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For a moment, Leonardo wanted to ask Gu Qing if he had the same dream, but he flinched, admitting that he was timid, he was afraid that they would not even be friends... Thinking about it this way, Leonardo Trying his best to suppress such tentative thoughts, he turned his head and said, "Then what I want to ask you, do you want to make this movie too?"

This was Leonardo's original purpose, and he said it more smoothly, "Look, in "The Truman Show", I didn't have many roles in the first place. It’s a guest appearance in friendship. Besides, the salary is also a friendship price. Uh, I mean, it’s not like we acted in a movie together. And I really want to act in a movie with you, the kind with a lot of rivalry, do you understand me?"

Gu Qing paused before smiling and said, "Do you want me to play the heroine?"

Leonardo: "... Eric!" It seems that in the absence of Cameron, Leonardo has taken over the baton of "Daily Roar".

Gu Qing made a gesture of surrender: "I understand what you mean, you want me to play Taylor?"

Leonardo nodded halfway through and realized the problem: "Did you say 'Taylor'? But I didn't tell you." He thought about it carefully and made sure he really didn't say, "I You didn't even say the name of the character I was going to play, how did you know? Did David Fincher approach you?"

"FYI, the new script you're talking about, Fight Club, it's based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel of the same name, and I've read the novel. Did you mean, you didn't say The name of the new movie? Again just for reference, David Fincher's new movie is being produced by Twentieth Century Fox, and I just heard Jon mention it."

Gu Qing stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets, explaining calmly.

Leonardo went over his words and found that it seemed to make sense, so he didn't bother anymore, but continued to lobby Gu Qing: "This script is really meaningful, there is a kind of slanting sword The sense of decadence, madness, and strong irony are very similar to "The Truman Show", and you will definitely like it!"

Gu Qing tilted his head to look at the dancing Leonardo: "You really want me to play it?"

Leonardo nodded without hesitation.

Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "I will seriously consider it."

Leonardo immediately cheered, "Great, Eric!" It seems that in Leonardo's perception, as long as Gu Qing wants to play Taylor, David Fincher and [-]th Century Fox will not be able to play it. will refuse.

Gu Qing sighed in his heart, Leonardo didn't even have a final conclusion on whether the role "Jack" he himself fought for could finally be played, and he began to look forward to the future, which really made people worry. , but seeing Leonardo's cheering expression, Gu Qing also raised the corners of his mouth, forget it, until now, he will not let this matter make waves again.

In this way, Leonardo's conjecture that David Fincher also approached Gu Qing just now is actually true.Gu Qing did know about "Fight Club" before this, and had contact with David Fincher——

In addition to the previously mentioned "Alien 3" and "The Seven Deadly Sins", David Fincher also made a film after "The Seven Deadly Sins", the black adventure story "Psychological Games", which maintains the "Seven Deadly Sins" "'s suspenseful and grotesque style, but because the high-IQ psychological game is too brain-burning and ostentatious, the response after the release was mediocre. The film invested 5000 million U.S. dollars, but the final box office was less than 5000 million U.S. dollars.This disappointed David Fincher for a while, and he even thought that he might never make a movie again until "Fight Club" appeared.

David Fincher was so fascinated by the seemingly anti-God, let alone anti-ego spirit shown in "Fight Club", he decided to accept the invitation of Twentieth Century Fox to start filming this movie.

There are two protagonists in "Fight Club", Jack, who is cowardly, submissive, and doing nothing in this world full of boredom and vanity, and the other is Taylor, who is imagined by Jack, and it can be said that he is his second personality. Handsome, brave, unrestrained, and even so-called anti-social violent tendencies.The more important part of the whole movie is the two of them's "one-man show". Female characters are weakened in this movie, so if you want to make this movie well, the foundation is to choose the actors who play Jack and Taylor. Just like the movie "Psychological Games", David Fincher himself thinks: "If there is no starring Mike Douglas and Sean Penn, I think the ending of my film will be worse."

The first thing David Fincher thought of was Gu Qing. At that time, Gu Qing was still filming "The Matrix". David Fincher first contacted Gu Qing's agent, but he learned that Gu Qing did not plan to take on new films in the near future. movie.Considering that he has already shot two movies this year, "The Matrix" is still a high-intensity action movie, and he has other careers to be busy besides making movies, David Fincher can understand, but he doesn't really want to Give up, in terms of shooting schedule, [-]th Century Fox can make a fuss.

It's just that this 'article' seems to be a bit too big.

The relationship between 18th Century Fox and Gu Qing, how should I put it, before "Titanic" created a box office miracle, the relationship was like a honeymoon period, even if it was unilateral by [-]th Century Fox, but It's also very intimate.However, as "Titanic" grossed more than [-] billion US dollars in the global box office, the profits of DVD peripherals and video tapes also made other film companies red-eyed, and after Gu Qing and Tony founded a film company to share the cake, their The relationship between them has been unilaterally weakened by Twentieth Century Fox, and it is not so weak, #交通不成仁义在#.

Another point is that the top management of the [-]th Century Fox studio has never been... united. Before, everyone was able to live in harmony because [-]th Century Fox was in danger. It would be too ugly to fight each other at this time, but now Fox The situation in my life has skyrocketed, and the problems that were suppressed before are scrambling to emerge.

Only Jon Landau is really related to Gu Qing.

Because Jon Landau is the spokesperson of Cameron and Gu Qing, his status has risen with "Gait Shot" and "Titanic", which will undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among others.

To put it bluntly, the distribution of benefits is still uneven.

At this time, David Fincher put forward his idea, and Arnon Milkan, the producer who was originally in charge of "Fight Club", was unwilling. His camp was opposite to that of Jon Landau , if Gu Qing is involved, will the producer position of "Fight Club" be changed?Everyone knows that Jon Landau is basically responsible for the films that Gu Qing participated in.

In short, this incident became the fuse, which led to a confrontation between the [-]th Century Fox factions in the conference room-this is still an elegant way of putting it, but the private battle has never stopped.Of course, Jon Landau would not let the powerful foreign aid go unused. He contacted Gu Qing in private. After thinking about it, Gu Qing had a half-hour friendly phone call with [-]th Century Fox CEO Barry Diller. .After that, the situation changed. As for what kind of change it was, it was an internal matter of [-]th Century Fox, and it didn't have much relationship with Gu Qing.

Anyway, the script of "Fight Club" was sent to Gu Qing. David Fincher, who didn't know that he was involved in the faction struggle, had a direct phone call with Gu Qing.

At that time, Gu Qing had already read the script of "Fight Club", and he appreciated it very much, but appreciation alone was not enough for Gu Qing to consider acting in it.It's not that there is any problem with the script, but that the environment shown in "Fight Club" is too bad, which can be summarized as "personal hygiene problems" in translation.Thinking about the original "Titanic", Gu Qing was able to sternly reject this movie because of the "mouthful of phlegm" that appeared in the script. Mention all kinds of fucking, feces and fart-this is a description with both literal and extended meanings, since Taylor really pissed in the soup in it-coexistence, blood and violence and sex and so on "Fight Club", it is enough to make Gu Qing, who is a serious patient of cleanliness, daunted.

From this point of view, Gu Qing is quite capricious.

What changed Gu Qing's mind was a phone call from David Fincher. After introducing himself, this director with outstanding personal style did not first express his views on "Fight Club". He just said: "Mr. Xavier , the character I want to invite you to play is Taylor."

Gu Qing was somewhat surprised by this, and he also chose to speak frankly: "To be honest, your choice surprised me. I thought you would choose me to play Jack."

"Because you've ever played a dual character in First Fear?" David Fincher continued.

Hollywood directors usually have such considerations when casting roles, and it is understandable for David Fincher to say so.

Gu Qing began to think that this director was very interesting, and he replied: "Or should I add that I had the experience of fantasizing about friends?" Gu Qing never felt ashamed to speak out about his "spiritual flaws", on the contrary he said " "Self-Black" without hesitation. "Either way, your choice is beyond my expectations. I want to hear why you chose me to play Taylor instead of Jack, Mr. Finch."