Chapter 261 Interview
Liu Yifei ignored the jet lag in the hotel, but Cheng Yu'an couldn't be so leisurely. She got up early the next day and spent the whole day in the company handling official duties.
The major film companies that collaborate most in Hollywood are Universal and Fox, followed by Warner.
The company's movies with a cost of more than 50 million are basically packaged and distributed by Universal, and Universal has always been responsible for the peripheral development of the movies.
For some small and medium-cost horror films, comedies, and TV series, Cheng Yuan chose to cooperate with Fox.
"Inception" was Cheng Yu'an's first film together with Warner. Warner reciprocated and gave the script of an all-star romantic comedy similar to "Love Actually" to a major film company, and they just called it "Lover"
Festival" was produced by a major film company and distributed by Warner Bros.
This kind of film can make money, but not much.
It is difficult for an all-star romantic comedy like "Love Actually" to lose money, but for a family-friendly romantic comedy like this, it can make back the cost just by selling DVDs and online on-demand broadcasts.
Warner was also very "generous" in giving the main control of the film to Cheng Yu'an, accounting for a full 57%!
Just trade "Inception" for something like this!
Better than nothing, just do it.
I roped in several actresses with whom the company has always had good relationships, including Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, etc., and started working after allocating roles three times, five times, five times, and two times.
The filming is expected to be completed in two months and will be released on Valentine's Day next year. It's as simple as that.
To say that Nolan really enjoys filming, he flies around the world and shoots scenes everywhere.
China, Cardington, UK, Paris, France, Morocco, Canada.
Traveled on public funds.
On the third day, Liu Yifei joined the cast of "Inception" and was accompanied by Cheng Yu'an.
There is only one foreigner in the entire crew, Chen Baoguo's role has been completed, and he is afraid that some unsighted person will bully Liu Yifei.
The first day of filming went very smoothly. During the rehearsal, Liu Yifei listened to Cheng Yuan's words and found the right strategy to match Xiao Li. The effect was good. Xiao Li quite liked her. She also took special care of her during today's filming.
"Ka! Very good." Nolan called out from outside the court, "Crystal, you performed very well today. That's it for today, we will continue tomorrow."
The young lady went back to the dressing room to tidy up, and returned to the hotel with Liu's mother and Cheng Yu'an to accept an exclusive interview with Weibo Movies.
When buying and selling your own business, you must give priority to it.
"Mr. Cheng." The host came up to say hello, and the interview was arranged in the study room of Cheng Yu'an's suite.
"If there are any processes and problems, let's take a look first." Cheng and Liu took the manuscript and looked at it. They found a few very common questions and felt there were no problems. They packed them up and the interview began.
"Hello, audience friends, this is Weibo Movie." The reporter began to say the opening remarks, "We are now at the filming site of "Inception" in Los Angeles, USA. Today we are going to interview our fairy sister Liu Yifei and "Inception"
The chief producer is also our famous domestic director, Director Cheng Yuan."
The two greeted the camera, and the reporter's first question was directed at Liu Yifei. After all, she is an actress in front of the stage and is more popular:
"Yifei, I think many of our viewers would like to know, how did you get the role of Adrian in "Inception"?"
"Actually, I've said it before. It's normal to audition and then get selected."
The reporter posed this question to Cheng Yu'an: "Director Cheng, what were your original thoughts on choosing Yifei?"
Cheng Yu'an said: "Actually, I didn't choose her. Warner and I jointly researched and decided on her. Warner did a detailed investigation on every actress who auditioned before casting the role. They believed that Yifei's popularity in China would help
Based on the box office of "Inception" and her good audition performance, she was finally chosen."
Cheng Yu'an officially responded to the outside world as the chief producer. Liu Yifei got this role without any shady secrets.
Because after the casting was finalized, there was a popular saying on the Internet that Liu Yifei was able to get this role because Cheng Yuan had unspoken rules.
She said that she stayed with Cheng Yu'an in the United States for more than half a month before Cheng Yu'an agreed to give her this role.
Second question: "How do you feel about Yifei joining the group today?"
Liu Yifei said: "Because I had plenty of preparation time before, and I also came to rehearse and get familiar with the crew, there is nothing special about the official shooting today. I just think Leon is very handsome in makeup and suit."
After saying the last sentence, Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed.
After asking Liu Yifei two questions, the reporter cueed Cheng Yuan:
"Can Director Cheng tell us what the original intention was when creating "Inception"?"
Cheng Yu'an thought for a while, organized the language in his mind, and said: "Actually, "Inception" was originally a very crude script outline. I put it on the Hollywood script blacklist, hoping that some directors would read it.
We filmed this story together, and later Nolan came to me and said that he was very interested in the story of "Inception". I chatted with him several times and found that many of his ideas coincided with mine, so
Without much hesitation, we decided to do it together. From the time we decided to shoot to the start of filming, the preliminary preparations took almost a year."
After Cheng Yuan finished speaking, he nodded, indicating that that was all he had to say.
The reporter took over: "As far as we know, Yifei's birthday will be in a few days, and our program team has prepared a gift for Yifei."
Liu Yifei didn't expect that the program team would come up with this trick. She really didn't receive the notice before.
Even Cheng Yu'an didn't know.
"We know that Yifei likes pets like kittens and puppies very much, so we specially brought a cat to Yifei." The reporter took the pet cage from the side and took out a cute British short blue cat.
"Ah," Liu Yifei couldn't stand it anymore, "It's so cute." She said and picked up the cat from the reporter's arms.
"It's really cute. Thank you. Mom, look." Liu Yifei held up the cat and smiled at Liu's mother outside the camera.
Mother Liu also looked at her daughter with a smile.
"Brother, look, isn't it cute?" Liu Yifei handed the cat to Cheng Yu'an for a hug.
Cheng Yu'an took it and looked at it. The little guy was indeed very beautiful.
After giving the gifts, the interview ended: "Okay, our interview ends here. I would like to wish our Yifei a happy birthday and smooth filming."
"Thanks."
Throughout the entire interview, Cheng Yu'an said only two sentences: he was a tool through and through.
Cheng Yu'an took her mother and daughter for a big meal on the 25th to celebrate Liu Yifei's 22nd birthday.
After keeping an eye on the crew for another week to ensure that Liu Yifei was fine on the crew, I returned home with confidence.
Because "The Wind" is about to be released, he needs to be present for the early promotion and platform.
Chapter completed!