Chapter 714: Rumors
Her decision disappointed many fans who were looking forward to seeing her walk the red carpet, and they also wanted to see what kind of couple dress she and Roy were going to wear on the red carpet this time. As a result, she didn't show up at all! How did they leave a message on her FB accusing her of mutilating small animals (single dogs)?
Fortunately, everyone also knows that she is working on the final production of the movie. Seeing that the summer file is not long in coming, there will be no time if you don't make it.
However, as the summer season is getting closer and closer, a rumor that has emerged from nowhere has quietly appeared on many communication platforms.
"The Lord of the Rings is a purely Western fantasy story, but Leila went to the East to shoot the scene, and even found an Oriental actor to play a weighty role, can the movie made in this way still be what everyone wants?"
"That's right, I've heard that Leila is fascinated by the Orient, and even she herself is fluent in the Oriental. But isn't it wrong to put your preferences in filmmaking? She's ruining a great movie!"
There are many more similar remarks, most of which are criticisms of Leila's use of oriental scenes and oriental actors. They also don't mention anything that might involve racial discrimination, pointing out that Western magic movies should not use Eastern elements in them.
Not to mention, there are really a lot of supporters of such a topic.
Fans of the original work, in particular, are even more worried about the movie. They are the last thing they want to see such a film work being messed up by an inexplicable director.
When it was first learned that Leila had bought the rights to the film, some people expressed concern. That's right, Leila is indeed among the best directors in Hollywood, and has made many wonderful and meaningful movies. But looking at the movies she has made, there is only one movie like "Chicago", and more of them are special effects commercial blockbusters.
It can be said that she is now the most successful commercial film director in Hollywood. But "The Lord of the Rings" is a great classic in the hearts of book lovers, and they can't allow anyone to tarnish it, let alone allow them to use it as a tool to make money, and make it into a commercial film with only special effects and handsome guys and beauties!
At first, such topics appeared silently, but soon formed a huge surging trend, and there was a tendency to occupy all topics. To say that there is no one behind the push, Leila must not believe it.
It's just that after she heard Demi and Louise's report, she couldn't find the possible mastermind behind it for a while. It's not that there are no clues, but there are so many clues that you can pronounce a bunch of names just by reading them.
The first to bear the brunt is definitely the opponents of the summer file, and the blockbusters are basically the works of various large film production companies. It's too simple for these companies to want to buy some trolls and baash other films, and each of these people has a motive under the direct stake.
The rest are probably Lyra's sunspots. She's not a dollar bill, and she can't make everyone like it. There are people who like her, and there are naturally people who hate her, and when she hates someone, everything she does is a place that can be annoying.
There are also those media outlets who have been on the opposite side of her and used the media war with her to generate revenue.
Every time they oppose Lyra, they can get more attention to their newspapers, magazines or programs, so they are willing to go to Hellella even if it is for money! Not to mention the warriors of the "Anti-Layla Alliance" dominated by Cooper and the New York Post, as long as they see the slightest opportunity, they will bravely go further and further down the road of Hellella.
"Leave that alone. After thinking for a moment, Leila told Demi and Louise, "Let's see what happens for now." ”
Louise frowned: "The scene in the East is okay, do you want to deal with the problem of the Oriental actor?"
"No, I don't. "Even if Leila postpones the release of the movie, she will not cut Zhang Guorong from the movie. When she invited him to come, she had already thought that such a situation might happen, and if she wanted to say something unexpected, she could only say that the other party was much smarter than she thought this time, not just taking the identity of an oriental actor, but adding the statement that the work itself is Western magical literature.
Indeed, it may sound like a big problem to have an Oriental play a Westerner, but it doesn't seem to Leila to think so. She thinks that although the story is Western magic, who stipulates that the various races in Western magic have to be Westerners? Don't you see that there are all kinds of races and all kinds of appearances in the book?
She didn't do that, otherwise it wouldn't be impossible to replace all of one race with Orientals.
For example, if in the beginning, blue was called red, then the red that has been handed down refers to the blue color that has been handed down. In other words, if one of the races in the book starts with looking like Orientals, who's to say that they aren't from that race?
So for the lively discussion outside, Leila didn't bother to deal with it at all. Let them say it, and when they are tired of it, they won't say it anymore. And looking at the release time, there are still more than three months left, and there is no great topic that can continue for so long in the entertainment industry. I believe that by the time the movie is released, such boring topics have been left behind.
At that time, she believed that fans would only be obsessed with the stories in the movie, and would have no time to think about oriental scenes and actors. Her confidence comes from her trust in Oriental Landscapes and Zhang Guorong's own acting skills. The scenery in the east is so beautiful, so dreamlike. Zhang Guorong's acting skills are so good and so amazing.
If after watching the movie, you will still find fault with their appearance in the movie, I believe that more discerning people can see the evil intentions of the water army to splash dirty water.
"I've heard that fans of the original book are planning a protest against the boycott of the film, and if we let them do that, it will be a little detrimental to our future publicity, right?" Louise has always been envious of her confidence, the problem is that she can't! she can't be as calm as she is in such a situation. As soon as those critical words came out, her heart hung high, for fear that she would see something more unfavorable to the movie pop up.
You must know that it is an investment of 300 million yuan! In addition, it is estimated that 500 million yuan is not necessarily enough.
She has been with Leila for so many years, and she has seen her generosity in investment, but this time is really different, even if they rush to invest so much money, they will have to worry about it.
They made a lot of money in previous movies, but the operation and development of the company required a lot of money, and the special effects production company was like a bottomless pit, no matter how much money they stuffed, they could eat it in a big gulp.