"It's not appropriate."

Lu Ping'an looked at the photo of Robert Downey Jr. and shook his head.

Let's not talk about acting skills and role matching.

On the commercial side, the protagonist of "Pacific Rim" needs to have strong box office appeal.

Now Robert Downey Jr. is clearly not a good fit.

It might even be counterproductive.

Because the role of the movie does not greatly change his impression in the minds of the public.

Instead of using him, it is actually better to use an unknown actor.

On the contrary, "District 9", which is in great need of acting skills, and "Iron Man", a playboy with a strong role, are suitable.

This is not Lu Ping'an's subjective judgment.

Rather, it is given by the system.

Downey's rating in "Iron Man" is 10.0, because it is the original, so this is the score, and the score of 10.0, no one has been able to surpass it so far.

In other words, Iron Man is his natal character.

The original actor in "District 9" is also 10.0, but when he comes, it is 10.6, which is very surpassing, and it can also be regarded as a chosen role.

But if you replace him with the protagonist of "Pacific Rim", his rating is only 9.4, which is obviously inappropriate.

"Then we'll see the next one."

Regarding Lu Ping'an's judgment, Watzberg still did not express too many opinions.

After hearing this, Lu Ping'an looked at the next actor: Matthew McConaughey.

That is, the protagonist of "Interstellar".

This man has never tried it.

Let's put it first, and move on to the next one: Matt Damon.

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

How did you forget him?

This person's commercial value is also good, although it is not as good as Brad Pitt and the like, but it is much better than the original.

The point is that this person is more disciplined, and there is no negative news about China later.

So if you really want to, you can really try to choose him.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the bathroom first."

Saying that, Lu Ping'an went to the toilet.

After a few minutes, Lu Ping'an returned to his office and said to Watzberg, "Just him, Matt Damon." ”

Just now he used the system to calculate it.

Matthew McConaughey's role is highly matched, 10.3, this is still an immature version of Matthew.

However, Lu Ping'an still chose Matt Damon.

Matt Damon's character match is 10.1, which is okay.

But the business value of people is much higher than that of Matthew McConaughey.

The "Spy" series, and the now finished filming of "The Departed".

Stepping on this outlet of his outbreak, the commercial value will definitely not be bad.

Hey, in fact, the best is Brad Pitt, 10.8, and the commercial value is also explosive, but it's a pity.

"Okay, then I'll ask him out."

"Okay."

Watts called directly and replied, "We can talk tomorrow." ”

"Okay."

Lu Ping'an nodded, and then talked about things.

"Chainsaw 3" is about to be released, and everything is going well.

This horror film series already has a strong fan base in Lao Mei, and with the promotion in place, the box office of "Chainsaw 3" should be more than the 80 million in North America in the original time and space.

This is already very strong, and the production cost of the whole film is only 8 million.

"Insidious 2" is also about to be released, and the expectations will not be bad, and it may even be better than "Chainsaw 3".

Because the two are different types of movies, one is more bloody horror on the surface, and the other is terrifying in the heart.

At present, there are more of the former on the market, and there are not many like the latter, coupled with the success of the first part, so the media prediction will be good.

The media also said that March is this year's horror month, which also makes many horror fans focus on it.

"Isn't this what we pushed?" Lu Ping'an said curiously.

"There are still contributions, but more spontaneously, but some people think it's better to put it on Halloween, and now the two sides may have to fight." Wattsberg said happily.

"Let's not get involved."

"Of course not, we only care about the box office."

"That's it."

Then let's talk about "Brokeback Mountain", Lao Hu is now in New York for public relations, and he will go to see it in a few days, and everything seems to be normal at present.

Finally, it's time for the next arrangement.

"Chainsaw 4", "Human Removal Plan" and other small-cost projects.

These have to be filmed in the next few years, because of the Olympics, he can't direct it himself, and it's not easy to direct, otherwise the cost is too high, but he can hang up the production.

Watzberg wrote them down one by one.

The matter was settled, and the next day Lu Ping'an met with Matt Damon as promised.

Seeing this young man, Lu Ping'an's mind was "The Martian".

Then inspiration struck.

Why don't you get this piece too?

Then form a domestic version of the interstellar universe and the like.

For example, didn't he have a "The Night the Comet Comed" earlier.

Then you can do "Lonely on the Moon", "The Martian", "Space Traveler" and so on.

Shaking off the thought in his heart, Lu Ping'an held Matt Damon's outstretched hand: "Hello."

Things went well.

Lu Ping'an, as a hot director in Hollywood at the moment, is still easy to find actors, and Matt Damon is no exception.

There are actually two main reasons for this.

One is that Matt Damon also wants to try to transform into other genres, and he doesn't want to always play a secret agent.

Now he has just finished acting in "The Departed", and "Spy Shadow 3" will start filming again in the second half of the year.

It's all about the same type of character, so the new type is very attractive to him.

In addition, the "2+1.5" salary, plus some other fractional rights, quickly settled the matter.

Of course, this is only a verbal agreement, and in the end it depends on the script.

"Give me an answer as soon as possible, the crew has already started."

"I know, Mr. Watzberg told me, and I'll check it the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Okay, then I wish you a happy cooperation."

"Thank you, and I wish you the Oscar."

"Haha, I've borrowed your good words."

The two shook hands and ended the conversation.

Lu Ping'an likes this efficient way of talking.

This made his impression of the pony a little higher.

After basically finalizing the protagonist, Lu Ping'an went on to finalize other actors.

Although "Pacific Rim" is a co-production, Hollywood actors are also essential.

The original "General" can still use the original black man.

Black Market Bosses can also use the original.

A few main roles are set in Hollywood, and this film is a Hollywood movie.

Nominally done, the next thing is to stuff some actors from other regions.

For example, the heroine and "Tiantong" can use Chinese actors.

Leftover roles can be used in European.

In short, casting is also linked to business.

This is called the performance of the star-centered system in the foreground.

After a lap locked, then the summit began to audition all over the world.

Lu Ping'an went to join Lao Hu.

Before leaving, Lu Ping'an received a call from Bob Shaye: "36 million, is it acceptable?" ”

I shouldn't have gone to watch the football game today, and it was still the scene, the Philippines overtook the Chinese team in the last 23 seconds, the whole person was not good, a bunch of uncles on the subway scolded all the way, I can understand you, and then try to be as cool as possible

(End of chapter)