Chapter 837: Pick her up
Just returned to Los Angeles, Matthew didn't expect to receive such an email from Rachel Weisz, Darren Aronofsky is worthy of a Hollywood man, similar to him, all keen on such glorious feats as "logging tired".
Mira Kunis is also worthy of being a Hollywood female star, and stealing her best friend's boyfriend is very handy.
But it's not surprising that anything like this is normal in Hollywood.
Men don't cheat, women don't cheat, is that still Hollywood?
Matthew knows very well that this kind of thing will definitely drive Natalie Portman crazy, after all, girlfriends stealing men from their heads, and anyone will be depressed and angry.
But it's hard to hit Natalie Portman at the root.
It may be possible to say that Natalie Portman is in love with Darren Aronofsky, but it is difficult to say how deep the love is.
Matthew looks at it from his own point of view, Natalie Portman may use Darren Aronofsky's idea more, through cooperation with Darren Aronofsky, to achieve a breakthrough in literary independent films, and then maybe find an opportunity to kick Darren Aronofsky.
I really want to hit Natalie Portman, but the ultimate goal is to sabotage her Oscar plans.
This summer, "Alien Battlefield" is about to be released, Natalie Portman is the heroine, if this film is as he envisioned, Natalie Portman's business path will inevitably be completely cut off, and she will get nothing at the Oscars in the future, she has a high chance of becoming a veritable box office poison, and she will drop a few notches in the actor ratings of various production companies.
At that time, let alone wanting to become a veritable first-line star, I can't even keep the status of a second-tier star.
In the final analysis, whether Hollywood production companies invest in commercial films or literary independent films, they are ultimately pursuing commercial profits.
A film like "Black Swan" is not escorted by a heavyweight Oscar award, and it is difficult to make a profit.
After Rachel Weisz came to him last time, Matthew specially looked for Darren Aronofsky's past films, and if there were no heavyweight awards, with Darren Aronofsky's niche style, even if it was a small investment independent film, it would not be easy to recover the cost.
The protagonists of Darren Aronofsky's films all have "self-destructive" personalities, and the director often presents the protagonist's self-destruction of the body in a sadistic way, and the mental journey into madness and destruction is quite uncomfortable to watch.
In Darren Aronofsky's films, the flesh becomes an altar of spiritual suffering, and ambition, loneliness, desire, and longing are all bleeding gloomily under his lens.
This kind of film, in the niche circle, is very high.
It's no wonder that Natalie Portman took the initiative when she saw the script for "Black Swan" from Rachel Weisz.
After thinking about it, Matthew called Rachel Weisz back, and when she was still focusing on the "Black Swan" awards, with the favorable situation created now, it was possible to destroy the "Black Swan" awards plan as much as possible.
Perhaps under the careful care of Rachel Weisz, the crew of "Black Swan" will really put on a better show than the movie.
He'll be watching the show and helping Rachel Weisz if necessary.
Rachel Weisz is still on the move, and Matthew got the news that Rachel Weisz temporarily gave up her work this year to do this.
A serious woman is sometimes scary.
For example, Jennifer Lawrence.
Hearing that Matthew was back in Los Angeles, Jennifer Lawrence took the initiative to visit her and willingly posed for the final round of auditions for the "Hunger Games" crew, allowing Matthew to shoot the latest body photo blockbuster series.
This is an actress who can go out very openly in order to be famous.
Although Jennifer Lawrence seems to be a silly big sister, Matthew knows that this woman is very shrewd, even if she is not yet twenty years old, she is more calculating than some stars who have worked hard in Hollywood for many years.
Therefore, whether he was filming Jennifer Lawrence body art photo shoot last time or this time, he recorded the whole process covertly.
These would indicate that Jennifer Lawrence took the initiative to find his footage, which he locked in the safe and hopefully never used it again.
Matthew is a man who keeps his promises, and after the final round of auditions for "The Hunger Games", Jennifer Lawrence got her wish for the heroine of Katniss.
In addition, the new generation of British actor Talen Edgerton won the actor Pita, and British actor Sam Claflin became the actor of Gail Hawthorne.
The casting auditions for "The Hunger Games" are also over, and like "Twilight", all new actors with certain acting experience but no fame are used.
The crew also chose some actors with good acting skills but low salaries as supporting roles, such as Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland, among others.
The film will begin filming in mid-April and if all goes well, it will be released in North America in April 2011.
Because of the success of the "Twilight" series, the teen film "The Hunger Games" has also attracted a lot of attention, especially Matthew's investment, which is highly anticipated.
For the sake of publicity, Matthew then specifically mentioned "The Hunger Games" when participating in a "Fast and Furious 5" announcement, and focused on the heroine Jennifer Lawrence.
"Excuse me, Mr. Horner. A reporter from The Hollywood Reporter asked, "What made the crew choose Miss Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine of this film?"
In the end, it is not a secret that the decision of the hero and heroine is in his hands, and Matthew does not hide it, and says directly, "Jennifer Lawrence is a very creative actor, and director Patty Jenkins is also very satisfied with her, her performance at the audition really surprised us, calm and natural and explosive." ”
Since Jennifer Lawrence was chosen as the heroine, Matthew will spare no effort to support her for the sake of the film, "A few years ago, when I visited Charlize Theron on the set of "Burning Plains", I saw Jennifer Lawrence, because she does have the talent of a first-class actor and can provide a convincing performance. ”
To a certain extent, he was telling the truth, and Jennifer Lawrence's fall really made the young actress remember.
This special way of appearing is more likely to leave a relatively deep impression on people.
Matthew's words were half-true, "Later, I met Jennifer Lawrence and found that she was a very malleable actor, so I brought her to the crew. The same is true for several other leading actors, all of whom I decided on after watching their films. ”
The reporter from "The Hollywood Reporter" glanced at the information in his hand and asked with doubts, "According to the information released by the crew, Miss Jennifer Lawrence is almost twenty years old.
The age of the actors is indeed a problem, especially these white actresses, who are very mature at the age of twenty, and it is a bit reluctant to say that they are fifteen or sixteen years old.
Jennifer Lawrence, for example, is probably a relationship that has been deeply developed by him recently, more like a woman than a girl.
But this is a very helpless thing, fifteen or sixteen-year-old actors are often the most embarrassing group in Hollywood, just like many female stars who have been playing the heroine until they are about forty years old and are unwilling to retreat to the supporting actress position, there are very few plays and roles that can be accepted.
Actors of this age, especially actresses, face a very complicated situation, playing roles younger than their actual age, there are too many cute and skin-wrenching girl stars in Hollywood who are more competitive than them; it is basically impossible to play roles older than them; even if they play roles that match their age, they have to face competition from actresses in their eighteen, nineteen or even early twenties, and the latter have much more advantages than them in terms of performance and mentality.
"I had an in-depth discussion with director Patty Jenkins and the original author, Ms. Susan Collins, on this issue, and Ms. Collins also watched each actor's audition, and she still had a little bit of an opinion about Jennifer Lawrence's age. ”
At this point, Matthew paused for a moment, then rehashed the old words, "The key is to be able to portray the character of Katniss in the middle of the year, and to be a teenager, such an actor is almost impossible to find." ”
He spread his hands and said, "As things stand, no one is better suited for this role than Jennifer Lawrence in terms of performance level, physical characteristics and character setting." Actually, in Ms. Collins' setup and in my feelings, Katniss is not a young girl, but a young woman. And Jennifer Lawrence is just the perfect way to interpret it all. ”
The strong heroine in the film, a very down-to-earth silly big sister character in reality, chose Jennifer Lawrence, which will also help the future promotion of "The Hunger Games".
Frankly, Jennifer Lawrence is not very pretty, and the fact that she was once so popular has a lot to do with the person she has carefully built.
Take the characters of Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway as an example, Jennifer Lawrence is obviously more loved by the media and the public.
"The Hunger Games" will be made into a series, and Susan Collins has completed the second part, but it has not been released for the time being, and the release time will be determined according to the publicity needs of the film.
This film adaptation is about to enter the official filming stage, and another book that Matthew has been paying attention to, which has only been published for more than a month, has already made a huge name.