Ace Hollywood

In addition to congratulations, Francis also brought another message.

Peter and the main actors will go to New Zealand on September 13th. According to the filming plan, the role of Legolas will not start until December.

"Sorry, but you may not be able to spend Christmas in America."

Francis apologized.

Daniel put down the phone, and immediately called Kusa again. Kusa is now concurrently serving all the positions around him, such as broker, assistant, lawyer, etc. Today he started looking for a new residence for him.

Because these days, Daniel found that he was often recognized by people, and it also happened that he was followed to a residential area. His photos are still circulating in various media, and his performance in "School Blues" also stole the limelight.

"As much as I hate it, I'm going to tell you, Daniel, that you're a popular movie star now," Cusa told him with a playful grin.

Of course, Daniel didn’t call him to ask about the house. After paying the tens of thousands of dollars he just got to CAA and Kusa, as well as bills for installation and travel expenses, there was actually not much left, so he rented one in the high-end apartment area. The small house is still a bit difficult for him.

But had to.

"Sorry to bother you so late, dear Cusa."

"explain!"

"I think we have to seriously think about the next work tomorrow. You know, I was supposed to join the group in September, but Francis just called me. My role only started in December, which means we have more than half a year." Empty."

Kusa muttered on the other end of the phone, "This is really big news. Well, let's talk about it at CAA tomorrow, oh yes, I just received the cumulative box office, the first week is 34.59 million, Fox's estimated box office adjustment It is 85 million. Elon said that there will be a celebration banquet, please be sure to attend.”

"Finally someone forced me to attend the banquet. I get it. Good night, Kusa."

...

Kusa rushed to the company early the next morning, dubbed the film list, made a preliminary screening, and classified them into categories. Of course, it wasn't that he hadn't done it before, but he was somewhat careless.

"Your coffee."

Curdy is an ordinary employee of the company. Although he serves several brokers including Cusa, he seldom offered to deliver coffee to Cusa before. Since Daniel became the youngest member of CAA After being one of the most prestigious actors, his treatment in the company also subtly rose.

Both Kusa and Daniel himself are slowly tasting the sweetness of fame.

"Thank you, Curty, you look beautiful today."

"Yes. Thank you for the compliment." Ke Di seemed to show her obvious deep groove unintentionally. She was wearing a short dress with a big neckline, and she pulled it down a little when she came in. Leakage is indeed tempting.

Kusa put down his coffee and winked at Cody, "Honey, I'm a little busy now, how about having dinner together tonight?"

"If it's the steak at Divante Restaurant."

"No problem, see you tonight."

After completing an agreed multiplication event, Kusa picked up the materials again.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Daniel also arrived at CAA. Now he is a bit like a real Hollywood star in CAA.

Kusa put several documents in front of him.

"Those movies that can't make a splash have been eliminated by me. Now that's all. I roughly divide them into three categories. The male protagonists in small productions are very few. The supporting roles in large productions decrease in number according to the importance of the supporting roles. Some The roles that seem to exist, maybe they are interested in the few free news after you joined. Most of them are the second male leads of some small and medium-sized youth films. The leading actors are usually actors with several years of experience, and their popularity is not as good as yours. But it is relatively stable, and the price given by the third category is relatively high.”

Daniel was quite curious, "How much did you give the most?"

"Let me think about it, it's this," Kusa handed the materials to Daniel, "To be honest, I'm quite tempted. They offered a price of $400,000, but it's a woman's film. Of course, if you go, at least you will It can be regarded as a hero."

"Legally Blonde?"

"Yes, it tells a vulgar story about a bad girl who loses her way and finds her way back, and then gets money and sex. Your character is that 'sex'. Is it Werner Essent?"

Daniel has heard about this film, and the investment of 16 million is enough.

"It sounds like you have better suggestions."

Kusa snapped his fingers, and handed over another copy, "Gladiator, an A-level production, with an investment of over 100 million, mainly male supporting roles. Do you feel your blood boil?"

"But it's very, very challenging, and as far as I know, even if you have to wait for Russell Crowe's weight loss, oh, you have experience with this, the film will not start later than July, which means we only have It takes less than a month to fight for this role."

Cusa points to——"Commerdius", the male supporting role and villain of "Gladiator".

Daniel rubbed the sheets of paper, "Needless to say the benefits, the A-level male supporting role, epic themes, and extremely challenging character settings. But what we must first discuss is that, for us, this movie Is it unbelievable. I mean, beyond our efforts."

"Indeed, I don't deny it, it's crazy. I got some information from their assistant director. The role of Commodius has tried many people. He has high requirements for actors and must be young, your friend Paul Walker was also a candidate, but Ridley, I mean the director, producer, and one of the writers of the film, Ridley Scott, wasn't happy with his performance, which made The upper echelons at Universal weren't happy, but he didn't care, he's a great director."

"But, the bad news is, they already have a target, Joaquin Phoenix, you may not know him, but he has a brother who died of a drug overdose in front of Johnny Depp's bar a few years ago, Right here in Los Angeles."

"Rui Fan?"

River Phoenix, before he left, was almost the shadow of all young Hollywood actors. His talent was unparalleled. He was nominated for an Oscar at the age of 17 and became the best actor at the Venice Film Festival at the age of 21. Public opinion even gave him the entire nineties prematurely.

He died right in front of Jacques. The stimulation to Jacques was unimaginable. He stayed away from Hollywood for three years because of this. Until today, he has gradually returned to the normal track.

Jacques' experience has given him maturity and content beyond others.

"So, you mean someone will help him?"

Kusa glanced at Daniel, "Jaquin returned to Hollywood in 1995, and he only had a good chance today. If someone helped him, how could it be after the tea was cold? Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves Si, they are all good friends of his brother, but who came out to help him? His advantages, the first one is that he has extraordinary acting skills, and the second is that his performance will undoubtedly help promote the later stage. Rui Fan's younger brother, Isn't it a wonderful move for those who have been touched by that genius boy?"

"Jaquin understands this?"

"Of course, Joaquin's agent, Philip, is WME's top agent. Although Phoenix is ​​not considered a powerful actor in his hands, but doing these things without telling the actor, it will often end up being beaten, or even a scandal. It is impossible for Philip to do this. Kind of stupid."

Daniel understood that Joaquin Phoenix couldn't bear it after several years of sitting on the bench in Hollywood. Maybe he used to insist on not consuming his deceased brother, but obviously he doesn't think so now.

"I think I have roughly understood the situation, so let's talk about our advantages. By the way, is it easier to get an audition now than before?"

"Of course," Kusa pointed to the sheet material on the table, "these things are not a joke. Although Ridley has taken a fancy to Jacques, he will definitely not give up looking for a more suitable candidate. Most importantly, You are the more suitable one."

Daniel stood up and pushed open Cusa's window, took a deep breath, and turned around.

"Our enemy, the first one is Joaquin Phoenix. If my performance can't surpass him, then there is nothing more to say."

"Secondly, although Ridley said one thing, but favors are unavoidable. Philip knows more people than you and I combined. How to defeat him is the second point."

"The third one, besides performance, do we have other advantages? If it's just the above two points, we are really too passive. Either we succeed or we are out."

Kusa nodded, "Yes, yes."

"We have to deal with it one by one. Regarding your performance, Daniel, you should go and see some Joaquin movies, but I believe you, Daniel, the professionalism and ability you showed in preparing Legolas, very outstanding."

"The performance should be judged by Ridley. We can easily know his attitude. If the determination is made, then get the chance to audition as soon as possible."

When it comes to acting, Daniel is indeed fearless. The performance level of Chinese filmmakers is no worse than that of Hollywood. After coming to the United States, his performance bottleneck has also made a huge breakthrough. American logical thinking, cultural background, etc. All these have benefited his performance a lot from the blend of East and West. Now it's just a matter of running in and perfecting his performance system one by one.

"OK, so now is the second obstacle, Philip." Kusa smiled bitterly, "I'm really sorry, this time I lost the chain."

"Kusa!" Daniel gave him a disapproving look, "Even if it's an A-level production, it's not worthy of our self-doubt. Greatness, you said, our goal is greatness."

"I don't think we need to think about everything," Cusa cheered up. "Get an audition first, and then see Ridley's reaction. Maybe it's not as bad as we thought."