Chapter 1062 1162. New play starts
Joseph still remembered that when he met Keanu Reeves two days ago, he was tall and handsome. He always had a spring-like smile on his face, and his behavior was full of gentlemanly demeanor. His mature and steady charm made Joseph envious.
But at this moment, Joseph was so shocked that his eyes almost dropped to the ground. Was this really the Keanu Reeves he knew?
That series of flattering smiles, that blunt flattery, and most importantly, those words 'Master', what the hell are these.
The mature Keanu is gone. At this moment, in front of Joseph's eyes, he is just a greedy baby who wants to eat candy and tries his best to please adults.
"Nie Wei, come and teach me Kung Fu. I feel that I have improved a lot during this time." After Keanu saw Nie Wei, he couldn't wait to ask for Kung Fu lessons.
Nie Wei had no time to pay attention to his kung fu progress and ignored Keanu's invitation. Nie Wei waved to Joseph and asked, "Have you met Keanu?"
"Teacher Keanu has taught me a lot in the past two days." Joseph replied quickly.
"Well, you should know about the cooperation between our company and Ms. Luo Lin, right?" Nie Wei suddenly said, and these words made Joseph's heart beat faster instantly.
Rowling sold the film adaptation rights of the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" to Max Films. Of course he knew about such a big deal, but he always felt that such an important movie was not a good thing for a Hollywood second-rater like him. Being a celebrity doesn't matter much, but today Nie Wei suddenly mentioned this film in front of him. Could it be a hint?
Joseph didn't dare to think too much, for fear that he would think too much. If it turned out not to be the case, it would be too disappointing.
But he couldn't help but think too much, what if?
"Of course I do, and I also heard that Ms. Rowling chose to cooperate with us because of you, the director." Joseph replied with a slightly trembling voice.
"Do you want to be the leading actor in this series of movies?" Nie Wei asked with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, Joseph immediately replied: "Yes!"
After Joseph answered, he began to come to his senses. Is Nie Wei really going to use himself as the leading actor? Suddenly I felt very excited.
JK Rowling's novels, especially this novel, are inextricably related to "Harry Potter". Many people think that as long as they can play a role in it, they have the possibility of becoming popular, and becoming the protagonist is even more... It must be fire.
Just like Marvel's hero movies, this is definitely a guarantee of quality, not to mention that the person who directed and adapted this novel is currently the most popular director Nie Wei, which adds an extra layer of insurance to this series of adapted movies.
With the box office appeal of Nie Wei and JK Rowling, this movie has already been identified by many media as a strong contender for the annual box office championship before it was even filmed.
It's an honor to be able to participate in the production of such a movie, let alone be the protagonist?
"You can't just think, you must at least show enough strength before I can convince Ms. Rowling. After all, you have to know that Ms. Rowling is very strict about casting, and she likes to use British actors because she feels that the story Wherever it takes place, local actors should be used to present the characters more perfectly. "
"So during this movie, you have to study hard and consult with Keanu and many seniors in the crew to make at least a qualitative leap in your acting skills, so that I can help you win this role. It will be easier to convince Ms. Rowling, right?"
Joseph looked at Nie Wei and nodded seriously, feeling very motivated at this moment.
"BOY, I see the burning fire in your eyes, go for it." Keanu listened for a long time. After seeing that Nie Wei and Joseph were almost talking, he immediately stepped forward and patted Joseph on the shoulder to encourage him. road.
Of course, his actual purpose was to push Joseph aside so that he could continue to ask Nie Wei about kung fu.
Joseph had long been dazzled by the promise given by Nie Wei. Even though Keanu's encouragement was perfunctory, he didn't notice it. Instead, he looked gratefully at Keanu, a senior who deserved his respect. Really I immediately ran to the corner to continue practicing my posture and lines.
After Keanu 'drove' Joseph away, he immediately approached Nie Wei and brought up Kung Fu again.
"Keanu, we will have plenty of time to talk about kung fu during the filming, but it won't work. These two weeks of training time are critical. I hope you can fulfill your responsibilities as the protagonist and senior of the movie and lead these children well."
"I promise you, as long as the shooting goes well, I will teach you more powerful kung fu." Nie Wei deeply understands the principle of "let the horse run but also feed the horse", so he first drew a good picture for Keanu, Then let him work hard.
As for kung fu, Nie Wei could just take the time to give him some pointers.
When Keanu heard that Nie Wei was going to teach him the 'powerful kung fu', he was immediately excited and wished that Nie Wei would start teaching him kung fu immediately.
But he understood what Nie Wei said just now, and knew that work must come first in Nie Wei's place.
"OK, I will work hard. I am a very dedicated person. Just wait and see my performance, Master. But remember, you promised me that as long as I complete my work well enough, you will teach me Kung Fu. "
"Of course, we can pull the hook."
"Hook?"
"Ah, this is a way we agreed in China, just like this, just hook each other with your little fingers." Nie Wei taught Keanu how to hook up. After Keanu learned it, he made an agreement with Nie Wei very seriously.
After the agreement, Keanu smiled like a child and turned to walk towards Joseph. Soon, the sound of teaching and asking for advice came from that corner.
In fact, in Nie Wei's eyes, Keanu really looks like a child. Although he seems mature and steady, he actually retains a rare innocence in his heart. This is not because he is naive about life, but when he concentrates on liking something, he can remain single-minded like a child.
That afternoon, Zhang Ziyi and Jessica Chastain, who plays the adult Murphy, came to Max Films to report. Little girl Foy also asked Nie Wei for half a day off through her mother's mobile phone. It is expected that she will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow morning and meet up with the crew.
For example, Cassie and Timothy, the two actors who play Tom, the son of the protagonist, had come once a day ago. Except for a few older actors who Nie Wei did not invite, almost all the actors of the crew, big and small, were present within three days.
After the gathering, Nie Wei first asked everyone to introduce themselves to each other, and then invited everyone to have a Chinese meal. During this process, Joseph performed very well, because except for Nie Wei and Zhang Ziyi, he and Keanu were the best at using chopsticks.
It is not surprising that Keanu can use chopsticks. He is a well-known Chinese expert in the circle, but Joseph is also very good at using chopsticks, which is beyond many people's expectations.
In fact, this is a skill Joseph learned when he worked with Nie Wei on "Inception". At that time, he saw Nie Wei and many Chinese actors eating different lunches on the set.
Nie Wei did not treat them differently. They all ate very ordinary bento, but the style was Chinese, mainly rice and stir-fried vegetables. For foreign actors, most of them were hamburgers, French fries, steaks and the like.
Joseph was attracted by the aroma of the lunch box, and then by the way Nie Wei and others used chopsticks to eat, and then he learned this skill out of curiosity.
As a result, at today's party, he received a wave of praise.
Having dinner together is a good way to get closer. Besides, some of these actors already know each other. They can get close to each other by introducing each other. However, not everything goes smoothly. Some people who know each other don't like each other.
Nie Wei found that the relationship between Cassie and Bentley, who played one of the astronauts, was very cold. At least, there was no communication between the two during the whole party.
Nie Wei later asked curiously and found out that the two had fought over a role before. It seemed that the role was originally supposed to be Cassie's, but after the crew started filming, it was Bentley who received the notice.
Cassie believed that Bentley had played a trick behind his back to get the role that should have belonged to him. Of course, Bentley would not admit it. He just said that his acting skills were better, so the crew finally decided to let him play the role.
The two quarreled over this, attacked each other in interviews or variety shows, and even almost fought at an awards ceremony, which caused quite a stir at the time.
Nie Wei just laughed at this kind of gossip. He didn't care about the relationship between the two actors. First, they didn't have any scenes together, and second, as long as they didn't make trouble on the set and affect the filming, it would be fine.
At present, it seems that both parties are at least very restrained. Although they ignored each other throughout the whole process, they also eliminated the possibility of conflict.
"Warn their agents, I don't care about their private relationship, but please don't make trouble on my set, otherwise you will bear the consequences." To be on the safe side, Nie Wei instructed the secretary assistant beside him to tell the agents of the two.
Nie Wei didn't believe that these two people and the agency behind them would risk offending him to make trouble.
Two weeks passed in a flash. The actors got along well. Although Nie Wei occasionally heard a few complaints, the training and running-in were still serious.
On May 20, "Interstellar" was announced to start filming in Alberta, the country of maple leaves.
Many media reporters followed to Alberta to attend the launch conference of "Interstellar" that day, trying to learn something about the movie through this conference.
You should know that each of Nie Wei's movies seemed very mysterious before the final trailer was released. Many times, people speculated on the content of the movie by guessing the name of the movie.
If it was just an ordinary director, it would be fine. The media would not have the time to play guessing games with you, but Nie Wei is different. He is a god-level director in the minds of countless science fiction fans. In North America alone, tens of thousands of viewers ask Nie Wei what the content of his new movie is every day. Similar questions will pop up millions of results when searched online.
This does not include the audience in China. The audience there is even crazier. If they can't ask Nie Wei, they will ask people related to Nie Wei, such as Shu Chang, Zhang Ziyi who participated in the movie, and even Wang Zhonglei, Cheng Kun, Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, who have a good relationship with Nie Wei, all of whom cannot escape the questioning of netizens.
Over the years, the audience in China has been cultivated by Nie Wei into a group of loyal science fiction fans, or more accurately, Nie Wei's personal loyal science fiction fans.
This group of people fanatically pursues Nie Wei's science fiction movies, and at the same time uses Nie Wei's science fiction movies as a benchmark to measure the rest of the science fiction directors in China.
Anything bad cannot escape the criticism of this group of people. Because of Nie Wei, the science fiction craze in China has emerged, and hundreds of science fiction films have emerged. This group of people have criticized at least ninety of them so far. When asked why they criticized them, these people gave a very simple and rough answer, which is that the science fiction films are far worse than Nie Wei's.
This reason has made many domestic science fiction directors so angry that they vomited blood. Nie's only production cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is already very good for them to have a production fee of hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars.
Although foreign film companies tout production costs of several hundred million, in fact very few can reach hundreds of millions. Most of them have production costs of tens of millions, and some even have production costs of several million. The special effects are naturally far inferior to Nie Wei's. filmed.
Some people use the production fees to refute this group of people, but Nie Wei's avid science fiction fans have another reason, that is, Nie Wei's movies not only have good special effects, but also have good stories.
Most movie fans are convinced by this.
Nie Wei is able to write simple stories that are attractive, such as "The Martian", which is a typical personal heroism movie. From the beginning to the end, it is a story of being in trouble, self-improvement, being in trouble again, self-improvement, and finally being saved.
But Nie Wei can also write complex stories wonderfully, such as "Inception".
Even though Nie Wei later took the initiative to tell the audience the truth about the ending, people were still debating whether it was a dream or reality. A story that can confuse the audience and make them unable to feel any impatience will make them continue to watch, even if the more they watch, the more they watch. One can imagine how wonderful a movie that a fool is unwilling to give up is.
Nie Wei has so many fans, so many media reporters know that even if they can find out a little bit of information from Nie Wei, when the report comes out, it will attract the attention of countless fans. Reading rate, or actual sales of newspapers and magazines, will definitely skyrocket.
Therefore, there were so many media reporters who made appointments to participate that five days before filming started, the crew temporarily moved to a larger venue because the previous venue could no longer accommodate the number of reporters.
In addition to Nie Wei himself, the candidates attending the press conference include the heroine Zhang Ziyi and the hero Keanu Reeves. In addition, Joseph, as his own artist, was also brought by Nie Wei, fearing that the care would be too obvious, Nie Wei He also brought Jessica Chastain, the daughter of the lead actor in the show.
Of course, little Foy is also indispensable. The little girl was also dragged by Nie Wei to today's launch conference as a mascot. But what Nie Wei did not expect was that when the conference started, this group of unscrupulous reporters turned out to be the first He immediately attacked the mascot, Little Foy.
Thanks to Fantasy Park and 0773 for their generous tips.