Hollywood Drawing

Seven Hundred and Forty-Four-Men Don’t Like Questions

Hollywood Draws Los Angeles 1990744 - Men don't like the problem It's already early in the morning. Although he doesn't have high expectations for the box office of "Shakespeare in Love", Wayne still doesn't go to bed early and leans on the deck chair on the balcony, waiting for Warner Bros. Come premiere statistics.

The most important reason why this film can open in 1,500 theaters across North America is the strong distribution capabilities of Warner Bros.

From this point of view, Harvey Weinstein's choice is not wrong at all. If Miramax's own distribution capabilities are used, the number of premiere theaters will never exceed 1,000.

Greenberg Manor in the dark night, the scattered moonlight makes this private manor with dense vegetation become more and more psychedelic.

On the balcony of the master bedroom on the third floor, which was the only one with bright lights, Wayne put the quilt with black tea on the table, looked at the security patrol lights flashing around the garden from time to time, and took out a cigarette and lit it.

Los Angeles has entered winter in December, but it doesn’t bring any chill. A breeze blows into the master bedroom along the balcony, as if there is a hint of sea breath mixed in, quite similar to the crisp autumn air in a place with four distinct seasons.

Even in winter, the temperature in Los Angeles is still around 8 to 18 degrees. There is no real cold winter here. In this coldest season, people just wear a thick coat in the morning and evening.

This temperature is already the coldest time of the year in Los Angeles. As soon as December passes, the temperature will rise rapidly again. By March at the latest, the overall temperature will rise back to above 20 degrees, just like skipping it. It’s spring, and it’s directly into the passionate midsummer.

"If it were me, I would honestly put on the coat prepared by Hela, or put on my pajamas."

Naomi Watts was wearing a thick white bathrobe. When she came out of the bathroom, her hair had been dried by a dryer. Feeling the breeze blowing in from the balcony, she saw the man with his upper body naked and only a bath towel on his lower body. She frowned and reminded:

"Your muscles are amazing, but there are no other women here, so, dear Director Greenberg, you better respect this damn winter."

As the woman who knows Wayne best, Naomi Watts knows better than anyone else that this man will not get sick easily, but once he catches a cold, it will last for more than one to two weeks.

To this day, she still remembers the scene when the crew first arrived in New York during the filming of "The Dark Knight" and this man worked with a cold.

Turning his head and glancing at the woman walking behind him, Wayne weakly waved the fingers holding the cigarette, nestling in the recliner with no intention of moving. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the massive war just now, from the bedroom to the cloakroom and finally to the bathroom, drained the last bit of energy out of him.

In a sense, Australian girls cannot bring him enough freshness, but because of their unparalleled tacit understanding, they can always bring him the most comfortable feeling when it comes to having sex, especially After not seeing each other for a while.

"If you were to date that little Disney singer right now, I'd have absolutely no problem with that."

Seeing the man's laziness and smoking, Naomi Watts stood behind the recliner, picked up the thick pajamas and covered him. A mocking voice with obvious sarcasm also sounded above the man's head.

Without even looking at the woman who was sitting next to him, Wayne's eyes were still lingering in the garden downstairs, and he curled his lips and countered: "Nami, I swear, you are actually more beautiful when you don't speak."

"You have an appointment with Zach tomorrow morning, why don't you go to bed early?" Naomi Watts rolled her eyes, took the cigarette from the man's mouth, put it in her mouth and took several puffs in succession.

"It's better to wait, even though I have expected that the box office results will not be ideal."

After muttering softly, Wayne's eyes slowly narrowed, he reached out to snatch the cigarette from the woman's mouth, and looked at the woman's face.

After thinking for a few seconds, he casually said, "Nami, stay away from Nicole Kidman. You should understand what I mean."

"Can I take this to mean that you are going to start interfering in my private life, or even control my private life?"

"F**k, you don't have to listen at all, okay?" He glared at the woman next to him. Wayne heard that her rebuttal was not sincere, and he still uttered a curse word. "You are free, but if I were you, I would never try to refute the instructions of the father of my child."

The woman shrugged and did not continue the topic, nor did she continue to mention Mrs. Cruz.

Perhaps in Naomi Watts' understanding, Wayne said this because she discovered that the person behind the purchase of the copyright to "Three Billboards" was her bestie.

In fact, it's not because of this. There are many similar things in Hollywood. In the future, a more powerful "Matilda" will appear, directly stealing the husband and projects of "best friends", and relying on that swan project to win The Oscar-winning actress.

The reason why "Matilda" did that was because she accidentally saw the script her "best friend" was writing.

There is no shortage of plastic friendships in Hollywood, nor is there any shortage of life-threatening backstabbing between "best friends". In this circle, people usually only focus on the results, and no one is naive enough to pay attention to how the results are obtained. Just like that "Matilda", who else remembers who her "best friend" is in the end? People will only remember her as the Oscar-winning actress.

The reason for this warning is because Wayne clearly knows that when it comes to women's extremely complicated thoughts and methods, Mrs. Cruise is simply the top in the industry. In other words, from now on, Nicole Kidman is about to A big drama is about to begin, and this drama will last for many years once it is sung.

He did not hope at all that the woman next to him would appear in this farce. There would be many celebrities expressing their opinions, but even if Nicole Kidman worked hard to create her own victim and affectionate persona, she would still change. List of the most disliked actresses in North America.

This ranking is very interesting. Until 2013, the North American Hollywood fashion magazine "Star" once again conducted a voting statistics on the "20 Most Annoyed Hollywood Stars".

After nearly 100,000 votes from readers from all walks of life, Gwyneth Paltrow finally topped the list, successfully dethroning Nicole Kidman.

There was no further conversation between the two of them. Naomi Watts squeezed Wayne hard, settled into the lounge chair, and looked at the somewhat psychedelic garden under the moonlight.

Until a clear ringtone rang, the woman reached out to the table and picked up the mobile phone, pressed the answer button and put it to the man's ear.

"Nina, let's just talk about the box office. Well, I understand. Go to bed early."

The entire call lasted less than a minute, without any verbosity or nonsense. After Wayne got the number he wanted, he signaled the Australian girl to hang up.

"How was the box office?" Naomi Watts put the phone back on the table, stood up, crossed her long white legs on the large recliner, looked down at the man and asked curiously.

"Not bad, not bad." Wayne shook his head slightly, reached out to flick the ashes in the ashtray, and said casually: "About 4.8 million US dollars."

Upon hearing this number, Naomi Watts frowned instantly. "That's it?"

"Nami, it's quite a lot."

Looking up helplessly at the disappointment on the woman's face, Wayne let out a deep breath and explained: "After all, this is a literary film, and it is still a literary film aiming for an Oscar. You can't expect a film like this. , the premiere box office is as hot as a commercial film. This number has reached my expectations, which at least shows that profitability will not be a problem."

"Right."

After hearing his explanation, Naomi Watts suddenly woke up. The man who had been following her for the past few years had unknowingly set her sights higher.

More than 90% of Oscar-proposed compositions such as "Shakespeare in Love" are not very good at the box office. Even more films of the same type, from the beginning of their release to the official arrival of the Oscars, the number of screening theaters will remain the same. Around a few dozen.

Looking at it this way, the box office of this film is pretty good. At least based on the scale of Wayne's investment, it is almost not a problem to recover the cost in the theater market, and there is great hope for even making a profit.

Despite the fact that the box office is not high, it was obtained under the vigorous promotion of Warner Bros. It is foreseeable that the single-day box office of the film during the first weekend will basically not be higher than the number on the opening night, but this kind of literary and artistic film It also has its own unique advantage, that is, the screening time.

In the past two years, especially during the hot summer season, the screening life of commercial blockbusters has obviously become shorter and shorter. It seems that all movie companies have the same strategy. During the first weekend of release, they try to drive enough potential movie fans into the theater. After harvesting the potential box office, they will move to offline copyright operations as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, she immediately cast her gaze on the face of the man next to her. Yes, in Naomi Watts' view, the reason why such a trend has arisen in Hollywood is that the man next to her is definitely one of the instigators, or even one of them.

The reason why people in the industry talk about the name Wayne Greenberg will inevitably talk about the changes he brought to Hollywood. This is because he has profoundly influenced Hollywood in all aspects in a subtle way.

But literary and artistic films have never been in the category of "too much fun and you will die", especially literary and artistic films that are rushing to win awards when they are released.

This type of film usually has a long screening period. If it can get awards bonus, the screening time can even last for more than a whole year. Not only that, but usually within a short period of time after winning the award, the scale of screening will be greatly expanded.

It is also because of the long screening period that the total box office figures seen by movie fans for some relatively successful literary films are not low at all.

"The article your mother gave me, when are you going to start producing it?"

Thinking of the dazzling Cate Blanchett tonight, Naomi Watts rolled her big light blue eyes, looked at the man and finally couldn't help but ask.

"To be honest, Nami, I'm not sure yet."

Without giving away, Wayne said directly: "Since you have read it several times, you must have noticed that it contains various social problems in North America. More importantly, this story also flaunts strong feminism.

Therefore, it is not difficult at all to make such a film. It is rare that it requires the blessing of social background, political trends and other things. Otherwise, even if we shoot it, we will definitely not get the results we want. "

Rather than filming "Three Billboards" earlier, Wayne actually preferred not to produce this film directly. As long as his busiest two years are over, he will have plenty of time to become an Oscar-winning actress.

In his heart, he doesn't want Naomi Watts to follow the path of Cate Blanchett. It would be nice to win an Oscar directly, but the price you have to pay is likely to be ridiculed by movie fans and film circles as "the most popular actress in decades" for many years.

Therefore, he is more inclined to let Naomi Watts take the orthodox path. First, according to the plan, after she has a first-line celebrity position in the commercial field, she will turn to star in literary films that can highlight her acting skills.

It's even better not to get what you want just once. After one or two nominations, getting that little gold medal will make people feel that they are well-deserved. It would be even more perfect if, like Xiao Lizi, everyone felt that the academy owed her a statuette.

Of course, no matter how well planned things are, they cannot keep up with sudden changes. If this woman's obsession with the statuette is big enough, Wayne wouldn't mind starting this thing early.

"Nami, you are so beautiful. This is the biggest obstacle on your way to winning the statuette."

"Thankyou Wayne."

Women's brain circuits are always a little different. Naomi Watts completely ignored the meaning of his words and directly focused all her attention on the sentence that she was too beautiful.

With a helpless sigh, Wayne stretched out his hands and pulled the woman's head hard, making the two of them look at each other in the distance. "Listen, Nami, if you want to get that statuette as soon as possible. The best way, or the only way with a high success rate, is to act ugly."

"IKonw, I remember you mentioned this method before when you were chatting with Tom Cruise." Shaking off the man's hands, Naomi Watts nodded and said.

"The nature is the same. The academy naturally discriminates against all beautiful actors."

Leaning his upper body back on the chair, Wayne said directly: "So, if you want to get the Oscar for Best Actress before you are thirty, the best way is to act ugly and play a madman, a psychopath, and a serial murderer. Such characters that challenge human nature.”

Without any hesitation, Naomi Watts looked at the man and shook her head. "Ha, then I would rather wait a few more years."

Destroying one's screen image is never a simple matter for a female star, and there are many consequences involved later. But even if you destroy your screen image, you are just getting an opportunity to fight for it. No one can give a guarantee about the final result.

Hearing the woman give a straightforward answer without hesitation at all, Wayne felt that his intelligence had been insulted. His patient explanations and suggestions were all in vain. "F**k, then give up all thoughts about that little golden man!"

In fact, Naomi Watts understands better than anyone else that as long as she doesn't mess around, the man next to her will definitely find a way to help her get what she deserves.

If she hadn't seen Cate Blanchett tonight, she wouldn't have had the urge to be impatient. After all, she knew something about Harvey's big fat guy and Wayne's plans during the awards season.

Looking at the man's angry expression, she stuck out her tongue, licked her lips, and asked with a smile: "Okay, honey, it's getting late. Can I invite you to come back to the big bed to rest?"

"Men don't like questions." Wayne said with a wave of his hand as he lay motionless in his chair.

"Come to bed with me!"

"Too stiff."

Trying to suppress the urge to punch her tough face, the Australian girl kept the smile on her face. "Can you go to bed with me?"

"Another question."

"Okay, I'm going to bed. I can't sleep without you."

"All right."

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