"Dear Andy,

The message has been read.

'Mighty Marines' and 'Star Wars Story' are both problematic and can be taken into account. Also, 'Cinderella' is still forgotten, if I choose to star in a vase, I would be more inclined to romantic romantic comedies, and 'Fake Marriage' starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is a good reference sample.

Also, if you don't have a comedy program, you can try a comedy like 'The Hangover'.

By the way, remember to ask for a copy of the script for 'Burst Drummer'. Also, I need to sign up to learn the drum kit, and I have no foundation.

Yours, Lan Li. ”

Without any hesitation or hesitation, Lan Li quickly replied to the email. It wasn't a very difficult decision.

"Sin City 2" is a very stylized work, but the story and characters are a complete mess, and despite gathering a cast of stars — Eva-Green, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Mickey Locke, Josh Brolin, Miss Gaga, it turns out to be a crash across the board in terms of both word-of-mouth and box office.

As far as Lan Li is concerned, he does not have the slightest liking for this work.

"Tomorrowland" is a typical masterpiece - strong on paper, rout in practice, too simple in story, too shallow in core, too bad in pacing, too pale in character, too contrived in acting, and most importantly, for sci-fi popcorn movies, there is no high/high tide, which is basically equivalent to self-defeating martial arts.

In the previous life, George Clooney starred in this production, but once again proved that a charismatic actor can also completely drown in a terrible work.

"Cinderella", the absolute heroine's work, the male protagonist is just a useless vase, after watching the movie, the impression left on the male protagonist should be "beautiful as a flower". Putting this aside for the time being, Lan Li personally has no interest in playing the prince, especially since he has just experienced everything in London, and he is even more appreciative.

It's a pity. In the last life, Cate Blanchett finally played the role of stepmother, and Lan Li personally wanted to work with Kate, but this opportunity was not suitable.

After a simple screening, only "Super Marines" and "Star Wars Story" remained.

For "Super Marines", Lan Li personally likes this cartoon very much, although the quality of the finished product is not as good as "Invincible Destruction King" and "Frozen", not to mention compared with a series of animated films by Pixar, but this is undoubtedly a warm and moving work, the fullness of the characters and the abundance of emotions left a deep impression after watching the movie.

Lan Li doesn't mind dubbing cartoons. This is another attempt at acting, and perhaps there can be a windfall.

As for "Star Wars Story" -

Compared with the "Star Wars" after the reboot, in fact, Lan Li personally prefers this biography "Rogue One".

After stripping away the important elements and nostalgia of Star Wars itself, the story becomes more compact and focused, focusing on telling the story of a man with lofty ideals who come together for the same dream. In the case of knowing the predetermined ending in advance, the blood is still boiling, tragic and tragic, and it really bursts out the charm of the text and the pleasure of popcorn.

Everyone, including Andy, has always had a misunderstanding, at least partially, about Lan Li, thinking that Lan Li is extremely picky about popcorn movies, and even rejects them.

But in fact, as an audience, Lan Li enjoys the process of watching popcorn movies very much, and that kind of movie-watching experience is different, and as an actor, he is also willing to accept different possibilities, otherwise, he would not have starred in the two commercial works "Fast and Exciting / Love 5" and "Edge of Tomorrow" in the first place.

As far as the Marvel series is concerned, Lan Li's personal favorites are "Ant-Man", "Deadpool", "Captain America 2", "Avengers", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and several other works, in addition, the Star Wars series "Rogue One" can also be counted in this ranks.

The opportunity to be a part of the Star Wars franchise is truly a very unique experience.

What Lan Li really rejects is image binding. Robert Downey Jr. equals Iron Man, Chris Evans equals Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth equals Thor, and such a tie-up also ties the actor's hands and feet, cutting off other possibilities for the actor, and working wholeheartedly for Marvel Studios and Disney services.

It is precisely because of this that Lan Li's interest in "Rogue One" has skyrocketed: all the characters are wiped out at the end of the movie, there is no resurrection, no rebirth, no follow-up, no outreach, and they are completely dead. This means that it is enough to sign a contract for one work.

The question is, is Disney willing? Even if all the characters are dead, if Disney wants to, they can still tell the stories of these characters before their heroic deaths, appearing in a prequel fashion, and expanding the Star Wars universe endlessly.

But that's all for later. For now, Lan Li is indeed full of interest in Rogue One.

Incidentally, Gareth-Edards, the director of Rogue One, is a British director whom Lan Li personally likes very much.

Garris was a late-blooming director who didn't make his debut film "Monster" until he was thirty-five years old, and after its release in 2010, it set off a craze in independent film circles.

This is a very stylized work, including a lonely story under the shell of a disaster movie, which truly presents the loneliness and sadness of the last days, as well as the confusion of outsiders. The "monster" in the title is an outsider who is demonized by people.

With the success of this work, Garris entered the eyes of the six major Hollywood studios in one fell swoop. In 2014, he spearheaded the direction of "Godzilla", which was critically acclaimed for its unsatisfying narrative pacing but poetic shots, and in 2016, he directed "Rogue One", a trait that was carried out throughout, and Garris was careful to retain his identity during the assembly line production.

In other words, "Super Marines" and "Rogue One" are not the choices of the tallest among the shorter ones, but the projects that Lan Li is genuinely interested in. Any work can reach an agreement, and Lan Li raised his hands in welcome.

However, for romantic movies and spoof comedy movies, Lan Li still has some thoughts of gearing up and eagerly trying, which can not only challenge new genres, but also potentially broaden the boundaries of performance, so why not?

So, the aforementioned email was finally born.

Soon after, Andy replied to the email as soon as possible, to the following effect:

“…… Are you sure? You just said yes? You just said yes so simply? Haven't you always been uninterested in Star Wars? What's going on now? What's going on? It's not normal, you're really not normal! Is this a joke or is it serious? Lan Li, stick to your own ideas, don't change your decision because of me. I'm serious. ”

If Andy hadn't been so excited that he was incoherent and tirade at the beginning of the email, and the long row of exclamation points was simply shocking and spread all over the screen, then the following words would have been more convincing.

It's a pity that this time Lan Li forgot to confirm the email and completely forgot about it, so that when Matthew habitually sorted out the email for Lan Li later, he saw this excited email, and the exclamation mark on the screen was really spicy, and Matthew silently threw the email into the trash.

……

On May 15, "The Great Gatsby" officially opened the curtain of the 66th Cannes Film Festival as the opening film.

Although the film did not enter the main competition and only chose Cannes as the premiere venue, hoping to create more topical gimmicks, media reporters and audience members were the first to express their opinions on Twitter and other social media outlets.

Word-of-mouth presents a polarized pattern, those who like it very much, and those who hate it very much, which is reminiscent of director Buzz Luhmann's 1997 film "Romeo and Juliet", coincidentally, this work is the last collaboration between Buzz and Leonardo, and in the end, the film won Leonardo a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.

Therefore, encountering polar word-of-mouth above the film festival is not necessarily a bad thing.

In the next few days, the small town of Cannes became the busiest place in the whole of Europe, and it seemed that all eyes and attention were focused on this palm-sized square inch, and every day on social networks could be seen bustling and boiling with relevant information, whether it was the main competition unit works or other unit works, all of which became the focus of heated discussions -

Bad reviews, so what's the difference? Is everyone collectively complaining?

What is the opinion of the authoritative media?

I am not afraid of good reviews or bad reviews, what I am most afraid of is tepid, lack of hot topics, and lack of attention, in the turbulence of the Cannes Film Festival, wave after wave, disappearing in the turbulent waves in a blink of an eye, and even giving people an illusion: that work was also shortlisted for Cannes?

Six days have passed in the blink of an eye, and halfway through the festival, "Adele's Life" has won unanimous praise from the European media, becoming the strongest seed of this year's Palme d'Or, followed by "Beautiful City" and "Past", especially the former, which has been a hit in the European media and the British and American media.

In contrast, the reputation of "Only God Can Forgive" failed to meet expectations and appeared tepid; "Flower and Moon Appearance" received a wave of praise, but it was not able to cause a heated discussion as expected, drowning in a crowd of popular models; "Behind the Candlestick" is the same, the discussion wave after wave, but in the end, the score of the house magazine is neither high nor low, and it is not able to shine.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling, two actors, have won the cheers and shouts of the whole Cannes in terms of popularity, but they are a little lonely in terms of works, so what kind of report card will the last of the troika hand over when he first appears on the Cannes stage?

On May 21, "The Ballad of the Drunken Country" will officially land at Lumière Hall for its world premiere, and the mystery will be revealed.