Millennium director

"I thought you would be nominated for Best Actor."

"Almost, but I don't care about it anymore."

"Indeed, after all, you've won it, so I don't have any obsession."

Wu Yuan smiled and raised the champagne, making a classic toast to Leonardo in "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Unlike the beautiful boy he used to be, Leonardo now really looks like a middle-aged fat uncle.

Although he is not as fat as the photo of him playing with a water gun, Leonardo now has nothing to do with the word "thin".

Leonardo, who has reached this age, no longer cares about his appearance, or it can be said that being too handsome is an obstacle to his acting career.

Since he won the Oscar for Best Actor for "The Revenant", which completely threw off his idol burden, he can never go back to the past.

By the way, the old stubborn people in the academy who discriminate against handsome actors are really an old tradition.

Fortunately, Chen Guokun is not a handsome guy, but at least for an Asian actor, appearance is really not important to Europeans and Americans.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Guokun still has a chance to win the Best Actor.

If he won this award in his first Oscars, or even his first Hollywood movie, how uncomfortable would Leonardo be!

After a while, while the crew of "Bruce Lee" was still greeting the crew of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", another crew also opened the door of the banquet hall and walked in.

It was the crew of "Parasite" that entered the venue after the crew of "Bruce Lee".

However, compared with Wu Yuan's smooth integration into the banquet scene, the crew of "Parasite", although the biggest favorite to win the Oscar this year, was not so popular at the nomination luncheon.

After all, a group of Koreans, saying that they are second-class citizens of the old Americans may be a bit too much, but 99% of Hollywood filmmakers are unlikely to pay special attention to them.

They are different from Wu Yuan, who is half of their own.

From director Bong Joon-ho to several actors in the crew, after entering the banquet hall, their faces showed some nervousness and hasty expressions.

Seeing that several Asian colleagues were "out of tune", Wu Yuan apologized to Leonardo, picked up a new glass of champagne and walked towards the crew of "Parasite".

In fact, he was quite interested in Bong Joon-ho, the director of "Parasite".

This young (50 years old) Korean director can be said to be one of the few "international" level directors in South Korea.

Although this "international" may be a bit watery, he is definitely worthy of this title in the Asian field.

Long before "Parasite", his "Okja" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival, and the earlier "Snowpiercer" was the first Korean director who could participate in the Hollywood big production.

And the reason why he was able to make it to Hollywood is that he has to mention the Korean movie "The Host" which is very famous even in China. This movie was directed by him.

Before "The Host", he had another equally famous masterpiece, "Memories of Murder", which is commented on by the domestic Internet every day. It is also one of the most classic works in Korean movies.

When he filmed "Memories of Murder", he was only in his early 30s, and he was definitely a talented director with great potential at a young age.

Wu Yuan was naturally interested in making friends with such a director.

The main reason is that Bong Joon-ho's movies are mainly thrillers and suspense, which is exactly a type that Wu Yuan is not very good at.

As a director, Wu Yuan certainly hopes to learn from Bong Joon-ho.

"Director Bong, all excellent actor friends, we meet for the first time, do you mind chatting?" Wu Yuan smiled and walked in front of Bong Joon-ho, and also raised champagne to show his respect.

Several actors who came with Bong Joon-ho turned their heads and looked at their own director.

In Korea, where the class is strict, actors are definitely not qualified to interrupt first.

"Ah, Director Wu, it's our first meeting, I'm glad to see you too." Bong Joon-ho was stunned for a moment, but his expression adjusted immediately, and he even looked a little flattered, I don't know if it was from the heart or acting.

"I really like your movie "Departures", it's very warm and full of humanistic care, but you didn't make this type of movie much later." Bong Joon-ho's English is OK, although there is still some accent, but Wu Yuan can understand it without too much effort.

"I think "Love" counts." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and replied in disagreement.

Bong Joon-ho smiled and said, "Love" is also great, but I like "Departures" more."

"I also like your movie "Memories of Murder" very much. When I saw the last shot of the movie, I got goose bumps all over my body." Wu Yuan sighed.

It's not that he is polite, "Memories of Murder" is indeed a classic, and the staring shots are even more wonderful.

In the film, the male protagonist Park Doo-man stares at the camera five times, each of which is full of deep meaning.

The most shocking moment was the fifth gaze, where his eyes seemed to penetrate the screen and directly locked onto the murderer. He stared at the murderer who was still on the run through the movie, which not only broke the "fourth wall" of the movie, but also became one of the unforgettable and shocking shots in film history, deeply touching the hearts of the audience.

Just from this one shot, it is not an exaggeration to call Bong Joon-ho a master.

Breaking the "fourth wall" is not uncommon. Since this concept emerged in the last century, a large number of movies have done this. But the number of movies that can play this lens language well and even become classics in film and television can be counted on one hand. .

Wu Yuan has never shot such an unforgettable classic picture so far, and I am very envious of it.

So even though the two are competitors for this Oscar, Wu Yuan still wants to have a chat with this opponent.

"This Mr. Song Kanghao was also the leading actor in "Memories of Murder" back then, right?" Wu Yuan smiled and looked at the fierce-looking actor who was standing half a step behind Bong Joon-ho.

There are also good actors in South Korea. Not to mention those in the TV drama industry, at least in the film industry, there are many actors with superb acting skills, and Wu Yuan is also a little bit happy.

"If there is a chance, we must cooperate once." He skillfully began to draw the cake "next time".

But Song Kanghao didn't know. He thought Wu Yuan was really interested in him and wanted to make a movie with him.

Wu Yuan's international status is much higher than that of Bong Joon-ho, especially in this era when commercial films are very popular. The box office of any internationally released movie by Wu Yuan is higher than that of all the movies that Bong Joon-ho has made in his life combined. , including the Hollywood movie "Snowpiercer"!

Any Korean actor would be crazy happy to be able to work with such a director.

Song Kanghao, who has always been calm, was not immune to this. He held Wu Yuan's hand with a trembling voice: "I'm looking forward to it very much!" (End of Chapter)