American fame and fortune

In the conference room of Legendary Pictures, a series of crew producers, including Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, are convening a meeting to discuss the next step of work.

As an integral part of the Hollywood film industry and even every crew, Howard, a representative of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, also attended the meeting.

The company acted as a completion guarantee for the crew.

Hollywood can attract investors from all over the world. The film completion guarantee system is the key. The insurance company provides insurance to the investors to ensure that the film can be completed. Once the crew has an accident, the insurance company even has the right to take over the crew and recruit people to complete the film. Shoot production.

Once the production fails, the insurance company will pay a heavy price.

Therefore, in the pre-production stage of the crew, the guarantor will eliminate all unfavorable factors.

The work was discussed one by one, and Howard did not intervene. The completion guarantee requires the smooth operation of the crew, not to interfere with the work.

Charles Rowan, who presided over the meeting, quickly talked about an extremely important item in the film: the actor audition for the clown.

"The film is similar to the showdown between the two heroes of the Thief, and the role of the clown is very critical." Charles Rowan stood at the front of the conference table and said, "There are currently many actors who have passed our initial selection."

He introduced one by one: "Martin Davis, the most popular young actor in recent years, has a strong commercial appeal; Robin Williams, an Oscar winner, can control various types of roles; Ann Brody, the best actor Oscar in the past few years; Heath Ledger, the representative of the acting school among young actors, has ten years of professional experience..."

Actors who have passed the initial selection appear on the projection screen.

Charles Rowan said: "The crew will send out audition invitations to these actors."

Nolan continued: "The specific results will be decided after the makeup audition."

Warner Bros. and DC Comics are backing Nolan.

Another producer questioned: "Heath Ledger is not suitable, he..."

"Heath Ledger is a good actor." Alan Horn of Warner Pictures interrupted him directly: "His gloomy temperament is very suitable for the role. Hollywood life and work have always been separated. As long as the portrayed The character is good enough, the movie is well shot, and the little things in private life are nothing."

Louise didn't speak, but looked at her watch. Just now, she received a text message with only a few words.

"nailed it."

She knew before that that bastard Martin was going to kill the most threatening opponent before he was going to fight in the ring.

In the lounge next to the conference room, Howard's assistant, Phil, received a call from someone claiming to be an employee of the Firefighters Fund.

The other party asked him to go to TMZ immediately on the phone, which is related to the success or failure of the cooperation between the company and Warner.

Phil turned on his laptop, connected it to the network cable next to him, logged in to the TMZ website, and saw the news and videos on the top of the homepage.

After a quick scan, he determined that it had a major connection with the company's project, so he hurried out of the lounge and gently knocked on the door of the meeting room.

The company has regulations that in case of similar situations, the relevant person in charge must be notified as soon as possible.

The door of the meeting room opened, and the interrupted meeting was temporarily interrupted.

Phil said sorry, quickly came to Howard's side, leaned closer and whispered: "Something went wrong, the crew and actors were selected, TMZ..."

He spoke quickly and concisely.

Howard nodded, motioned him to find a place to sit temporarily, straightened his tie, put his arms on the conference table, and said: "Something happened, I suggest that the meeting be suspended temporarily, and read the report on TMZ.

He did not see the relevant reports, so he would not express his opinion lightly, and simply said: "It is directly related to the work of the crew afterward."

Charles Rowan said to an assistant: "Project on the screen."

The assistant immediately performed related operations, and the homepage of TMZ's website appeared on the screen soon.

Everyone in the conference room saw Heath Ledger's name.

Alan Horn frowned slightly, not feeling well.

Nolan thought about it.

Emma Thomas immediately remembered the shitty things Heath Ledger had done before.

The success or failure of this movie is too critical to the careers of the husband and wife.

Once it fails, there may be no turning back.

Charles Rowan said, "Open."

The news opened and three videos were played one by one, only one of them was Heath Ledger!

A recent video, the shooting date is displayed as today.

The people in the conference room are all practitioners in Hollywood. They are no strangers to certain things, and they can understand what happened just by looking at them.

Howard's job is to control risks. He was thinking about it while watching the video. After the video was played, he said directly: "Heath Ledger was once on the set in Brooklyn, New York, because his personal behavior endangered the lives of others. I didn't object before. I thought He has reformed, but at the moment, the situation is not optimistic."

He concluded: "From the safety of the crew, I have reason to suspect that Heath Ledger may endanger the safety of other actors. If the crew uses Heath Ledger, it will endanger the filming and completion of the film."

Charles Rowan looked at Alan Horn, who was in the same company, and he hoped that Alan would not do stupid things.

Alan Horn didn't speak anymore, as if these had nothing to do with him.

Because of Bell's request, by the way, Alan Horn is fine, but he is absolutely unwilling to take too many risks for this.

Charles Rowan exchanged glances with Orrin, the director of DC Comics, and quickly reached an agreement, saying: "Cancel Heath Ledger's audition invitation, he is not suitable for this crew."

Emma Thomas followed immediately and said, "I agree."

Nolan didn't speak, and Bell had promised him, but the guarantee was obviously unreliable.

There was no objection from those present, and Heath Ledger was crossed out from the list of invitations to audition for the crew.

At the end of the meeting, Howard found Charles Rowan alone for a brief exchange.

"This matter, the work of the crew was not rigorous enough." Charles Rowan gave a due attitude: "I guarantee that similar things will not happen again."

Howard reminded: "Charles, we have cooperated many times, but this time the budget is too high, the production cost of 180 million US dollars, if there is an accident in the middle, even if the actors are replaced, the loss will be as high as tens of millions of dollars. Both will be ruined."

Charles said: "Don't worry, the crew will definitely choose the most suitable actor."

Howard really felt the pressure this time: "I hope that the actors selected by the crew will not only have excellent acting skills, but also not be too bad in terms of dedication and professional ethics."

Charles obliged.

Howard immediately left Legendary Films. After returning to the company, he immediately communicated with his superiors about the matter and proposed to temporarily put Heath Ledger on the blacklist of the Firefighters Fund Insurance Company.

This insurance company undertakes the completion guarantee for nearly 80% of Hollywood film projects!

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The news that Heath Ledger was not invited to audition for the crew reached Martin immediately.

In the suite of the Four Seasons Hotel, Martin put down his mobile phone, picked up a glass of wine, poured it into his mouth, and the wine flowed out from the corner of his mouth, bright red like blood.

From his hand, a poker card fell.

The playing cards were dug out by Martin with his fingernails and fell on the carpet. The holes reflected the dark color of the carpet against the snow-white playing cards, like the face of a devil.

Blood-red wine dripped down the corner of Martin's mouth.

tick! tick-tick

It landed on the devil's face, dyeing a big blood-red mouth.

Bruce took a step back suddenly, thinking that this bastard's head is not filled with stinky shit, but human blood?

"Ha..." Martin wiped the wine stains casually, and opened his blood-red lips: "Old Bu, our goal has achieved the first item, and we have eliminated the biggest threat with dignity!"

Bruce couldn't help but said: "We are too upright, and everything we do is like justice from heaven."

Martin smiled happily and unscrupulously. All the things that were holding him down were thrown away. He said, "We didn't do anything, just gave them a small push behind their backs."

Bruce said: "Yes, if it wasn't for Heath Ledger's own serious problems, how could he be kicked out of the audition list."

"But such a result makes me very happy." Martin stood up, dancing with hands and feet: "That kind of sincere comfort is something I have never experienced before."

Hearing this, Bruce suddenly put away his smile, and asked tentatively, "You won't get too deep into the drama, will you really become a pervert?"

Martin laughed: "How is it possible? I'm just enjoying all of this. This kind of unloading of all burdens, the real relaxation from the spirit to the body, feels very charming."

Bruce's phone rang and he picked it up, but it was Thomas.

The two chatted for a while and talked about the situation of the film project.

Bruce hung up the phone and said quickly: "David Fincher called Thomas himself, claiming that the audition for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" will not be until the second half of the year, and he hopes that you can wait for the crew for a while and go to audition then .”

Martin replied, "No problem."

Recently let go of the restraints, and some words came naturally: "Tell that crew that I don't like Cate Blanchelt."

Recently, there was news that the crew of "Benjamin" wanted to invite Cate Blanchett to audition for the leading actress.

Bruce wrote it down, and then he would inform Thomas, and Thomas was responsible for how to word it.

He added: "Rory's first kiss was renamed and officially named "The Dark Knight". Three weeks later, there will be an audition for the Joker, and the crew sent you an official invitation."

"Very good." Martin said, "According to my request, find a stylist and costume designer, the one that is absolutely reliable."

Bruce responded, "Thomas is looking."

Martin said: "Time flies so fast, it's time to plan for the next step, remember to remind Leo that idiot next week."

Bruce understood what was going on: "Your efforts can be seen by everyone in the crew?"