Hollywood superstars: Start as a child star

Disney’s fear of Depp

After everything was done, Claire left for the film crew of “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”.

“It’s Brother Fa!”

Claire saw someone she was familiar with in her previous life on the set. In this new episode, Disney’s writers continue to use their imagination, and the territory is no longer limited to the Caribbean, but extends to the Southeast Asian waters in the Indian Ocean.

Chow Yun-fat plays the legendary pirate from Singapore, “Sao Feng”. This line was added to please movie audiences in East Asia.

In recent years, especially when China joined the WTO two years ago in 2001, the number of Hollywood movies imported every year has increased significantly. Now it has grown into the second largest movie market in Asia, with the annual movie box office data increasing by 50%. %, rapid growth.

Hollywood’s major film giants, who have a keen sense of smell, have long been eyeing this sweet potato and want to try their best to break into this market. The best way to gain the attention of local audiences is to use familiar actors to increase connection and intimacy. Therefore, in recent years, Claire has been able to frequently see many Chinese stars going overseas to enter Hollywood.

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Chow Yun-fat is a very tall star. His official height is 180cm, but the one Claire saw on the scene was definitely more than 180cm, at least 186cm tall. Because Claire himself is only 183, he is even shorter standing next to Fa Ge.

Being so tall and burly is a major characteristic of Chow Yun-fat among Chinese actors. Standing with these foreign pirates, he still looks domineering.

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“Brother Fa! Long time no see!” Claire stepped forward to say hello with a smile.

“Oh? It’s Claire! Long time no see!” Chow Yun-fat saw Claire and replied with a smile. When Claire was promoting her new movie in Hong Kong, the organizer also invited Fa Ge to participate in the conversation.

This time, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” adds many new characters to fill out the plot, including the top ten pirates in the world, including “Sao Feng”, the pirate king of Nanyang and Singapore played by Chow Yun-fat.

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No one can deny now that “Captain Jack Sparrow” is one of the biggest factors in the success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, but director Gore Verbinski also said that once “Pirates of the Caribbean 3” relies too much on John Johnny Depp’s solo performance will only suffer the fate of “sinking”, so he filled it with countless characters to share the burden of Depp’s performance. Not to mention that all the important characters in the first two episodes were present. One episode also features pirate bosses from all over the world, beautiful and mysterious witches, operators of the East India Trading Company, and more. In addition, Captain Jack Sparrow and blacksmith Will Turner’s pirate father have appeared one after another. It is rare to see so many characters appearing, and it can be said to be very lively.

However, behind this excitement, there is hidden the vigilance and caution of Disney executives towards “Captain Jack Sparrow” – Johnny Depp. There is no way, he is too expensive… Due to “Pirates of the Caribbean 2”

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and “Pirates of the Caribbean 3” It was a package of back-to-back filming, so the remuneration of the actors for the third part had already been negotiated. According to statistics, Johnny Depp received an extremely high salary of 70 million yuan in two movies respectively. This extremely high salary really made Disney breathless.

It’s hard to imagine how much Johnny Depp’s salary will rise by the time of “Pirates of the Caribbean 4” and even subsequent movie sequels. Thanks to the huge success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, Johnny Depp has become one of the biggest movie stars on the planet.

Although Claire is already famous at home and abroad, and sports movies have blossomed, but to be honest, she is still a notch behind Depp.

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Johnny Depp’s salary of 70 million is higher than Claire’s starring in “Will Turner” and Keira Knightley’s starring in “Elizabeth Swann” combined. It’s really jaw-dropping. Of course, the reason why Claire gave the friendly price was also because Disney’s Robert Iger helped release the new movie he invested in.

Not only the sky-high salary, Johnny Depp’s frequent scandals are also constantly challenging the trigeminal nerve in the minds of Disney executives. Although the pay is high, “Captain Jack” has this ability to attract pirate fans who are willing to donate their money for movie tickets and peripheral products.

However, Disney, which started its career in animated films as a child, really couldn’t stand the scandals of the male protagonist of its most profitable movies that frequently appeared in the press. His drunkenness was photographed by the paparazzi, and there were rumors of drug abuse, which made Robert Iger very distressed. This will greatly affect the corporate image and creed of Disney Pictures. As an old entertainment company that produces family-friendly movies, it is very important. The impression of the company’s image in children’s minds.

In the minds of Disney’s old-school fundamentalists, producing a movie like “Pirates of the Caribbean” is already an act of rebellion. It was only because “Pirates of the Caribbean” was so popular and the profits from peripheral derivatives including the movie were too lucrative that they blocked their mouths. There is no way, everyone wants to make money!

Yes, you have to make money. There are endless scandals about Depp, and Disney has to hold its nose and endure it now. It’s better to make money first! As long as Depp is not abandoned by the audience, he will have value!

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Claire is standing off-camera, watching the scene being filmed.

At this time, filming was being filmed opposite the pirate “Sao Feng” played by Chow Yun-fat and Keira Knightley’s “Swan”.

Director Gore Verbinski: “Hey, Chow Yun Fat, according to the progress of the plot, you need to read a poem here. I have three poems here, you can choose one yourself!” “Oh? Okay director

! “Chow Yun-fat strolled over. He took the folder handed over by the prop team, read the contents of the three poems inside, and showed an embarrassed expression…

“Huh? Chow Yun Fat? Isn’t it appropriate?” Gore Verbinski saw it. After his expression, he asked in question.

…It’s really inappropriate… Chow Yun-fat smiled bitterly in his heart. Maybe the European and American audiences didn’t understand the meaning of this poem when he read it, but the Chinese audience definitely understood… It’s inappropriate. It’s really inappropriate. !

One is a Japanese poem, telling the story of a resentful woman who is ready to act after being deprived of her husband’s nourishment for many years…

The other is a Buddhist poem from India. The content is as outrageous as the first Japanese poem, but it has nothing to do with pirates or anything like that. It doesn’t matter…