hollywood draw

In the early morning of Los Angeles in December, a thick layer of dew was hung on the grass and various plants in the garden, and the ground was a little damp.

Wayne had a towel around his neck, wearing a relatively loose home sportswear, and jogged out of the garden in the newborn sun.

Since Greenberg Manor is located on the top of the mountain, when the sun comes out, a thin layer of mist begins to appear in the sky.

He was breathing slightly. Wayne hadn't exercised well for a long time. His busy work took up all his time, but even so, he did not gain weight like most directors in the circle. Compared to when he just graduated, not only did his stomach not slowly rise, but he also became a little thinner.

"M, boss."

Zach Schneider, wearing a thick coat, stood by the small fountain in front of the main building, closed the car door with a "slam" and waved to greet Wayne who was jogging over.

"Good morning."

Wayne stopped with a smile, wiped his forehead with a towel around his neck, and slowly adjusted his breathing. The two walked towards the living room of the main building. "Zach, how long has it been since you shaved your damn beard?"

Zach Schneider shrugged, obviously not continuing to discuss his beard. From October to now, he felt that he was almost busy and had no time to care about his beard.

Perhaps in terms of figure, he and Wayne are really similar. Unlike directors in the circle who get fat when they are busy, they both have thin figures. The only difference is the hairy beard on Zach Schneider's face.

"Go to have breakfast first, let's talk after we finish." After coming to the living room without any stop, Wayne took the lead in walking towards the restaurant.

Taking off his thick coat and handing it to the butler Hera, Zach Schneider nodded, whispered "Thank you" and followed the man in front of him into the restaurant. He got up from the bed early in the morning, and now his stomach was protesting wildly.

In Los Angeles in December, people usually add a thick coat when they go out in the morning. When it comes to noon, they take off their coat and turn them into short-sleeved or long-sleeved T-shirts.

During the whole year in Los Angeles, it will be exactly this only month when women will not wear skirts when they go out. When the temperature rises at noon, they will only take off their coats and keep their vests warm.

And around Christmas, there will be a few days of relatively cold and dry weather in Los Angeles. It is only during those days around Christmas that people will selectively wear a down vest when going out for exercise in the morning and evening.

It is also one of the important reasons why this place can become a city of entertainment because it is full of sunlight all year round.

“Ben’s figure is very good.”

Sitting at the dining table, Zach Schneider swallowed the sandwich in his mouth and chatted casually about the preparations of the "Superman" crew. "He is now the fantasy object of the entire crew, all the female staff, and he is so strong that he can simply turn a bull on his face."

Wayne smiled and nodded, picked up the milk and took a big sip, leaned against the chair and shrugged, "Ha, this is the first good news I heard this morning."

"Zac, how strong is?"

Before the two of them could continue talking, Sergei walked in with his huge body. "Are you stronger than me?"

"no." Zach Schneider spread his hands helplessly, looked at the Russian bear who was trying out with a leaping smile, and said with a wry smile: "Even if you train, it is still within the scope of normal people. You are born and not comparable at all."

"Ha ha..."

His words caused a burst of laughter from Wayne, just as Zach Schneider said, although Ben Affleck is more than 1.9 meters tall, he is still within the scope of a normal person. No matter how strong he is, he will not feel like a Kodiak brown bear becomes a spirit.

On the other hand, Sergei is more than two meters tall, and because he keeps exercising all year round, he doesn't look like a normal person. Even if he is wearing a custom black suit, when facing this guy, he still gives people the illusion that he is being targeted by a beast.

"Boss, Fendi has picked it up. She took those little followers to find Nami upstairs."

He smiled and pulled a chair open. Sergey didn't continue to joke, and signaled the butler Hela to get some food for him.

Early in the morning, he drove straight to Ventura County, and just picked up Little Fendy from the farm. Wayne didn't have much time to stay in Los Angeles, and he would rush to London to continue shooting in two days, so despite some trouble, he still wanted to get together with his daughter.

He waved to Sergei and signaled that he knew. He picked up the napkin on the table, wiped it a few casually on his mouth, and his eyes turned to Zach Schneider again.

For a movie, the production cost of up to 200 million US dollars can make the entire creative team breathless. Not to mention now, even if the money is put into 20 years, it will still be the top-notch production in Hollywood.

However, the trend of Hollywood's investment in movies came to an abrupt end due to the economic crisis and money shortage. It was only after the economic crisis that Hollywood had launched a campaign to limit the salary of celebrities.

However, even if the investment scale of "Superman" is so large, it is destined to not occupy too much in the proportion of actors' salaries, and even more than 70% of the money will be used to produce movies. Special effects shots in various large scenes can be regarded as a big pit for money burning.

In fact, as long as the science fiction movie is involved, special effects rendering cannot be a small project. "Wonder Woman" is actually okay. Starting from the film "Superman", DC is destined to enter an era that focuses on special effects.

According to this era, Wayne estimated that in the production of Justice League, the computers used may be used in post-production work, and the rendering time will not be less than tens of millions of hours.

It looks scary, right? In fact, this is still limited to the special effects level of this era, so that we can produce relatively top-notch screen special effects.

Remember the movie "Alita Fighting Angel" that exploded in the summer of 19? This science fiction movie written by a truck driver used more than 30,000 computers in post-production, and the rendering took more than 400 million hours before presenting the top visual feast on the big screen.

Of course, limited to this era, Wayne could not be as luxurious as James Cameron. He invested nearly nine million pixels in one of Alita's eyes. After all, as the most expensive director in Hollywood, truck drivers don't understand what budget is at all.

But as the end of the first phase of the DC universe, "Justice League" is destined to be impossible. Everything is based on the top conditions of this era and is the most basic means.

As the most important film before "Justice League", "Superman" will not make special effects like a life-long movie, but strictly speaking, this film can definitely be regarded as the beginning of DC's major special effects.

So in the project "Superman", the crew was destined to not hire big stars since the audition and recruitment of actors. Except for Ben Affleck, the absolute protagonist, other actors must be cheaper, so as to leave enough funds for special effects rendering.

"Are there any specific requirements for the heroine?"

After the two of them had breakfast, they sat in the living room together. Zach Schneider opened his briefcase and took out a large stack of actor resumes, all of which were posted with a photo.

This time, we must take advantage of Wayne in Los Angeles to set a range of use for all the main characters, and it is best to set specific and interested candidates so that the producers of the crew can contact the other party’s agent in advance.

"pretty."

"What?" Zach Schneider raised his head in surprise, stopped tidying up his resume, looked at the man opposite the sofa, and asked, "What about besides being beautiful? Are there any other requirements?"

"Zach, a movie like Superman, being beautiful can be said to be the only requirement." Wayne tilted his head, reached out to pick up a few actor resumes, and said slowly: "Don't think that a qualified vase is easy to find. The beauty I need must conform to the mainstream aesthetics, and it is best to conform to the aesthetics of most people."

As he said that, he suddenly paused and continued, "By the way, the requirements for the heroine are beautiful, but not hot. You should understand what I mean."

Zach Schneider nodded. "Ok, I understand."

Seeing Wayne look through the resume in his hand, he explained: "These are all selected by Charles and I. You'd better identify a few alternatives so that Charles can contact their agents as soon as possible."

He reached out and took out a cigarette from the coffee table to light it. Wayne compared the photos one by one and carefully watched each resume.

As he said, although the heroine is a vase, in this circle, the rarity of a top vase is higher than that of actresses who are famous for their acting skills. Combined with the background settings of the film, it is actually not easy to find one that meets the standards.

"Amy Adams..."

When he flipped through the actor's resume, his hand stopped moving, put the cigarette clipped on his finger into his mouth, pulled out the resume and put it aside alone.

"etc?"

Suddenly, Wayne's movements stopped. He gently clicked on the resume in his hand and signaled Zach Schneider to watch.

"Jessica Alba." Zach Schneider glanced and immediately knew what the other party meant, explaining: "She submitted her resume to the crew through the relationship between James Cameron. I have investigated it. Although her skin is chocolate-colored, she is actually white and has no African blood.

Her father is Mexican American, and her mother is Danish, Welsh, and French. Charles and I have the same opinion that she is very beautiful..."

"Flash her."

Wayne shook his head and gave his decision directly. "Zach, I don't care what kind of blood she is, but her skin color does not meet the requirements of the crew. The heroine must be a pure white person, pure enough to look white at first glance, OK?"

"Okay." Zach Schneider nodded to show his understanding.

Now is not twenty years later. On such a huge project, Wayne can't take the risk of launching a mixed-race actor with a not-white complexion, even if Jessica Alba is beautiful enough.

Even if her skin is white enough, he is likely not to choose such a heroine. Jessica Alba looks too sweet. This is undoubtedly a personal advantage, but it is inconsistent with the setting of the heroine of "Superman".

In fact, Wayne has always been willing to follow the mainstream trend of society in terms of political correctness. After all, the primary goal of movies is to make money. As long as it is beneficial to the box office, he does not mind the large number of minorities. But now it is not a dozen or twenty years later, people's mainstream aesthetics are nothing.

He still remembers that in his previous life, some people said that Disney was completely gone on the road to political correctness. In the later stages, even its fairy tale characters became the first year color matching.

I'm afraid Pinocchio hasn't figured it out for a whole year, why is there a bald black fairy with blue fire? I'm afraid that seeing the pitch-black black fairy, normal people can't even have the idea of ​​making a wish. There is also the "daughter of the Black Sea" Little Loach. I heard that the distance from the left eye to the right eye can cost hundreds of dollars to take a taxi.

By the way, there is also the "Black Blood Princess" who redefined "snow-white skin". Disney has made a lot of political correctness. But making money, don't think that Disney's senior executives are so sympathetic to Africans. The only reason they can make their swords at the famous fairy tale figures under their former is that black people can sell tickets.

Zach Schneider has brought many resumes, especially actors who are interested in the heroine, and there are many actresses who make Wayne feel familiar.

This photo of Jessica Alba made him feel a very interesting phenomenon. Some Hollywood stars can be so popular that they are so popular in the East. This is also the interesting place. These stars are based in their fundamentally North American reputation, which is far inferior to their reputation in the East.

Just like this Jessica Alba, because she is so sweet that she summarizes the aesthetics of the East and the West, in Wayne's memory, her popularity is like a Hollywood first-line actress.

In fact, even if she was at the peak of her most brilliant performance, she could barely be classified into the second-tier line, which was before and after she finished filming "City of Sin". In other words, Jessica Alba has never received a top-level salary, let alone a top-level, she has never received a first-line actress salary.

There are many similar characters, such as Natalie Portman and Matilda, whose influence in the East is unparalleled. There is also Nicholas Cage, the period when this most productive and bad movie fell, and it was also during the most popular period in the East.

In addition to the "Earth Ball Flower" mentioned by Wayne, Monica Bellucci's fame has always been limited to Europe, but who made Malena in the East a fantasy enlightenment for countless teenagers?

"That's it, the heroine is Amy Adams and Winona Reed for the time being."

Wayne threw the other resumes aside, took two copies of them specially picked out, and asked Zach Schneider: "Let Charles talk to Winona Reed's agent first. If the pay the other party asks for is too high, then choose Amy Adams directly."

"Okay, I understand." Zach Schneider put away his two resumes, nodded and agreed.

Wayne's idea for these two choices is very simple. Winona Reid is the first choice, but this actor, who is about the same age as him, has become famous in the circle a few years ago. This actress can be seen in films such as "Edward Scissor Hand" and "Alien".

What's more, she has nominated for the Oscars for acting awards. Generally speaking, the pay for such actors who join commercial films will not be too low. The probability of expecting her to take the initiative to reduce her salary is very low. This is the case in the circle. Once she takes the initiative to reduce her salary in a commercial project, it will be difficult to call out a high price code when joining other similar projects in the future.

As for Amy Adams, he is still a newcomer now, at least he has not yet made a name for himself in the circle. This actress is at her best age. Whether it is her face or temperament, she meets Wayne's requirements for the heroine, and the price is definitely not high.

Then the two briefly discussed the candidates for other roles. Zach Schneider stayed until around 11 o'clock in the morning before putting the selected resume back into the briefcase. After rejecting Wayne's invitation for lunch, he hurriedly drove into the car and left the manor.