Hollywood Road

? There was a lot of people in front of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood. Countless movie fans wearing red hoods surrounded the red carpet around the theater like terrorists, but no one thought they would be a threat, because they were dressed as dead Waiter, that strange character who has been fired very hot recently, and is so thick-skinned that he has no bottom line.

Murphy came to the interview area in front of the theater through the red carpet early, stood shoulder to shoulder with Robert Downey Jr., and accepted the reporter's interview.

"Deadpool is always very rude, also very irritable and clumsy, with a bit of psychopathy, these traits are all in his bones."

When a reporter asked about his opinion on the crazy behavior of the character of Deadpool, Murphy replied, "So other people are more normal than Deadpool, so we have to classify him like a lunatic."

A reporter from Fox TV came up and asked, "Murphy, Downey, why did you two make such a large-scale superhero movie?"

"The Hollywood commercial movies that I see always fail." Robert Downey Jr. began to perform with a poisonous tongue. On the ground. So we can shine a light on Deadpool's nirvana in the story—super-destructive power combined with mercenary joy. And we also have a rare opportunity to make a movie that is not just kidding. There are a lot of pornographic scenes, and I found it fun when shooting."

He gestured to Murphy, and the reporter immediately asked, "Why did you choose Downey? We all know that you haven't done any auditions for the role."

Murphy thought for a while and said, "If you know the character, you will know why Downey was chosen to portray this character, and Downey joined during the script creation, and most of Deadpool's lines came from him, So then to create a character that's kind of like him, it's pretty much a mold of him. He's really close to Deadpool—his sense of humor is consistent. Same as Deadpool in the movies."

After finishing speaking, Murphy nodded to the reporter, patted Robert Downey Jr. on the shoulder, stopped staying in the interview area, and turned to walk towards the entrance of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Before entering the theater, he looked up again and couldn't help shaking his head.

In Murphy's eyes, the style of Hollywood's Chinese Theater is simply neither fish nor fowl.

This is a typical landmark building that combines Chinese and Western elements, and the handprints and footprints of nearly 200 filmmakers gathered on the concrete floor in front of the theater.

However, these handprints are different from the stars on the Avenue of Stars. Leaving handprints here is more of a commercial activity. It is relatively easy to leave handprints and footprints here.

Because Hollywood Chinese Theater has no particularly clear and strict standards for printing,

When some movies are premiered in theaters, the protagonists will leave handprints, footprints, and even nose prints. Not only the main creators of the movie, but also the props in the movie can be printed. For example, the three leading actors in the "Harry Potter" series magic wand...

Moreover, since the beginning of the new century, the number of people staying here has increased sharply, and many of them are paid by film companies or foreign stars to achieve the purpose of publicity and hype.

When the premiere of "Sin City" was held here last time, Murphy hurried past. This time he walked a lot slower and took a closer look at this famous Hollywood landmark.

Walking to the entrance of the theater, the first thing you see are two huge red pillars made of coral, with a wrought iron mask inlaid on each of them. The two red pillars support the copper roof above. Between the two red pillars , is a 9-meter-high stone sculpture with a Chinese dragon carved on it.

To this day, two large stone tengus originally shipped from China still guard the entrance to the theater.

Murphy walked into the gate of the theater, greeted the people who came to say hello, and looked around. The interior design here was dazzling and had a strong oriental atmosphere.

In the hall, there is an elaborate wall with frescoes that tell of life in the East, but as imagined by the man who built it...

There is also a glass cabinet at the west end of the hall, which contains 3 wax figures from the Hollywood Wax Museum, wearing Chinese costumes.

"Some film crews often come to the Chinese theater before deciding to start a new filming project." Suddenly a person came over, pointed to the wax figure in the glass cabinet, and said, "They will touch it with their own hands. Take a look at these wax figures. They believe that doing so will bring them good luck."

"Hello, Murphy."

He offered a hand, and Murphy shook his hand politely, "Hi, Dave."

The person who came over was Dave Scola, Kara Firth's biggest competitor in 20th Century Fox, or a stumbling block to be more precise.

"The film's trial screenings have such a good reputation." Dave Scola obviously didn't simply come over to make friends. "I think it's not a problem to sell well, and the company will have another new series that can make money. Murphy, continue to cooperate in the next step." How about it?"

He didn't mention specific partners, but it's impossible for him to be a project led by Kara Firth.

Murphy smiled, but said nothing.

"Your "Deadpool" inspired me, and I decided to separate Wolverine from the "X-Men" series." Dave Scola also laughed, "This is not an investment of tens of millions of dollars. How about a project with a budget of around $150 million? Collaborate again? This is Wolverine!"

"Thank you for your kindness." Murphy politely refused, "After the work on "Deadpool" is completely over, I plan to take a break."

Dave Scola pressed him again, "Both Wolverine and I can wait for you."

"No need." Murphy shook his head directly this time. "Carla and I already have plans. In the next four to five years, I don't think I have time."

The atmosphere between the two froze quickly. After a while, Dave Scola nodded and said with a pun, "Well, I wish your project will continue to be successful."

Watching him turn and walk away, Murphy shrugged, he had been involved in a war by Kara Firth.

He heard the familiar sound of high heels landing behind him, and without turning his head, he said, "He didn't cause trouble on our project?"

"It's not on the surface." The person who walked over was Kara Firth, "I did a lot of small tricks behind the scenes, and it didn't cause me much trouble."

Hearing what Kara Firth said, Murphy knew that she had expended a lot of energy in this open and secret fight. The "Deadpool" project went so smoothly, and almost everyone thought it was due to him as the director, but he knew that Kara- The role played by Feith cannot be seen, but it is more important.

"What were you talking about just now?" Kara Firth stood beside Murphy and asked casually, "I saw Dave Scola leaving very unhappy."

"He invited me to direct an independent film of Wolverine." Murphy shook his head, "I declined."

Kara Firth said deliberately, "You hurt his kindness."

Murphy turned to look at her, "Do you want me to agree?".

The two laughed at the same time tacitly.

Afterwards, the conversation between Murphy and Kara Firth turned to the wax figure in the glass cabinet in front of them. After hearing Kara Firth's introduction, Murphy knew that there was another Chinese-style sculpture on the second floor of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. very special existence.

He also purposely turned around to take a look.

On this two-story Chinese classical building, there is a huge banner with white characters on a red background, on which is written "Pan Jinlian Restaurant" in Chinese, which complements the Chinese theater.

Judging from the shape of "Pan Jinlian Restaurant", the Song Dynasty font is not very standardized, not symmetrical, and a bit skewed. It is said that this "Pan Jinlian Restaurant" has been put on the Hollywood screen several times. The proprietress of the restaurant is once in the movie. An actress who plays Pan Jinlian.

Back in the front hall, Murphy saw that the rest of the crew had already walked in, and James Franco and Jonah Hill, who did not appear in the film, also came to support.

"Why didn't you see Gail?" Jonah Hill asked curiously.

Next to him, James Franco was only interested in whispering to Lily Collins, and seemed to have no such friends as them.

"She has classes this afternoon," Murphy said, looking away from James Franco and Lily Collins, "I have remedial classes tonight, so I don't have time."

Jonah Hill shook his big head, "She's tired herself out."

Murphy nodded, Gal Gadot's efforts really exceeded his imagination.

Several people chatted a few more words, and then, under the greeting of Kara Feith, they walked together into the hall that can accommodate 2,200 people.

"I have some good news for you." Kara Firth whispered to Murphy while walking, ""Hellboy" did not perform well at the box office on weekdays, and the three major commercial theaters will reduce the film's schedule starting tomorrow morning. rate, if our early box office is good, it may be reduced by more than 10 percentage points.”

"We will succeed." Murphy was confident.

He learned before that the production cost of "Hellboy" was 60 million U.S. dollars, but the box office in the first weekend can only be said to be relatively average. More than 23 million U.S. dollars were taken from more than 3,000 theaters. It fell to the level of 1 million US dollars in a single day, and the downward momentum is very obvious.

It is impossible for this movie to cause too much trouble for "Deadpool", as long as "Deadpool" performs well enough tonight, it will directly give "Hellboy" a diving super drop.

Tonight is not only the North American premiere of "Deadpool", and there are 2,500 early screenings held at the same time as the premiere. (To be continued.)