Chapter 17: A Successful Hype (Part II)
The heat came faster than everyone thought.
This is a direct reflection of the amount of discussion on IMDB's "Campus Blues" page.
There is no shortage of voices demanding that Daniel, the "thief" and "liar", and find the real "Billy Bob", and there are also young girls who are sincere to Daniel's appearance.
In fact, their strength even surpassed that of the previous wave.
The one who was brushed high on the top was a of a girl, "Daniel is so handsome, who has any other pictures of him?" Why are there only so few? ”
That's what Kusa put on when he built the page.
Both Brian and Michael made a point of calling Daniel.
This is an unexpected joy, the popularity of "Campus Blues" has climbed up like this, coupled with serious publicity, it actually rushed into the top 100 of IMDB's films in one fell swoop.
Daniel even entered the top250 ranks one day, of course, only at the end of the day.
But it's true that there are a lot of people who know him, Daniel Sandler.
This is a milestone anniversary for him.
Of course, the filmmakers have been silent, and no one has responded to Daniel's incident.
Until the premiere was held at Beverly Hilton.
"You've been in the limelight lately." James smiled, but was somewhat apprehensive.
Paul was much more sincere, by contrast.
Daniel, Paul, and Ellie Rattle sat in the first row of the movie, talking about their developments.
Hearing that Daniel got a role from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Paul excitedly punches him up.
"It's a great opportunity."
"It's just a character with no drama."
"Who would have thought that Billy Bob would be the first to catch fire?" Ellie also filmed him, the last time the two met in the crew of "The Grim Reaper", it was somewhat embarrassing, but now it is much more natural, "The protagonist is not popular, and the supporting role is very popular in the movie, is there still a few?" ”
The chatter around slowly stopped, and the three of them quickly sat down.
The movie is about to begin.
Billy picks up the Timberwolves one by one in a pickup truck, gulping down Coke and chewing on bread, rude and annoying.
Daniel senses that there are a lot of people watching him, as if to gauge whether Billy and him are the same person on the screen.
But most people still focus on movies.
Energetic rugby boys unleash their enthusiasm on pickups.
It's a very pleasing shot.
Jonathan was humiliated...... Heavy training, games, Billy fainting, and then it was his confrontation with Coach Budd.
Daniel's heart lifted.
There was an incomprehensible "tsk" sound from behind.
The film smoothly creates a new small-town hero, Jonathan, and then the growing pains of the young hero, and the whole movie is the most ** explode in the break room, and Bard's attempt to ignore all the conflicts is the best in the whole film, but he ultimately fails.
The Timberwolves, Lance and Jonathan, lead the team together, and eventually they put their trust in Billy Bob.
With only a few minutes left in the movie, Billy was undoubtedly the final key man, and he pulled the score back and eventually came back from behind.
At this point in the movie, this group of young people finally achieved a double victory for both individuals and teams.
The lights in the screening room came back on, and Brian and Michael took Jon Voight and five young actors onto the stage to thank everyone for their applause, mostly ceremonial, of course.
No one expected it to be a film that would make critics' hormones soar.
But it is indeed a qualified inspirational film.
The reporters and filmmakers basically finalized their ideas on how to write scripts and reviews when they went back.
Next, the crew was interviewed briefly.
Daniel was rightfully asked about the recent rumors.
"Of course, I'm the one who plays Billy Bob." Daniel only replied briefly, and the others didn't say anything, and it was impossible for the reporters to delay the interview time for this gossip, so they had to reveal it, but many people made a note in their hearts.
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It was nearly early in the morning when Hilton got home, and Brian took the members to have a drink, and of course Daniel, who was not yet old, could only drink juice.
In the United States, alcohol is only allowed to drink alcohol at the age of 21.
The report will come out the next day, but the more important critic reviews will continue to come out in the coming weeks, and in addition to these on-site critics, there will also be digital copies of some well-known film critics from all over the country, and their reviews will be a little slower so that the heat can be maintained until the film is released.
Cusa broke into Daniel's rented house early the next morning.
Daniel was vague in the face of questions. -- Los Angeles Times.
"Elon?"
"No, it's the newspaper that was invited on the day of the premiere."
It was the first major media outlet to report on the Billy bag incident, and although it was still a small man compared to the New York Times leader, it was much higher than the previous unknown tabloids.
I don't know if this news has touched the sensitive point of the editor-in-chief, there is actually a large page, and the pictures of Daniel before and after weight loss are very clear. They even hired facial recognition experts to identify whether the facial features belonged to the same person, and these experts obviously still had real information, and they both believed that the two were the same person, but the Los Angeles Times still left a trace of afterglow at the end, "but the silence of the main creative team and the vagueness of Daniel himself still make people feel confused." ”
Kusa and Daniel celebrated his bad news in the big media with pompous grabbies.
In addition to the report on the news, in fact, Daniel also has other comments, and they are all quite positive, but more or less with the sentence, "If it is indeed 'Billy'".
For example, the California Morning Post, "As far as the actors' performances are concerned, if I have to say, except for the 'relatively exciting' performance of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, only Daniel Sandler who plays Billy Bob is eye-catching, and in several scenes against Jon, Daniel is almost not lagging behind." If, of course, he is indeed 'Billy'. ”
"We need to grasp the publicity process and release the photos in time." Several influential newspapers have mentioned the news to a greater or lesser extent.
As the critics' comments slowly came out, Daniel's performance was praised many times.
Coupled with the further spread of the bag drop rumors, Daniel surpassed Paul on IMDB to rank 61st, just a little below James at 54th.
Just when the filmmakers thought that this popularity would be maintained until the official release, two accidents made "Campus Blues", which was only a few days away, enjoy the treatment of a popular movie.
Roger Ebert published a film review of "School Blues" in his column, giving it three and a half stars.
What kind of concept is this, "The Godfather 2" only got three stars from him.
Although Roger's star reviews are always unreliable, his vast influence in the film critic world is still shocking, and since the illness of his show partner Heath, the health of this important film critic has received a lot of attention and concern, in fact, he has greatly reduced his travel to the film, and basically only attends the test screening in Chicago.
"School Blues" received his attention surprisingly, with the review saying, "This film is a light-hearted but meaningful enough film for summer teenagers that you can't just let kids learn something by going to see David Fincher." ”
Roger barely mentions the actors, and the comments are very brief.
But neither the filmmakers nor the mainstream newspapers in New York spared it, and they seemed to see the film as a potential work that could be forgotten.
In the run-up to its release, "School Blues" unexpectedly gained a thrust from the influential New York media.
Fawkes could barely keep his mouth shut. According to their estimates, this could add about a million to 10 million to the box office.
In addition to Roger's surprise, another happened to Daniel.
He finally posted his workout photos online.
The journey of how an overweight young man turned into a sexy and charming super handsome guy is clearly and irrefutably displayed in front of everyone.
In the last photo, the sweat-soaked white T-shirt shows a looming muscle outline along the bear's abs.
The photo quickly went viral.
"Do you want a girl's favor? You need to be like this! ”
Entertainment, fitness, women, youth, and online media have cited this picture and published countless news.
Daniel almost immediately rushed to the top of IMDB's cast list.
This is the first time he has fully broken into the eyes of his peers.
and "Campus Blues" also rushed into the top 30 of the film.
Seemingly overnight, Daniel became a superstar in a hot spotlight.
In fact, of course, this is not the case, and Daniel never expected a hype to achieve anything for him.
Kusa was busy dealing with Fox, and the release of the activity photos was not planned, and the original way to calm the incident was to make a collective statement and release a photo of Daniel before he gained weight, so the gap between the two was not so big, and it could be seen that it was the same person. The reason why Kusa did this is nothing more than to seize the initiative in his hands, not from the perspective of the movie, but from the maximization of Daniel's own interests.
He's done a great job, and the name that hangs high in the first place can prove it.
As for Fox, they also got the benefits, what else is there to complain about.
"School Blues", a movie that was originally not very influential, has become a summer hit after all kinds of accidents, and it is indeed a movie suitable for watching at home.
……
"How, which ones are more interested?"
In Hollywood, popularity can often be turned into opportunity, and the script that Cusa received in his hands went from scratch and then multiplied several times.
Daniel flipped through it, almost all of them were campus films, song and dance films, and he really didn't have much impression.
In fact, there is not a lot of research on Hollywood movies, but the more comprehensive and profound ones are some realistic themes, and there are indeed very few such "idol" movies.
"Forget it, we'll talk about that later." Kusa was excited, but still sold Guanzi dedicatedly, "I just got the first-day box office from Elon, guess how much?" ”
Hollywood has long had box office accumulation companies that provide paid services to various distribution companies.
When Daniel saw Kusa's excited gesture, he couldn't help but break a scoop of cold water for him.
"Kusa, I don't remember we signed a sharing agreement, oh no, I only have 10,000 dollars."
Kusa simply ignored him.
"Nearly ten million!" Cusa didn't care about his sarcasm at all, he was now completely caught up in the false sense of accomplishment that he had manipulated a miracle, and of course, he would soon come to his senses.
Ten million!
Daniel couldn't believe it either!
10 million on the first day, which means that if the film's reputation does not collapse, it is expected to get more than 80 million box office in the United States!
Fox was a big surprise.
Soon Daniel's phone began to be bombarded intensively.
Since the photo craze, he has found that he seems to have become important, and some news will be specially called to communicate with him.
Kusa said a qiē normal.
Michael and Walker are both here to report the good news, and they have just won the first-day box office.
"Hey, this is your first movie, and you've had enough of it during the promotion period, and its box office is closely linked to you, you don't really just remember to share it." Kusa leaned back comfortably on the couch, "Another success, Daniel, a great time to work with." ”
Daniel reached out and high-fived him, smiling as well.
In the evening, when the news spread, he even received a call from Francis, the wife of Peter Jackson and an important figure in the crew of The Lord of the Rings, who relayed Peter's congratulations.