Charlize Theron's rise to fame in the original plane is typical.

The rootless South African girl went to the City of Angels like many boys and girls with dreams of stardom, spent two years in Hollywood, and attracted the attention of the circle with a thriller film "Two Days in the Valley" that imitated Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction".

Subsequently, relying on the large-scale performance of the self-destructive image in "The Female Devil", she won the Oscar queen in one fell swoop, successfully promoted to the first-line actress, and then began to receive invitations from the heroines of commercial blockbusters such as "Superman Hancock for All" and "Snow White and the Hunter".

Of course, luck is also a big part of the whole process. The reason why Charlize Theron was able to become a Hollywood A-list actress and won the reputation of "South African diamond" is that in addition to her acting skills and appearance, the most important thing is that she has never or failed to go wrong. Eric remembers that Charlize Theron auditioned for the heroine of Paul Verhoeven's scolded "Glamorous Girl" in the early days of his debut, and was "lucky" to lose in the end, and Elizabeth Berkeley, who got this role, had a good development in Hollywood, but after the movie was released, because of the bad reviews of the film, her acting career was ruined, and even her agent abandoned her.

After introducing each other and sitting down at the table, Michelle Simmons relaxed and had to lift her spirits, thinking that Eric was going to have lunch alone with Charlize Theron, so she put all her mind on Charlize. On the contrary, I didn't do much preparation for this meeting. Unexpectedly, just now, Eric's assistant suddenly said that Eric asked her to come with Charlize together. She didn't even expect that Nicole Kidman was sitting next to Eric.

The waiter handed over the menu, but Eric just put it aside, ignoring the restrained Charlize Theron, and instead took the lead in saying to Michelle Simmons: "Michelle, are you good friends with Kapoor?"

"Yes, Mr. Williams, me and Kapoor. And his wife, Mary, was a college classmate and had known each other for almost twenty years now. ”

"No wonder," Eric said with a smile, looking at the short-haired woman in a suit, and didn't continue to inquire about the relationship between the other party and Kapoor: "Kapoor said that your previous work center has been in the TV business, why do you suddenly want to change your career to a movie agent?"

"I feel like I've reached a plateau in my personal TV business, so I want to try it in film," Michelle Simmons replied.

Nicole ordered lunch for Eric and herself, and whispered to Eric with the list, "Eric, are you okay with this?"

Michelle Simmons saw Eric unabashedly approaching Nicole. Hurriedly took advantage of this gap to order a lunch of her own to the waiter, and Charlize Theron, who was sitting next to her, also reported the same name as the agent.

looked at the two opposites and discussed in a low voice. I don't know what Eric said, Nicole also let out a soft laugh and hit Eric, Charlize Theron had a faint envy and unwillingness to be ignored, but he didn't dare to show anything unusual.

"Alright, that's all, I have to work in the afternoon, I don't need the wine, just the juice," Eric said one last word, before turning his gaze to Michelle Simmons again, "You must have a lot of TV actors in your hands, right?"

Michelle Simmons replied: "Yes, Mitt Peck, who played Walter Naggins in The X-Files, was my client, and I have seven other clients who have played important roles in different TV series. ”

Walter Naggins' role in "The X-Files" as an assistant to the director of the Bureau of Investigation was once with the two protagonists, and although the character only appeared in the second season of "The X-Files", he was the second largest supporting character in the planned number of episodes after the two protagonists. And only starting to appear in the second season is also a very key factor, and it is often more difficult to get such an important role in a TV series that has proven its ratings than the protagonist in those new American dramas. Of course, Michelle Simmons said this not to show off, but more out of a close relationship with Eric, who is the creator of the X-Files series, but it also proves Michelle Simmons' excellent ability.

"It's a good choice to become a movie agent, but it shouldn't be so easy to do both, right?"

"I'll make that arrangement," said Michelle Simmons confidently, and she had already made up her mind that if all went well on the Hollywood side, she would transfer her clients to other agents, a trade-off that would be easy to make.

The waiter quickly brought lunch, and the few people spoke a little less, but Michelle Simmons noticed that Eric was talking to herself most of the time and didn't say much to Charlize Theron, which made her feel a little uneasy, knowing that she was here to sell her own customers this time.

After lunch and coffee, Eric looked at his watch and said to Nicole beside him, "Nicole, you take Miss Theron around the park, and Michelle and I will talk about some things alone." ”

Charlize Theron was both disappointed and a little inexplicable when he heard this, but Michelle Simmons came back to his senses at this time, Eric had been asking about his work status before, he should be testing his work ability, and since he sent the other two at this time, he must have more important cooperation to discuss with him.

Nicole didn't quite understand why Eric suddenly said this, but she still got up very obediently, grabbed Charlize Theron affectionately, and said, "Charlie, let's go, I'll take you around the park, maybe you'll come here more often in the future." ”

Charlize Theron could only smile obediently, and obediently followed Nicole out of the dining room to the door. I still can't help but stop. Glanced back.

Nicole looked at the girl with a little baby fat on her face. patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't worry, you shouldn't run in vain." ”

"Ah, I'm just ......" Charlize Theron looked at Nicole's expression and tried to explain in a panic, but the exit turned into a question: "Miss Kidman, really?"

"You'll find out when you get back," Nicole replied with a smirk. Then she ignored Charlize Theron's clumsy temptations, and took her around the studio like a hostess, who basically stayed in the studio during the day these days, and she was more familiar with this film and television base that was larger than Universal Burbank Studios, and the more she knew, the more she could appreciate the strong strength that Firefly Pictures had accumulated in just a few years.

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After Nicole and the two left, Eric handed Michelle Simmons the sketch he had hastily drawn before the meal, and said, "I think you should have heard something from Kapoor, this is a concept sketch I drew before you came." ”

Michelle Simmons took it and saw the silhouettes of the three women on the paper in pencil. Although the drawings were very sloppy, she could still immediately appreciate the heroic spirit of the three women.

"In 1976, ABC TV launched a TV series called "Charlie's Angel". Because the feminist trend it advocated was a smash hit back then, I don't know if you have seen it?"

Michelle Simmons nodded: "I watched some of it, and I liked the TV series at the time." ”

"That's the best, I've bought the film adaptation rights of this TV series, and plan to change it into a female action movie series, similar in style to the 007 series," Eric said, gesturing to where Charlize Theron was just sitting: "Charlize can be counted as one, at the moment, I still lack two heroines." ”

Michelle Simmons was a little moved but not too sure, and asked, "Mr. Williams, you mean, let me ...... Looking for two more heroines for this film?"

"Yes, because it's a new series, I'd like to be able to bring in new people who are the same age as Charlize Theron, but they also have to be good enough in acting," Eric said, holding out two fingers, "Would you like to take the job in two months?"

Michelle Simmons hesitated for a moment, this is definitely a good opportunity for her, but it is not easy to find an actress who is both a newcomer and good enough, after a moment of silence, Michelle Simmons seemed to think of something, and asked tentatively: " Mr. Williams, do you think this is okay, in North America, it's not too easy to find girls who meet your requirements, but I can go to Europe and try to find some actresses who have made a name for themselves in Europe but don't have any influence in North America, so that you can judge their acting skills by their works, and basically meet your requirements. ”

After a moment's thought, Eric nodded, "Yes, that's a good idea, so let's do it your way." ”

"So, Mr. Williams, are there any other requirements?"

Eric thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to imitate the original version of actresses of different races in order to please different ethnicities, and said: "In addition to being beautiful, I hope they should have their own characteristics, because what I want to create is not the three silly white and sweet vase actresses in the TV series version, but a female agent movie with distinct protagonists, in my conception, they have their own different pasts, their own skills, and distinct and different personalities." Another point is that after signing the contract, they will first undergo at least three months of physical training, which you can tell them in advance, the training will be very strict, and if you can't stand it, it's better not to join. ”

Michelle Simmons smiled and said, "I don't think any girl would be stupid enough to quit your film, Mr. Williams." ”

Eric shook his head, "I didn't plan to direct the series, but I would be involved in writing the script." ”

"In Hollywood, who doesn't know that as long as it's a movie you're involved in, it's your film, whether you're directing it yourself or not. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Michelle," Eric said with a smile.

"It's definitely not a compliment, it's a fact. ”

"Alright," Eric said, smiling, as he raised his wrist to look at his watch, "Well, that's all for today, I have work for the afternoon." ”

The two stood up, and Eric held out his hand to Michelle Simmons again: "Good cooperation. ”

Michelle Simmons smiled and reached out: "It's a pleasure to work with. ”

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"I can't take you into these two studios, this is the most advanced virtual digital studio in Hollywood, specially used for the shooting of special effects scenes, the cost of this studio alone is more than 20 million US dollars, twice as expensive as ordinary studios, and the equipment inside is more expensive, many of which are specially developed in the digital field, and they can't be seen on the market at all." Nicole casually pointed to a camera booth with security guards at the doorway, and introduced Charlize Theron with some pride, and as she spoke, the handbag hanging between her elbows buzzed, and she quickly took out her mobile phone to connect it.

After a few words, Nicole said to Charlize Theron, "They're done, let's go back." ”

Charlize Theron, who had already begun to be a little absent-minded, heard this, and immediately cheered up and followed Nicole towards the administrative district.

After saying goodbye, Eric sent a battery car to send the two girls out of the studio, and then walked towards the post-production center with Nicole.

"What did you talk about?" Nicole finally didn't hold back, and quickly asked curiously.

Eric said: "Aren't there three heroines in 'Breaking Bad', and I've given Michelle Simmons the task of finding the other two angels. ”

Nicole was surprised: "Then aren't you afraid that the movie will become popular in the future, and she will use the three heroines to blackmail the fireflies to offer a higher price?"

Eric said without any worry: "You should also see that this is a very shrewd woman, she will not do such a foolish thing without foresight, and if the three heroines belong to different agents or agencies separately, once the movie is successful, it will be more troublesome to negotiate a sequel." Of course, I will let Firefly draw up a contract in advance, at least to ensure that the heroine does not make too much trouble within the trilogy. ”

Nicole asked, "Didn't you say you were going to imitate the 007 series, but what about after the trilogy?"

"Such a big-budget series of movies, the trilogy will take at least five or six years, and who knows what will happen then, it's a big deal to restart the series, change the heroine, 007 has also changed a lot of actors. (To be continued......)