"American Psycho" missed out on it due to the unanimous veto of the team members, which made Theorod somewhat regretful. The film's producer had not yet given him the script, but when he was first approached and asked what he thought of the film, Theolod bought it back, which was completely unfamiliar to him. When he saw the middle part, he knew that he would have a desire to perform in this film adaptation, so every time he watched it afterwards, he tried to bring himself into the main character.

It's a pity that he didn't have a chance with this movie, and with Herman and Nattel, Mr. Agent, who is on the same front, has become very tough this time and resolutely disagrees with Theolod to play. In the absence of any attempt to defeat the trio alliance, Theolod had no choice but to give up.

However, the window after the Oscars did not last long - according to Marshall, the Oscar winner was just announced that his phone was blown up - after being bombarded with various film contracts for nearly a week, Marshall was finally willing to contact him, and put a list of films that he had screened himself, and handed it to Theorod.

Looking at the list broken down by movie genre, Theorod raised his eyebrows, and he could see that Marshall also seemed to be gearing up because Theorod had been out of film for too long.

"These are the movies that I try to pick out that you may be interested in but will not lose your status as an actor, and can afford your salary, of course, I also have a list of movies that you may not be interested in but are definitely worthy of your actor status, and the money is not ambiguous, if you want to change to a larger villa or buy a luxury car but are a little tight, you can take a look at this one."

Theolod nodded with satisfaction at Marshall's attentiveness and chose the first list. Marshall's reaction to Theorod was commonplace, so he took advantage of Theorod's browsing time to fold the paper airplane with the latter list.

“…… Joe Schumacher? This slightly familiar director's name made Theolod a little refreshed. It took him a moment to remember that the name was familiar to him because he had had a brief conversation with the old man at the Golden Globes dinner not long ago.

At that time, he didn't pay attention to him, and when the other party asked him about his future plans, he rejected him in a more tactful way. He thought that the other party and others generally wanted to find him to shoot a feature film, and Theorod, who was thinking about a change of taste, did not hesitate to turn away Schumacher, who had not yet had time to express his intentions.

Unexpectedly, this time he took the initiative to come to the door again, and brought "The Phantom of the Opera". The film was given an asterisk by Marshall, and it seems that he had a good impression of the movie, but judging from the short introduction, the plot doesn't seem to have much traction, so, "The Phantom of the Opera"? What is that? Thriller horror or revue? Recognizing his lack of knowledge of the world's repositories, Theolod cast an inquiring eye at Marshall.

"Oh, he's one of the directors who has recently made a name for himself, the director of "Batman 3" and "Batman 4", and although the plot of the film itself is not very good and has a bad reputation in critics, it is surprisingly a blockbuster. But the movie "Eight Millimeters" starring Nicolas Cage, which was released last year, finally made a little bit of his own level. Perhaps he is particularly good at this kind of dark film with a strong color impact. ”

"The Phantom of the Opera?"

"Oh, it was Amanda's favorite musical, and she was overjoyed to hear that it was finally going to be turned into a movie."

“…… That's why you put an asterisk in the serial number? ”

"What?" For a moment Marshall didn't understand what Theorod meant, but after spending a long time with him, he quickly reacted, "No, of course not...... God, don't tell me you don't know The Phantom of the Opera? Well, in the beginning, it was just a film written by the Frenchman Gaston Leroux, and it was turned into a movie in 1925. Best known for Andrew Webb's 1986 adaptation of the musical, which has become the world's highest-grossing musical, with The Phantom of the Opera rehearsing almost every year in London or New York. Now that it has been changed into a movie again, the producer, screenwriter and soundtrack are still Weber, and you don't have to think about it to know that this movie only makes money and doesn't lose money, now it just depends on how much it can earn. ”

According to Marshall, the film is a musical and dance drama eight times out of ten. To be honest, Theorod is not interested in musicals, because the lines of musicals are too restrictive, and for him, who is used to changing his lines, he is very uncomfortable with the way in which musicals sing instead of speaking, as well as ...... He will act and start to change habitually...... Lyrics.

Therefore, in the previous life, Theorod did not make many song and dance films, but the strange phenomenon that a musical could achieve such an achievement made him a little interested. The story of a talented ugly genius falling in love with an angelic heroine is too bloody and commonplace for the well-informed Theolod, but since it can endure, there may be a lot of room to dig behind the characters.

In fact, Joe Schumacher was in a dilemma at this time, and the fundamental reason why he got into such a situation was that the director and the production company were never on the same page. Warner Bros., which holds the rights to the "Phantom of the Opera" movie, was not optimistic about the prospects of musical adaptations at first, and looking back at Hollywood history, there are only a handful of musical-based films that can reach the height of "The Sound of Music", and most of them end up unflattering to both fans of the original show and fans.

Probably because of this concern, and the fact that most of the budget was allocated to big-director and big-budget films such as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Artificial Intelligence", Warner finally gave only 55 million to "The Phantom of the Opera", which made Schumacher, who wanted to make a big deal about props, sets, costumes and accessories, suddenly retract. With such a budget, it is impossible to invite a few actors with strength and singing talent, not to mention the expenses allocated to the props group and the costume group.

What made Schumacher even more anxious was that at the beginning, Warner's director was not the director at all, they may have been worn out by the fame of the two "Batman", so that even if these two films did well at the box office, and then he played a turnaround battle "Eight Millimeters" beautifully, they did not plan to put the film in his hands with peace of mind.

If it weren't for the godfather of musicals, his old friend Lord Webb had always insisted on handing over his children to him, and I am afraid that he would not be the one who has a budget headache now. But Schumacher also knew that although Warners had ostensibly handed "The Phantom of the Opera" to him, they didn't really recognize him as a director, as evidenced by Schumacher's attitude of never giving an extra dollar to the budget.

If he messes up "The Phantom of the Opera", not to mention whether his old friends will tear him apart, at least Warner will definitely not have anything to do with him again. However, if he wants to make "The Phantom of the Opera" a success, relying on the cast and crew of this measly $55 million budget alone is tantamount to a dream.

Every once in a while, there are always so many geniuses popping up among Hollywood newcomers, but this genius is not every year, and he can't pin his hopes on suddenly picking up a treasure on the road and digging up a piece of jade, and he is not Gregory Hoberlett, and there are not so many Theo Rod Lecht on the street......

Wait a minute.

Schumacher suddenly thought of the wayward anecdote of the young actor who circulated among many producers and directors, and heard that he had twice lowered his salary because of his interest in the role. Recalling the first encounter at the Golden Globe Dinner, the child was indeed as rumored, gentle and polite on the surface, but very proud on the inside, which was similar to the phantom who was both conceited and inferior.

The proud phantom is willful, and the whole theater has to be at his mercy, and the proud young actor is willful...... His agent couldn't hold it either.

There was absolutely no way that his agent would agree to the price he offered, but Theolod was not. As long as you can dig up this treasure...... Because the lyrics were changed on the spot, Webb and Charles Hart jumped to their feet, let's put it on for a while.

Luckily, perhaps because of the Phantom of the Opera's fame, Theolod agreed to meet him. It's just that the other party went straight to the point after a few polite words, directly disrupting the footsteps of Schumacher, who had already made a good draft in his stomach and was ready to use the influence of the "Phantom of the Opera" musical to grasp the other party's heart layer by layer-

"Honestly, Mr. Schumacher, 'The Phantom of the Opera' is sung throughout, right? You should know my vices, and I'm not sure Mr. Webb will be happy with the way I perform. I finished reading the original book last night, but that shouldn't mean anything, I heard that there was a performance of "Phantom of the Opera" in London's West End recently? I thought maybe I should buy a ticket so I could see if I could interpret the phantom in your mind. ”

Having just won the title of the youngest actor in history, the twenty-two-year-old was much more calm and modest than Schumacher imagined, and he thought that Theorod was a proud genius, but it was impossible for a proud young man to make such careful considerations at this time, and he never seemed to know about "The Phantom of the Opera". Theorod's cautious and attentive approach to the character made Schumacher think of him a little, so he smiled and said:

"Do you like to listen to songs, Theo? When we come across a song we like, we always listen to it a few more times, and then hum a few lines of the original song from time to time, you can't change the lyrics at this time, right? In fact, memorizing lines from a musical is similar to humming your favorite songs, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"No, it's not the same," Theorod corrected Schumacher very seriously, "I'm being myself when I hum my favorite songs, but it's different when I play in a revue, it's a movie, there are only characters without Theorod Lecht, and the revue is the same as any other film, it's a world of its own, except that the people who live in the revue use singing instead of talking." ”

"Music comes from everyone's inspiration, inspiration is always elusive, I can't sit here and tell you that this role is easy for me, in fact I can't tell any director that the character is a whole human individual, he has his own independent inspiration, and when he is bound to other people's inspiration, then he loses his spirituality."

After Theolod left, Schumacher sat on the sofa and couldn't calm down for a long time. It wasn't until this moment that he realized that it wasn't that Theorod was no longer proud, but quietly on the contrary, it was because the young actor was so proud that he could so freely admit that he couldn't be sure if he could really master the role before he "became" the character, and it was this arrogance that allowed him to treat every character as a living person.

His success was not due to natural talent or accident, but to the point of being arrogant to the point of being harsh about himself, about his performance.

"If such an actor is not worthy of the Phantom, then I don't know what kind of actor can bear the stumbling and talent of the Phantom's life." After pondering on the couch for a long time, Schumacher finally chose to call Weber, in which he told the equally proud arranger what had just happened in the interview, and at the end, commenting, "I am suddenly a little worried now, worried that he is being too himself......"

This is the fault of every genius, harsh and ruthless. It's hard to imagine him thinking of the Phantom like this...... Weber's tone now convinced Schumacher that he must be laughing at the moment, 'You said he was coming to the West End?' ’

He said it himself. I always had an ominous premonition, do you think that kid would buy tickets for several shows in a row, and then go backstage to harass the Phantom actors after every curtain call? Then I might as well let him just harass you. ”

‘…… No, let him harass Joj. 166 Reading Network