Chapter 826: The Art of Directing
"Director Nolan, do you think Gu Xiaofan is a better actor than Jack Nelson?"
"I can tell you that the crew of The Dark Knight is undoubtedly one of the best movie crews in history, everyone is the best, which sounds a bit arrogant, but that's the truth, you say Jack Nicholson? He is indeed a good actor, but he has never met a director like me, so his clown can't reach the height of Director Gu~"
Nolan's quick and sharp answer made the people at the scene and in front of the TV in an uproar~~
The actors in the same crew looked at each other and opened their mouths slightly, Director Nolan, who has always been very humorous and good-natured, what's wrong with this, why is he suddenly so aggressive today?
Only Chen Keer didn't show any surprised look, she knew what Nolan was going to do, and he was now directing the controversial topics to him, so that the negative reports of the media were directed at him as a director. 【】
In this way, he can put all the pressure on his head and protect his actors, which is what the famous football coach "madman" Mourinho does best, as soon as the team's stars are riddled with negative rumors and the reporters are ready to attack the players, he will come out and take the initiative to clash with the reporters, and even personally attack the reporters on the spot. (The director with a similar style in China is Feng Xiaogang)
Gu Xiaofan was also surprised, usually Nolan has always liked to laugh and laugh, and he has never regarded him as a truly authoritative director in his own heart, until this moment he found out that Nolan himself is very consistent with the temperament of the movie "The Dark Knight", and he will only control the situation when necessary.
He is sensitive to Nolan, the director is not only to train the actors to play the role well, but also to unite the entire crew, a director with a strong personality charm, so that every crew member can unite around the director and don't need to worry about anything else.
Nolan's style today is to completely show his own directing philosophy, which has benefited Gu Xiaofan a lot, under Nolan's high-profile, he suddenly felt that his body was a lot easier, and all the reporters' artillery fire was blocked by Nolan.
However, Gu Xiaofan also knew in his heart that Nolan's move to protect him actually had to pay a huge price.
In such a live broadcast, it seems that the reporter was speechless by Nolan's argument, but Nolan, as a star director, suddenly became so flamboyant and arrogant, which will make many fans who used to like his gentle and humorous personality charm feel that they have been deceived and feel huge disappointment.
This is undoubtedly a big loss for Nolan's personal brand value......
It can be said that Nolan is now sacrificing his good reputation and helping Gu Xiaofan block the saliva of public opinion.
Allen, who was in the broadcast studio on the second floor, had a somewhat ugly face, was so angry that he bit his teeth slightly, and scolded in a low voice: "What is this Nolan doing, is he having a bad brain?" How to speak for Gu Xiaofan? ”
Alan was in a depressed mood, and he didn't know how Nolan would be willing to sacrifice his reputation to stand up for Gu Xiaofan......
You must know that he is Warner's number one director, is it worth sacrificing for a small Chinese actor!?
And Chen Ke'er below looked up at this time, and happened to see his expression through the glass, and he also sneered secretly.
Allan...... I'm afraid you can't figure it out if you want to break your head, Director Gu is not just a producer, he is an actor who works hard for the clown and wins the respect of the whole crew, Nolan wants to protect him is to protect himself, otherwise as a director, even such an actor who is willing to sell his soul to the devil for the role can't be maintained, how can the crew continue to shoot.
At this time, the reporters were scolded by Nolan so much that they could only look at the silver-haired old reporter in the front row, the old reporter named Walter Cronkite can be said to have a great background, and he is very well-known among the reporters covering the scene in the United States, known as the "king of the scene", known for his sharp questions and rigorous logic.
Now in this situation, I can only ask this old man to come out.
In everyone's expectation, the steamed bun and white-haired reporter squinted his eyes, and did not swallow Gu Xiaofan and Nolan's expressions with the momentum of the young reporters before, but asked in a calm and clear voice:
"May I ask Director Nolan, and just said that "The Dark Knight" is the best crew, you are very confident in the actors and all aspects of this film, so let me ask you, can you tell us what you expect from the box office? The investment in this movie has exceeded 250 million, if it can't reach the results of the previous Batman series, I'm afraid it's not the best, right? ”
The old Walter did not chase after Gu Xiaofan like those stupid young reporters, but lightly threw the topic directly to Nolan and asked the key question of the box office.
With the arrogance and confidence that Nolan showed just now, if he didn't dare to answer directly now, then the audience would think that his previous confidence was just nonsense.
But if he talks nonsense at the box office, then he will leave evidence, and if he doesn't reach his goal in the future, Nolan's performance today will really become a joke, and he will drop a lot in the director ratings of major companies.
You must know that although Nolan is in the limelight now, he is not a local American director after all, but just an outsider, John Woo entered Hollywood to shoot "Broken Arrow", "Changing Face", "Mission Impossible 2" is not infinitely beautiful, but the failure of a "Wind Whisperer" made his Hollywood road come to an end.
What's more...... "The Dark Knight" has been so criticized that if Nolan says a box office target, I am afraid that most white fans in the United States will use this box office figure as the target to call for a boycott of "The Dark Knight" movie......
You must know that James Cameron's "Avatar" was released at the end of the year, and the box office prospects of "The Dark Knight" were very worrying, and the last "Rise of the Dark Knight" won nearly 500 million at the global box office when its competitors were relatively weak...... This is a record for the Batman series...... Under the oppression of "Avatar", it is not easy to break this record.
And at this moment, everyone looked at Nolan and wanted to see how he was going to deal with this problem, in front of the TV, fans all over the United States were either mocking or slightly angry, and they also watched this scene, waiting for Nolan's response.
Chen Keer looked at Nolan at this time and shook his head at him to indicate that he couldn't answer positively.
At this time, I saw Nolan's chest rise and fall slightly, and seemed to secretly take a deep breath, and then looked at the camera, straightened his chest, and said with that tough posture:
"I believe that the box office of "The Dark Knight" will exceed the results of the previous "Rise of the Dark Knight", if I can't achieve this result, I will give up the director's remuneration of this film and withdraw from this film series forever~" ()