The preparation of "Sin City" is no secret in the circle, and the Coen brothers' endorsement of Lance has attracted a lot of attention; Lance has recently auditioned actors for various roles, which has more or less attracted the attention of reporters.

However, so far, there has been no official news of Sin City in the media.

On the one hand, because none of the actors auditioned by Lance are big names, and the most recognizable Bruce Willis has few good works in recent years, and the topicality and attraction are very limited; On the one hand, the entire project is currently in the preparatory stage, and there is no information worth reporting other than Frank Miller's original comics; On the other hand, and most importantly, the news of "derailment" is so overwhelming that no one cares about the preparation of a movie - Hollywood has hundreds of projects every day, but only one in ten can actually enter the filming.

Today, the "Los Angeles Times" will mention "Sin City" in passing when reporting on "Murder with a Knife", mainly because of Lance's relationship. But as you can see from the length of the article, they don't intend to go into a detailed and in-depth report in just a few words, and the focus is still on Tom, just as an extension of information for the reader to understand.

However, in the midst of this brief report, the name "Ben Affleck" actually appeared. Why wasn't Bruce Willis or Jessica Alba, why wasn't Lance using Chinese actor Lucy Liu again, why wasn't Lance and Leonardo DiCaprio's agent met once...... And Ben Affleck?

Taking it a step further, the current cast of "Sin City" has not been finalized at all.

Thinking of this, Lance felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, he thought about it, opened the laptop on the desktop, went directly to Google and began to search for news, after typing the keywords "Ben-Affleck" and "Sin City", he quickly found the target. The news source is the "Austin Chronicle".

After opening the link, Lance briefly read the news, and his face became more and more serious.

The Austin Chronicle isn't a big newspaper, and its influence is more confined to Texas, but even within the state, the Houston Chronicle is the first choice. However, as newspapers in the capital of Texas, they still get a lot of attention, especially in their film section, and professional film critics have a certain influence.

In order to promote "Who's Coming to Spend Christmas with Me", which will be released next month, Ben gave an interview to the "Austin Chronicle". Apparently. For Ben, who is now in trouble, even if the new movie is released, the attention received is very limited, and "Who Will Spend Christmas with Me" was supposed to be released on the holiday slot, but now it is scheduled to be released early in October, which also shows the lack of attention from the distribution company Universal Pictures.

In the course of the interview, Ben mentions "Sin City," he mentions the work he is "about to perform," and talks about the character of Dwight. "It's a dark and twisted character, with a lot of differences from what I've done before, maybe a whole new endeavor." It also mentions the director, "Lance is a very interesting director. He was willing to listen to the actors and asked me what I thought about the character, which I thought was a cool thing to do. ”

In and out of the words, Ben not only regards himself as the core. The whole story is told from his point of view; And also revealed a lot of information about the characters. It was supposed to be an interview promoting "Who's going to spend Christmas with me", but at least a third of it was about "Sin City" - and of course, Lance knew it. It is very likely that it was the result of the "Austin Chronicle" after screening and editing, and even so, Lance felt the anger of the departure!

During the audition, Lance repeatedly stressed not to reveal anything about "Sin City" to the media.

It's not that there will be any problems after the script of "Sin City" is leaked, but because the project of "Sin City" is so special, as the finale of the Sin Trilogy, the completion of the work is only a basic guarantee, and at the same time, it is not an easy task to sublimate Lance's ideas and ideas. Lance doesn't want media to be involved until the work is finished, which is always easy to blur the focus of the work.

If you insist on it, will the information revealed by this have an impact on the crew? Of course not, it won't have any effect. But the problem is that Lance repeatedly forbids actors from mentioning "Sin City" information to the media, Mickey Locke knows how to shut up, Bruce Willis knows how to shut up, Jessica Alba knows how to shut up, and Ben Affleck can't control his own mouth.

Not to mention that "Sin City" has not yet started filming, Ben can't really be considered to have entered the crew, even if Ben has now become a member of the crew, and the movie has already started filming, as a director and producer, Lance's authority is no one to challenge.

Not even Tom Cruise.

Percy sensitively sensed that something was wrong, he could clearly see Lance's eyebrows frowning slightly, his face slowly gloomy, and the suppressed feelings were surging between his eyebrows, and the blue eyes looked unfazed, but inexplicably reminded people of "the calm before the storm", which made Percy also startled, gave Albert a look, and then said, "Is it okay?" Reims. ”

Albert also reacted at this time, suppressed his voice, turned his head to look at Lance, the calm and tense aura made Yang Qi thinner, he couldn't help blinking his eyes, and then he was completely quiet, completely lost the excited appearance just now.

"Okay, it's all good." Lance said in a deep voice, the calm and calm tone as if there were no superfluous emotional fluctuations, but the vaguely tense vocal cords revealed an unsettling depression, as if the air could smell the smell of sparks, and the contrast refracted in the quiet and peace became more and more terrifying, which made Percy and Albert both stunned, and for a while, the office fell silent again.

Lance methodically closed the web page, then the computer, and slowly leaned back in his chair. The thumb of the left hand slowly rubbed the pad of the middle finger, and the brain began to work, but it never said a word.

This silence tightened the air, knowing that something was happening, but he couldn't ask. Percy and Albert exchanged glances and asked each other to ask, but Lance had already said "it's okay", and it was obviously not too appropriate for them to ask again, so they both shirked it.

Just then, Lance's magnetic voice rang out, "Call Mark Johnson and tell him that Ben has been fired from the show." ”

Silence, silence...... The tick-tock time was ringing, and Percy tried to speak, only to find that his throat was so dry, "Mark-Mark-Johnson?" Percy had to swallow a mouthful of saliva, and his words began to flow smoothly, although he didn't understand what had happened in the short period of time just now, how Ben had been fired so suddenly, but he could clearly feel that Lance was not joking, "But, Lance, we have signed a contract with Ben." ”

"So?" Lance raised his eyebrows slightly, the movement of the thumb of his left hand stopped, and he raised his eyebrows to look at Percy, but the calm eyes made Percy's words stagnate, and the powerful aura seemed to directly choke his throat, as long as he made a mistake in speaking, his life would disappear like green smoke.

Percy straightened his spine and regained his usual composure, "I mean, if we tear up the contract and expel Ben now, we'll have to pay liquidated damages. "It is impossible for the crew to sign an actor at will, and then tear up the contract at will, and the rights and interests of the actor must be protected. The bigger the actor, the more liquidated damages.

Percy's words reminded Lance of one thing: Chaos Pictures now has no extra funds on hand, the crew of "Murder by a Knife" has not been paid, and is still waiting for the release of the movie, and Theo and Ian have already begun to buy the trailer soundtrack company, and the budget of "Sin City" has been stuck. In other words, they don't have the capital to squander and be capricious.

However, this still did not stop Lance, he did not even pause for a moment, and directly said, "How much?" ”

Percy had limited knowledge of the actor's contract and couldn't answer, and Albert's voice came right after, "$150,000." As a drama manager, Albert is undoubtedly the most knowledgeable about the situation of the crew, and it was not his job to pay the actors, but due to the lack of manpower in Chaos Pictures now, he also helped a lot.

The budget for the actors of the movie "Sin City" is already limited, and even Bruce, who has the most scenes, is only paid half a million dollars. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the situation at the moment.

Lance tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, then looked at Percy, "Call Mark Johnson, then contact Theo, and get the termination done by next week." ”

Percy looked at the calm Lance, and although there was no superfluous fluctuation, he knew that there was no room for manoeuvre in this matter. So, Percy nodded and took the job directly, "I see." ”

Albert hesitated, but then said, "What about the character of Dwight?" And also...... What about innovative artist agencies? "A large part of the reason for choosing Ben was because of the packaging business of an innovative artist agency, and now that Ben has been fired, how should I deal with it next?

The thumb of his left hand rubbed lightly again, his brain raced quickly, and soon Lance made a decision, "Contact Clive-Owen and ask if he's interested in starring in 'Sin City,' and if so, schedule an audition." The phrase was addressed to Albert, "When calling Mark Johnson, remember to sue him that Ben had violated the contractual agreement, which was why Ben was fired." This was said to Percy.

In a matter of vigorous and resolute action, the matter has already been decided. Ben didn't have time to enter the "Sin City" crew, and then he was swept away. (To be continued.) )

ps: Today's first shift, May will enter the second half of the year in a blink of an eye, begging for a monthly pass wow!