Chatty Hollywood

"Sally, even if I don't object, you can't play Erin Wuornos now!"

Seeing that she could not be dissuaded, Charlotte simply analyzed for Charlize,

"If nothing else, if the movie doesn't get the approval of the serial killer himself, even if it's barely made, it won't be successful."

"indeed."

Charlize nodded—it was indeed a difficult question.

In the United States, changing a movie based on real people does not require the consent of the person or his immediate family.

This is especially true for Hollywood, which likes to emphasize the freedom of filming.

But on the other hand, you have the freedom to take pictures, and people also have the freedom to sue you——

Even if the crew has sought the consent of the parties or their families before filming, if the results of the filming are too far from people's expectations, the crew will be sued in court.

What's more, what about the crew whose consent was not sought?

Over time, Hollywood has formed a fixed view on movies based on real people, that is, biopics -

Try not to photograph live people!

On the one hand, once the person involved himself objects, the blow to this kind of biopic will be almost devastating, which is far more powerful than the opposition of his family members;

On the other hand, stories about living people generally mean that the time when they happened is not far enough away, and many people may have related memories——

To put it simply, it’s hard to fool the audience!

——That's right, it's just hard to fool.

Think about it, whether a person's life is magnificent or mediocre, how can it be expressed clearly in just 90 to 120 minutes?

In particular, for the audience's viewing experience, the movie story will also be specially set into a classic three-stage structure with ups and downs...

In fact, although biopics claim to be adapted from real people, their essence is the same as the novel you are watching: "This story is purely fictitious, and any similarities are purely coincidental"...

If such a biographical story were seen by an audience who knew some of the facts, how could it not be despised and not cause controversy?

Although controversy is a means of movie hype, unlike some commercial movies that are not afraid of bad reputation at all, biopics are ultimately more serious literary films.

Once the reputation is ruined due to hype, the future of literary and artistic films will be bleak...

Therefore, biopics often like to choose some controversial figures as filming targets, but they will do their best to avoid controversy.

——At least avoid the controversy over the “unrealistic” photos you took.

This is why Hollywood doesn't like biographical stories about living people.

——Living people are too difficult to deal with!

And Erin Wuornos is just a living person.

——Although he is a living person in jail, waiting for the court and fate to be pronounced.

"But the case of Erin Wuornos is still on trial, right?"

Charlotte rubbed her chin and thought,

“It is very common for trials of this kind of super-large cases to be protracted, even dragging on for seven or eight years, but it is not impossible.”

Especially when thinking about the complicated and cumbersome judicial system in the United States and the different legal systems in each state, Charlotte felt more and more that this possibility was very high.

"As a result, as long as Erin Wuornos doesn't let go, it will be difficult for this project to officially start!"

Charlotte shrugged.

"If we start forcefully, I'm afraid we have to wait until the other party's execution date is determined!"

As mentioned before, photographing biographies of living people is very troublesome. If the parties involved object, Hollywood generally will not force the project to start——

They will wait patiently until the living become dead.

Then, they enter the areas they are good at...

Specific to the story of Eileen Wuornos, in Charlotte's original world, the same is true——

Erin Wuornos was executed on October 9, 2002, and the movie "The Devil" was released on December 17, 2003.

This film broke away from the endless preliminary preparations and officially started shooting. It also took the death of Erin Wuornos as a turning point.

Here, there are not only multiple rejections from Erin Wuornos, but also strong opposition from the U.S. judicial department——

They cannot allow a film to be released that glorifies a serial killer, especially before his trial is finally over.

After all, America has a jury system.

These jury members are not professionals, but they will have their brains twitched from time to time.

If the movie about Erin Wuornos is released before the verdict and someone on the jury watches it in advance, even if there is a professional judge in charge, there is no guarantee that no one will be overflowing with sympathy...

Therefore, it was not until Erin Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in 2002 that the U.S. judicial department finally opened up to movies about her.

The current time is still 1995.

Let alone the execution of the death penalty, there are still several years before the verdict of the case is concluded.

"Don't say whether Erin Wuornos herself agreed. Even if she did, the judiciary would definitely object strongly."

Charlotte stated his conclusion very simply, and this was the fact in his original world.

"Without their support, it would be basically impossible to investigate Erin Wuornos' information and mental state, which would be very detrimental to writing the script."

"In other words, I'm afraid I have to wait for Eileen Wuornos to be executed before I can start a movie about her?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"But waiting for her to die, I'm afraid it won't be possible within a few years - that is to say, Sally, even if everything goes well, it will be several years before you can get this role."

"Maybe it is."

Charlize shook his head in distress, and then his face became serious again.

"But even so, I still want this role!"

"does it worth?"

The girl nodded.

"Okay, then leave it to me!"

Charlotte sighed helplessly,

"Let me put Eileen Wuornos to death as soon as possible!"

"WTF!!!"

Because of Charlotte's sudden decision, Charlize couldn't help but curse.

"Why do you think of such a horrible thing all of a sudden?"

——Especially, considering his weird spells, the girl felt that it was really possible for him to accomplish this.

"I'm not even willing to kill people just for a movie role!"

"Even someone like Erin Wuornos?"

"Yes."

The girl nodded,

"At least I don't think it's necessary."

"Yeah?"

Charlotte nodded and smiled.

"I was actually joking. It seems that, Sally, you are not the kind of actor who has nothing but acting in your eyes after all!"

"yes!"

Charlize sighed, seeming a little dissatisfied with himself. But the expression on Charlotte's face was very happy;

"Don't be sad, this is a good thing!"

He held the girl's face with his hand and said seriously,

"This shows that you are not an empty shell who can only act like someone else. You still have your own life."

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