Objectively speaking, the two roles Jack and Ed in "Los Angeles City Secret" are not the kind of type that can force actors to the extreme, so Hugo finally chose a role he is interested in, such a hypocritical role. He has never challenged Hugo's career as an actor. How to make the audience hate Ed at first sight, or even dislike and reject Ed at first sight, is definitely a difficult challenge. He thinks this will be a very interesting thing.

"Ed?" Curtis cast a gaze in surprise. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head, "This is an extremely...unparalleled difficult thing."

Although Hugo has played many bad guys such as "Schindler's List", "Seven Deadly Sins", "Death Prison Walk", etc., in fact, the audience's image of Hugo is still positive, not only because of the positive images in works such as "Independence Day" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death" but more because of the positive impression Hugo shows when facing media reporters. Therefore, when people see Hugo, the first impression that comes to mind is more positive words such as "sunshine, bright, gentlemanly, gentle".

This is also the reason why Hugo's image becomes more and more cold after it is reversed in the "Seven Deadly Sins".

However, Ed in "Los Angeles Secret" is different. He has been disgusting since his first appearance. It is not easy to break the fixed impression.

Kevin chuckled, "This is Hugo's purpose, isn't it?" He and Hugo are actually the same type of people and have a strong interest in acting. However, he is still slightly inferior to Hugo. He does not have enough wise vision for the selection of commercial movie scripts, so he never dares to try it. If he has the opportunity in the future, he also wants to star in a commercial movie, which may be a very interesting thing.

"What about you?" Hugo looked at Kevin with a smile, "I said, let you choose first."

"I want to play the role of Jack." Before Kevin finished speaking, Curtis happily patted his hands, and the crisp sound echoed, "I just hope Kevin will play Jack!" This made everyone look at the excited Curtis. He couldn't help but explain, "Actually, before Kevin became famous, I had watched his stand-up comedy..."

Everyone looked at Kevin again. Kevin suddenly realized and explained, "That bar on the poor street?" Curtis nodded in agreement. Kevin said to Hugo, "A means of making a living when he was not famous is like you were performing on the street."

Curtis nodded vigorously, "I really wanted to work with Kevin at that time. Before this work, Kevin had never played a role like Jack. He was calm, gentle, wise, and cunning, but at the same time he hid an incredible emotion and knew how to grasp the limit, but he got himself into a vortex because of the residual justice."

Kevin laughed, "If I said, I wanted to play Jack, it was because he unexpectedly died two-thirds of the movie, would you believe it?"

After saying that, Kevin and Hugo looked at each other and then burst into laughter. Curtis, who was sitting next to him, had a black line, but things went smoothly, which made Curtis breathe a sigh of relief.

Previously, when choosing the cast lineup of movies, Curtis heard that Hugo had given a list of actors, which made him very worried, fearing that a bad actor selection would ruin the entire movie. As a result, he saw the name "Kevin Spacey" the first one, and the second one, "Kevin Bacon", which really made Curtis overjoyed; now, although Becon regretted missing out on the schedule, Spacey played Jack according to his idea, and Hugo played Ed was obviously a wise choice... Curtis's mood suddenly became clear.

"Hugo, what about Bud? I looked at the list of actors and there was no suitable object on it." Curtis quickly got to the topic. The iron triangle had already formed the second one, so I looked at the third corner.

Imagine that the encounter between Hugo and Kevin are the winners of the Little Golden Man who are the best supporting actor and best actor in the past three years. They are both leading acting figures in the baby boomer generation. Just by drawing the scene in their minds, it makes people excited and even surpass the "Stealing Fire" of the two veteran actors, Lial Pacino and Robert De Niro, also far out of the showdown in the "Seven Deadly Sins".

When conceiving the role of Bard, Hugo proposed several candidates, including Alexander Lorraine, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp and others. The list was also approved by Barry Mayer, and the two of them were not actors under the Engaging Elite Agency.

"So, don't you like Depp?" Hugo raised his eyebrows. Johnny also appeared at the party tonight, but he only had time to nod and say hello to him. Curtis directly auditioned.

Curtis did not speak immediately, but considered his words, "First, he was not strong enough, far from enough; second, his temperament was too gloomy, he could win the mercy and care of the audience, but he could not burst out with that bloody and cruel force." He looked at Hugo's expression carefully, and made sure that Hugo was not too unhappy, and then said, "So, I don't think he is suitable."

Hugo also knew that this was a dilemma. The character of Bard seemed to be a "thug" on the surface, but in fact, hidden under his violent image, it was a broken soul. The innocence and beauty he represented were a very mixed emotion.

Since the strong rise of a large number of action actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Harrison Ford, for a long time, thick muscles have been almost the most important part of the interview, so it is very easy to find a muscle actor in Hollywood. However, such actors need to have the same childlike innocence and sufficient performance skills to make the audience empathize, which is even more difficult.

Even Mark Wahlberg did not meet the situation. Although his acting skills were commendable, his height was fatal. He was not even five feet and seven inches (one meter seven).

In fact, Hugo thought of Russell Crow the first time he thought of it, which was natural.

When Russell was young, he could be said to be a very unique landscape in Hollywood. His strong figure and rough temperament were fully demonstrated in the "Gladiator"; but at the same time, his delicate facial features had a very special childishness, the innocence and childishness made his temperament change. Sometimes men and sometimes boys, "beautiful soul (a.beautiful.com)" became another stage for him. More importantly, when he was only thirty years old, Russell's acting skills were already praised by countless people, and his natural performance style has won countless praises.

Russell can be said to be completely in line with the original work. More importantly, Russell gave Bard a sympathetic and heartbreaking beauty in "Los Angeles Secret", which changed the tone of the entire film.

However, Hugo did not write this name on the actor list because Russell is still a newcomer to Hollywood now. He is not sure whether it is too shocking to write it out like this. An actor he has never met before to work with? It seems very strange not only in Hollywood, but in any industry.

Originally, Hugo hoped that Alex or Johnny would be competent for the role of Bud, but obviously Curtis was not very satisfied. Hugo thought about it carefully and denied his own ideas. He thought about it and said, "I wonder if you have heard of an actor named Russell Crow?"

Hugo vaguely remembers that after Russell landed in Hollywood, he collaborated with Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie. At that time, Sharon, whose career was at its peak, chose Russell and Leonardo, the two newcomers to join forces. In order to force the producer to agree to this condition, Sharon did not hesitate to reduce his pay and postpone the film contract in order to cooperate with the schedule of the two newcomers. This incident caused a lot of controversy, and Leonardo also mentioned it to Hugo, but the movie ended up losing a crushing defeat.

Hugo was impressed with this incident, but he couldn't remember the name of the movie recently, and was not sure whether his memory was accurate. So, when it came up, Hugo was a little cautious.

"Russell Crow?" Even Kevin asked a rhetorical question with a clear understanding.

Then Curtis said, "Of course, 'rumper.stomer', an Australian movie, this young actor has amazed Hollywood."

Hugo is not very familiar with Australian movies, and he doesn't know the movie "Lawlessness". Naturally, he doesn't know how many people's attention this movie attracted in 1992.

This movie called "Lawlessness" has been made one of the most important films in the past twenty years by countless people. The film shows the influence of an ordinary individual into an evil and cruel Nazi under the influence of what environment a normal individual becomes an evil and cruel Nazi. It shows not only the problem of independent individuals, but also the contradictions and conflicts between the entire society and isolated groups. The blood and cruelty shown in the work are controversial.

At the same time, Russell, who is the starring "Lawless", also attracted Hollywood's attention with his superb acting skills and outstanding performance. This was why he won Sharon's favor and knocked on the door to Hollywood.

Although "lawlessness" has a limited influence for ordinary audiences, "Russell Crow" is still an absolute newcomer; but for veterans such as directors, actors, screenwriters, etc., it is the first time that Russell's unlimited potential has truly felt Russell's unlimited potential. At the same time, the achievements made by Russell and Nicole Kidman in Hollywood have truly opened the door for Australian actors to land in Hollywood.

So, "lawlessness" is indeed a very important work. Both Kevin and Curtis know it.
Chapter completed!