181. Chapter XX
"You want to pick up a new film from Old Matt?" Wilson was a little slow to get the news, one second he had just secured Bell's advertising contract, and the next second he was calling in a hurry.
"Yes," Cui Qi pushed away the "Annoxi" on the table, turned the pen and clicked on the table.
"When?" Wilson asked.
"The day before yesterday."
"You didn't sue me!!" Wilson was distraught, and learned from an advertiser that Cui Qi took over "Double Side", and he really failed as an agent.
"Keeley, you have to do what you want, you can't do what you want," Wilson said in a straight tone.
"This is a good film......" Cui Qi interjected, but was blocked by Wilson.
"Okay, okay, good film, the legendary god of Waterloo, I hope you can tell me good news, for example, old Matt rewrote the script?"
“…… No," Cui replied silently.
“AreyouKidding?” Cui Qi could already imagine Wilson on the other end of the phone with his mouth wide open and his eyebrows wide.
"Actually, it's changed a little, a little," Cui Qi said.
“Oh,mygod!” After a slow sigh, Wilson crackled and said: "Old Matt must be crazy, he actually wants to use an old script from a hundred years ago to shoot an old character from a hundred years ago, and also use an oriental actor as the protagonist?" Keeley, you're going to have to sue me that this was just a Halloween joke?! ”
"I think it's good," Cui replied.
After a brief silence, a voice finally came from the other end of the line: "If Lamarck and Woody don't jump out of their coffins...... I think you need a third-party guarantee...... "Wilson is very unoptimistic about this film, even if the old Matt promotes a big investment blockbuster, but it still can't change the title of the script "God of Waterloo". The original script was written by an anonymous screenwriter a hundred years ago, and then changed to three editions, and the box office was all Waterloo. Lamarck and Woody are both famous directors who have won the lifetime honor of Orbans in history, you must know that there are only 7 directors who have won the lifetime honor of Orbans in the history of 123 years, you can imagine their gold content, but the famous director and actor cannot save the box office Waterloo of "Double Side".
"I believe that old Matt has exhausted his talents, and he actually wants to use an oriental actor to play Christine in Waterloo? This is even crazier than Woody's choice of actress to play Christian! ”
In "Movies" magazine, film critics and directors talked about it.
"The next work is 'Double-Faced'? I'm sure old Matt must have not woken up! Hey, Matt, it's time for you to retire! ”
"I think Woody failed because his Christian was female, and as we all know, the public had a mostly sissy image of transgender or gay people in that era, and Lamarck and Woody obviously thought so, and I think that's a distorted perception," Matt Sr. expressed on the new talk show.
"I'm curious, why Matt chose Sugar, and is there anything special about him?"
"For this film, I prepared for four years, from the script, the scenes, the actors...... Keep improving," Matt described his importance of "Double-Faced": "Oriental actors? Yes, it's a big question, in fact before Sugar, I made a list and I emailed them, Pidragher, Elrod, Collier...... Without exception, they all refused," Matt spread his hands helplessly: "For various reasons, Pidragher is going on vacation, Elode is going to make 'Hacker', Collier is more direct, he wrote back to me and said, 'Oh, I don't want to go crazy with you!'" With the host's laughter, Old Matt continued, "I found Sugar when I was crazy...... A voice rang in my heart at that time, my Christian had been found. ”
"Because those actors refused?"
"No, no, no, no, you know, I always thought Sugar was a model, and I did a blockbuster film for Dino a few years ago, and I don't know the world of modeling better than a model, so when I knew he was an actor, my expression was like this," Old Matt's eyes widened with an impossible expression.
"'You're kidding me—like this?' The host imitated it.
"Yes," laughed old Matt.
"When did you know Sugar was an actor?"
"Recently, when I watched 'Even Spells', his performance was very interesting, and then I went to find his work, you know, I usually use Wike......"
"An Oriental actor?" The host quickly searched for wike and read out the synopsis.
Old Matt raised his eyebrows and spread his hands: "I like his phoenix very much, it is impressive, but the history of the East is too complicated, and they always like to use subtle expressions, I don't know what the plot is about, and audiences who don't know the background can't understand the plot at all, I don't think it's a good movie." ”
"Sugar won an award for this movie?"
"Really?" Old Matt smiled and moved on to something else.
There is no specific time for the start of "Double-Sided", except for Cui Qi, the other actors have not even seen a shadow, and the casting will take about half a year to listen to Lao Matt's meaning, and Cui Qi went to Broadway to recharge during this time. Cui still has acquaintances in the United States, he visited Professor Tang when he first arrived in the United States, and he has been in contact regularly since then. When filming "Even Spell", Cui Qi felt that his acting skills were insufficient, but he blindly didn't know what was wrong, in the email, Professor Tang had an analysis, but he was purely out of touch with theory and practice, after knowing that Cui Qi had half a year to ponder Christian's role, Professor Tang suggested that he go to Broadway for an internship, and Professor Tang connected a friend of his on Broadway.
Although I have seen performances and heard theories, it is the first time to actually come into contact with musicals, and Cui Qi, who has just arrived here, is not even qualified to go on stage, his performances are always rich in heart and few in appearance, and they don't need such delicate performances for Broadway. Cui Qi's elimination at a glance is not unexpected, in the first month, Cui Qi has been continuing the cycle of audition-elimination, audition-elimination, and a manager of the theater who can't stand it can't help but ask him: "Why don't you exaggerate?" Amplify the action to the maximum! ”
It was a bit difficult for him, and Cui spent two months on stage as Passerby A, and another two months as a small supporting role with two lines, after which he regretfully ended his Broadway internship.
"How does it feel?" Wilson asked him.
"I need to transform," Cui came to the conclusion of five months of Broadway experience, and directly shocked Wilson out of his chair.
“Areyoukidding?” He hung out his mantra again.
Cui Qi raised his eyes and glanced at his agent, and said, "I want a subversive role after "Double Sided"...... Commercial films are also available. ”
Wilson blinked his eyes and plucked out his ears, the wind was a little wrong.
"My ...... The idea is a bit wrong...... "Choi explained dryly, "I always thought that bad roles didn't reflect acting skills...... Actually, it's not acting...... is a problem of the character...... I need characters, all kinds of characters...... Simple, complex, simple, dark...... ...... by type"
Although he didn't know what kind of wind was blowing today, as long as he had money to make, Wilson nodded and naturally agreed.
The next month, Cui Qi prepares for the role of Christian. He started to make changes to Christian's character early on, such as slimming down and growing hair, and in the last month, his mental state seemed completely different from his usual appearance, and the changes in appearance became more conspicuous. When Matt returned to the rental house after a month of filming, and when he saw Cui Qi leaning on the balcony and reaching out, he was so frightened that he threw his luggage and rushed over to drag him back.
"What are you doing?" The loose clothes covered his figure, and when he dragged him back, Matt realized that this person was much lighter, although he knew that Cui Qi was preparing for the role, but seeing such an effect, Matt was really panicking.
"Fly," Cui replied lightly, he stretched out his hand to the sky, as if trying to grasp something, he leaned out as if he wanted to grasp something, and was dragged back by Matt, who was terrified.
"I think you need to rest," Matt dragged the man into the house and locked the balcony door, then he held the phone and wondered whether to call 911.
"Do you have Thai food for dinner? A new restaurant opened downstairs, "Before Matt finished tangling, Cui Qi had already recovered to normal, leaned against the door frame and asked him, deliberately long hair hanging down on his shoulders, and the whole person looked exceptionally soft.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm just trying a few shots," Cui said, handing over a flyer for the new Thai restaurant downstairs: "What's going on here?" ”
"OK," Matt nodded, "Wait until I'm ready." ”
However, when he finished sorting out his clothes and went out, he found that Cui Qi had also changed his clothes, very fancy white, fancy hats, especially neutral. Cui Qi would never have worn this kind of clothes before.
"Have your hobbies changed?" Obviously, we have been discussing fitness and pectoral muscles together before, what is more terrifying than not seeing each other for a month and suddenly discovering that my friend's hobby has changed from how to exercise pectoral muscles to how to draw eyeliner?
"Christian likes this," replied Trio, and Matt noticed that his accent had changed, and it had become a strange accent that was particularly exotic.
"Christian was born in a refugee camp," Cui explained, explaining the change in accent, and that the Broadway days were hugely rewarding, and he was already able to sketch out a character from the details, but he had been missing one key: unnatural, deliberate traces too strong.
In this regard, director Matt Smith said that "there is no need to be deliberate".
"'Like' is different from 'yes'," Cui Qi shook his head, unable to accept the status quo: "Christian, I think he is cross-gendered, but I can't do it, it's hard to ......" The problem is that Cui Qi can't imagine how Christian denies his gender at all.
"You've seen Lamarck and Woody's movies, haven't you?"
Cui Qi nodded.
“No,nonono! Sugar, that's wrong, you just need to be yourself, that's an aura, it has nothing to do with gender, women are not weak, men are not masculine, use your eyes to show xiàn......"