Chapter Twenty-Seven There is a kind of comedy called Bean
Rowan Atkinson is still acting in dramas in London, but he didn't expect that he, who is unknown, would actually receive an olive branch from Hollywood.
What? Not the main character.
What do you think? I don't even play the main role in the drama.
Well, the salary is really not high, but this is also relative, the price of 200,000 US dollars is not low.
What's more, people will give 5% of the North American box office dividend, although it is for the entire crew, but this is very sincere, and you can't earn so much in a year from acting in dramas.
In this era, Eddie Murphy and Rowan Atkinson are well-deserved comedy kings. They have their own comedy attributes, even if they have a straight face, they are very funny.
I don't need to say any nonsense, and I flew directly to Los Angeles the next day. If you go late, this role will be gone.
Having assembled a group of street goggles, William White began to fulfill the roles of director and producer.
Seeing such a detailed script, a group of people who hit the street were full of emotion, except for Eddie Murphy and Rowan Atkinson, the other actors were all Hollywood street fighters, some were acting in stage plays, and some were working as waiters.
Hollywood is not so easy to mix, and you need to eat without notice, but fortunately, it is easy to do odd jobs in the United States, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, it is not difficult to feed your stomach.
When have they seen the script, it's good to have two lines, they don't have the qualifications to read the script at all, whatever the assistant director says, they can only do it, dare to play at will, and they will be driven away immediately.
Film is very expensive, who would waste time for the trick, on the surface it is filmed, and the post-editing may be gone, anyway, they are all passers-by, who cares about your feelings.
White Pictures is different, not only does it have a script outline here, but everyone has a storyboard script in their hands, don't look at the messy bunch of people, almost everyone has the opportunity to perform.
It's the end of May now, and in order to catch up with the summer schedule, William White has accelerated the filming schedule.
Paramount's set is still expensive, and William White is helpless, it is okay to go to Canada to shoot, and it is impossible to complete all the filming there, so the cost may be even higher.
Some people say that you and the author are talking nonsense, how to prepare the crew in a few days, and it doesn't take time to buy equipment?
This is really not needed, there are so many prop companies in Hollywood, as long as you can take out a beautiful knife, there is absolutely no problem with the most advanced equipment.
Clothing and firearms are no problem, and they even provide large weapons and police cars, which are just a phone call away, and they are definitely considerate service.
The same goes for camera lighting, they can definitely do it in one day, what kind of photographer has it, the price is determined according to the level of the person, although sometimes it will fool people, but it is generally not bad.
They just rely on service to eat, don't look at White Pictures is a new company, they really don't dare to make a moth, people's lawyer team is not a decoration, don't affect other people's shooting.
For such a crew of temporary workers, Paramount is very disdainful, this group of dirt buns, I really think that the film industry is so easy to mix.
William White pursued a low profile, and now is not the time for him to exert his strength, the whole of Hollywood is sleeping now, and even more so in '79.
This year's box office champions are the Kramers, an Oscar-winning masterpiece starring Aunt May.
How much is the box office?
It's almost 50 million US dollars, which is still a bonus after being nominated for an Oscar, and the champions are all at this level, and the others are vulnerable.
In the history of the police academy, without deliberate publicity, it easily exceeded 80 million US dollars.
When this movie was painted, there were only a pitiful 300 screens, and there is no need to repeat how miserable this was.
A group of street fighters and college students almost crippled William White, except for Eddie Murphy and Rowan Atkinson, everyone else was sleepwalking most of the time, and William White was reluctant to turn on the camera.
"Jason, don't look at the camera, I've told you a thousand times. Only fools look at the camera. ”
"Luna, you're not Miss Jiao now, you want to be domineering, I don't know what it means to be domineering? God, you look at me. ”
Although the situation continues, the progress of filming has not slowed down, the advantage of hitting the street is that he is obedient, he doesn't care about overtime at all, and the other crew members are paid according to the time, and their overtime pay is doubled.
After the first week, everyone began to get into the groove, and the traces of the performance were almost invisible.
The set is naturally very convenient, and since you are in shape, it doesn't matter if you reshoot a few shots.
I have to say that Mr. Bean is very brilliant, and it is easy to be crushed into scum when playing with him, Eddie Murphy is talented, if he has half the effort of Bean, his achievement is definitely higher.
I believe that after this movie is painted, Mr. Bean will become famous, everyone wants to laugh when this product is on the face, almost everyone laughs at the actors, and if there is no such thing as editing, William White will definitely vomit blood.
This movie has the meaning of satirizing the minority policy of US imperialism, and you will understand when you look at the actors, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Latinos, this is a United Nations.
The profession of the police is really rare for minorities to participate, and the movie shows it through laughter and scolding, which will not make people uncomfortable.
In the end, of course, it's the main theme, which must not be wrong, it is true that the film is not strictly censored, this is not to say that you can mess around, it involves religious and racial issues, it is better not to float.
Mel Gibson is a Hollywood brother, and he feels that he is not ambiguous, so he begins to dabble in religious subjects, and the Passion of the Christ is not apocryphal, it is clearly written in the Bible.
But the Jewish consortium stopped doing it, and directly banned Mel Gibson, if it wasn't for the fact that this product later relented, it would almost have been removed from Hollywood.
The treatment he enjoyed was almost as good as Michael Jackson, and his whole personality completely collapsed, and he was almost bankrupt.
Hollywood, as a propaganda channel for some people, although making money is also very important, publicity is undoubtedly more important.
It's hard to say what other people think of it, the crew members are very optimistic about this movie, this movie is so funny, and it was definitely very lively when it was released.
Will it not be released?
Eddie Murphy asked this strange question, this thing wants to be famous and crazy. He didn't want his efforts to be in vain.
William White told him that he hadn't thought about this problem, and if he didn't let him rent, he would consider buying one or two theaters, and would a theater chain with hundreds of screens be expensive?
For this kind of domineering side leakage, Eddie Murphy is speechless, look at how light you said, is the theater very expensive?
This thing is really expensive, not to mention buying, renting is an astronomical amount, but it also depends on who it is, it is expensive for Eddie Murphy, but not necessarily for William White.
The cinema operators in the United States are very miserable this year, seeing that half a year has passed, not to mention the box office of 100 million US dollars, there are almost no 50 million, several Hollywood giants have hit the streets, and the cinema companies rely on them to eat, in this market context, the cinema line is really very cheap, and it is not difficult to acquire two.