[US Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

"Body of Lies," released in mid-October, is Leonardo, not director Ridley Scott.

If Ridley Scott's resume is listed one by one, this list is definitely much better than Leonardo's performance resume - 1992, 2001, two Oscars for Best Picture, Once nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.In his director and producer career, "Alien", "Thelma & Louise", "Gladiator", "Blade Runner" and other works are extremely representative.

It is not surprising that Warner Bros. will focus on Leonardo. In addition, the year-end file and Kate Winslet's "Revolutionary Road" will be released in December. The two films will only infect each other with different themes. , The audience is different, and this is not a work aimed at the box office, so there is no competition in the box office market.

Compared with the contradictory couple played by Kate and Leonardo in "Road to Revolution", Leonardo is the absolute protagonist in "Body of Lies". Logically speaking, this movie should be more suitable He played well, but the situation after the movie was released was obviously different from everyone's expectations.

In the second half of the year, which is close to the end of the year, it is "Revolutionary Road" that can break through the siege and cause topics.Director Sam Mendes once won an Oscar with "American Beauty", and now he is trying family-themed works again. This signal makes the industry very sensitive.Coupled with the gimmick that the male and female protagonists of "Titanic" collaborated again after 10 years, the attention of this movie has far exceeded that of "Body of Lies".

With this result, it is natural for Leonardo to be depressed.Ever since the phone-hacking scandal was exposed in Hollywood, he has become more careful in his phone conversations with Vincent.Text message interception is also a possibility, and the two people try to keep in touch by video chat.

"I saw that Feeney's figure seems to have returned to before losing weight. You can't let him eat and take him to exercise more."

Leonardo chooses to ignore the issue of his lover's first concern about the cat son - who is called Finny who can't speak.

"This little thing is very disobedient and bullies Bonnie when you are not at home!"

Vincent smiled and said nothing. Frank next to him took away some documents beside his desk and walked out the door lightly.After the bedroom was completely quiet, Leonardo hugged the little thing in his arms and took a good look at the young man on the other side of the screen.

"When can I come back?" When Leonardo asked this sentence, he clearly saw his lover on the screen frowning.This tiny movement couldn't help but make his heart tense.

"I'll be back before Christmas." Vincent stretched out his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. After relaxing for a while, he showed his first smile when they met today. "After the promotion in Asia is over, I will Just come right back."

The man pursed his lips, his eyes were filled with resentment, "Did Paramount take the wrong medicine this year? David Fincher also went crazy."

Vincent rested his chin in one hand, and held the mouse in the other hand. He kept this movement and watched the man on the other side of the screen muttering. Finally, he felt a little more relaxed after a tiring day.

Leonardo on the other end has been busy with various promotions since the release of "Body of Lies" in October, but after "Road to Revolution", the focus of publicity was handed over to Kate Winslet and her director boyfriend , he can also relax a bit.

What Leonardo has done recently is to prepare for a bigger plan in the next two years - "Body of Lies" and "Road to Revolution" are both good films, although they failed to make a big hit , but it plays a very important role in washing away the impetuous temperament on one's body and shaping a more three-dimensional and comprehensive image.This is what Leonardo believes is an extremely important link on the way to the summit.

The popularity of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is expected, and the movie itself is one of the reasons.On the other hand, the news of Vincent's "retirement" for two years is false and true. From time to time, the legendary "staff" broke the news that Vincent has no filming plans in the next year, or he will go to a certain country with his mentor. Somewhere to follow up on the project.

Every time such news comes out, whether it is the Hollywood media or other media around the world, there is a panic-my buddy!This news about you is definitely more terrifying than getting married and having children!

In the past, so many superstar-level people retired as soon as they said they would retire, and they agreed to take a temporary break for two or three years. As a result, they didn't see anyone again for more than ten or twenty years in the next few years! !

Fortunately for Vincent, during the golden period of performing arts, he was not busy making money, gaining popularity and social status, did not talk about two girlfriends, and did not make two scandals.It’s not easy to get out of the street, either to watch a football game or play basketball with old friends, or to walk the cat or take the cat to the pet hospital.

Now there is actual news that the currently released "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was filmed in the first half of last year, and from the second half of last year to the first half of this year, no media has photographed this buddy appearing in any crew, In other words, for more than a year, Vincent really didn't have any filming plans!

This sense of panic came unexpectedly and radiated at an extremely fast speed.

In addition, Vincent originally had the idea of ​​temporarily retiring for two years, and Frank and the team below did not control the direction of this wind. As long as the overall direction remains unchanged and the film promotion is not affected, how will the outside wind blow the agent? Mr. Ren didn't spend much energy to worry about it.

The Asian promotional plan of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was not originally planned, but due to the regrets brought about by Vincent's previous films whose broadcast was restricted, the accumulated strong "hunger and thirst" effect, directly Leading to the decision of Paramount and Warner to extend the promotional line.

"Brokeback Mountain" and "The Rock in My Heart" are two films that are banned from being broadcast in mainland China to some extent, which has cultivated a large number of diehard fans. If the cinema is not allowed to watch, it will encourage everyone to go to the Internet Passion for finding resources.It is not that Vincent's other films have not been screened in China. Due to certain issues of subject matter and film scale, everyone will be more sensitive to "prohibited" things.

"Moving Forward" created a whirlwind of music movies three years ago, and even the domestic dramas in China couldn't help running some works with similar themes.Since "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was confirmed to be released in China this year, Chinese movie fans and people who eat melons can't sit still-there is a boat scene between the moon devil and the big devil! !The kind that is not cut at all! ! ! !

This is the real body! !

This kind of benefit is like an easter egg.For foreign films imported into mainland China, "completely uncensored" is a very luxurious existence-maybe some special topics need to be blocked, maybe politics, military-related cannot pass the review, or the content contains disharmony , Inappropriate places need to be deleted.

But this time "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has already made a gimmick for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", and the domestic public said, "You finally did a good job!", "Vincent's best shot in this film is finally I have to make a reservation", "Save the baby's air ticket money".

And the next Asian promotional itinerary of the crew completely stunned the people who eat melons:

"The fourth year of falling in love with you, I thought it was about to usher in the fifth year of Xia Yuhe's career, but I didn't expect you to come and cry like a QAQ storm!!"

"When Moon Demon came to Beijing to watch the Olympics, I wondered if there would be a trip to China this year. I didn't expect the good news to come so soon! This time, no matter what, I will definitely go to the city where Moon Demon is to support him !!"

"I feel like my current mood is like that of a concubine who has been living in the cold palace for a long time. The emperor flipped the sign and wanted to go to bed (*/ω╲*) nervous, apprehensive and excited..."

"Happy like a storm! Come to Magic City!!! Come to Magic City, I will go to the airport to pick you up!!!"

"It's too difficult to get into Harvard. I'd better stay in China and be my own Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake and wait for the moon demon to come. Fortunately, 233333"

"This is Vincent's first trip to Asia to promote a movie. I don't know how the Moon Demon's Chinese is, so I'm looking forward to it!"

"It's said that it's okay. During the previous Olympic Games, there was a 'waiter' from Reuters Moon Demon, who was eating melons, and said it slyly."

The first and only part of Vincent's Asian tour lands directly in China. Although there are only two publicity points in major cities, the appeal brought by his name cannot be underestimated at all.

In this lush land, although the film industry is developing rapidly, people have a very "over-interpretation" view of stars and actors. Layers of brilliance—in short, the term "Hollywood" already has its own halo, and both people in the entertainment industry and ordinary audiences have an inexplicable yearning for it.

This kind of brilliance is actually very similar to what Vincent experienced in the last dimension - there is a certain gap between the film level of Asia and Europe and the United States. This gap is reflected in the distribution of award-winning crowds in various international film festivals, and it is even more reflected in the entertainment circles of various countries. The social status and social attention that professionals can obtain.

Frank sighed while holding the itinerary: "I have nothing to say when I see the appearance fee. We came here to spend money on publicity. That's good, but there are a lot of checks stuffed into your arms, begging you to come and do it." publicity."

"I don't want to go through the second pick-up in my life. Can we just go through another passage next time?"

Mr. Manager still had a shadow over the "Spring Festival" pick-up scene. He pitifully called Cindy and asked his assistant to remember to prepare a spare suit for him when he arrived.

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Leo should have liked this lively airport pick-up scene more. It took me a long time to recover, but the buzzing in my ears still persisted.