In my memory, the actor of the little fairy in "Captain Hawke" is Julia, and now that Julia has starred in three movies with a box office of more than 100 million, the competitiveness is a long way to beat Nicole.

Thinking of this, Eric realized that from yesterday to now, why Nicole has always mentioned Julia's name intentionally or unintentionally, and the sudden disturbance yesterday afternoon must be because of a strong imbalance in his heart.

This time competing for the role of the little fairy, Nicole's biggest opponent must be Julia Undoubtedly, although Nicole's last movie just failed, but the popularity she has accumulated with "Sleepless in Seattle" is still there, and she is still in the ranks of A-level superstars, in this case, competing with other Hollywood actresses for the role of the little fairy, Nicole still has a very high chance of winning.

But Julia's joining is completely different, what does it mean for three consecutive movies to break 100 million at the box office? Just look at Schwarzenegger, because the box office of two consecutive movies exceeded 100 million, Schwarzenegger shouted a sky-high salary of 15 million US dollars for "Terminator 2".

It can be said that Julia is now the most appealing box office queen in Hollywood, if she is interested in any movie, for the sake of interests, not to mention the seven major film companies with deep pockets, even those independent Zuò companies, even if they are willing to smash the pot and sell iron⊥ ◆ make up a high salary to invite her to star.

In this case, unless Julia takes the initiative to let go, other actresses don't want to fight for the role she fancies.

Spielberg could tell from Eric's expression that Eric must have known who he was referring to. For a high-profile film project like "Captain Hawke", every move of the crew will attract strong attention. The news of Julia's audition for the Little Fairy Ting Kobail has long been dug up by the paparazzi.

Nicole, who had been sitting silently next to her, secretly took a look at Eric's face. Seeing the man's hesitant face. Nicole's hand gripping the cutlery became slightly harder.

"Eric, Sony Pictures has a lot of support for this project, and the funding is not a problem at all, and the producers on the Samsung side also want Miss Roberts to be there, so the question now is that if Miss Kidman wants to get the role, unless someone can convince Miss Roberts to quit voluntarily. ”

Said the end. Spielberg's look is a little ambiguous, Juilliard can become a Hollywood superstar in just two years, everyone knows that this qiē is inseparable from the support of the young man in front of him, and it can be seen that Juilliard's three films are all from Firefly Pictures.

While Julia's most recent "Sleeping with the Enemy" doesn't seem to have anything to do with Eric, and Robert Shea goes out of his way to brag about his credits, no one with some intelligence will think so. Therefore, the relationship between Eric and Julia is about to come out, as for the specific relationship. Spielberg didn't really care, the reason why he came here in person today. In fact, there is another purpose, so Spielberg quickly made it clear: "So, Eric, as long as you can convince Miss Roberts to quit, I can directly give this role to Miss Kidman." ”

Eric glanced at Nicole, and quickly said, "I'll go say hello to Julia, and as for this role, I'll leave it to you, Steven, if there's anything you need my help with in the future, please feel free to ask." ”

"Actually, I just need your help with something today," Spielberg said with a smile as he looked at Eric.

Eric was stunned, and had an illusion of falling into a pit in his heart, but he was still very happy to be able to return this favor immediately: "Why don't we talk after lunch?"

Spielberg nodded: "No problem. ”

After lunch, the two of them found a seat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window near the sea, and Spielberg opened the satchel that he had been carrying with him since he came here, took out a bound script from it and pushed it in front of Eric.

"Eric, this is the script for Captain Hawke, you can read it first. ”

Eric pressed the script on the coffee table and rubbed the cover, asking, "Steven, what are you?"

Spielberg leaned back on the sofa and looked at the sea outside the window next to him, a slightly tired look appeared on his face, and after a while he said: "Eric, it is now rumored in the newspapers that I have been interested in Peter Pan's story since I was a child, and I have always wanted to make this story into a movie with my own hands, and this statement is not wrong. However, I'm in my forties now, and to be honest, I've long since lost interest in the story, and I've turned down several times before I decided on the project, but this time Mike McDavoy, the CEO of Samsung Pictures, who was in charge of the project, was my agent, and he personally begged me to take over the project, so I had to take over. ”

"You don't have faith in this script?" asked Eric, to the point.

Spielberg did not deny it, and said in a low tone: "I feel that if the film is made according to the script in front of me, this project is likely to be a serious overdraft of my personal reputation." ”

Eric still didn't pick up the script in front of him, and asked again, "So what can I do?"

"I specially watched your "Home Alone" series these days, especially the second part, this sequel combines a lot of adult elements with the child-oriented style of the film very perfectly, and this is where I am very distressed about this movie now, so I hope you can help read this script. I know that at your price, a mere screenwriting fee is definitely not enough, so if you are willing to participate in the script revision, I can communicate with Samsung and let you participate in part of the investment in the film. ”

Spielberg was full of sincerity, and Eric couldn't shirk it anymore, so he picked up the script and read it.

Spielberg quietly drank the coffee that Nicole brought to the two of them, paying attention to Eric's expression from time to time, although Eric was not too obvious, but Spielberg still noticed the small details of Eric's occasional frown.

The script is very long, and if it is all filmed, it is estimated that it will be two and a half hours, and Eric has not seen this movie in his previous life. Just heard a little bit about the movie.

Originally, Eric thought. As a Spielberg film. Even if the evaluation is not high, no matter how bad it is, it should not be bad, but the process of reading the script at this time made Eric extremely entangled, and he wanted to give up directly several times, and at the same time persuaded Spielberg not to shoot it altogether.

But the project is now underway, the two leading actors, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, have signed on, a lot of money has been invested in the preliminary preparations, and most people are very confident in the film. It's basically impossible to stop.

The script of more than 100 pages took Eric nearly an hour to read.

Putting down the script in his hand, Eric said to Spielberg: "Steven, you have a lot more experience in making movies than I do, and you yourself realize what is wrong with this script, right?"

Spielberg nodded: "Samsung hopes to make this film into an all-age movie, just like "Alien ET" back then, but this script, how to say it......"

"From what I understand, this film, if it is made, will not please both adults and teenagers. ”

Spielberg's smile was a little bitter: "That's true. ”

"Let's talk about 'Alien ET,' which made this a very successful all-age movie. Because there's something in the movie that everyone is interested in, first of all. The alien genre has a great appeal to adults, and similarly, the friendship between ET and several of the minor protagonists is also strongly appealing to teenagers, which is why the film is a huge box office success. ”

As his proudest work so far, Spielberg listened to Eric's analysis, smiling and nodding from time to time, obviously a little proud.

However, Eric quickly turned to the script in front of him: "But this "Captain Hawke" is obviously not like this, judging from the script, there are too many things that the movie wants to express, and if you haven't read the original book, most people can't even sort out the relationship between the characters in the movie. Although many people have heard of Peter Pan's name, I dare to say that most people's understanding of Peter Pan is only a superficial understanding of "a child who doesn't want to grow up", and as for the stories in the original Peter Pan books, such as the stories between Hawke and the crocodile, Peter Pan and Hawke, or Peter Pan and the little fairy, few people know. ”

Spielberg is obviously aware of something, but he always can't grasp the point, as a person with dyslexia that is common in Westerners, Spielberg really has little talent for writing screenplays, and so far, none of his most successful films have been written by him. Spielberg could make a good movie out of a story, but he didn't have the talent to turn an idea into a good screenplay.

Therefore, because most people don't know the specific story of Peter Pan's original book, we don't need to add so many details from the original book to the script, which will only confuse the audience. ”

"Sure enough, I suddenly realized that I had fallen into a misunderstanding," Spielberg said suddenly, "because I heard my mother read me the whole book when I was a child, and I subconsciously felt that other people should know all the stories in the movie, so when I was writing the script with James, I always wanted to add these details to it, and it ended up making the story bloated." ”

Eric smiled: "Yes, but this is only one of the problems, and the other is that the positioning of this movie, even if it is a family movie, should also have a focus, just like "Home Alone 2", although a lot of adult elements have been added, the main positioning is still children." But from the script I've read, the positioning of this story is very confusing, for children, they obviously don't like the first 30 minutes of the lengthy foreshadowing, children are the most impatient, 30 minutes, enough for them to lose all interest in the movie, and for adults, the plot of Peter Pan and his friends in Neverland is certainly not pleasant. ”

"Maybe we should find an element that is of great interest to all viewers and connect the two plots," Spielberg said with sudden excitement.

The two glanced at each other, and invariably glanced at Nicole, who was not participating in the discussion, and sat quietly reading a magazine not far away: "Little fairy!"

"Yes, I think the little fairy is like ET in "Alien ET", this is a very likable character, as an elf with a body of a few inches, and also a little beauty, this character will be loved by both adults and children, but in the story, the little fairy does not have enough scenes, and the appearance time is a little late, I think it should appear within ten minutes. ”

Spielberg took the script and looked at it for a while, then said, "This is indeed a good note, and besides, I suddenly feel that the scene where the little fairy grows up and kisses Peter Pan should be deleted, which is too bad, there shouldn't be any emotional drama between them, huh...... In order to cater to the adult audience, maybe you can add a little ambiguity, but there should be more friendship between them......"

After opening their minds, the two began to discuss passionately, and it was not until the sun set that Eric sent Spielberg out of the villa.

"Eric, I really hope you can be involved in this film, I can get at least 20% of the funding quota for you on Samsung's side, I hope you can think about it, I believe that after the modifications we discussed this afternoon, this film will have a lot of potential," Spielberg still did not give up on convincing Eric to enter the game before getting into the car.

After an afternoon of discussion, Eric also regained some confidence in the story, but he still had no intention of investing: "Steven, this is your project, I just provided a little revision, and I have my own film to work on. ”

Although Spielberg knew that Eric's words were just excuses, he didn't want to force it: "In that case, then so be it, by the way, about the question of who will play the little fairy, please give me an accurate message, I can help you arrange it, then, I'll leave first, goodbye." ”

"I will, goodbye," Eric beckoned, watching Spielberg's car fade away.

"Eric, this should be a good opportunity, why don't you want to participate in the investment?" asked Nicole after Spielberg left.

"Although the script has undergone some revisions, the story itself has a hard flaw and not much profit margin," Eric shook his head: "Moreover, Spielberg and the two male protagonists did not get any salary this time, but directly participated in the final profit share of the film, do you know how much they will get?"

"Huh?" Nicole looked at Eric and uttered a confused syllable.

Eric stretched out four fingers: "The three of them want to take the last 40% of the film's profits, which is not the kind of profit sharing that is distributed to investors outside Hollywood, but the omni-channel profits of the film, in this way, the producer basically can't make much money, and Sony only earns a reputation in the end, instead of participating in the investment, it is better to use this money to make a movie." ”

Nicole has also seen reports about the expected profits of "Captain Hawke", and it is said that this movie will earn 200 million in the future, and 40% of the profits will be 80 million US dollars.

"Eric, what if...... I mean, if I get this role, how much do you think Sony Pictures will pay me?"

"I did Spielberg a great favor today and turned down his offer to invest, so don't worry, he'll definitely get you a good contract, as he hinted at when he left. ”

Nicole quickly remembered Spielberg's humble 'I'll arrange it for you' when she left, apparently referring to the little fairy character. Nicole was a little excited at first, but soon asked worriedly, "Well, Julia Roberts'......?"

Eric patted the girl on the back and said soothingly, "I'll call Julia first in the evening." (To be continued......)