Made in Hollywood

"I've seen a few of your films."

After pondering for a while, Duke said, "Mary, there is still room for improvement in your acting skills and potential to be tapped. You should not only position yourself as a vase."

Nicole Kidman would only be disdainful if this was said by ordinary people, but it was a director who had already proven his ability. She recognized Duke's words from the bottom of her heart, and there was no An actress is willing to make only one vase, not to mention that she still has many dreams and ambitions to realize.

"I've heard it mentioned." Duke raised the other party's expectations without a trace, "You have excellent singing and dancing skills, right?"

"Yes!" The corners of Nicole Kidman's mouth twitched upwards. She could hear that the young director on the opposite side still admired her.

Seeing the brighter and brighter smile blooming on Nicole Kidman's glamorous face, Duke suddenly changed the subject, "Frankly speaking, Mary, you are very good, but I don't think you are suitable for "" Chicago"."

The smile instantly froze into ice and solidified on the glamorous face. Nicole Kidman looked at Duke and was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Tell me, Duke, what do you want?"

"No, Mary, you misunderstood." Duke waved his hand quickly and explained, "I don't mean anything else, I just don't think you are suitable to appear in the same movie as Cruise."

"what?"

Now Nicole Kidman is like a thousand-changing girl, and the ice immediately turns into doubt.

"Have you not noticed, Mary?" Duke gradually took the initiative to speak, "Except for "Thunderbolt", which you and Tom have not yet formally established a relationship with, none of the films you two collaborated on have really achieved commercial success. success."

After recalling a little, Nicole Kidman nodded, "That's true."

Duke picked up the cup. After taking a sip of water, "Hollywood may not have counted it yet. In fact, it's not just you. When all couple actors or couple actors who have officially established a relationship appear in the same movie together, most of the movies end in failure."

Nicole Kidman was still thinking, Duke continued. "You know, I have always attached great importance to the market. I have researched by Vito. Most audiences don't like to see actors who are closely related in reality have too many intersections in the same film. They think that it is easy to make plays. , it will only remind people of the relationship between actors in reality, and there is no sense of substitution at all."

"So. I'm out before my second audition?" Nicole Kidman raised her eyebrows. "Is that so, Duke?"

"I don't want to deceive you, Mary," Duke admitted directly. "You're not going to pass the second audition."

What I just said is one of the reasons. It won't take too long for the whole Hollywood to form a consensus that couples and actors are taboos in commercial films.

On the other hand, the reason is. The former Nicole Kidman and the current Nicole Kidman are not popular with North American audiences. This is a crux of the cause that cannot be found at all. In the previous life, except for the years when Tom Cruise just divorced, because of the common sympathy of North American audiences. Nicole? Kidman has a few films that are really successful, and the other times are all box office poisons that can no longer be poisoned.

Some people may think that she has a problem with film selection, and there are indeed reasons for this, but don't forget that her agent has always been the famous Pat Kingsley. This female agent is recognized as having a unique vision. In the case of her support, Nicole Kidman also made a movie worse than a movie, it is not just a matter of vision.

Throughout the history of Hollywood, Nicole Kidman can be said to be the top actress with the most disproportionate remuneration and box office. Later, she had to go to some films to play the villain, and she frequently mentioned Tom Cruise in interviews. To maintain exposure and photogenicity.

"Is there no other way?" Nicole Kidman's eyes flashed unwillingly.

Duke shook his head slowly and said, "Sorry, it's Tom Cruise. And you, Mary..."

"I'm just Mrs Cruise?" Nicole Kidman interrupted Duke, her tone full of self-deprecation, "Just an accessory that relies on Tom Cruise to get a foothold in Hollywood?"

"I didn't mean it that way."

Seeing that she had completely misunderstood her words, Duke had to say, "I mean, you don't have to be in the same movie as Tom or anything like that, it's just going to work against you."

Nicole Kidman showed a thoughtful look, and finally nodded slowly.

Ten minutes later, Pat Kingsley and Nancy Josephson returned to the dining room, shook hands with Duke and the two, and said a few words to Pat Kingsley. Nicole Kidman took the lead. Say goodbye and leave.

She walked out of the restaurant and drove to Beverly Hills in a red sports car. The conversation with Duke had been circling in her mind. In addition, in recent years, the conflict with Tom Cruise had been escalating. There are a lot of dissatisfaction, and now the business is not going well, but these dissatisfaction is aroused.

Back at the mansion in Beverly Hills, Nicole Kidman parked the car and walked quickly into the villa. Her already morbidly white face was like snow and ice in Antarctica. feel cold.

Then, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's discussions about Scientology, Australian hotels, and Mel Gibson rang out in the mansion, and it also involved the messy topics of cheating, and the voice was getting louder and louder Gao, getting sharper and sharper, eventually turned into a heated quarrel.

"What did you talk to Nicole Kidman?"

In the car heading for Malibu, Nancy Joseph asked Duke curiously, "She looked very bad when she left."

"I just persuaded her to drop the audition."

Seeing Nancy's disbelief, Duke shrugged, turned the steering wheel, and turned the car onto Esplanade, "When did you buy a property in Malibu?"

"I think I should live closer to my most important client," Nancy said half-jokingly, "to increase our bond."

"Don't worry, under normal circumstances, I will not change agents."

From signing the brokerage contract to now, Duke is still very satisfied with Nancy Josephson in general, "Without your words. Who would rush up to shield me from the open and dark arrows shot by CAA."

Nancy smiled and pointed at Duke with her finger, and suddenly asked, "Tom Cruise starred in your movie, didn't Martin Bob stop him?"

"As far as I know, Pat Kingsley seems to be closer to Eno Martin."

The car was out of downtown Malibu, and Duke speeded up slightly. Continuing the topic just now, "They are united and should have strength against Martin Bob."

"Cruise's main agent is Kingsley, Hanks' main agent is Eno Martin, and Spielberg didn't choose Martin Bob after Ovitz quit the entertainment business." Nan Xi talked about some of the competitors. "The biggest star and director of CAA. They all keep a certain distance from Martin Bob, and his life is not easy."

Looking back at the car behind him, Nancy added, "Martin Bob's most important client right now is Mel Gibson, and Gibson was suppressed by you very badly. Smith."

"Will Smith?"

Hearing Duke's questioning, Nancy explained, "Will Smith continued his 'Independence Day' acting style and just collaborated with Michael Bay, dubbed 'Duke Second'. 'Jedi Boys'. Although it can't compare to 'Independence Day' at the box office, it is relatively successful. Although Smith's acting is terrible, it has been recognized by the industry in terms of black comedy."

Duke thought for a moment and asked, "Aren't you and ICM going to dig him?"

"You guessed it." Nancy adjusted her seat belt. Said, "Now Will Smith is a hot commodity, and when CAA's strength is relatively weak, not only me and ICM, William Morris also joined this competition."

She turned her head and looked at Duke, "Do you have a project in hand for him? If I can cooperate with you, I believe he will join ICM."

As if afraid that Duke would not care, Nancy emphasized, "This is a good opportunity to hit CAA and Martin Bob."

Duke frowned, and shook his head as he had no heavyweight film on his schedule for 2003 that would fit Will Smith's role.

"Really not?" Nancy still didn't give up.

"You've read the script outline and character settings I filed." Duke said helplessly, "If Smith doesn't mind playing a half-orc or a strong orc, I can find a suitable role for him."

He didn't intend to go the comedy line at all, and the later films also needed better acting skills. If Will Smith's hip-hop style was cast, it would be a total disaster.

The car stopped in front of a villa in the coastal villa area, Nancy unbuckled her seat belt, and before getting out of the car, she said, "Duke, the second audition is about to happen, please give priority to ICM actors, okay? "

"If the standard is not too different, I will definitely use ICM actors first." Duke understood another meaning in Nancy's words, "I know you value Naomi Watts, and I owe her to her. A favor, I heard that she has been working very hard, so I will not be disappointed."

"I can rest assured that."

Nancy got out of the car, and Tina Fey behind her parked her car, walked over and got into the co-pilot, and the black Bentley drove towards the luxury villa area not far away.

Today, Tina Fey has completely become Duke's personal assistant, because Duke often has to write scripts and other aspects of work at night, and most of his workdays live in the seaside manor Duke named 'The Duke' , In the eye-shaped villa, there is also a suite with an office.

The focus of Duke's work now is the upcoming auditions for the two leading actresses. (To be continued ~^~)

PS:  Unconsciously, there are 200 chapters. I have almost no spare time. Except for work, I spend all my time coding. I feel that the time is really fast~~~ The college entrance examination starts today, I wish you all the best for the exam Students get full marks in every subject, come on! ! Three shifts today~~Old time~~~Ask for a ticket~