Chapter 105 Palace-level actress
"Michael, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with!" John looked at Michael Jackson with a look of embarrassment. "I had people collect a lot of videos about the disaster to play in the movie Easter eggs, and in order to increase the effect, I wanted to accompany a charity song, so I would like to ask you to make a charity song?"
"That's fine!" said Michael Jackson. This kind of thing is a piece of cake for him.
"I happen to have a charity song on my new album called 'Hael The World', and I'll just take it out of the album and give it to you. Michael Jackson is a white rabbit compared to John, how did he know that John came this time to get the song "Hael The World" from him.
When John heard Michael Jackson's words, he waved his hand and refused: "No, no, no...... I can't take the songs from your album, and if I take it, what will happen to your new album? ”
"Oh...... Don't be polite to me, I think we can be friends, don't you?" said Michael Jackson. "Besides, it's not a big deal to have one less song on the album, even if it has a little impact, it's not as important as doing public welfare, you can donate a movie for public welfare, why can't I donate a song, so don't shirk it, I think you don't look down on the songs I wrote. ”
"Alright!" John nodded helplessly. "Since you've said that, if I don't take it, I'll look down on you. ”
John had an apologetic expression on the surface, but in fact, he was already happy in his heart, and the reason why he was able to get the song "Hael The World" so smoothly was not because he could speak well, but because Michael Jackson was a person who took public welfare very seriously, so he made his wish come true.
"That's right. Michael Jackson smiled and patted John on the shoulder. "If you're really feeling sorry for it, you can write one for me when I work on my next new album. ”
"That's fine!" John agreed, without thinking. Michael Jackson's songs, he didn't dare to say that he had heard them all in his previous life, but he had heard at least half of them, so copying a song to Michael Jackson was handy.
After finishing the song, John relaxed and had dinner with Michael Jackson, during which he talked about music, and then left Neverland with Sophia late at night.
The next morning, as soon as the sun showed his face, John drove to the Crown Studio, and as soon as he entered the office, he saw Sophia busy.
"Sophia, I'm going to get two tickets to Hartford tomorrow, and I'm going to get a senior to participate in the movie. After the movie song, the next thing John had to do was to invite important actors. In this life's "Forrest Gump", in order to increase the attention, popularity and influence of the film, John is ready to invite five national treasure actors to participate in "Forrest Gump".
For ordinary actors, Nancy's agent can make an audition invitation on his behalf, without his involvement as a director. But for national treasure actors, then you can't directly invite the audition, the other party is a senior in terms of age or film time, so he must invite him in person, so as to show respect.
"Senpai?" Sophia asked suspiciously, hearing John's words. "John, who are you going to invite?"
"Lady Katharine Hepburn!"
The first national treasure actor John wants to invite is the famous Katharine Hepburn.
Katharine Hepburn, the greatest actress of all time in the United States, has won a total of 12 Academy Award nominations and four Oscar Best Actress awards in her 60-year acting career.
In later generations, many fans liked to compare her with another Hepburn, and they quarreled about it, and John only laughed every time he saw such a comparison.
Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn, although they are peers, their respective development priorities are different. Katharine Hepburn is a top actress, while Audrey Hepburn is a top female star. One is the queen of the actor world, and the other is the queen of the star world.
So in terms of acting skills, Katharine Hepburn is better than Audrey Hepburn, but the good ones are very limited, you must know that Katharine Hepburn ranks first among the great actresses of the century, but Audrey Hepburn also ranks third, which shows that the gap between the two in acting skills is not much.
But in terms of influence and popularity, Audrey Hepburn is a little higher than Katharine Hepburn, because Katharine Hepburn is mainly literary films, while Audrey Hepburn is mainly commercial films.
Although literary films are high, the audience is small, and art, a high-quality thing, is like a luxury product, which only belongs to a few people, so there will be high and low. Commercial films, on the other hand, focus on entertaining the public, just like the necessities of public life, so they have a wide audience. That's why a lot of people know "Breakfast at Tiffany's", but not necessarily "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Audrey Hepburn is more well-known and influential than Katherine Hepburn, and one of the most important reasons is that Audrey Hepburn is a philanthropist who has devoted her life to philanthropy, especially in her later years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, she went to Africa to do a lot of charity.
It is precisely because of her great contribution to philanthropy that after her death, the United Nations created a bronze statue of her at the headquarters, named Audrey Spirit, and she is the only person to receive this honor.
Therefore, Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn cannot be compared, because no matter how they compare, it is unfair to the two, but no one can ignore the achievements of the two of them in their respective fields.
It is precisely because of this that John did not let Nancy get an audition invitation, for people of their level, it is no longer possible to invite an audition invitation, so John must go to his home to invite it himself.
Just after John said Katharine Hepburn's name flatly, Sophia on the side was not calm. "John, you're going to ask Katharine Hepburn to star in Forrest Gump?"
"Yes!" John nodded flatly.
"Oh...... God!" Sophia stopped what she was doing when she heard John's affirmation. "John, are you sure you can please her?" Sophia looked at John suspiciously.
She is very optimistic about John, although John is a director of the 100 million yuan club, but his qualifications are too shallow, it is okay to invite ordinary actors, but if you want to invite palace-level actors, it is a little unqualified.
And John heard Sophia's suspicion, and smiled without mind: "How do you know if you don't try it, please don't move!"
"Can you try this kind of thing?" Sophia felt that John was a little arrogant, but as an assistant, her task was not to laugh at and blame her boss, but to give advice to the boss, otherwise she would not have to exist. "John, if you want to hire Katharine Hepburn, I suggest you ask Michael Jackson for help. The two of them are best friends, and with Michael Jackson to help you, Katharine Hepburn will definitely agree. ”
"No!" John refused without thinking about it. Of course, he knew that Michael Jackson was close friends with Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor, but he was reluctant to ask Michael Jackson for help, because the world has the hardest debt to repay.
For the charity song "Hael The World", he already owes Michael Jackson a favor, so he is not willing to owe a second favor, lest he embarrass himself when he gets it.
Sophia, who was on the side, saw John's determination, and also gave up persuasion, her identity is an assistant, a person who provides advice, not a person who makes decisions.