King of Hollywood

Chapter 144 The Protagonist

"Are you sure this is appropriate, Richard?" Adrian looked at the middle-aged man sitting in front of him after carefully flipping through the script in his hand and thinking about it carefully.

The other party has short hair with a very light color, and wears oval glasses. Although the eyes behind the lenses are a bit small, they are very energetic. This person is Richard Curtis who is responsible for writing the script of "Four Weddings and a Funeral". Mike Newell finally found this well-known British comedy screenwriter to complete this matter.

"Yes, this can show the more open side of Americans, which has become a contradiction with the previous conservative, so it is naturally more interesting." Richard explained.

What Adrian was worried about did not appear. Curtis was writing the screenplay exactly according to the outline he set, and he did a good job in details and humor. At least from the script point of view, the whole story is as interesting as the original .

"Well, that's fine, but Mike has to be a little restrained when shooting, otherwise I might not be able to convince the chosen heroine." Adrian said after thinking about it.

"Who do you plan to choose as the heroine?" Neville couldn't help showing curiosity.

Adrian smiled, and continued after changing his posture: "This is how I think about the male and female protagonists. I plan to let Dennis Knight be the male protagonist. Yes, it is the one in "Two Smoking Barrels". The kid who played a big part in Pulp Fiction."

Having said that, he stretched out his hand and gestured to Neville who was about to speak: "Don't worry, Mike, listen to me, okay? First of all, he is also British, and I think those gossip reporters are very clear about this ;Actually, he played the leading role in "Memento", and he knows how to play the leading role; finally, as the person who single-handedly picked him up, I know how malleable he is in acting. I fully believe that he can do this Role."

After a pause, Adrian glanced at Neville, and then said: "If you still have doubts, Mike, you can arrange an audition."

Neville and Curtis exchanged glances and then nodded: "Okay, I will arrange it."

He knew very well in his heart that arranging the audition was already Adrian's biggest concession. After all, he provided the funds and the idea of ​​the script, and he had the absolute right to choose the leading role.

Hopefully Dennis is as malleable as he claims to be. Neville thought about it, then looked at Adrian and asked, "So, who is the heroine?"

"I plan to invite Julia Roberts to play the role," Adrian smiled slightly. "If you are more careful, you should be able to see that when I made the settings, I referred to a lot of the images of the characters she played. .”

Curtis next to him immediately rolled his eyes. Based on his settings, no one would be able to tell if he didn't explain.

"Are you really planning to invite her to play the leading role?" Neville showed a look of surprise.

"Pretty Woman" not only made Julia hugely popular in the United States, but also loved by many people internationally, so Neville expressed great interest in cooperating with Julia.

"Yes, I plan to go back to Los Angeles after Halloween and invite her personally." Adrian nodded, "I have enough confidence to convince her to take this role."

"Why not now? There's still at least a week before Halloween, right?" Neville asked without thinking, followed by an embarrassed look. The question was obviously a bit abrupt.

"You know, the trailer." Adrian didn't care, and shrugged after sighing.

Just a few days ago, the trailer of "Scent of a Woman" was released on major TV stations in North America, because the broadcast time of the trailer had been revealed through the paper media before, so the ratings curves of the major TV stations went up that day. Up and down slightly.

This trailer is actually the second version. The first version has been produced a few months ago, but with the development of things, it is not suitable now, so Adrian took the time to re-do it before returning to London for post-production. Edited a version. In the second edition, he cleaned up the main line very well, making it more concise and giving people a more intuitive impression of the blind lieutenant colonel, especially in the last two shots, the lieutenant colonel shouted, "If It was five years ago that I would come here with a flamethrower", "I heard something like 'the cradle of leadership'? Well, the cradle collapses when the stem breaks, and it's already collapsed here , has collapsed", it was very shocking.

Even so, the trailer didn't fare well enough, attracting a lot of viewers but receiving mixed reviews. If we say that when the tango segment was first broadcast, most of the American media still supported him, but after the trailer, it was only 50% of the original.

"It can be seen from the trailer that Adrian has not broken away from the previous movie style." There is such a saying.

"The trailer is good, but a good trailer doesn't mean that the movie will be good." There are also such sayings.

"I'm concerned that Al may well be in a thankless role," was another statement.

It would be impossible if he was not depressed. After thinking for a long time, Adrian realized that it was probably because he wanted to highlight the character of Pacino, so the cut scenes were all more ostentatious, so the swearing was more ostentatious. much, so...

It's really dumbfounding, but Adrian didn't take it to heart, anyway, the movie hasn't been released yet. However, the British entertainment journalists who had just left for a while surrounded the studio and the hotel where he was staying again. Therefore, Adrian, who was afraid of trouble, still lived in the studio. Only when he needed to discuss work with Neville like today, would he avoid reporters and come out from other places.

"I can understand." Neville, who knew what he was talking about, nodded immediately.

"That's it, anyway, the final draft of the script is still a few days away, you can't let me impress her with an incomplete script?" Adrian said jokingly, "You can use this time to start Prepare, I will let people from the company come over to assist you."

After it was confirmed, Adrian left immediately. The preparations for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" basically won't have any major problems, as long as Julia agrees to star. Thinking of this, Adrian couldn't help but look forward to meeting Julia again, and he waited...it seemed a little long.

But before that, there are other things to deal with first, "Howard End" is only a little tail left in the later stage, and it would be great if it can be completed before Halloween. Also, Halloween is coming.

The reason why I chose to go back to Los Angeles to invite Julia after Halloween was because I didn’t want to go back and be surrounded by reporters at the end of the movie, but more importantly, I spent Halloween with Emma

The little guy in the arms of "Candy Oh" waved the colorful candies in his hands, giggling and looking very excited.

She is wearing a small white lace dress, white velvet socks with red leather shoes, exquisite wings made of paper on her back, and a hairpin with dangling stars on her head. She is as cute as a little angel. Although Emma didn't know what Halloween was, it didn't prevent her from being led by Adrian to knock on other people's doors, and then she stretched out her hand confidently: "Candy"

Even though he said it so directly and omitted the last half of the sentence "It's still a prank", but the cute appearance and the childish words made all the families who were knocked on the door readily take out candies.

"Be careful, it's fallen." Adrian quickly caught the candy that fell from Emma's hand, but a few of them fell to the ground and disappeared after jumping.

Emma looked down for the missing candy under the light of the street lamp, followed her round eyes a few times, as if she had found some new fun, and happily waved a candy in front of Adrian , let go of his hand suddenly.

Adrian, who didn't realize anything, immediately reached out to catch it. Before he could speak, two or three more candies rolled down.

"Emma" Although Adrian still caught them all, he immediately glared at the little guy in his arms.

Probably because he was wearing a mask, the little guy didn't show any fear at all, he was still giggling and waving the handful of candies he was holding.

"Okay, put it here for me." Adrian said angrily, picking up the bag on his shoulders.

Emma stuck out her tongue, threw the candy in her hand, and just settled down for a few minutes, then stretched out her hand to grab his mask, laughing and laughing. Adrian sighed, let her fiddle with it and continued walking on the busy street. Rodlin and Adam were really relieved, they were not worried at all, and just asked him to bring the little guy out.

British people celebrate Halloween differently from Americans. Although the main roads are filled with all kinds of decorations, there is a festive atmosphere, and most of the people coming and going are also dressed in strange costumes, but the streets are not very lively.

But if you enter the residential area, it will be a different scene. You can have parties in various costumes, you can have parties in your own home, in a nightclub or in a small park around you. The carnival is not lost to the Americans at all.

Even venting must be limited to a certain range. Is it because the restraint or coquettishness has been integrated into the bone? Adrian walked a few more streets thinking about it. Although he was dressed very simply and wore a nondescript Zorro mask, but because Emma in his arms was so cute, he still attracted many women to strike up a conversation.

Adrian is not interested in dealing with them. His main job tonight is to have fun with the little one.

"Now, can we go back?" After resting on the bench by the street, Adrian asked Emma, ​​who was licking her fingers in her arms. She had just eaten a quick cake.

Hearing this, the little guy immediately raised his head, and blinked at him without saying anything.

"Don't worry, we will sleep together tonight." Adrian, who knew what she meant, sighed. Anyway, this Halloween is centered on her. \u003c/p\u003e