[US Entertainment] Actress

After squatting under the apartment building for two full days, the paparazzi really realized that Noy Linton had no news value at all.While the newly minted star gained some popularity with Legally Blonde, she's not the paparazzi type.She has no scandals—except for the specious news photo with Keith Lieser; she has no scandals, she doesn't deliberately cause trouble, and she doesn't have the habit of having sex parties at home. The number of times to go out is very small.

This is also the state of life of most British actors in Hollywood. They are diligent and persistent with outstanding acting skills, and their cheap net worth also makes the film companies very excited.Since Kate Winslet starred in "Titanic" and won the box office championship in film history, the potential of British actors, especially actresses, has been increasingly valued by film companies.Although Noye is not an actor with a classic temperament in the eyes of film critics, her diligence, acting skills and modesty are in the same line as her British predecessors.

The paparazzi came to believe that Noye Lynton and Keith Lieser were only photographed because they were British.

Two days later, Noy opened the curtains and looked at the empty road downstairs, and his mood suddenly brightened.Even if the paparazzi didn't capture anything, it didn't feel good to be stared at day and night. Noy ​​thought about it and thought he should consider moving to another place.

The time soon came to the second week after the release of "Legally Blonde". This week, "Jurassic Park 3", produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Johnston, officially landed in major theaters in North America. At the same time, the romantic comedy "American Honey" starring Julia Roberts was also released. This is Roberts' first movie to land in theaters after winning the Oscar for Best Actress. Columbia Pictures arranged it for summer release, which is enough to prove this. The powerful appeal possessed by a new movie queen.

One is the sequel to the classic blockbuster, which has both popularity and strength, and the other is the new work of the actress, with a pleasing theme and adhering to the usual style of Big Mouth Sweetheart. What kind of grades?

On July 7, "Jurassic Park 22", which was released for five days, reached the top of the box office with a cumulative box office of 5 million US dollars. , although not directed by Steven Spielberg himself, this is enough to prove the strong box office appeal of this dinosaur movie. For the distributor Universal Pictures, this movie series is undoubtedly a huge cash cow.

And following "Pretty Woman", "Runaway Bride"

After the great success, Julia Roberts, who once again starred in the romantic comedy, has a new film "American Sweetheart", which is also very impressive. Facing the strong impact of "Jurassic Park 3", "American Sweetheart" is not afraid, and it will be released for 3 days Blatantly charged $3100 million at the box office.

Under the attack of the two, the box office of "Legal Blonde" was naturally affected, especially the main audience of the film is young women in their 20s, and these women are also keen on romantic comedies like "American Sweetheart".

The drop in the box office of "Legally Blonde" is inevitable, but the extent of the drop is what MGM and film creators are concerned about.The strength of the box office in the first week is sometimes not so critical, but the decline in the box office in the second week often determines the ultimate life and death of the movie.However, when the box office statistics of "Legally Blonde" came out, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

$1830 million, a drop of only 10%!Under the double attack of "Jurassic Park 3" and "American Sweetheart", "Legal Blonde" not only did not show signs of decline, but instead achieved an impossible box-office result.

This is a summer vacation with powerful enemies on the lookout!

During the summer vacation period, box office miracles and box office nightmares are often staged at the same time. A movie released in one week may have a sharp drop in the box office in the second week due to various reasons, and the drop may even reach more than 40%. However, no one is surprised by this, because This is the summer file, which is the most competitive period of the year, and once it shows signs of decline, it may usher in the collapse of the entire box office.

It is precisely because of this that the 10% decline in "Legally Blonde" is commendable.Within 10 days of its release, the total box office of "Legally Blonde" climbed to 3870 million US dollars. Compared with the cost of more than 1000 million, this result has more than doubled, and it is already stronger than MGM's forecast. I don't know. how many times.And this number is still growing. Because the theater system and the film industry in the United States are very mature, a film often goes through a very long stage from its official release to its release.Even if the performance of a movie is not good after its release, after dozens of weeks of release, the box office performance can often reach the results that satisfy the producers.

Regardless, Legally Blonde's box-office performance was good enough, at least for the entire year of 2001, to warrant a place on the box-office charts.

The success of the movie has a huge influence on the heroine Noy.In the eyes of ordinary people, Noy has changed from a vague image with a little acting skills to a rising star of tomorrow. It has become news that the tabloids are willing to report.Especially among the younger generation of women, Noye, or Elle Woods played by Noye, is even more influential.

According to Fashion Weekly, in July alone, about 7 women in the United States dyed their hair back to blonde. According to statistics, the number of high school students in the United States who are willing to apply for Harvard University has increased by 5% compared with last year. It was a by-product of the movie Legally Blonde.

In the words of "Entertainment Weekly" film critic Thomson Nick, "Legally Blonde" is a movie that teaches women to be independent, confident, and excellent. Although everything that happened to the heroine seems so ridiculous, the movie is bright, The positive atmosphere still touched every audience who watched it.

Taking advantage of the success of this movie, Noy finally came into the sight of the agency UTA.

As the largest brokerage company in the United States, UTA's resources have always been inclined to those well-known stars, which is also the status quo of all brokerage companies.In any case, superstars can often bring huge profits, while newcomers have a long investment cycle and a high failure rate, and big companies often do not have such patience.Since signing with Uta, except for the role of "Legally Blonde" who has a little relationship with Uta, Noy's previous achievements have almost no shadow of Uta.It's not uta's fault, it's the same in Hollywood.

But after "Legal Blonde" was released, Noy suddenly became a hot new star in Hollywood. Her strength and box office appeal were seen by everyone. If nothing else, her future will be smooth!Under such circumstances, Noy was naturally included in the category of key focus objects by UTA. If he slack off as usual, Noy would fall into the arms of other brokerage companies in a matter of minutes.

By the way, Martin's status within UTA is also much higher.

Uta couldn't help but start to pay attention to this agent who brought out Noy with one hand.You know, even in a big company like UTA, there are not many agents who can single-handedly promote a new star.Those famous agents are good at snatching a star after he has a certain popularity base, and then use a series of blockbuster plans to lure him to fire the original agent, so that they can get a huge amount of commission.

Top brokers sometimes earn as much as superstars.

Of course, someone had moved Noi's mind, but Noi refused.She believes that Martin will be a successful agent, but the road to success is always full of hardships, and all Martin needs is time.

"Okay, let me do the work of the agent, you just need to think about the next job." Martin rubbed the back of his head, "This is the first time I participated in a senior agent meeting, and I once fantasized about it." One day I will be able to enter that meeting room, but now it seems that there is nothing surprising about it. There is also a document about your future development plan inside uta, some of which are exactly what I did not cover, I I think we can learn from it.”

Noy nodded: "No problem."

Martin continued: "Noy, you should be very busy in the second half of the year. Guess how many scripts I received this time? There are ten scripts. MGM alone sent three scripts and hoped to continue working with you. There's Paramount, Columbia, Universal..."

Noy took over the script: "I need time to read these slowly, what else?"

Martin coughed lightly: "For the promotion of the movie, MGM knocked on the door of "The Tonight Show" for you. On the night of July 7th, for the effect of the show, I think you have to prepare in advance. Oh, There are also "Marie Claire" and "w" cover shoot invitations, you can consider it, the publicity effect of big-name magazines is also very exciting, this month you also need to attend the celebration banquet of "Legal Blonde", the movie box office has already More than 29 million..."

Noy pushed him: "Martin, you have to make a list and write it down, I've been dazzled by you."

"There is one more important thing." Martin suddenly reminded, "Daniel Day Lewis sent you a dinner invitation, and the dinner is scheduled for mid-August."

Noy wondered: "I don't know Lewis well, and we haven't cooperated before. Why did he invite me?"

"My dear, don't forget that you are an English actor."

Noy suddenly realized.

Daniel Day-Lewis is a British actor, and Noy also watched "A Room with a View" starring him and Helena Bonham Carter in his previous life.This actor is definitely one of the biggest names in Hollywood history. "My Left Foot" in 1990 and "There Will Be Blood" in 2008 helped him win two Oscars, but in 13, he won again with The wonderful performance in "Lincoln" won the Oscar for Best Actor, becoming the first actor in history to win three Oscars.

Five nominations and three awards, Daniel Day-Lewis is definitely the biggest name in Hollywood's British gang.

Noy is very clear that being successful with a chick movie is not enough to make the great god look up to her, but Noy is a British actor after all, and her success can also help consolidate the position of the British Gang in Hollywood, and Being able to unite with British actors in Hollywood will also be of great help to Noy's future career.

01 has already opened the golden period of British actors in Hollywood, but after 03, Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, James McAvoy and other young actors are blooming everywhere in Hollywood. The famous British color is everywhere, and it was the real golden age of British actors at that time.At present, it is mainly supported by actors such as Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones. There are not many young actors like Noy who come to Hollywood to develop. Therefore, in American-dominated Hollywood, the relatively weak British Most of the actors are relatively united, which is why Noye was invited by Daniel Day-Lewis.