Chapter 417 Changing Corners
"Carol" is a movie meant to win awards!
So many actresses in the company didn't say anything. Where did Liu Mami get the confidence to think that Shen Xudong would agree?
Of course she is confident!
Liu Yifei almost swept all major award ceremonies this year - Newcomer Award, Popularity Award...
Including but not limited to ‘MTV2005 Super Festival’s most stylish new force in the entertainment industry’, ‘TOM2005 Entertainment Heroes Association’s top ten actresses in TV series of the year’…
He was even included in the Forbes China Celebrity List!
Let’s put it this way, among the most popular domestic actresses born in 1985, Liu Yifei is...
With such popularity as the foundation...
However, Shen Xudong will definitely not agree!
Not to mention the question of whether Liu Yifei is suitable for the role, even if she is looking for a domestic actress, Shen Xudong’s first choice is Tang Yan from the company!
Box office appeal?
It’s impossible for this movie to be released in the country…
And...if I remember correctly, the movies Liu Yifei starred in were the kind that hit the streets eight times in a row and came with a box office curse...
Shen Xudong would not dare to mess with such a being!
I dismissed her with a few words...
…
After doing some calculations, I spent a total of more than 8 million U.S. dollars on this trip to the United States, and only received 1.8 million U.S. dollars...
loss!
Among them, US$2 million was used to win the adaptation rights of "The Twilight Saga", and US$6 million was invested in "Carol"...
The $1.8 million is the script fee earned from selling "Little Miss Sunshine"!
This won't work...
It’s a rare trip and I didn’t pick up any money. Even if I failed, this time I actually paid money back?
Shen Xudong feels like a failure...
That is, knowing that Marvel is about to rise, investing $100 million at this time will definitely account for the original proportion.
But he doesn’t have $100 million!
Not to mention US$100 million, he brought US$15 million to the United States!
10 million of which belongs to the company.
Still have to make money!
Before returning to China, to be precise, before returning to Sanya to attend the Golden Rooster Awards, I went to see a performance of "Memoirs of a Geisha"...
Los Angeles screening…
Before watching the movie, I deliberately learned about the plot of the film: it tells the story of how Sayuri grew from a girl in a fishing village to the most famous geisha in the history of Japan.
International Chapter is definitely at the peak of his career this year!
With "Memoirs of a Geisha", Zhang Ziyi has appeared on the covers of countless international magazines, including two authoritative current affairs magazines, Time and Newsweek.
Moreover, Zhang Ziyi became the only Chinese movie star selected in Time magazine's "2005 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World".
She even took away the confirmed heroine of "The Night Banquet"...
Gong Li... Although she is a little dissatisfied, there is nothing she can do about it. On the one hand, "Carol" will also start filming in December, and on the other hand... In terms of popularity, she is indeed not as good as Zhang Ziyi!
However, "Memoirs of a Geisha" has a very bad reputation!
A film that competes in the Olympics and also participated in some film festivals...
The ratings are very low!
After watching it, Shen Xudong probably understood: This crappy movie made him feel very unhappy. It was a bit like having a fly in his mouth and not being able to spit it out. The ghost guy was really bad at telling stories.
It's a very Western perspective, full of a sense of obscenity towards Eastern women.
They say that geishas are not prostitutes, but living works of art.
The plot of the story is indeed 'a girl who lost her footing begs for rescue, but has no choice but to give up her first night, and becomes a mistress in a twists and turns...'
As for dancing…
In fact, the dance of geisha is very East Asian style. It mainly focuses on the lower body. Without muscles in the legs, it is impossible to squat for a minute. Moreover, a dance may last for more than ten minutes without bending the knees. The muscles can be trained in a month. This kind of strength is what a Saiyan is!
Even someone like Shen Xudong, who is semi-fluid, can pick out a bunch of thorns. You can imagine what the reputation will be like!
It is basically impossible for a movie with not so high reviews to win during the awards season...
By the way, speaking of "Memoirs of a Geisha", I suddenly remembered something. At that time, "Memoirs of a Geisha", which Spielberg was preparing, asked him to play the leading role. Robert Machaud personally went to Zunlong and said that he would come directly without auditioning. let's go.
At the same time, three-time Oscar nominee James Ivory said he would tailor a movie for him, called "The Countess."
Guess which one Zunlong chose?
His agent pushed both of these movies and gave him the role of "Qianlong and the Fragrant Concubine"!
…
"The Night Banquet" was indeed originally scheduled for Gong Li, and she was also interested...
However, Huang Zhonglei met Zhang Ziyi in Cannes, and the two had a great conversation. Most importantly, Huang Zhonglei saw Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas reputation, so he simply changed Gong Li's role of mother to stepmother!
Gong Li... I'm still feeling aggrieved!
He was actually cut off by a junior.
No way, Zhang Ziyi was appointed by the investor!
The media has hyped up this matter a lot...
It must be hyped up, after all, "The Night Banquet" was originally about starring Gong Li!
Suddenly replaced by Zhang Ziyi?
As a result, a lot of people on the Internet said they wanted to boycott Zhang Ziyi and "The Night Banquet"...
After all, "Memoirs of a Geisha" attracted a lot of "angry youth" - a Chinese actor actually played a Japanese prostitute!
However, Feng Xiaogang supported her: "Today, the name Zhang Ziyi is the best guarantee of success in other places." ’
Although it is not explicitly stated that "Gong Li's overseas popularity is not as good as Zhang Ziyi's", the meaning is already obvious.
It’s also true!
At this time, Zhang Ziyi's recognition overseas is quite high. The shampoo advertisement is projected on the entire building of Nippon, overlooking Tokyo Bay!
The global endorsement of Omega and the endorsement of Armani in Greater China are all "first blood" won by Chinese actresses...
Although these are just side businesses, they also prove Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas popularity.
At this stage, the mainland market has not yet emerged, so it is not easy to get these endorsements!
Gongli only has long-term cooperation with Roberto Cavalli...
In a sense, it is indeed outdated!
However, Gong Li also responded, "If there is no schedule, I won't accept it!" ’
Yun Danfengqing, as for her own true thoughts, Shen Xudong doesn't know!
Anyway, she was very serious about "Carol" and only received a salary of 300,000 US dollars...
Another heroine found Evan Rachel Wood, a very typical actor in the industry. His father, mother and aunt are all in the film industry!
Her acting skills are pretty good, and most importantly, her mother has worked with Christine Vachan.
Oh, this actor Shen Xudong looks very familiar - he later starred in "Westworld", the same Dorothy Abenasi...
Gong Li is fully preparing for "Carol"...
As for Zhang Ziyi...
She doesn't care about this at all. She starred in "Memoirs of a Geisha" and became the first Asian actress in Hollywood to become a "big heroine".
After the movie was released, she continued to be interviewed by many mainstream American magazines, telling tidbits about filming geishas.
In addition, news came from the Huayi Brothers: The Japanese film distribution company Gaga purchased the Japanese distribution rights of the film for US$5 million before "The Banquet" has started filming...
It also proves Zhang Ziyi’s popularity and the correctness of the role change!