"In the trailer and promotional poster for 'Into Death Island,' John Mason is a former British agent."

Facing the camera of Fox TV, Sean Connery showed his usual gentlemanly demeanor, "Warner Bros. and director Duke Rosenberg have both sent me an offer, I am also interested in this role, and the two sides have entered the substantive negotiation stage, but Duke Rosenberg changed his mind and hired a not-so-famous veteran actor to play this role, I am very sorry." ”

"Are you interested in this role?" The reporter asked cooperatively.

"Yes, I'm very interested in the role." Sean Connery admits directly, "Everyone knows what my first famous role was, and I have no reason to say no, and I think fans love to see me in roles like this......"

Connery's words hint at the audience and the media comparing the current John Mason to himself, especially in interviews, where he makes several gestures of James Bond's iconic collar pull suit, clearly telling others that he is the retired former British agent.

Then, the screen shifted to the studio, and the host of the show also commented on it at the right time.

"Judging from John Mason's character setting, there is no more suitable candidate than Sean Connery among the old Hollywood actors, Sean is also very interested in this role, I don't understand why the young Rosenberg director rejected Sean and instead used an unknown actor like Christopher Lee, does he think Lee can be compared with Sean Conner?"

Needless to say, it is relatively easy for the media to guide public opinion today, let alone a large television station like Fox Network.

Turning off the TV, Sophia walked back and sat down in her place, looking at Duke.

"The day is still here." She seemed relaxed.

"Nothing is going to be easy, and this is Hollywood, which is very competitive."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duke's cell phone rang again, and it was Warner's Jeff Robinoff, who picked it up, listened for a while, and said, "Yes, I saw it, and I will cooperate with Warner's propaganda plan!" ”

From the next day, many media began to hype the news that Sean Connery had been rejected by Duke, and the media were all afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so they didn't care if there was any inside story behind it, as long as they could attract attention, they wanted a nuclear war to break out in the world.

"Young Duke Rosenberg made the mistake of rejecting one of the best former British agents."

"What reason does Duke have to refuse Sean? This will lead viewers to miss out on the best British agent characters. ”

"Who is Christopher Lee? Who has heard of him? Can he compare with Sean Conner? ”

The comments of the ordinary media are relatively restrained, and the tabloids owned by News Corp. unsurprisingly appear all kinds of exaggerated reports.

"It's so unfair to poor Christopher Lee, the film hasn't been shown yet, just a trailer and a poster synopsis, and he's been compared to Hollywood's best veteran actors, John Mason in 'Death Island' is bound to be a losing character."

"The New York Post interviewed 100 random fans, 97 of whom did not know who Christopher Lee was, and said they were not optimistic about his role as a secret agent......

These tabloids are comparing Sean Connelly to Christopher Lee, and Hollywood insiders can also see that there is competition and other factors involved, but no one can say anything, which is the most conventional method, and Sean Connery completely crushes Christopher Lee, no one can deny this.

"Why doesn't Duke use Sean Connery?"

Sitting in a burger joint, Jones looked at Allen in bewilderment, "Although I haven't seen much of Sean Connery's movies, and I'm not familiar with these older generation actors, the first 007 is no better than that...... Who's the right one, right? ”

"It doesn't matter...... Allen shrugged his shoulders and didn't care at all, "Does it matter who plays this role?" We pay attention to Duke's films because of his action scenes and explosions, and besides, Sean Connery is not an actor of our time, in my opinion, he is just an outdated old movie star, 007? How many years ago was that? ”

Kunitez, who was returning with a Coke, happened to hear Allen's words and chimed in, "Sean Connery doesn't belong to our time, so it doesn't matter who he is!" ”

Every generation has its own favorite movie stars, from the exit of 007 began to sink, until the mid-to-late 80s rose slightly, Sean Connery is obviously not in the mainstream of the current film market in the late 60s and early 70s audience particularly favorite movie stars.

Having experienced the era of highly developed Internet, Duke knows that the young audience, who occupies the main share of the theater market, will not buy too much of an old movie star's account, otherwise he will not risk using Christopher Lee, and Warner has long formulated a relevant publicity plan.

At the Duke Studios in North Hollywood, Duke drops off Christopher Lee and his agent and returns to the office, where only he and Charles Rowan are left.

Some things are only suitable for two people to say, if there is a third person present, in the future, if there is a conflict with Warner, it will be a sore foot.

Now, Duke can neither like nor hate Sean Connery, and when he enters this circle, personal likes and dislikes must be put on the back burner, and he only adheres to one thing, people who have common interests are temporary friends, and those who violate his interests are enemies.

As he thought, the current partnership must not be judged by the likes and dislikes of a certain movie character.

However, now his strength and capital are extremely limited, and he can only hold on to and borrow the super thigh of his current partner, Warner Bros.

"Charles......" Duke sat down and looked at the production manager, "Is there any concrete progress in the fire investigation?" ”

"No, it's like a fire caused by an accident and mismanagement." Charles Rowan said helplessly, "Hollywood has such fires every year, and it is not the first time that Warner Studios has done so, and the fire in "Batman" has not reached a convincing conclusion so far, and this time it is the same, and the Los Angeles police are about to close the case. ”

He shook his head, "At the moment, there is no evidence that this is arson, although Warner is very annoyed, it can't find anyone to vent for the time being, and it can't open fire on the entire CAA." ”

"Charles, remember what you said to me? Some things don't need proof! ”

In the past, Duke had to focus on the post-production zuò, and the fire could only be thrown aside, but now the post-production zuò only has the tail left, he doesn't care if it's man-made, and the fire touches his interests, and the situation that some people may benefit is obvious, so he is very simply planted, "I don't know what the senior management of Warner thinks, this is not a means within the rules, and it also violates the bottom line of the industry, if some people don't get a lesson, this kind of thing has a first time, there will be a second time!" ”

Isn't it important to be human? It is also in Warner's interest to discredit certain people, after all, it is extremely beneficial to the promotion of the film.

"Does Warner want a second loss? The fire burned not only our $870,000, but also Warner's reputation and face! Are we going to sit idly by and watch those who have harmed our interests continue to be at large? "He won't disguise himself as a generous person, others will slap him, as long as he can seize the opportunity, he will definitely return his feet.

"What do you think?" Charles Rowan asked.

"Have you ever heard of the Hollywood Eye, Charles?"

Half an hour later, Duke sent Charles Rowan out of the office, but the other party never gave any reply, and he had to wait for Warner to weigh the decision, which was not a trivial matter, and no one would agree lightly, nor would he be truthful.

There are many things that Hollywood can't see, like Duke and Charles Rowan, who will only be moved in their hearts, and will not leave a handle lightly, and when they go out of the office, none of them will admit what they just said.

The media is still hyping the news of Sean Connery, Duke and Warner still have not responded positively, waiting for this news to ferment completely, CAA obviously did not pay attention to and carefully investigate small people like Christopher Lee, and did not know that small people often have unusual experiences.

…………

Wearing black sunglasses, Anthony Pelicano entered the old café in the Venetian town, took a casual look, walked to a coffee table, and sat down across from a Latino man.

This is a man with a mediocre appearance and a common figure, and he is almost impossible to find in the crowd, but Pelicano, with his keen sense of smell cultivated by his profession, can vaguely guess that the other party is probably a private investigator or a person who specializes in dealing with behind-the-scenes affairs in a large company, but he can become a famous person in Hollywood, and he is also known as the 'Hollywood Eye', so he will naturally not be stupid enough to ask anything.

The two barely spoke, a thick leather bag, an entertainment newspaper, all the things that Pelicano had gotten, in fact, there was no need to say much, and when the other party left, his eyes naturally fell on the newspaper.

The front page of the newspaper was a gray-haired old man, and even if it was printed on the newspaper, you could feel the gentlemanly smell emanating from all over his body.

That's what he's aiming for! Seems a bit difficult, isn't it?

The thought briefly came to him, but Pelicano laughed as he flipped the weight of the purse.

He dared to investigate even superstars like Elizabeth Taylor and Sylvester Stallone, and even tapped the private phone calls of Tom Cruise and the Scientologists, let alone such an outrageous character?

As for the people who hired him, Pelicano didn't care at all, the people who wanted to investigate these stars were either competitors or competing companies, which is too common in Hollywood, and his purpose was to get money to do things, and the previous respondents would become future employers, and the current employers would become future respondents......

Picking up the newspaper with Sean Connerett's hand, Pelicano walked out of the café.

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