"No, I'm not saying I hate Hugo, how can anyone hate Hugo?" George replied with a warm smile on his face, and sitting across from him was David Letterman-Jay Leno's nemesis. In order to promote the "peacemaker", George starred in "The Late Show of David", in which George's humorous conversation clearly won a lot of praise, even in the face of David's sharp questions.

Hearing George's answer, David smiled and shook his head, "I'm not so sure. Then he looked at George meaningfully.

George was not flustered, still with a calm smile, "No, I just think that no one in this world is perfect, and the media portrays Hugo too perfectly to make people feel unreal, as if he is a character in a fairy tale world." For me, I would prefer to be able to know the real Hugo and see his private face, so that it is real. ”

For example, the history of Hugo and Tracy has never really been discussed. Hugo did so many bad things to Tracy, and even ruined Tracy's career with his own hands, but no one cared, just because Hugo was successful, and Tracy was a loser, so everyone was chasing Hugo, and Tracy disappeared like a wisp of green smoke.

George naturally placed his hands on his thighs, crossed them together, and then gently pressed his thumbs with his fingernails, controlling his emotions and preventing his inner turmoil from leaking out of his eyes and voice.

"So, you're saying Hugo is hypocritical." David grabbed George's sore foot and refused to let go. Although David doesn't like Hugo either, he never openly says that there is absolutely nothing wrong with ridicule, ridicule, and humor, and David often does this, but he "hates" such strong emotions, and David will not show it so stupidly and get into trouble for himself.

Today's George is already personable, elegant and calm, but compared to the old fritters who dealt with the media many years later, the current George has not yet completed his cultivation, so in the face of such a direct answer from the scheming David, George, who was already surging in his heart, couldn't help but panic a little, laughing dryly, his palms were constantly sweating, but he couldn't speak indirectly for a while. This short gap is enough for reporters to make a fuss.

After thinking about it, George continued, "No, I don't use words that strong with such emotions, but the truth is, Hugo and I are not friends. George paused before adding, "I haven't had the chance to see Hugo himself. ”

George had intended to be humorous, but it was true that he and Hugo had never met directly, let alone friends. But George was a little flustered just now, and his words were a little dry, as if the humorous effect did not come out at all, but as if he had given Hugo a war post.

Here's the problem, David didn't answer, but looked at George with a smile, which made George's heart suddenly tighten, touched his nose uncomfortably, and then cleared his throat and explained, "I mean, if I have the opportunity to meet Hugo, I will take the initiative to introduce myself." ”

But this explanation is more like trying to cover up, especially when the scene is silent, which makes George a little restless, but reason tells him to stay calm at this time, so as to get through this level, but at this time he still lacks some concentration, he couldn't help but touch his nose twice, coughed lightly, and covered up his embarrassment.

David finally smiled at this point, and continued, "So what are your expectations for the box office of this movie?" We're all looking forward to it this weekend, whether to choose George Clooney or Hugo Lancaster? ”

Finally George came to his senses, he had been prepared for this question, so he smiled, "I have to pray that you have fourteen dollars in your pockets." "Enough cash to buy two movie tickets.

This sentence would have made everyone laugh, but unfortunately, George's smile was slightly stiff, and although his words were relaxed, they did not have that kind of ease and comfort. You can feel that George is obviously unable to recover. Fortunately, David did not continue to press, but changed the subject, which gave George breathing room and gradually recovered.

For David, it is enough for today's show to be able to gain from this.

Sure enough, after the broadcast of this episode of "David's Late Show", it is undoubtedly a further heating of the current media discussion about the showdown between George and Hugo, and George's behavior can be called adding fuel to the fire and completely detonating the topic. And the New York Post is once again in the limelight.

"The first choice to challenge Hugo Lancaster: George Clooney", this report completely detonated the topic, in which they said that George bravely challenged Hugo, challenged Hugo's current supremacy in the United States, and expressed frustration and rejection of the media's indiscriminate praise of Hugo. And more importantly, George is qualified to overthrow the Hugo dynasty, and the next Hollywood is bound to witness a dragon fight.

The New York Post report not only sold four million copies, but Colin Myler was overjoyed; And it also had a chain reaction, and even directly gave birth to "Entertainment Weekly" to make a special feature, putting Hugo and George together for a direct comparison, and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the two people from all aspects. The result of Entertainment Weekly's analysis was naturally that Hugo had the upper hand, but they believed that it was entirely possible for George to replicate Hugo's miracle - or even surpass Hugo to achieve even more brilliant achievements.

This is undoubtedly absurd: because there is nowhere else in the world of George can compare with Hugo in terms of career, and the two men are not comparable at all.

However, "Entertainment Weekly" still took the trouble to analyze the matter. And the fact is that everyone cast a curious gaze, enthusiastically discussing which of these two actors is better or worse, women and homosexuals aside, even men will discuss who is more worthy of appreciation and admiration.

The San Francisco Chronicle was also inspired by the Entertainment Weekly feature, which also did a feature analyzing the results of the week between the "Peacemakers" and "L.A. Confidential." The San Francisco Chronicle put forward a bold hypothesis: "Peacemaker" made a $20 million debut box office, achieved a drop of more than 50 percent in "L.A. Confidential," and became the North American weekend box office champion in the fourth week of September.

No matter how authoritative the "San Francisco Chronicle" feature is, it is undeniable that it has caused countless controversies, and everyone is enthusiastically talking about this topic: George and Hugo, "Peacemaker" and "L.A. Secrets", and even the top actors of today, including Tom and Brad, who is better and who is more influential, has become the hottest topic of discussion this week.

This also began to warm up for the release of "Peacemaker", and the invisible publicity effect was eye-catching. Even if George later clarified his remarks on "The Late Show of David" above the movie premiere, this time George clearly explained what he meant at the beginning, and the media also published the clarification correctly under the urging of Universal Pictures, but to no avail.

All the audience has a clear understanding of the pattern of "George VS Hugo", and their enthusiasm is close to the original "Brad VS Hugo", thinking that this group of duels will burst out with more exciting sparks - because George is not left behind in the all-round competition, especially the acting part, which is also Brad's biggest shortcoming, including Tom Cruise. Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the outcome of this matchup.

Even though "Peacemaker" and "L.A. Confidential" are two very different film genres that are simply not comparable; Even though Hugo didn't mention George in the interview at all, George denied the so-called duel relationship; Even though "L.A. Confidential" is in its second week of release, "Peacemaker" is premiering this week......

None of this could stop the enthusiasm of the audience, eagerly awaiting the chemistry of the showdown between George and Hugo.

On September 26, under the watchful eye, the "Peacemaker" is coming, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman are about to challenge the supremacy of the "L.A. Secrets"! This also caused countless suspense in the North American weekend box office charts this week.

After the first batch of film reviews came out, everyone was disappointed, and the highest-rated "New York Post" only gave 70 points, and the average score of 20 professional media was even lower to 43 points, which is a disaster for any type of film, and undoubtedly shows that professional reviews are almost critical of this work.

Of course, for commercial films, poor media reviews are not a matter of life and death, but more important is the theater score, because this is the audience's direct feedback on the movie, which is related to the next box office trend. There have been many films in history that have been badly reviewed by the media, but the audience has been very enthusiastic and has achieved a box office success, which is also the ultimate proposition to seek a balance between commercial films and art films.

But George Clooney is destined to be disappointed, the theater score is only "C", barely passing, it can be seen that after the overwhelming publicity, people have high expectations for the movie, which is an absolute double-edged sword - if the movie can meet the high expectations like "Los Angeles Confidential", this will completely detonate the box office; Otherwise, it would be a disaster, and criticism would pour out with double weight.

This is George's second consecutive dud after "Batman and Robin", and the poor reputation is a big disappointment, which seems to confirm the sentence: TV stars and movie stars are two very different concepts and cannot be confused at all. So, will the "Peacemaker" be able to take advantage of the hot topic and at least make a splash at the premiere box office?

It was the only concern that George had paid attention to, and he had to fold his hands and pray that the box office would rise at the first of its kind, or it would be a disaster.