Chapter 382 Depp’s own mistake
Naomi Watts is resting at home because she is pregnant. In fact, she is not unable to work even if she is pregnant.
Many actresses still insist on filming and participating in commercial activities even when they are pregnant. This is largely because the pregnancy period is too long and they are afraid that the audience will forget about them.
However, after years of hard work, Naomi Watts still wanted to be more conservative, so she gave up.
Just after the production, Peter Jackson's "King Kong" can also start production, and Naomi Watts can return directly after giving birth.
When she has nothing to do, Naomi Watts will also come to Melon Studio to visit, sit in Little Gilbert's office, read books, and play games.
That day, she saw a script and asked little Gilbert: "Dear, what is this?"
Little Gilbert looked up and explained: "The script that Bob handed over to me is called "National Treasure"!"
"National Treasure? Is it also a treasure-hunting adventure movie?" Naomi Watts asked.
"Yes," little Gilbert nodded slightly: "After "The Mystery of the Spell" achieved good results, there is also a certain market for movies with this theme.
Jerry Bruckheimer came to Disney with the script, so Bob asked me to come and look at it. "
"Does Bob want you to direct this film?" Naomi Watts was curious.
"No," Gilbert Jr. refused: "Even so, I won't direct this film. It's not necessary."
At this point, little Gilbert remembered that there was a heroine with a heavy role in the script who was responsible for the vase, so he asked Naomi Watts: "Are you interested in playing the heroine?"
Since winning the Oscar, Naomi Watts has not been so artistic in accepting roles, but has returned to the route of commercial films.
The reason is also very simple. Oscar-winning actresses can become the decisive factor for actresses to be on the front line, but the real basis is commercial performance.
Just like Meryl Streep, she has won Oscars throughout her life, but no one will ever consider her to be a top-tier Hollywood actress.
Looking at Julia Roberts on the other hand, there were few actresses who could compare with her throughout the 1990s. She was the most popular Hollywood A-list actress, but she did not have an Oscar.
Of course, last year, Julia Roberts won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Never Surrender," breaking her curse of not having a Best Actress.
Naomi Watts was very lucky. Holding little Gilbert's thigh, she easily reached the position of an A-list actress, and the Oscar-winning actress was also at her fingertips.
But after that, Naomi Watts still followed the route of commercial films. If she had a good script, she would also cut her salary and star in some literary films.
But generally speaking, commercial performance is the basis for determining whether Hollywood actors are A-list stars.
Naomi Watts briefly read the script. "National Treasure" was a very standard Hollywood script.
There is a down-and-out male protagonist with a mission, a follower, a role-playing female protagonist, a silly villain, and a very weak puzzle setting.
No wonder Gilbert Jr. is not interested. The script for "The Mystery of the Spell" was co-written by Gilbert Jr. and Jonathan Nolan.
Although it is still the same, you can feel that "Mystery of the Spell" has a high-end feel in terms of settings.
But this sense of high-end is not seen in "National Treasure". The whole film feels like a relaxed and brainless commercial film.
It's not that this kind of movie is bad. In fact, the audience will prefer this kind of simple movie. It's mindless and relaxing, you don't look tired, you laugh out loud after reading it, and you can be happy all day long.
Movies as complex as "The Matrix" are actually rare. Even "The Matrix" stimulates the audience's adrenaline through a large number of visual special effects and exaggerated action scenes.
Those discussions about philosophical and religious metaphors are the icing on the cake, but they are not the main reason for the movie's success.
This is also the reason why James Gunn later took over the subsequent two parts of "The Matrix" and did not continue to explore philosophy and religion.
Make sure the audience will like it first, and then talk about other things. This is something Gilbert Jr. repeatedly emphasized with James Gunn during the production of the film.
After the "Matrix" project ended, James Gunn seemed to be very interested in zombie movies and planned to make a zombie movie for fun.
Not to mention, little Gilbert is also very interested in this subject, and there is a very good story.
Returning to "National Treasure", although it looked like it had the potential to be a hit, considering her schedule and being pregnant, Naomi Watts declined: "Let Michelle act, I think she can do it." ”
"Is Michelle going?" Little Gilbert dragged his head and said, "She may not be willing to go. Michelle has decided to change her career to become a producer and go behind the scenes."
"Just ask, being a producer doesn't mean you can't star in movies," Naomi Watts said.
"Okay, I'll ask her again when she comes over." Little Gilbert nodded in agreement.
There are not many projects in Hollywood that can be named every year. Little Gilbert has heard of the movie "National Treasure" at least.
Cameron Diaz has no interest in pursuing Oscar-winning actress. She occasionally appears in movies for fun, and she must be happy with it.
The two chatted and talked about little Gilbert's new project.
Naomi Watts asked little Gilbert: "How's your pirate project going?"
"The project has been officially approved. It's called "Pirates of the Caribbean" and it can be considered a fantasy adventure movie." Little Gilbert replied.
In fact, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will hold a project launch conference in two days to announce this matter and start selecting actors at the same time.
Gilbert Jr. has already sent invitations to both Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. After a simple audition, the two can join the crew.
Fortunately for Orlando Bloom, the Elf Prince in "Lord of the Rings" made him a national and even global idol, with unrivaled popularity.
Today's Orlando Bloom is like his brothers in previous lives. Although his acting skills are terrible, he has many fans.
However, Orlando Bloom has several advantages over his brothers, that is, Orlando Bloom is not a girl, and even if you take it off, you will still have muscles.
Not to mention that Orlando Bloom is very dedicated when filming. Although this is what actors should do, it is a rare quality among his brothers. Faced with Gilbert Jr.'s invitation again, Orlando Bloom didn't think much about it. I didn't even read the script and just agreed.
In the words of Orlando Bloom, he was willing to play even if it was just a supporting role, mainly to thank Gilbert Jr. for promoting him.
Compared to Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp's situation in the past two years has not been very good.
He himself is a person with a weird personality, has a weird temper, is difficult to get along with, and doesn't know what to say. He has offended many big directors.
At any rate, he maintained his position on the front lines of Hollywood by embracing Tim Burton, an equally weird director.
However, in the past two years, several movies that Johnny Depp has starred in have bombed the box office, and he has gradually become a bit of a box office poison.
For an actor like Johnny Depp, normal roles are really not suitable for him. He is more suitable for those neurotic and abnormal roles.
It just so happens that Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is such an abnormal character, which perfectly fits Johnny Depp's personality.
However, when the invitation was sent to Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp did not agree as readily as expected, but hesitated.
"John, what are you hesitating about? This is little Gilbert's project?" The agent was very anxious.
"This..." Johnny Depp seemed to be drunk and a little drunk: "I don't like this role very much. I don't want to play it."
"What role? This still requires hesitation. If you don't take the role, someone else will." The agent was very anxious: "John, you can't go on like this.
The movies we have received in the past two years have not been very successful. Now you are in urgent need of a blockbuster movie to prove yourself and return to the forefront of Hollywood. "
However, Johnny Depp still went his own way and didn't listen to his agent's words at all, and he didn't know what was going on in his muddy brain.
The agent was helpless. Keanu Reeves came over at this time. After hearing about this, he said to the agent: "Leave it to me!"
The agent is also helpless and can only hope that Keanu Reeves can persuade Johnny Depp to wake up.
"John, I still remember the last time I was asked to take on "Speed", you and Rivern tried their best to persuade me to take this movie.
Now, Ruifan is no longer here, but I still want to advise you that you should really take on this project. "Keanu Reeves took the wine glass from Johnny Depp's hand and said to Johnny Depp sincerely.
Johnny Depp's cloudy eyes brightened slightly when he heard River Phoenix's name.
He still repeated the reason for rejection: "I don't like this role."
"What role?"
"That's it," Johnny Depp pointed to the character introduction on the script, which was Will Turner.
Keanu Reeves was stunned: "Will Turner? I heard from Charles that Orlando Bloom was hired for this role?"
"What do you mean? I have to compete with a sissy for a role?" Johnny Depp was even less happy.
Orlando Bloom would probably cry if he heard this. He was actually treated as a sissy? I am an elf prince, okay?
Keanu Reeves was very strange and called Johnny Depp's agent in: "Did Melon Studio invite John to play Will Turner?"
The agent was stunned and replied: "No, it's Jack Sparrow, the pirate captain."
"???" After the agent finished speaking, the three people in the room were stunned.
It turned out that the agent didn't make it clear, causing Johnny Depp to think that he was playing the role of little blacksmith Will Turner.
The air froze and there was silence for a long time before Johnny Depp reacted: "Falke, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I thought I was cast as Will Turner.
If it were Jack Sparrow, I... I'd love to play it. "
Keanu Reeves and his agent were speechless. Keanu Reeves shook his head helplessly and said, "John, it's time for you to stop drinking. You drink too much and your mind is no longer clear."
"By the way," the agent remembered something: "Melon Studio said that if John agrees to star, he cannot drink alcohol or take drugs during filming."
"Is that so?" Johnny Depp was stunned and quickly said, "Then I won't answer."
"No, I have to take it." Keanu Reeves and his agent said in unison.
Keanu Reeves grabbed Johnny Depp, and his agent quickly called Melon Studios: "Hello, Melon Studios? John has agreed to take the role."
So under the semi-force of his friends, Johnny Depp took over the role of Jack Sparrow and became the second actor to be officially confirmed.
There are still many roles in the film that have not been directly confirmed and require auditions before decisions can be made.
The most important role among them is the female character Elizabeth Swann among a bunch of strange men.
Little Gilbert did not directly choose Keira Knightley like in the previous film, but held auditions to see if there was a more suitable actor.
Sacrifice "Star: My Super Powers Refreshed Weekly"
I traveled through time inexplicably, but I can only make a living by picking up trash.
There are three days left before the garbage is cleaned up. If you don’t have money, you can also clean up with others.
md, I have already picked up trash, where can I get the money?
Fortunately, there is also a superpower who traveled through time
But, Rorschach’s magical discovery
"Why, my superpowers are different every week."
Recently I want to show off and don’t want to code... (I will code another chapter tonight)
(End of this chapter)