Chapter 66 The Legendary Li
Time is slowly approaching mid-April. After Duke completed all post-production, according to Warner’s plan, he accepted an exclusive interview with the entertainment edition of the Los Angeles Times. In addition to Brave to the Dead Island, according to the prior communication, a considerable part of the topics revolved around John Mason and Christopher Lee.
It was said that you originally wanted Sean Connery to play John Mason?
Sarah, a female reporter sitting across from Duke, asked, Why did you give up and choose Christopher Lee?
Mason is a very powerful agent, even if he is a little old. Duke gestured just right to punch, and the female reporter immediately said, Yes, we can see this from the trailer.
Actually, in my original conception...
After accepting the guidance of Warner's PR in advance, Duke also understood a little bit of propaganda, Mason's candidate is Arnold Schwarzenegger, an actor with great fighting ability, but unfortunately Mr. Schwarzenegger took over the real Lies' film contract, I had to look for other candidates.
That said. The female reporter immediately grabbed the point. John Mason was not originally named Sean Connery either.
That's right. Duke nodded immediately, and there was no need to draft a lie. Later someone recommended Mr. Connery to me, and I thought this was a suitable replacement.
He deliberately emphasized the 'replacement' and the 'audit' that followed, So, the crew sent him an audition invitation, we never finalized Sean Connery as John Mason, he was just an audition candidate. One, although he has starred in 007, but that is too far away, as you can see from the trailer, Mason is a fierce and sturdy agent, completely different from Bond.
Then why did you choose Christopher Lee?
It's like this, in order to find suitable actors, I deliberately watched several 007 movies in the past ten years.
Talking nonsense with your eyes open is definitely a must-have skill in Hollywood. And then I saw 007 vs. The Golden Gun, which everyone should have seen. It is also recognized that the villain is more charming than Bond's 007 movie, Li is The Golden Gunner, I thought at the time, this is the John Mason I need, and I specially asked my assistant to find his information, and after I saw it...
After making a few exaggerated gestures, Duke said, That's a feeling that can only be described by shock. I thought it must be fake at the time. Warner also sent a letter to the British government for verification, and it turned out that the information was true. .
What exactly did you see? the female reporter asked quickly.
After reading the information, I feel that Lee is Mason, and no one is more suitable than him. Duke's tone was deliberately shocked, as if it was still unbelievable, Christopher Lee is a living legend, I mean It refers to himself and his experience! Hollywood has better acting skills and higher achievements than him, there are many people, but as a secret agent actor, no one can surpass him!
Can't Sean Connery?
Sean Connery? Duke said slightly dismissively, Everyone thinks Sean Connery is a good fit for John Mason because he once played the role of James Bond as a virtual agent, but Christopher Lee was an agent for almost a decade, and he was a member of the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department in WWII!
OH.MY.GOD!
The female reporter exclaimed directly, as a person who runs entertainment news, how did she not know that the original James Bond work was adapted from the experience of the agents of the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department!
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Is it real? A real British agent? Not some impostor like Sean Connery?
Sitting in a Manhattan cold drink shop, Irene is one of the few girls interested in action movies, and she is asking her roommate Anna.
Anna, a student at the Institute of Film Production at New York University, was looking at a copy of the Los Angeles Times and said, It must be true, the Los Angeles Times has already checked with the British government!
I didn't expect Hollywood to have such a peculiar actor as Christopher Lee. Erin's face was incredible.
Here's his resume, do you want to read it, Miss Lauder? Anna handed over the newspaper, and Irene almost snatched it over. The article on the front page was as striking as the picture of the medal Li had won.
Christopher Lee, who played the role of John Mason in Brave Island, is a living legend. I'm not saying that his acting career is better and more accomplished than he is. I mean he himself, He is a legend!
Irene's eyes quickly moved to the detailed information below.
When Li was 17 years old, he went to Finland to join the army to fight the Soviet Union. After fighting the Soviet Union, he returned to the UK to join the Long Distance Desert Force (LRDG) to fight the Nazis in Egypt. How powerful was this force? German Marshal Rommel himself said - LRDG caused more damage than any British force!
According to the information of the British government, Lee drove a Chevrolet equipped with a machine gun and drove hundreds of kilometers behind the Nazi enemy in the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert. He sneaked into the airport and blew up the German fighter jets, leaving behind scraps of steel and scrap iron and a pile of German devils lying in a pool of blood, and the Italian army fighting with the Germans used to call Li's unit - Ghost Patrol!
Returning to the UK from the Egyptian desert, Lee didn't taste enough blood, he turned and joined the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department's special operations team - the predecessor of James Bond's intelligence agency - to become a real agent, in the He performed reconnaissance, espionage, and sabotage missions in the Nazi-occupied areas. He was born and died, and made great achievements. Britain, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, and Poland have all awarded him battle medals! By the way, Tito is his personal friend!
A few years after the end of World War II, Christopher Lee retired as a soldier and a special agent, but his career as an actor has just begun. Fleming, the author of 007, is Lee's cousin. They fought side by side in the non-gentleman's war department, James Bond is basically based on the experiences of Lee, Fleming and their comrades!
Lee is by no means the kind of actor and agent who is just on the surface, he is also a champion of Western swords...
Seeing this, Irene blinked and asked her companion eating ice cream again, Anna, are you sure this is true? This is incredible? It's unbelievable!
It must be true. Anna gave her another copy of The New York Times and The Washington Post, There are also relevant reports in these newspapers. Without verification, the three major newspapers will never be published on the top of the entertainment page. on the headlines!
After reading the three major newspapers, Irene simply ran to the newspaper rack in the cold drink store and carried all the newspapers together. Except for some tabloids like the Daily Mail and the New York Post, most newspapers were on the , published a report on Christopher Lee, and placed it in an important position on the front page of the entertainment page. The possibility of such news being faked is extremely small, and even the Los Angeles Times published a copy of the British government's reply. The three major newspapers will not make such a lie that can be easily pierced.
I used to think Sean Connery was not bad, after all, it was the first generation of 007.
I have to say that this overwhelming report, coupled with Christopher Lee's proven legendary experience, has inadvertently changed many people's views, Now that I see this, I feel that Connery's so-called secret agent experience is not worth mentioning at all. In front of Lee's real experience, he is like a baby who doesn't understand anything.
Sean Connery was rude and impulsive when he was young. I've seen some reports. Irene pouted, I've seen the first few 007 movies, and I always feel like he's a fool, I don't know why. , Over the past few years, I have suddenly become a gentleman.
What about him! The young man showed a side he didn't care about. Let's watch Breaking the Dead Island together and see that former British agent!
I think the tall Lee is better suited for the role than Connery.
Public opinion is always changing. Yesterday, a person who was favored by the media might be beaten to the dust tomorrow. Under the PR planning of Warner Bros., Christopher Lee's true experience was reported in just a few days. All over North America, there may be a president among Hollywood actors, and other big names will appear in the future, but a real agent who has served for several years is absolutely rare.
As for Sean Connery, although he is still compared with Christopher Lee by the media, few people think that he is more suitable for the role of John Mason than Lee, even if the tabloid under News Corporation claims real experience and acting skills It's two different things. Lee's acting skills are not as good as Connery's, but not many people buy it.
After all, Lee is also a veteran actor with decades of acting experience, as well as well-known characters such as The Golden Gun, and as we all know, Sean Connery has never been known for his acting skills, once a real agent and a fictional agent, that It is more persuasive. Even if the public is guided by public opinion, they still have some basic judgment.
If Sean Connery is a scarce resource for roles like a retired special agent, then Christopher Lee is Hollywood's only resource.
Not only that, but using this competition with Sean Connery, Christopher Lee has temporarily gained fame even if Brave to the Dead Island has not been released, and even received auditions from several crews. Invitation, and even in an audition, the actor in The First Knight was snatched directly from Sean Connery. After being hyped by Warner with the help of the media, Sean Connery even appeared. Nally's acting is also not as good as Christopher Lee's voice.
These are all means of propaganda. Warner temporarily gained the upper hand, and used the spirit of beating down water dogs to reveal a lot of shameful things about Sean Connery!
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