Eric and Bruckheimer were chatting. After about half an hour, the crew announced a short break. The director of the film, Tony Scott, came over to greet Eric with a group of creators who were on the set today.
Tony Scott is the younger brother of Ridley Scott, another great director in Hollywood. Kurt's directorial masterpiece.
It's just that Tony Scott is not as old as his brother, and he is getting stronger and stronger as he fights. At this time, Tony Scott, who is in his fifties, has passed the peak of his career, and "Public Enemy" should be his last. A masterpiece with global influence.
Eric chatted enthusiastically with Tony Scott, Will Smith and several other supporting actors for a while, and the next scenes seemed to focus on the supporting actors. Will Smith and Eric greeted, He walked to his luxury trailer to rest on his own, and several supporting actors also dispersed to prepare for the next scene.
Eric, Bruckheimer, and Tony Scott continued to sit on the simple folding chairs in the lounge area. Eric said, "Tony, how is Ridley? Haven’t heard any news about his latest film?”
In my memory, "Demi Soldier" is a work starring Demi Moore, but this time the heroine has been replaced by another Hollywood hardcore actress, Geena Davis. However, the same thing is that this film showing the details of the life and training of American female soldiers still failed at the box office.
Although not as close as the Wachowskis or the Coen brothers, the Hollywood siblings who work together, Tony and Ridley Scott have a very good relationship, and the two often play each other's roles. Producer of the work.
"He is currently preparing a historical war film in ancient Rome, just like "Braveheart" a few years ago," Tony Scott looked at Eric and suddenly realized that this is a good opportunity, said: " Speaking of which, Eric, this is indeed a very good story, I think it will definitely not be much worse than "Braveheart", maybe you will be interested in this film."
Eric almost immediately thought of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator". Among the Hollywood epic films he was more impressed with, "Gladiator" ranked even before "Braveheart". Moreover, although there is no Oscar record for "Braveheart", the box office of "Gladiator" in memory is much higher than that of "Braveheart".
"Although the box office of "Devil Private" is not very good, but this is what everyone can expect, after all, it is because of the subject matter," Eric thought in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "Also, Ridley There should be no shortage of investors for this project, right?"
Tony Scott heard Eric say this and mistakenly thought he was declining.
Because after "Braveheart", the few epic films that Hollywood has followed suit in recent years have basically ended in failure. Once the craze cools down, if you want to make Hollywood interested in this subject matter, unless there is a new epic box office dark horse, and now everyone is aware of the high risk of epic films, the investment in epic films has become more and more serious. cautious.
"It was originally like this. Steven's Amberlin Films has agreed to invest. However, some time ago, they suddenly told us that Amberlin's cash flow was a little tight and had to cancel the project." Tony. Scott said, suddenly smiled again, and said in a joking tone: "Eric, if you can agree to invest, I can agree for Ridley now, we will not be like some ignorant little Guys are up for grabs like that."
Tony Scott is apparently secretly referring to the recent "Pirates of the Caribbean" script storm.
Eric also smiled and said, "Then I should at least see the script."
Tony Scott originally thought that Eric was not interested, so he made the joke just now.
What Eric said was actually correct. Even if Amberlin Films repented, it would not be difficult for the two brothers to find investment in Hollywood for their project, it just took more time.
However, when Eric mentioned the script at this time, Tony Scott realized that he had just misunderstood, and nodded readily: "No problem, if you have time, I can call him now and let him Send me a script."
"There's no need to be so anxious, I don't guarantee that I will invest," Eric waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I think you should be busy with the movie first, and we will have dinner together at noon."
"Then I'll get to work first," Tony Scott raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "You and Jerry chat first, and I'll send a script to Firefly in the afternoon."
After saying this, Tony Scott got up and walked towards the same street where the preparations had been carried out, preparing to shoot the next set of shots.
When Tony Scott walked away, Bruckheimer said: "Eric, I have actually seen the script that Ridley is preparing, the template of "The Revenge of the Prince", which tells the story of a Roman general whose family was wiped out. Afterwards, he pretended to be a gladiator and came close to assassinating the Roman emperor to avenge his relatives."
"The Prince's Revenge" is "Hamlet", one of Shakespeare's four famous tragedies.
"Speaking of "The Revenge of the Prince", I think of "The Lion King". "The Lion King" also uses the template of "The Revenge of the Prince". The story template that can become a classic and passed down will never be outdated. With Ridley's director skills, this may be a very good project," Eric and Bruckheimer said, but they noticed a Latina woman wearing a white tank top and black leather jacket and a pair of tight patent leather trousers. Standing not far away, looking forward with some anticipation and some timidity.
After thinking about it, Eric probably remembered the somewhat awkward name of the other party, so he smiled and waved to the girl.
Fernanda Tavares has been standing outside the crowd for a while. After Alexander's birthday party last year, she has maintained a good relationship with Gisele and Alexander, using the connections of the two women, plus With her excellent qualifications, she was successfully selected into the Victoria's Secret Angel Corps and will soon participate in the fifth Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this year.
In "Public Enemy", there is a plot in which the actor Robert Dean chooses underwear for his wife as a Christmas gift. The original script is a brand called Ruby that the screenwriter casually wrote. However, since the project was produced by Firefly Group, the brand has naturally become Victoria's Secret.
This episode requires a female salesperson for a lingerie store, which is naturally selected from the Victoria's Secret Angels as usual.
Eric had specifically called Giselle and the two of them at the beginning, but the two girls obviously became very angry now, and they didn't like this kind of small role that passed by, so Eric just put it aside and let LTD can figure it out by itself.
Depending on the situation, this role fell on Fernanda Tavares, presumably Giselle should be credited. Since last year, Eric can feel that Giselle is building his own small circle. He does not object to this kind of behavior of the girl, but is very supportive.
I haven't seen him for more than a year. Fernanda Tavares thought that Eric had forgotten herself, so she was so anxious that she didn't dare to say hello just now. Seeing Eric waving at her, she trotted over immediately.
Coming closer, Fernanda Tavares became cautious again, bowed slightly politely and said: "Mr. Williams, Mr. Bruckheimer, good morning."
On the night of Alexander's birthday last year, everyone wore ordinary clothes, and even turned into a ridiculous topless party in the end. At that time, Eric only felt that he was surrounded by a group of young and beautiful girls.
But at this time, Fernanda Tavares, who was wearing a black jacket, tight patent leather trousers and hard-soled leather boots, looked like a wild little lioness, over 1.8 meters tall, without any youthful atmosphere at all. , but full of the unique wildness of Latin girls. If you can show more confidence, then the aura will be more perfect.
Eric patted the chair beside him casually, and said with a smile: "I almost didn't recognize you, so you are the one who played the role of the salesman in the script?"
Fernanda Tavares sat down next to Eric and said, "Well, I just had the last scene with Mr. Smith."
Eric said: "This role is indeed a little smaller, but it is still very helpful to increase your popularity. Now that the filming is over, are you planning to go back to New York?"
Fernanda Tavares looked at Eric with these hopes in his eyes, and said: "I plan to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days. The agency asked me to concentrate on this role, and there is nothing planned next work, so there is no rush to go back."
"Oh," Eric nodded and looked at his watch.
He arrived at the set after nine o'clock, and made an appointment at eleven o'clock with Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott, the two screenwriters of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and it was already past ten fifty-five Min, the opponent should be here soon.
Fernanda Tavares didn't know why Eric suddenly raised his hand to look at his watch, but just sat quietly beside him.
Eric raised his head, and just as he was about to say something, an assistant director of the crew brought three people over from the outer blockade, so he stood up. Jerry Bruckheimer also knew that the screenwriter of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was coming, and at the same time stood up curiously, and Fernanda Tavares also quickly stood up.
Several people approached, and Ted Elliott, who was walking in the middle, politely reached out to Eric: "Hello, Mr. Williams, I am Ted Elliott."
Eric smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Hello, Ted."
Terry Rossio and Matt Gilson also introduced themselves, and everyone sat down around a simple folding table. Eric said to Fernanda Tavares beside him: "Fair, can you go to the logistics side and prepare some coffee for everyone?"
Fernanda Tavares felt comfortable with Eric's very natural endearment, and she also knew that Eric was politely dismissing herself, she was not angry at all, and got up and said, "Of course."
After saying this, Fernanda Tavares got up and walked towards a logistics trailer nearby.
Watching the tall and wild Latin girl leave, the atmosphere at the scene was deadlocked for a very brief moment.
During the mutual introduction process just now, the three of Terry Rossio could feel that Eric was very gentle and decent when he greeted them.
However, the more the other party reacted like this, the more guilty the three of them seemed. After all, a few days ago, it was indeed the three of them who played some tricks to make such a big fuss. It can be said that if Eric hadn't really taken a fancy to the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the behavior of the three of them would have been a malicious fraud.
Eric didn't show any displeasure, not even some cryptic warnings and threats, which made the three realize how weak and powerless they are in front of this Hollywood tycoon, who obviously disdains to be with them A common sense is like a lion on the prairie who doesn't care if the buzzing of a few bugs flying over him disturbs him.
Everyone is not familiar with each other, and coupled with the events of the past few days, Eric was not too polite, and quickly got to the point: "I really value the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean". While Jeffrey was working on this, I also asked him to poach the two of you, because the script needed a lot of revision and I was going to make it into a series, but I didn't have the time to do it myself to do this, so I can only leave it to you two. Now, my meaning has not changed, I hope you two can join Firefly and be responsible for the development of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of scripts. Of course, if you insist If you want to sell this script for an unrealistic sky-high price, Firefly will participate in the bidding, but then we may not be able to cooperate anymore. By the way, my asking price is 1 million US dollars, you think about it."
The three of Terry Rucio did not expect Eric to be so direct. They looked at each other, and Ted Elliott said: "Mr. Williams, we actually hope to cooperate with Firefly. However, at the same time, we I also hope that you will direct the film yourself."
"Oh, I'm really sorry," Eric shook his head immediately, and said, "I already have a very complete idea of the main creative team of this script, and I will not direct this movie myself, but I just talked with Jerry After discussion, he can personally serve as the producer of this project."
When the three of them heard this, they were immediately disappointed.
Matt Gilson hesitated, and said: "Mr. Williams, can you tell me who you plan to have as the director and the protagonist?"
Eric shook his head and smiled, and asked back, "Do you think I should tell you?"