Chapter 164: Lonely as a Cold Business Blockbuster, Turn On!

"Thank you for enjoying tattoos."

Angelina and Sean said the same thing as her friend as they drove back to Beverly Hills. In this regard, Sean gently hugged the more mature royal sister Goddess Fan in his arms.

In the next few days, Sean and Angelina had a rare leisure vacation and went to participate in a public welfare event organized by Patricia. In recent years, the theme of caring for women's health has attracted more and more attention from European and American women. The appearance of Sean and Angelina also made their news appear in the media the next day, which was a small brush of exposure.

After participating in the charity activities, the two chose Hawaii Island, which is not very far from California, to enjoy the world of two. The short vacation of the sun and blue sea made both of them very comfortable, sleeping until they woke up naturally every day, waiting for the bright sun to fill the big bed, and the two would get up from the bed crookedly.

In the morning, Sean will surf the Internet and enjoy a special seafood feast, and then in the afternoon, he will change into a professional surf suit and take a surfboard to the beach to learn to surf. Both are curious about this challenging sport, and on the sea, it is common to see a man and a woman training their surfing skills with an instructor.

When you are tired of playing, put on your sunglasses and lie on a deck chair on the beach, drink coconut water, and sunbathe. Angelina would have enjoyed Sean applying sunscreen to her.

Sleep, do, surf, surf, sunbathe, enjoy the blue sea and bright sunshine. This relaxation lasted for a week before it was shattered, and the Tomb Raider crew made a breakthrough in communication with the Cambodian government, allowing them to enter Cambodia via Thailand for filming.

The restart of filming of "Tomb Raider" also brought Sean and Angelina's vacation to a complete end. After the night's madness, Angelina and Sean return to Los Angeles, where she needs to catch a flight to Thailand that night.

Angelina flew away again, this time Sean himself driving her to the plane.

Looking at the passenger plane that disappeared far into the night sky with flashing red warning lights, Sean withdrew his gaze with a cigarette in his mouth.

The relationship between two people has a feeling that silence is better than sound, it seems that they are slowly getting used to each other's existence, although you have not spoken, but I understand your mind. It was very nice and comfortable. This faint fragrance lingering on his fingertips allowed Sean to slowly immerse himself in it.

Angelina leaves. Sean also returned to his original life trajectory.

Every day is either soaking in the gym and competing with the gym equipment, or running around the distance between Burbank and Los Angeles.

Sean officially joined the crew of "Fast and Furious" and played Dominic, one of the leading actors in the movie, with a bald head.

His previous preparations were not in vain, and he gained nearly 20 pounds in just over a month. But Sean did a good job of honing all that weight into his hard, Kong-like tendons. So when Rob Cohen and Neil Moretz saw Sean, they could both feel the explosion on Sean.

During this period, Rob Cohen and Neil Moretz also prepared the entire crew, and since it is a racing film, it is natural that racing consultants and professional drivers will join in. At the same time, with the name of the world, this movie has also been supported by many car brands.

These strong outreach skills also gave Sean and Michelle a glimpse of what a veteran producer can do. The investment in this film is only about 35 million to 40 million US dollars, not to mention that compared with the casual investment of hundreds of millions of Hollywood blockbusters, it is slightly inferior to the investment in literary films participated by some superstars, but with Neil Moretz's strong outreach ability, this film solves the biggest car props problem, and it can be said that this item saves tens of millions of investment in the movie.

This greatly alleviated the film's overstretched funds, allowing Rob Cohen to have more funds to polish the film's quality. The movie "Fast and Furious" is not a major movie of Universal, otherwise no matter how hard Universal picks it, it would not have spent 40 million to shoot a commercial masterpiece. To be able to save such a large amount of money. Good news for Rob Cohen, of course.

Of course, it's also good news for Shaun and Paul Walker. With more funds at their disposal, the remuneration and related benefits of the two can also be improved.

Sean doesn't know what Paul Walker's salary is, but Sean is quite satisfied with his salary and benefits anyway.

The film was paid $1.8 million, including a high amount of insurance within the crew, which was crucial because it was a racing movie. In other words, in Hollywood, as long as it is a guaranteed actor contract from the actors' union, insurance is an unavoidable and important investment.

The benefits are also not bad, and the accommodation, catering and other treatments can basically satisfy Sean.

$1,800,000 also set a new high for Sean's film salary. The salary of "Gladiator" was only $800,000 before, but this time it rose by 1 million at one time. I have to say that this is definitely a huge step forward.

But in real terms, Sean is really worth the price.

Not to mention the increase in popularity. Sean's popularity in North America can basically reach the level of third-tier movie stars and second-tier TV stars, although it is stained with scandals. But it can't be denied that Sean really has some fame in North America. In addition, Sean's wonderful performance in the previous global investment in the Olympic movie "Never Compromise" added a lot of points to him.

Pushing further, Sean also filmed the epic masterpiece "Gladiator" jointly created by DreamWorks and Universal, and Universal's senior management is quite satisfied with this "half" of his own people, coupled with Michelle's connections, Sean's $1.8 million salary is under no pressure.

In Hollywood, it's not just directors who have intimate ties with major studios. It was even labeled as a film company. For example, Spielberg was with Universal, Lucas was with 20th Century Fox. In fact, many times actors are easy to be labeled, but it is difficult to form an actor's label, and even if there is, it can only be maintained for a certain period of time.

This is a bit like the descendants of major film festivals in later generations, the Cannes department and the Berlin department, each of which seems to be distinct, but Hollywood's is not so obvious. But under the rules of Hollywood, there is actually this obscure classification, but many people don't pay attention to it.

Sean enjoyed the treatment of an "old acquaintance" this time. I believe that with the deepening of cooperation with Global, he will definitely show his value, and then be noticed and sought after.

Speaking of which, Sean is indeed very close to Universal.

The first drama "Speed 60 Seconds" is a scene of Universal, and then "Gladiator" and "Never Compromise" have the shadow of Universal. And Michelle and Doug Liman seem to have a very good relationship with the global executives. Even Doug Liman's next film has already entered the Universal Film Review stage. If nothing else, maybe Sean's next movie will also be a Universal movie. I have to say that Universal, the film company, is really close to Sean.

Of course, this fate will not let the Universal consider Sean to be a star of hope, to be precise, although Sean is a little famous, the box office appeal of these fame is really a question mark. Even Sean himself doesn't think he really has much box office appeal.

Anyway, it won't be taller than the handsome blonde guy Paul Walker.

This actor belongs to a typical American sunny handsome guy, a model-turned-child star, and has filmed many TV series and commercials. In recent years, Paul Walker has also gained a lot of fame in youth campus movies and comedy movies, especially in the thriller movie "Skull Club" filmed by Rob Cohen at the beginning of the year, which is still fresh in people's memories, and he can be regarded as a budding star.

This time, Rob Cohen filmed "Fast and Furious", and he also specially recruited his favorite general, and directly set him as the male lead in the film. Really speaking, people are the director's descendants. But this doesn't have much to do with Sean, and Sean doesn't have time to think about these things, because as time goes by, at the end of June, "Fast and Furious" officially launched.

Although Rob Cohen didn't want to start it low-key, he ......

"Fast and Furious" really didn't attract any media reporters, but after a routine interview, the crew started their work.

No way, from the director to the starring actor or even the scale of investment, there is no publicity value. Even if Universal wanted to promote it, it found that it couldn't find any publicity points.

So, you know, in the future, Tang Tang's most successful racing series in Europe and the United States will be so silent, revealing a B-grade film temperament and an obscure start.

Sean held his chin and held a cigarette, looked at the busy staff, and turned his head to look at Michelle dressed as a strong woman, "I now think that commercial popcorn movies are actually no different, very quiet, and they seem to be ......the same as those movies I shot before."

“……”

The corners of Rob Cohen's mouth, who was standing on the side, twitched, are you scolding me? Doesn't this mean that this film does not see the possibility of success at all?

Michelle: "......"

Obviously, several people around him were depressed by Sean's words.

"Many times, a successful movie requires us to strive for excellence in shooting, and we can concentrate more on our work without paparazzi disturbing us." Rob Cohen said.

"Of course, that's what I've always thought." Sean nodded, this look made Rob Cohen feel better, but the next sentence made Rob Cohen can't help but roll his eyes.

"That's what the directors of small-scale films told me before, and I should have tried it if I knew that commercial blockbusters were also shot like this."

Rob Cohen turned to the photographer to communicate.

"Rob seems to agree with me." Sean laughed and joked to Michelle, "Otherwise he wouldn't have left so simply." ”

"I think hearing what you say will really make his blood pressure go up." Michelle gave Sean a blank look, how could he not see that Sean was joking, and gently lit a lady's cigarette. (To be continued.) )