Chapter 301: Box Office Poison
"What? You say Cruise likes men? Shakru asked, shocked.
Miranda nodded and said, "Yes, otherwise why would they have been married for so many years and have no baby." ”
"Well, I always thought it was the two of them who had a problem." Shakru replied hesitantly.
"If I tell you, Cruise has never touched Sister Nicole, can you believe it?"
"If that's true, then Nicole Kidman is so pathetic, but why not get a divorce when you just found out?" Shakru asked, puzzled.
Miranda sighed: "Isn't this to take advantage of Cruise's fame to ascend to the top, at that time, Sister Nicole thought that it was a good thing to be popular without paying the price of her body, but now it seems that a woman can live without the nourishment of a man, how boring it is." ”
"Then let me moisten you again!" Shakru chuckled, and then pressed on.
Although Shakru had seen Nicole Kidman in movies and entertainment news for a long time, he couldn't help but be shocked when he actually saw it in reality, because Nicole was too tall, and Shakru believed that her actual height was definitely more than 180, maybe she lowered herself to report her height.
Thinking of this, he thinks it's very interesting, ordinary celebrities, especially female stars, say that their height is higher, but there are also individual female stars who report their height low, it is said that when Gigi Leung first made her debut audition for Andy Lau's "Chariot of Fire", she deliberately bent her legs when she took a photo with Andy Lau, just because she was afraid that she would be too tall and not match Andy Lau. Nicole Kidman is even more so, the two of them are standing together, it is obvious that Tom is relatively short, so it is possible for Nicole to report a low height.
While Shakru was thinking, Nicole Kidman took the initiative to beckon, "You're Mr. Pandit, aren't you?" Miranda has told me many times that it's an honor to meet you today! ”
"I'm also glad to have met you, and I love the one you starred in." But as soon as this sentence was finished, Shakru regretted it, because he realized that this film was a collaboration between Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, and the two were about to divorce, so it seems a little inappropriate to say this now, but then again, Nicole Kidman's movie Shakru has not seen much, and the most impressive "Island Cry" has not yet been staged, and now what he has seen is this "Eye-opening".
may have touched Nicole's sadness, only to see her smile bitterly and say: "Hey, it seems that I am really not suitable for making movies, from 85 to the present, the films that everyone remembers are either "Thunder Ambition" or "Eye-opening". ”
I still approve of Nicole's self-deprecating Shakru, because she is a well-known box office poison, such as "The Golden Compass" costs $180 million, but the box office is only 70 million, "Australian Troubled Times" costs $130 million, and the box office is less than 50 million, and "A Fairy Wife", which has been on the air for decades, and the movie version she starred in still did not recover the cost. If once or twice is accidental, but almost every time, it must be for her own reasons.
But at this time, Shakru definitely couldn't say this, so he could only comfort: "I think it may be that there is a problem with the film and character you choose, the film is not popular, and the character has no personality, so no matter how hard you work, it will be difficult to get good results." It's not that Shakru is talking nonsense, Nicole Kidman's problem is indeed in the role positioning. Because she is a sister-in-law, the starting point is too high, and she does not accept the small films, vase roles, and image-damaging roles, which leads to her acting path being too narrow, so it is difficult to become popular.
"And what kind of role do you think is right for me?" Nicole Kidman asked.
Shakru thought for a long time, and then said, "I think maybe the song and dance film will be better, right?" In his impression, Nicole Kidman seems to have been nominated for several awards for the famous song and dance film "Moulin Rouge", but he hasn't seen this play, so he can't call it accurate. In fact, what he wanted to say more was "Island Cry", in his memory, this is the movie that Nicole Kidman left him with the deepest impression, the unique narrative perspective of this drama and the big reversal in the last minute of the film, so that the young Shakru deeply realized what it means to not see the last minute You will not understand what the film is about. (I recommend friends who haven't watched it to watch it, "Island Cry" is definitely a suspense movie or a masterpiece of high-IQ brain-burning movies, and Nicole Kidman's performance in it is also remarkable.) )
But Nicole Kidman was thrilled with the answer: "Really? I just finished filming a song and dance film called "Moulin Rouge", and I also feel very comfortable shooting, and I hope that I can borrow your good words to make this drama a big hit. ”
"In fact, song and dance films are more suitable for awards, and there are few good box office films, after all, this is the United States, not our India." Shakru laughed to himself.
"It's really strange to me to say, it seems that your local Indian films, no matter what the subject matter, have to add a lot of song and dance performances to them."
Shakru has explained this problem many times, so he said easily: "There are regional reasons for this, for many Indian audiences, especially those who watch outdoor movies, watching movies is an alternative meeting place, everyone sings and dances with the songs and dances in the film, which is very happy, as for the plot of the film, it is not very important." ”
Nicole Kidman suddenly realized, "But your film company doesn't seem to make this style of film." ”
Shakru nodded and said, "Because my target market is not in India, so naturally I won't shoot like this." ”
The dinner ended quickly in this relaxed and natural state, but on the way back, Miranda asked Shakru very strangely: "Honey, I was really surprised today, I thought you would take advantage of today's conversation with Sister Nicole, and even I was ready to help you, but you didn't say a word like this tonight, don't you like Sister Nicole?" ”
"How can I not like a big beauty like Nicole, it's just that today's occasion is not very suitable, and she is not divorced after all, in case some inappropriate photos are taken by those gossip media, wouldn't it be causing trouble for her, it's better to wait until she is single." Shakru explained as he drove. (To be continued.) )