Movie Master

Lance took out a pack of Skittles from his trousers pocket, unwrapped it and held it out to Cole, who shook his head politely. Having known Lance for more than a year, Cole naturally knows his habit, but every time he wonders why Lance still retains such a childish habit, which does not match Lance's appearance and personality. Perhaps, behind that gentlemanly and cunning mask, there is an unknown story.

So, you are now recommending these actors as a friend? Lance said with a smile as he threw a few Skittles into his mouth.

Cole withdrew his attention, and spread his hands with a smile, You didn't leave me any other options, did you? This was teasing Lance who had just declined his agent's invitation, and then he left I took out a thick stack of documents from the briefcase I was carrying, looked around, but found that I had no place to put them, so I had to put the briefcase on the ground again, and put the documents on my lap. With such a huge figure, it looks a little embarrassed to make such an action, which makes people laugh.

However, believe me, these actors will never disappoint your expectations. If you want, I can arrange an audition today. Cole was sorting out the materials with both hands, but his eyes were always looking directly at Lance, maintaining his sincerity With a focused attitude, he introduced, As a friend, I can give you a little tip. Tom's core requirement for co-actors is that he is the only focus.

This is a joke, Lance laughed dumbly, and pointed to the thick stack of documents on Cole's knee, Are you kidding me? I thought you would recommend actors based on their roles. Lance looked roughly After a while, Cole has information on at least 20 actors, but in fact, there are less than 20 characters with lines in the entire movie Murder with a Borrowing Knife.

Cole handed some documents to Lance, but Lance waved his hand, motioning for Cole to take them all over, I'm an agent, not a federal investigator. At present, the script of 'Murder with a Borrowed Knife' is still the top secret. People know exactly what the movie is about, and I want to recommend actors based on the characters, but obviously it's not an easy task.

Hearing this, Lance raised his head and raised his brows to look at Cole. The questioning look in his eyes obviously said, You're joking with me. Cole shrugged helplessly, I'm telling the truth , I just know that the movie needs a female character, and then four or five male characters will be slightly heavier. But there is no information about the specific content of the script and the specific information about the characters.

Lance still squinted his eyes with an expression of disbelief, but Cole remained calm and put on a gesture of this is the truth, believe it or not. Lance finally pursed his lips, after all, he did not Let's continue the discussion.

In fact, Cole didn't hold back this time.

The project Murder with a Borrowed Knife can be said to be unremarkable in the early stages of preparation. Even Paramount did not pay enough attention to it. A criminal commercial film with a budget of around 60 million? Even if it can be successful, the box office is bound to be difficult to explode. What's more, in the current market, the difficulty of filming is beyond imagination, and the possibility of failure is unimaginable. The best result is to refer to the Sniper released last year phone booth.

After many directors declined and the screenwriter changed the script three times, Brad found Lance with the project and injected new vitality into the script. However, at that time, Lance only won praises for City of God. The three Oscar statuettes added brilliance to him, but it was still far from causing a strong chemical effect in the market—commercial films and art films still have huge potential. The difference is that Murder with a Borrowing Knife was initially positioned as a commercial film.

However, the development of things gradually deviated from the original track. First, the joining of Tom Cruise attracted the attention of Paramount; A book that has the qualifications to be among the classics; and then The Day After Tomorrow won the summer box office, and Lance's net worth increased sharply. In just two months, the attention of the project Murder with a Borrowing Knife has skyrocketed.

Now, Murder with a Borrowed Knife has become the focus of Paramount's internal game-the reason is very simple, the limited cost ensures that even if the work fails, it will not be a disastrous failure, and the joining of two important figures, Tom and Lance, ensures In short, this is a lucrative deal that no one will miss.

The ultimate goals of Brad and Shirley are very clear, to ensure the success of Murder with a Borrowing Knife and to promote the development of Paramount. Conspicuous, add more chips for yourself.

Now, Paramount has completely blocked the script of Murder with a Borrowing Knife. The reason is very simple. Even if Brad handed over the choice of actors to Lance, Shirley does not want to give up easily. She will choose a batch according to her own needs. Actors, and then let the agents of these actors find Lance-and Shirley chose the innovative artist agency behind Tom, which is also the current Hollywood overlord, which made the news tightly sealed and airtight. An accurate grasp of the script and a correct understanding of the characters are obviously Shirley's advantages.

Due to the signed non-disclosure agreement and to protect the interests of the company, Brad must not disclose the details of the script. But Brad will not sit still, he revealed the news that Lance is about to star in Borrowing Knife, which is a hype stunt for many people; roughly understand.

Cole is obviously one of the beneficiaries.

For the past year, Cole has been paying close attention to Lance. Although Lance doesn't do many actions, it's just two works of City of God and The Day After Tomorrow. Cole didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he learned that Lance was about to star in Borrowing a Knife, Cole knew his chance had come. So there is today's meeting.

However, these news did not have much impact on Lance's selection of actors. Even the actors recommended by Shirley, even the actors from Creative Artists Agency, have to be suitable for the role. In the crew of The Day After Tomorrow, temperament and affinity are more important than performance; but in Murder with a Borrowing Knife, actors must have certain acting skills. Every character with lines in the script has Every story that belongs to him has his own role. In this regard, Lance has learned and studied the advantages of L.A. Confidential.

L.A. Confidential was born in 1997, not only won the Oscar for the Best Adapted Screenplay that year, but Kim Basinger won the Best Supporting Actress; it almost pulled down Titanic , even though the King of the World won a lot of praise for his victory that year, many years later, people still lamented the bright complex of LA Confidential and Titanic, and this work was able to rank among the classics of film history.

In the story of LA Confidential, each character has a story, and the characters are created with a few strokes. After gathering together, they deduce the love and hatred of Los Angeles in the 1950s, which is amazing.

When Lance changed the script of Murder with a Borrowing Knife, he tried to do this, giving each character a story-not just Vincent and Max, and then through the performance of the actors, those behind the stories were mixed into In the whole big story, the whole society is condensed into a small pattern quietly.

Therefore, this puts super high demands on actors. This is also the reason why Lance took the initiative to ask for the casting rights during the second negotiation.

Lance lowered his head and began to flip through the materials in his hand. He didn't read each of the materials in detail, but just looked at the photos and names, and asked casually, Are these all your actors?

In Hollywood, almost all managers have more than one artist under them, and those top managers even manage the careers of dozens of artists at the same time. However, some people focus on quality, some on weight, and some on both. It still depends on the agent's own ability and career planning.

Cole chuckled softly, No, no, I don't have that many actors, and many of them are newcomers under other managers of the company. Cole knew that his opponent was the Creative Artists Management Company, and The system of the innovative artist management company is a wonderful work. They are not responsible for the work of an artist and a fixed manager, but the entire company is responsible for the work of all artists.

In short, as long as it is the resource in the hands of the company, artists under the Creative Artists Management Company can use it. For top big names like Tom Cruise, Wade Russell is just his relatively fixed contact, but there are at least five or six agents behind him who can serve him.

This special method not only enables the artists of the innovative artist brokerage company to have huge resources, but also enables their artists to have a unique advantage in numbers when they compete with the outside world. However, this system is a product of the times, and other companies cannot imitate it. Even the founder of this model, Michael Ovitz (Michael-Ovitz), tried to establish his own business in 1997 and succeeded in copying it, but it still failed.

Other brokerages, including William Morris Brokers, use traditional one-on-one service. In order to compete with the innovative artist brokerage company, Cole has prepared so many actors' information, but most of these materials are new actors, and there is no positive interest conflict with the artists in Cole's hands, so he is willing to put himself Bring resources from colleagues.

But you didn't ask me to give your artists special treatment. Lance looked up with a mocking smile on his face.

Cole opened his eyes wide, Can I? At this moment, he would naturally not be polite.