Chapter 368: Wahlberg's Intentions
"A story about a young actor breaking into Hollywood, that's how it was conceived," Wahlberg explained over coffee, "You know, there's still too little film and TV about it in Hollywood." ”
"What are you going to do?" Sean was smiling, but there was a bit of helplessness in his smile, "You don't even have an outline right now, Mark." ”
"Who says I don't," Wahlberg pretended to be dissatisfied, "I've seen some of the movies about Hollywood, about this circle, and they all involve shallow things, either patronizing to describe how hard the protagonist works, or only focusing on all kinds of insider stories, and most importantly, all kinds of entertainment are only supporting roles." I conceived ...... Or we didn't want to describe how the male protagonist became a star from a newcomer, so we chose to start from the beginning of fame, describing the life of a star, as well as his friends and his work, and his agent - Ali can provide details on this, in fact, I plan to revise his story and write a script, and the process of his founding Endeavor is quite exciting. ”
When Sean heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Ali, who was sitting with him? Emmanuel, who sits upright, poses in such a casual place as a café...... So it's easy to see a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and obviously, he doesn't think much of Wahlberg's idea, but he has the same problem as Frederick.
"Let me think about it - you mean that all the character archetypes come from the people around you?" Sean asked after thinking for a moment.
"Of course." Wahlberg nodded.
"So the actor is based on you?" Sean smiled.
"Hmm...... Sort of," although it was a little embarrassing, the other party quickly admitted, "but not all, at least the screenwriter we found didn't recommend completely applying my situation, you know, my past experience was not very glamorous." ”
"Understood," Sean put away his smile and took a deep breath, "So, what do you need me to do Mark?" ”
"It's easy," Wahlberg smiled pleasantly, "I want you to help me with it, your production company has experience in this, doesn't it?" The hit "Desperate Housewives" on ABC was produced by your company, right? Rhea likes to watch it very much, and I heard that the ratings are very good, and you are always so discerning. ”
Sean, who took a sip of coffee, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard the last sentence, I see, this is his purpose?
"I'm not the only one who can give you advice, right?" He thought about it and said carefully, then looked at Wahlberg's agent, "What do you think, Ali?" ”
"It's a little whimsical, but Mark thinks there's a lot to do." Emmanuel said in a calm tone, but the helplessness between his eyebrows was more obvious.
Wahlberg didn't know whether he couldn't see it or didn't see it, or if he saw it and pretended not to see it, he immediately made a few excited gestures, as if to say: Look, even Ali supports me.
"What about the others? Endeavor has so many contacts, you can go to more and more capable people to ask for advice, why look for me? Sean then said.
"Of course," Wahlberg nodded, "of course I've consulted them, but I'm consulting you, Sean, and I just want to know what you think." ”
This guy ...... Sean grinned, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Then, Frederick, who had been as settled as Emmanuel from the beginning, and had never opened his mouth, and was specially pulled over by Sean to accompany him, finally spoke: "Let's talk about it, Sean, even if it's the production process of the TV series, or the communication with the TV station, etc., let's ease Mark's curiosity." ”
Is your boss putting that much pressure on you? Sean couldn't help but look at him and thought a little strangely, and then he reacted immediately.
Well, Wahlberg not only wants to use his own vision, but also wants to pull his own investment, and then use these two points to convince the TV station, which is really a few birds with one stone.
"Do you want to hear it, Mark?" Realizing this, Sean looked at Wahlberg with a smirk.
"Yes...... It's also a good idea to hear about it. Wahlberg probably also noticed that Sean might know, and blushed when he said this.
Sean didn't make fun of it, but thought for a few minutes: "Can you tell me, what do you think is the highlight of this TV series?" ”
"The life of a star, such as...... Throwing a lot of money or endless parties, being begged by a production company to write a huge check, and so on. Wahlberg pondered, "Of course, the constant change of female companions is also one of them. ”
After a pause here, he immediately added: "There are definitely positive factors, such as the actor giving up the high salary of commercial films for independent films, such as seeing a script he likes, desperately wanting to invest in making a movie, and so on."
And then there's the camaraderie, the family, and I have a couple of friends who are also from Boston, and there's a lot of ready-made material. As for love, if the male protagonist is set as a heartthrob, then he can make a fuss about close friends, for example, his agent can be a man who is capable but likes to take advantage of small advantages, and at the same time loves his family and is even a little afraid of his wife. ”
Hearing this, Emmanuel, who was originally a little careless, immediately looked over with wide eyes, with disbelief, obviously it was the first time he had heard of it.
"Don't worry, Ali, it's not you." Wahlberg laughed.
Sean couldn't help but laugh too, and then glanced at Frederick, who was staring at his boss with sympathetic eyes, well, to say that in this regard, they really have a lot of common language in terms of giving their agent a headache, since that's the case......
"I think it's interesting, Mark," he said immediately, "I'm not lying, I can see that you've done a lot of very good preparations, and I think maybe you can try." ”
Then he raised a hand and stopped Wahlberg who wanted to speak: "However, I can't give you more advice right now, I need a detailed outline and the content of the first episode so that I can have a more pertinent view, that's what you hope for, isn't it?" ”
"Well, you have the final say." Wahlberg thought for a moment and said.
"Don't worry, Mark," Sean smiled as he raised his glass, "even if there's a TV show in May, we'll have plenty of time to prepare and get it up and running. ”
He's not trying to make a perfunctory deal, he does think it's a good idea, and he has made the other party say so much, not only to find out the wind and learn more about the situation, but also to bring back his own memories, and when it comes to showing the life of a star, he has a vague feeling, and so far, his intuition has hardly missed.
"Maybe Mark can really make a good TV series, so you know, the layman's opinion is not useless." In the car back, Sean said to his agent.
"I already knew." Frederick, who was dragged to accompany him, and then didn't say a few words the whole time, immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily.
Well, although he likes to be petty, he is still cute most of the time.
Putting aside Wahlberg's affairs for the time being, after it was done, Sean quickly went from sunny Los Angeles to the equally sunny Miami, to the crew of "Fast and Furious".
For this sequel movie, although Frederick blew it out in order to convince him, and what was the single-handedness of the box office of more than 100 million, Sean didn't pay much attention to it, especially now that he signed with Warner to play "Batman". Basically, you can handle it from beginning to end, so you can only spend a fraction of the energy on the performance.
To be honest, if he can continue to work with Jordana, it can also cheer him up, but Universal has just made a new script, and I don't know how many people will like it after giving up the structure of the first part. It's a pity that Sean is neither an investor nor a producer, and he has no say in the script, otherwise he would have recommended Jennifer a long time ago? Aniston is coming to play the heroine of the second part.
At least he was more familiar with her, and he could help Jennifer expand her career by the way, but unfortunately, before doing so, he asked the other party for advice, and Jennifer bluntly refused. Well, she still has hope for a transformation, even if it's slim, even if the few independent films she has starred in are not highly rated.
It doesn't matter, if you were Sean, you would choose it this way, no actor wants his image to be fixed all the time, since this is the case, and there was no response after being tempted, he gave up this plan.
Although Sean coped with things to a large extent, the producers didn't particularly care, they always thought that this movie was just a variety of racing scenes anyway, just like Jennifer, it would take enough losses to wake up. In short, they are quite tolerant, of course, although Sean is coping, it does not affect the filming progress is also one of the reasons.
So, in this case, will the heroine Eva? Mendes lane ****, it seems to be excusable. Although this woman's facial features are not so delicate, a woman with Latin blood seems to be naturally sexy, as long as her figure is maintained well, and the mole on her face is also very sultry, and she came to tease Sean first, so it happened.
But in this way, when Naomi and the others came to visit the class, Jordana, who knew what he had done and had chosen to ignore certain things, was very unkind to him this time.
"You really like this kind of mature woman, don't you?" She said it with a sneer, and it seemed that she might come forward and bite him at any moment.
It's so weird, so Sean thinks...... She may have felt a little inferior to her figure after seeing Eva, after all, this Eva is different from that Eva, she is not the kind of pocket type who is only 5 feet tall, and her body is very hot, Jordana must not be able to compare.
As for the other two, Katie was still skeptical, very skeptical, and tested Sean several times in her words, which made him very depressed. And Zoe, who was basically begged to come, ignored it at all, to the point that Jordana had a bit of style at the beginning, but I didn't know what she was thinking.