Chatty Hollywood

"I'm going to put the preparations for 'The Mummy' in the UK too!"

After some discussions with Sean Daniel, Charlotte finally made the decision.

As a representative of Universal, Sean Daniel also agreed.

On the one hand, this is because Charlotte is the first producer of the "Mummy" project. As long as his decision is not too excessive, Sean Daniel can only raise his hands in approval.

On the other hand, it’s because it really makes sense——

First of all, Charlotte is currently filming "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the UK, so the preparations for "The Mummy" are also being carried out in the UK, which will help the director to take care of everything nearby.

Secondly, according to the script, it is indeed more convenient to prepare in the UK.

No way, who made the story take place in Egypt between World War I and World War II?

At that time, the British Empire had not yet sunk, and the Suez Canal was still under the control of the British.

In this story context, the male and female protagonists and many supporting characters are naturally British.

Although this does not mean that all British people must be used, but some should be used anyway.

What's more, no matter how powerful Hollywood filmmakers are, the pyramids of Egypt are still historical relics, and they can't directly go in and film them.

——This is similar to the fact that many Chinese costume films feature imperial palaces, but few films are actually shot in the Forbidden City.

In short, the crew of "The Mummy" needed to find a desert as a location.

Since "Star Wars", when Hollywood needs to use the desert as a location for filming movies, the first choice is always the deserts of Morocco and Tunisia in North Africa.

Naturally, the crew of "The Mummy" also planned this.

In this way, considering the issues of human resources, language and distance, it is a very reasonable choice to place the base camp or studio for film preparation in the UK.

In fact, just before Charlotte spoke, Sean Daniel was pondering a similar idea.

Now that Charlotte has spoken, he naturally goes along with the flow.

"Speaking of which, Sean, does Universal have any requirements for the selection of male and female protagonists?"

After talking about the preparation locations and filming locations, Charlotte turned her attention to the actors.

——Although Charlotte is the first producer of this movie, after all, he cannot ignore Universal, the largest investor and distributor.

——Although Charlotte was not prepared to listen to what the other party said unless it was really right.

But listen, it’s okay to just show off!

As a representative of Universal, Sean Daniel is also very knowledgeable.

"Charlotte, the film this time is subject to your will. Universal has no requirements."

"In other words, our only request is one word - money!"

Sean Daniel was cursing in his heart, but his face was full of sincerity.

——Even if you are not an actor, everyone is working in Hollywood after all, and you still have these basic acting skills.

And Charlotte also understood the subtext behind the other person's words, but after all, it was hard to say anything about this kind of thing.

He directly stated his plan,

"Then we will use an American male protagonist paired with a British female protagonist - this will not only fit the background of the story, but also please the local North American audience."

"That's a good idea!"

Sean Daniel nodded,

"So do you have a suitable candidate for the role?"

"For the heroine, I plan to use a British actress named Rachel Weisz. As for the male lead, Brendan Fisher from "Tarzan" was released last year. Do you think it's okay?"

"Rachel Weisz and Brenda Fisher?"

Sean Daniel glanced at Charlotte in surprise,

"They are not very famous actors!"

“Generally, in order to save costs and strengthen post-production, this kind of action-adventure movies,

You won’t use particularly famous actors, right? After all, fame means it’s expensive! "

"you're right!"

Sean Daniel agrees.

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In fact, these two candidates are themselves the male and female protagonists of the movie "The Mummy" in Charlotte's original world.

However, Charlotte would choose them not just to restore the original movie.

More importantly, these two people had indeed requested roles from him through various relationships——

Rachel Weisz approached Charlotte through a group of British actors from the cast of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

In fact, Rachel Weisz also participated in the casting of the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

But born in 1970, his current age is rather embarrassing——

She would have been too big to play the role of a student;

But for the role of professor, she is not old enough;

In this case, she was naturally eliminated.

However, her appearance, acting skills and literary accomplishment were recognized by many casting members, including Lao Qiang.

——After all, this lady graduated from Cambridge.

In the British and American entertainment industry, her academic qualifications are among the highest, on par with Jodie Foster, who graduated from Harvard.

However, the strange thing is that although Rachel Weisz has a good temperament, she does not have that shrewd and exposed feeling.

This is different from Jodie Foster, who also majored in literature, and later Natalie Portman, who also focused on the character of a top student, and even the future Emma Watson...

In short, Lao Qiang and others are very optimistic about Rachel Weisz.

Therefore, under the recommendation of a group of British actors from the cast of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Charlotte, who had already taken on the project of "The Mummy", was able to follow suit.

——Anyway, in "The Mummy" in the original time and space, Rachel Weisz was the heroine!

As for the actor Brendan Fisher, it’s even simpler——

Charlotte has a good memory and he still remembers this guy who came in as a walk-on when he was filming "The Turn".

He recognized the other person at the time and joked about kung fu action movies and gunfight action movies.

Now, when it comes to filming "The Mummy", he will naturally not forget the original leading actor.

After all, according to Charlotte's memories before time travel, Brendan Fisher's performance in "The Mummy" was still very good.

What's more, like Charlotte, Brendan Fisher also has a good memory——

Since Charlotte was promoted to a first-line director in Hollywood through "Sleepy Hollow", Brendan Fisher often requested roles from Charlotte through the members of the "Fatal Turn" crew at the time.

——Unlike Charlotte, Brendan Fisher's development in Hollywood was not too smooth. It was not until last year that he played a major role in "Tarzan".

In this case, a director whom I had known in the early years had been promoted to the front line, so Brendan Fisher would naturally try his best to hug Charlotte's lap.

With the current situation, Charlotte believes that the other party will be very obedient under her hands.

Then, according to the original version of time and space, there is no problem in using the other party as the male protagonist of the "Mummy" movie.