Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 67: The best male lead can

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Hollywood has always been a land of lies.

The bosses of the studios are happy to draw attention with well-crafted stories, and many stars also like the lies that will help to boost their fame, so many things that are obviously lies will be spread more widely, Ultimately it's hard to tell what's true.

Sammy, as a director, has always considered himself a mere behind-the-scenes person.

He had no interest in walking to the front of the stage and standing under the flash.

But the experience of being almost treated as a serial killer this time is utterly absurd.

Even if the rumors have been refuted, many people who don't pay attention to entertainment news, after seeing news with similar headlines, can't help but go in curiously to see what is going on.

But those scribbled news in the past cannot be completely deleted, and occasionally appear on some less formal web pages.

As a result, director Sammy and the serial killer have become a popular combination of phrases that are constantly linked and searched repeatedly.

Although Sammy is stable, he even thinks it's cool.

But the vast majority of people around are not satisfied with this, thinking that it is too detrimental to their personal image.

Especially Sammy's brothers (Dunbar, the culprit, has completely disappeared recently and dared not speak).

They all called to comfort their younger brother: "I have a reliable team of lawyers here, don't be afraid, whoever dares to talk nonsense again, we will sue him!"

Sammy doesn't want to file a lawsuit, and doesn't want to worry about the family. When he is struggling...

Disney's seasoned press officer gave him a win-win advice — connect it to The Exorcist.

In fact, Sammy has done this before, but not quite thoroughly.

So, the advice of the press officer is - don't try to justify, people don't like to hear the truth, try to make up a lie that is even more ridiculous than a 'serial killer', use this new lie to cover the old one, because people like to have gimmicks toy.

After thinking about it, Sammy ran to a well-known entertainment reporter in the industry and said, "Of course I don't kill anyone, but I have a good habit of practicing dragon slaying from time to time, which may make people a little bit. Misunderstanding. What, you don't understand what I mean? It's very simple. It's like the male protagonist in "The Exorcist". Occasionally, he encounters evil spirits and monsters every day. A terrifying black dragon that can't be cut with a sword, I'm trying to figure out how to kill him..."

Disney's press officer: Hey, I asked you to tell a lie, but I didn't ask you to tell such an unreliable lie.

Sammy: Actually, part of what I said was the truth.

What's interesting, however, is that in a world where truth is considered a lie, and a lie is considered truth.

The conversion relationship between truth and lies is often very chaotic. A lie that sounds too unreliable makes people completely unbelieving. The nonsense and previous serial killer incidents are all hype for The Exorcist.

Great conclusion!

However, their attention turned to the hype of the movie, and they thought that the hype was too much!

There was an uproar in public opinion.

Unlike any previous movie, "The Exorcist" was a hit before it was made.

During this period, it didn't even have a prototype or even a crew...

But there are already hundreds of fans waiting to see it.

Disney is a little uneasy because of this situation, worried that the expectations of movie fans have been raised too high, and when the film is actually released, it will not reach that high level.

But they quickly thought about it, because even if the word of mouth is almost, these expectations can be converted into box office, that is, money and income. So, since you don't lose money, what does it matter if the fans are not satisfied? Actors, directors, producers, you can scold them at will.

In such a situation, the general director has long been worried: "How can I shoot in the future?"

But Sammy remained calm and untroubled.

He started busy filming while he was not in the crew, and once again went to the detention center to visit the juvenile delinquent fire dragon who "showed his face to prove he was not dead, and went back to jail again".

Michaelon was super happy to see him.

The two confided in each other how much they missed each other, and chatted about what happened around them.

Sammy, of course, inevitably mentions the movie The Exorcist.

Michaelon couldn't help but asked, "Who is the male lead? If no one plays, I'll come."

Yes.

There is currently no male lead in the film.

Mikey had long been tempted to recommend himself.

But he was embarrassed to say that now he pretended to mention it unintentionally and jokingly, in fact, he hoped that Sammy would get on the topic immediately and keep the actor's seat to himself.

But Sammy is super principled.

He decisively refused: "You are not the hero I imagined."

Mikey was not happy again.

But this time, maybe it was the change from friend to fiancé that made him not want to be sulking by being alone as before. Instead, he frankly confessed his thoughts and protested softly in a voice that had not yet gone through the period of voice change. : "Why am I not your male protagonist, are you tired of the old?"

However, Sammy, who was accused of 'loving the new and hating the old', had no guilt, but instead laughed.

He thought Mickey was joking, and grinned and coaxed him over: "Don't be angry, baby. How about I bring you a happy children's meal tomorrow? Although you are not the hero in the movie, you will always be the man in my heart. protagonist."

Michaelon was coaxed to be happy, but still a little dissatisfied.

Because no matter the reality or the movie, he wants to be the leading actor of Sammy.

But the happy kids meal thing.

Still agreeable.

He wanted to eat it for a long time, but he was too embarrassed to fight with the human cubs.

He planned in his mind, and while emphasizing, he made a request and said: "I'm still very angry! If, I mean, if you don't have time to see me the day after tomorrow, then... I want two copies of tomorrow's happy children's meal. However, even if I ask for two, I'm still angry!!"

at the same time,

Bellman was lucky enough to receive an invitation to audition for the lead role in The Exorcist.

This well-known actor happens to be a fan of Sammy.

At the premiere of "Say Hello to the World", he asked his friend Mick Lee to help introduce Sammy.

Coincidentally, Sammy also admired him.

This appreciation comes from a niche movie "Fruit Cake on Glumer Street" that he starred in.

In the film, Bellman plays an honest, nerdy college student.

But this college student was unlucky. He met the fate of his life at the door of the cake shop. From then on, a beautiful girl named Anna suddenly broke into his peaceful life. The self-proclaimed girl from a miserable background used the excuse of 'I want to eat a fruit cake before I die' to cheat the nerd money to buy drugs at the first meeting, and then went even further to cheat Bellman's role. role and pulled him into the world of drug abuse.

So, in the second half of the movie...

The two characters are almost completely in a psychedelic state, unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

The messy life scenes in the middle were filmed a lot, and they ate together and sang insanely on the street together.

During the period, the director's shooting technique was also very confusing, the camera swayed, and the two also acted crazy.

The final result is an inexplicable open state, probably because the heroine Anna died suddenly and mysteriously in the bathroom. After the nerdy college student found the body, he was at a loss for a while, and then dazedly called the police.

But under the stern questioning of the police, he couldn't even tell himself, how did this girl named Anna die

When the film was broadcast, many critics gave the evaluation: I don't know what to say.

In their view, the whole movie has no theme.

If this is a reflection of the current situation of contemporary young people, the plot only involves two young people, the hero and heroine;

If it is against the abuse of drugs and drugs, many of the pictures are beautifully shot, and it does not seem to be a completely critical attitude (and because of this, the film has become a restricted level);

If it is to praise love, it seems that it is still very unclear. Because when the two first met, it seemed that there was no spark. The main reason was that the male protagonist was too honest and directly entered the stage of 'being cheated, cheated, and repeatedly cheated', and then they were miraculously together.

For these reasons, the movie was a failure.

It appears to have been in theaters for less than two weeks before it was pulled due to low box office.

But Sammy really liked the movie.

In his opinion, there is no need to analyze the film into one, two, three, and have to find out what the ideological connotation is.

The director may have just told a story that happened in another world.

A story that belongs to both the male and female protagonists.

Just enjoy it silently.

For example, there is a very beautiful shot.

When the two met for the first time, the heroine Anna put a cigarette gently on the corner of the college student's lips, and in the smoke, she asked softly, "Are you coming?"

Then, their eyes met, and it all started simply.

As long as you don't care about the overly fragmented and messy plot, you can feel the invisible and charming tension and ambiguity between the two characters through the excellent performance of the actors.

In the looming background music, the threads of fate are slowly extending and extending towards each other...

Then, they were densely entwined and woven together, and finally, a big love network was formed, which bound the two people firmly together.

Sammy admired Bellman's form and acting in this film.

He is not a handsome and flamboyant actor like Mickey. On the contrary, he looks very ordinary and ordinary at first glance, but maybe it is because of his superb acting skills, or because of his distinctive temperament, so he will be particularly attractive in the camera. The type of 'ignoring at first sight, and getting more and more pleasing to the eye'.

In this film, compared to the female advocate's arrogance and wanton to some exaggerated performance...

His performance has always been very reserved and restrained, and his eyes have always maintained that kind of forbearance and restraint, but with the development of the film, he has gradually become crazy a little bit, but in the madness, he keeps as hard as possible. Described as a powerful control force that runs through the whole situation, he strives to make himself not completely collapse, like walking a tightrope, dangerous and sexy. It can be said that his emotional expression is almost perfect.

So there is an opportunity to cooperate.

He immediately sent an invitation to Berman.

Bellman was originally a fan of Sammy. After receiving this invitation, he was surprised and delighted.

But seeing the script, he was a little hesitant.

Before that, just like the male protagonist in "Fruit Cake on Glumer Street", his role has always been gentle, taciturn, good-looking, good-natured, and maybe a little literary type;

But in the movie "The Exorcist", the male protagonist is a character that is both good and evil.

That is to say, this role, whether compared with the roles he has played in the past, or with his real character in reality, will be very different, which makes him not so confident that he can play this role well .

Sammy kept persuading him to take the role.

To this end, he also called to the past to be excited: "Do you want to play a role until you are old? What's wrong with challenging new things while you are young?"

These words indirectly prompted Berman to make up his mind and take over the role.

He also really wants to broaden his acting career and improve his image.

But what I didn't expect was...

When the news that he was about to play the leading role in "The Exorcist" came out, it caused a burst of panic.

As mentioned earlier, The Exorcist was a best-selling novel.

So, although it has passed its best-selling period now, there are still some diehard fans of the book.

These book fans usually have no sense of existence at all, and are almost ignored by everyone.

But it may be because Bellman's honest and gentle image in the past is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

So, when he was announced as the actor of the film's male lead, he exaggerated and said that it might give the impression that a sheep ran to play the lion king...

Book fans are all fried!

A full 20,000 protest emails rushed into Disney's mailbox for external opinions like a flood.

No exaggeration!

A shocked and angry book fan also publicly wrote on Twitter:

[A goofy nerdy exorcist? fuck it! Will he exorcise? I think he is a small dessert specially delivered to the door of the devils. ]

Someone also left a dissatisfied message under Sammy's Twitter:

[Why not just let Mickey play? Although it doesn't quite fit the image in the book, at least I can still see the face. ]

Even Bellman's own fans were not very supportive of him.

They said on Twitter: [About flipping through the original book of "The Exorcist", the protagonist is not bad, it is very charming, but it does feel different from our Bellman, must we play it? Otherwise, stop acting and give up! ]

The negative effects do seem to be a bit too great.

Ms. Selena, the original writer who was writing the script for the film, couldn't sit still for a minute.

She called Sammy and asked about the casting.

Sammy was very upset, but he had to promise again and again: "Believe me, believe me, that's my movie too, I won't mess around."

Lady Selena was dubious.

But I can't get to this point, and I'm making a fuss about changing directors.

She had to ask that she must see Bellman's male protagonist in the next few days. If the temperament is too disparate and the image is too different, even if she is regarded as critical, she will still firmly oppose it to the end.

In addition, the producers sent by the company also have doubts about this.

With his back to Disney, he simply pulled out a long list for Sammy, with the names of several top Hollywood male stars on it, and then tactfully and richly reminded: "Director, our budget is very large, we don't need to Save money and you can hire a bigger actor."

Director Sammy was helpless: "I'm really not trying to save money..."

The producers were equally dubious.

But ignoring the image issue, Bellman is not an unknown actor, and the salary is not low.

So, also holding the idea of 'look back at the styling, and then watch him perform a few paragraphs', he, like Ms. Selena, endured it for the time being.

All obstacles seem to have finally been cleared.

However, this calm did not last long.

This "The Exorcist" is probably destined to be a disaster film.

After the surrounding voices quieted down a bit, Sammy began to set up his own crew.

He asked the newly hired assistant to contact the accustomed staff who had worked with him several times before, and at the same time, at the suggestion of the producer and casting director, he went through the other roles that were gradually settled.

But when everything is moving forward in an orderly manner...

A much larger rebound has emerged.

Die-hard fans of The Exorcist have come up with a new action yet again.

They showed their boycott of the film by showing up at the gates of Disney's corporate headquarters holding the novel and a sign saying 'No Sammy, No Bellman'. Moreover, these people repeatedly expressed the view that "Sami and Bellman must have ruined the work" in some public places.

At this point, Disney is very suspicious that this is a competitor or a hostile company who is secretly provoking trouble.

Otherwise, why haven't these book fans been seen so extreme in the past few years

Things gradually got worse.

After all, no studio would be under so much pressure to make a movie.

That kind of act against the world usually only appears in novels, movies and cartoons...

In real life, who would be willing to go against most groups at all costs

In this case, Mr Norris, the former boss, called Sammy privately.

He quietly hinted at the severity of the current situation: "I'm sorry to tell you what to say next, but if you still have any cards in your hand, you'd better take it out as soon as possible, otherwise, the pressure on the company's side will be very big…”

Sammy was very annoyed.

He just wanted to make a movie seriously, and he didn't want to get involved in the mess. Now it's a disaster, and he doesn't stop making a movie.

But maybe it's the constant persecution of the crisis...

A door in his mind was opened like this, and countless magical and bold ideas spewed out of the door: "Since there are real dragons? Why can't there be real demons and monsters?"

"What, invite me to make a movie?"

The white cat teacher looked at the human companion who was said to be the little fire dragon in amazement, and asked in surprise, "What can I play? The heroine?"

Sammy blinked and looked at the white cat who said he wanted to be the heroine with one mouth in surprise, thinking, "How confident!"

But after thinking for a few seconds, he couldn't help but snapped his fingers, agreeing happily: "Good idea."

Teacher Bai Mao couldn't help but immediately became reserved.

It posed a very charming cat-like posture: "You are very discerning, young man!"

During this time, Bellman's life was not easy.

When book fans protest, actors will always take far more attacks than directors.

Fortunately, his agent is very capable and has always been on guard, so that he has always been under the strictest protection, so that he can safely distance himself from those who oppose the book, and avoid a lot of trouble.

However, the attitude of book fans, and the unsupportiveness of some movie fans, still hurt the actor who has always been kind to others.

At that time, Bellman kept a precious silence and never made any inappropriate remarks, so as not to cause greater misunderstandings, conflicts and contradictions.

It was not until a long time later that he euphemistically expressed his feelings at the time: "An actor with real development potential should have tried all kinds of roles, even if countless people are against it, I don't think I do it. It was wrong. I needed a chance, and I'm grateful to Director Sammy for giving me that chance."

Some people withdraw when they are stressed.

But some people prefer to rise to the challenge.

There is no doubt that Sammy and Bellman are of the same kind.

So, in the midst of opposition and protests, the two successfully converged.

Behrman, who was not confident at first, looked firm.

He said word by word very seriously: "Director, I'm ready, I'm going to play the exorcist Albioni."

"Great!" Sammy was delighted.

He didn't know where to take out a white cat and hand it to Berman: "Hold it, hold it, be gentle."

Wait, what's going on here

Shouldn't we discuss the characters, the plot, and the styling next

Bellman took the white cat in a bit of a daze, and hugged it gently according to Sammy's request.

Then, Sammy excitedly told him: "Come on, get to know me! This lady will play the heroine, your lover Katie."

The white cat meowed in coordination, and naturally leaned softly against the male protagonist's arms.

However, the actor Bellman was in a trance for a moment, almost thinking he was hallucinating.

He looked at the fluffy white cat in his arms, and almost fell to his knees for Director Sammy for a split second.

The actor who consciously got on the pirate ship finally shed tears of kelp in his heart: "I was wrong, I was wrong! Book fans and movie fans are right, I'm not suitable to play the leading role. , it's not suitable."

Director Sammy happily ran over, stood behind the hero and heroine, stood on tiptoe, compared a scissor hand, held his mobile phone high, and took a photo of the two and one cat.

Then, he looked at himself in the photo and the hero and heroine he had chosen with satisfaction, thinking, "This shoot will definitely be fun!"