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On an ordinary Monday morning, several cars arrived at the Wave Manor one after another. The security personnel at the gate of the manor saw the license plate and the person sitting in the driver's seat, but did not go up to ask, but directly opened the gate and let them enter the manor. Bentley, Acura, Lamborghini The four luxury cars with Rolls Royce, as if they had made an appointment in advance, were parked in the parking lot in front of the white villa.

Robert Downey Jr. got off the Acura car first and walked towards the gate of the villa. Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and James Franco also got out of their cars and followed.

When they came to the gate of the villa, Gal Gadot, who was notified by the guard, was already waiting here.

"Why are you here?" Gal Gadot looked at the four of Robert Downey Jr. in surprise, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Robert Downey Jr. took off his sunglasses and said, "Not yet."

"The time is just right." Jonah Hill said carelessly, "You didn't have breakfast, did you?"

Seeing Gal Gadot nodding, he was not polite at all, "We just happened to have breakfast together."

Gal Gadot turned to give instructions to the butler next to him, and then said to Robert Downey Jr. and the others, "Let's go, let's go to the restaurant together."

These people were also polite, followed Gal Gadot and walked towards the restaurant.

"Where's Murphy?" James Franco asked curiously, "Is this guy still awake?"

Gal Gadot pushed open the door of the restaurant, waited for four people to come in, and said, "Sit whatever you want. When you came, Murphy was doing morning exercises in the back, now I'm going to take a shower, and I'll be down in a while."

Robert Downey Jr. opened a chair and sat on the left side of the long dining table, "After so many years, Murphy still has the habit of waking up early to exercise?"

"It's not as good as before." Gal Gadot picked up the kettle and poured everyone a glass of water, "I'm not too busy at work now, I still have time, when I get busy..."

She shook her head.

Everyone here knows that Murphy's achievements today are mainly due to his talent in this area, and his hard work is also an important factor that cannot be ignored.

Several people chatted for a while, and some servants brought breakfast one after another. As soon as the breakfast was delivered, Murphy also opened the door and entered the restaurant.

"You guys, it's early."

He came to Gal Gadot, opened the chair and sat down, took a sip of milk from the cup, and then asked, "Come here so early, what's the matter?"

"I heard that your breakfast is good." James Franco swallowed the bread in his mouth, "We made an appointment to have breakfast together."

How could Murphy believe such words, "My breakfast here is mainly vegetarian, would you be interested?"

"Vegetarian food is also good." Seth Rogen looked down at his growing belly, "You can lose weight."

Robert Downey Jr. was probably not very hungry, put down his knife and fork, and said seriously, "Murphy, of course we are here to find you."

"Tell me." Murphy didn't raise his head, "When are you being polite to me?"

"Your new project..." Robert Downey Jr. was not polite, "We all want to join your new project."

James Franco also said, "We can all join."

"Are there any funny characters?" Jonah Hill's eyes widened. "This kind of role is exclusive to me. If there is such a role, I won't give it to me. How can I do it?"

Seth Rogen lowered his glasses, "If there is no suitable role, I can be your assistant director, and the post-production on my side is almost finished."

"You..." Murphy shook his head and said half-jokingly, "I can't pay you."

The estimated production cost of the entire project is only 25 million U.S. dollars. If the statistics are based on normal circumstances, it is not even enough to pay the four of them.

Robert Downey Jr. looked at Murphy and said seriously, "We've discussed it, and each of us will only get a symbolic $100,000.

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Just as Murphy was about to say something, James Franco said first, "We all know that you made this film not for money or profit, but for friendship and commitment."

The least serious Jonah Hill added, "We're friends, we're brothers, and we'd do it!"

"Did you forget?" Seth Rogen said in a low voice, "We said before, everyone is for one, and I am for everyone!"

Hearing these words, Gal Gadot's eyes swept over Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill one by one. The friendship between these people and Murphy , deeper than she thought.

Especially the sentence between the Three Musketeers and d'Artagnan, it is impossible for ordinary friends to do it.

Working with your own people is of course better than those actors summoned temporarily. Murphy has always been a decisive person and immediately made a decision, "Okay! With you, I have more confidence."

"Murphy, I want to play Ross!" Robert Downey Jr. didn't seem to be joking at all, "This is a movie about Ross, and the actor who plays Ross must know enough about him. In this regard, no one is better than me. more suitable."

Gal Gadot turned to look at Murphy, who was frowning and thinking.

Indeed, Robert Downey Jr. knows Ross better, and Ross is currently serving a sentence in the California State Prison. It is very inconvenient to communicate with actors. It is very risky to find an actor who hardly knows Ross.

In this regard, Robert Downey Jr. is the most suitable.

But Murphy also has doubts. Rose is a typical Latino, but Robert Downey Jr. is not; Rose is tall and big, and Robert Downey Jr. is obviously shorter.

But these are nothing to today's film industry, whether it is makeup or shooting technology, they can all be solved.

"I think it's okay." Murphy turned to Gal Gadot and said, "You can communicate with Kara Firth."

Then, he said to the butler standing behind, "Go to my study and make four copies of the script marked "Diego Ross" on the first floor of the left bookshelf."

Seeing the butler turn away, Murphy turned his head and said, "Each of you takes a copy of the script. Seth, there is no main role for you. You are the first assistant director. I will send a project proposal to your mailbox."

"Okay." Seth Rogen nodded.

After breakfast, they gave everyone a copy of the script. Murphy explained some precautions one by one. Robert Downey Jr. and others left one after another and began to prepare for this project.

Gal Gadot then drove out and went to 20th Century Fox to meet Kara Firth. Murphy hid in the study. After confirming that Robert Downey Jr. was the actor and played their friend Diego Rose, It is necessary to prepare the role information from the actor's point of view.

It is easy for screenwriters to simplify the logic of the story, resulting in a design of "Because of A, so B". When the actors read the script, they will think and feel the character from more dimensions, and ask meticulously what the protagonist is Family, what are your hobbies, how do you like to talk, what kind of tricks you have, how many times you have been in love, how many friends you have...

Although Robert Downey Jr. has a certain degree of understanding of Rose, he is far inferior to Murphy. Murphy will add more detailed basic information about Rose to Robert Downey Jr.'s character script.

These materials have been organized by Murphy into a simple biography.

If the character script can help the actor to completely "enter" the character and experience every nuanced emotion, of course it is necessary to understand all aspects of the character.

At this time, the biography of the characters can come in handy. Although many details may not be written in the script, it can help the actors improve their imagination of the characters.

For example, when many people watch biographical movies, they will pay attention to the inconspicuous movements of the characters.

"Why did he cross his legs?"

"Why is he standing so straight?"

"Why do you laugh first and then slap?"

These are not random additions, and often come from the personal habits of the character prototype.

After finishing the biography, Murphy still needs to consider the relationship between the characters. Since the person who plays Ross is Robert Downey Jr., the relationship between him, Robert Downey Jr. and Ross must be completely extracted, and it must not appear in the movie. He's done that before, and the script ends with Ross first going to prison, before they know each other.

There is another point that Murphy will pay special attention to in every stage of script creation, that is, the protagonist's initiative and passivity. Passivity is the protagonist's taboo. If he is always being used and reduced to a pawn, it will hurt the character very much.

One thing Murphy himself could not deny was that Ross had suffered a lot of unfair treatment, but it was his own choice to finally walk on this path.

At this point, the script is close to the final draft, and Murphy needs to do the last thing. In the plot of the entire script, for the needs of the plot, the choice of characters arranged is faithful to the character of the characters.

Including Murphy, the vast majority of Hollywood screenwriters like to calculate the rhythm: here the protagonist needs to have a misunderstanding, there needs to be reconciled, and there needs to be funny somewhere, so the characters are so led by the demand Go, cry if you want, laugh if you want, lose character and emotional coherence.

In this way, it becomes a common Hollywood commercial film, not the biopic Murphy wanted.

In the end, Murphy wrote a line on the draft of the script that he had prepared for himself. The biopic should be an organic combination of "history" and "art"!

After confirming the final draft of the script, Gal Gadot and Twentieth Century Fox discussed a series of matters including investment, preparation, production and distribution. Murphy called his team and began to make final preparations for the filming of the film.

Prior to this, although Murphy had filmed biographical films such as "The Wolf of Wall Street", Jordan Belfort was different from Ross. At that time, the films he filmed were more for commercial considerations, while Ross's film was commercial. With relatively few elements, Murphy naturally considered more themes and other aspects.

Sometimes, when people think too much, they create problems for themselves.