The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"ring——"

Erica was about to pick up the coffee and sip, but the telephone on the side of the drawer began to make a rapid sound.

She had to temporarily stop talking with Harry and Peter, quickly picked up the phone handle, and put it to her ear.

And before she could say the opening remark, the other party started a conversation, the male voice had a typical superior style, "This is Michael Ovitz, can I ask Miss Parker to answer the phone?"

"You're talking to her." Of course Erica was surprised by the call, but her tone remained steady.

"I hope my call didn't bother you, Miss Parker," Ovitz said in a serious tone, but his words were decent and polite, "I got a copy of your personal information 10 minutes ago. Can not ignore."

Erica was a little surprised by the speed of Vanity Fair, and Michael Ovitz's personal call at this time seemed to be enough to show his attitude——

At least her information has aroused the interest of this big Hollywood figure.

However, Erika was not very excited by this. Although Ovitz took the initiative to talk to her at this time, it did not mean that she would be favored by Ovitz and become his client.

"Thank you for your recognition, Mr. Ovitz, this is very precious to an unknown young man."

"Unknown? I think it will become the most difficult thing in the world after the issue of "Vanity Fair" is released at the end of the month." Ovitz, like every Hollywood person, is best at saying exaggerated words.

But then, he continued with almost no pause, "Apart from this, there is another opportunity to improve your reputation right now, which is right in front of you—maybe you have heard about the recent incident of changing roles in "The Godfather 3"?"

"The Godfather", a great work unmatched in the history of American film, its historical status and far-reaching influence are almost unprecedented.

The two previous works achieved great success in the 70s, and after a lapse of 16 years, a few months ago, Paramount Pictures decided to restart "The Godfather 3".

This news set off fierce repercussions across the United States and even the world, and it can be said to have attracted worldwide attention.

Whether it is the Hollywood industry or ordinary movie fans, there is no doubt that "The Godfather 3" will create a magical box office figure after its release.After all, in the entire history of American cinema, is there a greater series of films than it?

But right now, after the entire crew of "The Godfather 3" arrived at the shooting location in Italy, and it has only been started for a month, "The Godfather 3" has encountered countless criticisms and doubts from the media.

It is unknown whether this rumored most expensive film in history will earn $[-] million when it is released on Christmas at the end of the year.

In the negative news, big and small, the media first accused the script of being hasty, but it only took six weeks to polish it, which made people extremely doubtful about its completion.

Then came the important lawyer role-player in the previous film, who quit filming due to dissatisfaction with the salary, which once again aroused heated public opinion.

Next, due to the disastrous box office failures of many films directed by director Coppola in the 80s, the media questioned him because he was in an economic crisis and decided to reshoot "The Godfather" in order to earn millions of dollars in director's remuneration to pay off debts. series.

Even the producer Paramount's reason for restarting "The Godfather 3" is very utilitarian. In recent years, Paramount has fallen into a slump. They urgently need a high-grossing movie to save their extremely ugly financial books.

At present, among the many criticisms suffered by the "Godfather 3" crew, the most important one is the incident of 'Mary Corleone' changing roles.

Mary, as the daughter of Godfather Mike Corleone, has an important role after the two male protagonists, but in terms of casting, it is very tortuous——

Julia Roberts was originally chosen to play Mary, but she resigned due to contract conflicts; Madonna took a fancy to the role, but was rejected by director Coppola on the grounds that she was too old.The actress who was elected later quit the crew due to illness shortly after the start, so the role of 'Mary Corleone' was vacant again.

Many media have been slandering about "The Godfather 3", and Erica has naturally heard about this change of roles. She said to Ovitz, "According to the "Hollywood Reporter", Director Coppola has decided to use his daughter Sofia Coppola, playing Mary Corleone."

"However, the media did not approve of his decision. They are accusing Coppola of cronyism, saying that he has packed almost all relatives into the "Godfather 3" crew." Ovitz's tone was not pleasant.

Although the words of the media in the industry are inevitably exaggerated, this is indeed not groundless——

In the crew of "The Godfather 3", Coppola's cousins, parents, uncles, granddaughters and many other relatives have appeared in the film, and even his nephew Nicolas Cage is also one of the film producers.

Now he is going to hand over the important role of Mary Corleone to his daughter Sophia who has no acting experience, and even rewrites the script for this, rewriting Mary who was originally in her twenties to be 19 years old to match Sophia's age.

This caused dissatisfaction among many actors in the "Godfather 3" crew. More than one performer threatened to withdraw from the filming; the producer, Paramount Pictures, also did not approve of Coppola's decision, so they continued to recommend many celebrities. Actress, traveled to Italy for auditions.

But since the current script has rewritten the age of "Mary Corleone" to be 19, Coppola directly told Paramount that the crew was looking for a teenage girl.

This made Paramount Pictures even more dissatisfied, and even found Michael Ovitz because of this change of roles, who made Coppola an important director under CAA.

And in the "Godfather 3" crew, Ovitz played a bundled "package" service, providing film talents, from director Coppola to starring Al Pacino, as well as screenwriters and producers, almost All of them are contract clients of CAA.

So Michael Ovitz, who was busy challenging Wall Street's authority in New York City, had to temporarily put aside his thorny task of 'merging MCA, the superior company of Universal Film and Television', and prepared to go to the troubled crew of "The Godfather 3" to solve the problem. Coppola and Paramount's simmering 'war'.

And at this moment, Erica Parker's information was delivered to him——

She has a perfect face that is hard to ignore, a very photogenic face contour and body, and even in the filming of "Vanity Fair", she shows a wonderful dramatic tension.

Moreover, she comes from an Italian immigrant family, which is very close to the experience of the Corleone family in "The Godfather 3".

Even at the age of 19, she perfectly fits the script role.

What a coincidence, isn't it?Probably God sent the girl to him.

At this moment, January 1990, 37, at [-]:[-] EST, at Parker’s home in Queens, New York, Erica heard Michael Ovitz’s cheerful voice on the other end of the phone——

"Miss Parker, I'm flying to Rome in an hour. Are you interested in traveling with me to Italy for an audition?"