Rick did have a few projects today that Hugo was going to read them, but after looking left and right, he realized that he had forgotten his briefcase in the car and had to run out temporarily, which made Hugo laugh - Rick, who is usually shrewd and wise, actually lost things sometimes, which is really joyful.

After a while, Rick ran back out of breath, wiping the sweat oozing from his forehead with an embarrassed face, "I've been so busy in the past two days that my feet can't touch the ground, and my head can't remember anything." Rick put his briefcase next to him, and while taking things out of it, he continued to ask, "'A Beautiful Mind' is about to be released, and Steven thinks that this work has the hope of hitting the Oscars, and maybe even your third actor, but ...... You know......"

Rick didn't go any further, but Hugo understood it at once.

At present, Hugo has won a total of four statuettes, in terms of the year of the film's release, they are Best Supporting Actor in 1993, Best Actor in 1995, Best Original Screenplay in 1997, and Best Actor in 1998. In short, Hugo won four statuettes in five years, which is too frequent.

Why are there so few artists in history who have won consecutive Oscars? First, it is because it is too difficult to dedicate classic masterpieces for two or three consecutive years; The second reason is because of the unspoken rule of the industry - it is impossible for one person to win all awards, which needs to be balanced.

In the entire history of the Oscars, only nine people have achieved consecutive awards in all awards, Tom Hanks completed the best actor in 1993 and 1994, Spencer Qutser won the best actor in 1937 and 1938, and Jason Robards (Jason). Robards) won Best Supporting Actor in 1976 and 1977.

Luise Reiner. Rainer won the title in 1937 and 1938, while Katharine Hepburn completed the Actress Championship in 1967 and 1968.

Federico Fellini Fellini won back-to-back awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956 and 1957 by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman) also won Best Foreign Language Film in 1960 and 1961. Also, John Ford. Ford) won the Best Director Award in 1940 and 1941; Joseph L. Mankiewicz also won Best Director in 1949 and 1950.

In the 70-year history of the Oscars, more than 200 statuettes have been awarded, but this is the only one who has achieved such a feat, and it is worth mentioning that most of them were in the early days of the Oscars, except for Tom Hanks, who achieved this feat in the 90s, and all the other winners were completed before the 70s.

It can be seen that with the increasing openness of the Oscars, the wider and wider range of entries, and the more and more fierce competition, the film market is really showing a pattern of a hundred flowers blooming, and it is more and more incredible to complete the re-election. With the exception of true Oscar darlings such as Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, and Marlon Brando, it is too difficult to win consecutive awards in just five or ten years.

There are also "guilt votes", "compensation votes", "merit votes" and other sayings above the Oscars, which simply put: Hugo has won four statuettes in the past five years, and has reached a height that has never been seen before or since, even the "Oscar darling" is not enough to describe his achievements, if he continues to win awards, what will other actors do? What about the 200,000 registered members of the Screen Actors Guild? Do other actors want to continue acting? Do they still have the qualifications to compete for the Golden Man? Is there any more suspense for the Oscars to look forward to?

Just as after the second decade of the 21st century, the Weinstein brothers' "monopoly" position on the Oscars triggered a frenzy of opposition to them in Hollywood, if Hugo continues to win awards, it is estimated that all Hollywood insiders will join forces to oppose Hugo.

Therefore, if Hugo wants to use "Beautiful Mind" to hit the title of actor again-this will not only be the fourth acting trophy in six years, but also the third actor in film history to achieve the best actor for a second time, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky; Then both Steven and Rick believe that Hugo must join the ranks of the Academy's PR, build a good relationship with the members of the Academy, and even curry favor with the members of the Academy, to promote this historic moment.

In other words, during the awards season, Hugo must make frequent appearances to cooperate with publicity and public relations.

Hugo was stunned, then laughed, "Rick, isn't it too early to talk about these things without even seeing the finished product?" ”

In the face of Hugo's teasing, Rick shook his head and said simply, "No." ”

Hugo took a closer look and saw that Rick was telling the truth, which made him choke. He couldn't help but think about it seriously, "To be honest, I personally think that it is a good thing to be able to win an award, and it is not a bad thing not to be able to win an award." After the ups and downs of his career as an actor, Hugo's mentality has completely calmed down, he has created history that ordinary people can't imagine, there is no need to be too greedy, even if he is normal, he still realizes his dream, "What's more, in the next period of time, I don't think I have time to go to those parties." ”

Rick immediately understood what Hugo meant - he wouldn't be in the academy's PR event during awards season, and everything was going to take place. In fact, he still has some regrets in his heart, but he also knows that what Hugo said is right, people can't be too greedy. Rick let out a long breath, "Okay, I see. ”

Immediately, Rick handed the document in his hand to Hugo, "You can simply flip through it and see if there is anything interested, if there is, I will ask Samora to bring it to you, if not......" and then Hugo took over, "You can use me as a shield to reject them all." Rick couldn't help laughing and nodded, "Your name is better than mine, if it were me, I would probably be scolded to death, but you are different." ”

Hugo took a big sip of coffee and flipped through it casually.

Objectively speaking, the scripts that can be handed to Hugo at present are bound to be distinctive scripts, not necessarily big investments and big productions, but there are definitely many bright spots to be found. With Hugo's current status, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as he is willing to nod, there is no script that he can't receive.

Therefore, Hugo saw a lot of familiar works in his hands, all of which are worth considering.

Warner Bros. handed over two scripts, "Ocean's. Eleven)" and "Training. Day)", both works are very topical, especially the latter, which is also one of Hugo's favorite works, in which Denzel Washington gives a stunning performance.

Disney took an ambitious piece, "Pearl Harbor". This work is also an attempt by Disney to connect with the blockbuster era, although this became an important turning point in the decline of Michael Bay's career, but the sensation and topics created when it was released that year should not be underestimated.

Sony Columbia Pictures and Ridley Scott's collaboration on "Black Hawk Down" (Black. Hawk。 "This real historical event was put on the big screen, and the preparation stage attracted much attention, but I didn't expect the script to come to Hugo. This work is definitely not inferior to "Saving Private Ryan" in the rendering and creation of war scenes, but the excavation of the core idea is slightly lacking.

In the twentieth century, Fox called the "Moulin Rouge." Rouge)" was placed on Rick's desk, and it was also a re-entry of the brilliant work of the musical and dance film; The most interesting thing is that Universal Pictures, which actually put "The Fast and the Furious (The. Fast。 And。 The。 Furious" The project was handed over, but instead of inviting Hugo to star, he wanted Hugo to be the producer, hoping to make the film a masterpiece similar to "life and death".

In addition, there are several original books mixed in, obviously hoping that Hugo can carry out the adaptation work.

After a brief flip through it, Hugo couldn't help but chuckle, "Everyone thinks of me as Superman." "Hollywood is like this, after a person becomes popular, almost any character or script flocks to it, eager to squeeze out all the residual value of this person, and when that day comes, the speed at which people leave can even be described as the speed of light, making people fall directly into the bottomless abyss.

Look at the project in hand, it is obviously like this, no matter what role, what theme, as long as it is a little feasible, I will push it to Hugo's hand, just hoping to continue this cash cow and make a lot of money. But the truth is that even if Hugo challenged comedy and horror films, he was still not omnipotent.

For example, "Moulin Rouge", in fact, Hugo is completely unsuitable, although he is a singer, he knows nothing about dance, and his study of opera tends to be close to zero; Another example is "Pearl Harbor", with Michael Bay's personality, the explosion is the protagonist of the movie, and the actors are just threading the needle, and there is no need for Hugo to play it.

Rick smiled as well, "You should look at the scripts on my desk, our daily entertainment is to see how outrageous the projects we've sent in." ”

Hugo was also amused, and he simply flipped through the projects, and finally pushed all the projects to Rick, including his favorite "training day" - because Hugo knew that part of the film's great success was due to the issue of race, and that Denzel-Washington's black advantage was irreplaceable. Therefore, these projects as a whole could not impress Hugo.

Rick didn't mind, now Hugo even if he had a movie a year, or even a movie every two years, there was absolutely no problem, he didn't have to worry about it at all, so he simply put away all the projects and said casually, "When I had dinner with Barry yesterday, he also said, are you interested in a cameo role in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'." ”

"Playing Lord Voldemort?" Hugo thought it was funny and laughed. Such a choice also made Rick speechless for a while.