Eric just glanced at the "Vanity Fair" magazine handed over by the girl, and recognized a photo of Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover, a body graffiti photo filled with symbols of various horror movies .
Apparently, he drew it himself on a whim that night at Kate Hudson's house.
Moreover, on the key words on the cover of the magazine, the words 'Drawn and Photographed by Eric Williams' are also marked in bright bold letters.
I picked up the magazine and turned to the relevant special page and scanned it roughly. It was basically the promotional soft article of "Fast and Furious". Gwyneth replaced the original Jordana Brewster in this brand new "Fast and Furious" series. Boss Tang's younger sister, Mia.
Unlike all the graffiti on the other girls that night, Gwyneth's iconic 'Williams handprint' was printed on her chest, and she was not wearing a BRA, which was obviously a detail that could easily provoke conversation.
However, since the parties didn't care, Eric naturally didn't care, put down the magazine in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's all been published before I show it to me, isn't it a bit late?"
"I know you will definitely agree, so let them do it directly," the girl was still smiling, and when Mayer left the office, she walked around the desk and threw herself into Eric's arms. He sniffed at Eric, made a small expression of 'I caught you', but just talked about the business, saying: "Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and that Christa Na Loken is just a rookie, she couldn't find a way to promote her as an actor, so she had to let Kate play the role."
Among the actors and actresses of "Fast and Furious", except for Gwyneth Paltrow, who has played the leading role in some low-cost independent films, the others can only be regarded as Hollywood rookies. Vin Diesel, who played a small role in Private Ryan, has also been unknown because of historical changes. MGM executives raised objections to this matter more than once at the beginning, and even submitted a list of well-known Hollywood actors who are willing to sign a package contract with a reduced salary to star in this series.
After all, although MGM has been paying the main actors of the Agents movie universe series, that is only relative to the explosive global box office of the three major series. After careful calculation, the remuneration received by several main creators is completely at the top level of Hollywood.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Eric's choice of a group of rookies to star in the first spin-off series of the agent movie universe seems a bit messy. If it weren't for being able to connect with the agent movie universe, the actors and actresses of "Fast and Furious" would not be able to attract the attention of any audience at all.
"As long as Gwen is willing," Eric hugged the girl who was tired in his arms, looked at Gwyneth on the opposite side, and said, "How was Thanksgiving?"
"It's been a long time since Thanksgiving." Gwyneth sat on a chair very ladylikely and looked at the opposite side, concealing her envy in her heart, and said, "Eric, are you free recently? party?"
"Recently, I'm really sorry," Eric shook his head, regretting, "I'm so busy that I'm about to fly."
Having said that, Eric patted the girl in his arms, thinking that there were still a lot of documents to read in the morning: "Okay, I have to work, you can take Gwen back first."
The girl wasn't too bothering, she leaned over and kissed Eric on the lips, then got up and said, "Then I'll go first, we have a meeting to attend later."
After watching the girl and Gwyneth leave the office, Eric turned his attention to the pile of documents on the desktop.
Mayer just put the recruitment information for the waiter in the restaurant inside the big ship on the top. Eric took it over and flipped through it briefly, and couldn't help smiling. Looking at the girls' information in his hand, Eric could almost imagine Kelly's helpless expression, or Mayer's slight resentment.
Compared with the looks of the original waiters in the restaurant, these ten candidate girls can only be described as ordinary.
For example, the girl with red hair and blue eyes with a round face in her hand has a little bit of stubbornness at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and fair skin that is more in line with Eric's aesthetics.
Picking up the pencil on the desktop and marking on the document in his hand, Eric chose the other three girls at random, put the document aside, and began to concentrate on other work.
In the first week of December, the British Queen Elizabeth biopic "Elizabeth", which was jointly produced by New Line and the UK's Working-Title company, officially opened on a small scale on more than 500 screens in North America.
As the heroine, Cate Blanchett's debut in "007 Casino Royale" has already left a very deep impression on countless filmmakers and audiences, which also made "Elizabeth" more popular than the original version. Much higher popularity base. Moreover, as an actress who originally relied on Shakespeare's drama background, Cate Blanchett's performance in "Elizabeth" is even more amazing.
Amidst the applause from the filmmakers, the film earned $5.69 million in box office in North American theaters in the first three days of the weekend, with a single box office exceeding $10,000. According to this box office trend, the film can earn more than $8 million in the first week.
As an art film relying on small-scale long-term screenings, "Elizabeth" can definitely be regarded as an excellent performance. You must know that "The English Patient", produced and released by Miramax in the same period last year, had a comparable theater distribution scale, and the box office in the same period was only 100%. More than 4 million US dollars.
At the same time, "Elizabeth" has also been successfully promoted to the hot spot of the Hollywood awards season.
On the other hand, Eric didn't care too much about the cover of "Vanity Fair", but it caused a reaction far beyond what many people expected.
The day the girl showed Eric the sample magazine was actually the day before the magazine was officially launched.
The next day, the new issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine was just released, which immediately attracted the attention of countless media.
Despite the graffiti cover, the photo of Gwyneth should still be regarded as a topless photo. The cover size of "Vanity Fair" has always been relatively large, so this is not a big deal. What caught everyone's attention was the iconic 'Williams handprint' on Gwyneth's chest.
Of course, "Vanity Fair" magazine will not disclose the title of "Williams' handprint", and it is impossible to name them when Gwyneth and the others made this photo on the cover.
However, because "Eric Williams himself drew and photographed", in the media circle that has just experienced a wave of "New York Times" interviews, any news related to Eric will naturally attract countless attention , Therefore, although the right to reprint cannot be obtained easily, all the details on the cover photo have aroused countless discussions.
I don’t know if it’s too boring or too boring. On the Yahoo forum, after analyzing the title of the horror movie represented by each graffiti symbol on Gwyneth’s body, a netizen focused on the handprint on the photo, and then claimed that after After zooming in, the other party found obvious details of the palm texture on the handprint that has not been able to figure out which movie it represents.
That is to say, this handprint was not painted, but someone directly printed it with his hands.
Use your hands!
Still such a sensitive area.
Isn't that lacy enough
Because he didn't know the details of how this photo was taken, that netizen directly 'called' the girl's name in the post: Miss Barrymore, look, there is your man's handprint on your girlfriend's chest!
Including "Vanity Fair", almost all the media don't know the whole process of the creation of this graffiti photo, but they are very clear about the relationship between the girl and Gwyneth and other girls. Although they are very clear about Eric's romantic personality, But immediately, as if they had discovered something extraordinary, everyone cheered up. After all, it's definitely not decent to steal a girlfriend's boyfriend.
The original purpose of releasing this photo was to promote the upcoming "Fast and Furious", and MGM didn't want the media to bring the topic into this kind of lace news.
Therefore, Ya Tou quickly came forward to clarify herself, and published a graffiti photo she took that night on her seldom-used Yahoo blog, along with a few explanations.
Seeing the graffiti symbols on the girl's body full of very obvious Eric Williams' personal imprint, although the media no longer entangled with Gwyneth's affairs, after all, this can be regarded as art. Intimate contact is simply inevitable. However, the picture published by the girl has once again aroused heated discussions in the media.
There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Soon, a Hollywood newspaper broke the news that this was the work of Eric Williams at a certain graffiti party. Eric left all kinds of funny pictures on many girls that day. theme doodle imprint.
If you don't consider the lace factor, as the most famous director in Hollywood, and the painting skills and artistic level shown in the two graffiti photos that have been revealed, Eric's graffiti works immediately attracted many media publishers. attention.
Condé Nast, the owner of Vanity Fair, quickly contacted Gwyneth and Drew, offering a direct offer of US$1 million, hoping to publish their graffiti photos. After being rejected, they even doubled the price to US$2 million .
At the same time, many media publishers also began to inquire about the girls who attended the party that night. In their opinion, although the graffiti was drawn by Eric himself, since it is a photo of the girls, the copyright naturally belongs to these girls. They don't believe that other girls have the ability to resist the temptation of $2 million like Gwyneth and the girl.
Although many girls were quickly excavated, it is a pity that only a few girls, such as Yatou, Gwyneth and Kate Hudson, were the only ones who Eric drew graffiti that night. Only one 'Williams Handprint' is credited to Eric himself. The portraits painted by other girls at will are naturally impossible to compare with Eric's own works.
Moreover, after the girl greeted everyone in private, there was no girl who sold graffiti photos to publishers without knowing the taste.
At the same time, MGM's publicity department was not idle, and quickly used this photo event to hype up the momentum of "Fast and Furious".
As a derivative series of the Agent movie universe, "Fast and Furious" has actually attracted very strong attention among the fan groups of the Agent movie universe itself, but it is obviously not enough for these diehard fan groups, and it attracts more ordinary passer-by audiences. Attention can ensure that the film has a sufficient potential popularity base.
Therefore, in addition to the graffiti photo incident, in order to gain more topics, MGM also quickly linked the salary negotiations between Kevin Costner and the "Mission: Impossible" series with the "Fast and Furious" series. Hype Kevin Costner's wait-and-see stance on the "Fast and Furious" series. And once the "Fast and Furious" series fails at the box office, what potential impact will it have on the entire MGM Agents movie universe.
After this series of operations, "Fast and Furious" finally succeeded in gaining a large number of popularity while most North American movie fans were frantically looking forward to "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" at the end of December.
Firefly Studios, in the restaurant on the big ship.
Eric and Kenneth Horn from New Line Films walked into the restaurant together. After sitting down, a fair-skinned red-haired waitress came over, handed the menu to the two, and said respectfully: "William Mr. Muss, and, what, sir, would you like to eat?"
"I'm fine as usual," Eric handed back the menu directly, looked at the girl in front of him, and said with a smile, "Amy, how does it feel to work here?"
The girl with red hair, blue eyes and round face is named Amy Adams.
Eric recognized the waiter candidate in several waiter candidates at a glance, and he could only lament the wonder of life again.
Amy Adams also feels that her experience during this period is very amazing.
Although she can be regarded as one of the dream girls in Hollywood, Amy Adams just came to Los Angeles two years ago, and, unlike other girls who love fantasy, Amy Adams has even begun to accept her fate over the years. She dropped out of school at the age of eight, and has basically been working as a waiter, a very hopeless job. Until a few weeks ago, she was still working in a restaurant in Hollywood. Although she always wanted to become an actress, her various qualifications Hollywood isn't really that good, so it's not always possible to get an audition for a couple of months.
Being able to get the job that many Hollywood dreamers dream of is completely unexpected.
A few days ago, she happened to see an information in the newspaper about the recruitment of waiters in a high-end restaurant. The generous salary made people quite moved, so she took the initiative to submit her "experienced" resume until she finally confirmed the job. , She didn't even know that she was about to work on the famous Titanic in Firefly Studios.