The Greatest Showman - Chapter 2146

[2110 Complex Processes]

As Arthur thought, returning to London, Renly was not just for George and Elizabeth –

or, at first, it was true, but with the passage of time, Renly’s mind was changing, for George and Elizabeth. It’s really not worth changing the trajectory of his life, not even hatred and anger, he deserves a better life.

He hopes to rebuild his home in London, have his own piece of pure land, and then open up his own world.

London.

New York.

Los Angeles.

Even the magic capital.

Or other cities.

In the future, as long as he wants, he can go to any corner of the world, chase his dreams and enjoy life, he does not need to escape because of hatred, he does not need to be closed because of indifference, and he does not need to forget because of pain… This is his In life, he can do whatever he wants.

Even in London.

In comparison, the affair of George and Elizabeth was the least important part, because Renly’s life already had a more important purpose and meaning.

After the auction, Renly put these trifles behind him and started living in London again:

he still kept a low profile, rarely attended parties, much less organized his own parties, but he still appeared in Beckham He stayed for about 30 minutes at a private party of the Mrs and Mrs. He went to London’s West End to watch a number of plays, and also returned to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London to sit in on a few classes, during which he also worked with some directors and producers. We met to discuss the project to once again stand on the West End stage.

He spent a lot of time at the TATE Museum of Modern Art (TATE), away from the crowd, to appreciate art in detail; in his spare time, he also went to the flea market with Matthew to choose some furnishings, lamps, accessories or furniture for the residence Wait, he accidentally bought a retro gramophone, which made him happy for three days, and then wandered into the old record market, rummaging through the vinyl records of the 1950s and 1960s.

It might seem like a long time to describe, but it only took a week before and after. During the small vacation, Renly still packed his time and itinerary.

“Yes… Rooney has already set off, take her to the car this morning.” Renly curled up on the sofa in the study, with a cup of fragrant coffee in his hand, and was reading the original book of “Game of Thrones” .

Rooney came to London for transit, stayed for two days and one night, and then went to the “Peter Pan” crew to start the second film in the second half of the year; similarly, Matthew, Arthur, Andre, Eaton, they are all working Busy with work, while Edith flew to Los Angeles alone for some clean time in Malibu, Renly was free again in a blink of an eye, but he could enjoy himself even when he was alone.

“You want to take some more time off,

Or are you ready to start shooting again?

On the other end of the phone was Andy, a long-distance call across the ocean. Renly

put down the thick book in his hand, “I thought the filming of ‘Rogue One’ would be next. Is the scriptwriting progress still not up to expectations? ?

”

After finishing the filming of “Jurassic World”, Renly will have one to two months to rest and adjust. According to the original plan, he will then be put into the filming of “Star Wars Story: Rogue One” at the end of October. The script reading started in early November, and the filming was scheduled to begin in December.

But now, Andy’s words revealed uncertainty, which made Renly aware of the abnormality.

“…Yes, but there were some twists and turns in the negotiation process. .

“Andy is also scratching his head a bit. This is one of the disadvantages of a big production: there are too many links that need to be coordinated and coordinated. A little carelessness may cause deviations, and simple things will become complicated.

Take “Rogue One” as the For example, they now have six screenwriters, two are responsible for writing characters, two are responsible for writing stories, these four screenwriters work together; and two are responsible for writing lines, these six people and three teams need Coordinating and coordinating with each other and triggering inspiration, but often there are many differences.

More importantly, the script also needs to fit in with the original story of “Star Wars”, how to attract fans of the original series, how to create new fans, how to While keeping the character attractive, it is possible to continue the possibility of expanding the universe in the future without losing the independence of this work. This is all technical work, and it is definitely not that simple.

“You still remember in July, because of your joining , they originally set the protagonist to be a man, and later considered the market and future paving. They hope to set the protagonist as a woman?

“Andy reminded, not to let Renly play a supporting role, but the proportion of the male lead and the female lead, with a little emphasis on the female lead.

“Yes, I agree.”

Renly nodded, of course. “I don’t mind cutting back, it’s not a problem.”

”

“I know.”

Andy recalled Renly’s original response again:

From “Edge of Tomorrow”, Renly has always been the absolute male lead, and all the scenes in “Gravity” and “Transcendence” are all on Renly. This is a challenge, but it is also a burden.” The filming work of Luo Ji World” was relatively simple, and he was very happy to shift the focus to other actors, so that he could win more “space for thinking about character exploration and performance”, the last sentence is Renly’s original words.

Andy was a bit dumbfounded about this, but he also understood what Renly meant—whether it was an absolute male lead, or a slight reduction in the role, or like “Pacific War” and “Fast & Furious 5” As part of the cast, Renly was more than happy to get the job done.

“The problem is, you are willing, but Kathleen Kennedy is not willing.” Andy showed a wry smile, “Your salary should account for 50% of all the actors’ expenses in the entire crew, or even more, but you can’t Make the most of everything? She doesn’t think so.”

This made Renly laugh, “Then that’s not my problem. They want to make a diverse work, and even try to have women as the core protagonists, See if there is a female audience position in the ‘Star Wars’ market, or, in other words, if there is a female hero position to pave the way for the future, this is their blueprint, and I support it; but they invited me to play, and completed All contracts, this is their own idea, I have no opinion, as for how to coordinate between the two, it is not my problem.”

Renly doesn’t understand, Andy doesn’t understand either, because it involves Disney and Lu The cooperation of Cass Films also involves the distribution of power between Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy.

This is an internal secret that outsiders have no way of knowing.

“Rogue One” is an attempt by Disney and Lucasfilm. It is completely independent from the original “Star Wars” series. All characters are original and will not affect the fate of the characters in the series, nor will it change the series. Mainline development, but an attempt to further expand the series blueprint.

That’s why both Disney and Lucasfilm want to try more.

Bob Iger hopes to open up a grand blueprint for a “Sideshow”, and then build a “Han Solo”-style core hero again, just like the Marvel Universe, relying on the same cosmic timeline , but tells two completely different stories, instead of continuing to develop on the same timeline as the original “Star Wars” series.

It was Bob Iger’s idea to have Renly in it, not Katherine Kennedy’s.

Katherine Kennedy hopes to expand the audience base of the “Star Wars” series, just as Black Widow was to “The Avengers”, she hopes to establish another female hero image in this classic series, not satisfied with Lai “Love characters” like Princess Ya or Queen Amidala, and then open up women/markets and tap more potential possibilities for the Star Wars series.

It was Kathleen Kennedy’s idea to have a female character at its core, and Bob didn’t care.

Then, things got to where they are now.

In fact, Disney is the most traditional and conservative company in the entire Hollywood. The classic family values they maintain are an important representative of conservatism. Even in the distant future, they will still be like this. The most typical example is: Hollywood Six Of the major studios, the fewest companies that use minority groups such as female directors, Asian directors, black directors, or gay directors to lead big projects is Disney—before 2017, the number was zero.

Bob has no interest in creating a superheroine, but Catherine has her own considerations – can’t say insist, because she also supports Bob’s family concept to a certain extent, and later became Bob’s The best partner, but she still wants to try something.

“For your role, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com is part of the reason, and part of the reason is that they want to add diversity to the script, use black or Asian actors, add female characters, and so on. Etc., make full use of the entire original story background of ‘Star Wars’ and keep up with the development of the times. This also means that they need to make adjustments to the characters, the direction of the story, the proportion of characters, etc. ”

Andy explained after Part of the reason, this made Renly suddenly realize, “Big company big crew.”

“Yes… big company big crew.” Andy also sighed softly, not to mention that it may take two to three months to revise the script. , the time cannot be determined at all. Even if the revision is completed, it will still need high-level review afterward. If you are not satisfied, you will have to revise the second and third drafts, which will be even more troublesome.

“The latest news now is that the shooting time may be postponed to March or April next year, which cannot be determined for the time being and must be decided according to the progress of the script.” Andy gave the final conclusion.

Renly pursed his lips, “No surprise, this script has been tossing around… er, six months? I finally know how troublesome a big production is now. So, you called me today and asked again. I have my intentions, meaning, now I have other job offers?”

[End of this Chapter]