Chapter 1806 1806 Highly anticipated
Hugo continued to move forward and whispered to Curtis for a while about the press conference and today's shooting plan. The two producers will definitely be extremely busy on the first day of today's start-up. Russell and Heath followed Hugo closely. Even if they couldn't get in a word, they still couldn't suppress their inner throbbing.
Russell and Heath's loss of composure was indeed normal in the eyes of the crew, because they all knew how rare the cast of the "Los Angeles City Secret" crew was. It is rumored in the circle that Russell played the role of Bard, the entire Hollywood was involved in the competition for the 17 alternates, of which twelve were from three major brokerage companies. The fierce competition can be described as tragic.
The actors' union of the small role of Matt played by Heath received fifty-seven application forms, not to mention the grand occasion of the three major brokerage companies fighting for the competition for the heroine Lynn. There are even rumors that in order to enable his artist Demi Moore to get the role of Lynn, Martin Baum, senior partner of the Innovation Artist Brokerage Company, in order to allow his artist Demi Moore to get the role of Lynn, on the night of the Hugo Malibu Villa Party, he fought with Martin Baum, senior partner of the Innovation Artist Brokerage Company.
Of course, the rumors are just rumors, no one can confirm them. Only Barry Mayer can know how grand the casting of "Los Angeles Secret" is. As many as 63 Hollywood agencies have participated and jointly won more than 70 characters with lines in the crew, of which 600 actors were actually exposed to the role audition. Even if the four core characters are not deducted, each character is nearly nine actors fighting for it on average.
On the surface, Russell and Heath's finalists, including Charlize's victory, were very smooth, but in fact the struggle behind it was a big show.
Almost everyone in the Hollywood industry knows one thing. Since the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1992, every work that Hugo Lancaster has appeared in has either box office or awards, business and reputation, or create miracles or writes glory.
As an actor, being able to perform with Hugo is not only an opportunity that many new actors dream of, but also a collaboration that many senior actors are happy to see. From "before sunrise" to "Seven Deadly Sins", to "Death-infernal Walk", all the actors who performed with Hugo have burst out huge energy and made breakthroughs repeatedly. Even Morgan Freeman lamented that the experience of acting with Hugo is one of the most unforgettable experiences in his acting career, "Maybe it is not an exaggeration to remove 'one'."
More importantly, this time Hugo will also appear as the producer of "Los Angeles City Secret". For agents and actors, this is almost a guarantee of excellent works, almost a guarantee of success. Who knows whether this is the next "Independence Day" or the next "pulp novel", but it is certain that no one is willing to miss the next "before sunrise".
Therefore, the casting process is so tragic. It was almost one of the most exciting events after the film industry re-entered its glory in the 1980s, reminding people of the crazy scene when "Star Wars 3" public casting was empty.
Of course, Russell and Heath's excitement and even their disobedience were understandable, and no one would blame them.
"We have too many outdoor locations, more than sixty places. If we don't want to delay the progress, we must ensure that the shooting ends at two to three outdoor locations every day... Wait, David said when is the expected release date of the movie?" Hugo stopped and looked at Curtis with some annoyance.
Yesterday, Hugo has been in a state of anxiety since he got the shooting schedule. This is not a good thing for adjusting the shooting status. Fortunately, Hugo has been through many battles now and should be no problem. But when discussing it with Curtis, he still inevitably starts to get irritated again.
"September," Curtis also frowned in embarrassment, "but the exact day has not been settled yet..." Curtis wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Crazy, a group of lunatics." Hugo frowned slightly, which means that the shooting and post-production time for "Los Angeles City Secret" was only less than four months. The speed was really too fast. "Are you planning to post-production together or edit every day?" Hugo looked at Curtis and asked.
"The post-production is carried out every night." Curtisley replied, "I plan to shoot according to the timeline, and then save the secret of the ending. Only the actors will publish the script for the day every day, and make the emotions brew as much as possible according to the film progress." At present, only four protagonists have obtained the full version of the script.
Hugo nodded. Although he knew nothing about post-production of the movie, he knew clearly that they didn't waste much time during the filming stage. "So, we split about 500,000 US dollars from the budget and divided the props into three groups. While we were shooting here, the other two groups first went to other locations to arrange the scenes. Then after the shooting, we quickly moved and we could directly invest in the shooting there." This is also the benefit of Hugo's gaining more budgets, and obviously there is more room for activity.
"However, this requires very strictness to the actors. They must get into the state immediately and there is no time to waste it for the actors." Curtis also wanted this, but it was definitely not an easy task.
Hugo let out a long sigh, but smiled at Curtis, "Luckily, our cast is trustworthy." Then he glanced at Curtis meaningfully.
Curtis soon understood that among the four protagonists, except for the new Hollywood face Russell, the other three people's performance skills have been recognized. Even Russell, his previous performances have received many reviews. In terms of the most important heroine, Charlize's three works in the past year, "Before Sunrise", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Devil Spokesperson" have proved their strength, especially the "Devil Spokesperson" who just finished filming. The crew praised Charlize. At this time, it can be seen that the advantage is that if he chose King Basinger, although there may not be any problems, it is certain that things will not be so optimistic.
"Curtis, what is this?" Hugo's voice planned Curtis's thinking. He raised his head and saw Hugo standing next to the trailer. Hugo's face showed a puzzled expression because there was a huge "Hugo-Lancaster" on the trailer, and it was very difficult not to pay attention.
This is a huge trailer with a well-equipped RV behind it, where you can sleep, bathe, cook and so on.
Curtis smiled, "Your mobile lounge, the gift from Barry." Although he wanted to understate it, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice.
After entering the 21st century, especially after the rapid development of the Internet, RVs have become a must-have for top superstars in the crew. Most crews even prepare a mobile phone for all actors in the crew as mobile lounges, dressing rooms, and locker rooms. Only a few top superstars can own their own RVs. On the one hand, it is in the consideration of mobile, which makes it convenient for the crew to move at any time without having to temporarily clean up the scene; on the other hand, it is also in the consideration of **. The disturbance of onlookers to the actors has quickly risen with the emergence of blogs, and RVs can avoid these attentions to the greatest extent.
But in 1997, let alone actors, not many people use RVs in the entire crew. Hugo once used the "Pulp Novel" crew because the entire crew had to travel around Los Angeles for a long time. Of course, this is also related to the current crew shooting mode, and the era of commercial blockbusters has just begun. Today, Hugo has made history unintentionally and became the first actress in Hollywood to have a private RV lounge from the CEO of Warner Bros.
Although there were enough surprises today, Hugo still looked at the RV in front of him in a daze. Of course, Hugo did not lack money to buy his own private lounge, but was due to this unique treatment for the crew. The special treatment was indeed fascinating.
"Wow, does this mean I can sleep in the RV and then deliberately act like a big shot and come late to shoot?" Hugo said excitedly. Curtis, Heath, Russell and other staff members standing next to me were all black. Even if there was no RV, no one could stop Hugo's attempt to act like a big shot.
Unfortunately, before Hugo looked at the gift seriously, he started to get busy again because the reporters who came to attend the press conference had already blocked the scene. A total of 73 media outlets and more than 200 reporters arrived at the scene, making the open-air press conference look bloated. There was no border restriction, but it still made people feel that the street was almost broken.
Curtis and David comforted the restless media one after another, but to no avail. As a result, Hugo could only take action as a producer.
When he saw Hugo appearing next to the open-air temporary stands at the press conference, the reporters immediately started to cheer. Hugo understood in an instant. In fact, everyone knows that there is still half an hour before the press conference. The Uncrowned Kings deliberately made a fuss. If Hugo is an actor, he can continue to avoid it, but he is a producer, so he needs to come out to maintain order. This is also the uncrowned Kings' revenge on Hugo's small tricks.
Looking at Barry Meyer standing on the scene "helping evil" and Hugo could only laugh helplessly, then walked onto the stage, took the microphone and said, "Why didn't I know that Halloween is coming early to summer?" All the reporters on the scene burst into laughter and looked proud, "Since everyone is looking forward to our crew so much, then I can also look forward to your front page headline tomorrow, right?" Hugo almost squeezed out of his teeth on the front page headline.
Chapter completed!