Hollywood Road

The event deliberately chose a banquet hall in the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, and it was held in the form of a buffet. Media reporters are essential guests, and the fans invited are also targeted. More precisely, there are relatively high barriers to entry.

This kind of meeting, which is almost zero-distance contact with the crew, is impossible for anyone to sign up to participate, and the selected people must be targeted.

First there are representatives of the original fans, as measured by Bantam Books, and then there are supporters of the likes of Murphy, Sean Bean and Jessica Alba.

Like these supporters, all of them are iron fans, and they are also the heads of various fan organizations to ensure that there will be no unpleasant things at the meeting.

"Unfortunately, I don't have many supporters."

Margot Robbie, dressed as a fresh girl, looked at the people coming and going in the banquet hall, feeling a little bit emotional, "Silly Baitian doesn't seem to be popular in this show."

The person standing next to her was Robert Downey Jr., and the guy shrugged, "Your image is more suitable for a Hollywood commercial."

The two had met several times before, and they were considered familiar. Margot Robbie naturally understood the meaning of Robert Downey Jr.'s words, "You want me to be a silly vase?"

Robert Downey Jr. didn't deny, "You'll have to wait until you grow up and become a real blond stunner."

"Damn it!" said Margot Robbie like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Can you stop using that word to describe me?"

She rolled her eyes and looked towards the center of the banquet hall. Surrounded by countless media reporters, Murphy said enviously, "It's not bad to be a director."

No one answered, Margot Robbie turned to look, Robert Downey Jr. had walked away at some point, and was courting a blond actress in the crew not far away.

"The guy who can't move his legs when he sees a beautiful woman." Margot Robbie muttered, and walked towards Murphy, intending to hear how he dealt with the media reporters' questions.

A large number of reporters were surrounding Murphy. The interview obviously lasted for a while, but the questions asked by the reporters did not decrease at all.

"Director Stanton, you're self-taught," a reporter wearing a THR badge asked. "What do you think is better than going to film school?"

Who wouldn't want to go to a regular film school if conditions permit? Most self-taught directors are basically forced to do so.

But this kind of words are not suitable for reporters. Murphy thought for a while and said, "Self-study means to be able to understand everything about filmmaking in the most primitive way. I am very interested in every aspect of filmmaking, because in the In my own films, I always like to do a lot of things, from simultaneous recording to over-recording in the studio, to editing and scoring, which has played a big role in my overall control of the whole film. All of these mean Everything I do is driven by passion and curiosity."

He emphasized, "Know that interest is the best teacher."

The order of the interview was very good. After Murphy finished answering, another reporter asked his own question, "In your early works, you have done scripts, photography, editing, and scene design, but you have never been an actor. How do you communicate with actors?

"I will try my best to meet their requirements." Murphy will never ignore the importance of actors to the film, and he will not, as some people think, just bring in any actor to fit the role. "Sometimes these requirements may not be What they really need, or even the complete opposite, but I try to help each actor. I put them in a comfortable environment to help them bring out the best in themselves, you should have heard a lot Directors deliberately make it difficult for actors, but I will never, I will let them believe that this role is tailor-made for them."

The reporter of "Premiere" magazine handed the microphone in front of him and asked, "After shooting so many films,

Then there was A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, which was a much bigger job, but you never did reshoots, how was that avoided? "

"Yeah, I never make up shots, everything can be done in editing."

First, he approved the reporter's statement, and then Murphy said, "I will stay with my editor for a whole day, thinking about the shot material, doing basic editing, deleting some unnecessary scenes, and removing excessive Lens language. When I write the script, I will write more, so there will be a lot of room to delete some unnecessary scenes or dialogues in the final editing. The strange thing is that sometimes the same thing is said three times, and the audience may not be sure. They will understand, but they will understand once they say it. Therefore, for me, the most important thing in shooting and editing is to be concise and clear, to guide the audience straight into the right direction.”

Whatever the problem, Murphy took it easy.

Later, a reporter from the official magazine of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asked a question, "In the film industry, what issues are you most concerned about now?"

Murphy glanced at the reporter and suddenly remembered that the academy was launching a vigorous campaign against piracy, and had sued many companies and websites to court.

This is undoubtedly a hot topic, especially for the academy.

"Copyright theft is a very serious problem and I'm very relieved that the Academy is taking the lead when film studios are still doing nothing about it. I think both directors and studios should be aware of the importance of copyright protection."

No matter what position you stand in, you will consider issues from the corresponding standpoint. Murphy said righteously, "You can find a few friends to make a movie without spending any money. But when someone pays you, when you can make a film When film is your livelihood, you have to hire some talented people to help you complete the work, and the cost is often huge. The only way to ensure that you get the money is to distribute the money well. Those who steal other people's copyrights must There's a lot of law out there about getting sued, going to jail, and paying someone else's damages, so the question now is to enforce it effectively, and judges and juries should understand what copyright theft means."

This is a fan meeting, and it is impossible to give all the time to the media reporters. Under the reminder of Grace, Murphy ended the well-ordered joint interview in a timely manner, and turned to his supporters. , make the most direct contact with them.

In fact, there is nothing special. Most of the time, Murphy is repeating two things, taking pictures with fans and signing autographs for them.

Compared with the media reporters who throw some difficult questions from time to time, it is easier for Murphy to deal with these people. Those who can enter this banquet hall are undoubtedly hardcore fans who have been carefully selected. In a relatively peaceful atmosphere, it is impossible for them to do too fanatical things.

After signing the autograph and taking photos together, Murphy's biggest feeling is that his hands are tired and his face is stiff from smiling...

Breaking free from the siege of fans, he was about to find a place to rest for a while, when a blonde girl suddenly appeared in front of him.

This is a blond girl in her early twenties. Although she is not as attractive as Gal Gadot, she has bright eyes and white teeth. She is quite delicate and beautiful, and she will definitely not be older than twenty-five years old.

"Hi, Murphy." She took the initiative to say hello, the enthusiasm on her face was almost to the point of frenzy, "I'm so glad to meet you!"

"Hello."

Murphy saw the blond girl eager to try, as if she was about to rush over with her arms outstretched, and stretched out her right hand first, "It's my honor."

As if she didn't expect Murphy to be so friendly, the blond girl froze for a moment, then scratched her face, hurriedly stretched out her hand, and squeezed Murphy's right hand, probably because she was too excited, her hand was a little trembling , I didn't know what to say for a while.

Murphy was very friendly and patient with his supporters, and asked, "May I know your name?"

"I...I..." The blond girl hesitated several times, and after taking two deep breaths, she finally calmed down and said, "I'm Daisy Cruise, your IMDB forum discussion group..."

Hearing this, Murphy immediately remembered the super hardcore supporter organization that Grace had mentioned to him, and couldn't help but preemptively said, "You are the leader of the IMDB discussion group, right?"

"You know me?" Daisy looked surprised, "Murphy, do you know me?"

"Of course!" Murphy nodded solemnly, "I know you are my staunchest supporters."

"Wow...Wow..." The girl's face was full of disbelief, and she stood opposite her in excitement and spun around repeatedly, "God! Jesus! Allah! Murphy knows me, Murphy really knows I."

"Hey!" Seeing how excited she was, Murphy couldn't help reminding, "Calm down! Calm down!"

"Yes! Calm down!" Daisy took another deep breath and calmed down a little, "I need to calm down so that I can have a good talk with you."

This is the leader of an important supporter organization of his own. Of course, Murphy would not ignore it. He beckoned for a photographer and took a group photo for the two of them. He also chatted with her about the IMDB discussion group.

In just a few minutes of conversation, Murphy also noticed that no matter how you look at it, this blond girl named Daisy can be called a fan of his brains. When talking about his movies and gossip, he was very eloquent. I don't even know when the tabloids hyped it up.

Murphy chatted with her for about five minutes, and was about to end the conversation. After all, he was one of the protagonists tonight, and it was impossible to spend all his time on Daisy alone.

"I have mailed you a lot of letters." Daisy said suddenly, "but there is no reply. I have been wanting to discuss some movie issues with you..."

Responding to fans' letters has always been done by CAA's special personnel. Hearing what she said, people who knew CAA might have ignored her, and said comfortingly, "If there is any problem, we can discuss it now."