Birth of an actor

Chapter 127 1 Pack Abs

The hug continued until someone walked in without knocking again.

"Uh, do I need to go out and close the door so you guys can keep hugging?" Leonardo DiCaprio asked hesitantly.

"I'm going back to the city." Amon Goffman straightened his suit and lifted his briefcase.

William nodded at him, then looked out the door, raised his eyebrows and said, "I know you've been peeping outside for a long time, Leo."

Leonardo DiCaprio strode in with a smirk: "I just couldn't bear to break the beautiful scene just too early, how sweet, like Simba and his best friend Teemo the mongoose. "

"You are my friend too, Leo, Amon is Teemo, so who are you, Pumbaa warthog?"

Simba, Teemo the meerkat, and Pumbaa the warthog are all characters from the 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, and the three little animals are best buddies and friends.Of course, there is also an explanation that the latter two are the followers of the former.

Leonardo DiCaprio rolled his eyes at William.

William stared at Leonardo DiCaprio silently for three seconds, and suddenly covered his stomach and laughed sullenly. His laugh was so weird, and Leonardo's expression quickly changed from disdain to strangeness. became full of doubts.

Leonardo DiCaprio stares at William William: "What are you laughing at?"

"Please tell me that you didn't laugh in front of everyone in the studio just now."

"I laughed. I am such a person who loves to laugh. I spread joy all over the world. Is there a problem?"

"I can't describe it." William pointed to his side: "You should look in the mirror yourself."

Leonardo DiCaprio felt that William was very psychopathic. He thought that the other party was trying to scare him, so he glanced at the mirror and saw a very, very handsome blonde facing him in the mirror. vampire.

"I looked in the mirror, and I'm so handsome." Leonardo DiCaprio looked at William: "Sinister Will, do you want to confirm my nickname of Hollywood's No. [-] Boyfriend? It's useless , have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed that your face is much prettier than mine? With those sparkling green eyes and blood-drinking lips, omg I can't wait to see this movie It's the day of the show!"

William clutched his chest to calm his breath, but he was laughing so hard that he seemed to be panting when he spoke: "So you, you still haven't seen yourself smiling, right, showing the standard eight teeth the kind?"

"What's wrong with my smile?" Leonardo DiCaprio turned his head to the mirror and curled the corners of his mouth: "The curve is perfect, the teeth are white, and the order is—"

Leonardo DiCaprio stopped short when he saw in the mirror a vampire missing a canine tooth.

Can you imagine a very handsome vampire, when he opened his mouth to reveal two sharp fangs, one of them disappeared?It was like watching a movie, one minute the big devil Freddy in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was still bloody harvesting people's lives, and the next minute Jim Carrey in "Aeroplane" appeared on TV. Watching the funny scenes of penguins and parrots, it jumps from a horror movie to a funny movie in a second.

Leonardo DiCaprio covered his mouth, feeling that his image in the crew was over.

"Don't be sad, Leo, missing a tooth shouldn't affect your image in girls' hearts. Look at you, the way you keep your mouth shut is enough to confuse them."

Leonardo DiCaprio was pulling out his remaining fake canine tooth in front of the mirror. After finishing the work, he cleared his throat, looked at William and asked depressedly: "Will, can I Is it really not possible to change roles?"

"Are you dissatisfied with your character Augustus?" William asked in surprise, "But he is evil and arrogant. He is an out-and-out villain. He has a blood feud with the female vampire played by Kate, and he has the same blond hair as Jack. Like, by the way, there are no water-related scenes yet, you don’t have to worry about the water-hating disease you have since "Titanic", I thought you would like this character."

Except for the bible that gives the vampire a serious origin (Cain), no other authoritative scriptures in history have more descriptions of vampires, so starting from the birth of "vampires" in various novels and dramas, images and Capabilities are constantly changing and have never been fixed. A series of novels related to vampires, such as "Interview with the Vampire" written by American writer Anne Rice, even reset vampires from the beginning, so "Blood Together" still has a lot of room to play in the creation.

In the setting of "Blood Together", vampires are a group with many clans, strict hierarchy, isolated or hidden in the human world, and at the same time have intricate rights divisions like humans. Divide the Catholics and Protestants in the faith, the Democrats and the Conservatives in the national government divide the vampires into two camps:

God cursed Cain to become the first vampire because he killed his younger brother Abel, and Cain and Lilith, the Witch of the Night, conceived offspring. The powerful second-generation vampires have differences on the issue of treating humans, and they yearn to be with each other. Human beings coexist peacefully, and the source of blood is animals and humans who voluntarily donate blood (hospital blood bags), and never cause death when drinking blood; another faction is cruel by nature, and believes that vampires should treat humans like humans treat cattle, sheep and animals, and the source of blood is living people , and often by way of murder.

The two factions of vampires finally confront each other, and the ancestors of the vampires who insist on drinking human blood forever like the ancestor Cain have the same red pupils as Cain, while the pupils of the ancestors of the vampires who chose the path of peace at first turned into gold, and their respective descendants inherited Different eye colors.

And, not all vampires have pure gold or pure red eye color. After thousands of years of reproduction, modern vampires are no longer as powerful as their ancestors. Most of the transformed vampires maintain their original eye color, The eyes only change a little when they are sucking blood or when they are emotionally excited, and the more powerful a vampire is, the longer it can maintain heterochromatic pupils.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Augustus the Vampire, a vampire who can keep red eyes for a long time, and Tobey Maguire's character is one of his descendants and is very popular , Tobey Maguire's character was surrounded and killed by werewolves because of the indiscriminate killing of humans in the werewolf territory. DiCaprio came from Europe to kill the humans closest to William as revenge, thus starting the decades-long feud between the two, and at the end of the film, William and Leonardo DiCaprio A big fight in Prio.

In terms of plot and importance, the vampire Augustus played by Leonardo DiCaprio is a male character second only to William. He is evil, arrogant, arrogant, and has a perverted character setting It should also be more in line with Leonardo DiCaprio's urgent need for distinctive movies to get rid of the psychology of "Titanic".

"I like the role of Augustus." Leonardo DiCaprio finally said: "But, the image of a vampire is so handsome, can't I play a werewolf? The kind with all the fur?"

Leonardo DiCaprio used to be very interested in playing vampires. He thought that the appearance would be like the Hollywood horror movies of the 40s, full of blood, cold and gothic. I knew this movie a long time ago. The looks prepared for vampires are so girly, so girly that they surpassed "Interview with the Vampire", and the eyes are still the color of rabbits!He should have strongly demanded to play the werewolf in the first place.

Imagine yourself as a werewolf, with hairy limbs, strong arms and yellow animal eyes. Leonardo DiCaprio thinks that will be much cooler.

"Uh." William showed a embarrassed expression: "I once considered letting you play a werewolf, but it's not suitable."

"Because you think there are too few werewolf roles in the script, and my acting skills are so outstanding that I deserve to take on a more important role?"

"No, you can't be a werewolf because—"

Leonardo DiCaprio looked curiously.

"Because you only have one ab."

"Hahahahahaha!" Tobey Maguire, who stood at the door and eavesdropped on the entire conversation, let out a laugh that was enough to shatter the studio.

And a werewolf must have at least six-pack abs... When he saw Leonardo's murderous eyes, William silently swallowed these words into his stomach.

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The result of Amon Goffman’s investigation is that most of what Harvey Weinstein said about Shakespeare in Love is true. For example, the script was first bought by Universal, and Julia Roberts wanted to make it and It brings together a lot of powerful actors, but at the same time Harvey Weinstein also missed a very important point, that is, Miramax decided to take "Shakespeare in Love" as the Olympic Games for Gwyneth Paltrow.

It is said that the heroine that Miramax wanted at the beginning was not Gwyneth Paltrow, but Winona Ryder, the star of "Edward Scissorhands", and in 1995 due to a relationship with Daniel Day ·Lewis co-starred in "Little Women" and briefly sparked a well-known actress.

Winona Ryder and Gwyneth Paltrow are best friends, and when Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt broke up last summer, Winona Ryder let her move into her house Live, the relationship between the two was once close like sisters, when Winona Ryder was in a relationship with Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow was still with Matt Damon because everyone always hung out together. Damon's good friend Ben Affleck sparked.Two good girlfriends and two good brothers fell in love together, and it was once a good story in Hollywood.

When Miramax approached Winona Ryder and wanted her to star in "Shakespeare in Love", Gwyneth Paltrow, who lived at Winona Ryder's house, also saw the script and liked it very much. So she snatched the role from her good friend——Gwyneth Paltrow's father is a well-known Hollywood producer, her mother is a film actor, and her godfather is Spielberg. The family is very powerful in Hollywood , It is not difficult to convince Miramax to make a substitution.

And since Gwyneth Paltrow has spent so much effort, she will betray her friends to get the role of Viola, the heroine of "Shakespeare in Love", she must have high hopes for this movie-in fact Also, starting to star in movies, Gwyneth Paltrow has only been nominated for a Saturn Award once for "Seven Deadly Sins", which is a bit too small for her who is already 26 years old and has starred in many movies. If she can't get an award ceremony before the age of 30, it will be difficult to get on the A-list after the age of 30, so Paganis Paltrow and even the family behind her will be "Shakespeare in Love" I like it very much, because this is indeed a rare and good script, especially for the heroine.

"The script is a good script, and I have the confidence to negotiate a good share for you." Amon Goffman said on the other end of the phone: "But Gwyneth Paltrow really wants to take this movie to the Olympics. She and Her family has contributed a lot to "Shakespeare in Love" and even attracted some investment, I am worried that when the awards season comes and Miramax starts public relations for the film, it will cause unfair resource allocation."

"I'm not at that time to make films specifically for winning awards." William reassured his agent and said, "Public relations during the awards season are a must, because no matter how good a film is, it will have no future if no one pays attention to it, but if an award If it's all PR, and there's more water than the Pacific Ocean, then that trophy won't mean anything to me."

The female characters in "Shakespeare in Love" really have a lot of space to play. The protagonist Viola is more like a combination of the beautiful advantages of women, but this is not a ChickFlick that focuses on women after all. The focus of the movie is still on Shakespeare. Personally, Shakespeare’s enthusiasm for art and love are very bright spots. The difference is only whether the difficulty of performance is higher or not-the art is fanaticism, and love is also fanaticism. The two emotions are so similar. Similar yet so different, it is not easy for many actors to express this clearly.

After reading the script, William really liked the role of Shakespeare, because in "Shakespeare in Love", the young Shakespeare is not only a poet, but also a drama actor, a drama writer, and a swordsman. The master is both William Shakespeare and Romeo Montague. The fate of the playwright and the characters in his works are intertwined, and the challenge is very difficult.

"I see what you mean, Will."

"By the way, Ami, is Miramax the right to adapt the movies of the "Lord of the Rings" series?"

"Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings"? From 1975 to 1995, all the rights to "The Lord of the Rings" were in the hands of veteran producer Saul Zaenz. In 95, Saul Zaenz wanted to make "The English Patient." ", he persuaded Fox to invest in it at the beginning, but then Fox decided to withdraw due to casting disputes. Harvey Weinstein participated in saving the project at that time. Later, "The English Patient" gained a lot from the Oscars and the global box office. More than two hundred million dollars, Saul Zaentz owed Harvey Weinstein a big favor, and transferred "The Lord of the Rings" to Miramax." After saying this, Amon Goffman learned Reluctantly asked: "Will, are you interested in this movie?"

"I'm half a fan of Tolkien." William said, "Help me pay more attention to the news of "The Lord of the Rings". If there is any change in this project, let me know."

"No problem." Amon Goffman readily agreed. He thought that William wanted to participate in "Lord of the Rings", at most to participate in the investment. He absolutely never thought of what William's real plan was.

Two days later, Amon Goffman settled the contract of "Shakespeare in Love". William's remuneration is a friendship price of 500 million US dollars and a certain dividend. Within three weeks, he will focus on filming the scenes of "Blood Together". Then I rushed to the UK to shoot for a month, and then returned to the United States. After going back and forth several times without stopping, I should be able to finish the two films at the same time before the end of June.

But before that, William had to go back to Harvard. There was an important campus charity event that he needed to attend, and this time he had a companion.After almost two years in college, William was finally able to show Lance around his campus.