However, Hanks also knows the reason why Cruise is so cautious. The other party has always followed the idol route. To put it bluntly, he just relies on his face for food. If she suddenly appeared on the screen as a woman, it is indeed likely to cause some fans to be unhappy.
Eric did not immediately answer Tom Cruise's request, but asked instead: "Cruise, if I remember correctly, you should be twenty-seven years old now, right?"
Tom Cruise nodded, showing off in his tone: "I started making movies when I was sixteen, and I was younger than you at that time. It's been almost ten years now."
As a teenager who came out of a low-level single-parent family, without any background support at all, relying on his own diligence and hard work, he made his own career in Hollywood within ten years. Cruise has the capital to show off .
"So, Cruise, every actor needs to transform, especially the idol-oriented actor. Although Hollywood actors have a longer shelf life than actresses, they don't need to be thirty years old to expand their acting career , to develop into other types of movies. But one day this situation will come, so I think, this time? This opportunity can be regarded as an attempt for you.”
Cruise retorted: "Eric, there are many ways to try, and you don't have to play a woman. In fact, I have already considered the issue you just mentioned, and my agent has also recommended some genre films to me."
Eric shook his head unhurriedly and said, "It's as if it hasn't changed, Cruise, many of the movies you starred in before were literary, but Oscar didn't even give you a single nomination. The reason is that although those movies are great, your screen image has not changed a lot. Think about it from this perspective, you have debuted for ten years, and you still have nothing at the Oscars. Don’t you want to win the academy award? Do you agree? I think that if you play this role well and add the small sacrifice of reversing the role, the Academy will at least give you a nomination for Best Actor."
In his previous life, Hua Tsai was awarded the title of emperor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time with the movie "Dark War", fulfilling his wish for many years. In addition to Hua Tsai's own strength, the bold crossover that appeared for the first time in the movie also played an important role in that result.
Oscar is a hurdle that every member of Hollywood cannot get around. As long as you are a member of Hollywood, it is impossible to remain indifferent to Oscar. Especially for actors, in order to be recognized by the Oscars, it is the easiest thing to do, and self-destructive images are commonplace. Whether it is a mental illness or a murderer, as long as it is possible to win an award, then a word, act! Charlize Theron, the beauty of the previous life, put on weight and shaved her eyebrows in order to be a queen, and she did everything she could. Poor Xiao Li made a whole paragraph of 'you-fat, i-fat! 'The good show smashed the perfect Titanic impression in the hearts of movie fans.
Sure enough, after Eric finished speaking, Cruise finally stopped refusing directly, but fell into a brief silence. How could he not know what his problem was, but he was unwilling to admit it and dare not change it.
Little people who climbed up from the bottom are more afraid of failure than actors with rich backgrounds. No one wants to go back to the old life. This fear of falling again has almost made Cruise forget that, in his current position in Hollywood, he already deserves to suffer failure.
But the temptation of Oscar is huge. Cruise has been in the Hollywood circle for ten years. If he can't even understand the significance of Oscar in Hollywood, it is impossible to achieve today's achievements.
Eric keenly grasped Cruise's wavering, and lost no time to add fuel to the flames: "Cruise, the role of Andy, in my opinion, is a character more tragic than the Count of Monte Cristo, and he only has a few left. Zhou's life, in order to avenge his father, desperately played a thrilling game with Sean for seventy-two hours. If you don't pay attention, you may lose completely. In this case, the audience will pay more attention to Andy The last fate of the movie. I arranged the crossover to promote the development of the story. It’s not like in a bad comedy that deliberately dropped the actor’s image to amuse the audience. This is just a very serious performance. I think, as long as you are really a fan of your movie , will definitely understand."
There was a full two minutes of silence, perhaps Eric's rhetoric played a role, or Oscar's temptation overcame the worries in his heart. Finally Cruise nodded slightly.
With this matter resolved, the atmosphere in the meeting room became much more relaxed.
Both Cruise and Hanks began to express their opinions on some details in the script. Hanks felt that Sean's character in the script was a little vague, and why he was like the Interpol who had a crush on him. As the female supervisor said, if you don't pick up girls or go to nightclubs, even if you are a workaholic, you still need to start a family, right? And why, as an all-round police elite, he was sent down to a small police station.
Because the time was tight, it took Eric only one day to get out the script of "Dark War", which was basically based on the story template in memory without much modification. Eric has also considered some of the bugs raised by Cruise and Hanks, but he hasn't had time to modify them.
Although Cruise always used an arrogant tone as if he was giving instructions to his juniors, Hanks also liked to grasp the details and get to the bottom of Eric's questions. Eric still patiently discussed with the two actors. After all, with these two actors participating in the revision of many Hollywood hit movies, Eric not only saved a lot of energy, but also ensured that the script was more suitable for Hollywood. The rhythm of the movie.
"Hey, Johnny, you didn't read it wrong, did you? It's been almost four hours, why haven't you seen Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks come out?"
After squatting outside the Firefly office building for nearly four hours, the paparazzi Kent of the "Hollywood Information" finally couldn't help but came to the convenience store and asked in a questioning tone. Although the paparazzi can stay in front of a celebrity's house for a day and a night for news, but that is only when there is a clear goal.
Now, there is no shadow of the two superstars at all, and they really can't think of any reason for Cruise and Hanks to stay in the firefly for a whole morning, so doubts are inevitable.
"No, no, Mr. Reporter, I promise I'm not mistaken. Look at the two commercial vehicles over there. The one on the left belongs to Tom Cruise, and the one on the right belongs to Tom Hanks. It's almost noon , they will definitely come out for lunch."
"Okay," Kent fiddled with the camera on his chest, and said, "I hope you read it right, so that everyone is happy. Otherwise, the $700 will still have to be returned."
Johnny subconsciously covered his pockets, and swore again.
"Then I'll wait a little longer. Is there any soda, can I have a bottle?"
"Yes," Jonny nodded quickly. He was about to get something for Kent when he saw three other paparazzi outside the window suddenly stand up and rush towards the door of Firefly's office building.
"Mr. Reporter, have you come out yet? Look at your companions?"
Kent turned his head and found that several colleagues outside the door had rushed to the opposite side of the road, cursed damn it, and rushed out the door. Although they belong to the same tabloid, the editor-in-chief will still select the photos with the best effects for publication. Whoever takes the photos that are selected will get the commission.