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On an ordinary Monday morning, several cars arrived at the Wave Manor, and the security personnel at the gate of the manor saw the license plate and the person sitting in the driver's seat, and did not go up to ask, but directly opened the gate and let them enter the manor, Bentley, Acura, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce four luxury cars, as if they had been arranged in advance, parked in the parking lot in front of the white villa. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Robert Downey Jr. was the first to get out of the Acura car and head towards the villa gate, with Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and James Franco also getting out of their respective cars and following up.

When they arrived at the door of the villa, Gal Gadot, who had been informed by the doorman, was already waiting there.

"Why are you here?" Gal Gadot looked at Robert Downey Jr. in some surprise, "Have you had breakfast?" ”

Robert Downey Jr. took off his sunglasses and said, "Not yet." ”

"The time is just right." Jonah Hill grinned, "You didn't have breakfast either, did you?" ”

Seeing Gal Gadot nodding, he was not polite at all, "Just have breakfast together." ”

Gal Gadot turned his head to the butler next to him and said to Robert Downey Jr. and the others, "Let's go, let's go to the restaurant together." ”

The men were also polite, and followed Gal Gadot towards the restaurant.

"Where's Murphy?" James Franco asked curiously, "This guy can't be up yet, is he?" ”

Gal Gadot pushed open the door to the restaurant, waited for the four to come in, and said, "Sit anywhere." When you came, Murphy was doing his morning exercise in the back, and now I'm going to take a shower, and I'll be down in a moment. ”

Robert Downey Jr. pulled out a chair and sat on the left side of the long dining table, "After all these years, Murphy still retains the habit of waking up early to exercise?" ”

"It's not as good as it used to be." Gal Gadot picked up the kettle and poured a glass of water for everyone, "I'm not particularly busy with work now, I still have time, I'm busy with work......"

She shook her head.

All of you know that Murphy's achievements today are mainly due to his talent in this area, and acquired efforts are also important factors that cannot be ignored.

A few people chatted for a while, and a servant brought breakfast one after another, and as soon as the breakfast was delivered, Murphy also pushed the door into the restaurant.

"You guys, it's so early."

He came to Gal Gadot's side, pulled out a chair and sat down, took a sip of milk from his glass, and then asked, "Is it okay to come here so early?" ”

"I heard that your breakfast is good." James Franco swallowed the bread in his mouth, "We made an appointment to come over and have breakfast together." ”

How could Murphy believe such a statement, "My breakfast here is vegetarian, and you would be interested?" ”

"Vegetarian food is good, too." Seth Rogan looked down at his growing belly, "You can lose weight." ”

Robert Downey Jr. was probably not very hungry, put down his knife and fork, and said seriously, "Murphy, we are here, of course, we have something to look for you." ”

"Say it." Murphy didn't raise his head, "When did you guys be polite to me?" ”

"Your new project ......" Robert Downey Jr. was also unkind, "we all want to join your new project." ”

James Franco also said, "We can all join. ”

"Are there any funny characters?" Jonah Hill's eyes widened, "This kind of role is exclusive to me, and if you don't give me such a role, how can it work?" ”

Seth Rogen lifted his glasses, "If you don't have the right role, I can be your assistant director, and the post-production on my side is almost finished." ”

"You ......," Murphy said, shaking his head, half-jokingly, "I can't afford to pay you." ”

The estimated production budget for the entire project is only $25 million, which is not enough to pay the four of them under normal circumstances.

Robert Downey Jr. looked at Murphy and said seriously, "We've already discussed that everyone will only be paid a nominal $100,000. ”

Murphy was about to say something, but James Franco preemptively said, "We all know that you didn't make this film for money, nor for profit, but for friendship and commitment." ”

The most unscrupulous Jonah Hill answered, "We're friends, we're brothers, and we're willing to do it!" ”

"Have you forgotten?" Seth Rogan said angrily, "We said at the beginning, all for one, one for all!" ”

Hearing these words, Gal Gadot's eyes swept over Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogan, and Jonah Hill, whose friendship with Murphy was deeper than she thought.

Especially the phrase between the three musketeers and d'Artagnan, which is simply impossible to do between ordinary friends.

Working with one's own people is certainly better than those actors who are impromptu summoned, and Murphy has always been a decisive person, and immediately made a decision, "Okay! With you, I have more confidence. ”

"Murphy, I want to play Rose!" Robert Downey Jr. didn't seem like he was joking at all, "It's a movie about Ross, and the actor who plays Ross has to know enough about him, and there's no one better suited than me at this point." ”

Gal Gadot turned his head to look at Murphy, who was frowning in thought.

Indeed, Robert Downey Jr. knows Ross better, and Ross is currently serving his sentence in a California state prison, so it is very inconvenient to communicate with the actor, and it is very risky to find an actor who hardly knows Rose.

In that regard, Robert Downey Jr. is the perfect fit.

But Murphy also has doubts, Rose is a typical Latino, Robert Downey Jr. is not; Rose is tall, and Robert Downey Jr. is noticeably shorter.

However, these are nothing for the current film industry, whether it is makeup or shooting technology, it can be solved.

"I think so." Murphy turned to Gal Gadot and said, "You talk to Carla Fez. ”

Then, he said to the butler standing in the back, "Go to my study and make four copies of the script on the first floor of the bookshelves on the left side marked with Diego Rose." ”

Seeing the butler turn away, Murphy turned his head and said, "Take a copy of the script for each of you." Seth, there is no main role for you, you are the first assistant director, and I will send you a project proposal to your mailbox when I get back. ”

"Okay." Seth Rogen nodded.

After breakfast, and handing everyone a copy of the script, Murphy explained some precautions one by one, and Robert Downey Jr. and others left one after another and began to prepare for the project.

Gal Gadot then also drove out to meet Kara Firth at Twentieth Century Fox, Murphy hid in his study, and after determining Robert Downey Jr. as the actor to play their friend Diego Rose, he needed to prepare the profile of the role from the actor's point of view.

It is easy for the screenwriter to simplify the logic of the story, resulting in the design of "because A, so B", and when the actors see the script, they will think and feel the character from more dimensions, and ask in great detail - what kind of family is the protagonist, what hobbies he has, how he likes to talk, what small actions he has, how many times has he been in love, how many friends he has......

Although Robert Downey Jr. has a certain level of understanding of Rose, he is far less than Murphy, and Murphy will add more detailed basic information about Rose to the character script for Robert Downey Jr.

This information has been compiled by Murphy into a simple biography of the character.

For a character script to help an actor "get into" the character and experience every nuanced emotion, of course, it is necessary to understand all aspects of the character.

At this time, a short biography of the character can come in handy, although many details may not be written into the script, but it can help the actor improve the imagination of the character.

For example, when many people go to watch biographical movies, they will pay attention to the inconspicuous actions of the characters.

"Why did he bend his legs?"

"Why is he standing so straight?"

"Why laugh first and then slap again?"

These are not random additions, they often come from the personal habits of the character archetype.

To get the character biography, Murphy also has to consider the relationship between the characters, since the person who plays Ross is Robert Downey Jr., then the relationship between him and Robert Downey Jr. and Ross must be all extracted, and it must not appear in the movie, he did it before, and the script ends with Ross entering prison for the first time, when they didn't know each other.

There is another point that Murphy will pay special attention to in every stage of script creation, that is, the protagonist's initiative and passivity, passivity is the protagonist's taboo, if he has been used and reduced to a pawn, it will hurt the character very much.

Murphy himself can't deny that Rose has suffered a lot of injustice, but in the end, it was his own initiative to embark on this path.

At this point, the script is nearing the final draft, and Murphy needs to do one last thing, in the plot of the entire script, for the needs of the plot, the choice of the characters arranged, whether it is faithful to the character of the character.

Most Hollywood screenwriters, including Murphy, like to calculate the rhythm: here the protagonist needs to have a misunderstanding, there needs to be a reconciliation, and where there is a need to be funny, so the character is just led by the demand, crying when he wants to cry, laughing when he wants to laugh, and loses the coherence of character and emotion.

This makes it a common Hollywood commercial film, not the biopic of the character that Murphy wants.

In the end, Murphy wrote a line of big words on the script he prepared for himself - a biopic should be an organic combination of "history" and "art"!

After finalizing the script and Gal Gadot negotiating with Twentieth Century Fox about investment, preparation, production and distribution, Murphy gathered his team and began to make final preparations for the film.

Before that, although Murphy had made biopics such as "The Wolf of Wall Street", Jordan Belfort was different from Ross, at that time he made films more for commercial considerations, and Rose's film had relatively few commercial elements, and Murphy naturally considered more themes and other aspects.

Sometimes, people think too much about it, and they create problems for themselves. (To be continued.) )