Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 189 Depp Asks to Join

As Lin Yuan spoke, he took out the prepared agreement and handed it to the two of them.

Director Cohen closed the agreement after only turning two pages.

He completely trusted Lin Yuan, so he was not worried about being cheated at all.

What he was worried about was whether he was qualified to direct this film.
The investment in this film is as high as 1.5 million US dollars. If he can direct this film, it will be a milestone in his directorial career.

Not to mention Lin Yuan's 100% winning rate in the past two years. Every movie he starred in was a huge success.

Not only were they successful at the box office, they also received excellent reviews, and they were all masterpieces that brought both fame and fortune.

Therefore, Director Coen dares to conclude that this "Lord of the Rings" will be no exception. The suspense only lies in how much profit it will make.

"Lin Yuan, I appreciate your kindness. I believe your film will be a success.

But as a director, I'm worried that I'm holding you back, and diminishing the higher achievements you could have achieved." Director Cohen expressed his concerns.

"Director, I didn't choose you just because of our personal relationship. What I value most is your professional ability," Lin Yuan replied.

"Your greatest strength is visual expression, which is exactly what my film needs most.

You filmed the racing scenes in "The Fast and the Furious" and the spy scenes in "xXx." Aren't these valuable experiences perfect for this movie?"

After hearing Lin Yuan's sincere reply, Director Cohen finally put his worries aside. He nodded and said, "Then I will do my best to do my job well."

After securing the director Cohen's approval, Lin Yuan turned his attention to Vin Diesel.

To be honest, this agreement is a bit delicate for Vin Diesel.

Because in the recently released "xXx", he has been promoted to the leading actor.

Now looking back, going to Lin Yuan's "The King of Spy War" to play a supporting role who doesn't know what the male number is, in theory, an act of lowering one's status.

But the status of a celebrity is not so simple to calculate.

Whether you play a supporting role depends on the type of production you are in and who you are playing the supporting role for.

There is no comparison between the leading actor in a low-budget movie with a few million dollars and the supporting actor with a significant role in a top-tier blockbuster with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars.

It is definitely better to play a supporting role for Lin Yuan, who is invincible and every movie he makes is a hit, than to play the leading role in a bad movie that makes a loss.

But these are not important to Vin Diesel. He and Lin Yuan don't need to consider these things at all in their relationship.

Therefore, without even reading the agreement, Vin Diesel said directly: "I'll leave the time to you, but I have a request."

"You said."

"Find someone to help me with special action training. I want to do all the action scenes in this movie by myself."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan knew that the shock of O'Connor's accident had not yet passed on him.

So Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I will arrange for Meng Tao to give you special tutoring."

At this time, Director Cohen, who was looking through the script included in the agreement, said, "There are four main characters in the group. Three have been confirmed. Who's left for the last one?"

In "The King of Spy", Lin Yuan, as a private intelligence dealer, naturally has an elite team that works in perfect harmony with him.

The script is completely "borrowed" from the character design of "Mission Impossible 4":

Lin Yuan is the core of the film, responsible for being handsome and performing various high-energy and exciting action scenes.

Vin Diesel plays his assistant, who is also the second strongest force in the team, and also has many exciting action scenes.

The role played by Liu Yufei is the only female character in the team. She is mainly responsible for beauty and of course there is also a wonderful fighting scene.

The final character is the technician in the team, responsible for using high technology to overcome various technical difficulties. This role is also responsible for the funny gags and livening up the atmosphere of the film.

"There is no candidate yet. It's so troublesome. I can't find a suitable one." Lin Yuan was a little distressed.

This role is indeed difficult to choose, the difficulty lies mainly in:

Different from "Mission Impossible 4", the protagonists' characters have changed from business agents to private intelligence dealers.

It is no longer appropriate for any character to appear as a serious elite.

The temple should look like a temple, and the world should look like a world.

Lin Yuan and Liu Yufei are both Asian, and with the addition of Vin Diesel, who is of black and white descent, they really do have the feel of civilian intelligence dealers.

But the last team member must be played by a white actor, which is also a balancing act to take the audience's emotions into consideration.

That requires a white actor who is good at making people laugh, doesn't look too serious, and has a non-mainstream appearance.

Who to look for?
"crunch~"

At this moment, the wooden door of the coffee shop was pushed open again.

Johnny Depp, wearing thick black eyeliner, walked in. He went straight to Lin Yuan and said with a smile, "Mr. Eisen said you have a role that's right for me?"

"No, it's not suitable for you." Lin Yuan didn't want to owe anyone a favor, so he refused directly.

It would be fine if Vin Diesel came to play a supporting role in his movie, but with Johnny Depp also coming, Lin Yuan didn't know how to deal with it.

Although Depp is the second male lead in "Pirates of the Caribbean", his role is very important and he can be regarded as one of the two male protagonists.

"Lord of the Rings" is definitely a movie with only one male lead. Depp playing a supporting role in this movie is definitely a benefit for Lin Yuan, but it is definitely a loss for Depp.

Lin Yuan didn't want to owe him a favor.

"Don't lie to me! I've read the script from Mr. Eisen! The role of the technical expert is obviously suitable for me." Depp said loudly.

"Will your agent agree to let me play this supporting role?" Lin Yuan replied.

"If he dares to disagree, I will fire him. Lin Yuan, I tell you frankly, I'm going to play this role." Depp's attitude was very firm.

"Reason! I want to know why you insist on playing this role?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Haha, it's definitely not to repay you for saving my life," Depp replied.

Lin Yuan didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly and watched Depp continue.

"I've read the script, it's insane! You're planning on filming stunts like lifting a plane door with your bare hands! And climbing the Burj Khalifa?"

"I bet this movie will go down in history, and many people will talk about it years from now. So what if I'm in a movie like this, even if I play a supporting role? Even if I were to be the lead in any other mediocre movie, I would never agree to it."

"So I'm asking you for a favor. For the sake of our past friendship, can you lend me a hand?"

Depp smiled in a cheesy way.

In his expectant eyes, Lin Yuan finally nodded.

"I love you so much!"

Depp rushed over and wanted to hug Lin Yuan.

He pushed her away in disgust.

All the important roles are in place, and after other preparations are completed, filming can officially begin.

(End of this chapter)