"Charlotte, it's not easy to invite you to a premiere!"

At the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", Warner's producer David Heyman complained to Charlotte,

"Anyway, you are also one of the producers of the "Harry Potter" series, so you still care about the little wizards!"

"If I didn't care, do you think the special effects in Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban would be at the same level as they are now? and—"

Charlotte shrugged,

"If I really care too much, you should worry about it, right?"

"How so?"

David smiled dryly and waved his hand, but did not continue his complaint.

Because the truth is indeed as Charlotte said-

As a Hollywood super-A-list director who has never failed at the box office, it's good that Charlotte doesn't have any opinions during the production of the "Harry Potter" series, and if he says anything, even David Heyman, as the chief producer, can't ignore it.

Even the Warner executives behind David may be more willing to listen to Charlotte.

After all, in Hollywood, there is authority for the successful.

And a person like Charlotte, who is constantly successful and never fails, is an authority that everyone will be superstitious.

Therefore, if Charlotte really expressed too many opinions during the production of the "Harry Potter" series, then David Heyman's position as the chief producer became very awkward.

- It's like in the NBA or the Premier League, if a retired celebrity or a departing legendary coach dictates the current situation of the team he once played, the current manager will definitely have a lot of headaches.

Of course, Charlotte didn't do this, on the one hand, she really didn't want to do this kind of disgusting thing that she didn't have back pain when she stood and talked, and on the other hand, she really didn't have time.

- If he had that time, he might as well have taken over the work of chief producer and even director of the Harry Potter series when he negotiated directly with Warner!

That way he would get more out of the series, and Warners would never want it.

- Now that you have put these things away, but you are pointing fingers, isn't that asking for trouble for yourself?

Anyway, Charlotte wasn't going to do such a stupid thing.

However, this does not mean that he will completely let go of Harry Potter.

After all, not to mention that in this world, the first "Philosopher's Stone" in the Harry Potter series was filmed by him, and the interests that belong to him in this series alone make him unable to completely let go.

And precisely, this time David Heyman invited him to attend the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", an important purpose was to ask him to help-

"Charlotte, Chris doesn't plan to continue directing the series anymore!"

Seeing that no one else was eavesdropping nearby, David whispered to Charlotte,

"He felt that since Prisoner of Azkaban, the story of Harry Potter has become more and more dark and adult-oriented, which is not quite in line with his style!"

"That's right!"

Charlotte nodded—

Chris Columbus, the director, is indeed not suitable for too serious and dark films.

In fact, before taking the helm of the "Harry Potter" series, Chris Columbus was best known for "Home Alone 1" and "Home Alone 2".

- Hollywood's unanimous opinion, Chris Columbus's films, are always full of childlike fun.

In Charlotte's original time and space, the director directed the first two installments of the "Harry Potter" series and made a good start to the series.

After that, he also resigned from his job as a director for reasons that did not match his style.

And in this time and space, because of Charlotte, it is not Chris Columbus's turn to work for the beginning of the "Harry Potter" series.

But even so, after directing "The Chamber of Secrets" and "The Prisoner of Azkaban" in a row, he submitted his resignation -

"It seems that Chris Columbus really doesn't quite fit the style of the story behind 'The Prisoner of Azkaban!'"

Charlotte sighed in her heart,

He couldn't say anything about it.

After all, a bad style is like a shoe that doesn't fit, it's not good, and a strong twist will only make everyone uncomfortable.

"So, David, you need to re-choose the director?"

Charlotte looked at David,

"Is there anything I need help with?"

"I need your opinion!"

David said in a deep voice,

"At the moment, I have three candidates to succeed the director, and I need you to comment on them for me - of course, if you want to succeed, that's the best!"

"Don't think about that, David!"

Charlotte shook her head and said,

"I'd better help you with the question of the successor!"

"Okay!"

David shrugged.

He also knew that the odds of Charlotte agreeing to take over were low - after all, the guy had turned down several times before.

Even Warner's temptation to increase the global total revenue share did not let him waver.

David didn't think he was more attractive than the green Mr. Franklin.

Still, he couldn't resist trying.

After all, people always have to have dreams, what if they succeed?

Of course, it seems that there is a reason why dreams are called dreams.

But David wasn't disappointed either.

He naturally introduced Charlotte to the candidate to succeed the director-

"First up is Mike Neville, a British director, best known for his British work Four Weddings and a Funeral. ”

"Hugh Grant and Andy McDowell?"

"Yes. ”

David nodded,

"What, you've seen this movie?"

"Of course. "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is a prime example of British humor and romantic comedy, and I've seen it!"

Charlotte said with a smile.

In fact, when he and Charlize were dating, they watched the movie together three times.

On the one hand, this is because this love movie is really good and very much in line with the appetite of the two.

On the other hand, it was because of the hero's marital phobia in the movie, which to some extent resonated with Charlize, who had not yet solved his psychological problems at the time and still wanted to sleep with Charlotte and not get married.

- Of course, now that the two of them are almost two years old and their daughters are almost two years old, this resonance is meaningless.

But thanks to this, Charlotte is more aware of Mike Neville's directing style.

In particular, he has an acquaintance who once worked under Mike Neville-

"John Hannah, who played Jonathan, the heroine Evelyn's brother, when I was filming 'The Mummy,' was a big supporting character in Mike Neville's 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.'"

Charlotte explained to David,

"He said that Mike Newell is a very delicate director who is good at discovering actors' performances, and he is very good at it - and this is also very much in line with my judgment from "Four Weddings and a Funeral". ”