Without responding to Aaliyah's compliment, Simon remembered something and asked, "By the way, how tall are you?"
"5 feet 9 inches."
The Indian girl didn't understand why Simon suddenly asked this, but she answered immediately.
As he said that, he stood up and showed it to Simon.
Aaliyah was only wearing a light blue sweater and white jeans in the apartment. The slightly loose sweater still couldn't hide the girl's well-proportioned and graceful figure, even though it was easy to tell through the girl's black hair and facial features. Her ethnicity, if she walks on the street, will definitely attract a high rate of return.
Giving up the idea of pulling the girl over to play with it, Simon shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, it's too high."
Seeing Simon's gaze retracted, Aaliyah knelt down next to the man again, maintaining the same posture with his arms on the armrests of the sofa, and asked: "Sir, is there any problem with this?"
Simon said: "If you are under 5 feet 6 inches tall, there happens to be a role that is perfect for you."
There was no trace of disappointment on Aaliyah's face. She glanced at the storyboard in Simon's hand and asked, "Is this the movie your husband is preparing for?"
"No," Simon shook his head and said, "There is another film called "Smell the Scent of a Woman". There is a tango dance in the film that I believe will be very brilliant. The male protagonist needs a dance partner. Unfortunately, you are a bit tall. No. It’s so suitable.”
Gabrielle Anwar, the tango girl in the original "Scent of a Woman", is actually half Indian.
If Aaliyah wasn't too tall, Simon would have looked forward to giving this girl, whose appearance and temperament is much better than Gabrielle Anwar, a try.
However, 5 feet 9 inches, converted to more than 175cm, which is already a model-level height.
Al Pacino is barely 1.7 meters tall.
If Aaliyah had put on high heels during the filming, the scene would have been very inconsistent.
Aaliyah didn't ask any more about "Scent of a Woman" and looked over with a pair of amber eyes: "Actually, I'm a pretty good dancer. If sir, I can dance for you if you have time."
Simon didn't speak, but raised his head slightly and gestured in one direction.
Aaliyah turned her head.
Janet was standing at the door of the living room looking at her with a smile.
Ordinary Manhattan residents can own a 120-square-meter apartment in various skyscrapers, which is already very spacious. The total area of this three-story duplex apartment exceeds 1,200 square meters. You can imagine how big the internal space is.
The living room where Simon and Aaliyah were located was on the second floor of the duplex apartment, and the kitchen was on the first floor. The Indian girl thought that the hostess would not suddenly appear, so she had the courage to get close to Simon.
I just didn't expect that I would be caught.
After forcing herself to stand up calmly, Aaliyah tried her best to look at Janet and said, "Madam, um, I'm going downstairs first."
Even so, under Janet's gaze, the girl did not dare to move for a while.
Simon just wanted to play a little prank and didn't remind the Indian girl Janet that she was at the door. At this time, feeling Aaliyah's obviously frightened tone, he took the initiative: "Go downstairs and help AB and the others prepare dinner."
The man of the house spoke, and Janet at the door turned sideways again. Aaliyah finally felt like she was being pardoned, and walked out quickly with her head slightly lowered.
As soon as the girl left, Janet pounced on her with all her teeth.
Simon quickly threw away the picture folder in his hand and reached out to grab Janet's waist.
Janet sat on Simon and nibbled for a while, and soon they hugged each other softly, but continued: "I haven't settled the accounts with you for taking a few women to Hawaii a few days ago, hum. , you sleep on the sofa tonight."
Simon kissed Janet gently on the lips and said with a smile, "Okay, let's experience what it's like to sleep on the sofa together tonight."
"Sleep on the sofa yourself."
"Then I will miss you so much that I can't sleep."
"Ugh, little bastard."
After getting tired of pestering for a while, Janet got down to business: "Dad wants us to go back to Australia for Easter."
"Okay, let's take a look at the kids."
"And aunt."
“…”
Janet pressed her head against Simon's forehead and teased: "When you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow, why don't you take Aaliyah with you and let her dance for you?"
Simon reached out and scratched Janet's ribs twice, and the woman giggled and softened again.
Redefining the acquisition strategy for LTD Company, Simon returned to Los Angeles the next day.
Many of Daenerys Entertainment's recent projects require Simon's personal involvement.
After the Oscars, "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino started filming on April 6.
Since Aaliyah was not suitable, in order to restore the classic tango sequence in his memory as much as possible, Simon personally selected the original Gabriel Anwar.
In addition, Daenerys Entertainment has also launched some other important projects.
One of them is "Forrest Gump".
Out of the importance he attaches to this project, Simon has recently been using his free time to write the script for "Forrest Gump" and has personally drawn many concept drawings and storyboards for the film.
However, because Tom Hanks has signed a contract for "Sleepless in Seattle," a collaboration between Daenerys Entertainment and Disney, and the project schedule has been determined to be next summer, "Forrest Gump" can only be scheduled for the end of 1993.
Counting Pixar's second 3D animation "The Lion King" and "Mission: Impossible" in partnership with Paramount Pictures, there will be three 'blockbusters' related to Daenerys Entertainment by the end of 1993 , the competition will be fierce at that time.
In addition to "Forrest Gump", there are two other novels by John Grimson, the author of the original novel "A Time to Kill" that will be released this summer and are also under development at the same time. One is "Sugar-coated Trap" and the other is "Gannet Assassination Order".
Daenerys Entertainment originally signed a first-look deal with John Grimson directly for three novels.
"A Time to Kill", "Sugar-Coated Trap" and "Grannet" were all very popular film projects in the 1990s.
Unlike "A Time to Kill," which was released in the 1980s, the "Sugar-Coated Trap" novel was just released last year, and "Gannet Order" has not yet been officially published.
According to studio practice, they usually wait until a film adaptation of one author's work is released before deciding whether to produce other adaptations of the other's works.
However, after "Sugar-coated Trap" was published last year, it quickly became one of the best-selling novels in 1991. Such popularity was enough to directly initiate a project. The original version of "Grannet" starred Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. The project was approved in advance before publication, mainly to occupy the schedules of the two stars.
Moreover, signing a formal adaptation rights agreement with the author of the novel in advance before the release of "A Time to Kill" will also help Daenerys Entertainment obtain this project at a cheaper cost. Otherwise, once "A Time to Kill" becomes a box office hit, Daenerys Entertainment will have to pay a higher price even with a first-look deal.
On the other hand, before Easter, Daenerys Entertainment's projects such as "Wonder Woman", "Peach Deal", "A Time to Kill" and "The Last of the Mohicans" to be released this summer have completed final cuts. , Simon also needs to invest a lot of energy in personally conducting the final review of these films.
Daenerys Studios.
In Simon's office, a meeting has just concluded and the last of Daenerys Entertainment's ten movie plans has been officially finalized.
Up to now, counting the films that have not been released this summer, Daenerys Entertainment has completed nine of its original four film plans, including "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" in collaboration with Disney, and "The Enemy" in collaboration with Fox. "Sleeping Together" and "Terminator 2", "Dangerous" and "Pink" with Columbia Pictures, "A Few Good Men" and "A Time to Kill" with MGM, "A Time to Kill" with Warner Bros. The Fugitive" and "The Last of the Mohicans."
The last spot belongs to Warner.
Terry Semel chose the latter between Daenerys Entertainment's recent project "Sugar" and "Grannet". Semel believed that Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington were more attractive. The box office is somewhat guaranteed.
As for "Sugar-coated Trap", the original male protagonist of the film was Tom Cruise, and Simon plans to use Keanu Reeves this time.
After starring as Sandra's boyfriend in "Run Lola Run", in recent years, Keanu Reeves's "The Adventures of Abby" and "Point Break" have achieved good box office results. , in addition, Keanu will also release a film called "400 Years Later" directed by Francis Ford Coppola this summer, which was also a blockbuster movie with a global box office of over 200 million US dollars in its original time and space.
Therefore, even if his popularity is less than that of Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves is already a popular A-list actor in Hollywood.
In the original time and space, Keanu Reeves only gave most people the impression of Neo in "The Matrix", but in fact, this actor has a very wide range of roles.
For example, right now, "The Adventures of Abiaddy" is a comedy, "Point Break" is an action movie, and "The Adventures of 400 Years Later" is a fantasy horror movie.
In the original timeline, Keanu Reeves also starred in the film "The Devil's Advocate" of the same type as "Sugar-Coated Trap". Both films are about young lawyers who are new to society and struggle between money and justice. story, both movies were also very successful.
After the original turmoil, Simon had told many people that he would never work with the three main creators of "Rain Man" again. Unless it was a special situation like Meg Ryan's, Simon had no intention of getting involved in a movie. Movies make an exception.
Daenerys Entertainment now has enough confidence to maintain Simon's persistence. Even if a movie fails, it will not be broken.
What's more, Simon is full of confidence in letting Keanu Reeves star in "Sugar-coated Trap". If Cruise does not participate, the production cost of the film can be reduced from the original more than 40 million US dollars to 25 million US dollars, which is even more Further reducing the risks Daenerys needs to take for entertainment.
After seeing off Terry Semel, Simon rushed to a conference room in the administration building to attend the "Desperate Housewives" production meeting.
In addition to the several main creators, a series of supporting characters for "Desperate Housewives" have been basically finalized these days, and the construction of the Wisteria Street set at Universal Studios has also officially begun.
In the conference room, Simon listened to Robert Egger's introduction to the project's production plan while flipping through some supporting actors' information.
Then, Simon was attracted by a name.
Julie Meyer, the daughter of Susan Meyer in The Four Housewives.
In the original version of "Desperate Housewives," Susan's daughter Julie was supposed to be fourteen or fifteen years old, but the actor who looked like he might be twenty years old and had very mediocre acting skills basically didn't leave much of an impression.
The person in front of Simon at this moment, at least to Simon, is much more famous than the original actor.
Sarah Michelle Gellar.
This 15-year-old actress was the famous heroine of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in the original timeline in the 1990s. She was also the star of some blockbuster youth horror films in the 1990s. She is one of Simon's favorites. actress.
According to the information, Sarah Michelle Gellar is only 5 feet 2 inches at this time, about 1.57 meters tall. Compared with the actress who was almost as tall as Teri Hatcher, Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sher Gellar is more in line with the image of a daughter.
When the meeting ended, Simon casually pulled out Sarah Michelle Gellar's information and handed it to a producer of "Desperate Housewives" and asked the other party to send a copy of the girl's audition tape to his office tomorrow.
Originally he was just giving instructions casually, but unexpectedly, when attending a party hosted by Barbra Streisand in Beverly Hills that night, a certain little girl appeared in front of Simon.
The 15-year-old girl wore a little black dress that looked a little mature and put on makeup. Although he is short, Simon feels very precocious.
An agent from WMA personally brought the girl to Simon, introduced her, and then took the initiative to leave.
"Hello Mr. Westeros, nice to meet you. I've seen all your movies, especially Batman Begins. It's so cool."
Sarah Michelle Gellar spoke in a nonchalant manner, and after looking at Simon's expression, she stepped forward like a cat with its paws, and carefully tried to pull him up.
Seeing that Simon didn't refuse, he really pulled his arm towards her, looking like a little bird clinging to her.
Simon's current height is about 1.85 meters, and when he is being held by a girl who is only 1.6 meters in high heels, a very special height difference immediately appears.
There were not many guests at the party, but everyone looked indifferent, as if they didn't notice that there was a childish little vase next to Simon, or, they must have noticed it, and just pretended to be used to it.
This kind of thing is indeed common in Hollywood.
Simon chatted with everyone and was about to talk to the little girl when Madonna came over.
Queen Mai also has a keen eye. She took a look at the small vase next to Simon and asked directly about her own affairs: "Simon, have you read the script?"