Chapter 1530: Universal Studios
72_72291This year's summer seems to have passed very quickly, as if yesterday's early summer footsteps had just arrived, and in a blink of an eye, nearly half of June has passed, from "Tornado" to "Mission Impossible", the summer file has gone through a third in a blink of an eye.
The two commercial masterpieces have achieved incredible success, which has also allowed the North American film market to sweep away the haze brought by "Cut Throat Island" and "Future Water World" last year, and let major film companies once again see the dawn of hope for high investment and high returns. In particular, the success of "Mission Impossible" made Tom Cruise's career soar and once again rivaled Hugo.
In the past year, Hugo's momentum has been too strong, and Brad Pitt's coming from behind is even more menacing, completely eclipsing Tom, who had no works released last year, and Tom's work before "Mission Impossible" was "Night Vampire". Now, "Mission Impossible" has been affirmed in both box office and word-of-mouth, making people realize once again that it is still up to Tom to really compete with Hugo, and Brad, as a chaser, still needs more proof.
Of course, the success of "Tornado" and "Mission Impossible" still made the major film companies stand still, and they are all waiting for the release of "Independence Day" and "Ace Correspondent", two works of 20 million club members, and the success or failure of these two works will have a concrete impact on the development trajectory of the entire film.
However, in the midst of this excitement, Hugo has never appeared, since his disappearance in early April, more than two months, there have been countless rumors about Hugo, but no one has been able to really say Hugo's location. This also put the media to a halt, and now everyone is gathering strength, waiting for the release of "Independence Day", and then it will break out completely, either a big win or a complete defeat.
In fact, Hugo, who disappeared for more than two months, is now back in Los Angeles and in one of the most crowded places: Universal Studios. If reporters had known that Hugo was hanging out at Universal Studios right now, he would have dislocated his jaw.
Hugo came to Universal Studios today, naturally not on a whim and decided to take a look at this Los Angeles landmark, but because today is the day of the completion of "Romeo and Juliet", as a friend, Hugo made a special trip to congratulate Charlize and Leonardo.
The journey of Glory to Death lasted for 40 days, and all the tracks on the third album were recorded. However, their work is not over.
Although Roger compromised and approved of Hugo's idea, he decided to release the album, which was recorded in an outdoor studio; But Roger still had the conditions, and he demanded that the band must make a studio version of all the songs, and the album would be released as a double disc at that time. This is the bottom line of EMI Records.
It can be seen that Roger is still very worried, and from a commercial point of view, he has to demand that they have to record a studio version of it, whether it is for radio broadcasts or commercial promotion.
This was originally very disgusting to the members of Glory to Death, because it was completely contrary to Hugo's original idea, but after Henry weighed it, he nodded and agreed. Later, Henry succeeded in convincing the band members of the glorious to death that "making a bold album is the right way to go, and it should be supported; But you should also leave a studio version that you should treasure so that people know what the original music is like. ”
After much deliberation, Glory to Death nodded in agreement.
Three days ago, the band members returned to Los Angeles to enter the studio to complete the recording of the three albums, but there was no rush for the time being, Hugo and others took a few days off. Especially Hugo, he has been running outside for more than 70 days, and his physical and mental fatigue has reached a peak, he is not a wandering personality in his bones, and the warmth of home has always been an inseparable part of his heart. After returning home, the happy sense of belonging made Hugo familiar and moved.
Walking in the noisy crowd of Universal Studios, Hugo enjoyed a rare peace of mind, although the journey has now ended, but Hugo still has not completely shaved his beard, the beard has become his natural umbrella, this image is almost recognizable to few people, plus a baseball cap, even the paparazzi see Hugo, it is estimated that they will react for a while.
Although there are very few film companies filming here now, and Universal Studios is more often used as a tourist park, there are still occasional TV series or movies that choose to shoot here, after all, the studios and scenes here are still very good, and the accumulation from the twenties to the present makes Universal Studios still one of the best filming locations in Hollywood.
"Romeo and Juliet" moved the studio here for filming in the second half of the film, but Hugo had never visited before, so he got lost the first time he came.
Hugo was not in a hurry, just sightseeing slowly in Universal Studios, enjoying the rare leisure during this time. Unlike the rush on the road, Hugo now makes Los Angeles his home, and the sense of familiarity and comfort makes Hugo very relaxed. After walking for a while, Hugo found that the crowds seemed to be converging in one direction one after another, and he couldn't help but follow the crowd with curiosity.
When he came to the crowded place, Hugo found that this was the filming location of "Romeo and Juliet", and the crew was busy at this time, and there were not many onlookers, only about fifty or sixty people, they all stood behind the isolation zone, quietly watching the crew who were busy filming.
Charlize and Leonardo's version of Romeo and Juliet is set in a modern-day setting, with them filming in Sydney and Mexico before returning to Universal Studios for the finishing touches. Therefore, Charlize and Leonardo are both dressed in modern costumes, and if no one tells the audience, this is based on Shakespeare's work, and there is no problem in saying that it is a modern romantic drama.
From afar, Hugo saw and listened to the director Baz Luhmann. Charlize and Leonardo, directed by Luhrmann, did not come forward to disturb their work, but watched quietly from the sidelines. It must be admitted that these two people in front of them are very talented in acting, they have their own unique opinions on acting, and they have put in enough effort to make the roles they play shine with real light.
It's just that now Hugo has become a member of this era, I don't know what kind of changes the future of the two of them will have because of Hugo's variable, Hugo hopes to be a positive change.
Suddenly, Charlize glanced at the crowd twice, she vaguely felt that a familiar gaze fell on her, but when she looked back, she saw the noisy crowd of onlookers, everyone was paying attention to her, she should have thought too much, she turned her head.
Leonardo, however, noticed Charlize's abnormality and asked directly, "What's wrong?" ”
"No, I just feel like there's some special eye on me, and I hope it's not a stalker." Charlize chuckled and teased.
Leonardo tugged at the corners of his mouth and laughed, but the words that came out were, "I feel the same way, as if something familiar...... Guy ......" Leonardo dragged out a long note and looked around the crowd, Charlize couldn't help but turn his head to look when he heard it, and then Charlize saw the man in the crowd.
A light blue plain T-shirt, with dark blue jeans, a navy blue baseball cap, and a slightly sloppy beard, such a simple dress that can't be seen in the crowd at all, but Charlize notices that the eyes hidden under the baseball cap are somewhat familiar.
Leonardo also noticed this figure, and the joy in his eyes immediately appeared, and he said in surprise, "It's Hugo!" Then Leonardo raised his hand and waved, and the man standing in the crowd also waved, and the corners of his mouth outlined a big smile, which made both Leonardo and Charlize laugh.
"What do you think would happen if we deliberately shouted 'Hugo Lancaster' here?" Leonardo gloated, causing Charlize to laugh out loud. But after all, Leonardo still didn't do that.
Hugo saw that his whereabouts had been discovered by two friends, so he left the crowd and walked towards the place where the security guards were on the side. Walking to the open entrance of the crew, the security guards stopped Hugo's footsteps, Hugo lifted his baseball cap, bloomed a bright smile and said, "I'm here to visit a friend." ”
When the security guard saw Hugo's eyes, he was stunned, he couldn't believe his eyes, and his face was stunned.
Hugo walked over with a smile, patted the security guard on the shoulder, and then walked straight in, leaving the security guard standing alone in stunned place, he still can't believe that he actually saw Hugo, the famous Hugo.
Someone noticed Hugo's movements and immediately ran over, thinking that he could go inside to watch, but the security guard stopped the other party in time, which made the visitor very dissatisfied, "Then why can he go in?" ”
The words of the security guard have already poured into his mouth, but when he looked back at Hugo's back, he still restrained all the light in a low-key manner, so that people couldn't see it, and turned his head and said, "Because he is a staff member of the crew, this is the crew, and idle personnel are not allowed to enter." This made the visitor quiet in frustration.
Hugo just entered the crew, and the staff cast their surprised eyes, the "Romeo and Juliet" crew has been working together for more than three months, and they are naturally familiar with each other, but they have never seen this stranger in front of them. They originally thought that the onlookers had come in by fishing in troubled waters, but before anyone stepped forward to stop them, they saw Leonardo running over with a smile on his face, and directly gave the stranger a big hug, with excitement clearly written in his eyes, and then Leonardo gave the stranger a few blows on the back, "Hugo Lancaster!" You've finally come to visit. ”
What the? Hugo!.