Hollywood Road

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"Harvey, you want to recommend Bruce Willis as Hardy?"

In a reception room at Miramax in Burbank, Murphy frowned at Harvey Weinstein and objected without hesitation, "I don't think it's appropriate!"

"Because he's not a CAA client?" Harvey Weinstein asked. Eight ≯ One Chinese Network ≤﹤

He owed a favor to Bruce Willis' agent, and the other party showed great interest when they heard about the project, especially when Bruce Willis heard that it was Frank Miller's comic book.

"He's not a client of CAA?" Murphy didn't know this at all. To be honest, he didn't care if the actors he used came from CAA. Bill Rosses and CAA packaged their projects because it allowed him The director saves effort. He added, "Harvey, it has nothing to do with whether Bruce Willis is a client of CAA."

"Oh," Harvey Weinstein seemed unconvinced, "is it?"

It was impossible for Murphy to just object without a reason. In just a few minutes, he thought of a reason.

"I don't think Bruce Willis is more suitable for the role of Hardy than Robert Downey Jr." Although Robert Downey Jr. was the last person to join, he also said that he would watch and help each other, as the leader of this small group Of course, Murphy has to protect his own people, "Downey's reputation has not been very good in recent years, but after "Planet Terror" he regained a lot of popularity. Bruce Willis is indeed more famous than Downey, but Harvey, Have you ever thought that he is also dead!"

With that alone, it's impossible to convince Harvey Weinstein, Murphy added, "How much is Bruce Willis likely to ask for? Will he play for a friendly price?"

It's not an award-winning film, unless Bruce Willis and his agent have a problem with their heads.

Harvey Weinstein didn't speak, and Murphy continued, "Five million dollars or eight million dollars? Robert Downey Jr.'s salary is only a quarter of his salary or even less!"

Controlling investments is something Miramax and Harvey Weinstein have been doing for a long time.

"If Bruce Willis can bring an extraordinary performance, we can consider him!" Murphy continued, "But Bruce Willis has never been good at acting, I think his acting is not as good as Robert Jr. - Donny!"

After finishing speaking, Murphy picked up the cold coffee on the coffee table and took a big sip. Just as he was about to say something more, Harvey Weinstein suddenly changed his mind.

"What you said is very reasonable," he seemed to agree with Murphy's words. "I have always supported you. Since you object, I will reject Bruce Willis's agent."

Harvey Weinstein was so convinced by himself? Murphy was a little surprised, he was ready to continue looking for reasons and excuses...

When he walked out of the reception room, Murphy was still puzzled. He didn't understand until he left the small building and got in his own car.

Harvey Weinstein is nothing but a crafty old fox.

He asked himself to come here specifically to make himself opposed to Bruce Willis playing Hardy.

Hollywood is well-informed, and some things are easy to spread. Harvey Weinstein's refusal to Bruce Willis can be pushed on his head, to show Bruce Willis and the agency behind him, see if I don't want to Using you is my director's strong objection, I must always respect the director's opinion...

It would be easy to throw villains at him, and Harvey Weinstein would hardly hurt his network.

Even, as the director, he has to accept a favor from Harvey Weinstein, after all, the other party finally listened to him and used Robert Downey Jr.

This abacus is definitely not ordinary!

When driving the black Cadillac to the Disney studio, Murphy couldn't help sighing. None of these big shots in Hollywood are simple.

This hindsight also reminded him that he must not relax some necessary vigilance just because the two parties are cooperating, otherwise they will be counting money for others when they are sold.

Arriving at the Disney studio, Murphy changed to a battery car and came to the No. 2 and No. 3 studios rented by the "Sin City" crew.

Over the past few years, the outflow of Hollywood crews has been serious, especially the crews of mainstream commercial masterpieces, which are rarely filmed in Los Angeles. Except for a few studios in Hollywood, most of them have been reduced to tourist areas. Disney studios are also No exception, in Nuo Da's studio, only studios No. 2 and No. 3 can still see people.

If it weren't for Miramax not being able to apply for tax rebates from other states and several popular overseas filming locations, "Sin City" would not have stayed in the Los Angeles area for filming.

Although the slogan of supporting independent films in the United States is loud and loud, the priority of tax rebate subsidies is always mainstream commercial masterpieces. The tax rebate policies formulated by various regions are to stimulate investment and promote employment. It has nothing to do with the pursuit of film art. Big investment The role of commercial films produced is undoubtedly more obvious.

Walking into the No. 2 main studio, Helena is leading the set team to set up the green screen. Almost all the shots of the film will be shot in front of the green screen, and only a few shots need to be set up and out. The production team has a lot of work to arrange or select the venue.

The layout work had just begun, and Murphy had exchanged a few words with Helena in the past, mainly to hear her opinion on the drawing board.

The script this time is very simple, but Murphy used comics as a blueprint and produced a large number of continuous drawing boards to guide the shooting. The drawing boards also have their own advantages, which can make the shooting more in line with the style of comics, and the scenes are also clear at a glance.

The disadvantage is that it is too stereotyped and lacks creativity and flexibility.

This has almost no impact on the shooting of "Sin City", Murphy just wants to reproduce the comics.

Of course, he would not hesitate to make changes.

In the film crew's office, Murphy met Philip Lascher, where Frank Miller was also.

"Murphy..."

"director……"

The film crew took the initiative to say hello, and Murphy nodded to them one by one, then walked to the side of Philip Rascher and Frank Miller who were talking, and after they finished speaking, he asked, "Felix, Have you rented a camera yet?"

"I have contacted nearly ten equipment rental companies, but none of them have the latest model of Sony digital cameras," Phil Raschel is not particularly anxious, "Two companies have already gone to coordinate, and the cameras will be available next week at the latest. In place, it will not affect our work."

Murphy still warned, "You keep an eye on this matter."

"Yeah." Phillip Raschel nodded.

"Also," Murphy said again, "I've already told the action director team that they will fully cooperate. After the camera is in place, you can try shooting high and slow motion shots immediately!"

Fili Raschel was about to say no problem, when Frank Miller heard this, he spoke first, "High and slow motion? Murphy, are you going to use high and slow motion to shoot action shots? This can..."

"Fran!" Before he finished speaking, Murphy interrupted, "It's not confirmed yet. This is just an experimental shooting. Whether it will be used or not, can we discuss it after the experimental shooting results come out?"

"This..." Frank Miller hesitated.

He didn't see the actual effect, so he just opened his mouth to object, and he really didn't have the confidence.

And after staying in the crew for such a long time, he can also see that in order to achieve the comic style, he needs a lot of film techniques that he has never heard of.

Up to now, he has to admit that he is basically a layman in film production, and his understanding of film production is at least ten years ago. Filming a film and drawing cartoons with the style of film scenes are completely two different things.

Murphy agreed with Frank Miller to join the film crew and directly participate in the production of the film. This was based on CAA's full investigation and understanding. As long as he got the right to adapt, even if Frank Miller wanted to point fingers, he didn't know where to start. , Knowing some film knowledge is too far from directing the crew.

Even if Frank Miller wanted to direct, how many people in the crew would listen to him?

For some things, there is a gap between making a promise and actually implementing it.

Frank Miller did not object in the end, and decided to support or oppose it after the results of the experimental shooting came out.

Murphy then went to Studio 3. Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, who have been confirmed to star in the film, are working out, and they will receive more after working out. Professional training in action guidance.

They all have action scenes in the film, and they will play the roles of police officer Hardy, big muffle, killer Kevin and Dewright, especially Jonah Hill, who plays the killer Kevin, under Murphy's order, must To lose weight, at least a little thinner.

The action director is called Woodwater, who turned out to be a little-known little guy. When he participated in the filming of the two sequels of "The Matrix", he was inspired by Kung Fu and combined free kick and other fighting techniques to create a movie action mode that is more suitable for Hollywood. .

It is not unreasonable for caa to sign him.

Of course, action routines that are suitable for filming have nothing to do with actual combat. When Woodwater first entered the crew, Robert Downey Jr., who had fought with Murphy and Ross in prison, had a simple competition with him. Woodward Tate is not an opponent at all.

No one was surprised, after all, everyone knows that fighting in movies is different from actual combat.

Murphy did not bother the four people in the gym, and found Paul Wilson, who is also the casting director, and asked about the audition registration.

The film has a ton of characters, most of which are settled through auditions.

"The situation is much better than we expected. It should be that the comics are well-known and there are quite a lot of people who signed up."

Paul Wilson gave Murphy a registration form, and Murphy saw many familiar names on it, such as Clive Owen, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Al Ba... (to be continued.)