Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 430: Invitation from Legend

Lin Yuan was standing on the stage. The performance was over, but he still didn't leave immediately.

Instead, he asked, "You saw me use this custom-made Tang sword to cut through plate armor. Do you want to know if a regular sword can also cut through it? How much faster can it be if the sword becomes lighter?"

Obviously, everyone is interested.

But Lin Yuan did not give a direct answer.

He smiled and said, "The second-best swordsmanship tournament I'm organizing will open in May this year, and the movie 'The Heroic Song of Tang Dynasty' starring me will be released in August. You will find the answer yourself then."

"thank you all!"

After saying that, Lin Yuan bowed and officially left the stage.

"How abhorrent! They killed him without even burying him. My curiosity was piqued, but he didn't answer!"

"F*CK! It's not that you can't advertise, but you'll get beaten for the way you punctuate it!"

"I will boycott your kendo tournament!"

“Why not boycott the movie?”

"Because I can't attend the kendo tournament, but I really want to see the movie."

The guests present applauded Lin Yuan while making fun of him.

Jim Carrey returned to the center of the stage with a smile and said helplessly, "Like you all, I really want to beat up Lin Yuan. But thinking about that knife he just used, I decided to be a little kinder."

"Hahahaha." Laughter came from the guests in the audience.

Obviously, everyone agrees with Jim Carrey's point of view.

Jim Carrey continued, "We've seen some wonderful performances, and now we're going to present the last two major awards."

Hearing the host's words, everyone couldn't help but cheer up.

Best Picture and Best Director are indeed the two most important awards.

"Then we would like to invite Hollywood's eternal handsome man, Mr. Tom Cruise, to present us the Best Director Award," said Jim Carrey.

Following the host's voice, Tom Cruise, dressed in a handsome suit, came to the center of the stage.

Lin Yuan looked at Tom Cruise, who was already 45 years old but still handsome, and wondered what he felt when he saw his ex-wife flirting with him just now.

Most likely it doesn't matter.

After all, this is Hollywood, and chaotic relationships between men and women are the main theme.

Since we're divorced, you probably won't care about your ex-wife's behavior anymore...right?

Tom Cruise stood in front of the microphone and turned it up a little.

After all, Jim Carrey is 1 meters tall, and his official height is 88 meters. In reality...

"I'm very happy that the Oscar organizing committee has entrusted me with such an important award. Now please look at the big screen. The nominees for Best Director are..." Tom Cruise spoke straight to the point without any hesitation, and took the opportunity to give himself a raise.

On the big screen, the list of nominees for Best Director was displayed:

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation

Clint Eastwood, Mystic River

Fernando Meirelles, "Lawless"

Rob Cohen, "The King's Avatar"

Lin Yuan turned his head and found that Director Cohen was quite nervous and had an excitement that was difficult to suppress.

Even though the chances of winning were obviously very low, he still held onto hope. What if he actually won?

For an old director like him who is already in his 50s, the desire for the Best Director Award is growing stronger and stronger.

Winning such an award is a perfect conclusion to his career.

But Lin Yuan knew that the probability of Director Cohen winning the award this time was almost zero.

"The King of Spy Wars" is a movie that focuses on action scenes. The success of this movie is mostly attributed to Lin Yuan, not the director.

Therefore, it is difficult for Director Coen to win the Best Director Award with this movie.

Seeing Director Cohen's eager look, Lin Yuan felt that he should find a few good scripts for him so that he could compete for the Best Director award.

At this time, Tom Cruise on the stage had finished his speech and began to announce the list of winners:
"The winner of the 76th Academy Award for Best Director is..."

"Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood!"

Hearing this result, Lin Yuan felt that it was beyond his expectations again.

Director Cohen did not win the award, which was within his expectations.

But he thinks it's more likely that "Mystic River" will win the Best Picture and "The Lord of the Rings: Rise of Skywalker" will win the Best Director.

After all, "The Lord of the Rings" has been filmed into three parts, and director Peter Jackson has made great contributions.

Giving a Best Picture award, although he also has a share of the honor, it belongs more to everyone.

As for the Best Director award, although everyone also shared the honor, it belonged more to him.

For outsiders, it doesn’t matter which award is won, after all, they are all big awards.

But for individuals, the difference is huge.

Regardless, director Peter Jackson still didn't win the coveted award.

Clint Eastwood, the director of "Mystic River", walked onto the stage. The old man is 74 years old this year, but he still looks quite strong.

Clint Eastwood can be said to be a legend in Hollywood. He filmed the "Red Dead Redemption" trilogy in his early years, and later became a director after his excellent acting career.

In 1993, he won the Best Director Award at the 65th Academy Awards for his western film "Unforgiven".

This is his second time winning the Best Director Award.

In fact, Lin Yuan knew that even without the disturbance of his butterfly wings, the old man would win the Best Director Award at the 77th Academy Awards next year for "Million Dollar Baby".

This old man is really strong as he gets older. He was still directing movies in 2023 when he was 93 years old.

Today, he won his second Oscar for Best Director early in his life. Maybe he can complete the triple crown next year?
In this way, he truly became the most legendary director in Hollywood.

Clint Eastwood walked to the front of the stage and said with a smile, "Thank you to the Oscars for giving me this honor. I won't say anything else. Lin Yuan said that people don't like to hear it."

"Hahahaha~" There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

“Say something, we love to hear it!” the crew of Mystic River shouted.

"Hahaha~" Everyone burst into laughter again.

It can be seen that the crew members of "Mystic River" get along quite harmoniously.

Clint Eastwood smiled and nodded, then continued, "I'm not a greedy person. After receiving this award tonight, I should have lived a life without regrets. But suddenly, greed surged in me, and I wanted more."

Everyone listened to the old man quietly. His greed was definitely not for the award.

Clint Eastwood said, "I saw the best action actor ever, possibly the greatest action actor ever. As a director who started out making action films, how can I say I have no regrets about not having been able to work with him?"

"Mr. Lin Yuan, may I have the honor of working with you once?"

(End of this chapter)