[US Entertainment] 1994

Josh glanced at Arnold: "The crew of "Interview with the Vampire" really invited me?"

The agent nodded slowly: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get the script. But on the third day after you rejected it, the crew of "Interview with the Vampire" disclosed the rumor that Pete would be in it..."

"The efficiency is terribly high." Josh widened his eyes and made a shocked expression, "But I envy Pete, that guy can always grab the best resources without any effort, whether it's me, Johnny Depp or even Robert Downey Jr., who was born in the industry, can't compare with him."

Although he has proved himself through two Golden Globe nominations and an Oscar nomination, Josh still has to face the media's doubts about his film selection - even though he was in the new film of the great director Spielberg not long ago. played an important role.As for Brad Pitt, although his embarrassing acting skills always make people the only flaw in a film, he always has the opportunity to appear in the works of major directors, and cooperate with powerful actors in the acting school. How lucky you are.

This will inevitably make Josh a little upset.

It's as if Pete is the chosen one, the only lucky one, but he is just the opponent's foil, and he can only find another way to get the opportunity to compete with the opponent.

Spreading out the newspaper, Josh rested his chin and carefully studied all the words that mentioned him in the newspaper.

Of course he didn't know that just as he was silently slandering Brad Pitt in his heart, the other party was also holding the same report in his hand, but compared to Josh's displeasure, Pete was full of energy—seeing Josh Walter was deflated, and Pete was more excited than sleeping with a long-legged female model.

He forgot about the fact that the crew of "Interview with the Vampire" first looked for Josh instead of himself. He gently stroked his unshaven chin, his eyes filled with joy.

In fact, Pete thinks this report makes sense. After all, no matter from which point of view, "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Burning Days" are far better than "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Speed", especially after the The latter is featureless, just a boring personal heroism story. Pete hates Josh, but he is not a fool. He understands Josh's ability in film selection, but because of this, he has no I can't understand why Josh chose these two movies.

But in any case, Josh has already signed a contract with the crew and received a considerable amount of remuneration.

The shooting time interval of these two films is very short, and the budget of each is around 2500 million US dollars. There are a lot of prison scenes in "The Redemption". Before the filming started, the crew repaired the prison, which was quite expensive. In addition, the film was shot in the United States, and many extras were hired, so the cost was naturally high. would be too low.

Josh's "Schindler's List" filmed in the first half of the year was filmed in Poland. The film's expenses mainly came from the cost of building concentration camps and the remuneration of extras. The cost of manpower is much lower than that of the United States. However, the film It still cost 2200 million U.S. dollars, and this is the premise that director Steven Spielberg chose not to take any money.

The cost of "Speed" is mainly spent on various explosion scenes, and every scene is burning dollars.

Compared with the films starred by other big names, the funds of these two films are already quite economical.

The production cost of "Jurassic Park" is about 6300 million US dollars. There is not much expenditure on the shooting of "Sugar Coated Trap" starring Tom Cruise, but the production cost of the film has reached 4200 million US dollars. Even "Seattle The production cost of a pure romance film like "Night Never Sleeps" is as high as 2100 million US dollars.

This was in 1993, 20 years before prices skyrocketed and production costs cost two to three billion U.S. dollars, this year's top ten North American box office movies earned only $1 million in their home country!

A few days later, Josh moved from Los Angeles to Ohio with two large suitcases, and arrived at the Mansfield State Penitentiary, where the location was filmed. The atmosphere is eerie, but compared to the original, at least there is no problem with the smooth shooting.

In fact, after "The Shawshank Redemption" was released, the prison became a popular tourist attraction in the local area. It was also filmed here, which also made this prison even more famous.

Prisons have always played an important role in Hollywood movies.Whether the protagonist is upright, loyal, rebellious, or criminal, the prison is a must-see attraction for them. It seems that not going to the prison is not enough to show their heroism. Of course, this is also because all movies have similar routines——

The honest and kind protagonist is framed;

Politicians and evil cops always put good people in jail;

In short, some time ago, Josh was able to arbitrarily decide the fate of the Jews as Amon Goss. Soon, he will be imprisoned in prison to endure oppression and experience rich life.

After getting off the plane, Josh immediately met with the producer and Mr. Director.

Director Frank Darabont can only be a novice in the industry of directing, but he is a very good screenwriter, especially good at creating horror and thriller scripts, except for "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" and "Alien" In addition, Darabont's future works, such as the "Walking Dead" series of episodes, are impressive.

"Wow, nice to meet you, we've been waiting for you for a long time." As soon as we met, Mr. Director gave Josh a warm hug. This director is from France, the capital of romance, and he is born with a non-Hollywood assembly line industry He is 34 years old this year and he is definitely a young man in the director industry. Therefore, he is not as serious and calm as ordinary directors, but appears very enthusiastic.

Josh smiled and returned a hug: "Nice to meet you, too."

"Anyway, I'm very happy for you to accept this script. I was even a little surprised at first. In my impression, young actors prefer to play more passionate roles." Sipping black tea, Mr. Director talked eloquently.

"Because I was moved by the script." Josh laughed. "With such an excellent script in front of you, who wouldn't be tempted?"

Frank Darabont couldn't help but shook his head: "Josh, although this is the first time we've met, I want to say that you are a cunning kid, and Morgan will definitely like you very much."

"Thank you." Josh smiled slightly, "But I have to be honest, this is definitely not a compliment, I really like this script, so the moment I saw it, I vowed to grab this role, otherwise I I will definitely regret it in the future.”

Regardless of whether Josh is out of flattery or sincerity, in short, his performance satisfied Frank Darabont.After Josh's agent tried his best to win the role, Frank Darabont was still a little worried. In his opinion, it would be best to find a more stable and capable actor for the role of Andy, such as Tim Rowe. Binns like that.

Josh's strength is enough, Frank Darabont is very clear about it, after all, there are tens of thousands of actors in Hollywood, and only 20 people are nominated for Oscars in one year, and Josh is almost the youngest among them, which is more and more proof He is very powerful.

But young actors always have various problems. The hormones that are too much to vent make them full of passion, but they can always make them lose their minds. Andy is a character destined to suffer in the movie. Mr. Director still I was very worried that Josh would not be able to complete the task.

After meeting with the director and producer, Josh met with the actor who was going to cooperate that afternoon.

Morgan Freeman, one of the most familiar supporting roles for American audiences, is also one of the most well-known black actors in Hollywood. He has participated in countless classic movies. He is one of the most important roles in "The Shawshank Redemption". The role is not much less than Andy played by Josh.

Bob Gunton, one of Hollywood's golden supporting actors and a frequent visitor to prison scenes, Josh is not shocked by his appearance here.

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Generally speaking, the cast of "The Shawshank Redemption" is very simple. Except for Josh and Morgan Freeman, who are relatively well-known, most of the others are supporting roles. Even if Morgan Freeman was nominated for Oscar twice Nominated, he still mainly plays supporting roles, after all, his skin color and appearance are not suitable for playing the leading role in a mainstream film.

Other big-name stars may frown when they see such a lineup, but Josh likes it very much. After all, a crew with many big-name stars always represents all kinds of troubles.

Josh can even imagine that if he and Tom Cruise appeared on the set of "Interview with the Vampire" at the same time, he might be blinded by rolling his eyes too much in a day.

Tom probably made his big nose bigger because he had to lift his nostrils to look at people.

Of course, if Tom Cruise is replaced by Brad Pitt, the uncomfortable one will probably be replaced by the other party. At least he can be sure that Pete will never dare to appear in the men's room with him.

After a short break for half a day, the filming officially started the next day.

This was Josh's first starring role in a movie. After putting on makeup and costumes, Josh squeezed his fists lightly to encourage himself.

No one knows better than him how classic "The Shawshank Redemption" is, but now, the classic is about to be born in his hands, and Josh will never allow himself to tarnish the movie with his poor performance.

He wants to be the creator of classics.

The movement of Josh clenching his fist was seen by Morgan Freeman, who couldn't help but shook his head slightly and smiled: "What a young man with vigor!"