Jack Queen. Phoenix is a man of great character.

In 2008, he suddenly announced that he was "retiring" to pursue his dream and become a "hip-hop singer", so he found Xiaolu, no, he began to fly leaves every day, dry banknotes and wear gold chains, and he often looked for prostitutes, he was full of nonsense, peeing and drinking in public.

As a result, he was arrested by the police several times and taken to the police station.

Hollywood stars thought he was crazy and stayed away from him.

It wasn't until 2010 that he released the pseudo-documentary "I'm Still Here", a documentary that chronicles his absurd life for two years.

The purpose is to satirize the chaotic private lives of Hollywood stars.

He was disgusted by the publicity of Hollywood stars.

All because of the death of his beloved brother when he was young.

Jack Queen. Phoenix lives in a large family with five siblings, his brother is named Rivan. Phoenix.

Ruifan is a big handsome guy who used to be an A-list star in Hollywood.

Results in Johnny. At Depp's party, he died of an overdose of drugs.

Since then, Jackie. Phoenix is extremely disgusted with celebrity life.

He doesn't like parties, he doesn't like drinking parties, he doesn't like being on TV.

"Joker" made him win the Oscar, a well-deserved honor, and was jokingly called the most valuable actor by many media.

As we all know, the Oscars are selected by nearly 2,000 judges, and each Oscar has a lobby group, which is like an ancient lobbyist to persuade the judges to vote for that work and that star.

To compete for awards, producers, or celebrities need to spend a lot of lobbying money.

Millions of dollars at the minimum, tens of millions of dollars at most.

When the Joker was released, he only attended five movie promotions, and he didn't go to other promotional events.

He rejected the producer's offer to lobby for him, and he won the Oscar because the judges voted for him spontaneously that year.

Such an actor can continue to make appointments, entirely because he has enough superb acting skills.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Jie Kun refused the invitation of the "Joker" crew at first, and then the director and producer came to the door three or four times, which moved Jie Kun.

Jackie refused because he was afraid to play the role.

Jackie is an experiential actor, and after he performs, he will inevitably bring in the role.

On YouTube, there are a lot of videos of Jekun breaking down and crying in the crew of "Joker", which is not hype, he really blends in.

Li Shengyao knows a lot about Jack Kun.

After all, Jackie is known as a "Hollywood freak", and when he was studying in his previous life, he had seen a lot of Jackie news.

However, whether he can successfully invite Jackie to agree to the performance, he actually has no confidence.

Jackie now works with the intensity of one film a year, and this spring he finished the film "Sex is Evil."

Lee Shengyao invited him now, and then expected to start the film in September, but people may not agree.

After all, Jacuen may have a life plan in mind.

But the filming of "Joker" was not easy, and the story in the movie was in the autumn and winter.

The sky in autumn and winter, the intensity of light, the brightness of objects, and the fog emitted by the characters speaking are things that cannot be simulated in spring and summer.

If you don't shoot this year, it will have to be delayed until next year.

Lee Shengyao naturally didn't want to delay a whole year, and he wanted to finish filming on the set by the end of this year.

At nine o'clock in the morning on this day, a fiery red sun hung in the sky of Los Angeles, and white clouds floated in the sky.

The summer breeze is blowing.

The streets are filled with tourists from all over the world, ladies wearing bowler hats and men wearing trousers and slippers.

Standing in the kitchen, you can smell the smell of seafood, not because you bought seafood at home, but because of the smell of the sea breeze.

At a coffee shop in Inglewood, Lee Shengyao, Emmerich, and Jackie sit around a small round table.

Li Shengyao didn't order coffee, he just asked for a glass of water.

Emmerich asked for a cup of coffee, and Jaaquin asked for a glass of orange juice.

Jaequin's long hair at this time, he was blonde when he was younger, and he has turned into black hair by this time.

His face was greasy, his eyes were blank, and there was a dent on his lips that looked like a scar.

He wears a long gray sweatshirt with a pair of black pants and a pair of bright green slippers.

It looks very ordinary, like a greasy uncle who can be met at any time.

Jackie, Little Lizi, Keanu Reeves, these people don't seem to have any burden when they're not acting, and they don't care about their image at all.

At this time, Jackie is talking about his thoughts on La La Land.

This movie has been released in Europe and the United States, and the box office is average, and there should be 20 million in the beautiful country.

It is completely dependent on Lee Shengyao's past fame to promote the film.

After all, the movie was shot in China, it is a song and dance film, and the actors are all Chinese, so such a film cannot be expected to have a high box office.

However, the movie has a good reputation, and it has a high score on Rotten Tomatoes and Yahoo.

Many film critics gave high reviews.

Woody Allen has both publicly praised the film.

Li Shengyao listened quietly to Jiekun, he observed Jiekun, wanting to see if Jiekun was what the entertainment media said.

"He's a psychopath, no one knows what he thinks, the only thing we know for sure is that he's a playworm.

Lee, his acting skills are really good, and he is very engaged when he acts.

But he's very difficult, I think it's hard for us to invite him, so it's better to change someone, it's a complete waste of time on him.

He has one film a year and will not be working again this year. ”

This is Emmerich's opinion.

Finally, Jackie finished his opinion on La La Land.

Emmerich took the lead and said, "Man, we're here this time to talk to you about the next movie project, we have a new movie, called "Joker", which is the clown in the DC universe.

However, the movie is not about a crazy and sick villain at all, this is a completely new story.

I wonder if you're interested?"

Jackie Kun glanced at Li Shengyao, "Li, when are you going to make this movie?"

"Filming will start in September, and we will strive to complete the filming on the set this year."

Jackie nodded and then said leisurely: "I make one movie a year, and I've already worked this year, and I need more time to enjoy life, so I can't take on your new play."

Of course, if you can wait until next year to shoot, then I can consider it. ”

Li Shengyao smiled, "If you act in "Joker" and act in next year's movie in advance, won't you be able to rest for a whole year next year?" ”

When Jaequin heard this, he laughed, "That little old man from Woody Allen said the same thing, but he refused to me.

He said he could wait for me, and he could push it back to next year. ”

Emmerich and Lee Shengyao looked at each other.

Jacoon is definitely not a psychopath, he knows how to fight for his own interests.

However, Woody Allen is going to be pushed to next year, and Li Shengyao can't wait.

He picked up the glass, took a sip of water, and said seriously: "Phoenix, I know Woody Allen's new movie, it's a light comedy, to be honest, he's a master of cinema, but I don't think acting in a movie like this will help your career."

And my film is different, this movie can help you and take your historical status up a notch. ”

Jackie waved his hand absently, "Lee, those things are important to other people, but I never took them to heart. ”

If Xiao Li Zi said this, Li Shengyao didn't believe it 100%.

But Jackie. That's exactly what Phoenix does.

He thought for a moment, then said, "Man, this is a movie that reflects social division, luxury and chaos at the top, and misery and despair at the bottom, you can read the script, I promise you will absolutely like it." ”

Li Shengyao's eyes were confident and firm, and his voice was not loud, but he was very sure.

Jackie tilted his head, "Okay, show me the script." ”

Lee then handed over the script.

Jackie opened the script, and then read it.

Emmerich gave Lee a look, and the two of them left the coffee shop together.

Emmerich pulled out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, but didn't light it.

He just made a look of smoking, "Lee, in the past few years, he has been a movie a year, many Hollywood producers have tried to invite him, and all kinds of conditions have been agreed, but in the end it still didn't work, I don't think we should hope too much."

And his acting skills are indeed very good, but he is not an actor with charisma.

Lee, maybe we can consider someone else, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, or Brad Pitt.

These people have a great image before, and if they come to play the clown, it is a subversive performance, which can create a dramatic contrast, which makes it easier to attract the audience.

And Phoenix doesn't have that effect. ”

When Emmerich invited Lee Shengyao to come to the beautiful country to make a movie, he promised Lee Shengyao that he would listen to Lee Shengyao except for publicity and distribution.

Now Emmerich has a different opinion on the choice of the male lead.

In a consultative tone, he hoped that Li Shengyao would consider his suggestion.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he patted Emmerich's arm, "Toby, I understand your thoughts, according to your ideas, it is indeed very contrasting.

However, the result is that the audience pays more attention to the movie star than the content.

You believe me, this movie will spark a huge discussion in the beautiful country, we can attract the audience with the content of the movie, and there will definitely be a high box office.

With Phoenix, it will make the quality of the movie look higher. ”

Emmerich sighed when he heard this, "Okay, I'll always support you, but what if Phoenix doesn't agree?" ”

Li Shengyao thought for a while, "Give me half a month, if he still doesn't agree, we will choose other actors." ”

Hollywood attracts global talent, and there must be actors who can play clowns.

If Jackie. Phoenix really didn't want to cooperate, so Lee Shengyao invited other actors.

The two then returned to the coffee shop.

Jackie is still reading the script, he is reading it very slowly, and it can be seen that he really read every sentence.

By lunchtime, Jackie hadn't finished yet.

Li Shengyao didn't deliberately wait for Jack Kun, and asked, Jie Kun said that he wanted to continue reading the script, and Lee Shengyao and Emmerich took the lead in finding a Mexican restaurant to eat.

After eating, it was not until more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

Jackie finished reading the script at this time, and he ate coffee for almost half an hour during the period.

"Lee, this is a really great script, I like this story very much, it's completely different from cliché superhero movies, who wrote it?"

Li Shengyao smiled and continued: "I wrote it." ”

"Oh awesome, you're a talented person, and if the film doesn't win the Academy Award for Best Screenplay the year after, the Oscar judges are blind."

When Emmerich heard this, his eyes were a little more bright, and he felt that Jackie. Phoenix was willing to cooperate.

At this point, Jackie continued, "I don't want to perform, though. ”

"Why?"

Emmerich couldn't help but ask.

"It's a great story, I love it, and if I join the Joker crew, I'll do my best and perform seriously, but it's too tiring.

Toby, I'm so tired right now, and I've been thinking a lot of times, should I be so tired?

I guess I should give myself a vacation, and I should pick up some lighthearted, enjoyable movies like Woody Allen's comedy. ”

When Emmerich heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

Such an answer made him unable to refute.

Li Shengyao naturally heard Jiekun's words, and he immediately persuaded Jiekun from film awards, film honors, social effects, and the difficulty of interpretation, but after the conversation, he still did not persuade Jiekun.

"That's it, Lee, it's a pity that we have the opportunity to work together again."

Jack Queen. Phoenix then drove away, and it was almost half-past four.

The temperature is still very high, there are more tourists on the street, and there are many handsome men and beautiful women.

Those fashionable girls, dressed very little, showed off their excellent figures.

Many men sat on the side of the road, looking excitedly, and the girls were invited, and they were given permission, and they let out a hearty laugh.

Everything was so beautiful.

Emmerich looked at Lee Shengyao, only to find that Lee Shengyao was looking at the sea in a daze.

"Lee, let's go back, find someone else, and ask Phoenix what he likes."

Lee shook his head, "Toby, we're going to Phoenix now, and I've come up with a reason to convince him." ”

"What?"

"His brother, his family."

Ruifan. Phoenix had a great influence on Jacques, and thirty years later, he still misses his brother.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Jack's son was born in 2020, and in honor of his brother, he named his son Ruifan.

As for Jackie. Phoenix's family had a major impact on him as well.

When Jackie was a child, his parents actually joined a shoe school, and their children had no meal and had a very hard time.

And Ruifan was forced to have sex with a little girl at this time, and it is said that many adults watched.

This kind of thing deeply affected Jacques. Phoenix.

He is extremely disgusted with the glitzy life of Hollywood, and there must be a reason for his maverick personality.

Soon after, Lee and Emmerich arrived at Jackquin's house.

It's a small, ordinary-looking single-family courtyard with some books on the sofa, not very neat, but not very messy, just like an ordinary person's house.

Li Shengyao said seriously: "Phoenix, when I wrote the script, I thought of you, and I think you are the most suitable actor for this role in the world."

I hope you can finish this film with us.

It's a story of suffering at the bottom, don't you think it's playing out in our world?

By completing this film, we can wake up more people, let more people see the hypocrisy and exaggeration of the rich, and let more people understand the true meaning of life.

I've heard about some of the things in your house that could have been avoided altogether, and if there were more movies like Joker, it would definitely inspire more people. ”

Jack Queen. When Phoenix heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then shook his head, "Li, this movie is very meaningful, but the starring role is not me, I don't want to be so tired." ”

"Phoenix, it belongs to you, when I wrote the script, I thought of you, please trust me, you can ask Emmerich, you can ask Warner others, I never thought about anyone else, I think this story belongs to you.

Your story inspires me, and I hope we can finish it together. ”

As the sun set, the red glow fell on Li Shengyao's face, his tone was very calm, and his face was very natural.

Emmerich sat on the sidelines, his expression unchanged.

They weren't lying.

Jack Queen. Phoenix was slightly stunned, a little unsure, is this movie really so suitable for him, is it his work?

(End of chapter)