Chapter 16 Public Relations and Preparation

"Kate Winslet?" Allen, who was about to open the door, turned his head and asked suspiciously. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, she said her agent is back today." Chris nodded.

"It's standard procedure." Alan got out of the car with a smile, shook his head, and didn't say anything.

As soon as she walked to the door of Alan's office, Anna greeted her, "Mr. Nord, Miss Peggy, and Miss Emma are already waiting in your office," and she smiled at Chris, "Unfortunately, Chris, today is really bad for you." ”

Chris smiled wryly and grimaced, "Being comforted by Miss Anna is the warmest moment of my day." ”

Ignoring the two of them's jokes, Alan walked straight into the office, and Chris shrugged his shoulders at Anna to hurry up. There were two people sitting on the couch in the office, and when they saw them come in, they got up and stood up.

"Good morning, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, you know how bad it is today," Alan greeted the guests first, then turned to Chris, "Chris, this is Miss Peggy and Miss Fanny, Peggy, Emma, this is Chris Vaughn." ”

"Chris Vaughn."

"Peggy Siegel."

"Fanny Clarkson."

The three of them got to know each other briefly, and Alan took two sips of the coffee that Anna gave at the right time and continued: "Chris, they are the team members I chose for you, Ms. Peggy is one of the best PR in Hollywood, her clients are all A-list stars in Hollywood at present, and I have done a lot of work to get her, and he will be in charge of your PR work in the future." He shifted from his seat, "And Miss Fanny is applying for an assistant job, she's also a UCLA graduate, you're an alumnus, and she'll be your assistant, if you agree." ”

"Thank you very much, I trust you completely, Alan." Chris looked at the two Dao.

Peggy looked to be about 30 years old, with a pair of delicate glasses, a long body, a little pale skin, blond hair and blue eyes, probably Germanic blood, her hair was simply tied up on her head, she was very clean and clean, and she was wearing a decent dark blue lady's professional suit, and she knew at a glance that she was a capable and powerful character.

Fanny is very beautiful, she probably graduated not long ago, although she is wearing professional clothes, but her face is still a little childish, the goose egg face is red and fluttering, blue eyes, big and bright, reddish-brown hair is tied back into a ponytail, and her eyes can't stop looking at Chris, looking very energetic.

"Well, the appearance is good, the hairstyle needs to be adjusted, and the clothes need to be changed...... You can take some magazine covers...... Invite a few media outlets to do some interviews...... "Peggy seems to have entered the working state, staring at Chris with a blank face, commenting on him while writing and drawing on a small piece of paper. Chris was stunned for a moment, he made Peggy's eyes stare a little hairy in his heart, he didn't expect that he still needed to do so many things to be an actor, and he felt very relaxed in the past few months.

In fact, in today's Hollywood, the influence of public relations people is rising as the competition between the media for celebrity news gossip intensifies. Now, every famous movie star has hired their own publicist. The job of a PR person is to create a pleasing image for their employer, and then do everything possible to keep that image from being affected.

"Alright, Peggy, we'll talk about these things later, now we have more important things to do." Alan had to interrupt Peggy's conversation, "We're going to talk about what to do next." You've seen the news, and you have to say that their coverage is very bad for Chris, and I think you should have a solution, right, Peggy? ”

Peggy closed her notebook, "Alan, it's not a big deal to have some scandals between celebrities, and it's good for both sides to increase their popularity, but the most disadvantageous thing for Chris is that he is just a newcomer in Hollywood, and he hasn't even had a big screen work yet, and people are very unfamiliar with him." This makes it easy for the outside world to stereotype him as a star who became famous through relationships and scandals based on this incident. ”

"Not bad." Alan nodded in agreement.

"So, what we're going to do is dispel the public's strangeness to him," Peggy continued with her glasses on her face, "I'm sure Kate Winslet will contact us right away to make some statements, and then I'll get in touch with Chris." ”

Like the chocolate theory in Forrest Gump, William Faulkner once wrote, "Life is a cross-country race that doesn't know where it leads." "What he's saying is that human beings are always moving forward in a state of blindness, ignorance, towards light or darkness. Although these words are a bit hypocritical when applied to Chris or Li Ping, they are very in line with his current state of mind.

Inexplicable death, inexplicably came to Hollywood, the United States, inexplicably had an affair with Kate Winslet, and then inexplicably became the focus of media attention, and then he accepted various arrangements like a puppet in the hands of Ellen and Peggy, everything made him feel like a dream. In essence, he still thinks that he is just an ordinary person, and the overnight media attention makes him a little overwhelmed for a while.

What made him laugh even more was that thanks to the scandal between him and Kate, his IMDB ranking has improved, and the discussion area under his name is no longer blank, but has many more negative comments.

I have to say that Chris does have some crush on Kate, not only because she was a big star that Chris couldn't shake, but also because she helped him at the film press conference. It is probably Kate's casual and generous personality that makes her inexplicably attractive, which makes Chris feel like he is familiar at first sight. Of course, this kind of affection does not necessarily mean the affection between the sexes.

As the annual Oscars approach, the media has turned their attention to the upcoming 71st Academy Awards. Although the scandal between Chris and Kate has not completely dissipated, it rarely appears between people's pre-tea and post-dinner conversations. The film with the most awards nominated for this year's Academy Awards is "Shakespeare in Love", with a total of 13 finalists. Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" was shortlisted in 11 categories and ranked second. Who will win the most important best film, and whether Spielberg can win the best director for the second time, the two have become the object of media comments and speculation.

On March 21, the 71st Academy Awards held an awards ceremony at the famous Dorothy Chandler Hall in Hollywood, California, USA. In the end, "Shakespeare in Love" won 7 awards, including Best Picture, and became the biggest winner of this year's Oscars. Gwyneth Paltrow also won Best Actress for this film, becoming one of Hollywood's brightest actresses in one fell swoop. And her godfather, Steven Spielberg, won Best Director for "Saving Private Ryan." The Italian film "Life is Beautiful", directed and starred by Benigni, won the Best Foreign Language Film award, and he himself became the Oscar winner this year, which can be described as a great harvest.

The annual Oscars finally came to an end under the attention of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, and in the next few days, all the media made detailed analyses and comments on all aspects of this Oscars, and for a time the entire Hollywood was immersed in the hustle and bustle of the media. And everything in the outside world can be said to have nothing to do with Chris. He had neither the time nor the energy to pay attention, as he was fully engaged in the preparation of Cabet in Connie Town.

After reading the script, Chris knew that Cabet was not an easy character to play. In the first half of the script, he appears as a cold, cruel person, and then appears in a mask of indifference throughout the events of Connietown, even after he is influenced by Connie, a little girl, he still appears in front of the big meeting in front of another person, what Cabet is and what he was like before he became a killer.

Apathy seems easy to show, but it's not easy to act. How to bring your own characteristics into indifference requires the actor's own expressiveness and personal charm. In this regard, the same crew Jack Nicholson is definitely a role model for Chris to follow, no matter what kind of role, under his performance, he has the power to attract attention, even if he does all the bad things, people hate and love.

But after watching a large number of Jack's films, Chris was a little hesitant about his approach to acting. The last audition for the Coen brothers said that his performance was too much, and the traces were too obvious, so Jack's acting style could only be sat down for reference. Jack Nicholson's expressiveness is absolutely indisputable, but this method of acting is not very suitable for the film Cabet. Cabet is not such a flamboyant person, and it is impossible to be flamboyant as a killer. How to highlight expressiveness in low-key, indifferent and indifferent needs to think about it, Chris frowned and fell into deep thought.

Indifferent, the words must not be too much, the face must not make superfluous expressions, the eyes must be steady, not too floating. There's a hint of Anthony Hopkins elegance, but not too much. Can you add some personal touches? Right! Chris jumped out of bed with a slap on the head. Grab a pen from the table, write and draw on the script. When negotiating with someone, keep your eyes in the eyes of the other person. Walk with your eyes looking forward, your pace should be consistent, and you can have a slight slope with some characteristics...... After a while, the whole book was densely packed.

By the time he had fully jot down his thoughts, Chris looked at the time and saw that more than two hours had passed. He looked at it from the beginning again, sketched out some of the things that needed to be changed, and then typed it out on the computer and sent an email to the Coen brothers, and the whole person breathed a sigh of relief.