[US Entertainment] Actor

After the award ceremony, the banquet held by Vanity Fair was also the highlight of the night. Generally speaking, this is a grand event where the winners display their trophies and Hollywood filmmakers gather together. Cooperation is achieved through such occasions.

So whether it is the award-winning Jamie Foxx, or the loss of Leonardo and Ebert, it is impossible to be absent.

Of course, as far as the current status and worth of Leonardo and Ebert are concerned, even if they are absent from this Oscar dinner, their resources and workload are unlikely to be affected in any way. They are not short of resources, but resources are a thing after all Merchandise is in short supply, and although Ebert has follow-up contracts for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," "The Departed" and "Batman" series, he doesn't mind making himself a little harder if he comes across a movie that interests him.

After chatting with Martin Scorsese about the shooting plan of "The Departed", Ebert was pulled over by Jerry Bruckheimer, why did this powerful producer appear at the dinner party Ebert didn't know, but for people like them who have long been on the Hollywood power list, the tight security of the Kodak Theater can't stop them in any way.

Although he worked with Jerry in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", the relationship between the two is definitely not close. Jerry is definitely the number one character in the crew, and his status is much higher than that of the director Gore. Verbinski, although he didn't appear on the set to exercise the producer's power a lot.

As for Ebert, at that time Ebert could only be regarded as an unknown young actor in Hollywood. His only representative work was "White Night Chaser" with a playing time of only 30 minutes. Raspberry Trophy.

For Jerry Bruckheimer, there are a dozen actors in Hollywood. If Jerry Fangfeng is willing to choose one of them as the leading actor in a new film, the number of people queuing up may range from Beverly Hills to the Kodak Theater.

At least during the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Jerry didn't pay enough attention to Ebert, which also made Ebert the first actor to look away after he joined the producer industry and achieved great success.

Ebert's upward trajectory is astonishingly fast!

In Jerry Bruckheimer's prediction, Johnny Depp should benefit the most after the first box office success of "Pirates of the Caribbean", followed by Keira Knightley. Keira's fresh image is very In line with the eyes of North American audiences, Elizabeth Swan's simple and unpretentious role setting is also very different from the heroines of other commercial blockbusters. The most important thing is that Elizabeth did not wait bitterly for the hero to save her. , On the contrary, it is an important role to promote the development of the plot.As for Ebert, his appearance may be very handsome, but the setting of Will Turner in the script is a non-existent male vase, set off by Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley Under the circumstances, the possibility of Ebert wanting to break through is almost zero.

If Ebert hadn't starred in "Roaring Age" and single-handedly pushed the film into the top ten of the year's box office charts and earned its first Oscar nomination, history would indeed follow Jerry Bruckheimer's expected to develop.

But in fact, with "The Pentium Age" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Ebert won two Oscar nominations in a row. After the box office success of the two films made most film companies envious, Ebert seemed He has become a leading actor born in the 80s. In terms of worth and status, he is slightly inferior to Johnny Depp.

Jerry Bruckheimer's ambitious "King Arthur" in the box office market did not achieve the expected results. On the contrary, it was the "True Love Actually" in which Keira participated in the second half of last year that created the love movie. Box office record. Some time ago, Keira also returned from Hollywood to her hometown in England to shoot Jane Austen's classic "Love Actually". I am afraid that Keira will not produce any historical blockbusters until the second part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released. , The idea of ​​playing a peerless beauty.

In fact, the vast majority of British actresses are unwilling to play non-existent big-breasted beauties in popcorn movies, which not only does not help their careers, but also deviates from the inherent elegance and poetry of British actresses image.

No matter how deep Jerry Bruckheimer's emotions are, Ebert's development is no longer something he can arbitrarily intervene in. He has only two purposes for coming to Ebert this time. One is to talk about "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" "'s follow-up cooperation, and the second is to invite Ebert to star in his new film "Clues of Time and Space".

For the first purpose, Ebert dismissed all matters under the pretext of handing over to the agent. He thinks that Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer don’t need to worry too much at all, because he has agreed to take over "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" Well, after Oscar will join the filming, even if he quits the filming, the core of this film is always only Johnny Depp, and Keira Knightley's character design is wonderful enough to attract some audiences. Burt's participation or not had no bearing on the film's subsequent box office.

As for "Clues to Time and Space", Ebert only thought about it for a few minutes before rejecting it without hesitation.

"You should really refuse. Do you know how the outside world evaluates you?" Leonardo raised his glass and touched the rim of Ebert's glass, "Workaholic."

"It's time for you to take a break." Leonardo led Ebert into a dimly lit corner, "Jerry shouldn't come to you at this time, because when a person is tired or sad, he always does Make some irrational decisions."

Ebert looked up at Leonardo for a few seconds, his lips pursed slightly: "I'm not sad at all, I just feel a little lost."

He crossed his arms and hugged his shoulders: "Actually, these are just two defeats. I don't need to be sad at all, because I am not a loser at all. If the Oscar nominees feel that they have failed, then this year's only The only actor who thinks he is successful is the one who wins a trophy."

Leonardo looked at him quietly, and a gentle smile suddenly appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand and let go of Ebert's hands hugging his shoulders: "You have created success that many people can't imagine, try Let yourself relax, the Oscars can indeed prove whether an actor is successful or not, but it is just a seemingly high-end judging standard, but in the end it is just a judging standard, which is no different in nature from other awards."

"My desire for awards is deeper than yours." Leonardo moved his buttocks, bringing his body closer to Ebert, "Being famous at a young age has many benefits, but it also means that I am not accompanied by pressure all the time. The first oscar nominations came early, the second was too late, they were separated by 11 years, I envy you can have nominations every year, but if you can only watch the winners for 4 years in a row like Al Lol, I'd rather have a slightly longer interval."

"The most important thing is." Leonardo's smile deepened, he pressed his thumb on Ebert's thumb, and rubbed against it, "Even if the Oscar is beautiful, if one day I can win the award I'd laugh out loud in my dreams, but I don't want to see you sad about it."

"In my heart, you are much more important than Oscar."

Listening to Leonardo's quiet narration, Ebert's expression was calm at first, then stunned, and finally showed a smile that was so gentle that Leonardo could almost sink into it.

Leonardo swears that in the days when he and Ebert were acquainted, he has never seen such a gentle smile from Ebert. His eyes seem to have been embellished by the stars in the night sky, and his lips just now It was pale, but at the moment it was so rosy that Leonardo couldn't help kissing it, and even the little smile lines on his face when the corners of his lips curled up seemed to be full of a kind of magical power that made people's heart flutter.

Compared with such a smile, Oscar seems to lose its meaning.

In Leonardo's heart, his lover is an absolutely powerful faction. The loss of Oscar will not stop him, it will only make him step from one height to another.

From "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" to "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", the Oscar judges may not see Ebert's progress, but as a lover, Leonardo can see it clearly.

After the Vanity Fair dinner, the two returned home and took a quick shower before falling asleep. Early the next morning, the two who had slept soundly heard the doorbell ring and turned impatiently.

But the visitor at the door was much more patient than them.

Leonardo kicked Ebert's calf: "Go and open the door."

Ebert's response was just to roll himself into a larger silkworm chrysalis, no matter how much Leonardo kicked him, he remained motionless, as if he had lost his sense of the outside world.

Leonardo yawned, and slowly got up to open the door: "This is obviously your home, why do you have to do things like open the door?"

After confirming from the cat's eyes that the person who came was Ebert's manager who always mocked him, Leonardo was not in a hurry at all. Wrapped in his pajamas, yawning, he walked slowly to the bathroom, took a shower, dried his hair, and then went to the bathroom. After putting on his clothes inefficiently, he walked over to open the door with his slippers on...

Miraculously, a middle-aged man in his 40s knows the true meaning of dolphin sounds.

To be honest, Leonardo regretted it the moment he opened the door.

The manager who is male but obviously suffering from menopausal disease first yelled like tearing: "Ebert, I want to kill you, you just opened the door now, and you don't answer the phone or knock on the door, I'm so sorry I accidentally signed you guy—”

After yelling, Lynn realized that the person standing in front of him was Leonardo, not the "damn" Ebert he said.

"How did you appear here?!"