However, Hanks also knows the reason why Cruise is so cautious, the other party has always taken the idol route, to put it bluntly, he eats with his face. If she suddenly appears on the screen as a woman, it is indeed likely to cause some fans to be unhappy.

Instead of immediately answering Tom Cruise's request, Eric asked rhetorically, "Cruise, if I'm not mistaken, you're twenty-seven by now, right?"

Tom Cruise nodded, showing off in his tone: "I started making movies at the age of sixteen, but I was younger than you. Now, almost ten years. ”

As a teenager from a low-level single-parent family, without any background at all, with his diligence and hard work, he has made his own place in Hollywood in ten years, and Cruise has the capital to show off.

"Well, Cruise, every actor needs to transform, especially those who take the idol route. Although Hollywood actors have a longer shelf life than actresses, they don't need to wait to expand their acting career and develop into other types of films after the age of 30. But one day this will come, so I think this opportunity can be considered an attempt for you. ”

Cruise retorted, "Eric, there are many ways to try, and you don't have to play a woman. Actually, I've been thinking about the problem you just mentioned, and my agent has also recommended some genre films to me. ”

Eric shook his head unhurriedly and said: "It's the same as it hasn't changed, Cruise, many of the movies you starred in before were literary and artistic, but the Oscar didn't even give a nomination, the reason is that although those movies are excellent, your screen image has not changed much." Think about it from this point of view, it's been ten years since your debut, and you're still empty-handed at the Oscars, don't you want to be recognized by the academy? I think that if you play this role well, plus the small sacrifice of reversing, the academy will at least give you a nomination for Best Actor. ”

Andy in his previous life relied on this movie to be crowned emperor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time, fulfilling his wish for many years. In addition to Andy's own strength, the bold reversal that appeared for the first time in the movie also played an important role.

The Oscars are a hurdle that every Hollywood member can't get around, and as long as you are a member of Hollywood, it's impossible to be indifferent to the Oscars. Especially actors, in order to be recognized by the Oscars, stripping Lulu is the lightest, and self-destructing images are even more commonplace, whether it is psychopathic or homicidal, as long as it is possible to win an award, it is one word, acting! Poor Xiao Li even put on a good show of 'you-fat, i-fat!' for the Oscars, knocking the perfect Titanic impression in the hearts of fans to smash.

Sure enough, after Eric finished speaking, Cruise finally stopped refusing directly, but fell into a short silence, how could he not know what his problem was, but he didn't want to admit it and didn't dare to change.

The little people who climb up from the bottom are more afraid of failure than those actors with good backgrounds, and no one wants to go back to the old life. This fear of falling into the dust again almost made Cruise forget about it, and with his current position in Hollywood, he was already qualified to bear defeat.

But the temptation of the Oscar is huge, Cruise has been in the Hollywood circle for ten years, if he can't even understand the meaning of the Oscar in Hollywood, then it is impossible to achieve today's achievements.

Eric keenly grasped Cruise's vacillation, and lost no time in promoting: "Cruise, Andy's character, in my opinion, is a more tragic character than the Count of Monte Cristo, he only has a few weeks to live, in order to avenge his father, he desperately played a seventy-two hours thrilling game with Sean, and if he is not careful, he may be defeated." In this case, the audience will focus more on Andy's final fate. The anti-strings I arranged were to promote the development of the story, and it was not a deliberate attempt to amuse the audience by dropping the image of the actor as in a vulgar comedy, it was just a very strict performance. I think as long as it's really your movie fan, you'll definitely understand. ”

There was silence for two minutes, perhaps Eric's words worked, or perhaps Oscar's temptation overcame the scruples in his heart. Eventually, Cruise nodded slightly.

When this matter is resolved, the atmosphere in the conference room is much more relaxed.

Both Cruise and Hanks began to express their opinions on some details in the script, and Hanks felt that Sean's character in the script was a little vague, and why he didn't go to nightclubs like the female Interpol supervisor who had a crush on him said, even if he was a workaholic, he needed to start a family, right?

Because of the tight schedule, Eric only took one day to get the script out, basically according to the story template in his memory, without much modification. Some of the bugs raised by Cruise and Hanks have been considered by Eric, but they haven't had time to fix them yet.

Although Cruise always has an arrogant tone that looks like he is pointing at his juniors, Hanks likes to grasp the details and get to the bottom of the matter, leaving Eric speechless. Eric still patiently discussed with the two actors, after all, with these two actors who have participated in many Hollywood hit movies to participate in the revision, Eric not only saves a lot of energy, but also ensures that the script is more suitable for the rhythm of Hollywood movies.

"Hey, Jonny, you can't be mistaken, it's been almost four hours, why haven't you seen Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks come out yet?"

After squatting outside the Firefly office building for nearly four hours, the paparazzi Kent finally couldn't help but come to the convenience store and asked in a questioning tone. Although the paparazzi can stay in front of a celebrity's house for a day and a night for the sake of news, it is all when there is a clear goal.

Now, they didn't see the shadows of the two superstars at all, and they couldn't think of any reason why Cruise and Hanks would spend the whole morning with Firefly, so it was inevitable that they would be suspicious.

"No, no, Mr. Reporter, I promise I'm not mistaken, you look at the two vans over there, Tom Cruise's on the left, Tom Hanks's on the right. It's almost noon, and they'll definitely be out for lunch. ”

"Well," Kent said, fiddling with the camera on his chest, "I hope you're right, so everyone will be happy." Otherwise, the $700 would have to be returned. ”

Jonny subconsciously covered his pockets and swore another gamble.

"Then I'll wait a little longer. Do you have soda, bring me a bottle?"

"Yes," Jonny nodded hurriedly, and was about to get something for Kent, when he suddenly saw the other three paparazzi outside the window suddenly stand up and pounce towards the door of the Firefly office building.

"Mr. Reporter, are you coming out, do you see your companions?"

Kent turned his head and found that several colleagues outside the door had rushed across the road, scolded damn it, and hurriedly rushed out the door. Although it belongs to the same tabloid, the editor-in-chief will still pick the best photos to publish, and whoever takes the photos is selected will get a commission.