Movie Master

Under the dim light, Angelina's cardamom-dyed nails carried a deadly temptation. She patted Lance's chest lightly, and then stuffed a small note in the upper right corner. In the pocket, his eyes raised slightly, and the almost whispering words spit out from between the flaming red lips, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Strelo." His right hand pressed hard on the pocket again, as if through the fabric Feeling Lance's firm chest muscles. It's over, the blurred/ambiguous eyes slowly slid down along Lance's nose, and finally landed on Lance's lips. Her full and rosy lips were slightly opened, and you could vaguely see the whiteness inside. teeth, and the tip of the tongue looming between the teeth.

The provocation/tease like a superficial touch of water slowly spread in the air like the fragrance of roses. Even though Angelina turned and left, the lingering fragrance still lingered slowly on her fingertips, making her blush and heartbeat.

Brad Gray looked at Angelina's curvaceous figure fading away, couldn't help but whistle softly, and said jokingly, "Wow, this is a good night, isn't it?"

Lance narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Angelina leave, but the focus was locked on Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston on the other side of the pool.

Lance thought it was a funny thing, he originally thought Angelina and Brad hooked up during the filming of "Operation Smith", but now it seems that it happened a long time ago There are signs—at least Angelina's current actions are not so pure. When Angelina was flirting just now, she was always watching Brad's every move from the corner of her eyes.

However, Brad Pitt was too far away on the other end of the pool, so Lance couldn't tell if he had noticed Angelina's actions at all.

Lance withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Brad Gray next to him, and said with a smile, "It was indeed a good night, if someone was more sensible just now."

This ridicule made Brad stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing, "It's a pity, now Miss Julie should curse me behind my back." Brad raised the champagne glass in his hand, "Here, I express my sincere apologies. However, I believe that as long as you are willing, things can always be redeemed." Brad's eyes fell on the direction of Lance's chest pocket, but he smiled and said nothing.

"Some are worth it, and some are not." Lance said meaningfully, but Brad had a different understanding of that chic and casual tone - the flower that "grows among thousands of flowers, not a single leaf sticks to your body"/ Playboys are always so confident.

Brad chuckled lowly, "Then I think I'd better be ready to leave at any time, otherwise the ladies won't be able to let go." Lance couldn't help laughing at this line of ridicule, "Before I leave , I must finish the important things first, otherwise who knows, maybe after thirty minutes, I will miss the opportunity."

Lance was slightly stunned, and a possibility appeared in his mind, which made Lance feel a little astonished, and his intuition denied this possibility, but he did not rush to reveal his true inner thoughts, but turned to Brad De cast a puzzled look, waiting for the next sentence.

Sure enough, Brad didn't give a damn, and immediately said, "The company is preparing a special project now, and we all think you are a very suitable candidate." Lance actually guessed it right away. The magic of Oscar night is still In the continuation, but Lance still didn't say much, listening quietly, "This is a very interesting story about a taxi driver who picked up an ordinary passenger during an ordinary night shift. I thought it was just another ordinary journey, but I didn't expect that this passenger was a professional killer. So things started to get interesting."

Lance couldn't help raising his brows slightly. This is indeed a good idea, but it can be developed in many different styles, and there are countless possibilities for the direction of the story, "So, is this 'Fast and Furious' or 'Taxi Driver'? Or 'This killer isn't too cold' or 'The Seven Deadly Sins'?"

"Uh...it will be decided by the director, isn't it?" Brad was a little caught off guard, his understanding of movies is naturally inferior to that of Lance, "However, as far as I know, the current script is more like a 'pirate The Wire' or 'Training Day.' How about it, are you interested?"

Brad's fragmented words reminded Lance of a work, but the current information is still too little, and he needed further confirmation, "Does this work have a name?"

"'Murder with a Borrowed Knife' is called this name for the time being. The specific situation will be determined after the director confirms it." Brad hesitated for a moment, but said straightforwardly.

Sure enough! Lance couldn't help snapping his fingers in his heart. In his last life, this work was directed by Michael-Mann, and it can be ranked in the top three of his career, along with "Heart" and "Shocking Insider". , which also earned two Oscar nominations and was well received by critics.

"'Borrowing a Knife to Kill'?" Lance's inner thoughts did not reveal the slightest, "What happened to Martin Scorsese?" The preparation of this work began in the second half of last year. According to the news, Martin has confirmed to direct.

"It didn't work out." Brad said vaguely, "In fact, we have talked with Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg, and they are all very interested in the script. However, in the process of revising the script, there were some conflicts between their filming schedules, and they were not able to achieve it in the end."

The subtext of Brad's words is: We put you on the same level as these prominent names.

However, Lance was obviously not dazzled, and he still listened calmly and earnestly. Brad didn't care either, and then said half-jokingly, "At the very beginning, we mentioned your name because we actually hoped that you could play one of the roles."

This sentence successfully attracted Lance's attention, and he chuckled, "Are you kidding me?"

Brad was very interested in Lance's reaction, and asked, "Why are you so surprised? I thought you would be happy to nod and agree." Seeing that Lance still did not waver, Brad frowned slightly, " If the information I investigated is correct, you have studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for more than two years, right?"

Lance raised his eyebrows, "I thought it was a secret."

"Actually, when I saw your resume, my first reaction was that you should be an actor, not a producer or director." Brad looked at Lance with great interest, unable to Not to mention, Lance is the kind of natural actor who can attract people's attention just by standing on the stage, not to mention that he is an academic from traditional British drama. It is really a huge pity not to become an actor.

Lance shrugged, "I'm more interested in standing behind the camera and controlling everything than standing in front of the camera and being manipulated."

In fact, Lance failed to graduate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and he dropped out of school on the eve of graduation. The reason he told Brad is one of the very important reasons. Compared with actors, Lance does prefer the position of director, and even screenwriters are more interesting choices.

But in addition, there is another reason that Lance found that even within the British academic school, their prejudice against appearance is still very serious, and the advantages in the eyes of others have become a stumbling block for Lance. People always think that He's "too handsome" for the role, or the focus is on his looks and then his acting efforts are ignored.

This is a very annoying thing.

Although Lance also admitted that he dropped out of school on the eve of graduation because he was young and energetic. If he did it again, he would choose to complete his studies; The bondage of "Vase", he has served as an acting teacher for a long time, but students will always question his ability, so that he is tired of explaining later.

So, in fact, Lance can feel the joy of being overwhelmed by ecstasy after Charlize Theron won the award tonight.

"So, you don't intend to be an actor at all?" Brad jumped straight to the conclusion.

Lance did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "So, you are officially inviting me to star in 'Murder with a Borrowing Knife' instead of directing it?"

"Yes, 'Murder with a Borrowed Knife'." Brad finally realized, "How about it, are you interested? Take over the director? The budget of the film is estimated to be around 60 million, and there is still room for negotiation; you can be the director of the film. The producers, Paramount and Chaos Films co-produce, but the cast needs to be picked by us."

Lance was a little surprised that Paramount was willing to take the initiative to delegate power. Before he even nodded, he had already given up a lot of benefits, but after hearing the last sentence, Lance understood, "So, you are planning to shoot A commercial? Something like 'Sniper Phone Booth'?"

"...Yes! Yes!" Brad was stunned for a while, carefully recalling "Sniping the Phone Booth", and then nodded again and again, "We just hope to build up the tension of the plot, and then give the movie more charm through the acting charm of the actors." feature, and then become a huge success at the box office."

Not an unexpected result.

As people say, Sundance is the springboard for commercial films. After Sundance became famous all over the world, it took over the guide tube of commercial films and injected the personal charm of independent directors into commercial films. , Large production companies can firmly control the initiative in their hands, and then rely on the charm of star actors to boost the box office. To put it simply, a director is a part-time worker, or even half a puppet.

After years of development, this model has been brought to the extreme in the superhero movies adapted from Marvel comics, with a solid cast, a solid script mode, and a new director.

Now, it was Lance's turn, and the three statues of the "City of God" knocked on the door for him.