Chapter 84: Lost in Los Angeles
"I want to know why you let Kapoor push those films down. If not some people handed the script directly to me, I don't know that I have received these offers."
The more excited Julia was, the more she pointed out directly to Eric’s nose and condemned it: “Disney’s Lost City, but it’s paid $6 million. You don’t even ask me for advice. Directly pushed away, $6 million, how can you be so overbearing, I am not your fault, so please respect me a little..."
Eric leaned back on the back of the sofa chair, letting the girl vent her emotions like a little female cat. At the same time, I remembered Disney’s Lost City, and couldn’t help but smile. Because the scriptwriter's screenwriter is J.F. Lawton, it is the original screenwriter of the previous "Fengyue Beauty".
During his days in Richmond, many film companies directly ignored CAA's ban on UTA, and issued a film to some of the "Feng Yue" starring Julia and Al. If UTA has only a few endless little actors, Hollywood studios may be tempted by Michael Owitz's influence, and the idea of holding more than one thing is to reject UTA actors.
But now, with the fire of "Fengyue", UTA has two pillars of Julia and Al, and other supporting characters such as Jason Alexander are also famous. The driving force of interests directly caused many film companies to ignore the scruples of CAA, especially the six major movie companies that hated and could not help CAA. Eric even speculated in a malicious way that the six majors were simply sending a series of invitations to UTA actors with the thought of adding to Michael Ovitz.
Al Pacino patiently waited for Eric's promise to smell the woman, so his films were directly deduced, and Al did not have any opinion.
Julia couldn't be so rash. In the script that was received, Kapoor screened it again, excluding the scripts that had a very low offer price and looked like a bad film at a glance. The rest of the scripts were communicated to Eric by phone.
So Eric knew the script of "Lost Lost City" in a logical way. When I heard the name of the scriptwriter, Eric curiously asked Kapoor to fax him the script.
At first glance, J.F. Lawton apparently revised the original "3000" and turned it into a love story with the male lead as the main line. As mentioned before, in the original time and space, the original script of "Fengyue" was the black drama that called "3000" to reflect the living conditions of Los Angeles prostitutes. In the final filming process, it was modified into a romantic comedy.
And this "Lost Lost City", the outline of the story is the actor to Los Angeles business trip, the result is not only lost, but also stolen all the luggage, the career is quite successful but the life is an idiot actor accidentally, After being taken over by a kind-hearted prostitute, after another twist, another pair of princes and Cinderella walked happily together.
Anyway, Eric saw at a glance that this story is in line with "Fengyue", but it can't be said that people copied it, because the story was modified quite skillfully, and movie giants like Disney couldn't make Eric catch the plagiarism. handle.
In Eric's view, this story, which is very similar to "Fengyue", will not lose money if it is shot again with Julia. After all, the movie budget is not high.
But if you want to sell at the box office again like "Fengyue", it is basically impossible. Just like a person just ate a bowl of rice, it is already full. If you change apples or come to a glass of juice, you may still be able to eat it. You put on a bowl of rice...
"Hey, have you heard me talking, can you still laugh?"
The girl’s questioning voice rang in her ear, and Eric pulled back her thoughts from the gods and saw that Julia had been deceived by her side with a touch of anger on her face.
"Are you finished?" Eric looked at the girl's eyes and asked seriously.
"Well," Julia nodded and looked at her eyes. The girl suddenly realized her own gaffe and sat back quickly.
These days she was used to pleading for the words of flattering praise, and the whole person would inevitably have some small expansion. But when I saw Eric changed a serious expression, the girl suddenly remembered it. It looks like... This guy is not the one who needs to please himself, but instead...
Thinking of this, Julia involuntarily hugged her arm and unconsciously smashed her arm twice, bowed her head slightly, and glanced at Eric with a guilty conscience.
"I have been communicating with Kapoor on the phone every day for a while in Richmond. Al's lower movie has already been set, so the deliberations are about those about you. As for the Lost City, I also specifically asked Kapoor to fax me a script and read it carefully in the past."
I heard that Eric was so personal to himself, and Julia felt guilty about her own behavior.
"I'm sorry." The girl sounded awkwardly.
Eric puts his hand: "I am not asking for your merits, I just want to tell you, I have never forgotten what I promised that night. I said that I will bring a girl named Julia Roberts to Vivien Leigh. Audrey Hepburn's heights of Hollywood legends."
"I'm sorry." The girl's voice rang again.
"But I am a little disappointed with you now. This is only the first time of success. It makes you so unstoppable, what do you want to do?"
Eric’s calm tone gradually entrained the reprimand, and the girl couldn’t help but refute: “I...”
Eric interrupted the girl's words: "Now, you have the fame, as you said, Disney has already offered you a $6 million price offer. There aren't a few actresses in Hollywood who can reach this height. If you are short of money, go to the loan, and the bank is quite generous to the Hollywood star. And what you have to do is to carefully consolidate your position. If you want to go further, you can't be too careful."
"I understand."
"No, you still don't understand, I feel like you are aggrieved. Just take Lost City, 6 million is indeed a very high price. Tom Hanks broke the box office at the box office last year." Flying over the future, I took 2 million, but if you pick up this movie, it is equivalent to consuming the box office appeal that you have accumulated with "Wind Moon". This is not a problem of one plus one equals two, but a subtraction. Have you ever seen a star who has successfully taken two films that are almost identical in a short period of time and have been successful? This is the same as Hollywood’s series of movies, which are waiting for the audience. The expectation of the heart rose to the highest level before the filming sequel."