567. Chapter 567 Scene 567: The Villain Is the Key
Whether it is criticism or expectation, in such a big heated public discussion, "Iron Man" suddenly became the hottest topic now. The theaters that are still hesitating whether to sign a contract with Black Pearl United States have suddenly discovered the huge potential of Black Pearl United States. Tom Cruise and George Clooney joined the "Avengers" series, which doubled the energy of the Black Pearl League.
Think about George Clooney's ability to assemble actors. Bad movies like "The Twelve Arhats" can be sold globally, which means that no matter how bad the films of "Iron Man" and "The Hulk" are filmed, the box office will not be too bad. George Cruise and Tom Cruise appeared in the same movie together, which really makes people dare not connect with the Black Pearl.
Within three days after the announcement of this news, Century Theater, well-known Player Cinema Group, Hoyt Age Panoramic Cinema, National Entertainment Theater Group, and Christo Theater all began to contact Lei Ting. Without any hesitation, they all signed formal contracts with Black Pearl United States...
The final result is exactly the same as Li Xiaole's plan. These five theaters, which ranked in the top ten, have become partners of Black Pearl United States. Now, the entire United States has 40,000 screens, and he has one-fourth of the resources.
"Anyway, your conspiracy has succeeded again." When Lei Ting threw the stack of contracts on Li Xiaole's desk, she admitted defeat in a helpless tone. Without these theater contracts, Tom Cruise and George Clooney would not have signed the contract, but if they did not sign the contract, the theater would not have signed the contract with them so simply...
This is obviously a logical dead end... But Li Xiaole just used a little trick to change these two things, and everything was solved... This really left a person like Lei Ting with high IQs and could only admire Li Xiaole's business strategy. I really don't know how this kid, who is in his early twenties, has so many conspiracies in his stomach? The most important thing is that he succeeds every time...
After reading the contracts, Li Xiaole smiled calmly. He used the unique Chinese-style movie trick. This kind of trick is commonly used in the domestic film industry. Now he has been brought to the United States by copying it. It is also universal. Americans still seem very simple in this regard...
So now, everything is ready, and now you can officially focus on the movie "Iron Man" itself...
Although the movie he is about to make is called "Iron Man" and it will also be a superhero movie, it is very different from "Iron Man" by Robert Downey Jr. who exists in his brain film and television. Because if he wants to make a movie that can be recognized by the United States and a movie that can applaud everyone, the original "Iron Man" is obviously not top-notch in both stunt production and character setting.
The success of this movie is actually largely due to the personal charm of Robert Downey Jr., and the settings of the villain and the battle scenes in the whole movie are not exciting enough. When Li Xiaole compared the experience of "Transformers" and "Batman Dark Knight", he knew very well that Americans' taste for superhero movies began to change. What audiences need is not only such tall characters, but more importantly, to explore the humanized stories of the superhero itself, and to cooperate with dazzling high-tech lenses, the fashionable and cool artistic beauty, which allows movie fans to enjoy this movie in the theater.
According to this standard, the original "Iron Man 1" seems very inadequate. Not only is the stingy picture style, but even the key villain settings are very stereotyped. Although Robert Downey Jr. is very fashionable, Iron Man's mechanical equipment is too lacking in beauty, and the heroine and villain also seem too mentally retarded. In this regard, Li Xiaole decided to make large-scale modifications. First and most importantly, in terms of the character, he needs a supporting role in the story that gives Iron Man a strong sense of oppression. Iron Man itself is too powerful. If there is no villain matching him in the superhero movie, the story will appear extremely thin.
The original version of Robert Downey Jr. can hold on to 90 minutes by being handsome, which is not something Li Xiaole likes.
This old-fashioned character building model is particularly obvious in the previous series of "Batman" and "Superman", and Nolan's new version of Batman is particularly outstanding in this regard. The villains in several new Batman are extremely outstanding, and even characters like the "Heath Ledger version of Joker" in the history of movies appear, rather than just stereotypical bad guys. This is the key to the fuller superhero movies.
In the Iron Man story, the biggest villain is Obadai Stan, the highest executive of Stark Industry, the old fox in his fifties.
In the story, the villain also operates mechanical armor like Iron Man, and even appears even stronger, but he only seems simple and brute force, and does not look like he suppresses Iron Man at all. Although Jeff Bridges, who plays him in the original version, is a good actor, it looks too small compared to Robert Downey Jr.'s light.
This is not because the original producers are unwilling to find outstanding actors to serve as big villains, but they can't find outstanding middle-aged actors at all. They are willing to serve as big villains in movies like "Iron Man" that have been questioned before it has been released.
Tom Cruise, who now plays Iron Man, is also a brilliant superstar. Li Xiaole must find a supporting role that matches him. For this reason, he found Tom Cruise's agent Wagner, and asked the gold medal agent to provide him with a suitable cast for him to select villains.
The six major pressures are all aimed at the first-line starring actors, and it doesn’t matter to the actors who perform supporting roles. They don’t have the burden of Robert Downey Jr. in this regard.
Tom Cruise, the gold medal agent, Gold Medal Wagner, is not a simple person. She is the current general affairs of the agent union and has a relationship with almost all the agents of front-line actors. Therefore, you can contact actors without having to go through the agency company, but directly send emails to those colleagues through the name of the agent union.
When agents receive invitations from peers' emails, they will be the first to see who the other party sends the email.
If it was sent in the name of Li Xiaole, even if it was hung with the name of the United Mei Black Pearl, the currently popular company president, there would definitely be no one willing to respond, but the effect of sending it in Wagner's name would be different.
Because Wagner is very popular in the broker circle, he organized several major strikes of the broker union and negotiated with the six majors to improve the overall treatment of the broker, so most brokers are happy to cooperate with this strong woman.
In the Mission: Impossible series, this is how Wagner found Philip Seymer Hoffman and Jon Voit, who were the Oscar-level actors who became the villain.
After getting the script of "Iron Man", Obadai Stan, a character who was polished by Li Xiaole, quickly attracted the attention of many actors.
Li Xiaole in his office received calls from many well-known actors interested in the role of Obadai Stan, including Steve Basmi and Robert Patrick, who have played countless villains.
Whether it is the terrifying pervert in "The Prison in the Sky" or the t1000 that is trembling in "Terminator 2", they are all a temporary choice, which makes Li Xiaole feel a little excited. This is why he needs Tom Cruise. Without Tom Cruise's agent Wagner's network, he wouldn't have had so many actors to choose from anyway.
This once again proves the current mature resource structure of Black Pearl United States. He is responsible for the script and decides the general direction, while Tom Cruise Wagner comes to contact the actors...
"How is it, Lee, I think both of them are pretty good." Tom Cruise, who is also the co-producer, expressed his satisfaction with the two actors at the desk with excitement. Wagner nodded and obviously thought these two were good.
When the two were in high spirits, Li Xiaole shook his head, gently closed the two actor information, and said in a calm tone:
"I think these two people are not good. I think we still need stronger actors. The audience will think that they are much better than Tom when they see them, otherwise this story will not be touching." If it weren't for Heath Ledger's Joker, Ball's Batman would have been greatly reduced.
Steve Basmi and Robert Patrick's acting skills are unquestionable, but "Iron Man" is an action movie. No matter how good the literary drama is, people cannot intuitively put pressure on the audience. The actors Li Xiaole needs are people who will think that everyone will feel that he is extremely strong as soon as they appear. Simply put, Obadai Stein, the big villain, not only needs good literary dramas, but also gives people a sense of oppression when his appearance and temperament come out.
Steve Basmi looks like he has kidney deficiency, which can be directly ruled out. Although Robert Patrick's t1000 in Terminator 2 is extremely strong, his problem is that he is too thin and standing in front of the strong Tom Cruise is not a threat.
You should know that Tom Cruise is now the omnipotent "Agent Ian" in "Mission: Impossible"... It's not the decadent image that Robert Downey Jr. gives people when he is hospitalized for drugs... You must find an actor who can overwhelm him.
Tom Cruise was a little depressed when he heard this answer. He also knew that what Li Xiaole said made a lot of sense, but it was not easy to find an actor who looked tougher than his "Agent Ian"... I will never invite a professional wrestler...
Chapter completed!