Chapter 299: Mi Shuai's troubles

In an apartment building in downtown Los Angeles, a man with a round head is clutching a newspaper and throwing a tantrum.

"I'm going to sue these guys, they actually stalked me"

The man's angry roar resounded throughout the room, but strangely, the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa across from him didn't react. After the inch-headed man finished venting his resentment, the middle-aged man said slowly: "Maybe you should thank these paparazzi reporters, if they hadn't made your name appear in the newspaper frequently, maybe you would have been forgotten by the audience."

The inch-haired man named Miller suddenly came to his senses, and then looked at his agent with an unbelievable look: "Sucre, don't tell me, you did this"

He slammed the newspaper in front of his agent, "You deliberately leaked my itinerary to those paparazzi, so that they could follow and secretly shoot me... All of this is just to raise my profile? ”

Sucre nodded indifferently and admitted all this in front of Miller.

"That's right, I did it all... But don't be in a hurry to get angry, you should first reflect on what you have done in the past year? ”

Surek glanced at Miller, who was holding back his anger, "After 'Prison Break', you are being forgotten by the audience. In Hollywood, as long as you don't appear in the media attention for a month, it's a sign that you've become an outdated star. I know that the reputation hyped up by scandal is not reliable, but this is the only way to make the audience remember you at the moment. ”

Miller, who was still angry and looked like a volcanic eruption just now, lost his temper completely after listening to Sucre's words, and he sat on the sofa with his head in his arms like a child who had made a mistake.

"When I graduated from Princeton, all my friends wanted to go to law school or work on Wall Street. So they thought I was crazy, and my parents were worried about me. They can't figure out why a dignified Princeton graduate would want to go to Hollywood. Actually, I just want to break through, I don't want to be like everyone else."

"The decision to become an actor was complicated and challenging for me. Because like I said before so many people tried and failed, it took me 10 years to make a living from acting, and there were times when I wondered if I would fail, and several times no one believed in me but me. It was a challenging, but also frustrating couple of years, and I didn't want to do anything else, I didn't have a plan B, I didn't have any other career that really interested me, I really had no choice but to keep going until I succeeded. ”

Sucre looked at Miller with some sympathy, and before he became his agent, he had heard that Miller was a low-key but friendly man, and before he rose to fame with "Prison Break," Miller spent 10 years in the entertainment industry, six of which were spent doing behind-the-scenes work, including helping his boss feed fish or guarding a photocopier. When Miller finally mustered up the courage to chase his dream of acting, reality gave him more than 500 rejections and a few roles that he had seen and forgotten. He had tasted the taste of waking up at 3 a.m. and asking himself what he was going to do to pay his rent this month, and he knew the fear of not getting anyone's approval except for the insistence in his heart.

"It suddenly occurred to me that Prison Break might be a trap. It's like a golden cage with a lot of extras, but I've been playing a role on this show for 4 years, and most of the people in the world who know me will equate me with Schofield, and one day this TV series will end and one day I won't play Schofield again. I had to re-develop the audience and reinvent myself, and I could imagine that it would be a challenge and I was always hoping that I would be able to break out of this cage, but the reality told me that it was very difficult."

This was the first time that Miller had confided his truest feelings in front of his agent so unreservedly, and after saying this, he raised his head suddenly, looking at Sucre with confused and anxious eyes, "You say, what should I do?" ”

"The general TV drama role is obviously no longer able to meet your requirements for self-breakthrough, so what you should seriously consider at this time is how to transform into a film actor, which is the real success ladder for Hollywood actors... With your current fame, as long as you operate properly, the possibility of being favored by big-name directors will be high, but starring in movies is different from TV series, you have to be mentally prepared to zero everything. ”

Sucre said that there was a lot of comfort, and in fact he was not too sure that he would help Miller enter the mainstream core of the Hollywood film industry. In Hollywood, the two industries of television and film are inextricably linked, but at the same time, the two fields are clearly defined, from the television field to fame, and then smoothly enter the film field is indeed a successful shortcut for some young newcomers, but for the 37-year-old Miller, he spent 10 years of perseverance to wait for "Prison Break", does it take him another 10 years to wait for the opportunity to get ahead in the film industry?

Don't look at the current Miller who is popular all over the world because of the hit of "Prison Break", but his real status in Hollywood is a little embarrassing, and there is obviously a helplessness that the high is not low. Let Miller go to the general movie to "settle", he himself is definitely unwilling, and those blockbuster directors, it is impossible to come to the door casually.

"Let me think about it again," Miller sighed helplessly, holding the pillow in one hand and grabbing the TV remote control from the couch with the other. Boredom, he can only use TV series to pass the time now.

Miller would react the same way every time he ended the conversation, and Sucre usually chose to leave at this time, with the only exception being when Sucre walked to the door today, and the cell phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang.

He had to turn back into the living room and smiled apologetically at Miller, "Sorry, borrow your balcony." ”

Leaning back on the couch, Miller made a gesture of pleading, then his attention returned to the TV screen. Sucre walked briskly into the balcony of the apartment and pulled out his phone, only to find that the screen was displayed with an unfamiliar number.

After hesitating for a moment, he decisively pressed the answer button, and a gentle voice soon came from the phone, "Is this Mr. Sucre?" ”

Sucre could swear he didn't know the owner of the voice, and the puzzled look on his face grew even thicker. Just when he was stunned, the other party repeated the question on the phone

"That's right, I'm Sucre, may I ask if you're..."

"Thank goodness, I finally didn't make the wrong call again this time," the other party obviously sighed, and then said, "Mr. Sucre, I'm sorry that I have to make sure of one thing before I tell you why... Do you still continue to act as Mr. Wentworth-Miller's agent? ”

"Of course, you didn't make the wrong call," Sucre snorted softly from his nostrils to show his slight dissatisfaction, and the other party called him without even knowing his identity, which was indeed a bit presumptuous.

But soon his resentment disappeared with the other party's "self-report", the other party was actually the assistant to the president of MGM, such a reason to bluff Sucre, he couldn't figure out how MGM, which is famous in the Hollywood film and television industry, could suddenly come to the door, could it...

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Sucre's mind, and a bold and exciting idea suddenly jumped into his mind.

"Hey... Mr. Sucre, are you listening to my call? Sucre's distraction again made Cord on the other end of the phone feel slightly dissatisfied, and although he controlled his attitude well, there was still a hint of emotion in his tone.

Sucre, who came back to his senses, secretly called unlucky, he stabilized his mind, and hurriedly replied: "I am indeed Miller's agent, may I ask you something?" ”

"Our company is working on a new film with a character in it that is perfect for Mr. Miller... That's right, it's the male lead in a movie, and Mr. Ex wants to meet with you and Mr. Miller to discuss cooperation... Yes, you heard it right, it is very likely that Mr. Chairman of our company will also come and meet you in person at that time, because he is the director of this film. ”

Cod said what Ex had ordered on the phone, and he talked as if he were reciting it, but Sucre on the other end was a little dumbfounded. He was still struggling with how to help Miller enter the Hollywood film industry just now, and MGM immediately threw an olive branch from his side.

The president of MGM personally came out, it can be said that he gave Miller enough face, and Lin, a super cow, actually wanted to serve as the director himself, and as the chairman of MGM, the investment in this film will naturally not be sloppy... This news after news gave Sucre a feeling of falling into a cloud, and happiness came so suddenly, but it made him feel an unreal trance.

In the face of such a huge temptation, Sucre finally resisted the strong urge to agree to the other party, and asked very bottomlessly: "Miller may have some trouble in the recent schedule, but it should be possible to squeeze out time... Before meeting Mr. Aix, can we know what kind of movie it is? ”

He excused himself with some difficulty, but the final temptation revealed the eagerness in his heart, but fortunately, Cord on the other end of the phone did not think much about it, Ex just asked him to be responsible for contacting Miller's agent, Sucre did not refuse, and his task was completed.

"I'm sorry to tell you that I don't know much about the specifics of this film, because the script of this film has not even been decided... But we're not kidding you, but you have something to say, sir, please tell Mr. Miller... His exact words were: 'If you're stuck in prison and can't find your way out, I can give you a chance to escape.'"

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