I’m in Hollywood

Chapter 58: Prince of complexity

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"Eric, Drew...living in your house?" After some passion, Aniston lay on Eric's chest and gently scratched Eric's chest muscles and asked.

Eric nodded and told Aniston exactly what happened.

Aniston doubted sourly in his tone: "But...you are not related to her, why do you spend so much money on her, a million dollars, you have never spent so much money on me, Hmph, there must be some kind of plan."

Eric reached out and patted the girl's smooth buttocks under the quilt and said, "I just regard Drew as my younger sister, but you are my girlfriend. If you want, even if it's 10 million, 100 million, I'm willing." Flowers for you."

Aniston could hear the sincerity in Eric's tone, and she felt a little sweet in her heart, but she pouted and said, "I don't want to spend your money." Although the girl said so, her little hands were emotionally under the quilt After groping, soon, Eric became interested again.

"You asked for this, little girl." With a laugh, Eric pressed Aniston under his body.

"Ah... not there, it hurts..." By? Aniston, who was fixed by a pair of powerful hands, cried out in pain and twisted her waist desperately, but it was of no avail.

After tossing for a while, still without success, Eric could only give up some evil plans

The voice said: "Eric

"Don't even think about it," Eric joked

Although she knew that Eric was joking, Aniston still trembled nervously

"Al Pacino, Al is so masculine in the "Godfather" series, but it's a pity that he hasn't made a movie in the past few years."

Aniston, who was heavily moisturised last night, had a radiant face and carefully tied a tie for her boyfriend. Seeing Eric's appetizing expression when he heard himself praising other men, he quickly stepped on his feet and kissed his boyfriend on the cheek: "Okay, my Eric is the most handsome, Al Pacino has already It's an old man."

"I originally planned to invite you to watch Al's play on Broadway at night, but after hearing what you said, I decided to forget it."

Aniston refused with a smile: "Even if you really have this kind of plan, I really don't have time. The Christmas holiday is coming soon. The director has been rushing to shoot the progress these days and needs to work overtime. Eric, you have to work overtime during the Christmas holiday. Will you stay in New York?"

Eric shook his head: "I'm not sure, if Al Pacino accepts the invitation, I can stay for Christmas, otherwise, I have to go back to Los Angeles to audition for the leading actor."

"Oh," Aniston said with disappointment in her voice.

"Annie, why don't you come back to Los Angeles with me later, isn't your family all in Los Angeles?"

Aniston shook her head and said, "No, I don't want to go back. They... all have their own families, and I feel like it's redundant to get involved."

"Why, they still love you."

"You won't understand, Eric," Aniston sighed desolately, and tugged at her boyfriend's collar: "Okay, Eric, let's go."

"Hello, Mr. Pacino." Although he has seen countless images of Al Pacino in movies, Eric is still a little excited to see the real person.

"Hello, Eric, just call me Al."

Under Kapoor's introduction, the two shook hands and sat down together.

There were not many pleasantries, and Al Pacino asked: "Eric, I have read the script outline of "Pretty Woman", and you may have known it before, because of the incident in 1985, I have been four years I haven't acted in a movie in time. Although I am very grateful that you invited me when others were still full of hesitation, I still feel that this script is not suitable for me."

Eric asked, "Al, can you tell me why?"

Al Pacino said: "This script is a female protagonist movie, and, I asked Kapoor before, do you want a newcomer named Julia Roberts to play Vivienne. I went to I watched Miss Julia Roberts's "Modern Cinderella" which is currently showing. To be honest, her acting skills are very ordinary. If the script does not make any changes, I will play the role of Edward, the heroine Vivienne The performance will be completely suppressed by me, and when the strength of the actors is completely unequal, the film will appear nondescript."

Having said that, Al Pacino paused, stared at Eric with piercing eyes, and said confidently: "Eric, it's not that I'm arrogant, I've already won five Oscar nominations, although Because of the academy's prejudice against newcomers, I have not won the award, but this does not negate my strength."

Eric thought for a moment, and soon a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He already understood Al Pacino's intentions. This drama idiot actually wanted to take this role, but he was a little bit concerned about the script's focus on Vivienne. dissatisfied. That's why I tentatively invited myself to come to New York for an interview, trying to persuade myself to revise the script.

Eric asked curiously: "Al, if you came to play Edward, what changes do you think should be made to the script?"

Al Pacino's eyes lit up, he sorted out his thoughts and put forward his own idea: "First of all, we need to increase the role of Edward, and design this character more fully. Moreover, I think Edward's character traits are not outstanding enough..."

After talking for more than ten minutes, Al Pacino fully expressed his point of view. I have to say that, as an old drama player, many of Al Pacino's script revisions gave Eric a kind of With a bright feeling in front of his eyes, if there is no background of the reborn, and the script is original by him, Eric will almost nod and agree.

But right now, that sort of thing is definitely out of the question: "Al, actually, you really want to be in this movie, right?"

Al Pacino was taken aback for a moment, and seeing Eric's understanding expression, he quickly spread his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, I really want to take this movie, because it's my comeback After talking about it, I received the first script, and other film companies are still in a state of hesitation in inviting me to act in a movie. I don’t know how long this hesitation will last, so I have to seize this opportunity.”

"Al, your suggestion just now is very pertinent, and I am even a little moved. However, the script must not be modified in any way. "Pretty Woman" is a cliché fairy tale about a prince and Cinderella. If you follow your Suggestion, it will definitely create a "prince" image with distinctive personality, but it will make this fairy tale complicated and realistic. The reason why a fairy tale is a fairy tale is because it is almost completely divorced from real life, giving people a kind of Nice fantasy."

Al Pacino nodded in disappointment, his lips twitched twice, as if he wanted to say something more.

Eric was the first to speak: "Al, do you know "Home Alone"?"

"Of course, Eric, although I haven't acted in a movie in the past few years, I am very concerned about Hollywood news."

"Then, you must know that because of the gambling agreement with Columbia, I will get a lot of money in the future, so if you take over "Pretty Woman", I can promise you that after this movie, I will use it exclusively for you For the male lead, invest in another movie, and I guarantee you will be satisfied with the role."

Al Pacino hesitated: "Can you reveal the movie you mentioned in advance?"

"Of course," Eric nodded, "I've seen an Italian movie called "Scent of a Woman" before, and I plan to buy the rights to adapt it. In the adapted script I envisage, you will play the role of a blind man Because of blindness, he lost interest in life and planned to have fun before committing suicide. So he hired a middle school student as a guide, and started a series of indulgent trips such as traveling, picking up girls, and drag racing. Finally, in the middle school student's life Under the enlightenment, the lieutenant colonel found the direction of life again. The lieutenant colonel has a combination of violent, conceited, depressed, promiscuous and upright. This is a very complicated role, which can give you full room to play... "

Al Pacino became more and more excited listening to Eric's narration, and even couldn't help but began to figure out how to play the role of the blind lieutenant colonel in his mind.

After Eric finished speaking, Al Pacino was still obsessed with the script of "Scent of a Woman" and couldn't extricate himself. After five minutes, he suddenly raised his head and said impatiently: "Eric, this I took over the script, and I can even act with zero pay."

"But, Al, I have to finish the Pretty Woman movie before I think about anything else."

"No problem, I'll take it all together. I will follow your arrangement during filming. I will... I will try my best to restrain my acting skills so as not to affect Miss Julia's performance."

Eric keenly felt that this was a good time, and tentatively said: "Al, I heard that you don't have a brokerage company yet, why don't you come to UTA? Kapoor is a very good broker..."

Al Pacino hesitated a little this time, and said, "Is this considered a binding condition?"

Eric shook his head quickly: "Of course not, this is a very sincere invitation. Even if you disagree, I will still let you act in those two movies."

Al Pacino thought about it, and said: "Okay, but I know that you have some friction with CAA. If I am hindered in the future because of this reason, I hope I can leave freely."

Eric now just wants to win over this talented actor to his subordinates first. As for the future, Eric is confident that with so many excellent movies in his mind, it is not a problem to tie Al Pacino to UTA: "Of course, no problem, I will ask Kapoor to draw up a fairly loose management contract, you can even leave uta at any time."

"Okay, I agree." Al Pacino nodded quickly.