Chapter 396 Target Oscar?
“Do you want to compete for next year’s Oscar?” Monica asked quickly with bright eyes.
Kristen also set her sights on Wang Shu, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
Hollywood actors’ career goals are always to win the Academy Award.
Even after Kristen became the hit Twilight Girl, she continued to star in art films in the hope of winning an Oscar.
Robert Downey Jr., who also became the world-famous Iron Man, accepted Nolan's invitation to play a supporting role in "Oppenheimer" without any hesitation and agreed to take a pay cut.
He starred in Iron Man, and his salary has risen to US$70 million, while his salary at Oppenheimer was only US$4 million.
Even with a salary of US$4 million, I feel extremely honored to have received this role.
It seems that I am losing money by taking a pay cut to act as a supporting actor for someone else.
In fact, he made a lot of money.
Because of this role, he won a bunch of Best Supporting Actor awards, even the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Commercial films, no matter how high they are at the box office, are short-lived and they will eventually swim naked when the tide passes.
The Academy Awards that art films can win are the hard currency in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
This principle is just like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.
Gong Li is one of the three major European film queens, and she has become international through this.
It was through the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that Zhang Ziyi got the opportunity to go international.
Gong Li, even if she doesn’t show up much as she gets older, her status in the industry will always be there.
I won’t give any face at the Baodao Golden Horse Awards, and no one will talk openly about it.
Zhang Ziyi is different.
As her time passed, it went downhill more and more.
For example, Chen Kaige, who participated in the event, directly showed his disdain for Zhang Ziyi.
The reason is precisely because Zhang Ziyi does not have an international award-winning body.
Even if she has won many awards in China, when she reaches her status, it will become more and more obvious that domestic awards have no gold content.
Because, many people in domestic entertainment know that the major domestic awards are all for gilding the cake.
When gold plating is completed at this stage, it is entering a higher stage.
However, Zhang Ziyi never succeeded.
Because she was not successful, many actresses of her generation had insinuated that her acting skills were just that she thought they were great, but in fact they were just that in the eyes of others.
In contrast, no one in Gong Li dared to be so sarcastic.
This is because actors of Zhang Ziyi’s contemporaries have won several major domestic awards. Although they have not been able to go international, they are equal to Zhang Ziyi in terms of honors, so they dare to say this with their identities. talk.
Gong Li is an international movie queen.
Without the corresponding honor, there would be no confidence to say such sarcastic words.
This is when the tide passes, and it’s clear who is swimming naked.
When an actor always has works released, it is undeniable that this actor may be very popular.
However, when the actor had no works for a long time.
The difference between winning and not winning is revealed.
Actors who have won awards will always be highly respected even if they have no works. Although their status in the industry is influential, it can maintain its value.
As for actors who have not won awards, if they have no works for a long time, they will slowly be swept into the sewer. It is precisely because of this that, except for a few people, all actors in the entertainment industry are eager for awards.
In Hollywood, for an actor, there is absolutely no value in competing for the box office of a movie.
Because the box office of a movie is linked to the director and producer, and has little to do with the actors.
Therefore, the only honors for actors are film acting awards.
Whose film awards are more valuable and who is more impressive.
The Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards in Hollywood.
Every Hollywood actor doesn’t want to take home a statuette.
Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others all know that Wang Shu is not only a commercial film director, but also a Cannes film winner and a Venice film winner. Festival Best Director Award for Art Film Director.
These results show that Wang Shu's art film is likely to win an Oscar for Best Actor or Best Actress, or Best Supporting Actor and Female.
As for the Oscar for Best Director or Best Screenplay, these are not actor awards, and whether they win or not has nothing to do with them.
What they care about is the actor awards for supporting actor, supporting actress, best actor, and best actress.
Especially this script was written by Wang Shu himself.
They have learned about Wang Shu’s resume, three art films, which won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. Best Director Award.
Matt Damon, Monica and others have reason to believe that Wang Shu's art film is qualified to compete for the Academy Awards.
"I have this plan." Wang Shu did not hide his thoughts.
Matt Damon and Monica looked at each other after hearing this. They knew that a Chinese director like Wang Shu who had just come to Hollywood would most likely not have the right to cast, so they did not recommend themselves, but someone else. idea.
For example, recommend Wang Shu to a familiar producer.
In this way, Wang Shu’s script can be filmed, and they can also get the role through a familiar producer.
In fact, Wang Shu will unabashedly state in front of Matt Damon and Monica that he does have the idea of competing for an Oscar, and he has such a plan.
He just came to Hollywood and didn’t have the corresponding connections. It doesn’t mean that Matt Damon and Monica don’t have them.
Therefore, he only needs to take out something that can make Matt Damon and Monica's hearts beat, and then these two people will be his "connections".
It is even said that Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others will become his "connections".
“If we plan to film now, it won’t be able to keep up with the top three in Europe, right?” Matt Damon spoke up at the right time.
It’s already July, and we can’t catch up with the Venice Film Festival in early September. The registration time for next year’s Academy Awards coincides with the Berlin Film Festival.
Therefore, neither the Venice Film Festival nor the Berlin Film Festival can catch up with the filming at this time.
What Matt Damon means is not to participate in the three major European films and not participate in the Oscars.
The Academy Awards are regional awards in the United States, while the three major European film festivals are international film festivals.
To put it simply, if you sign up for the three major European films, even if it is an award-winning film, you can also sign up for the Academy Awards.
For example, if an art film in which Matt Damon participated was registered for the Venice Film Festival, and he won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
Then, when he returns to Hollywood, this movie can still be registered for the Academy Awards and compete for the Oscar winner.
Not only can you participate in the competition for the Oscar winner, but also the Golden Globe Award, the Performing Arts Association Award, and many other awards.
The award avoidance principle for a film is that of an international film festival with a regional nature.
(End of this chapter)