[American Entertainment] Bright life

"Grace Green, is this how you learned to drive? Like a bird out of the cage!" Sterling's heart almost jumped out, and when he saw Grace who came back a step ahead of him, he couldn't hold back Just started making fun of it.

"I can only say that it's all adrenaline, Derek." Grace spread her hands and said, Sterling stared at her for five seconds, weighed the pros and cons of arguing with her, and finally decided... Squeezed out a smile, took out his briefcase, and continued to do his job without complaint: "This is the contract for "Suspicion of Child Abuse", and now you only need to sign it. The other one is the new contract of the 007 series. We are still negotiating the script of the movie and the contract, MGM is very optimistic about your joining, and they hope that the role you will play is Camille."

To put it bluntly, MGM took a fancy to Grace's popularity.Speaking of which, when Grace went to audition for the new 007 series of movies, she passed the primary selection because Grace was a client of WMA. Who would have thought that it was just a blink of an eye. Grace's popularity soared when "Enchanted" was released, and it was not Soaring in general.

Not only does the movie "Enchanted" lead to a crazy increase in popularity, but it also has its own popularity-enhancing aura, and its fans are no longer a problem.The attitude of MGM is completely different, and they probably regret not signing it sooner. After all, the soaring popularity brings a great leap forward in salary.

Sterling originally wanted to have dinner with Grace. Who told the big capitalist to send not only the car but also the chef, but his girlfriend called and asked him to have dinner with him, so Sterling had to go to the appointment .

Grace, who was reading the script of "Quantum of Solace", looked up at Sterling after he hung up the phone, "She thinks it's time to tell you that she actually has a ten-year-old son, should I congratulate you? "

Sterling: "...What?"

"It's nothing." Grace blinked, then looked down at the script again.

Sterling was a little dumbfounded. His girlfriend was a few years older than him. Sterling knew that she had been married before, but he really didn't know that she had a child.In fact, looking on the bright side, Sterling doesn't doubt the correctness of Grace's interpretation now, it seems that he has no doubts in her ability to perform, especially when he went to the appointment and was caught by his After my girlfriend told me this personally.

Sterling had mixed feelings, not only because his girlfriend hid it from him, but also because he realized that his girlfriend wanted to settle down, but Sterling had no desire to do so. After that, there were some unhappy breakups.When he got back to his apartment, he didn't want to think about it for the time being, so he found the "Quantum of Solace" document and looked through it. It was almost midnight before he went to bed. The ringtone woke him up, and Sterling answered the phone in a low voice: "You better have something very important!"

Then, the mic came in the exuberant voice of his client, the one he loves to hate: "Grace Green."

"Do you know what time it is, my dear client?" Sterling sat up from the bed and glanced at the alarm clock, oh my god it's only three twenty in the morning!He squeezed between his eyebrows, and didn't expect Grace to say 'sorry for disturbing': "What happened again?"

Grace sat cross-legged on a chair, still full of energy at three o'clock in the middle of the night, "I rewrote the script of "Quantum of Solace" and sent it to your mailbox."

Sterling couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "What did you do?"

Grace said with disgust, "You've already heard it, why do you want to listen to it a second time?"

Sterling twitched the corner of his mouth, he was not sleepy at all now: "Probably because when you said it the first time, I was so shocked that I could only express my feelings in such words. Very good , now I'm not so shocked, you said you rewrote the script of "Quantum of Solace", and then what? What do you think of me? Submit your rewritten script to MGM, and they happily adopted it wrote your script."

"Can't you?" Grace asked back so naturally, Sterling was suddenly dumbfounded. He remembered that he didn't even know about Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, and to be precise, he had no idea about the entire entertainment industry. Grace, he broke up some common sense and told Grace, but he didn't seem to talk about this aspect.

Sterling didn't say no directly, even though he had ironically just now.He got up from the bed, turned on the computer and printed out the script that Grace had sent him. While printing, he remembered a question that he had never ignored but never asked Grace: "Why do you want to rewrite the script?" Oh, Grace? I mean, I can understand why you want to rewrite the script. It's just that you found a loophole in the script, thought the plot was illogical, and seemed childish to you, etc., but I took a look The script of "Quantum of Solace", no matter how high-end the plot is, it is more scientific than "Enchanted"."

Grace frowned, and said slightly surprised: "How did you put 'high-end' and 'scientific' in one sentence for comparison?"

Sterling rolled his eyes: "Because I am willing, and don't pretend that you don't understand what I mean."

"I don't. If I had, you would be able to hear sentences such as 'what are you talking about'." Grace is very good at learning and using it, but it's just that Sterling is not willing to be a "model" , and Grace is also very good at talking, because when Sterling couldn't bear to end the call, he couldn't get any effective information from Grace.

Seeing the printed script, Sterling muttered, "I really owe you."

He originally planned to get a cup of coffee to refresh himself, but after he read the script, he was surprised to find that Grace had not made extensive changes, so he took out the original script for comparison, and then seriously After reading the revised script, the more I read, the more energetic I became, and I didn't even need coffee.When he finished reading, it was already [-]:[-] in the morning. He called Grace a little excitedly, and when the call was connected, he asked, "Grace, the boss behind the scenes is actually Camille, right?"

In the original script of "Quantum of Solace", Camille is the new Bond girl. Although she has more martial arts than the Bond girls in the previous Bond movies, and has a miserable background, she is no longer a simple vase girl. , but still can't get rid of the Bond girl's position, such as helping Bond defeat the villain or something.To put it bluntly, the character portrayal is not deep enough, and there are still suspicions of vases. This is also the general trend of commercial blockbusters.

However, in Grace's modified script, Camille's position does not seem to have changed. She still helps Bond deal with the villain in "Quantum of Solace", Dominic, the CEO of Green Planet, but Sterling still follows him. In the conversation with Bond and others, I found clues. There seemed to be another pusher behind him, but at the end of the plot, Dominic was left in the desert by Bond to die, and the hidden black hand behind the scenes did not surface. No, she appeared in front of Bond, but in fact she had existed for a long time, she played a game of tricks, and finally escaped gorgeously.

"You finally asked a good question, Derek." Grace's voice still sounded very energetic, and there was a little appreciation in her tone, and she poured a glass of cold water on Sterling unceremoniously.

Sterling: "...I thank you for the 'dolphin finally learned to sing' tone, oh no, I should say 'goldfish finally learned to walk on its own', no?"

"Don't be a fool," Grace said coolly, "you can just say 'the goldfish finally landed.'"

Grace is indeed very good at talking, and she is also very good at ending conversations, but who made the relationship between her and Sterling unequal. Sterling has never been at the top of the battle between the two of them, let alone now. There was an adapted script hanging in front of him, so the manager endured it, and he couldn't hold it back halfway through, and said to the microphone expressionlessly: "Although I have to admit that your script rewritten is okay, okay, Yes, but I have to remind you, Grace, that even if I send this adapted script to MGM, they will be more inclined to choose the original script while they feel that the script is better than the original script. Script."

Grace frowned: "Why?"

"Because of the protagonist's absolutism, my dear." Sterling became earnest again, "They allow Bond to be deceived in the process, but in the end it must be Bond who kills all directions, but in the script you wrote, Not only him, but also MI6 behind him was played and applauded by Camille. Oh, this also involves the confrontation between justice and evil, so—"

Grace concluded: "So it's because their IQs are not up to the standard, and others are not allowed to have high IQs?"

Sterling felt that what Grace said made sense, and he wanted to complain: "Please, you have to look at things from the perspective of ordinary people once in a while, Dr. Green!" Are there still many ordinary people in this world?

This topic can almost be covered, but before it was done, Sterling explained the "producer-centric system" of Hollywood movies to Grace Cop in detail, and the confidence needed for actors to be able to influence the level of the script.At the same time, Sterling also mentioned a matter related to the screenwriting industry, that is, the strike of the Screenwriters Association.

The screenwriters' strike started on November 11th. More than 5 screenwriters participated in the strike. The time has already begun to warm up, but now it is very depressed, and it may not be possible to hold it.It seems that the screenwriters' strike will continue. By then, it is very likely that the Golden Globe Awards will not be held as scheduled, and it may even affect the Oscars.This is not the most important thing. The most important screenwriter strike has brought losses to the American entertainment industry in advertising revenue, TV ratings, etc., so don't go into the muddy water at this time.

After saying this, Sterling casually said: "Grace, have you ever thought about being a screenwriter, or writing a novel, how should I put it, a novel that is not so professional?"

……

"Suspicion of Child Abuse" was quietly launched in New York on December 12, and the crew will conduct closed shooting.

Just as Sterling thought, due to the impact of the screenwriters' strike, the major film festivals in December did not hold awards ceremonies as in previous years, and basically announced the nominations and awards directly.

However, this has nothing to do with Grace. Her performance in "Enchanted" has received unanimous praise from film critics and fans, but "Enchanted" is still a commercial production in the final analysis, so Films are often not as favored by film festivals as literary films.Of course, this does not affect the box office of "Enchanted Romance".

It is worth mentioning that Grace's "scandal incident" not only made her powerful fans again, but also further boosted the attention and box office of "Enchanted".On the weekend of the second week, it once again cut 500 million in North America, a drop of only 38%, and once again topped the weekend box office list in North America. The cumulative box office in North America easily exceeded [-] million, reaching [-] million US dollars.

In the past two weeks, "Enchanted" has also been released in other parts of the world one after another. According to Disney's response, it seems that the box office response in other countries and regions has also met their expectations.

After entering December, "Enchanted" still seems to have strong stamina, so there is no need to worry that it will plummet at the box office without the support of exposure.

However, there are also those who have a greater relationship with Grace, that is, on December 12, the nomination list of the 13th Golden Globe Awards was announced. Grace was nominated for Best Actress in Music/Comedy, and "Enchanted" also won Nominated for Best Original Song from a Film, the nominated song is "That's How You Know".

In addition, "Atonement" has accumulated 7 nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Soundtrack, leading the gold medal. ball award.Here Saoirse Ronan is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, making her one of the youngest nominees ever to be nominated for a Golden Globe.

One week before the announcement of the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, "Atonement" held its premiere in New York. Grace had already joined the crew of "Suspicion of Child Abuse" at that time, and entered the intense shooting, just like the previous "Atonement" participated in the Venice film Festival, as in the UK premiere, was also not attended.

So, Grace always seems to miss the premiere of "Atonement".

Grace did not attend the premiere of "Atonement" in New York, which disappointed the reporters who were invited to the premiere. Grace's appearance rate has been frighteningly low recently, but the outside world's curiosity about her has increased because of this. Simply put, it is the unequal relationship between supply and demand, resulting in "desire dissatisfaction".

But no one came, the movie was shown, and the news about Grace, who was neither the protagonist nor attended the premiere the next day, accounted for the envy of others.

"Variety Show" - the newspaper office of the reporter who was said by Grace to be promoted, and really got promoted. After evaluating "Atonement", a popular movie in the awards season, and wrote a film review specifically for Grace, "If Dr. Green's performance in "Enchanted" was fresh, natural, and unaffected, then in "Atonement", she touched the hearts of viewers with her eyes that made the camera very fond of her.

When she clumsily smoked a cigarette and squatted at the base of the wall crying, I don't know how much other viewers' attention was on another warm scene, but I couldn't take my eyes off her, and in the Thinking, 'Oh, for God's sake, is that her fault alone? '"

"...Overall, Grace Green gave her impressive debut performance in Atonement. This has me already sincerely looking forward to her two movies with Meryl Streep coming out next year. Movies, "Mamma Mia" adapted from the stage play and "Suspected Child Abuse" adapted from the play."

Anyone can see that this girl is full of stars.