I’m in Hollywood

Eric just glanced at the Vanity Fair magazine that the girl handed over, and recognized that on the cover was a photo of Gwyneth Paltrow, a photo of human body graffiti painted with various horror movie symbols. .

Apparently, he drew it himself on a whim that night at Kate Hudson's house.

Moreover, the keywords of the magazine cover are also marked with the words Drawn and Photographed by Eric Williams in bright bold letters.

Picking up the magazine and flipping to the relevant feature page, I roughly scanned it, which is basically a promotional advert for Speed ​​​​and Passion. Gwyneth replaces the original Jordana Brewster in this brand new Speed ​​​​and Passion series. Don's sister Mia.

Unlike the graffiti on all the other girls that night, the iconic 'Williams handprint' on Gwyneth's body was printed on her chest, and she didn't wear a bra, which was obviously a detail that easily stirred up conversation.

However, since the parties didn't care, Eric naturally didn't care, put down the magazine in his hand, and said with a smile: It's already published before showing it to me, is it too late?

I know you will definitely agree, so let them do it directly, the girl still looked like smiling, and when Mayer left the office, she went around the desk and threw herself into Eric's arms. He sniffed at Eric and made a small expression of 'I caught you', but he just talked about business and said, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and that Christa. Na Loken, she's just a rookie, and the actors can't find a point of publicity, so Kate can only go out.

Among the cast of Fast and the Furious, except for Gwyneth Paltrow, who has played the heroine in some low-cost solo movies, the others can only be regarded as Hollywood rookies. Vin Diesel, who played a small role in Private Ryan, has also been unknown because of historical changes. MGM executives initially objected to this matter more than once, and even submitted a list of well-known Hollywood actors who were willing to drop their pay and sign a package contract to star in this series.

After all, while MGM has been cutting the paychecks of the cast members of the Cinematic Universe series, that's only relative to the explosive global box office of the three franchises. If you think about it seriously, the remunerations received by several main creators are all at the top-tier Hollywood level.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Eric's selection of a group of rookies to star in the first spin-off series of the spy movie universe is almost a bit messy. If it weren't for being able to connect with the agent movie universe, the cast of The Fast and the Furious would not attract the attention of any audience at all.

As long as Gwen is willing, Eric hugged the tired girl in his arms, looked at Gwyneth opposite, and said, How was Thanksgiving?

It's been a long time since Thanksgiving. Gwyneth sat on the chair very ladylike and looked at the opposite side, hiding her envy, and said, Eric, are you free recently? Party?

Recently, I'm really sorry, Eric shook his head and said regretfully, I'm so busy that I'm going to fly.

After saying this, thinking that there are still a lot of documents to read in the morning, Eric patted the girl in his arms: Okay,

I'm going to work, so take Gwen back first.

The girl was not too entangled, she leaned over and kissed Eric on the lips, then got up and said, Then I'll go first, we have a meeting to attend later.

After watching the girl and Gwyneth leave the office, Eric turned his attention to the pile of documents on the desktop.

Mayer had just put the recruitment information for the waiter in the restaurant inside the big ship on the top. Eric took it and flipped it over briefly. He couldn't help but smile. Looking at the information of the girls in his hand, Eric could just imagine Kelly's helpless expression, or Mayer's faint resentment.

Compared with the appearance of the original waiters in the restaurant, these ten candidate girls can only be described as ordinary.

For example, the red-haired and blue-eyed girl with a round face in her hand, with a little stubbornness at the corners of her eyes and brows, and fair skin that is more in line with Eric's aesthetic.

Picking up the pencil on the table and marking the document in his hand, Eric randomly selected three other girls, put the document aside, and started to concentrate on other work.

In the first week of December, the British Queen Elizabeth biopic Elizabeth, which was co-produced by New Line and the British company working-title, was officially opened on a small scale on more than 500 screens in North America.

As the heroine, Cate Blanchett's debut in 007 Casino Royale has left a very deep impression on countless filmmakers and audiences, and this has also given Elizabeth a much higher quality than the original version. Much higher popularity base. Moreover, as an actress who originally relied on Shakespeare's plays, Cate Blanchett's performance in Elizabeth was even more amazing.

Amid the applause of the filmmakers, the film earned $5.69 million at the North American theaters in the first three days of the first weekend, with a single-house box office exceeding $10,000. According to this box-office trend, the film will earn more than $8 million at the box office in its first week.

As an art film that relies on small-scale long-term screenings, Elizabeth's performance can definitely be regarded as outstanding. You must know that The English Patient produced and released by Miramax in the same period last year had a considerable theatrical distribution scale, and the box office during the same period was only 100%. more than $4 million.

At the same time, Elizabeth has also been successfully promoted to the top of the Hollywood awards season.

On the other hand, Eric didn't care too much about the cover of Vanity Fair, but it caused a response far beyond what many people expected.

The day the girl showed the sample magazine to Eric was actually the day before the magazine was officially launched.

The next day, the new issue of Vanity Fair was just released, and it immediately attracted the attention of countless media.

Despite the graffiti, the photo of Gwyneth should still be considered a topless photo, and Vanity Fair's cover size has always been relatively large, so it's not a big deal. What caught everyone's attention was the iconic 'Williams handprint' on Gwyneth's chest in the end.

Of course, Vanity Fair magazine will not publicize the title of Williams Handprint, and Gwyneth and the others will not be able to name them when this photo is on the cover.

However, because it is 'drawn and photographed by Eric Williams', in the media world, which has just experienced a wave of New York Times interviews, any news related to Eric can naturally attract countless attention. , Therefore, although the right to reprint cannot be easily obtained, all the details on the cover photo have caused countless discussions.

I don't know if it's too boring or too boring. On the Yahoo forum, a netizen focused on the handprint on the photo after analyzing in detail the name of the horror movie represented by each graffiti symbol on Gwyneth's body, and then claimed that after After zooming in, the other party found obvious palm texture details on the handprint, which had not been able to figure out which movie it represented.

That is to say, this handprint was not drawn, but was directly printed by someone's hand.

Use your hands!

Still so sensitive.

Isn't that lacy enough?

Because he didn't know the details of the photo shoot, the netizen directly 'called' the girl's name in the post: Miss Barrymore, look, your best friend has your man's handprint on her chest!

Including Vanity Fair, almost all media do not know the whole process of the birth of this graffiti photo, but they are very clear about the relationship between the girl and Gwyneth and other girls. Although they are very clear about Eric's romantic character, But immediately, as if they had discovered something extraordinary, the whole group got excited. After all, robbing a best friend's boyfriend is definitely not a decent thing.

The original purpose of releasing this photo was to promote the upcoming Fast and Furious, and MGM didn't want to be brought by the media to this kind of lace news.

Therefore, the girl quickly came forward to clarify, and posted a photo of her graffiti photo taken that night on her rarely used Yahoo blog, with a few explanations.

Looking at the graffiti symbols that are full of Eric Williams' personal imprint on the girl's body, although the media no longer bothers about Gwyneth, after all, this can be regarded as art, and the artist has something to do with his own works. Intimacy is unavoidable. However, the picture published by the girl once again aroused heated discussions in the media.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Soon, a Hollywood newspaper broke the news that this is the work of Eric Williams at a graffiti party. Eric left all kinds of interesting pictures on many girls that day. theme doodle imprint.

If the lace factor is not considered, as the most famous director in Hollywood, as well as the painting skills and artistic level shown by the two graffiti photos that have been revealed, Eric's graffiti works immediately attracted many media publishers attention.

Condé Nast Group, the owner of Vanity Fair, soon contacted Gwyneth and Drew and offered a direct price of $1 million, hoping to publish their graffiti photos. After being rejected, they even doubled the price to $2 million. .

At the same time, many media publishers also began to inquire about the girls who attended the party that night. In their opinion, although the graffiti was drawn by Eric himself, since it is a photo of the girls, the copyright naturally belongs to these girls. They don't believe that other girls have the ability to turn down the temptation of $2 million like Gwyneth and the girl.

Although many girls were quickly excavated, it was a pity that Eric himself painted graffiti that night only a few people, such as the girl, Gwyneth and Kate Hudson, and the other girls were basically There is only one 'Williams Handprint' that counts as Eric's own work. The portraits of other girls painted by themselves at will, naturally it is impossible to compare with Eric's own works.

Moreover, after the girl greeted everyone in private, there was no girl who sold graffiti photos to publishers without knowledge.

At the same time, MGM's publicity department was not idle, and quickly used this photo incident to hype the momentum of The Fast and the Furious.

As a derivative series of the Secret Service Cinematic Universe, The Fast and the Furious has actually attracted very strong attention among the fans of the Secret Service Cinematic Universe itself, but it is obviously not enough to attract more ordinary passers-by audiences. Attention can ensure that the film has enough potential popularity base.

Therefore, in addition to the graffiti photo incident, in order to gain more topicality, MGM also quickly linked the salary negotiations between Kevin Costner and the Mission Impossible series with the Fast and Furious series. Hype about Kevin Costner's wait-and-see stance on the Fast and Furious franchise. And what potential ramifications for the entire MGM film universe should the Fast and Furious franchise fail at the box office.

After this series of operations, The Fast and the Furious finally managed to win a lot of popularity in the process of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace that most movie fans in North America were frantically looking forward to at the end of December.

Firefly Studios, in the restaurant on the big ship.

Eric walked into the restaurant with Kenneth Horn of New Line Cinema, and after sitting down, a waitress with fair skin and red hair walked over, handed the menu to the two, and respectfully said: William Mr. Muss, and this, sir, what would you like to eat?

I can still be the same as I am, Eric handed the menu back directly, looked at the girl in front of him, and said with a smile, Amy, how does it feel to work here?

The red-haired, blue-eyed, round-faced girl in front of her was named Amy Adams.

Eric recognized the other party in several waiter candidate profiles at first glance, and could only sigh once again that life was wonderful.

Amy Adams also feels like she's been through this period of time as wonderful.

Although she is one of Hollywood's dream girls, Amy Adams just came to Los Angeles two years ago, and, unlike other girls who love fantasy, Amy Adams has even begun to accept her fate over the years. She dropped out of school at the age of eight, and has basically been working as a waitress. Until a few weeks ago, she was still working in a Hollywood restaurant. Although she always wanted to be an actor, her various qualifications were Hollywood really isn't great, so you don't necessarily get an audition for a few months.

It was a complete surprise to get this job that many Hollywood dreamers dream of.

A few days ago, she happened to read a news about a high-end restaurant recruiting waiters in the newspaper. The generous treatment made people quite excited, so she took the initiative to submit her 'experienced' resume until she finally decided on the job. , She didn't even know that she was about to work on the famous Titanic in Firefly Studios.