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Hugo, Leonardo, and James were standing at the gym door** talking, Leonardo pushed Hugo’s arm with his elbow, "Although I don’t want to interrupt the communication between you and the fans, I Think we should leave."

Hugo followed Leonardo’s gaze and saw a group of people with cameras hanging around their necks coming quickly from the corner of the street. At that scale, there were only less than ten people, but everyone had their faces. With a menacing look, he rushed towards Hugo and Leonardo forcefully.

Leonardo thought about it for a while, "Is there any news today? You?" Leonardo hasn't filmed other works recently, and he doesn't have much attention. He doesn't think the reporter will come to him." List of Oscar nominations?"

"No, the nominees’ luncheon has not been held yet, and reporters will stay until that time if they have any questions." Hugo also began to recall, in fact, the scene of reporters huddled together can be seen every few days in Hollywood. They have long been used to it. Not necessarily every time I come to myself, after all, there are countless artists living in Los Angeles. "The last time Ian talked about the media meeting would be today?"

"I'm not sure." Leonardo frowned and replied hesitantly.

Although "Life and Death Hour" has invited Hugo, who has been in the limelight recently, the investment in the work was not high, and the crew did not have much to discuss. Therefore, after consideration, the crew decided not to hold a press conference or hold a press conference. The opening ceremony was just a small media meeting. Twentieth Century Fox invited a group of reporters they were familiar with to promote the film for the first time.

Since it's just a media meeting, it's just a pre-warming up. The main task is to let everyone know that such a movie is ready to be filmed, and it has no other effect. Therefore, Hugo, who was insisting on physical training, did not participate, and Leonardo also refused. In the end, all the actors did not attend. Instead, the director, screenwriter, and producer were used as a team to communicate with the media.

James stood beside him, before he could leave. He watched Hugo and Leonardo stand calmly in place, as if they were talking about lunch, casually and freely, but when he looked back, the group of reporters seemed to smell blood. Savoury sharks usually swarm in. The contrast between extreme silence and extreme movement, with strong contradictions and absurdities, is jaw-dropping. James has never been in direct contact with the lifestyle in Hollywood, so this scene directly shocked him to stay in place, motionless.

Hugo also noticed James' sluggishness. He also knew that when the Golden Raspberry Awards ended, he saw the scene of reporters swarming up with jaw-dropping expressions. There is a huge difference between watching this scene and seeing it in person. Yes, so he patted James on the shoulder, smiled and said, "We will leave first, and hope we will have a chance to meet again next time." Then he took Leonardo and turned away without hurriedly.

Regardless of whether this group of reporters came to see Hugo or Leonardo, it was the best choice for them to leave, and this would not involve James.

James watched Hugo and Leonardo turn around and left with a smile, as if the reporters swarming behind did not exist. The two of them were just ordinary people who had just left the gym, looking at Hugo. James suddenly wondered how Hugo became so indifferent. He couldn’t imagine how Hugo grew up in a tumultuous struggle, nor could he imagine the past two years. The overwhelming controversy and discussion over how Hugo dealt with it in the past months, but at this moment, he has a lot of curiosity. He does not want to run away. He wants to stand by and see with his own eyes how Hugo is. How to deal with reporters.

James, who is introverted and shy, is not good at dealing with crowds, but at this moment, he is willing to stay.

The reporters rushed at the speed of sprinting, while Hugo and Leonardo were only advancing with normal feet. This huge speed difference shortened the distance between the two quickly, and the reporters soon became like a group of lions. The two antelopes were submerged and surrounded by Hugo and Leonardo. This kind of scene made James standing next to him dumbfounded.

The reporters really came to Hugo and Leonardo. For a moment, the sound of babble formed an airtight protective net, imprisoning Hugo and Leonardo in it, listening to those The fragmented keywords in the question are obviously related to "speed of life and death."

After the “Life and Death Hour” was announced, not many people paid attention to the project. After all, in terms of producers, scripts, and directors that are worth discussing at the project stage, “Life and Death Hour” did not have any advantages, and in the beginning of the 20th century The amount of investment confirmed by Fox is only 20 million, which is really nothing worth discussing.

But now, after "Life and Death Speed" announced the cast, it sparked heated discussions in all the media in an instant. Hugo and Leonardo are both strong contenders for the best supporting actor at this year’s major awards ceremonies, and the two are still very close friends. The cooperation between the two is worth looking forward to; more importantly Part of it comes from Hugo's challenge to commercial action movies again, and this topic is even more shocking.

After the reporters finished their speeches, the noise gradually settled down. Leonardo was already a little impatient at this time. This kind of loud noise always makes people irritable, but Hugo standing next to him is still It was the reporter who looked calmly and looked around with a smile.

The look in Hugo's eyes made the reporters a little confused, and they couldn't help but think of the scene at the "Schindler's List" celebration not long ago. Hugo now has a strong aura, although it does not make reporters afraid, but Make reporters jealous.

After the noise settled down, Hugo said with a smile, "Wonderful morning, what do you want to do with me?" When facing reporters, Hugo has gradually grasped the initiative, because he knows Reporters are such a group of people, bullying and fearing hard work, so if you lose, you don't lose. No matter what the situation is, at least you can't weaken your momentum.

The reporters looked at each other, and in the end, the senior reporters took the initiative to break the silence, "Hugo, why did you choose such a movie to return to a commercial movie with action themes? It is said that there are currently several works with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars. All invited you, but you gave up, and finally chose such a...ordinary work."

Hearing the reporter's question, Leonardo looked at Hugo with a weird look, because the reporter's words were already very cautious, and the adjective "ordinary" applied to "speed of life and death" is indeed intriguing.

Hugo did not answer immediately. Instead, he stood there thinking very seriously for a while, and then said with a puzzled face, "Do you know? Actually, I am also very curious." All the reporters were stunned. What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Hugo? "I'm very curious, why do I fall into this situation every time, and why you have to ask similar questions every time. I am curious, what are your criteria for judging the quality of a work? This leads to Every time I take over a new work, you have to come over and question it."

Hugo's remarks immediately made all the reporters stand in place with weird faces and embarrassment, and Leonardo even laughed without holding back.

The fact is the same. Since the Golden Raspberry Award, "Scent of a Woman", "Yihai Heroic Wind", "Night Sleep in Seattle", and "Pulp Fiction" have all been the case. Even Steven Spielberg has led the way. "Schindler’s List" is not exempt. It seems that every time Hugo’s choice is not favored by people, it is either the subject matter, or investment, or the partner of cooperation. For various reasons, Hugo has always been in In a situation of suspicion.

Especially after the great success of "Schindler's List", Hugo could have been among the tens of millions of paid clubs, but he chose "Pulp Fiction" and then "Speed ​​of Life and Death", which means, Hugo wasted two consecutive career breakthrough opportunities, which is a very incomprehensible phenomenon for people.

If Hugo has no other better choice, or that Hugo's choice is very convincing, then perhaps there will not be so many doubts. However, apart from Quentin Tarantino, "Pulp Fiction" has nothing to look forward to, let alone a mere two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in remuneration, which is simply dislocated.

The same is true of the current "Life and Death Hour". Although this is a commercial action film from start to finish, since "Terminator 2" created a precedent with an investment of 100 million US dollars, the investment in action movies is now less than 60 million. One cannot expect more. In addition to the fact that the entire production crew is unknown, Jane De Bont, the biggest brand, was born as a photographer~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is completely blank in terms of director.

Under such circumstances, every choice of Hugo has also been questioned by the media indiscriminately, as if Hugo is a maverick and rebellious thorn, but everyone who is familiar with Hugo knows that this is obviously It is not the most suitable evaluation of Hugo's character.

Therefore, in the face of Hugo’s rhetorical question of not playing cards according to common sense, the reporters were instantly miserable. They did not know how to describe Hugo’s every new selection decision, but the fact is that Hugo has already been continuous. The four works have achieved great success, whether it is box office or word-of-mouth, but whenever Hugo chooses the next work, doubts still pop up involuntarily, and then they become one piece.

Hugo still had a puzzled expression on his face, as if he was discussing a professional academic issue. He looked at the reporters seriously and asked questioningly, "Is it because of Hudson's Eagle, is it a sequelae? Or is it? , You habitually want to question my choice? Or is there really such a serious problem with my choice, subject matter? Remuneration? Investment? Partners? This...what is going wrong?"

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