Charlize Theron's famous trajectory in the original time and space is very typical.
The rootless South African girl went to the City of Angels like many boys and girls who dreamed of being a star, and spent two years in Hollywood. "Day" attracted the attention of the circle, and when her acting skills and appearance were recognized, she began to act as a vase in various types of films, and after several years of hard work, she became a quasi-first-line actress.
Later, relying on the large-scale performance of the self-destructive image in "The Devil", she won the Oscar queen throne in one fell swoop, successfully promoted to the first-line actress, and then began to win mainstream awards such as "National Superman Hancock" and "Snow White and the Huntsman". An invitation for the lead actress in a studio blockbuster.
Of course, luck also played a big part in the whole process. The reason why Charlize Theron was able to become a first-line actress in Hollywood and won the title of "South African Diamond" is that, apart from her acting skills and appearance, the most important thing is that she has never or has not been able to go wrong. Eric remembers that in the original time and space, Charlize Theron participated in the audition for the heroine of Paul Verhoeven's "No Girls" which was criticized in the early days of her debut. Fortunately, she failed in the end, and Elizabeth Berkley, who got this role, had a pretty good development in Hollywood, but after the movie was released ≈√, because of the bad reviews of the movie, her acting career was ruined, not to mention, even her agent abandoned her.
After several people introduced each other and sat down at the table, Michelle Simmons relaxed, and at the same time had to lift her spirits. Originally, she thought that Eric was planning to have lunch with Charlize Theron alone, so she Put all your thoughts on Charlize. On the contrary, I didn't do much preparation for this meeting. Unexpectedly, just now Eric's assistant suddenly said that Eric asked her to come with Charlize. She didn't even expect that Nicole Kidman was sitting beside Eric.
The waiter handed over the menu, but Eric just put it aside, ignored the reserved Charlize Theron, and instead took the lead in saying to Michelle Simmons: "Michelle, you and Kapoor are Good friend?"
"Yes, Mr. Williams, Kapoor and I. And his wife Mary is a college classmate, and we have known each other for almost twenty years now."
"No wonder," Eric said with a smile, looked at the short-haired woman in a suit, and did not continue to inquire about the relationship between the other party and Kapoor: "Kapoor said that your previous work center has been in the TV business. Are you going to switch careers as a film agent?"
"I feel that my personal development in TV business has reached a bottleneck, so I want to try my hand at film," Michelle Simmons replied.
At this moment, Nicole ordered lunch for Eric and herself, and whispered to Eric with the list: "Eric, can you read these?"'
Michelle Simmons saw Eric approaching Nicole unabashedly and intimately. Taking advantage of this gap, she casually ordered her own lunch from the waiter, and Charlize Theron, who was sitting next to her, also reported the same dish name as the manager.
Looking at the opposite two people discussing in a low voice. I don't know what Eric said, Nicole also let out a light laugh, and slapped Eric, Charlize Theron had a faint envy and unwillingness to be ignored, but she didn't Dare to show any difference.
"Okay, that's all. I still have to work in the afternoon, so I don't want wine, just juice," Eric said at the end, then turned his gaze to this side again, and continued to say to Michelle Simmons: "You You should have quite a few TV drama actors in your hands, right?"
Michelle Simmons replied: "Yes, Mitt Peck, who played Walter Nagins in "X-Files", is my client, and I have seven other clients, all in different TV series. played an important role in it.”
Walter Nakins' identity in "X-Files" is the assistant to the director of the Bureau of Investigation. He once shared life and death with the two protagonists. Although this character only appeared in the second season of "X-Files", it is only planned to appear in the number of episodes. A big supporting role next to the two protagonists. It is also a very important factor to start appearing in the second season. It is often more difficult to get such an important role in a TV series that has proven its ratings than the protagonists in those new American TV series. . Of course, Michelle Simmons said that it is impossible to show off, and more out of an idea of a close relationship with Eric. After all, Eric is the creator of the "X-Files" series, but it is also Proof of Michelle Simmons' outstanding ability.
"Developing as a film agent is indeed a good choice, but it shouldn't be so easy to balance both sides, right?"
"I will arrange it," Michelle Simmons said confidently, and she has already made up her mind that if everything goes well in Hollywood, she will transfer her clients to other agents. Trade-offs are easy to make.
The waiter quickly brought up the lunch, and the conversations of several people became less. However, Michelle Simmons found that Eric was talking to himself most of the time, and did not talk to Charlize Theron. Talking too much made her feel a little uneasy, you know, this time she came to sell her clients.
After eating lunch and getting some coffee, Eric looked at his watch and said to Nicole beside him, "Nicole, take Miss Theron around the park, and Michelle and I will have a chat alone." matter."
Charlize Theron was lost and a little inexplicable when she heard this sentence, but Michelle Simmons came back to her senses at this time. Eric had been asking about his work status before, and he should be testing himself In terms of working ability, since he dismissed the other two at this time, he must have more important cooperation to discuss with him.
Nicole didn't quite understand why Eric said that suddenly, but she got up obediently, grabbed Charlize Theron kindly and said, "Charlie, let's go, I'll take you around the park, maybe later You will come here often."
Charlize Theron could only smile obediently, and obediently followed Nicole out of the restaurant, when they arrived at the door. Still couldn't help but stop. I looked back.
Nicole looked at the girl with a little baby fat on her face. He patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't worry, you probably won't make this trip in vain."
"Ah, I'm just..." Charlize Theron looked at Nicole's expression and wanted to explain in a panic, but the words turned into questions: "Miss Kidman, really?"
"You'll know when you get back," Nicole replied with a smile. Then she ignored Charlize Theron's clumsy temptations and took her around the studio like a hostess. These days, she basically stayed in the studio with Eric during the day, and she also I am more familiar with this film and television base, which is larger than Universal Burbank Studios. The more I know, the more I can appreciate the strong strength that Firefly Pictures has accumulated in just a few years.
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After Nicole and the two left, Eric handed the sketch that he had hurriedly drawn before the meal to Michelle Simmons, and said, "I think you should have heard some news from Kapoor, this is A concept sketch I drew before you guys came over."
Michelle Simmons took it and saw the silhouettes of three women drawn in pencil on the paper. Although the drawing was very sloppy, she could still feel the heroic spirit of the three women immediately.
"In 1976, ABC TV launched a TV series called "Charlie's Angel". Because of the feminist trend it advocated, it was very popular at that time. I don't know if you have watched it?"
Michelle Simmons nodded and said, "I've seen some of them. I also liked this TV series very much back then."
"This is the best. I have already bought the film adaptation rights of this TV series. I plan to change it into a female action film series, with a style similar to the 007 series," Eric said, pointing to Charlize Theron just sitting The position: "Charlize can be counted as one. At present, I still lack two heroines."
Michelle Simmons was a little moved but not too sure, and asked, "Mr. Williams, you mean, let me... find two more heroines for this movie?"
"Yes, because it is a brand new series, I hope to use newcomers, who are about the same age as Charlize Theron, but their acting skills must also be good enough," Eric said, holding out two fingers: "Two Are you willing to take this job in a month's time?"
Michelle Simmons hesitated for a moment. This is definitely a good opportunity for her, but it is not easy to find an actress who is both a newcomer and good enough. After a moment of silence, Michelle Simmons seemed to think of something, He tentatively asked: "Mr. Williams, do you think this is okay? In North America, it is not easy to find girls who meet your requirements, but I can go to Europe to try and find some girls who have already made their mark in Europe. But there are no influential actresses in North America, so you can judge their acting skills based on their works, and basically meet your requirements."
Eric thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes, this is indeed a good idea, let's do it according to your method."
"So, Mr. Williams, is there anything else you want?"
Eric thought about it, and felt that there was no need to imitate the original version and use actresses of different races in order to please different races, and said: "Besides being beautiful, I hope they have their own characteristics, because I want What I created is not the three silly, white and sweet female stars in the TV series, but a female agent movie with a distinctive protagonist. In my conception, they have their own different pasts and special skills. They have distinct and very different personalities. Another point is that after signing the contract, they will first receive at least three months of physical training. You can tell them in advance that the training will be very strict. If you can’t stand the pain, it’s best not to join .”
Michelle Simmons smiled and said, "I don't think any girl will be so stupid as to quit Mr. Williams' movie."
Eric shook his head: "I don't intend to direct this series, but I will participate in the writing of the script."
"In Hollywood, who doesn't know that if you're in a movie, it's your movie, whether you're going to direct it or not."
"Thank you for the compliment, Michelle," Eric said with a smile.
"It's definitely not a compliment, it's a fact."
"Okay." With a smile on his face, Eric raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "So, let's stop here today, I still have work in the afternoon."
The two stood up, and Eric reached out to Michelle Simmons again: "Have a nice cooperation."
Michelle Simmons smiled and reached out: "It's a pleasant cooperation."
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"I can't take you in these two studios. These are the most advanced virtual digital studios in Hollywood, which are specially used for shooting special effects scenes. It is twice as expensive, and the equipment inside is even more expensive, and many of them are specially developed in the digital field, which cannot be seen on the market at all," Nicole casually pointed to a studio with security guards at the door, a little proud He introduced it to Charlize Theron, and just as he was talking, the handbag hanging on his elbow buzzed, and he quickly took out his mobile phone to connect.
After saying a few words, Nicole said to Charlize Theron: "They're done talking, let's go back."
Charlize Theron, who was already a little absent-minded, immediately perked up when she heard this, and followed Nicole towards the administrative district.
After saying goodbye, Eric specially sent a battery car to send the two girls out of the studio, and then walked towards the post-production center with Nicole.
"What did you talk about?" Nicole couldn't hold back in the end, and quickly asked curiously.
Eric said: "Aren't there three heroines in "Charlie's Angels", and I have given Michelle Simmons the task of finding the other two angels."
Nicole was surprised and said: "Then you are not afraid that the movie will become popular in the future. Is she using three heroines to threaten Firefly to pay a higher price?"
Eric said without any worries: "You should also be able to see that this is a very shrewd woman who would not do such stupid things without foresight, and if the three heroines belong to different agents or agents Company, once the film is successful, the sequel negotiations will be even more troublesome. Of course, I will let Firefly draw up a contract in advance, at least to ensure that within the trilogy, the heroine will not cause too much trouble."
Nicole asked: "Didn't you say you want to imitate the 007 series, what about after the trilogy?"
"It will take at least five or six years for such a big-production series of films to complete the trilogy. Who knows what will happen then, the big deal is that the series will be restarted and the heroine will be changed. Didn't 007 also change a lot of male leads." (To be continued..)