Director who specializes in American comics

While Wang Xuanyuan was jogging in the morning, he was thinking about what happened recently. Diesel's "Star Legend" has already pointed out that it will compete head-on with his own "Iron Man". Diesel also said the same in the media. .

He said: Men should dare to love and hate. I want to say it now. I like Scarlett Johansson and Wang Xuanyuan. I want to compete with you. I want to compete with you fairly. Although I know that you have already occupied You've taken the initiative, man, you just shouldn't say you can't do it.

And his remarks did bring him a lot of exposure and attention, and his new film once received a lot of attention.

At the same time, the media also paid close attention to another character facing the incident, Scarlett. This young girl attracted the attention of the great director Coppola's daughter, Sophia, from the very beginning, and she was cast in the film. The release of her debut film "Lost in Translation" gave Scarlett a lot of influence. As a newcomer to the film industry, she has made some achievements.

Next, she was invited by the great director Robert Redford to play a role in his new film.

Next, her spirit was placed in Wang Xuanyuan's "Iron Man". Since she is the copyright holder of the character Natasha Black Widow and is also a small shareholder of Wang Xuanyuan's film company Marvel Pictures, so Naturally, she was the perfect choice to play Natasha the Black Widow, and naturally she played an important role in this truly first movie in the Marvel Universe.

On the way, she received Scarlett's movie, and the two agreed to have dinner together at noon.

It is now March of 2001, and the cold wind of early spring is still very cold. Now Wang Xuanyuan is nominally a junior student at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, and Scarlett is also a sophomore. I think back in 1999 At that time, he had not yet obtained the system and was just a small student in his freshman year. Now, he is a student with huge debts, but he is working hard to build his own film and television empire.

He was already sweating slightly, and there were already some people on the streets of Los Angeles at this moment. After turning a corner at the park in front, he ran back. The phone on his body rang again, and the caller ID was Robert Downey Jr. .

Seeing this name, Wang Xuanyuan's lips curled up slightly. This charming little troublemaker was always talked about all day long. Whether on the set or during private gatherings after work, this person was the biggest The advantage is that there is plenty of experience, and the biggest disadvantage is that there is plenty of energy.

Maybe it was because of his energy that he did some outrageous things. For example, when he became famous, he was caught attracting fans, and was imprisoned, which caused his acting career to plummet.

This is how it is in the Hollywood entertainment industry. If you break the law in one thing, especially things like smoking or whoring, then there is a high probability that you will be dead and there will be little chance for you to make a comeback.

And Downey was like this. After he came out of the police station, his acting career plummeted, and no one cared about him since then.

I think back when Wang Xuanyuan was choosing the main role for "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr. was also one of the many actors who came to audition. Among those who came to audition, there were not many big-name stars. , the reason is that before posting the audition notice, Wang Xuanyuan had already stated the conditions. The salary for this role was not very high, just hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Those big-name stars often earn tens of millions in appearance fees, but this role only pays half a million, so famous actors rarely come to audition.

Instead, it was Downey, a has-been star who desperately needed a career, who needed a chance.

At the audition scene at that time, Downey performed many plots on the stage, including plots of great wealth, poverty, typical rich second generation plots, and even gave him a plot from "Iron Man". He performed Tony's somewhat domineering plot.

Downey's performance was very good and impressed all the judges present, including Wang Xuanyuan. In fact, Wang Xuanyuan knew early on that the protagonist was none other than Downey, because he had already known the subsequent development of "Iron Man".

And Wang Xuanyuan not only saw Downey's performance at this moment, he saw more similarities between Downey's life experience and Iron Man Tony's experience.

Both of these people have experienced the days of the second generation of rich people, and they were once the envy of everyone.

Downey was once a very famous star. Although he was not a Hollywood superstar, he was already considered a first-class star.

Tony has always been a talented second-generation rich man. Although he is busy in life, he has no goals.

Later, Downey plummeted, but now his character must have changed. He saw Downey's attitude of wanting to rise again. Tony, on the other hand, has changed his mind since he was captured, and has become more considerate of people's livelihood. This commonality made Wang Xuanyuan dare to give this role to Downey. He felt that Downey would definitely be able to play this role well. .

And Downey only had one feeling for Wang Xuanyuan, and that was gratitude. When other crews were unwilling to use him as a has-been star, Wang Xuanyuan resolutely appointed him as the leading actor in this big-budget movie in his hands. , he is very grateful, although this remuneration is considered very low compared to other movies of the same period and even his previous acting career.

But Downey knew about Hollywood. He knew that Wang Xuanyuan had bought the copyrights of many comic characters, and his character was one of them.

Although Wang Xuanyuan didn't say anything explicitly, Downey knew that it was a big plan, and the investment in this movie was hundreds of millions, which was a very important start. Downey felt that he had gained Wang Xuanyuan's trust.

Downey did not live up to Wang Xuanyuan's trust. During the filming, he had already performed the role of Tony very wonderfully. His domineering character in the early stage, his thoughts in the later stage, and his change of heart. From an ordinary person to a superhero, this It felt like it was not a performance at all but life, as if Tony was Downey, Downey was Tony, and he was born for Iron Man.

The production of this movie is very meticulous. Wang Xuanyuan asked Downey to stay at home for several months and did not let him take on other movie projects, because in the later stage of "Iron Man", Downey would be needed to come to the crew at any time for reshoots. The camera may require him to come over and remix the audio. In short, as the leading actor, he must be available during the filming and post-production of the film and must not neglect it.

Downey agreed. For this movie, he spent almost a year preparing for it, and he was really ready to go.

For the next movie project, Wang Xuanyuan signed a contract with Downey for no less than eight movies in one go, and this is exactly the contract Downey needs at this moment.

At least, I have signed contracts for eight movies, although the first one was very small, only a small amount of 500,000.

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