Saying goodbye to Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Jared Katzenberg, Ronan got on his Bentley elegance and asked David to drive to Century City, where he made an appointment to meet Tracy Jacob, an agent at United Elite Agency.

Sitting in the car, Ronan first took out the script for Pirates of the Caribbean and flipped through it, which contained several concept artwork of Captain Jack Sparrow.

This is something he specially asked people to draw.

Since there are relevant memories of his past life, it is naturally impossible for Ronan to go around and take detours, and make Johnny Depp and the stylist struggle to come up with a look like smoky makeup, and there is no need to waste this kind of time.

Captain Jack Sparrow's styling and character design have been relatively perfect.

After the Copyright Office registered the copyright for the characters and stories, the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment further improved the script, and Ronan had some character scripts in his hands, and the main line of the script story was the same as that of the previous life movie, and the specific scenes and details still needed to be polished.

Even though the film has been seen many times and is so impressive that you remember lines like "You almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow", Ronan still forgets most of the scenes, which require the writers to use their imagination and creative talents.

Ronan believes that the biggest problem with this crew is the main creative team and the funding.

The latter can be raised slowly through multiple sources, and the former can best be finalized this year.

The agent he was going to meet this time was called Tracy Jacob, and among the clients he represented was the core of the series in his previous life.

A man who plays himself as a captain and lives as a real-life version of Jack Sparrow.

That's right, it's the famous Hollywood weirdo Johnny Depp.

To put it another way, this is also a famous Hollywood killer.

Even in this era, various deeds about Johnny Depp's death are widely circulated in Hollywood.

Drug abuse and drug addiction and the like can only be counted as the daily life of Johnny Depp when he was young.

Fortunately, Johnny Depp has always had Tim Burton covered.

How to manage Johnny Depp in the crew is also a headache, Ronan turned out Johnny Depp's information, and frowned slightly while watching.

Maybe he is older, Johnny Depp's performance in the past two years has been much better, which may also be the reason why Disney Pictures dared to use Depp to star in a first-line production in the previous life.

Otherwise, with such an unstable actor, there is a first-line big production crew who dares to use it? Not to mention anything else, the third-party guarantee company that must be financed will not be able to pass the hurdle.

When I was most sober, I met the most suitable role to play, which was the luck of Disney in my previous life, and the luck of Johnny Depp.

After Ronan's simple consideration, Johnny Depp may not be the element that bothers the crew in the first filming, but it is difficult to say in the future.

There have been too many news and gossip reports in his previous life, and among Hollywood A-list actors, Johnny Depp can be said to be a typical example of disdedication.

During the filming of the sequel, it is common to be a few hours late to release the pigeons of the whole crew, it is a daily behavior to go to the set to shoot drunk, and it is a basic operation to shoot without memorizing lines on the spot.

Many people are criticizing the little flower and little fresh meat of the East for pronouncing "1,2,3,4,5......", Johnny Depp is no better, because he doesn't remember the lines, the on-set shooting can't be completed at all, the pirate superstar simply wears wireless headphones and asks the crew to read the lines outside the set while filming, and then he follows along......

This is not an isolated case, Johnny Depp has such an amateur-level performance on other sets, which can only be said to be eye-catching.

And the people who leaked the news were not just the ordinary staff on the set of the set, but also Kirsten Dunst and Jessica Chastain.

Just as never underestimate Tom Cruise's professionalism, never overestimate Johnny Depp's professionalism.

Thinking of this, Ronan had a headache.

But in the face of huge business interests, these are just some headaches.

Johnny Depp's professionalism can not be considered for the time being, but there must be a way to restrain it in the future.

Ronan arrives in Century City and meets Tracy Jacob at the café he has booked.

Originally, Ronan wanted to meet Johnny Depp directly, but the weird guy directly asked him to find an agent, and he had no idea of meeting at all.

Ronan is well aware that he is completely not in the same dimension as Johnny Depp's thinking, and he doesn't care.

"Hello, Mr. Anderson. ”

Seeing Ronan, Tracy Jacob took the initiative to greet and shake hands, Ronan shook the hand she handed over, and said with a smile, "Hello, Ms. Jacob." ”

Tracy Jacob, who has the typical agent side, said politely, "Just call me Tracy." ”

She invited Ronan to sit down and looked at him quietly.

At the same time, Ronan was also quietly looking at Tracy Jacob.

This is a middle-aged woman, belonging to the United Elite Agency, that is, UTA, who is not very famous in the broker circle, and her main client is Johnny Depp.

And she has been working as Johnny Depp's agent since the early nineties.

To put it simply, Johnny Depp has a lot of trust in her.

Ronan listened to the introduction of CAA people, Tracy Jacob and Johnny Depp were both in CAA before, until Tracy Jacob jumped ship to UTA in 1998 and pulled Johnny Depp away by the way.

Now UTA also has a high-potential director client called Christopher Nolan.

It's a pity that Ronan doesn't have the rights to Batman in his hands, and it is impossible to get the movie rights from Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

Tracy Jacob carefully read Ronan's information before he came, and asked with a smile, "I don't know if Ronan is looking for me......"

Ronan didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "I have a film project in my hand and want to work with Johnny Depp." ”

Tracy Jacob asked, "Can you know what the film project is?"

Ronan came over to talk about work, opened the briefcase, took out the script and those concept sketches, and said: "This is part of the character script and character setting artwork, you can show it to Johnny Depp." ”

Tracy Jacob took it, quickly flipped through it, and frowned after just one glance at the drawing, because it was clearly a pirate character!

She didn't speak, opened the character script, and read it carefully, but the more she watched, the more frightened she became, because she was completely sure that this character called Jack Sparrow was a pirate, or a down-and-out pirate captain!

Ronan waited quietly, not meaning to speak.

I didn't want to read more than a third of the script for Tracy Jacob's character, and I looked through a few more set sketches, smoky makeup, orchid hands, what kind of pirate is this?

Originally, the pirate character was non-mainstream enough, and this pirate style is even more alternative!

It's simply the non-mainstream of the non-mainstream!

How does the pirate in this artwork look like a GAY?

Tracy Jacob put down the script and artwork, looked at Ronan, and said, "This is a pirate theme?"

"Yes. Ronan said directly: "A story about a pirate captain in the Caribbean, with some elements of magic and fantasy. ”

Tracy Jacob's words were full of doubts, but the words were very skillful: "Ronan, I'm not suspicious of your project, but the pirate genre is outdated, starting with Cullock's "Cut Throat Island", Hollywood's pirate movies that invest a little more have all ended in failure without exception. ”

Ronan knew the facts of what the other party said, and he didn't refute it, but just said with a smile: "Hollywood has no outdated themes, only movies that fail to be made." ”

Tracy Jacob's eyes jumped slightly, and his senses for Ronan became a little worse, this young producer and film company owner has indeed achieved amazing film commercial success in the past two years, but his self-confidence is a bit bursting, right? Where is there an eternal success in Hollywood? If you make a wrong choice, you will slide into the abyss.

Just like Cullock Films back then, what a beautiful scene, a "Cut Throat Island" will end them up.

By the way, the main creators did not end well.

Tracy Jacob wanted to turn down the role, but thought of the best of the younger generation of Hollywood producers across the street and said, "But Hollywood's recognized, market-proven, pirate-themed films are really in decline." ”

Ronan thought for a while and said simply: ""Black Pirate", "Captain's Blood" and "Treasure Island", the charm of these pirate films is still the same as in the past, and I am not preparing a traditional pirate movie, I believe that "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" will be more in line with the taste of modern audiences." ”

Tracy Jacob shook his head and decided to tell the truth: "Depp wouldn't be interested in a pirate character. She said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Anderson, I have to be responsible for Depp's future." ”

As she spoke, she pushed back the character script and setting sketches that were placed on the table.

Ronan didn't answer, and said calmly, "That's it, Tracy." How about you take back the character script and setting sketches and let Johnny Depp take a look at them first?"

Tracy Jacob was a little hesitant, pirates are a genre, it's best not to touch them......

But on the other side, he is also a film company owner and a successful producer, and he refuses in person, and he doesn't even accept the character script, which doesn't seem to be very good.

Most of the agents' work styles are relatively sleek, which is the need of the job and the necessity of long-term experience.

Tracy Jacob was no exception, but after a little hesitation, she took back the character script and setting sketch, and said: "I'll take it back to Depp, but Ronan, you don't have to get your hopes up, no one in Hollywood likes pirate characters." ”

Ronan said, "I can wait. ”

Tracy Jacob took the initiative to take his leave and quickly left the café.

Ronan sighed lightly, this was the negative impact of the decay of the pirate genre, and he lacked the huge appeal of Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney.

The project faced many difficulties.