L.A. Confidential's history-making efforts continued, but the Peacemakers' journey was ended after just one weekend.

The following week, "Peacemaker" plummeted 40 percent at the box office with no one to earn only $5.6 million, accumulating $19 million in two weeks. This also means that all doubts have been settled, not to mention the 15% decline, even the decline below 30% has not been controlled, and the decline of up to 40% is almost a devastating blow, which has officially marked: the cost of the movie of 50 million US dollars cannot be recovered, and the loss is inevitable.

Before the release of "The Peacemaker", no one could have predicted such an ending, not even Ron Meyer. George, who had high hopes, handed in a disappointing answer: the two works failed miserably in just three months, not to mention "against Hugo", and even standing out among the second-tier actors has become an almost impossible goal.

From the momentum of the propaganda war, to the professional evaluation of the work itself, to the audience's feedback on the work, then to the response from the box office market, and finally to the response of the surrounding market. "Batman & Robin" and "The Peacemaker" both failed on all fronts, leaving little room for face - "'Batman & Robin' barely managed to brake and recoup its costs before losing money", which is not good news.

If someone says "George VS Hugo", it will usher in a rout on all fronts, and it is estimated that it will be laughed at by a group of people around him. Because even Brad has not fallen to such a point - the collision of "Night Interview with Vampires" and "Speed of Life and Death" still makes the former gain good reviews; Although the head-to-head showdown of "Seven Deadly Sins" was a complete failure, the box office approaching $200 million still became the brightest result on Brad's resume. And George is better than Brad in every way, not to mention the powerful influence of "ER Story" across the United States. So, a rout on all fronts? Even if the opponent is Hugo, this is impossible.

But that's the cruel reality. In addition to the hot topics during the publicity period, George won the hearts of many women, his 1997 was not only lackluster, it can be said to be a complete disaster. It can almost be said that it directly buried George's "big screen dream".

The news about George in the media seemed to have disappeared overnight, and no one even mentioned George's fiasco to Hugo - because the fact was so commonplace that the British press kept mentioning the title of "Successor to the Beatles", but each time it was just a flash of inspiration, and then it disappeared into history, and then they put it on other budding bands. Now, the same is true for the title of "Hugo Challenger".

The New York Post, on the other hand, poured salt in George's wounds and wrote a commentary about the massive failure. But the feedback received was really not much, because even ordinary people were used to Hugo's strength, and no one would take it as news. There was nothing more they could give to George than sympathy.

No one cared about George, and in just a few months, George was a thing of the past.

The reality is so cruel, even if George is still the most charismatic actor in "ER Story", even if the vast audience is still crazy about him, but in the film field, the name "George Clooney" has disappeared from the list of actors in various projects with lightning speed - no one wants to invest in an actor who can't make a return, and this actor will even drag the entire film project into the water, let alone avoid.

Like the "Little Mermaid", George watched the victor's back walk towards the center of the carnival, but little by little he became a bubble and disappeared above the calm sea.

It's never easy for a small-screen actor to make a career on the big screen, and the thorny path of transforming a TV drama group into a cinema audience has been tried by countless people, and the winners are rare. But what is certain for now is that George is not one of them for the time being.

In the face of such a result, George could barely keep his composure, although in the "ER Story" crew, he still maintained his grace and composure, stuck to the position he knew most and was most successful, and devoted himself to the filming of the new season, but in fact he had spent all his energy on patience, so that he could not concentrate during the shooting, and as long as there was a little gap, he would feel the monstrous shame surging.

Because "Hugo Lancaster", that's a keyword that Hollywood can't avoid. Even though the crew of "ER Story" had taken George's feelings into account and tried to avoid mentioning it, the faint whispers behind it were more aggressive, making George feel like a poor worm who couldn't stand the blow, and everyone was sympathetic to him, as if all the eyes that fell on him were prickly. But for the sake of his own image, he couldn't get angry or plead, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

This taste almost drove him crazy.

When he got home, George began to pick up the scissors and attack the pillow frantically, and the feathers and cotton wool all over the ground could only ease some of the anger and shame in his heart, "Hugo Lancaster!" I'm going to kill you, I'm going to! Kill! You! George picked up the scissors fiercely, poked the huge pillow in front of him frantically, and even cut his palm too hard, and the blood was dripping, but he didn't notice that the flying flotsam in the sky had been stained with blood, but his eyes were red and kept stabbing, venting all the negative emotions in his heart.

It wasn't until he was exhausted that George let out a long breath, and the whole person lay down in a mess. George is a person with good self-control, he rarely loses control of emotions, in his memory, he entered the age of thirty and almost no such situation, because George knows deep that if you want to make a career in Hollywood, bad emotional control will not help anything, on the contrary, learning to control emotions and learn to build an image is one of the necessary topics.

The most successful example is Tom Cruise, the American icon of the 80s, who almost created an icon image and persevered along the way with incredible success. George also wanted to replicate this line, and he needed to create his own character and charm and then carry it forward.

George was a smart man, there was no doubt about it, and so, he succeeded. Just seized a small opportunity from Tracy.

"Tracy Jacobs......" George whispered the name, "Tracy Jacobs...... a name that has been completely forgotten by Hollywood, but the key to his success. Now, George finally understands what Tracy felt at the beginning: the taste of losing to Hugo, gnawing at the bones.

The failure of the "peacemaker" is not unacceptable, because George knows deep that any Hollywood work can succeed or fail, this is the charm of Hollywood, and the overnight success may make everyone flock to it, but it must also take the risk of failing to nothing.

But for George, the "peacemaker" was a disgrace, because in the face of his provocation - the accident at "David's Late Show", Hugo did not even take the initiative to fight, not only did he not say anything in the media, nor did he mention any related topics in the circle, as if it were just a trivial matter. But that's it, Hugo didn't spend any effort at all, and in the understatement, he won the final victory, and what is even more shameful is that the failures of "Peacemaker" and "Batman and Robin" are the same: bad work, bad characters, bad reputation, even if Hugo doesn't need to do it, George has already killed himself with his own hands. It's no wonder Hugo was dismissive.

Such a shame made George think that he was standing naked in front of the public, accepting everyone's criticism and comments, and he was unwilling to accept such treatment even if he wiped his neck directly. It's even more humiliating than Oasis, Mariah Carey.

The fiasco of the battle of the century and the final showdown was, in the eyes of many, a disgrace. But George knew that at least Oasis and Maria had achieved what they wanted – hype, hype, and finally a breakthrough: they had achieved their best. Although they all failed miserably to Hugo, although they all contrasted with Hugo's incredibleness more and more, at least they all succeeded.

However, George had nothing, nothing but chicken feathers, not even the bottoms to cover his shame, and he was not even allowed to use his hands to cover the important parts. The shame of this red fruit goes deep into the bone marrow.

Tracy Jacobs...... Tracy ...... "George kept repeating the name, it was because of this woman that he got the opportunity to play Batman, Joe Schumacher and he both started their own careers with the help of Tracy, but both of them died because of the movie "Batman and Robin", whether it was him or Joe, it was difficult to get a good script in a short period of time.

The Avengers. "Hmph", George sneered softly, this is a stigma of shame, deeply seared in his blood. "I owe you what I have already repaid, so then I have to think about myself." George realizes that Tracy is a thing of the past and can no longer be his fetters, and that it is his destiny to confront Hugo - he can't choose to forget after accepting such a humiliation, but he knows that he needs to change his approach, "Maybe, I should be friends with Hugo." ”

Enemies are still friends. It's like playing politics. Those who govern in general.