Chapter 105 The poorest cub in the family, the odd one in Lao Si’s eyes
Half an hour later, in the studio office of Samsung Pictures.
Nora Ephron, the producer, director and screenwriter of the "Seattle" project, crossed her fingers and looked at Roland with a smile. The starting time is around July 10th, you just need to tell us who to send into the group a day or two in advance, I think, this shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Nora Ephron is actually not a director well-known by the public. Although she has the title of a master of romance films and is quite famous in the circle, the problem is that the subject of romance films has always been an actor, just like When people mention "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the first image that pops up in their heads is definitely the famous scene of Monica Bellucci being courted while smoking a cigarette.
As for the director? The guy who can ignore Monica and directly call out the director's name is a wolf.
Because of this, Ephron's current public popularity can't be compared with the Olsen sisters at all, and she can't sit at the same table with Roland to play games. However, it really allows her to ignore the contract rules in the circle, The basis for informing the film crew of the favorable conditions two days before the film was launched was actually because of the head of Samsung Pictures, Mike McDavoy. As Spielberg's former agent, they certainly knew that Roland What is needed now is actually time.
"Oh, thank you so much." Roland smiled and nodded, not because the other party's reputation was not as good as his own, but he felt that it was a matter of course for the other party to communicate with him in an equal tone.
What's more, in his previous life, he had seen the last work of the other party before his death, and he was deeply impressed by "I Love the Kitchen, My Husband Loves Me" starring Aunt May and Amy Adams.
"If there are no accidents, I will meet with Steven in the next few days, and then I will be able to confirm who will play "Jurassic", and once there is news, I will be able to confirm it here, and it will definitely not delay you time."
"This is the best." Ephron smiled. Although she envied Roland's resources, there are some things that cannot be envied. "Then let's talk about the salary, although they are really popular, yes The second child actor in North America after you, but Ashley and Mary have no movie experience after all, so..."
When Ephron dragged the end of so and refused to continue the conversation, Roland understood that the other party wanted to lower the price.
"Of course we understand this. In fact, being able to join this project depends entirely on your support. We have never thought about how much we will get paid. Let's do this. The weekly salary is 2,000, and the rest is calculated as bonuses. The box office is 100 million. The bonus is 1 million, with a cap of 500 million, isn't this price very fair? It won't squeeze your production costs at all."
Ephron's eyes lit up, and he nodded happily: "Of course, it's very fair."
In fact, according to normal rules, Roland should not have negotiated the remuneration of the Olsen sisters.
But the problem is, special projects, special treatment!
When investors, down to screenwriters and actors, have no objection to the transformation of script roles and cooperate efficiently, letting the agent talk about money may really damage the relationship between the two parties.
The price tag of a customized character is never the same as the price tag of a normal offer.
Just like what Sister Ning said: I am a bystander, and I can say generously that I would not be willing to cut images, but if the management hit me with 300 million yuan, I would say, okay, do whatever you want.
Customized characters are actually the same as what Sister Ning said about keying.
You want this project, but the management says it’s ok, and it’s changed for you. In this situation where the management is the first to make concessions, your actor can’t be called the market price! In this case, taking a minimum guarantee and distributing bonuses based on the box office value is the most common method. Youdao is risk sharing. The employer pays, the labor is famous, and the money earned is shared, and the lost money is shared. loss together.
In Hollywood, the most typical one is actually Tom Hanks.
When the Jewish gang bought "Forrest Gump", Hanks took 10 million out of the 55 million yuan, but he ran out of money in half of the filming, and he folded the 10 million into 10% The revenue was shared, and finally took nearly 70 million to go home.
How can the management not love such a confident move?
And it is this kind of behavior that has made him rated as the nicest person in Hollywood many times. Not only the audience likes him, but the capital also likes him, because he is witty, and he will not yell like Depp and Tom. Ask the management for money.
What's more, the Olsen sisters are actually not short of money now.
The dollars the two of them earned actually far exceeded Roland's salary.
Yes, when the "Home Alone" series took 13.8 million and "Terminator 2" took 2.48 million, the money Roland earned has not yet reached the level of two little lolis. More than half of the time left, although the Olsen couple kept the money all the time, but the ownership belonged to them after all—hiss, no!
Thinking of this, Roland suddenly felt some problems.
The Olsen sisters always earn more than him? ? ?
(`д')
Not only that, what kind of skirts, toys, figures, and snacks do these dolls want on weekdays, is he paying for them? ? ?
(￣口￣)!!
Grab the grass!
No wonder David keeps telling him to keep the money!
So this is the situation!
After a long time, no matter how much he earns, he is still the poorest kid in the family? ? ?
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this-
It's just—
Roland's lips trembled, speechless—
However, when he bid farewell to Ephron with such doubts and extreme imbalance in his heart, and found Aunt Ganetti, and wanted to go home with them, he tugged on the two little lolis on his arms from left to right. The depression in his heart caused by "I am the poorest, and I spend the most" was blown away.
"Brother Roland..."
Ashley knelt on the back seat of the car, looking at Roland with her watery eyes.
"Am I going to separate from Mary?"
"Huh? Why do you say that?" Roland was a little puzzled by the sudden words.
And just as he turned his head to explore, Mary on the right also spoke.
"Ashley and I haven't seen each other for a long time?"
What?
What's going on!
At this moment, Roland, like Zhang Er's monk, was confused. He couldn't figure out why the two little lolis who had cooperated so well during the audition before suddenly asked him this question after the matter was finalized.
separate?
Why did the two of them separate?
Just when he was confused, looking left and right, trying to find some clues from the two identical faces, Ganetti, who was holding Elizabeth and sitting on the second seat, turned his head and said: "The two of them think, 'Seattle' and 'Jurassic' will separate them because they've never been apart before..."
Is that so?
When Ganetti said this, Roland immediately understood that the two little lolis were a little scared now, because the next shooting mode was something they had never been exposed to: from 1987 to 1992 , the Olsen sisters have filmed 144 episodes of TV series. The camera is no stranger to them, even more familiar than their family members. For a while, sometimes there are more than ten or twenty scenes in an episode of TV series, which may be shot by the two sisters separately. If you have eight and I have ten, the work for this week will be considered complete.
No way, this is the advantage of twins!
Under such circumstances, they have never fully performed a role, and now, Roland wants to split them into two groups, and problems have arisen.
Although they understand that this is an opportunity that countless peers of the same age cannot find, but—
To be honest, when they played with Hanks just now, they really cried.
"Brother Roland, I don't know if I can act well." Ashley said very bluntly.
"We used to act in a play segment by segment." Mary followed her sister's words and continued.
Looking at the two guys who came to him and whispered in an uneasy voice, Roland shook his head with a smile, pinched their bun faces from left to right, and said, "What are you two thinking about?" ?”
"The director said you can do it, so you can do it."
"What's more, in most cases, children don't need much acting skills."
"If the child is not cute or cute, then it will have no positive effect on the movie."
"The two of you have great advantages in appearance. As long as you perform at a normal level, the audience who walk into the theater and see you will be happy, and as long as you are cute, they will be even happier."
"Of course, I can understand your concerns..."
"Don't worry, no matter who makes which movie, you don't have to be afraid."
"For the "Seattle" side, your rival scenes are filmed with Tom, he knows how to guide you to find the feeling, as for the "Jurassic" side, no one can shoot children better than Steven..."
In Roland's view, the worries of the Olsen sisters are actually superfluous.
Because real directors never show scripts to children under the age of ten.
Talking about acting skills to a guy who is not cognitively sound?
Isn’t that brain bubble?
When shooting children's scenes, the director only needs to perform the scenes he wants in front of the children, and let them imitate them. It's like Xu Laoguai showing angel babies how to perform **** scenes. This is to let children quickly The best way to comprehend, if you use words to describe a picture you want to your child, then it’s over—
Maybe if you shoot for a day, you won’t be able to pass one scene.
No way, even if the child's cognitive reserve is very rich, it is still rich, but it is a director who has been struggling in the society for so many years! In this case, the Olsen sisters don't have to worry about not being able to perform, because their worries are a common phenomenon in the industry. The producers will not be entangled, and the director will not be entangled. Not to be entangled.
Guys like King of Sunglasses who don’t even know what they’re going to be filming won’t be able to get along in Hollywood at all, but they can make that wonderful flower blooming in the underworld draw matches more than 60 times in a movie without being beaten. Death, that is also a talent.
However, while comforting the two little lolis, Roland felt that it was not accidental that the two dolls succeeded in their previous lives.
Because they have self-knowledge.
They knew that they didn't have much acting talent, so when the public couldn't accept that they had grown up, they retreated bravely, went directly to school, and then changed careers.
Just this kind of courage to say goodbye, no amount of people can keep up with it.
You know, "Full House" is in America, and only "Friends" can stabilize at one end. If you have to benchmark, it is equivalent to "Family with Children" and "Wulin Biography"...
Of course, being strong is actually a good thing.
After appeasing little Loli, Roland also called Hanks when he got home.
In his words, that is, "The two little lolis like you very much, but they are afraid that they will not perform well and drag you down."
After hearing his words, Hanks, who thought something was wrong, laughed directly: "It's okay, I will teach them, don't worry, this kind of scene is very simple, they have six years of shooting experience , can definitely be photographed.”
The affirmative answer made Roland once again enjoy the charm of relationships.
How long has he and Hanks met?
This is the same as a relative and a brother.
You must know that the contact information between various Hollywood projects is often communicated through agents.
If you are not in a circle, want to use a private phone to discuss the details of public projects?
Go dreaming.
People don't bother to talk to you at all.
After the "Seattle" project was easily finalized, Roland didn't stay idle, and ran directly to the Universal Studios next door, and slowly pushed open the door of Spielberg's office.
Yes, Spielberg has his own independent office in Universal, which is even bigger than the president of Universal. In other words, regardless of how many owners Universal has changed, his position is unshakable. You can influence Universal's funding, you can influence Universal's projects, and you can even kick out guys you don't like directly.
You know, in the Universal Studios under the name of Universal, his movie park is also the largest.
Even if it is expanding, his park can be selected first before other areas.
And when Roland was crouching at the door with big bags and small bags, looking carefully at the door, the guy who was leaning on the office chair and had already spotted Roland's whereabouts snorted and said, "Come in, come in, what are you hiding?"
"You just entered Universal, and I received a call here."
The emperor's words made Roland laugh. While entering the office, he also carefully closed the door.
With such a guilty conscience, Spielberg was very happy to see him. He folded his hands and stared at Roland. At the same time, he also raised his chin and hummed a few times towards the chair in front of his desk.
"sit."
"If you're not coming to me, I'm going to find you."
"We...haven't seen each other for half a year?"
"Is there anything you want to say to me?"
Have something to say?
Roland nodded, "Jurassic Park?"
"I don't think I want to hear this." Spielberg smiled and shook his head.
"Then... "Sleepless in Seattle"?" Roland rolled his eyes.
"You asked them to change the book, I know." Spielberg raised his head slightly.
"Ah..." Roland looked bitter.
Seeing that Roland couldn't get to the point for a long time, the guy leaning on the boss's chair turned around immediately, put his right elbow on the armrest, rested his chin with one hand, and lifted his glasses with his left hand, and said, "Since you can't figure it out, Then let me remind you..."
"What's the situation in New York? Are you in a relationship?"
Hearing what the other party said, Roland smiled wryly in an instant.
Before he came, he had already thought that the other party would ask about Ivanka.
But he didn't expect that this guy actually asked straight to the point.
Notes: ①In reality, when the Olsen sisters were thirteen years old, their total remuneration was over 100 million yuan. Coupled with the fact that their father signed a contract that does not allow long-term authorization of personal image, they have to pay for the videotape and TV rebroadcast of "Full House". Even if "Friends" is more popular than "Full House", Aniston has no Breaking their record of making money is precisely because TV dramas can make so much money, so every time the child stars are selected, the sisters are ranked third. As for why they can't make it, Shirley Temple is the first. The second is Macaulay Culkin. ②In 1962, due to the rise of television, the business of major film companies was affected, and Universal was no exception. After that, they always wanted to find a director who could resist the box office. One year, they used a long-term contract to sign Spielberg, who often came from his home studio. At that time, Universal made horror films, so Spielberg only made "Jaws" in 1975. After Jaws, Spielberg was out of control, and Universal, which has a long-term contract with him, also rose rapidly. After several consecutive movies became popular, Universal changed his office to be more luxurious than the president. Universal Studios asked him to design, and his power in Universal was far greater than that of the president or director. Even if he set up his own company later, Universal would still reserve an office for him. He is the Emperor of Earth.
(end of this chapter)