Chapter 493 It’s really a destiny
In 2006, Penelope Cruz went to the Cannes Film Festival with the crew of the Spanish film "Return".
This year’s Cannes International Film Festival has a large wholesale of best actors and actresses, and Penelope is one of the wholesale actresses.
Penelope was surprised at Wang Shu's youth at the time and couldn't believe that there was a shortlisted film at the Cannes Film Festival with a director who was only 20 years old.
At that time, she was really shocked.
Later, because the two parties were not in the same circle, there was no contact at the Cannes Film Festival, let alone subsequent contact.
Penelope was shocked at that time, and then slowly forgot about it as time went by.
In addition, I was busy with work and paid little attention to outside voices, so I didn’t think about this for a while.
Now after being reminded, she instantly remembered that Wang Shu was the young director she met at the Cannes Film Festival.
That year, in front of her, the other party won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival and won a Cannes Best Actress.
Now, in front of her, she won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director
Penelope said to herself, it is really a fate!
We met twice at world-famous award ceremonies, and both times they won awards.
The difference is that compared to the Cannes International Film Festival, Wang Shu went one step further and won the Oscar for Best Director.
But she took a step back.
Last time she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, this time at the Oscars, she only won the Best Supporting Actress Award.
The Oscar for Best Actress.
is nowhere in sight.
“Cannes in 2006?” Wang Shu looked confused.
In fact, of course he knew that Penelope was one of the wholesale actresses in Cannes in 2006, but the two of them had never spoken at that time, so it was impossible to remember under normal circumstances, so he pretended not to know. look.
"'Return', I participated in that movie and won an award at Cannes." Penelope reminded loudly.
"Oh~ah~it turns out we met in Cannes." Wang Shu heard this and immediately pretended to remember it.
Matt Damon and others stood aside and suppressed their laughter. Wang Shu’s expression was that he didn’t remember it at all, but pretended to.
Penelope also noticed it and sighed, too lazy to continue explaining.
After all, there was no intersection, and there were so many winners that year, so it was normal for Wang Shu not to have any impression.
Matt Damon looked at Penelope, then at Wang Shu, and joked: "You are quite destined, right?"
"We met when we won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and now we are here We met at the Oscars."
When Wang Shu heard this, he saw Penelope looking over, cleared his throat, and answered seriously: "It's really fate."
< br>When Penelope heard this, a smile spread on her pretty face.
Matt Damon glanced at the two actresses behind Penelope and said: "I still have something to do, so I'll leave for a while and you guys can talk."
When the two actresses behind Penelope saw this, they also said: "We also have something to talk about."
Wang Shu: "."
A few people walked away in time, Only Wang Shu and Penelope were left.
The atmosphere instantly became a little ambiguous.
Penelope smiled slightly awkwardly: "They seem to have misunderstood something."
Of course it was a misunderstanding.
Wang Shu knew that Penelope had a boyfriend and would get married next year and have a son the year after that.
At this moment, it’s just a mess.
Of course it cannot be said to be random.
Because the atmosphere in Europe and America is relatively open.
Wang Shu won the Academy Award for Best Director and was in high spirits.
Penelope also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, which was equally dazzling.
Now we are attending the Governor's Ball together.
During this happy hour, it is common to drink some champagne, drink some wine, and then indulge.
As long as the two parties meet their eyes and have a moment of impulse, they will be in perfect harmony.
Afterwards, both parties went back to their respective homes without interfering with each other.
Wang Shu laughed and said: "The atmosphere seems to be wrong all of a sudden."
Penelope is a Spanish actress, who is more reserved than American actors.
In other words, actors throughout Europe are much more reserved than actors in the United States.
But as long as you stay in Hollywood for a long time, you will be assimilated by American actors.
Penelope also smiled when she saw this, and immediately started chatting.
The chat didn’t last long, and soon someone else came to talk to Wang Shu, breaking the short “two-person time”.
Penelope had no choice but to wait silently for a while, hoping to continue chatting with Wang Shu.
However, there were many people chatting with Wang Shu, but there was never a chance.
And she had other social contacts and could not wait here forever, so she immediately chose not to disturb Wang Shu and left quietly.
When Wang Shu finished his social activities and looked behind him, Penelope was no longer there.
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"Shu, congratulations on winning the award." Anne Hathaway walked up to Wang Shu and said with a sweet smile. Anne has a big mouth, and even if she smiles slightly, the smile on her face is obvious.
"Thank you." Wang Shu responded, and then said with relief, "You are not lucky this time, and you will continue to work hard in the future."
Anne Hathaway shook her head helplessly. Of course she knew how to keep up her efforts, but nominating for an Oscar was not about drinking water. You don’t just get nominated if you want to.
After missing this time, she didn’t know that she would have the chance to be nominated again in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
On the contrary, Wang Shu won the Oscar for Best Director at the age of 22. Even if it was expected, it is amazing.
Seeing that Anne Hathaway looked a little down, Wang Shu continued to comfort him: "Anne, have confidence, I believe you will be able to win the Oscar statuette in the future."
"It won't be long!"
In the original timeline, Anne Hathaway took over the filming of "Les Misérables" and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in this film.
In the future, she will really be an Oscar-winning actress.
It really won’t take long.
The premise is that her decision to take over the filming of "Les Misérables" has not changed.
Anne Hathaway's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she answered in surprise: "Shu, do you want to invite me to cooperate?"
"Of course I would like to cooperate with you!"
"When?"
"After "Life of Pi"?"
"." Wang Shu was a little confused by Anne Hathaway's surprise three questions.
Obviously, Anne Hathaway misunderstood.
Wang Shu just knew that the other party would become an Oscar winner in the future, so he expressed relief based on this.
Unexpectedly, the other party mistakenly thought that he wanted to cooperate with him.
This.
Wang Shu also knew that the problem was with him. It was he who said something that made Anne Hathaway misunderstood, which caused the situation in front of him.
Then he prevaricated: "Annie, you are such an excellent actor, of course I want to work with you."
"It's just that I will devote myself to the work of "Life of Pi" next"
"Even if we cooperate, it will be later."
Wang Shu's prevarication, listen to Anne Hathaway heard that Wang Shu really wanted to cooperate with her. She immediately grinned happily and said, "Shu, I know this."
"So. I hope we can cooperate. It will be coming soon.”
If it were before, Wang Shu would not have casting rights in Hollywood.
Now that he is the best director at the Oscars, he has certain casting rights as long as he is not directing projects in the hands of the eight major Hollywood companies.
In other words, the producer will respect his opinion on casting.
Nolan will be able to choose the roles when filming "Oppenheimer" in the future. That is because the producer of "Oppenheimer" is Nolan's wife, so the husband-wife cooperation can be so smooth.
Anne Hathaway would say this because she knows that Wang Shu is now the best director at the Oscars. With this honor, Wang Shu will have a greater say in cooperating with producers in the future. It is not impossible for the filmmakers to recommend and cast her as the heroine.
Having reached this point, Wang Shu had no choice but to smile and respond: "Well, I hope so."
Acknowledgment does not mean directly deciding on the other party. Even if there is no cooperation in the future, there will always be excuses.
The two chatted for a while, and Nicole Kidman happened to come over. She smiled and asked: "Shu, Annie, what are you talking about, are you chatting so happily?"
Before Wang Shu could say anything, Annie couldn't wait to answer first: "Shu just invited me, saying that there would be a chance to cooperate in the future."
"." Wang Shu.
After hearing this, Nicole Kidman looked at the two of them in surprise and asked: "Will you collaborate in the future?"
Then she looked at Wang Shu and asked in surprise, "Shu, do you have a script already written?"
She knew that Wang Shu was a creative director and could write and direct himself.
If you have a script in hand, there will be no shortage of investors to cooperate, and you can indeed find actors.
She also knew that Wang Shu would film "Life of Pi" next, so she subconsciously believed that Wang Shu and Annie's collaboration would be after "Life of Pi".
Annie didn't think of this at first, but after Nicole's inquiry, she suddenly realized it.
Wang Shu is not only the youngest director in history.
He is also a creative director who can write and direct himself.
"The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were all scripts he wrote himself and then put them on the big screen.
So.
Anne Hathaway couldn't help but stare at Wang Shu expectantly with her big eyes.
When Wang Shu heard Nicole's question, he couldn't help but secretly thought that Jiang is still hotter with age.
Anne chatted with him for a long time, but neither of them thought of this. Nicole asked the key as soon as she came.
He is now an Oscar-winning director, and the box office results of movies shot in Hollywood are on the table. If he has a movie script in his hand, there will be no shortage of producers to come to him and cooperate with him.
In this case, he has a lot of say. Even if he proposes to designate the heroine, as long as it is not outrageous, the producer will not refute it.
In other words, as long as Wang Shu has a script in hand, producers will rush to cooperate with him.
Even if he specified Anne Hathaway to play the heroine, this would still be the case.
(End of this chapter)