There are only seven actors in the information provided by the innovative artist agency. Compared to Cole, it can even be said to be rare. But the seven actors were carefully selected, which shows not only their strong self-confidence, but also their preparation and information superiority.

In the script of "Murder by a Knife", Vincent and Max are the absolute protagonists. In addition to this, there are five other main characters, Prosecutor Annie, who is one of the five assassins, which is also the female character who occupies the most important role; The Los Angeles Police Department's police officer/Cha Fanning, Fanning's chief Richard, Max's mother Ida, and the mob boss Felix.

The innovative artist agency provided a total of seven actors, arranged around five roles, the most important Fanning has two profiles, one is Robert Y-Jr. (Robert Y-Jr.) and the other is Michael Ely, and the easy to stand out Felix also submits two profiles, one is Javier Bardem and the other is Terrence Howard (-Howard).

The other three pieces of information are Julie-Christie as Ada, Peter Berg as Richard, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Anne.

It has to be said that innovative artist agencies have made the most of their advantages, on the one hand, they got detailed script content from Shirley, which allows them to tailor the choice of actors to each role; On the one hand, there are their abundant resources, almost every actor can count good past results to prove their ability, and at the same time not too noisy to win and steal Tom's style.

Meantime. They only have a maximum of two choices for each role, or even one, which shows their self-confidence - Lance is unlikely to refuse their choice. Even if Lance vetoed it. I believe they also have enough reasons to convince Lance.

Just a brief encounter can show the absolute strong position of innovative artist agencies in Hollywood in recent years. Work with them. It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Terrance's self-confidence and pride are justified.

However, Lance will not be overwhelmed by Terance's "unsolicited offer", because he clearly knows that there are gains and losses, and this is a conservation law.

It is a fact that after entering an innovative artist agency, you can get a huge resource and a strong agent. But relatively speaking, because the number of first-line artists within their company ranks first in Hollywood, all resources will inevitably be screened by first-line artists first, and when it is the turn of others, the number of resources will inevitably decrease.

In addition, the sheer number of artists will create more competition, which also means that artists must deal with their agents - even curry favor - and then keep in their sights to make sure they don't get forgotten in the corner, or the opportunity may arise. It is also difficult for them to win a better position, because the company is thinking about the overall good.

In addition, due to the innovative mechanism of the integration of the artist management company. It also means that many times you will be bundled and forced to work with people you don't like. To take the simplest example, the name Robert Downey Jr. appears in Lance's cast list, which is a very interesting phenomenon.

In 2015, when people mentioned Robert, many people would show a look of surprise and then excitedly shout "Iron Man", and because of the strong momentum of the Marvel movie world, he also attracted a strong fan base. Before Lance was reborn. Robert replaced Johnny Depp as the most commercially valuable actor in the United States. In "Iron Man 3" and "Avengers 2", his salary has exceeded 50 million US dollars - including box office dividends, which has earned him the reputation of "Hollywood's first person".

But in fact. At the moment in 2004, Robert is a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats.

After winning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the role of "Chaplin" at a young age, Robert, completely lost his way and became addicted to alcohol and drugs. At first, it was just a personal act, but it soon began to affect others, first he disappeared directly during the filming of the film, and finally was found hiding in the dressing room to take drugs, which not only delayed the work of the crew, but also got into a big fight with his fellow crew members; and then went into the filming in a state of drunkenness and dreams, and the terrible table Xiàn attracted the dissatisfaction of his colleagues, and he also had many head-on conflicts with the crew, which affected his normal work.

After ruining many works in a row, Robert still doesn't know how to restrain himself, which makes the co-actors complain and the film company has a headache, so they can't avoid it. Eventually, he was arrested and imprisoned, and was forced to undergo drug rehabilitation. It's a pity that his nature is still unchangeable, and after he came out, he fell into the poison/product vortex again, and it lasted for a whole decade with ups and downs.

For Hollywood, he is like a cancer, not only losing the acting spirit of his youth, but also becoming a huge obstacle to film shooting, and no one wants to cooperate with him.

This year, Robert is out of drug rehabilitation once again, this time shouting "never to touch drugs/products again", eager to be forgiven by the Hollywood public and return to the film industry. However, the misdeeds of the past decade have made it difficult to rebuild trust, and no film company has been so cautious that no one has offered him a job.

Of course, Lance knows the future trajectory, Robert got the roles of "Iron Man" and "Detective Sherlock Holmes" in 2008, thus achieving a big turnaround of salted fish, and the black history of the past was completely buried, and even some reporters mentioned the past during the interview process, Robert turned his face on the spot and left the door, but in the end, it was still the media that was blamed for "which pot is not opened", which shows Robert's strong momentum.

However, at the moment in 2004, Robert is indeed a tricky person, and everyone will be embarrassed when they see this name. And the innovative artist agency didn't know what the considerations were, and pushed Robert out again, and the other actors had no choice but to obey the arrangement, and once Lance and Paramount were convinced to nod, those actors had to be tied up with Robert.

These are the two sides of the same coin. Of course, there are advantages to bundling – for example, being bundled with Tom Cruise, which is a coveted opportunity for a new actor.

Personally, Lance doesn't like the system of innovative artist agencies, because there is too little freedom and he is always a pawn under the company as a whole. He prefers to be a chess player.

Returning to the list of actors provided by the innovative artist agency, from an objective point of view, it is indeed eye-catching, and these names are all known to Lance, even well. Even Michael Rey, who is currently the most unknown to people, can be regarded as a powerful actor, and his basic skills are trustworthy.

What's more important is to prescribe the right medicine, almost every actor is very suitable for the requirements of the role itself, including Robert to Fanning, or Gwyneth to Annie, which can be seen that the innovative artist agency is well thought out in the selection process, from the image, performance, role, style and other aspects of comprehensive consideration, to ensure that in case of Lance's objection, they also have enough good reasons to refute Lance, coupled with Tom Cruise's support, Lance has almost no room to retreat, can only be forced to accept.

If you think about it carefully, the project "Killing with a Knife" can feel the ubiquitous containment from the beginning. Although during the filming of "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance felt great pressure from major film companies, it has to be said that compared to this time, Twentieth Century Fox is completely a gentle lamb.

Starting from the pressure given by Paramount, to the constraints brought by Tom, an A-list actor, to the endless planning of the innovative artist agency standing behind it, it is simply a net of heaven and earth, leaving no breathing room. The success of the "City of God" and the "Day After Tomorrow" allowed him to gain more initiative, but after entering a new world, the initiative was accompanied by more interests.

Even though Lance had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was still under a lot of pressure. He even began to wonder if it was the right choice for him to involve Tom Cruise in order to get the final editing rights, and let himself be caught in a deeper hole.

Looking at the list of actors in his hand, Lance could feel the heavy weight, which was as heavy as a thousand pounds and struggling.

With a long exhale, Lance suppressed his mixed thoughts, knowing full well that the reason why the situation was so difficult was because he was challenging to a higher level - this was also the stage that Diorama Pictures was currently trying, but it had taken Diorama Pictures six years to get here, and Chaos Pictures had only taken less than two years.

Pressure also means challenges, but also benefits and opportunities. Only when you overcome the pressure can you move on to the next stage, otherwise you will not only stand still, but will more likely not advance or retreat. Because this is Hollywood, like the Colosseum, the gold cave, Vanity Fair.

One day in the future, Chaos Pictures will stand on an equal footing with Paramount and innovative artist agencies, get rid of the shackles like a spider's web, and take all the initiative into their own hands.

Don't forget about it, from nothing to the present, from no opportunity to the whirlpool of power, Lance has come so far step by step. What's more, the project of "Killing People with a Knife" has almost come to this day by Lance's own strength, and the current pattern is also caused by Lance, not only will he not give up, but he will not hand over his initiative lightly.

Even if the competitor is an innovative artist agency. This is their first meeting, but it won't be the last. (To be continued.) )

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