Max Mikkelsen is 43 years old this year.

As a Danish actor, his acting career in Hollywood has not been smooth, and it can be said that it is very bumpy.

If Anne Hathaway's road to fame is smooth and perfect, then Max Mikkelsen's road to fame is tortuous and difficult.

Since his debut in 1996, in the past 12 years, Maz Mikkelsen has acted in more than a dozen works, including movies and TV series, but his popularity in North America is still very low.

Only crime TV dramas and literary movies will ask him to play some roles, and commercial films will occasionally ask him to play some villains.

If Wu Yuan hadn't appeared, he wouldn't have really entered the public eye until "Hunting" won the Cannes Best Actor.

Then the Cannes actor deigned to act in the "Hannibal" TV series, and he became really famous, and began to act in movies produced by Hollywood A-level, or continued to play the villain

From Max Mikkelsen, it can be seen that Hollywood says that it welcomes the world's top filmmakers to develop, but in fact, it is full of restrictions on foreign actors.

The Cannes actor is in Hollywood, and he can only play a supporting role as a villain.

But this world is different.

Wu Yuan, a Chinese director who is also a good outsider, admires Max Mikkelsen because of the reasons he has worked with, and chooses to let him play Cooper, the actor of "Interstellar".

Although this character doesn't seem to attract many fans, the character has little charisma and is completely a tool for the plot.

But to become the leading actor of a blockbuster with an investment of $180 million, as soon as Max Mikkelsen's resume deepens, his acting career will undoubtedly be much smoother in the future.

Not to mention, Wu Yuan is still thinking about whether to pair up with him again and shoot "Hunting" together.

Wu Yuan now admires Max Mikkelsen more and more he admires him.

And Max Mikkelsen is also very happy to be valued by Wu Yuan and have the opportunity to star in this super A-level production.

Max Mikkelsen, who has always had a cold face and looked like he was autistic, rarely showed a bright smile on his face, and hugged Wu Yuan enthusiastically: "Daniel, I really didn't expect you to invite me to play the leading role in this movie." ”

"When I heard the news from my agent, I was stunned."

"You know, I'm a Dane and I've had a rough time at Hollywood......"

Max Mikkelsen couldn't hide his excitement in his heart, and talked a lot to Wu Yuan, most of which was not easy for him to come this way, and even tears flashed in the corners of his eyes when he spoke deeply.

Anne Hathaway, who had been sitting on the sofa dignifiedly, looked at the two big men hugging each other with some curiosity.

She doesn't have the bumpy experience of Max Mikkelsen, and her acting career is very smooth, but she can also understand Max Mikkelsen's feelings.

Not to mention him as a young actor, even Anne Hathaway herself was a little excited when she learned of Wu Yuan's invitation.

It is true that in terms of achievements in the field of commercial films, there is not much gap between Wu Yuan and the directors she has worked with.

However, Wu Yuan's achievements in the field of art films are much higher than Christopher Nolan.

He only debuted four years later than director Nolan, but he has won awards in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, and even just won the Golden Bear this year!

Since Nolan's debut, he has won the Best Screenplay at the Saturn Awards in the United States and has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

In terms of awards, Wu Yuan's first film "Juno" in North America is enough to beat Christopher Nolan.

Anne Hathaway is precisely an actress who has artistic pursuits, dedicating herself to the art of film, and wants to be recognized by awards and honors.

To have the opportunity to cooperate with Wu Yuan, she is naturally excited and wants to grasp it firmly.

With this attitude that both actors cater to Wu Yuan very much, the atmosphere of this meeting is undoubtedly very good.

Handing the two first drafts of the script to the two, Wu Yuan explained to them: "The script is still in the refinement stage, and this script may not be the final version, but most of the plot has been determined, even if there are subsequent changes, that is, small changes." ”

"You can take it and study it first, read it thoroughly, and then the shooting will be smoother."

"The current shooting date should be July and August next year, and the filming will end at the end of November next year."

"You have to be ready to join the group."

The preparation of "Interstellar" was even more difficult than Wu Yuan imagined.

Originally, he thought that after experiencing the preparation of "Gravity", he should be handy in the preliminary preparation of this kind of sci-fi blockbuster.

But unexpectedly, the preparation of "Interstellar" was even more difficult, not only to create dynamic robots and spaceships, but also to improve a lot of scientific theories and modify the plot setting.

Even if Wu Yuan has the original plot and finished film effect in his mind, it is expected that the preparation for this movie will be completed until around March next year.

However, the shooting will not start immediately in March next year, because the planting period of corn has already been missed.

In North America, corn is usually planted from March to June.

In general, corn planting can take place from the end of February to mid-April in the southern region, from mid-April to early May in the central region, and from the end of May to early June in the northern region.

The land contracted by the crew is in Alberta, Canada, which is the northern region of the North American continent, and it will not be planted until the end of May, and it will not grow until mid to late September.

Although the crew doesn't necessarily have to wait until the corn grows before starting the film, considering the specific shooting arrangement, it has to start shooting in July and August at the earliest, and after filming the cornfield scene in September, it can almost be finished.

In this way, eighty percent of "Interstellar" is really going to fight with "Inception", and it will be released together.

And for Wu Yuan, he had been dragging Liu Yifei before, and he didn't promise her to act in a TV series together, and Bacheng had to do what she wanted.

The company's "Lonely and Brilliant Gods and Ghosts" has already set Liu Yifei to play the heroine, and the specific start time has not yet been determined, because it will be arranged according to the time when Liu Yifei enters the group "Interstellar".

Now that the start time of "Interstellar" is basically confirmed, "Ghost" will definitely be launched in the first half of next year.

From March to July next year, Wu Yuan has nothing to do for the time being, and this trip can't be hidden from Liu Yifei.

At that time, he will inevitably be pulled by Liu Yifei to act in this TV series.

Thinking wildly in his heart, it wasn't until Anne Hathaway and Max Mikkelsen finished reading the script that Wu Yuan came back to his senses.

"Come, let's talk about what you think of your respective roles, and feel free to say what you want."

Cocking Erlang's legs, Wu Yuan began to test these two internal actors.

Although it is predetermined, it is also necessary to ensure that the two of them are indeed competent for the role, and they can't really be pushed up just based on their own preferences.

Wu Yuan has always attached great importance to his own movies, if the two of them can't perform well, then they should be changed or changed!

Max Mikkelsen and Anne Hathaway also became nervous, and the two looked at each other, and the older Max Mikkelsen spoke first: "The character of Cooper seems to me to be a ...... with firm ideals" (end of chapter)