Made in Hollywood

It was a typical African-American, who also seemed to be a professional American football player. Duke looked at him very familiarly, but couldn't remember what his name was or where he had seen him.

"This is Michael Oher."

Compared with Duke, an unreliable boss, Leonardo seems to be more familiar with the team's specific affairs, "The team's signing goal this year."

"Michael Oher?"

Repeating the name, Duke gradually remembered who he was.

At the Oscars last year, Sandra Bullock won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Leanne Tausi in a film based on real characters in "The Game: The Weakness". The black man Anne Tausi helped was Michael Oher.

This Michael Oher has also become a well-known figure in the United States by virtue of the film, and his fame far exceeds his strength in professional football.

"I seem to have heard someone mention..."

Looking at the tall and strong figure like the black iron tower, Duke said to Leonardo, "After he entered the league, he did not meet the expectations of the outside world."

Leonardo nodded, "It should be that the performance is far below expectations. The team wants to introduce him, just as a backup left tackle."

Hearing what Leonardo said, Duke withdrew his gaze, and the topic of the two gradually shifted to other aspects. In most cases, Duke would not interfere too much with the normal operation of the team. A left tackle Substitutes are not worthy of his concern.

However, a manager of the team then took Michael Oher to find him and Leonardo specifically, and introduced him to them, along with Michael Oher's adoptive parents.

"Hello, Director Rosenberg."

Lianne Tausi offered to shake Duke's hand, "Michael can join your team. We are all happy for him."

"Hello, Mr. Taosey. Hello, Mrs. Taosey."

Duke also greeted the couple and said politely, "I'm also very happy that a player as good as Michael can enter the team."

When he was speaking, he purposely looked at Leanne Taoxi without any trace. After all, this is the prototype of an Oscar for Best Actress.

The two sides just chatted briefly, and Leonardo obviously didn't like the Taoxi couple.

"The NCAA's suspicion that the Tausies adopted Michael Oher so that he could play at their favorite school is still in doubt."

Leonardo obviously had a bad feeling for the Tausi couple. After they left, he said to Duke unabashedly, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something wrong with their adoption. Michael Oher's high school coach was in Oher's adoption. Ten days after the acceptance letter, I got the job of Assistant Athletic Director of the University of Mississippi. If there is no problem..."

He sneered twice and shook his head.

Duke patted him, "Is there any problem with us?"

Leonardo was stunned, raised his hand and scratched his hair, "It really has nothing to do with us. I just complained casually."

This kind of thing has no real result at all. In Duke's view, no matter what the starting point of the Taoxi couple is, it is always an indisputable fact that they helped Michael Oher.

Just like Hollywood stars. For example, Angelina Jolie adopted poor children from the third world one by one, Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron both adopted black sons. Their starting point may be to gain fame and build an image for themselves, but it is an indisputable fact that these children who were destined to suffer have changed their fate.

Speaking of Charlize Theron's black son, Duke has also met him before. After all, his relationship with Charlize is unusual. The South African diamond also wanted him to be the godfather of the little guy, but Duke refused without hesitation.

Frankly speaking, he didn't understand why Charlize Theron wanted to adopt a black man, but this was the other party's private matter, and the relationship between them was just ordinary friends, so it was hard to say anything.

After the Raiders reception dinner, Duke continued his vacation. Last year, "Inception" and "Gravity" were released consecutively, which also brought him a lot of pressure, although the next work project is already planned It's in the middle, but Duke doesn't plan to start immediately, and is going to give his entire team a good rest.

He can bear such a great pressure and workload, but not everyone in the team can bear it. To carry out the next crucial big project with quality and quantity, Duke needs his own mature team with tacit cooperation.

If it is not for the support of the whole team, even he will spend more time and energy on many projects.

Although he was on vacation, Duke did not leave Los Angeles, nor did he completely give up his work. He just did not consider film production for the time being. In the first half of March, he went to Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. Brother, and the important personnel of the two companies were called together for a brief meeting to prepare for the next stage of the project.

From its establishment to now, Marvel Pictures has produced a total of five superhero movies: "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Hulk", "Iron Man 2" and "Thor". Good results, "Thor" will be released in this year's summer file. As the last work before the six superheroes gather, this film will also lead to "The Avengers".

Duke paid special attention to Loki played by Tom Hiddleston. As the villain boss of "Avengers", he can be said to be a key role.

The villains in Marvel movies have become facial makeup and funny, and it has become the consensus of the outside world. Rocky can be said to be the most charismatic villain in the first stage of Marvel.

At the same time, Duke also asked Marvel Pictures to contact the actors' agents in order to reach a consensus on a new film contract as soon as possible.

Today's Hollywood stars are not as "worthy" as they were in the 1990s. This is undoubtedly a fact recognized by Hollywood, but this does not mean that some stars earn less than before.

There is also a consensus in Hollywood that if you want to get a high salary, you should act in the sequel of a blockbuster commercial film.

Although Marvel's films are independent in name, many of them can be classified into the category of sequels. In fact, the sequels of the previous Marvel superhero films were deeply troubled by actors' remuneration.

The most typical example is "X-Men 3: The Last Stand". The production cost of this film is as high as 210 million U.S. dollars, and the bulk of the expenditure is the remuneration of the cast members. budget for the film.

There is also "Iron Man". When Duke filmed the first part, Robert Downey Jr.'s salary was only 500,000 US dollars, but when Jon Favreau took over the filming of "Iron Man 2", Robert Downey Jr.'s salary It has risen to 10 million US dollars.

The same is true for Scarlett Johansson. When filming "Iron Man", her salary was only 400,000 US dollars. After starring in "Captain America" ​​and "Iron Man 2" successively, Nancy Josephson has paid for her to the comics. Granville Films called out a base salary of 15 million US dollars!

Duke has no doubt that in the upcoming "The Avengers", Robert Downey Jr.'s agent will definitely demand a sky-high $20 million in remuneration.

This is almost certain.

Perhaps many people think that Duke saved Robert Downey Jr.'s acting career, and the other party should be grateful and take the initiative to lower his salary to him, the major shareholder of Marvel Comics...

But this kind of thinking is destined to be naive. In this circle, business is business, and it will not be discounted for some inexplicable reasons. Duke will not have such a naive idea, let alone him and Robert Downey Jr. Friends, even if the relationship between the two is as good as he and Leonardo DiCaprio, business matters will not be too much interference.

Not to mention Robert Downey Jr.'s personal thoughts, surrounded by every Hollywood star, there are professionals such as public relations, agents, managers, etc. who take commissions, and Robert Downey Jr.'s personal income is directly related to them How can these people sit back and watch their own interests be damaged?

Duke has never had those naive ideas. Business cooperation is business cooperation. If you don’t pay real money, why is the other party willing to work?

Therefore, to get this bunch of actors into the same film, pay is a factor that Duke has to consider.

Moreover, the top stars in Hollywood also pay great attention to their returns in commercial films.

For example, Robert Downey Jr. once told him that when his income was small, he felt that his potential might be unlimited, and he could accomplish many things. There would be many different development routes, but when his income gradually When I become a superstar one day, I feel that I am gradually approaching the maximum value of my ability, and the room for development is gradually decreasing.

If you go the wrong way at this time, to put it simply, a few years will pass in a muddle, and to put it more complicated, you will sink and never recover.

Therefore, he will seize every opportunity to extract the maximum return within the limit.

Just like Duke can get a high share from a film, in their hearts, this kind of return is also a matter of course.

Among all the actors, Robert Downey Jr. is undoubtedly the most troublesome actor for Marvel Pictures. Downey has portrayed the cute and cheap character "Iron Man" into the hearts of the people. Most fans also affirm his performance. Said he had merged with this image.

If Robert Downey Jr. is allowed to leave because of salary issues, it will definitely do more harm than good for Duke and Marvel at the moment. As for the future, it will depend on Robert Downey Jr.'s asking price before making an estimate.

Fortunately, there is plenty of time, and Marvel Studios can talk slowly with Robert Downey Jr. (to be continued ~^~)

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