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There are only seven actor profiles provided by the Creative Artists Agency. Compared with Cole, it can even be said to be rare. But these seven actors have been carefully selected, not only their strong self-confidence can be seen, but also their full preparation and information advantage can be seen.

In the script of "Murder with a Borrowed Knife", Vincent and Max are the absolute protagonists doing their part. In addition, there are five other main characters. As one of the five assassination targets, prosecutor Anne, this is also the female character who occupies the most important role; Chad, Max's mother Ada, and gangster Felix.

The Creative Artists Agency has provided a total of seven actors, who are arranged around five characters. Fanning, who has the most important role, has two profiles, one is Robert-Downey-Jr. , one is Michael-Ealy (Michael-Ealy); in addition, Felix, who is easy to shine, also submitted two materials, one is Javier Bardem, and the other is Terrence-Howard (Terrence-Howard ).

The other three files are for Juile-Christie who plays Ada, Peter-Berg who plays Richard, and Gwyneth Paltrow who plays Annie.

It has to be said that the Creative Artists Agency has fully utilized their advantages. On the one hand, they have obtained detailed script content from Shirley, which allows them to tailor the selection of actors completely according to each role; With their rich resources, almost every actor can count a good track record to prove their ability, but at the same time, they won't be too loud and take away Tom's style.

At the same time, they only arrange at most two choices for each role, or even one choice, which shows their self-confidence-it is impossible for Lance to refuse their choices. Even if Lance vetoed it, I believe they had enough reasons to convince Lance.

Just a short contact, we can see the absolute strength of the innovative artist management company in Hollywood in recent years. Working with them is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with endless opportunities, and Terrence's self-confidence and pride have been reasonably explained.

However, Lance will not be too excited because of Terence's "active invitation", because he clearly knows that what is gained is bound to be lost, this is a law of conservation.

After entering an innovative artist management company, you can get huge resources and powerful managers. This is true, but relatively speaking, since the number of first-line artists in their company ranks first in Hollywood, all resources must first go through the first-line artists. Screening, when it is the turn of others, the number of resources is bound to decrease.

In addition, the huge number of artists will also form more intense competition, which also means that artists must handle the relationship with their managers well-even flatter them, and then keep appearing in their sights to ensure that they do not Otherwise, even if the opportunity arises, it will be difficult for them to win a more favorable position, because the company considers the overall interests.

In addition, due to the integrated mechanism of innovative artist brokerage companies, it also means that many times they will be bundled and sold, and they will be forced to cooperate with people they don't like. To give the simplest example, the name of Robert Downey Jr. appeared in the list of actors in Lance's hands. This is a very interesting phenomenon.

In 2015, when people mentioned Robert, many people would show a look of surprise, and then shouted "Iron Man" excitedly, and because of the powerful momentum of the Marvel movie world, he also attracted a strong fan base for him. Before Lance's rebirth, Robert replaced Johnny Depp and became the most commercially valuable actor in the United States. His salary in "Iron Man 3" and "Avengers 2" has exceeded 50 million US dollars ——Including box office dividends, which earned him the reputation of "Hollywood's No. 1 Man".

But in fact, at the moment in 2004, Robert was a street mouse, and everyone shouted and beat him.

After Robert, who became famous at a young age, won an Oscar nomination for Best Actor by relying on the role of "Chaplin", he completely lost his way and became addicted to alcohol and drugs. At first it was just a personal behavior, but it soon began to affect other people. He first disappeared directly during the filming process, and was finally found hiding in the dressing room taking/drugs. Afterwards, he threw himself into filming in a state of drunkenness and dreams. His terrible performance aroused the dissatisfaction of his colleagues, and he had many confrontations with the crew, which seriously affected the normal work.

Nightmare-like performance After ruining many works in a row, Robert still didn't know how to restrain himself, which made the co-stars complain, and the film company was also a headache, lest they avoid it. In the end, it developed to being arrested and imprisoned, and forced to rehabilitate/drug. It's a pity that his nature is still hard to change, and after he came out, he fell into the whirlpool of drugs again, and it went on like this for ten years with ups and downs.

For Hollywood, he is like a cancer. Not only has he lost his acting spirituality when he was young, but he has also become a huge obstacle to filming. No one wants to cooperate with him.

This year, Robert came out of drug rehab again, this time he chanted "Never touch drugs again", eager to be forgiven by the Hollywood public and return to the film industry. However, the bad behavior of the past ten years has made it difficult to rebuild trust, and any film company is also cautious, and no one is willing to offer him a job so far.

Of course, Lance knows the future development trajectory. Robert got the roles of "Iron Man" and "Detective Sherlock Holmes" in 2008, thus realizing a big turnaround. The dark history of the past was completely buried, and even some reporters interviewed During the process, because of mentioning that part of the past, Robert turned his face on the spot and slammed the door to leave, but in the end it was still the media who "lifted which pot is not opened", which shows Robert's strong momentum.

However, at the moment in 2004, Robert is indeed a tricky figure. Everyone will look embarrassed when they see this name. However, the Creative Artists Agency did not know what considerations they pushed Robert out again. The other actors had no choice but to obey the arrangement. Once Lance and Paramount were persuaded to nod, those actors had to agree with him. Robert tied up.

These are the two sides of an innovative artist agency. Of course, there are advantages to bundling—with Tom Cruise, for example, a coveted opportunity for a rookie actor.

As far as Lance is concerned, he doesn't like the system of the innovative artist management company, because there is too little freedom, and it is always a pawn under the company as a whole. He prefers to be a chess player.

Returning to the list of actors provided by the Creative Artists Agency, from an objective point of view, it is indeed eye-catching. These names are all known to Lance, or even familiar. Even Michael Rey, who is currently the most unfamiliar to people, can be regarded as a powerful actor, and his basic skills are trustworthy.

What's more important is to prescribe the right medicine. Almost every actor fits the requirements of the role very well, including Robert for Fanning, or Gwyneth for Anne. It can be seen that the creative artist agency has gone through a lot of process in the selection process. Thoughtful, comprehensive consideration has been made from various aspects such as image, performance, role, style, etc., to ensure that in case of Lance's objection, they also have sufficient and sufficient reasons to refute Lance, coupled with Tom Cruise's support, With little room to back off, Lance was forced to accept.

If you think about it carefully, the project "Killing with a Borrowing Knife" can feel the ubiquitous restraint from the very beginning. Although it is said that during the filming of "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance felt tremendous pressure from a large film company, but it has to be said that compared with this time, 20th Century Fox is completely a gentle lamb.

From the internal pressure of Paramount, to the constraints brought by Tom, a first-line actor, to the exhaustive planning of the innovative artist management company behind it, it is simply a net of heaven and earth, leaving no room for breathing . The success brought about by "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow" allowed him to win more initiative, but after entering a new world, the initiative is accompanied by more interests involved.

Even though Lance had already prepared himself mentally, he was still under a lot of pressure. He even began to wonder whether it was the right choice for him to actively involve Tom Cruise in order to get the final editing rights, and let himself fall into a deeper rut.

Looking at the list of actor profiles in his hand, Lance could feel the heavy weight, and it was difficult for him to move forward.

Letting out a long breath, Lance suppressed the mixed thoughts in his heart. He clearly knew that the reason the situation was so difficult was because he was challenging a higher level-this is what Diorama Films is currently trying stage, but Diorama Films took six years to get here, while Chaos Films only took less than two years.

Pressure means challenges, but also benefits and opportunities. Only by overcoming the pressure can we enter the next stage, otherwise we will not only stand still, but may even retreat if we do not advance. Because this is Hollywood, like the Colosseum, a gold-selling cave and Vanity Fair.

One day in the future, Chaos Pictures will stand on an equal footing with Paramount and innovative artist management companies, get rid of the shackles like spider webs, and hold all the initiative in their own hands.

Don't forget, from nothing to now, from no chance to power vortex, Lance has come so far step by step. What's more, the project of "Killing with a Borrowed Knife" came to this day almost by Lance's own power, and the current situation is also caused by Lance. Not only will he not give up, but he will not easily hand over his initiative.

Even if the competition is Creative Artists Agency. This is their first encounter, but it won't be the last.