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Slapstick? Circus? Hype? - 'Mad Max 4' preparations are worrisome.

That's the headline in the latest entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times. Today is the day when Fury Road held a public audition—for the outside world, it is still Mad Max 4. The major media still view this work as a sequel.

Because Mad Max 4 has been controversial, every move of the crew has become the object of attention. When the Los Angeles Times learned that the only requirement for the public audition today was model, it was shocked! It's not the so-called measurement requirements, height requirements, and weight requirements, but it is written in the official announcement of Chaos Films, Models who intend to participate in big-screen performances are welcome to audition.

This... This is simply shocking!

Everyone knows that the career of modeling is very short. This is a business that eats youth, regardless of gender, only age. Even Kate-Moss (Kate-Moss) will eventually grow old one day. Therefore, the career development of models after they step off the runway has become a big problem. If they want to continue to make a living in the entertainment industry, becoming an actor is undoubtedly the best choice-at least it is much more reliable than a singer, because Hollywood always There is no shortage of vases, but there is always a need for new ones.

Diane Kruger, Cara-Delevingne, and Megan Fox have many cases of model-turned-actors, but there are only a handful of successful ones. After all, the models themselves are not trained in acting, it is difficult for them to find their accurate positioning on the big screen, and more often they are just in charge of beauty in commercial blockbusters as vases.

In the long history of movies, Kim-Basinger (Kim-Basinger) is one of the ones who changed jobs as a model and stood at the pinnacle of her career. In 1997, LA Confidential won her the most Oscar. Best Supporting Actress statuette; Charlize Theron is another. But other than that, it is lackluster. Even Kim, her only shining point is the LA Confidential. There are only a handful of former models like Charlize who have continued her successful acting career for more than two decades. number.

In the eyes of those old academics, models are directly equated with vases, which basically means that they have no relationship with the upper class, and are just playthings or idols.

As a commercial film, it is not uncommon for Mad Max 4 to invite models to star in the film, just like Transformers used Megan Fox to attract attention and create explosive points, which is the main theme of the film one. But the problem is that Mad Max 4 is not just about hiring a model, but like America's Next Top Model audition, it turns the movie audition into a farce.

The Los Angeles Times just published this news report. In the eyes of professionals, the best explanation for Chaos Pictures' actions is farce, circus, or hype, which can be regarded as a desperate situation. In the report, Cliff Robinson said, I can't tell whether it's more terrifying to spend $200 million on a movie that only a hundred people want to see, or to use a group of models to complete a movie. If a Hollywood movie is scarier, maybe it would be a total disaster. But if Strelo intends to use this method to attract people's attention and hype, there is no doubt that he has succeeded.

If it was just a model audition, the Los Angeles Times would not sacrifice the headlines of the entertainment section to report it. Obviously, the model audition is just a fuse. The origin of Cliff's concerns about the Mad Max 4 crew It has been a long time.

When Strelo confirmed that his next work would be a reboot of the 'Mad Max' series, our first reaction was: Is this, really okay? Will 'Mad Max 4' be The next 'Saharan Riders'? That fear is slowly becoming a reality when we learn that Mel Gibson will no longer be playing Max.

When Mad Max sparked countless discussions in Australia, it made the pink and tender Mel popular, successfully allowed Mel to land in Hollywood, and started his own superstar mode. It is no exaggeration to say that Mel and Max are directly equated, just like Harrison Ford is to Han Solo. Of course, when the series restarts, those loyal fans will naturally want to see it. Until Mel was able to return.

As Cliff said, the series of movies is inherently very niche, and the target group should be those loyal audiences, but not long ago, Mel officially confirmed that he will not star in Mad Max 4, which is also true. It is tantamount to letting diehards lose an important reason to go to the cinema again.

What's more, after experiencing the ups and downs of The Passion of the Christ, Mel has not been able to recover so far, and is still suffering from the joint ban. If Mel and Lance teamed up, then Mad Max 4 would be a real disaster. The Jews teamed up with the Big Six, and every corner of Hollywood will be sealed off so tightly that they can't even breathe. Not anymore.

Therefore, choosing Mel is a dead end; giving up Mel is a dead end. This is also an important reason why Hollywood cannot be optimistic about Lance's choice.

Cliff also mentioned in the report that Mad Max 4 and Sahara Cavalry have the same setting, and both set the background of the story in the mysterious but dangerous desert. Saharan Cavalry moved the entire crew to Morocco to shoot, but it turned out to be a complete disaster. It not only caused a lot of trouble, but also caused a huge loss in cost. It is also far from satisfactory.

In order to avoid the mistakes of 'Sahara Cavalry', choosing to build a studio in Burbank is the most sensible choice for 'Mad Max 4'. Cliff said.

But the problem is that it is not impossible to reproduce the desolation and bewilderment of the desert in the studio in Burbank. With the assistance of computer special effects, everything can be realized, but the cost is unimaginable; not to mention , All the studios in Burbank are already full, and Chaos Pictures can't even find a suitable venue to build a studio.

It reminds us of the 'Saharan Troopers' disaster, where one bad decision after another caused the dominoes to collapse. Shooting difficulties aside, no audience wants to see a beautiful/gorgeous/delicate Penelope -Cruise's face is full of wind and dust, and no audience wants to see the sexy/handsome Matthew McConaughey rolling in the sand. For such a classic masterpiece as The English Patient, the scene of dancing in the yellow sand often discourages the audience. Now, Mad Max 4 is facing such a predicament. First, it cannot find a suitable shooting location; second, it may repeat the same mistakes ; Third, both positioning and conception are facing bottlenecks. It is hard to imagine how Strelo will perform his magic in the dry and barren desert.

In response to such problems, Cliff proposed the shooting idea of ​​Canadian Studio or Las Vegas, but obviously no matter which choice he chooses, he will face the danger of a sharp rise in production costs. This is a fatal conundrum.

At the end of this report, Cliff put forward a new conjecture that the public audition with models as the main object is completely a kind of hype, diverting the hype of the studio crisis and Mel's absence crisis, trying to create a kind of crew The lively scene where the preparations are progressing smoothly, but can this kind of behavior of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall really work?

Strelo, can he continue his magic? At the end of the article, Cliff said so.

It can be seen between the lines that Cliff is worried, but what is hidden behind it is gloating. At this moment, the whole Hollywood is waiting to see Lance's jokes. It seems that all signs are that Mad Max 4 The train is falling off the cliff, and the fate of being smashed into pieces is irretrievable. Large film companies such as Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures do not need to spend too much effort at all. Just moving their fingers, Chaos Pictures is already stretched and at a loss.

The studio problem has not yet been resolved, and the selection of actors has fallen into a quagmire again-in Hollywood's view, Lance chose a model as an actor, which is completely a last resort.

Recently, I Am Legend, 007 project, and Spiderman 3 have all begun to recruit second-tier and third-tier supporting actors. In addition, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and National Treasure 2 also started casting auditions, and almost half of Hollywood actors are rushing towards these projects. Naturally, no one is willing to join Mad Max 4.

Faced with such a predicament, Lance came up with a model audition method, which could not only recruit suitable actors, but also shift the focus and ease the situation. But the media headed by the Los Angeles Times watched the show from the sidelines. They all firmly believed that Lance made a wrong decision again, and made mistakes again and again. Following the abyss of mistakes, there is no turning back.

Perhaps, Mad Max 4 will surpass Future Water World and become the biggest laughing stock in the Hollywood industry in the next ten years.

However, the New York Times published a completely different latest news on the same day, not only this leading newspaper, but also Entertainment Weekly, Boston Globe, and Chicago Tribune have also successively confirmed:

Big names! From Tom Cruise to Leonardo DiCaprio to Charlize Theron! 'Mad Max 4' is hot! Scarlett Johansson's remarks: I'd love to be free Acting.