[US Entertainment] Actor

At a crew dinner before filming began, Ebert met filmmakers Charles Rowan and Larry Frank.

Although the entire film of "Batman Begins" has been full of Nolan's unique director style, and the shooting technique is somewhat similar to Nolan's previous films, but unlike the previous films, this film There is no shadow of the screenwriter Jonathan Nolan.

Even though Nolan is used to his wife and younger brother participating in the filming and creation of movies, in such a movie with far more investment than before, Christopher Nolan does not have much right to speak and choose.

Larry Frank has a wealth of experience in blockbuster production. He participated in the production of the previously acclaimed "Batman Returns". reason."Sleepy Hollow", "Hulk", and "Jurassic Park 3" released in recent years are also Larry Frank's masterpieces.The producer has always been at the top of Hollywood when it comes to blockbuster production.

Charles Rowan is also an experienced producer, currently affiliated to DC Comics, and has previously participated in the production of "12 Monkeys", "Three Kings of Gold", "Scooby-Doo" and other films.

Ebert had never cooperated with these two producers before, but as a producer, as the most important part of the Hollywood film industry, and even the object of the actors' fawning, he has long been interested in these well-known producers. I have heard.

Ebert's luck is very good. Since he made the film, the producers he has met are all famous figures in Hollywood.Emma Thomas, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Katherine Kennedy, among the three, only Emma Thomas is less famous, but with the box office success of the "Batman" series, subsequent "Inception", "Interstellar" has achieved outstanding results, and Emma Thomas, who has a small number of producers, will also become a member of Hollywood's top agents.

Seeing Emma Thomas again, Ebert smiled and gave the female producer a big hug, and Emma Thomas responded equally enthusiastically.

The reason why Ebert believes that Nolan is half of the credit for becoming Hollywood's first-line director Emma Thomas is because this woman is very good at dealing with people and understands the charm of language.

In fact, Emma Thomas did not pay much attention to Ebert when she was cooperating with "White Night". However, she holds the power of life and death in the crew of Chasing the Murderer, and Ebert was able to get the role of Harp and the recommendation of Emma Thomas among them.

Emma Thomas doesn't and can't care too much about an actor who is only a supporting role. "White Night" has three Oscar winners for a movie with an investment of only 4000 million US dollars, and it is impossible for Emma Thomas to leave them to care about a new actor with an uncertain future and notoriety like Ebert.

She was lenient enough to give Ebert a chance to act.

But now, Ebert has grown to the point where Emma Thomas has to pay attention.

He is the hero of the movie and an important person who determines the success of the movie.

In fact, although Emma Thomas has always had confidence in her husband Nolan, "Batman Begins" is, after all, a big production with an investment of over [-] million yuan, and it is also the largest investment in the films directed by Nolan.

Nolan has proven his ability to direct low-budget, art-house movies, but it's still unclear what he can do with Batman Begins.

As an Oscar nominee, Ebert's acting skills have been affirmed by the staid academy judges, and his box office pulling power has also been verified in several movies.There is no doubt that with Ebert's current reputation, even if "Batman Begins" is a failed finished product in the end, Ebert can pull back a certain amount of box office by virtue of his popularity.

Emma Thomas can't forget the pre-sale sales of "White Night Live" after that "Saturday Night Live" issue.

This is definitely the credit of the young man in front of him who is close to the front line and has also been nominated for an Oscar but is still extremely humble.

Emma Thomas is more aware of the prudence of a big company like Warner Bros. in the selection of leading roles in commercial blockbusters. The executives who only have profits in their eyes have always insisted on Ebert, which must have taken a fancy to his contribution to the box office.

After all, even Will Smith may not be able to raise the box office of a small-scale movie to $8000 million.

"Chris and I have been looking forward to this cooperation for a long time, Ebert, it's a pleasure to meet you." The joyful expression on Emma Thomas' face made Ebert bend his lips, "You should have met with Chris. Although Chris didn't say anything, I know he is in a good mood. We have worked with you and we know each other very well. Chris has always been very satisfied with you. In short, everything is very good. wonderful."

"Thank you for your praise, Emma." Ebert smiled, "I am also looking forward to this cooperation with Chris. I have seen his talent and talent clearly enough when he filmed "White Night". This time Batman will definitely not disappoint."

"You're a nice boy, Ebert, and Chris must be very happy to hear that."

In terms of actors, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman are all golden supporting roles and mainstays in Hollywood.

The 70-year-old Michael Caine has won two Oscars for supporting actors. Although he is old, he has always been very active in participating in various film performances.Starting with "Batman Begins", Michael Caine has become a frequent guest in Nolan's movies, whether it is "Interstellar" or "Fatal Magic".

Ebert still admires such actors very much. They devoted themselves to the flashy world of movies when they were in their 20s. They may not be superstars, have high pay, and have no film history, but they can act from the age of 20 to 80 age, even to death, for them, being an actor is no longer simply a profession and a means of earning a living, but a precious treasure closely related to their lives and related to love.

Michael Kane is also the recipient of the British CBE Medal. This medal is the same as that of Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson. It is to commend British citizens who have made outstanding achievements in various fields.

Not to mention Liam Neeson, the protagonist of the classic movie "Schindler's List", but Liam Neeson's development in Hollywood has not been very smooth in recent years, and he can only play supporting roles in many movies.

As for Morgan Freeman, this old man with age spots on his face is the most well-known veteran actor in Hollywood. As a typical representative of black movie stars, Morgan Freeman has been nominated for an Oscar for several times. The number of movies has reached 50, such as "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Robin Hood", "The Counterfeit God"... Countless movies that are familiar to the audience have this old man Participation of drama bones.

Gary Oldman is not very well known as a British actor, but his role as Sirius in the famous "Harry Potter" series has made him a lot of "Harry Potter" fans. Advocate.

Christopher is worthy of being a British director. In fact, despite his relatively silent and rigorous personality, Nolan never forgets to support local British actors.

Whether it is Michael Caine, Gary Oldman or later Tom Hardy all play very important roles in Nolan's films.

As one of the few Americans in the starring role, Ebert couldn't help feeling a little stressed.Although he has played with Al Pacino, Jeff Bridges and other actors before, neither "White Night" nor "The Pentium Age" has the same cast as "Batman: Shadow of the Man". Mystery is gorgeous.

Of course, Ebert can be sure that the most stressful person on the set is definitely not him, but director Christopher Nolan.

Directors who have no experience in directing commercial blockbusters should feel the same when they suddenly take over a big-budget movie. Although Ebert doesn't know what Nolan is thinking, he has filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean" after all. He thinks Nolan The idea should have a certain degree of overlap with Gore Verbinski.

The heroine of this film is the actress Katie Holmes born in 78. She is two years older than Ebert and has previously performed in films such as "Sniper Phone Booth" and "Dawson's Creek" Eye-catching, of course, a large part of the reason why this actress has gained attention in the future is because of her status as Tom Cruise's wife. Although her marriage with Tom Cruise ended in divorce, she has reaped extremely high rewards for it. Attention.

When he received a call from Leonardo at night, and by the way complained to him about how many powerful actors there are in the crew, this friend who was recently rumored to have lost a lot of weight just responded casually: "Ebert, are you Are you showing off?"

In fact, Ebert hadn't seen Leonardo for a long time. The reason why he knew that he had lost weight was from a few fuzzy photos taken by street newspapers.

Ebert certainly didn't mean to show off.But hearing Leonardo's beating tone, he couldn't help showing off: "I heard you lost weight?"

Leonardo was about to say something, but the guy on the other end of the phone didn't intend to give him a chance to respond. Instead, he chatted endlessly: "Do you have abs? I used to envy those guys with 6-pack and 8-pack abs, but I'm not envious at all now because I have it too. If you see me next time, you'll know what a whitened Arnold Schwarzenegger looks like."

"Really?" Leonardo lowered his voice, but the sour taste in his tone couldn't stop, "It's good to have 8-pack abs, so I don't have to listen to people saying that you look like a dog." A plucked chicken."

"I thought you would be happy, because I took away Christian Bale's chance." Ebert frowned, "It seems that I made a mistake now, you don't sound very happy, it's my illusion ?"

"Of course not. Ebert, don't show off the cast of your new movie in front of me. Do you know who played me in "The Aviator"? Besides the two Kate, there is also John C. Reilly , Alec Baldwin, Jude Law... I want to ask you guy, are you planning to reject "The Departed" for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"?"

Ebert sighed: "Are you very angry? There is no way to do it. The two films have conflicting schedules. I can't just shoot one "Pirates of the Caribbean" and quit the second one. Although I can refuse, there is no doubt about it." Not a good choice."

"Okay, well, at least you don't have a shortage of films now."

After the phone was hung up, Ebert was stunned for a while listening to the busy tone of "beep beep".

Leonardo was not idle, he called his agent first: "Find me the most professional fitness trainer in New York, the kind that can train 3-pack abs in 8 months."

The agent was stunned by his thoughts: "This is not realistic at all, Leo, you don't even have half abs now!"

The agent's straightforwardness undoubtedly made Leonardo a little annoyed: "I don't care if it's realistic or not, I want the best, understand?"

As for the next call, he had to think for more than 20 minutes before deciding to dial. He wasted more than 2 minutes just pressing the button.