Acting King's Daily [Comprehensive British and American]

Gu Qing and Leonardo stayed in the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" for a few days, which was beyond the plan.

The reason is that Leonardo, who hasn't taken on scripts since "Fight Club", is enthusiastically making a guest appearance in "Lord of the Rings".

The reason is that director Jackson, who is still "undead in his heart", crossed it out in a wolfish tone that lured Little Red Riding Hood into the bait, and asked Gu Qing if he would like to make a guest appearance out of consideration for adding luster to "The Lord of the Rings".

When Gu Qing dressed himself as the little prince of Rivendell, Peter Jackson wanted Gu Qing to play a cameo role as an elf, but later because of Gu Qing’s car accident, and he didn’t want to play another elf as the elf of Rivendell. The plot character in the original book of "Lord of the Rings", so there is no follow-up to this matter.

Now that Gu Qing has come to his door, Peter Jackson doesn't want to let such a great opportunity slip through his hands.Even if the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is filmed now, it is past the time for elves to make their debut, but the script can be changed, and it is not necessary to have guest elves.

Unfortunately, Gu Qing did not agree.

In fact, if there is no Hugo Weaving played by Elrond and he is still in the studio, maybe Gu Qing will agree as soon as he let go.

However, Gu Qing expressed that he was not interested, but there was still Leonardo.

It's not that Leonardo doesn't know anything about "The Lord of the Rings" and Middle-earth now, well, he's only half-baked now, but this doesn't stop him from wanting to act.

"What role do you want to play, Leo?" Gu Qing asked curiously.

Leonardo danced and replied: "I want to play a pirate. I saw that there is an Umba pirate ship, isn't there a pirate army?"

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Leonardo to choose this role, he said "uh", "This is really a...unique choice." After Gu Qing sighed, he took over the script in the studio in his hand. There are a lot of footnotes, and there is also the director's storyboard, which can be said to be much thicker than the script that Gu Qing had read before.Gu Qing found the part where the Umbar pirate army appeared. This pirate army was controlled by Sauron. On the vast Pelenno Plain in front of the White City, when the half-orc army and humans fought a tragic and spectacular decisive battle, this pirate army had haunt.

After reading the relevant pages, Gu Qing said to Leonardo solemnly: "It seems that you have to conceive a unique death method for the pirate you want to play."

Leonardo's excitement has not stopped: "I don't mind this, but I want to participate in the battle, fight with the protagonists, and then be killed, there is no problem at all without lines-wait, Ai Rui Ke, the two 'chic' you mentioned just now, do you mean the same thing?"

Gu Qing looked a little confused: "Why do you ask such a question?"

"I don't know, I think I should ask?" Leonardo said flatly in a very Leonardo style.

Gu Qing also gave him an uncertain answer: "Yes."

Leonardo stared at Gu Qing for two seconds, then hummed.

Anyway, if Leonardo wanted to make a cameo as a pirate, that's fine.

While Leonardo was in high spirits going to make up to prepare for a guest performance, Gu Qing and Hugo Weaving reminisced about the old days.

Elrond, played by Hugo Weaving, actually doesn't have many roles in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The most concentrated part is in the first part of "The Lord of the Rings". Humans, elves, dwarves, wizards, etc. When Wendell.In the future, Elrond will only appear again when Sauron is defeated in the end and Aragorn is crowned as the adult emperor. At this time, it has already marked that the elves will withdraw from the long history of Middle-earth, and they will return westward to return to Aman. to Valinor.

These things are still engraved in Gu Qing's memory, coupled with his previous behavior that could be regarded as evasion, he was in a trance for a moment when he stood in front of "Ailong", but fortunately Gu Qing calmed down quickly , squeezed out a more polite smile towards Hugo Weaving.

Soon, after talking, the original trance situation disappeared.

Elrond is not the same person as Hugo Weaving in front of him.

Gu Qing smiled wryly in his heart, but his demeanor was almost watertight. He even changed the subject and talked about the second part of "The Matrix".

In the first "Matrix", Neo, played by Gu Qing, tore Agent Smith played by Hugo Weaving from the code at the end of the film, but this does not mean that Agent Smith will not appear again in the second film. Appeared.According to the idea of ​​the screenwriter and director Wachowski Brothers, Agent Smith, who originally existed as a virus, forced him to violate the system because of his inextricable connection with Neo, which led to deletion by the system and exile from his mother. In fact, he had the so-called This is Agent Smith's endless revenge against Neo, so in the second part of "The Matrix", Agent Smith, who has become stronger than the first part, is still Neo's main enemy.

Speaking of the second part of "The Matrix", after the first part of "The Matrix" was released in June last year and achieved great success at the box office and word of mouth, the second and third parts are in full swing according to Hollywood's "valuable" The principle of "squeezing out the value" should be put on the agenda soon.

But, there are still many conflicts of interest.Warner Bros. wants to obtain all the production rights and distribution rights of the second and third parts of "The Matrix", instead of just helping to sing and shout like the first part-this is also impossible. When the Wachowski brothers came to them, they were only willing to offer 1000 million US dollars, which caused the Wachowski brothers to turn to Gu Qing, and Gu Qing obtained most of the "controlling rights" of "The Matrix" ".

The "controlling rights" here include not only the production rights of the movie "The Matrix" itself, but also the "peripheral" rights including the trademark rights of characters and objects in "The Matrix" and the TV adaptation rights. In this way, it is conceivable that even if Gu Qing and ET Film Company agree to the transfer, the transfer of these copyrights alone will be very complicated.

That said, it’s not that Gu Qing and ET Films made such a big concession, but that ET Films was willing to make concessions on “The Matrix.” In exchange, Warner got a license to DC Entertainment’s superhero rights. make equal concessions.

Anyway, as far as this matter involves many details, the two sides have been arguing for many times. Anyway, if they can’t reach an agreement, they will not reach an agreement. Besides, Warner has Time Warner behind it, and ET Films has EX Industries and Stark behind it. Industry, let's see who can beat who.

With such a nonsense, the progress of the follow-up films of "The Matrix" was forced to be delayed until "The Matrix" became the runner-up in the North American box office ($1999 million) and the runner-up in the global box office ($2.97 million) in 7.4 - the box office champion It is "Star Wars Prequel One: The Phantom Menace". This film has a box office of more than 4 million US dollars in North America, and the global box office is close to 10 billion US dollars. The two film companies have reached an agreement. The second part of "The Matrix" is tentatively named For "The Matrix: Reloaded", it is scheduled to officially start shooting next spring.

Warner Bros. is in charge of producing and distributing, while ET Films got the film adaptation rights of "Batman".

There are a lot of details involved, so I won't describe them one by one here. Anyway, ET Films is on its way to achieve one of the co-founders, Mr. Tony Stark's rhetoric at the beginning, that is, he is interested in Batman, and he is interested in Batman. On the way to take the opportunity to enter the superhero movie market.

…Welcome Batman to the ET family.

Having said so many digressions, in the final analysis, I want to lead to the above sentence.

That's the real big deal.

After Gu Qing finished talking about the old days with Hugo Weaving, he couldn’t help but diverge his thinking. If he wanted the world he had experienced before, if it was adapted from novels and comics like "Lord of the Rings" and "Batman", His film and television works are the blueprint. In this world, he reserves all the film and television adaptation rights to ET Film Company, and then adapts, and even does not shoot, so I don’t know if those parallel spaces will still exist.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing sneered in his heart. Such an idea is too unreliable, after all, he cannot be sure that the parallel space he is in is the source space.

If Gu Qing were to study it in depth, he might be able to calculate it, but considering that there are superheroes such as X-Men, Iron Man, and Captain America in this world, the chance of this being the source space is greatly reduced.

What's more, ET Films can completely use local materials. Just the materials involved in the "Avengers Project" can save ET Films from being envious of DC Comics with "Justice League".

I don't know if the Avengers, who are still in a pending state, are willing to follow Tony and act in a personal biographical movie?

"Eric, what are you thinking? I called you twice and you didn't respond."

Leonardo said and shook his hand in front of Gu Qing's eyes. This two-pronged approach brought back to his senses Gu Qing, who was starting to leak water, ahem, who was planning something.

The quick-witted Gu Qing would not admit that he was distracted just now. He quickly retracted his gaze from Leonardo Pirate Soldier Passerby DiCaprio, looked at the ground not far away, and said in a strange tone: "Leo, in fact, I was so shocked by your current attire that I lost my mind."

Leonardo: "...Is it that bad? I think it's okay."

Leonardo, now, his fair skin has been painted brown. Not only that, his face is also painted with fancy makeup. It looks a bit like an African tribal person, but he didn’t shave his head and wear leather. skirt.But because of the absence of the latter two procedures, Leonardo still has brilliant blond hair, and is still wearing his original clothes, so that such nondescript attire is very... hot-eyed.

Gu Qing cleared his throat and said, "No, it's just very powerful."

Leonardo pouted, this must not be a good word.

Fortunately, the final makeup was not like this. When Leonardo changed into the costumes prepared by the props team.Thankfully, it's not a leather skirt, but a very Middle-earth-style robe prepared in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.The red-brown robe and hood can wrap the head and forehead, so that Leonardo's original blond hair can be hidden, and it is also equipped with a machete.

It's okay if they are unified like this, at least it doesn't hurt the eyes.

Similarly, Leonardo is not easy to be recognized now that he is like this.Strictly speaking, even in close-up shots, there is no way to tell them apart. Of course, this is also because there are many characters accommodated in close-up shots.You must know that this is a decisive battle shot. If you zoom out the camera, it looks like there are many ants in the ground, and the close-up shot is for the protagonist. rum.

Sitting behind the monitoring computer, Gu Qing looked at the video that was sent back from the camera facing Leonardo, resting his forehead with his hands, thinking: Maybe this can exist as an easter egg.

After filming this scene, that is, Leonardo played the pirate soldier Passerby, who was stabbed to death by the elf prince with a sword, and fell from the giant elephant to the ground. Gu Qingwen shouted "cut" to the director Peter Jackson, And said that Leonardo got up from the ground after this scene and walked over here: "How do you feel?"

Leonardo replied with a serious face: "I thought that at least the crew would find a real elephant. You know, the actors can have a more realistic imagination."

Gu Qing raised his eyebrows.

Leonardo was discouraged: "Well, if I knew that I was shooting under a green screen and standing on a minivan, I would change my role." The giant elephant used by the Umbar pirates requires post-processing, which It is also conceivable that the scenes seen at the shooting scene were a little bit funny.

Gu Qing thought for a while, tried to comfort Leonardo and said: "If you feel comforted by saying this, then I want to wait for the final edit, even if someone who knows you well, will not take you out without knowing it. recognized."

Leonardo snorted: "I don't feel comforted at all!"

Well, aside from that part, Leonardo was actually having a good time.

The scenery in New Zealand is pleasant, and the New Zealand journalists who heard the news are not as good as their colleagues in the United States. This is reflected in the local newspapers in New Zealand. When reporting this news, there is no such thing as "good friends Swimming Arms", "We Have a Date with New Zealand" headlines.

The local newspaper only reported that Gu Qing and Leonardo came to visit the crew of "Lord of the Rings" after communicating with the crew, and they made guest appearances on a whim.This is true, but the local newspaper just didn't mention their cameo roles, leaving this suspense to readers and fans of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

I don’t know how many people still can’t forget Gu Qing’s elven prince at the Lord of the Rings-themed celebration last year, so this kind of report ignited their enthusiasm like a torch, and heated discussions on the Internet .

As for what will happen to the fans when it turns out that Gu Qing didn't make a cameo in the movie at all, and Leonardo just cameoed for fun as a passer-by who died within ten seconds after playing... It can only be said that according to the original plan, by the time the third part of "The Lord of the Rings" was released, it was already in 2003. Who knows how many incredible things will happen during this period.

……

After returning to the United States from New Zealand, Gu Qing will not be so busy compared to the previous period.

However, things always emerge one after another.

On the third day after Gu Qing came back, Professor X called, hoping that Gu Qing could go back to X Academy, but he didn't say what was the reason.

Although Professor X's tone didn't sound heavy, on the contrary it was relaxed, indicating that this matter was positive in Professor X's view, but Gu Qing couldn't figure out what it was after thinking about it.

"Magneto is back?" Gu Qing asked Eva.

"The last time Mr. Lanshere set foot in America was three months and five days ago, master." Eva replied.

Gu Qing remembered that Magneto still knew about the existence of Wanda and Pietro. For various reasons, Magneto was very angry, but he couldn't go directly to Professor X, so he blamed Gu Qing.

As soon as Magneto came up, he asked very angrily: "What does he mean?"

Gu Qing paused and replied: "Please explain the cause and effect clearly, Mr. Lanshere. Do I need to remind you of the six elements of narrative: person, place, time, cause, process and result?"

Magneto: "...Their names are Wanda and Pietro?"

It would be much better to say it this way, Gu Qing blinked, and agreed solemnly: "Yes, Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff." A complete introduction is only when there are names and surnames.

I don’t know if Magneto has received the deep (malicious) meaning hidden in Gu Qing’s words. Anyway, after hearing what Gu Qing said, Magneto snorted heavily, and it seems that he can feel the deterrence contained in it through the microphone. force and pressure.

Gu Qing turned a deaf ear to it, and asked in a light tone: "So, did you call to know their full names from me? Oh, your first sentence was 'what does he mean', I Guess the 'he' here refers to Charles, so combined with the context, can I say that you want to say what is the purpose of Charles to bring your biological children Pietro and Wanda back to the X Academy? Well, I think The answer is obvious——

Gu Qing paused, and Magneto automatically added: "You want to say that the two of them have no future with me?"

"—Give Pietro and Wanda a warm home." Gu Qing gasped and added the second half of what he wanted to say.

——This is embarrassing.