Catherine watched as the woman in front of her took off her mask, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. small says .

She didn't expect to catch such a big fish in the cinema, Natalie Portman, the famous star queen, and the double queen of the Oscars and Golden Globes.

Being able to meet this kind of super popular star, Catherine is like picking up a big round pearl on the beach, and she almost laughs off her big teeth happily.

"Hello, everyone. After Natalie was recognized, she did not deny dodging like some celebrities, but stopped generously and said hello to Catherine and the camera respectively.

This move gave Catherine and George a thumbs up in their hearts, and they deserved to be one of the best female stars in Hollywood with the best reputation in private, and this calmness and politeness alone made people feel good.

"Miss Portman, it's a pleasure to meet you here, are you also here to see the movie?" Catherine retracted her thoughts and quickly asked, she didn't dare to guarantee that the other party would always be patient with this kind of big star, so it was the key to hurry up and ask a few more questions.

"Of course. Natalie Portman replied with a smile, "I happened to take a break recently." ”

"Can you tell me your options?" asked Catherine continued.

"Interstellar. Portman did not hesitate to give a definite answer, and gave his own reasons: "Director Nie Wei's films have never disappointed me, he is my role model, and I will not miss his films." ”

Catherine's eyes lit up when she heard this, what she said was simply too content, if it weren't for Portman's words, who would have known that this famous Star Wars queen was also a fan of Nie Wei.

"Then can you comment on Nie Wei's new movie?"

"I think this movie may be different from many ordinary people's cognitive science fiction films, I have read the reviews on the Internet, some people say that this is the most authentic science fiction, but I don't agree with it. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?" Catherine feared that Portman would end with a casual compliment, thinking that giving an unusual answer like this was what she wanted.

"Of course, in my opinion, this movie is just dressed in the cloak of science fiction, but the core is the description of people, human feelings and human nature, these three points run through the whole movie, but what I admire is that even if the whole film does not leave these three, it will not give the audience the feeling of overflowing emotions in literary films. ”

Director Nie Wei's control of the whole movie is simply artistic, the prelude is slightly long, but Nie Wei can arouse the audience's interest through foreshadowing, and as the film gets on the right track, whether it is special effects or music, the atmosphere to be expressed in the whole movie is set to the extreme, and he also firmly grasps the core of the movie from beginning to end, without the slightest deviation. ”

"You don't know, when I watched the last ten minutes, I was even moved to tears by the ending, I haven't seen a movie so emotionally charged for a long time. ”

"It seems that you have a high opinion of Director Nie Wei's new movie. Catherine sighed, wanting to see this movie more and more, even the famous Hollywood eagle Portman can conquer, obviously the quality of this movie is very good.

"Then if Nie Wei wanted to cooperate with you, would you be willing?" Catherine asked her last question.

Portman smiled and replied, "There's only one answer. ”

She didn't say what the answer was, but as long as anyone with a brain understood it, she would definitely be willing.

Just like in China, Zhang Yimou wants to make a movie, and many stars are willing to participate even if they reduce their salaries or even self-destruct their images, for what, because the director is famous enough, and the quality of the movies shot has always been guaranteed.

And now Nie Wei obviously has this level of reputation in Hollywood.

Catherine and George edited the interview for half a day that day, and at nine o'clock in the evening, the show officially aired.

Natalie Portman's finale undoubtedly surprised many audiences, and her super high evaluation of "Interstellar" also aroused the curiosity of many audiences, sometimes the star effect is really powerful, and the single-day box office of "Interstellar" on the second day was five million more than the first day.

After Nie Wei learned about this, he also specially asked Thomas to call Natalie Portman's phone, and then personally called to thank the Star Wars queen.

"I don't think I've done anything, I just objectively evaluated this movie from my point of view, or the director you made it well. On the phone, Portman didn't take credit at all, and said very modestly.

But as the call ended, Portman made a small request.

"Director Nie Wei, if I can, can I ask you some questions about being a director in the future?"

"Of course, I'm going to be filming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in March next year, so if you're interested, you can come and visit the class. Nie Wei took advantage of the situation to send out an invitation.

As a director, no matter how much theoretical knowledge is taught, it is better for the director to demonstrate it in person.

If you look at the resumes of many big directors, you will find that most of them have the experience of working next to some famous directors, and Nie Wei also has the truth to teach Portman's mind, so he will issue such an invitation.

Portman naturally understood the sincerity of Nie Wei's invitation, and agreed very happily.

Five days have passed unconsciously, and "Interstellar" has also ushered in the settlement of the first week of box office, in China, "Interstellar" is completely phenomenal performance, with a high film scheduling rate and a high attendance rate, plus the movie ticket price has an IMAX bonus, and the record of 1.2 billion has been completed in just five days!

370 million on the first day, 1.2 billion in five days, these words are accompanied by the name of "Interstellar", which has been continuously on the hot search in the past few days, and almost swiped the entire network.

At the same time, these figures also broke Nie Wei's previous records such as the first-day box office, single-day box office and first-week box office, and Nie Wei still maintained his own record!

And "Interstellar" has achieved such an excellent result in China, firstly, because Nie Wei's reputation for making movies over the years is there, starting from Nie Wei's first movie "Speed Scandal" to today's "Interstellar", there is not a movie with a bad reputation, and every time the audience can see Nie Wei's new movie on behalf of his progress in strength.

Secondly, the good results of "Interstellar" abroad also stimulated the domestic market.

In the same five-day period, "Interstellar" also won the weekly box office championship in Hollywood's Christmas file, and the final five-day box office data was 100.2 million.

This data did not break any records, but it is the best result of all the movies in Hollywood's Christmas file this year, the key is that the word-of-mouth of "Interstellar" has exploded, and whether it is the audience, film critics or the media, all of them are applauded on the Internet.

This is best confirmed by the data on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB.

Five days have passed, and both websites have more than 100,000 reviews, but on Rotten Tomatoes, "Interstellar" still maintains a 98% freshness, and on IMDB, "Interstellar" is only 0.1 points lower than the first day, still maintaining a super high rating of 9.6.

In the eyes of many people, this movie is likely to keep the rating around 9, so it is not surprising that this will be another classic that can be ranked in the top 10 of IMDB's TOP250 list by word of mouth.

There has been a rumor circulating on the Internet, saying that as long as Nie Wei lives long enough, then all of the TOP250 list on IMDB may be Nie Wei's movies.

In their words, IMDB's TOP250, Nie Wei has already booked the contract.

Of course, this is a joke, but many people think that it is really very possible, Nie Wei produces movies of such high quality that even discerning Hollywood audiences are convinced, in the hearts of many people, Nie Wei has been equated with fine paintings, and has become the director they look forward to every year.

In the end, it is naturally the relationship between the quality of the movie and the rhythm of the plot, in fact, the rhythm of "Interstellar" is really different from Hollywood blockbusters, it can be seen from the twenty-minute foreshadowing that this is not a fast-paced movie, of course, Nie Wei edited very cleverly, and allocated the few ** points very reasonably, so that the audience still watched it very cool.

However, this movie, which inherits the transition and love and family affection as the core, is very familiar to Chinese fans, and Nie Wei's control of the director's film rhythm over the years can be called a master, and Chinese audiences can actually see the cool points from this "Interstellar".

This also caused the first time since Nie Wei's film officially entered Hollywood that the box office in the mainland exceeded the North American box office in the first week.

Many domestic film personalities are excited about this achievement.

Many media have even begun to advocate that the domestic film market is booming, and there is a trend of surpassing Hollywood.

However, these are all nonsense in Nie Wei's opinion.

In recent years, the box office of domestic films has been really good, but there is still a significant gap with Hollywood, and the film market is not only reflected in the box office, but also in the world influence and its own investment.

The reason why Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities have forgotten to run in the mainland in recent years is because the mainland market is well developed, and the treatment is several times or even more than ten times higher than that of their local area.

Such a high salary, coupled with a more sophisticated production and a broader market, naturally attracts more stars.

At present, the comparison between the mainland market and the Hollywood market is like the gap between the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets and the mainland market, and it is even bigger.

Some people want to ask, there are only 320 million people in North America, but there are 1.4 billion people in the mainland.

This brings us to the influence I just mentioned.

Hollywood's marketing department is not only open in their United States, but the whole world, so its market has never been the North American market, but the whole world is its market, so it dares to invest high, produce big, and give actors and directors the top treatment.

But what about mainland movies, when they go out of the mainland, can they really be popular in several countries?

understands that everyone knows in their hearts, so mainland films will have to work hard to catch up with or even surpass Hollywood, but Nie Wei believes that this day will not be too far away, after all, the mainland has 1.4 billion people as the foundation, and it is inherently superior to Hollywood's development advantage, as long as the momentum is maintained and more sophisticated works are created, one day it will be able to stand at the top of the world film stage.

In the past five days, Nie Wei has not been idle, and three flash mob activities were held in Los Angeles, the Big Apple and San Francisco in the first three days, quietly lurking in the film industry with a group of leading actors, and waiting until the end of the movie to show up, giving the audience a big 'surprise'.

The event was a success and made headlines in the media.

Two days later, Nie Wei took the team to the Maple Leaf Country and did three promotional activities.

After all this, Nie Wei also has to rush back to Asia, busy with the promotional activities of the "Interstellar" Asian tour.

For the first stop, Nie Wei chose Japan.

This was once the No. 1 box office in Asia, and the film market is very mature, so it is naturally Nie Wei's first choice for publicity.

In order to have a greater impact, Nie Wei even pulled AKB48, half of his own girl group, and the three-day roadshow attracted the wolf roar of more than 100,000 otaku, and also made the box office of "Interstellar" grow backwards for three consecutive days.

After the end of the Japanese propaganda, Nie Wei's second stop was South Korea

In recent years, South Korea has also developed rapidly in the film industry, and has also produced many excellent films, which have had a great impact on the whole of Asia.

It has also become the second largest ticket warehouse in Asia after China and Japan.

Just when Nie Wei's leading actors went to South Korea to promote the movie, there were still a group of people in South Korea who were very familiar with Nie Wei, who were tidying up a shop.

Fanxing Variety Show has produced a new variety show called "Chinese Restaurant".

After all, among the many labels in China, food can definitely rank in the top three, and the food culture of China can be said to affect many surrounding countries.

The purpose of the program "Chinese Restaurant" is to go to other countries to promote Chinese cuisine, so that the locals can know more about the taste of real Chinese cuisine, and promote Chinese food culture.

The guest lineup of the show is led by Fan Binbin, with Huang Xiaoming, Jing Tiantian and four male supermodels who became popular because of "Where Are You Going, Dad".

Of course, guests will be invited to each issue, and the guests will also bring their own specialty dishes, which will become the special dishes of the current issue.

Originally, the four of them were full of confidence before they arrived in South Korea, and the assigned tasks were also well assigned, those who could cook dishes, those who could publicize, those who were flexible with their hands and feet, and those who should be the boss's wife.

But it wasn't until they opened that they realized that it wasn't easy.

Because the program team is playing for real, they will not deliberately arrange anything, they really just throw a restaurant to them, and then just shoot and don't care about anything else.

Whether customers can enter the door or not seems to have nothing to do with the program team, and the program team doesn't seem to panic at all if there is no customer for most of the day.

As a result, the four people who were ready to do a big job on the first day finally received more than 20 guests in the whole day, and more than half of the ingredients were left.