Steven Spielberg crossed Erlang's legs, looked like a high-minded tsundere, squinted his eyes and looked at Hugo in front of him with the rest of his eyes, slowly and methodically picked up the coffee in front of him, and took a sip gently. Hugo couldn't help but smile dumbly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was gently outlined, but he didn't speak, but raised his head, still looking at Steven unmoved, staring intently.

Steven raised his eyebrows lightly and said in a disgusted tone, "Could it be that I have derailed from the times?" It turns out that asking for someone can also be so high-profile. ”

Hugo lowered his head and slightly sorted out his smile, trying to make a sincere gesture, "So, what do you want?" ”

Steven cupped his chin and thought seriously, "You can try it." Hugo was completely amused by Steven's seriousness, but Steven didn't care about Hugo's smile at all, and added, "You can refer to the tone and posture I asked you before." ”

"You mean...... Completely without any gesture? Hugo's rebuttal made Steven speechless, and in the end he could only be defeated in front of Hugo's calmness.

Steven changed his sitting position and finally returned to his normal position, "At least you can tell me, did you really foresee the failure of 'Batman and Robin'?" That's why you're indifferent to their provocations, Barry Meyer, a lucky bastard, and everyone is expecting you to teach him a good lesson. By the way, there's also 'Life and Death Speed 2'. ”

Hugo really laughed this time, "So what are you expecting?" Do I give Barry a head-on hook? ”

"That's a good idea." Steven shrugged, "But Schumacher and Clooney are clearly calculating, you know, Tracy Jacobs, are you just letting them go?" ”

In the face of Steven's curiosity, Hugo really felt helpless, "I thought you wouldn't be curious." Recently, friends have often discussed this matter in private, and the jokes about the Avengers are already well-known, but Hugo didn't expect that Steven would be the same, "Steven, you should know that in this circle - no, in this society, competition is always there, and the best way to defeat your opponent is always to be yourself." It's like 'Batman and Robin', the limitations of their own work have led to this result, and I don't need to do it at all. ”

Of course, Steven understands this truth, but he has a disgusted expression, "I still prefer Hugo, who is-for-tat with media reporters." ”

"Hehe, you mean, the person who provokes your bottom line face to face." Hugo's words made Steven roll his eyes speechlessly.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Steven asked again, Hugo was stunned, and Steven had to explain, "Did you foresee the failure of 'Batman and Robin'?" ”

"I'm not a prophet to the Indians, if that's what you want to ask." Truth be told, Hugo didn't really pay much attention to "Batman and Robin" - although he did know that the film was a failure, and he didn't have much time to pay attention to other lace news lately because of "L.A. Confidential" and his own script.

Steven was also amused by Hugo, "Well, you can at least tell me, Heath Ledger, where the hell did you find this little guy?" Hugo opened his mouth to defend himself, but Steven intercepted directly, "Don't try to fool me, Rick told me, you recommended it." ”

"So, can I assume that this is good news?" Hugo did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

Steven didn't joke anymore this time, and nodded directly, "The role of James Ryan is confirmed to be played by Heath." This is the best news for Endeavor Elite Agency, and it also means that the biggest hurdle of "saving Private Ryan" has passed.

"I thought you would choose Russell, but I didn't expect it to be Heath." Hugo was indeed quite surprised, Heath, who is not yet twenty years old this year, has already shown a talent for acting that makes people jealous. It is not an easy task to impress Steven, who has read countless people, and Hugo himself has experienced it.

Raising his head, Hugo saw Steven's puzzled eyes, and he laughed, "Actually, it was just an accident, do you believe it?" Hugo briefly recounted the story of how Samora met Heath, and Steven shook his head again and again.

"That's why people say Los Angeles is the capital of opportunity, isn't it?" Steven sighed.

Hugo ignored Steven's feelings and leaned forward slightly, "So, are you interested?" ”

Steven finally got serious at this time, "Why did you come up with the idea of writing such a script?" Such a small-scale work, but it explores such a serious and profound topic? And, you have such an ironic title? Steven looked at the script on his right and couldn't help but laugh.

"L.A. Confidential" was officially announced two weeks ago, ending intensive and intense filming, and now the entire crew is in full swing for post-production. It took Hugo two weeks to complete his script, and he ended with a very delicate title, "As. Good。 As。 It。 Gets)" - the three protagonists of the story all have their own quirks and persistence, almost marginalized by society, but do their best to pursue the impossible perfection, all of which are focused on this title.

As Steven said, full of irony.

A week ago, Hugo met with Hollywood's top producers, directors and investors with the script one after another, and officially started the project. The first person he found was Steven, but Hugo didn't talk about the project directly, because he knew that it was not difficult to find an investment by relying on his name now, and he hoped to find someone who was really interested in the project and excavated the depth and thickness of the work. Therefore, Hugo still hopes that the other party can read the script before interviewing.

Steven was the first.

In the face of Steven's question, Hugo thought for a while, "As long as you look at people for a long time, you will find their human touch." This answer to the question made Steven silent, and when he thought about the three characters in the story, he could taste the endless details.

As the top actor in Hollywood at the moment, Hugo is best known not for his personality, not for his achievements, not for his charisma, but for his pickiness - pickiness about his works. Almost no one can be sure of Hugo's taste in selecting works, but there is no doubt that Hugo's requirements for the script are extremely demanding.

Again, this requirement is reflected in Hugo's screenwriting work. "Before Sunrise" vividly shows the process of men and women pulling each other, speculating on each other, and sparking each other, and the seemingly boring, ordinary, and tedious dialogues contain endless wisdom and bring the charm of the lines to the extreme.

And this time, in the script of "Perfection", Hugo took his excavation of the role to the extreme. Steven felt this charm when he read the script, at the very beginning of the script, Hugo set up an almost irreconcilable contradiction for himself, and then unraveled one by one as the story progressed, and this process is completely different from ordinary romance movies, a little sour, a little astringent, a little spicy, and there is no sweet part at all, but people can't help but indulge in it.

Those seemingly unintentional details, little by little, outline the character creation, Steven can completely and clearly outline the image in his mind even in the process of reading the script, and the strong sense of picture is amazing. But at the same time, Steven also clearly knows that this puts forward super high requirements for the actors, and it is unimaginably difficult to fully show the countless details that Hugo integrated into the script and truly integrate into the role.

Steven nodded slightly, he must admit that as a screenwriter, Hugo's sophistication and delicacy are very rare, and the script of "Perfection" is like a cup of coffee, only by savoring it can you appreciate the beauty, and similarly, as long as you taste it carefully, you can find the profound skills in it.

"Who are you going to use for the three protagonists?" This is also Steven's biggest concern after seeing the script. Because this script is not the biggest test for the director, the actor is. It is definitely not an easy task to meet the super high requirements of Hugo's script, and once the casting fails, such a good script will become a mess.

A question, Hugo knew that Steven had thought about it seriously, "I plan to play the male lead myself, and in the writing process, I largely built it on my own, and I also hope to challenge myself again and challenge myself for a comedy role." "Hugo has never hidden his ambitions for comedy, so Steven is no stranger to it," the heroine said...... To be honest, I'm still thinking about it, Nicole Kidman, Holly Hunter, Julia Roberts, Emma Thompson are all thinking about it. ”

What Hugo didn't say was that he actually thought of Cate Blanchett. Blanchett), but after going to the screen actors' guild, she learned that Kate was just joining Hollywood - 1997 was the year she first appeared on the big screen, and Hugo was not sure if Kate was deep enough to play the heroine.

"That neighbor's words, I'm thinking about Edward Norton. Norton) or John Cusack. Cusack）。 ”

Hugo's words were finished, but Steven thought silently for a moment, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he was struggling with a difficult problem. Hugo didn't speak, just quietly gave Steven space, and after a long time, Steven shook his head slowly, "Hugo, don't you think, in fact, you are not suitable for the role of the leading actor?" ”