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

"Sorry, according to this script, I don't consider acting in "Basic Instinct." At the nomination luncheon, Erica said to director Paul Verhoeven.

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The Oscar Nomination Luncheon was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel as usual. Erica received her nomination certificate after taking a "family portrait" photo with more than 100 nominees.

Then, she met Paul Verhoeven, who not long ago achieved great commercial success by directing "Cosmic Veyron" and was promoted to the list of Hollywood's top directors.

And what surprised Erika even more was, of course, the olive branch offered to her by the famous commercial film director—Verhoeven bypassed her agency and delivered the script of "Basic Instinct" to her in person.

And Director Verhoeven didn't forget to say something specifically, "I sent you an audition invitation a year ago, and up to now, you are still my first choice for "Basic Instinct" actor."

Or should I say, a year later, Verhoeven became more resolute about inviting Erica Parker to play "Basic Instinct" heroine Catherine.

At that time, this young girl was just a so-called newcomer in focus, but now, she has not only won wide acclaim from the industry, but has already been nominated for an Oscar for acting at a young age.

There's no doubt Erica Parker is in Hollywood, putting on a real 'A Star Is Born' --

If a few months later, "Thelma & Louise" starring her is another box office success, her acting skills will be recognized.Then she is very likely to rise from the "well-known actor" seat that has just been firmly established to a prestige star with box office appeal.

The Hollywood industry has been obsessed with two women these days: Julia Roberts, of "Pretty Woman" fame, and Erica Parker, considered a rare dramatic gift.

In Hollywood, where gender prejudice is already deeply rooted, these two actresses are predicted by the industry to be promoted to become the only first-line actresses in Hollywood within three years, and even launch an impact on the "high-quality first-line star" seat at the top of the star pyramid. .

As for Paul Verhoeven, he once sent out an invitation to Julia Roberts to shoot "Instinct", but he was still rejected because the film required nude appearances.

At present, "Basic Instinct" is expected to start shooting in three to five months. Compared with using second-tier actors who are willing to undress for this film but are unknown, Verhoeven is still trying to persuade Erica Parker to play "Catherine" ".

At the table next to the nomination luncheon, Erica naturally couldn't go to drink and enjoy the food. Director Verhoeven specially brought her the script at the banquet, and of course she had to cooperate and read it in response.

And when she used the reading speed honed by studying difficult economics works to quickly read the script of this movie about the "bizarre ice pick murder case", she knew very well why Verhoeven said, "I told you a year ago." Sending out audition invitations' and she was totally clueless about it.

Ovitz certainly couldn't have cast her in an erotic thriller that required nudity.

It is even possible that Verhoeven met her today because he deliberately chose Erica's manager Ovitz, and did not make a special trip to accompany her.

Originally, Ovitz naturally planned to attend this luncheon with Erica, but recently, the president of Coca-Cola Company has frequently sent invitations to Ovitz, hoping that CAA could represent Coca-Cola in advertising contracts, and tried to get Michael Ovitz's plan to regain more Pepsi market share.

The president of Coca-Cola was originally a good friend of Ovitz, and this is undoubtedly a big business, which can be said to have shocked the advertising industry in the United States, so Ovitz had to leave Erika temporarily and go to the Atlanta headquarters of Coca-Cola.

The fact that Ovitz went to Atlanta was naturally not a secret event, and it even appeared on the news of many newspapers in Hollywood.

It was just this morning that Paul Verhoeven happened to see a news report about this matter, so he decided to bypass the golden agent and try to persuade Erica to star in "Basic Instinct" at the Oscar nomination luncheon.

Obviously, Verhoeven took it for granted that this young girl was of course much easier to deal with than Michael Ovitz, known as the most powerful man in Hollywood.

The reason Verhoeven prepared to persuade Erica to appear in the role was also amazing, "Erica, the producer of "Basic Instinct" is willing to pay you 500 million US dollars for the film."

500 million US dollars is almost the current salary ceiling for actresses, so it can be seen that the producer is bound to win the invitation to star in Erica.

What Erica thought of was that after she signed the performance contract of "The Godfather 3" and received a paycheck of 50 yuan, Michael Ovitz said that after one year, he planned to increase it tenfold.

Now that prophecy appears to have come true.

It even seems to have some room for improvement -

Regarding the actor of "Basic Instinct", the original producer planned to choose Oscar winner Michael Douglas, and Douglas' salary will naturally not be low.

But recently, this arrogant and violent playboy has been caught in a scandal. He was caught in bed with his wife's female friend.

For this reason, the producers of "Basic Instinct" are planning to replace Douglas and choose a young actor who is more in line with the script.Among the film newcomers Brad Pitt and Ralph Fiennes who came to audition, director Verhoeven took a fancy to the latter.

And after the replacement of the leading actor, Paul Verhoeven planned to add the reduced salary to Erica's salary. This is undoubtedly an irresistible high number. You'll get paid $700 million."

Columbia Pictures, the producer of "Basic Instinct", has always been one of the eight major studios, and has been famous for offering sky-high salary contracts many times.At this time, the 700 million yuan they are willing to pay for Erica has undoubtedly been included in the top ten highest salary in Hollywood this year.

This is a real salary figure that only high-quality first-line stars at the top of the Hollywood pyramid can get.

But Paul Verhoeven was rejected without hesitation——

Erica's dazzling blond hair is proud and shining, and her red lips are slightly parted on her glamorous and sexy face, "Sorry, according to this script, I am not considering starring in "Basic Instinct."

Erica maintained a polite smile, but in her tone, there seemed to be no room for turning around.

Verhoeven has indeed been rejected by many female actors, but it is obvious that he usually hears a lot of compliments first, and then the actresses will find out many reasons why they may not be able to perform, and finally, it is a tactful rejection.

But when facing Erica Parker at this time, she turned out to be strong and cold, directly and clearly rejected him.

Although Paul Verhoeven was not irritated by this for the time being, he naturally had some emotional ups and downs, "This will definitely be a very exciting commercial movie. Its perfect crime, suspense, and thriller core are completely Hitchcockian." , if Hitchcock could live to the 90s, he would definitely make "Basic Instinct."

"You're right, Mr. Verhoeven, this will definitely be an exciting and outstanding mainstream commercial film." Compared with the cold refusal just now, Erika has another attitude at this time, expressing her approval of his statement, making him Verhoeven felt inexplicably satisfied and excited because of her approval for a moment.

But Erica went on to say, "But Hitchcock, the master of movie suspense, will abandon many of the foul language and revealing scenes, and make "Instinct" an outstanding movie relying on crime, suspense, and thriller themes." A masterpiece of art."

Erica's words still seemed a little merciless, and she almost pointed out that most of the sexually explicit scenes in the script of "Basic Instinct" were gimmicks to boost the box office.

And Erica's remarks were obviously correct enough that Paul Verhoeven couldn't find a strong rebuttal for a while.

Even though Verhoeven was born in the famous "Sex Capital" Amsterdam, which makes his films always full of violence and sex, and has become one of the unique film styles.But Erica is right. For a Hitchcockian suspense film, the erotic exposure scene of "Basic Instinct" is indeed overwhelming.

And Erica immediately pointed out another major mistake in the script, "The plot time is set in the 90s, but in the entire script of the movie, the police investigation of the murder case never mentions DNA, but in fact since the mid-80s Since then, DNA has been used in criminal investigations."

As soon as the voice fell, she suggested gently, "Maybe you can change the plot timeline to the early 80s, which is enough to perfectly fix this loophole. I think maybe this movie script was born in the 80s?"

Verhoeven noticed that the young girl in front of him was a bit fickle, sometimes cold and sometimes kind, which made people feel confused.

At this time, she was very thoughtful and polite, and even guessed the last question correctly, so he replied, "Yes, the script of "Basic Instinct" was originally written in the early 80s."

"And the screenwriter only took ten days to write the script, sold it three days later, and got a staggering 300 million dollars in compensation?" Erika's beautiful face had a smile that was far away, and seemed to be in control of everything, Even a bit sinister, "I read some reports in the newspaper about the script of "Basic Instinct."

But just now she pretended to be gentle and kind, and raised a topic with Verhoeven, asking whether the script of "Basic Instinct" was written in the 80s, which attracted the other party to have a frank conversation with her.

And at the next moment, she stated that she knew about it a long time ago.It was as if he was playing with the first-class Hollywood director in front of him.

But Verhoeven was not provoked, but was completely surprised, even looked at Erica Parker in surprise——

After reading the script, Erica showed her coldness, fickleness, pride, dominance, confusion, intelligence, and even the almost provocative play on him just now. All these behaviors made Verhoeven feel an inexplicable feeling. Familiarity.

Verhoeven looked at the blonde beauty in front of him, she was exactly like Catherine in "Basic Instinct"!

At this time, Erika showed Catherine's dominant control and ambition again. Her arms were resting on the side of the table, her back was straight, showing a body curve with a strong sense of unevenness and power, and her green eyes were dyed with gray tones. Unfathomable, the dress on her body is obviously not revealing at all, but the whole person is so sexy that it almost makes the blood boil.

"Director Verhoeven, I think maybe you should be more ambitious," Erica said with a beautiful and intelligent smile on her face, and her tone was calm and convincing, "Even if you don't use foul language or With the revealing scene as a gimmick, you can of course still make a really good suspenseful movie."

Erica's remarks may sound lofty and uplifting, but in reality, she's doing more for her own benefit.

The role of Catherine was indeed suitable for her, but Erica was unwilling to take the risk of appearing nude, and because of the erotic and revealing scenes, her acting career suffered twists and turns.

You see, of course her best interests are more important than anything else.