Chapter 1990 1992 [Toby Maguire]
After staying in Xiangjiang for half a month, Xiang Nan immediately brought his family back to Los Angeles, and officially finalized the role of Spider-Man—Tobey Maguire.
Tobey Maguire made his debut in 1975. In the past ten years since his debut, he has starred in several film and television dramas, but basically there is not much improvement, far worse than his good friend Leonardo DiCaprio.
The reason for this has a lot to do with his appearance. Tobey Maguire looks a bit ordinary, neither handsome nor baby-faced, which greatly limits his development. Unlike Leonardo, who is so handsome, his face alone is enough to attract the audience into the theater.
But his ordinary face is very helpful for him to play Spider-Man.
Because of the role of Spider-Man, it is [your good neighbor]. Since he is a neighbor, naturally he will not be too handsome, but just like to hear and see, with an ordinary public face.
And Tobey Maguire's childishness also makes this role more approachable to the people. Therefore, he is a very suitable candidate.
Although, Xiang Nan has also heard that after Tobey Maguire became popular with "Spider-Man", he became a little swollen. When he was filming "Spider-Man 3", he had a deadlock with the film company and the director So much so that the original "Spider-Man 4" was not filmed.
But Xiang Nan believes that he can subdue him.
Because the original "Spider-Man" was launched by Sony Pictures. At that time, Sony Pictures, except for the "Spider-Man" series, had almost no big-selling works, so Tobey Maguire dared to bully customers.
But Universal Pictures is different. With Xiang Nan, it has no shortage of blockbuster movies. Moreover, he can always support newcomers, so he is not threatened by artists at all.
In addition, he not only has the film company, but also the support of the network platform, if he dares to assassinate him, he will face the risk of being out of the game. At that time, not only Universal Pictures will no longer use him, but even the whole of Hollywood will close the door to him.
And not only career decline, people may also be ruined. Just like Michael Jackson, he was such a good person, almost impeccable, but he was constantly smeared and spread rumors, so that he was wronged after his death.
So Xiang Nan is not afraid to use Tobey Maguire.
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Back in Hollywood, Universal Pictures was releasing the movie "Fake God" starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston.
Jim Carrey has already been promoted to the number one comedy star in Hollywood by virtue of "Grandmaid in disguise", "Aero Detective", "The Truman Show", "Dumb and Dumber", etc., not only has a high reputation, but also has a strong box office appeal amazing.
As for Jennifer Aniston, she has already become a well-known star in the United States with the popularity of "Friends", and is known as the successor of America's sweetheart.
Both of them are good at performing comedy, and they are very popular in this regard. In addition, the script of "Fake God" is so good, so it has gained a very good reputation and box office after it was released.
In the end, the North American box office won 250 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was close to 500 million U.S. dollars. For a movie with an investment of only 80 million US dollars, such a result can be said to be quite good.
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Entering March, it’s the Oscars season again.
In this year's awards season, "The Lord of the Rings and The Two Towers" is the most popular for technical awards, and "A Beautiful Mind" is the most popular for achievement awards.
On the red carpet of the Oscars, Xiang Nan asked Scarlett Johansson to walk the red carpet with him.
Scarlett just starred in the fantasy action film "Tomb Raider" led by Universal Pictures last year. At present, the film has been produced and is scheduled for release.
Scarlett was also very excited to walk the red carpet with Xiang Nan. After all, for a yet-to-be-famous artist like her, a superstar like Xiang Nan is like a god.
And accompanying him on the red carpet tonight, her popularity will increase by at least a million. For her, there are really great benefits, and she is naturally very happy.
"Mr. Charles, thank you for inviting me." Scarlett said gratefully.
"You're welcome, I'm doing it for my own good." Xiang Nan laughed.
Being able to walk with the Black Widow is also an excellent thing for him.
Scarlett Johansson looks even better in person than on the screen. With beautiful features and a proud figure, she is a representative of the new generation of sexual actresses.
Angelina Jolie has a bit less advantage than Scarlett. After all, in terms of age alone, she is nine years older than Scarlett. For actresses, age is crucial.
No matter how beautiful an actress is, her appearance will drop significantly when she gets old.
For example, Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly... They were all top beauties at the beginning, but after they turned thirty, their looks began to decline .
Even with the best cosmetics and advanced medical beauty technology, it is difficult to restore their youth.
Xiang Nan has been with them all, so he naturally understands them clearly. So in terms of age alone, Scarlett has already won.
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The award ceremony will be held later.
The first half is almost the home field of "The Two Towers of Lord of the Rings". It successively won awards such as best editing, best visual effects, best sound, and best art direction.
The second half is the home of "A Beautiful Mind".
Jennifer Connelly won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in this film. Tom Hanks won best actor, Ron Howard won best director, and in the end it even won best picture.
Unfortunately, Xiang Nan withdrew from the selection of the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, otherwise, no accidents, he would win another Best Screenplay Award with this film.
"Mr. Charles, congratulations, you are too powerful." Scarlett said with admiration when she saw Xiang Nan killing all directions.
"The Two Towers of Lord of the Rings" and "A Beautiful Mind" are both his works, and now he has won so many awards, which is enough to prove his ability.
"I really hope to work with you again." Scarlett said again.
"There is a chance." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "I am preparing some movies recently. If you are interested, you can watch them together."
"Sure." Scarlett nodded.
Although she has already starred in "Tomb Raider", it is still unknown whether she will succeed at the box office. Even if she succeeds, it doesn't mean she will be safe from now on.
She must persevere and continue to release blockbuster movies in order to maintain her status as a red star. Otherwise, it will quickly degenerate.
After all, the competition in Hollywood is extremely cruel, there are so many artists who are popular and have passed away quickly, and she doesn't want to be one of them.
(end of this chapter)