Chapter 289: Tony Awards 2009
In the next game, Jessica turned out to be bizarre. There is no laughing field.
Although she was still stuck, it was because she was holding back her laughter so hard, but she really didn't laugh.
“CUT。” Peter shouted without hesitation, but did not blame Jessica, but looked at Lin Xiao curiously, "Lin, what kind of magic did you cast on her?" She didn't even laugh. ”
Lin Xiao looked at Johnny Depp with fiery eyes, and said lightly, "It's just to let her understand what a top-notch performance is." ”
"Learn to be in awe? Oh, oh, very good. Depp shrugged his shoulders slightly, almost habitually, and threw a friendly smile at Lin Xiao, "Boss Lin, I think your eyes are very wrong...... Extraordinary...... Ambiguous? Are you sure your boyfriend doesn't blame you? ”
"......" Lin Xiao was silent, he was speechless.
"Hey, it's just a little joke." Depp went over with two cups of coffee and handed Lin Xiao a cup, "I just want to know, how did you find out my idea, I only told Peter, and you saw me in less than a minute to understand my intentions, is this the so-called heart-in-mind?" ”
"Maybe." Lin Xiao took it with a smile, "THANKYOU, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING AN EMOTIONAL RIVALRY WITH YOU." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Depp laughed mysteriously.
"Lin, come, come here, I'll tell you a little secret." He cocked the captain's famous orchid finger and said, "Hey! Black Pearl! Come over here with the captain! ”
The two smiled and came to a remote place, and Depp stretched out his broad hand, "Johnny. Depp, Gemini. ”
…… Lin Xiao suddenly felt that he couldn't keep up with the thinking of the Americans.
Lin Xiao ...... Capricorn ...... Probably ......"
The hands of the two shook hard, Depp stroked his antlers, and said with a smile, "It's the first time I've had a good chat with you, although I've always wanted to find an opportunity to do this, but you've been with Cheng, Zhou, and Li recently...... Well, I'm not a person who likes to talk nonsense, but I couldn't find any opportunity to get out until you said you wanted to play against me, and I had to follow with that. ”
Lin Xiao couldn't laugh or cry, Depp has mild schizophrenia, and almost several actors have this symptom, but he seems to have some eyes, especially after Pirates of the Caribbean.
The supporting role has to become the protagonist to this extent, and Depp is probably the first person in recent years.
"Forest." Depp restrained his smile and groaned, "That's the case, I have a friend...... Oh no, brother. He's not having a good time lately......"
"Depp, if he needs a position, no problem." Lin Xiao nodded and said, Depp is not one of the ten-man clubs, don't look at him The outside world is very popular, but throughout his film history, there are more nominations than awards, Oscar nominations three times, and he accompanies him every time, without two major international awards like Lin Xiao, he can't rise.
But even so, it is also a member of the 20 million club, although there is no dividend, Lin Xiao has no problem selling his face.
"Lin, that's not the case." Depp shook his head at Lin Xiao and said in a deep voice, "He's a screenwriter......"
Lin Xiao's eyes flashed, but he didn't speak.
The status of the screenwriter has now reached the edge of the cliff, why did AOL Times Warner suffer such a big loss and did not have much revenge, the first is that they are busy with AOL's big lawsuit, the lawsuit between the two giants, which has completely excited the Hollywood legal community in the economic crisis, and it is said that all Los Angeles law firms have been mobilized, and other teams have been invited from Chicago and Washington. The second is because of the sudden unification of the East and West Coast Screenwriters Association, and the huge pressure brought about by the joint protest.
This time, even the Federation of Labor and Industry didn't care, and the Artists Association watched the fire from afar, and the Big Six were tightly blocked by the screenwriters.
However, the strike has been going on for almost half a year.
Like Robert. McGee, Sid. Field, Bloom and others, it is not a problem to stay up for a year, however, Hollywood screenwriters are often not one person, but a huge team, the original screenwriter is called the main screenwriter, and after it comes out, the production company will hand it over to someone to modify, these screenwriters are called script doctors, and it is also a place where most low-level screenwriters make money to support their families, often a script has to go through four or five script doctors, but on the final screenwriter, only the name of the main screenwriter will be written.
Even Spielberg worked as a script doctor. However, after the screenwriters' strike, the temporarily unified Writers Guild of America strictly banned all film and television screenwriters from writing, and once they started writing, they were immediately expelled, resulting in a large number of screenwriters losing their jobs.
Depp ...... I don't have the intention of being a screenwriter......" Lin Xiao sighed, he couldn't help with this, he had to be low-key when he should be low-key, and he had to stick out his fangs when he shouldn't, he had just bitten off the new line, and then mixed into the screenwriters' strike, which could only make other companies unnecessarily vigilant.
"It's not that I want to trouble you to ask him to write a screenplay...... Depp hesitated, sighed and said, "Actually, he wants to ask you to write a screenplay...... Oh, co-writers......"
Lin Xiao frowned, Depp's friends are not afraid of being expelled? Expelled from the Hollywood Association, but an ugly stain.
Suddenly, his mind lit up and blurted out "Broadway?!" ”
Depp nodded approvingly, "That's right, the Screenwriters Guild explicitly prohibits screenwriters for TV stations and film companies, but they don't prohibit screenwriters for stage plays!" Oh, Lin, don't underestimate the power of Broadway, if charity is the lifeline of Hollywood artists, then Broadway is the second lifeline to keep the celebrities alive! ”
Lin Xiao nodded, daring to come to Hollywood, these homework will naturally be done. Broadway maintains the fame of countless artists, some are fledgling newcomers, and some are second-tier stars who have fallen from the first line, all of them have announced their existence to the world from time to time through this grand stage, and artists who have been born through Broadway salted fish abound.
The most typical is the actor who selected Sunset Avenue at that time, and Swanson, a silent film star who has been gone for 20 years, climbed to new heights with this play.
He thought for a long time, and then said "Depp, we are all members of the same crew, I like you very much......"
"Oh, Lin, I have a girlfriend." Depp showed a "I understand" expression: "You should go to McLean, he must be very happy about your invitation." ”
……
Speechless.
For Depp's "I understand," Lin Xiao didn't know what to say, no one didn't know that Gandalf, who is now playing the role of the human high priest in his crew, Ian. McCain was a comrade, but he almost forgot about it if he didn't say it.
"OK, it's just a joke, Lin, I know what you're worried about, are you afraid that my friend's script will lower your reputation? I understand that sooner or later you're going to get on Broadway, and no Hollywood entertainer is going to give up on that. However, Broadway has surprisingly high requirements for acting skills, and many artists who are lucky enough to be nominated for the Oscar, Palme d'Or, and Golden Lion are not up to the task, because this is a stage that faces the audience directly, and every flaw of the artist will be seen by the audience in its entirety. The first play was smashed, and the second play will definitely not turn out well...... As you might expect, my friend is not very famous, but I have read his script. That's impeccable! ”
Depp said very solemnly, Lin Xiao thought for a while and said, "Can you reveal it to me?" ”
"Of course, this is a story about ballet." Depp personally poured Lin Xiao a cup of coffee, "It's very interesting, the characters are full, everyone needs extremely high acting skills, deep understanding to be competent, and this is a musical." ”
"Where's the name?"
"Billy. Elliot. ”
"Ahem!" Lin Xiao almost squirted out a sip of coffee, and his eyes widened, "Mr. Depp, this joke is not funny at all." ”
Depp laughed out loud, "Haha, Lin, you finally have a time when you can't help it, how is it, are you interested?" ”
Lin Xiao smiled wryly, "Billy. Elliot...... Depp, this joke is too big. ”
He knew very well how valuable the name was.
Perhaps the Chinese audience is more than Billy. Eliot is not familiar with it, but he must be very familiar with the movie version of it in 2000, especially the "Dancing Life" translated in China.
This film may not have a trophy that is too prominent, but the reputation of the whole Europe and the United States is by no means low. Ranked 39th among the most famous British films.
Joking, he got a headache.
This original work was written by Lee. Since it became a film in 2000, it was adapted into a stage play for the first time in May 2005 at the Victoria Theatre in London, and since then, this film has become one of the few blockbuster productions on Broadway.
What he has a headache is that the stage play, whoever gets the copyright can arrange it, and the copyright is not unique, that is to say, today you can see the dancing life rehearsed by a certain director and screenwriter in London, and tomorrow you can see another group of people rehearsing in Paris to jump out of my world, so many screenwriters and directors want to exclude it, everyone thinks they can do the best, plus the era of the screenwriters' strike, there must be more people who fight its idea, if Depp participates in a screenwriter who is not very good, his signature is equivalent to more than worth the loss.
However, he must remember that in April 2009, the winner of the "Tony Award", the world's largest art stage award, which is closely linked to Broadway, was none other than Billy Murphy. Elliot!
"Who is the screenwriter?" He asked softly, about the stage play, the director is not so important, the important thing is the screenwriter, especially Depp personally invited him, obviously this play is star-studded, he estimates that it is basically the same status as him, less than the club of ten, but there are many people in 20 million, whether the performance is good or not, there is no need for the director to speak, other people's eyes can see it.
"Peter. Dalling. ”
Lin Xiao let out a long sigh of relief.
He didn't expect that Depp would bring such a big gift.
This person is the winner of the '09 Tony Award! And Billy. Elliot, who shined at the '09 Tony Awards, won multiple awards!