"I've seen a few of the films you've starred in."

After a moment of silence, Duke said, "Mary, there is still room for improvement in your acting skills, and there is still potential to be tapped, you shouldn't just position yourself as a vase." ”

If this is said by ordinary people, Nicole? Kidman can only be dismissive, but it is a director who has long proven his ability to say this, and she recognizes Duke's words from the bottom of her heart, no actress is willing to be just a vase, not to mention that she still has many dreams and ambitions to be realized.

"I've heard it mentioned." Duke raised the other party's expectations without a trace, "You have excellent singing and dancing skills, right?" ”

"Yes!" Nicole? The corners of Kidman's mouth were hooked upward, and she could hear that the young director opposite still admired her.

See Nicole? A smile grew brighter on Kidman's grim face, and Duke suddenly changed his tune, "Frankly, Mary, you're good, but I don't think you're a good fit to be in Chicago." ”

The smile instantly froze into ice, frozen on the cold face, Nicole? Kidman looked at Duke, was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Say, Duke, what do you want?" ”

"No, Mary, you're mistaken." Duke quickly waved his hand and explained, "I don't mean anything else, I just don't think you're fit to appear in the same movie as Cruise." ”

() "What? ”

Nicole now? Kidman was like a Changeling Girl, and the cold ice immediately turned into doubt.

"Didn't you notice, Mary?" Duke gradually took the initiative to speak, "Except for "Thunder Ambition, where you and Tom have not yet formalized their relationship, none of the films you two have collaborated on have ever been truly commercially successful. ”

A little bit of reminiscence, Nicole? Kidman nodded, "That's true. ”

Duke picked up his glass. took a sip of water, "Hollywood may not have counted yet, in fact, it's not just you, all the couple actors or husband and wife actors who have officially confirmed their relationship appear in the same film together, and most of the films end in failure." ”

Nicole? Kidman was still thinking, Duke continued. "You know, I've always attached great importance to the market, and I've investigated it by Vito, and most viewers don't like to see actors with close relationships in reality have too much intersection in the same film, they think it's easy to play, it will only be reminiscent of the relationship between actors in reality, and there is no sense of substitution at all."

"So, I haven't even made it to my second audition, and I'm out?" Nicole? Kidman raised a frown. "Is that so, Duke?"

"I don't want to deceive you, Mary." Duke admits directly, "You won't go through guò a second audition. ”

These are the reasons I just said, on the one hand, it won't take long for the whole of Hollywood to form a consensus that couples and actors are taboo in commercial films.

And the other reason is that once Nicole? Kidman, now Nicole? Kidman. None of them please the North American audience, which is a crux that cannot be found at all. In the previous life, except with Tom? In the years when Cruise had just divorced, because the North American audience generally had zài's sympathy, Nicole? Kidman has a few films that are really successful, and the rest of the time they are all poisons that can't be poisoned at the box office.

Some people may think that she has a problem with her vision for film selection, and there is indeed a reason for this. But don't forget that Jì, her agent has always been the big-name Pat? Kinsley, this female agent is recognized as having a unique vision, and with her support, Nicole? Kidman also made a movie worse than the other. It's not just a matter of vision.

Throughout Hollywood history, Nicole? Kidman is arguably the most disproportionate top actress in terms of salary and box office, and later, she had to go to some films to play villains, and Tom was frequently mentioned in interviews? Cruise to maintain exposure and photogenicity.

"Isn't there any other way?" Nicole? Kidman's eyes flashed with reluctance.

Duke shook his head slowly and said, "Excuse me, he's Tom?" Cruise. And you, Mary......"

"I'm just Mrs. Cruise?" Nicole? Kidman interrupted Duke, his tone full of self-deprecation, "Just relying on Tom? Cruise's appendage to get a foothold in Hollywood? ”

"I didn't mean that."

Seeing that she had completely misunderstood her words, Duke had no choice but to say, "I mean, you don't have to be in the same movie or anything like that with Tom, that would only be bad for you." ”

Nicole? Kidman gave a thoughtful look and finally nodded slowly.

Ten minutes later, Pat? Kingsley and Nancy? Josephson returned to the dining room, shook hands with Duke and Duke, and then talked to Pat? What did Kingsley say, Nicole? Kidman was the first to take his leave and leave.

She walked out of the restaurant and drove her red sports car towards Beverly Hills, and the conversation with Duke had been circling in her mind. The contradictions and conflicts between Cruise continue to escalate, and there have long been many dissatisfactions in his heart, and now the unhappiness of his career has stimulated these dissatisfactions.

Back to the mansion in Beverly Hills, Nicole? Kidman parked the car and walked into the villa quickly, his already sickly white face was like ice and snow in Antarctica at the moment, making people feel cold just by seeing it.

Subsequently, Tom rang out in the mansion? Cruise and Nicole? Kidman about Scientology, the Australian Hotel, and Mel? Gibson's discussions, which also involved messy topics such as cheating, grew louder and sharper, and eventually turned into a heated argument.

"You and Nicole? What did Kidman talk about? ”

In the car heading for Malibu, Nancy? Joseph asked Duke curiously, "She didn't look good when she left." ”

"I just persuaded her to give up the audition."

Seeing Nancy's look of disbelief, Duke shrugged his shoulders, spun the steering wheel, and the car turned onto the Corniche, "When did you buy a property in Malibu?" ”

"I feel like I should live closer to my most important clients." Nancy half-jokingly said, "To increase the affection between us." ”

"Don't worry, under normal circumstances, I won't change brokers."

From signing the brokerage contract to now, Duke vs. Nancy? Josephson was generally satisfied, "Without you." Whoever rushed up first to shield me from the open guns and arrows fired by the CAA. ”

Nancy smiled and tapped Duke with her finger and suddenly asked, "Tom?" Cruise starred in your movie, Martin? Didn't Bob's side stop it? ”

"As far as I know, Pat? Kinsley seems to be with Ino? Martin walked closer. ”

As the car pulled out of downtown Malibu, Duke picked up slightly. Continuing with the topic just now, "Together, they should have the strength to fight Martin?" Bob. ”

"Cruise's main agent is Kinsley, and Hanks' main agent is Ino? Martin, Spielberg didn't choose Martin after Ovitz quit the entertainment brokerage world? Bob. Nancy talked about some of the competitors, "The biggest stars and directors of the CAA are all with Martin? Bob kept a certain distance, and his life was not easy. ”

He looked back at the car that was following him. Nancy added, "Martin? Bob's most heavyweight client right now is Mel? Gibson, Gibson was suppressed very badly by you, I heard that he was going to dig Will? Smith. ”

"Will? Smith? ”

Hearing Duke's question, Nancy explained, "Will? Smith continued his acting style on "Independence Day" with Michael, who was nicknamed "Duke the second"? Bey had just teamed up on "Jedi Men," although the film didn't do as well as "Independence Day" at the box office. But it was relatively successful, despite Smith's terrible acting. But it has been recognized by the industry in black comedy. ”

Duke thought for a moment and asked, "Aren't you and ICM going to dig him?" ”

"You guessed it." Nancy adjusted her seatbelt and said, "Now Will? Smith is a hot commodity, and the power of CAA is relatively weak. Not only me and ICM, but William Morris also joined the fray. ”

She turned her head and looked at Duke, "Do you have a project in your hands that works for him?" If he can work with you, I believe he will join ICM. ”

It seems that Duke doesn't care. Nancy emphasized, "Is this a blow to CAA and Martin? Bob's good chance. ”

Duke frowned, his movie schedule was already scheduled for 2003, and there was no heavyweight in it that would fit Will? Smith's character had to shake his head.

"Really?" Nancy hasn't given up yet.

"You've seen the script outline and character settings I've filed." Duke said helplessly, "If Smith doesn't mind playing a half-orc or a strong orc, I can find a suitable role for him." ”

He didn't plan to take the comedy route at all, and the later films also need better acting skills, so that Will? If Smith plays in this hip-hop style, it will be a complete disaster.

The car stopped in front of a villa in the Coastal Villas area, Nancy unbuckled her seatbelt, and before getting out of the car, she said, "Duke, it's going to be a second audition soon, please give preference to ICM actors, okay?" ”

"If the standard is not too bad, I will definitely give preference to ICM actors." Duke understood another meaning in Nancy's words, "I know you value Naomi? Watts, I owe her a favor too, and I've heard that she's been working hard, and she probably won't let me down. ”

"Then I'll be relieved."

Nancy got out of the car, and Tina in the back? Fei parked her car, walked over to the co-pilot, and the black Bentley drove towards the luxury villa area not far away.

Now, Tina? Faye became Duke's personal assistant entirely, as Duke often had to write scripts and handle other tasks in the evenings, and spent most of his weekdays in the seaside manor that Duke named 'The Duke', and in the eye-shaped villa, he also had an ensuite with an office.

Now the focus of Duke's work is the upcoming auditions for the two leading actresses. (To be continued......)

ps: Unconsciously, there are 200 chapters, I have almost no spare time, except for work, the time is used to code words, I feel that the time is really fast~~~ The college entrance examination starts today, I wish the students in the exam a full score in each subject, come on!!

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