Chapter 153: After reading the script, I refused
Sean, who was enjoying his vacation, was disrupted by a phone call from Michelle. Helpless, he could only put down fishing, red wine, walking the dog, and watching the old man fight, and drove his villain towards the location provided by Michelle.
Burbank, located in Los Angeles County, California, is home to Disney's headquarters, as well as Warner, NBC, and Paramount's parent companies. In addition to Paramount, which has never fled Hollywood, in fact, several studios, including Columbia Pictures, have set up their headquarters in this satellite city of Los Angeles. Although the major film companies have since moved out, it is still the place with the most film companies in the United States, and it is also the location of the permanent branches of the world's major media and entertainment companies, so it can be said that it is a typical office city and media capital.
Universal originally wanted to move to Burbank, but the owner at the time decided that the low price was not suitable, and finally chose to build Universal Studios between Los Angeles and Burbank. In general, this is a story of a squirming boss who thinks Burbank is low and expensive, and finally opens up the wasteland himself.
So this point of picking and searching is definitely the innate temperament of Universal.
Isn't there a saying that the first commander of an army will inject the military soul into the army, and the founder of Universal has obviously injected an aura of picking and forcing into the world.
"Have a cup of coffee, Mrs. Michelle." Rob Cohen looked at Michelle with a smile, then raised his hand and pointed to the headquarters of Universal Pictures not far from the window, "It's just a street away, but the coffee here is much better than the coffee there." ”
"I think so too." Michelle elegantly took the coffee, took a sip, and said, "It is said that Universal requires only one spoonful of sugar for a cup of coffee. ”
"Maybe they can use a coffee bean for a cup of coffee." Rob Cohen didn't care about the face of his friends at all, and directly ridiculed Universal's stinginess, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have just given me $40 million to make a commercial blockbuster." ”
"I'm getting paid by Lang Meyer, man." Neil touched his bald head, smiling in relief. "Don't worry, I'll help you talk about the sponsorship of those cars, although it's only 4000 million, but it will definitely satisfy you. You should trust my abilities. ”
"If I hadn't believed you, I wouldn't have taken this book." Rob Cohen patted the script on the table. See the script. Sitting opposite, Michelle smiled and shrugged her shoulders, still sipping her coffee elegantly.
After Sean returned to Los Angeles, Michelle successively auditioned Sean for several movies, but Sean pushed them all. It's not that Sean is capricious, it's that these scripts are really unsightly.
How can beauties who are used to playing with high quality be tempted by vulgar fans? The current Sean is in such a state. He filmed the plays of Ridley Scott, Soderbergh, and Guy Ritchie one after another. was trained by Wong Kar-wai, and at the same time with Alejandro. Gonzalez cooperated, and suddenly his vision was much higher.
High is not low, this is the situation of Sean now. In fact, what an actor fears most is complacency, but Sean is really not interested in boring scripts, and he has recently read the book about the Cold War recommended by Dougleyman, so he simply chose to ignore these movies that he disliked when he heard the name.
Looking at Sean's situation, Michelle was also helpless.
She really wanted to tell Sean that it's not every day that she gets movies from directors like Scott and Guy Ritchie. Who doesn't make a few brain wrecks and bad movies in their life?
At least Michelle thinks that the salary of those movies is very good, and it can also increase Sean's exposure. Hone his acting skills. But when Sean brought her and Dougman red wine, she dismissed the idea.
Do you think someone who owns a private wine valley estate cares about that salary?
Therefore, Michelle also put her mind on those movies that are worthy of Sean's shot. At this time, her good relationship with Universal led her to learn about one of Universal's latest shooting plans. At this time, Rob Cohen, the director of this film preparing a new project, also found her, and suddenly a director and an agent hit it off.
While the three of them were chatting, there was a sudden sound of cars roaring outside the café, and through the glass window, a black Dodge muscle car could be seen whizzing, and then it was very wild and domineering in front of the door with a wild tail flick. The wheels rubbed against the ground like a beast roaring, and the challenger was neatly parked in the parking space.
"Oh!! Amazing! Buddy! ”
"Who is this guy? So arrogant? But I like—"
"Boy, one more!"
Pedestrians on the street couldn't help but exclaim. Many people even whistled in a hurry.
Rob Cohen's eyes lit up in the café, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show an excited expression, Sean's wild and domineering actions just now made him more and more sure of the choice of the second leading actor. Especially when he saw Sean, who was strong, stiff and stylish, with a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, and sunglasses on his face, getting out of the car with a cool face, he became more and more satisfied with his choice.
This is the best choice for a tough guy actor!
Sean stopped the car. glanced at the "audience" who was coaxing on the side of the road, took out a cigarette case and played a cigarette in a chic manner, holding the lighter in his hand to light the cigarette, and his eyes were just in line with the gaze in the floor-to-ceiling window.
Holding a cigarette between his fingers, he lifted it slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and greeted Michelle in the room. Michelle, who was sitting in the café, smiled slightly, and gestured to Sean with the hand holding the coffee, which was regarded as a response.
"Sean!"
Michelle smiled and snapped her fingers at the tough guy who walked in, and took the initiative to point to the two bald heads in front of him and introduced, "This is Mr. Neil Moretz, a very good producer, and next to him is Director Rob Cohen." ”
"Hello." Sean nodded and asked the waiter for a latte.
"Mr. Sean, this isn't the first time we've met." Rob Cohen, a bearded but bald guy, looked at Sean's surprised expression after hearing this, and couldn't help but knock on the window next to him, pointed to Sean's muscle car outside, and said with a smile, "I can see the scene where you catapult and start to play the reporter, and your driving skills surprised me very much that time." ”
"Of course, the tail flick just now is just as beautiful!" Rob Cohen added.
"Thanks, I just prefer muscle cars, as for teasing......" Sean shrugged his shoulders and blinked with an innocent look. This may be a misunderstanding. ”
"That must have been a beautiful misunderstanding. Of course, those journalists don't think so. Neil laughed and joked, "I've heard that a lot of reporters are scared out of their ass, and I think they must not like this joke......
"God will know."
Sean was chatting and laughing with the two bald heads in front of him. But neither side cut to the chase.
"Looks like we're having a good conversation, I think there's a lot of interest in this kind of street racing, what do you say, Mr. Cohen?" At this time, Michelle appropriately shifted the topic to racing.
"Of course. That's why I've invited Mrs. Michelle and Mr. Sean to be here today. Rob Cohen glanced at his friend next to him, and when he saw the other party's gestured gaze, he smiled and picked up the script and handed it to Sean, "This is a movie script about racing, and one of the characters in it is my favorite Mr. Sean......"
The following words were not continued, Rob Cohen just glanced at each other with Neil, and then looked at Sean who took the script with a smile, his eyes full of confidence.
He believes that Sean should accept his invitation, how can a person who likes muscle cars refuse to play a tough guy who drives muscle cars? He felt that the only thing he was worried about was how to talk to Michelle about the salary later, but fortunately, these things were not in his charge as a director. You must know that Hollywood directors are still quite idle, or the power is not so big.
Rob Cohen believes that Sean will accept the invitation for the role, and Neil thinks so.
Sean held the script and found that this was a very vulgar commercial film routine, roughly a police officer went undercover to the street, and then met the street drag racing boss, and slept with the boss's sister, and then finally let go of the street boss because of righteousness.
The story is very cheesy, the routine is very Hollywood, pure popcorn movie.
These three points are enough for Sean to refuse.
But there is the most important point that Sean can't bear the most. What the hell he wants to play is the sister who was by someone. The street boss who cheated on his feelings and finally escaped from the scene by going undercover, this situation made Sean have a big head.
Falk Oil!
What a broken script! It's bloody! This was Sean's first reaction after reading the script.
"I'm sure you've made the right choice, Mr. Sean." Seeing Sean silently put down the script, as if he was deep in thought, Rob Cohen held back his excitement. He nodded at Sean with a very directorial style, with an encouraging look in his eyes, and his eyes clearly said to Sean, "It's okay, say your answer!" Cam'ang North Nose ......"
“……”
Sean glanced at Rob Cohen, who looked self-conscious, and frowned. Naturally, he can't say that Lao Tzu doesn't want to play the guy whose sister is sleeping with people at all, and he can't say that your story is too bloody, and I'm not interested in it at all.
So Sean organized his own train of thought and looked at Rob Cohen with the wording, "This story looks pretty good, and it should be very popular if you want to shoot it......"
"You're right, man, trust me, I'm going to dedicate the coolest visual feast to the audience." Hearing Sean's words, Rob Cohen's smile grew brighter and brighter.
"Of course......" Sean took a deep breath and spread his hands slightly apologetically, "but you know that I took on a movie that was also a racing theme before, yes, it was the "60 Seconds" with Cage, you know, an actor can't always play one type of movie......"
After a pause, Sean apologized, "So it's a pity, I guess I can't accept this role." ”
Sorry, I refuse!
As soon as these words came out, Rob Cohen, who was originally smiling brightly, was dumbfounded. looked at Sean with an apologetic expression on his face in front of him, and his brain was a little stunned.
What's going on? Didn't you say that the person who drove the muscle car wouldn't refuse?
It must be the wrong posture of the script opening!
Rob Cohen was about to shake hands, but the other party looked sorry, this situation made him want to scold Falk at Sean with a middle finger!
Shet, why do you refuse to play Donald when you drive a muscle car!!
Eldest brother! You're driving a muscle car!!
Rob Cohen looked at the Dodge Challenger parked outside the car with a constipated look.
Duang…… duang…… duang…… (To be continued.) )
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