out of her own pocket. Leonardo's salary, which allowed him to star.

Under such circumstances, many people ridiculed the movie "Fatal Pleasure" as: Sharon Stone's men.