The Greatest Showman - Chapter 698

[Six hundred and seventy-four actors list]

A Renly looked at Paul in front of him with a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

Is this a cycle of history?

In the last life, Paul did not participate in the creation of this work in any form; but in this life, after going around in circles, Paul still proposed the name “Edge of Tomorrow”, and the movie returned to its original point after all.

Is this a coincidence, or fate?

Or… the butterfly effect?

“What’s the matter? Don’t you like it?” Paul noticed Renly’s surprise, and he didn’t think much about it. He held his chin and chewed it carefully, “Indeed, this name is a bit literary, it’s not as straightforward as a commercial movie, it doesn’t look like it What the potential to sell. However, I think this name is quite suitable for what we just discussed. Don’t you like it?”

“Haha.” Renly chuckled softly and shook his head, “No, that’s not what I meant. I’m just thinking. Why don’t I ask everyone’s opinion? Edge of Tomorrow” is the name of the last movie box office failure. One of the reasons?

Renly is not a market researcher, so naturally he has no way of knowing, so whether it will be used in this life, Renly decided to leave it to fate, “Guys, what do you think of ‘Edge of Tomorrow’? Paul thought of it.”

Everyone fell silent and chewed the name carefully.

Lucinda nodded, “I think it’s pretty good. At least, I’ll walk into the movie theater out of curiosity. The name sounds a bit Nolan.”

Derek raised his right hand high, “I like it!” Then he looked at Billy excitedly, “What do you think? This name fits the theme we just discussed.”

Billy shrugged, “I’m not good at that. But, it’s not bad.”

In the end, all eyes were on Tim.

Tim didn’t react, but kept repeating, “Edge of Tomorrow. Edge of Tomorrow. Edge of Tomorrow.”

The expression of being silent and muttering to himself was truly unbearable, Paul leaned his head and said, “If you were performing in the West End of London, you would definitely be kicked off the stage with such a line, right?” Renly’s mouth curled slightly because Paul The words rose up greatly.

After that, Tim came back to his senses. As soon as he looked up, he saw that he had become the focus of everyone. He blinked, not knowing why, Lucinda reminded him, and Tim nodded again and again, “I think this The name is very good. It has a sci-fi feel and fits our theme. That’s it!”

Finally, all eyes turned to Renly again.

At this moment, Renly felt the real sense of the title “Executive Producer”.

“Then, it depends on what Frank Marshall means.” Renly’s answer was unexpected but reasonable. The whole topic started because of Frank, and it naturally returned to Frank in the end.

What’s more, everyone present was focused on the production of the film and had little knowledge of business and market considerations. In the final analysis, it was up to Frank to decide.

Everyone nodded in agreement. When Lucinda saw this, she interjected in a timely manner, “So, the discussion of the script is for a while. I know that in order to re-create, you still need to continue to discuss, but I need a little time.” Lucinda’s style suddenly became simple and direct, Derek and Tim wanted to interject, but Lucinda’s words didn’t stop at all, she just blocked her eyes and continued, “At present, each role has been carried out. After two rounds of auditions, I picked out some waiting lists, you can make some comments, and I will audition based on your opinions later.”

On the side, Lucinda took out her laptop from the side, “Each actor has three videos, one is the interview video they shot by themselves, and the first and second round videos. Interested. If so, click on it and take a look, and give me some opinions.”

Billy immediately waved his hand impatiently, “This is not my job.” Then he lowered his head and began to write and draw in his notebook. Derek, who was sitting next to him, looked curious. , but Billy didn’t give him a chance,

He bumped Derek with his shoulder, “Go back to my senses, we just sorted out an outline of our stuff…”

Derek lowered his head depressedly, but it was only for a moment, and then he regained his strength and went to work.

Paul took the laptop and found the folder under Lucinda’s instructions; Tim stood up and walked behind Paul, and the two began to browse the names of the folders, which were the names of the actors.

Lucinda looked up and saw Renly who was motionless, “Aren’t you going to give me some advice?”

Renly replied with a chuckle, “Not long ago, I was the one who was judged, and now I’m judging other people, it feels a bit strange.” Executive producer, now Renly has a real feeling, but the real execution There are still many areas to adapt to, and every aspect of filmmaking is definitely not that simple.

“Let’s leave the decision to Paul.” If it’s Tom Cruise, then he needs to check every actor and build the cast with him as the core, but for Renlylly, the film as a whole is more important , with Paul’s opinion as the core, select the actors, and make sure that each actor’s style can serve the film.

However, Renly could still make some comments, “Apart from the video, is there a list?”

“Yes.” Lucinda looked at Renly in confusion, not quite understanding the meaning of Renly’s actions.

There are thousands of actors in Hollywood, and it is almost impossible to match actors with faces just by name.

As a casting director, Lucinda has gone through three rounds of selection before and after, and now the actors on the list are relatively impressed; but Renly has never seen the audition video, and asked for the list without thinking. for what?

Do you play a game of soldiers and generals?

Despite this, Lucinda didn’t ask too much. She took out a list from the briefcase next to it and handed it to Renly.

This list is what she is going to simply record her opinions next, to see if the director, screenwriter or producer has any actors who are particularly eye-catching, or if there are special requirements.

Renly took it and seemed to sense Lucinda’s doubts, but he didn’t explain, but instead asked, “How is it, are there many actors who came to audition?”

“Not much. But there are.” Lucinda is also an honest person, truth be told.

Without a big-name actor or a big-name director, it is not easy for the crew to attract more excellent actors to join.

However, Hollywood has actors looking for jobs every day, so any crew can find an actor to audition for, even an indie like Buried Alive.

Renly raised his eyebrows, “Hey, relieved. I thought the media curse was in effect.” This made Lucinda smile.

The first part of the list is the heroine candidate.

The heroine of “Edge of Tomorrow” is Rita Volatowski.

This is a female warrior. After the aliens invaded the earth, they occupied the entire European continent like a broken bamboo, and it is still spreading further. In the battle of Verdun, Rita was born, defeated the aliens, and won the Humanity’s first victory since the fight against aliens.

As a result, she was known as the “Angel of Verdun” and became a national hero.

In fact, Rita is the same as Cage.

They all accidentally possessed the ability to reincarnate in time and space, which is also the reason why Rita won the battle of Verdun. Unfortunately, Rita subsequently lost this ability. Now it is Cage’s turn. Rita hopes that Cage can copy her. The original miracle led mankind to victory.

Corresponding to Cage, Rita is also a character with considerable depth.

She has witnessed her lover die a hundred times, but there is nothing she can do; she has personally experienced the torment of infinite killing and reincarnation, and is reborn; she is more eager to defeat aliens than anyone else, just for revenge because, she has not No more relatives.

Compared to Cage’s growth and development, the other characters in the story are relatively fixed, as they cycle through the same day, and Rita is no exception.

So, the spark between Rita and Cage, it’s up to the actors.

First of all, the two have the friendship of fighting side by side, Rita can feel the vicissitudes of Cage’s eyes, although she doesn’t know how Cage was “a day ago”, and she doesn’t know what this repeated “one day” is to Cage. What impact has it brought, because every restart, her memory will also be reset to zero, but the two feel the same way, and the bond between Rita and Cage is also deepening invisible.

Secondly, the love between two people who share the same disease, people can complain that this is a common problem in Hollywood routine templates. The hero and heroine must have sparks of love, but in this work, the fate-like entanglement and intertwining of the two people has effectively created a A kind of heart-to-heart spark in different time and space.

In the end, Rita is not a vase, she is a warrior reborn from ashes, iron-blooded and tough, but she is fragile and sad in her heart.

This is also the most special part of the movie compared with the previous life. Both Cage and Rita are typical action movie characters. From the beginning to the end, the pleasure/sense brought by the action scenes is the main point of view; but both characters are Carrying their own connotations and depths, they fit the reincarnation theme of the film and tell the meaning of war, life and time.

Therefore, the role requirements must be an excellent action actor, but also an excellent literary actor.

There are not many actors like this in Hollywood.

And don’t forget, Renly.

As an actor, Renly is undoubtedly lucky to meet both requirements at the same time; but the problem is that he is only twenty-one years old. Even if men can grow a beard and increase their visual age, the choice of actresses is still limited. Under the age of 30, otherwise, the reaction between the two protagonists is not convincing, then the so-called love line can only be nonsense. This is bad news for ambitious crew members, absolutely bad news.

As a result, the options that were already stretched are now even more valuable.

In the last life, Emily Blunt did a great job; in this life, the script is likely to go further, so who can take on such a heavy responsibility?

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