Chapter 30 Sunset Boulevard
The night is hazy, and although Thanksgiving is five days later, Brentwood is already festive, with the coral trees on St. Vicente Avenue wearing lights, shining brightly.
The Ye family was brightly lit not far away, and Ye Wei's room had undergone great changes. Some places where the items were originally placed were empty. There were small boxes containing treasured comics and toys for sale on the bed. Overall, it was much neat and clean, and the black stone was also standing against the wall.
At this time, Toto was sleeping soundly at the computer desk, while Ye Wei sat at the table, looking at the screen, browsing the information of IMDbPRo, while the computer was still playing the Beatles' "Yesterday".
Most movie fans know what IMDb is, but IMDbPRo is different. This is a professional version for professional filmmakers.
In the professional version, each movie and each movie player's page will also have more detailed professional information, such as contact information, such as brokers, brokers, managers, mailing addresses, etc.; in the future period, projects under negotiation, personal contract status, etc., you can find them.
And the charge is reasonable, and it doesn't cost $200 a year, so it is an indispensable casting tool for today's producers and a must-fight for actors to show and manage themselves.
Ye Wei's account that he registered for a short time is still in the free trial stage, so it feels even more enjoyable to use. His goal is to find one or more suitable lobbying targets for "The Little Sunshine Beauty"!
In fact, after Schwarzenegger's "Terminator 3", Hollywood's top superstar pay club is now 25 million. According to the Variety Daily, there are at least ten superstars on the list, and with 20 million, there are about a dozen or twenty people.
The most commercially valuable and powerful group of actors in the world, the winners at the top of the pyramid, the luxury cars, the luxury houses, the red carpets are walking around, and the spotlights are sought after every day. The film company compliments them, the producers flatter them, and the fans are sought after them...
Ye Wei thought, why didn’t he be interested in trying to be a big star? It’s so weird!
Maybe it’s because he doesn’t like that kind of life. In Los Angeles and Hollywood, who is the most popular? He is not a superstar, but a psychologist.
Fans pursue celebrities, but celebrities pursue psychologists. There are amazing numbers of psychologists here, like the ant colony surrounding a queen of ants. A well-known doctor's appointment takes several months in advance. Each doctor specifically only sees one mental illness. The subjects with the most patients are sadism and inferiority complex.
An incredible fact is that almost every actor has had the trouble of inferiority complex, and the more star it is, the more he is.
They long for respect, but people often say they are just lucky. Sometimes even the producers and directors say, "Just finish the damn lines and walk the damn position, you don't understand anything else." They also know that they are easily abandoned by the audience and eliminated by those young and invincible newcomers.
On the other hand, they got the most and were praised into the sky. They were extremely afraid that one day they would hear "you are no longer popular" and they were worried about gains and losses.
As for the kind of celebrity life? At the beginning, everyone was about to become popular. Shortly after they became popular, they were tired of the crazy attention from the outside world and the high-tempo and high-pressure life. They neither wanted to live like this, nor could they withdraw, so they were hysterical, had a weird temper and were irritable, and even became sadistic, venting their confusion.
Many celebrities can't withstand the pressure, go crazy, abuse drugs, and commit suicide; of course, there are also many celebrities who take drugs and do bad things without any reason, they are just garbage and stupid; some celebrities have no psychological problems at all, especially those reality TV stars, who wish they could watch hundreds of people when they go to the bathroom.
There are also many celebrities who handle it very well and have always been as kind as an old lady who wears sweaters.
Anyway, you have to be careful when dealing with celebrities. There is a lesson from Nanka University that says: "Little people anger celebrities on the set, and you will be the one who loses their jobs."
How to get angry? It takes up the best parking space, talks in the RV where celebrities are resting, and dares to stand in front of the celebrities while receiving lunch... The set is a place with strict hierarchy.
Ye Wei didn't know what these superstars were all about, but this was not what he had to consider. If a superstar with a irritable disease wanted to join, wouldn't it be? We should consider who appropriately starred in "The Little Sunshine Beauty". To be precise, what roles in "The Little Sunshine Beauty" and what superstars can impress.
The six main characters in the story are undoubtedly the father Richard, the youngest daughter Oliver, and the grandfather. This is the male protagonist, the core character and the spiritual mentor. Only these three characters can make the stars interested, and the heroine's mother Cheryl can also try it, just take a chance.
However, Oliver needs an actor about seven years old, and there are few star-level child stars, so there really aren't suitable for it. Let's take a look at the adult role.
First of all, Richard, Ye Wei flipped through the script on the table, and this is how the character in the script appeared:
"He wore pleated khaki shorts, a golf short sleeve and a pair of sneakers. He walked back and forth at a steady and rapid pace that he had been an athlete. His apparently energetic and optimistic state only concealed the insecurity and frustration that often churned inside."
Many times, including casting, styling, art, etc., the script only serves as a reference. Some directors will shoot according to what the script says, and some directors will let Richard wear a suit and tie, and appear like a senior white-collar worker.
There is a reason why this script is questioned. A large number of filmmakers do not like the screenwriter to point fingers on the script and write these extra descriptive texts, which is boring, such as "the feeling of insecurity and frustration that often churns out in the heart". How does the director shoot it? Do you say it in a voice-over? Just kidding.
"The script has no inner thoughts" is the principle of script creation. If you want to express your inner thoughts, you should express them through specific scenes, not words.
Ye Wei didn't mind the script's personal intentions, because this would allow him to better understand the story and burst out his directorial creations.
In his sense, what he wanted was a middle-aged man with a middle-aged body, with a confident face, a little irritable, strong, but tired eyes, a loser who was strict with his family but actually loved them deeply, and was constantly pushed by society and family and could not stop and take a breath.
Then as the story goes on, he will show all aspects of being someone else's son, father, stepfather, husband, and brother-in-law. Therefore, actors must have multiple acting skills, can be tough, can be kind, or humble...
"Tom Hanks...yes, of course."
Ye Wei wrote the first superstar name on the card stock, and his heart was so excited that Hanks was absolutely suitable! If Richard was played by him, I believe he would contribute an Oscar-level interpretation of Best Actor! Unfortunately, it’s not a pity that I just wrote it down.
Harrison Ford? No, he is too handsome and older; Dustin Hoffman is also old, but he can barely play grandpa; Robert De Niro can also be grandpa; Al Pacino? His image is not suitable for this story; Jack Nicholson, a good candidate for grandpa.
Back to Richard, Kim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, they are all good actors and superstars, but they look a little young for Richard.
Leonardo's young superstars are even more outrageous; Mel Gibson's shout of "freedom" was exciting, but this time his temperament was not right, no.
What about Cheryl, Julia Roberts? It's so beautiful, but if she is willing to act, it's not suitable for her to adjust it, and she can adjust it to the right side by makeup, styling and camera. Cameron Diaz? This is an insulator that can't be adjusted no matter how hard she adjusts it; Sandra Brock? OK, her acting skills are first-class, but she looks too young.
And don't forget that this is a mother role, not the kind of young mother in "Never Compromise", she is a middle-aged mother with a teenage son and a seven-year-old daughter. What female celebrities around the world fear the most is to be thought of as "she is old". No matter how old James Bond is, the Bon girl will always be young; what about women? "Harlow and Mud" has been decades ago.
Actresses are afraid of getting old, and taking the initiative to play the role of mother is an act of recognizing old age. Once they are played, they can only continue to grow old, so this is even more difficult.
"Oh MAN, when will the stars compete to cooperate with me?" Ye Wei murmured, and then couldn't help laughing. It was even more exaggerated than Lev. Just ask Meryl Streep to play the judge of the beauty pageant "Ms. Jenkins"!
But the fact is that each of these people is a big shot. They are no longer in the ranks of strikeout rules. Even if there are a lot of bad movies, they will still have constant film appointments. They choose the play, not the play.
After pressing the mouse, Ye Wei closed the pages of many actors, stretched his body, and then clicked on another page of actors. His eyes lit up and his heart was very moved.
"Bruce Willis?"
Chapter completed!