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Chapter 533 "Taken 2" Startup and the New Four Little Stars

On the set of "Taken 2", Cao Xuan met the famous Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway.

Cao Xuan's first impression was that she was white, her second impression was that she had a big mouth, and her third impression was that she was a cheerful and polite girl.

That's right, this famous Hollywood actor is actually not difficult to get along with in private, at least for Cao Xuan personally, the first meeting is quite harmonious.

Many marketing accounts of later generations said that Anne Hathaway was hacked in the United States because she was too perfect and was envied by others, so everyone wanted to destroy her.

This is complete nonsense, "perfect" is just Anne Hathaway's personality, this one is not perfect.

But if you want to say that this person is angry, he has done a lot of immoral things.

Anne Hathaway was initially hated by many people because she played the role of the White Queen. Because the White Queen in the movie wronged the Red Queen when she was a child, she was a white lotus, so she was disgusted by many audiences.

The bigger black spot after that is that "Les Miserables" forcibly changed the original work, changing the blonde beauty in the original work into black long/short hair.

The forced analogy is equivalent to changing the Monkey King of "Journey to the West" from a golden monkey to a black-haired baboon, which naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among fans of the original book.

In addition, when receiving the award at the Oscars, thanking her back and forth, she was known as the actress with the longest acceptance speech at the Oscars, and was ridiculed by netizens.

Another time, she had a boyfriend who had been dating for four years suspected of fraud, and she immediately severed the relationship. This kind of "big black bull behavior" is obviously not pleasing both at home and abroad.

The above-mentioned events, as well as various miscellaneous details, made American audiences believe that Anne Hathaway is a very fake person with no personality.

And she herself deliberately marketed the "perfect persona", but she pretended not to be like it, was full of loopholes, and left talk points at every turn.

Such people are not necessarily popular in China, let alone Americans who prefer "true temperament and down-to-earth". Over the years, black rumors have continued.

The melon eaters and netizens all over the world are the same, as soon as the momentum picks up, they will immediately follow the trend.

It just so happened that Anne Hathaway was not without black spots, so she became a well-known "black and red actress" in Hollywood.

However, in Cao Xuan's opinion, this one is not bad, at least as a work colleague is enough.

Especially when comparing Anne Hathaway to the Queen of the Sea, who pooped on the bed and made Depp half dead, she can be regarded as "true, good and beautiful".

Among the actresses in Hollywood, one counts as one, but none of them are good.

Not to mention them, even Cao Xuan himself, along with the artists under Fanxing, have all kinds of "black material" on them.

No one is perfect, especially the stars whose Vanity Fair has been magnified in various ways. No matter what you do, you can be found out.

So Cao Xuan has long been used to it, as long as it is not a matter of principle and the conditions are suitable, they can cooperate.

To put it bluntly, he is not marrying a wife, making a movie, he cares whether people are black or not, as long as he can help the movie make money.

But at the current stage, Anne Hathaway's popularity is not bad, her reputation is good enough, her price is right, she is also pretty, she is a very cost-effective Hollywood actress, Cao Xuan has no reason not to.

Compared with Anne Hathaway, Cao Xuan is actually more interested in Dashi Johnson.

With a height of 1 meters and a weight of 95 jins, with a thick back and waist, just standing in front of people feels oppressive.

In order to reflect the strength of the villain, and at the same time take into account Cao Xuan's ruthless and ruthless action style, several action directors wasted brain cells to design fighting scenes for the two.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan himself is 1 meters tall. Although he is not a big and thick type like Johnson, he is also well-proportioned and strong. The two are fighting each other. I dare not say that they are evenly matched, but the contrast is not too great.

Johnson made his debut as a wrestling actor and a star player of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). He was just selected into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.

Johnson made his Hollywood debut in 2001 and participated in "The Mummy 2". Although he only showed his face for a few minutes, he left a big impression on the audience.

So Universal hit the iron while the iron was hot, and opened a special feature film "The Scorpion King" with the character alone. Taking advantage of the momentum of the "Mummy" series, it performed well at the box office.

Since then, Johnson has completely entered Hollywood, but he basically plays supporting roles, and the leading roles are all low-cost, which is barely a second-tier in Hollywood.

It wasn't until 2010 that he starred in some action dramas, including "Special Forces 2" and "Fast and Furious" series, etc., that Johnson really became popular and became one of the most profitable male stars in Hollywood.

Speaking of which, Anne Hathaway and Johnson are still acquaintances. Last year, the two also collaborated on a "Confused Detective", which was released this year and earned 2.3 million US dollars worldwide.

"Taken 2" cast Anne Hathaway as the heroine, it's hard to say that she wasn't influenced by this "Confused Detective".

Cao Xuan, as the producer of "Taken 2", has the greatest power. He chatted with Johnson for a few minutes, and he asked Johnson to shave his head.

That's right, Johnson still had a cut head at this time, and unlike the impression of many people in later generations, Johnson was not a macho in the impression of the American public at this time, and he was more comical.

After all, they are WWE wrestlers, all of them are fun and experienced.

Many Chinese audiences in later generations wondered how Johnson was so good at making comedies. After watching two of his matches, he knew that he was already restrained.

Because of this, Cao Xuan hoped to change Johnson's image.

When the gold master spoke, Johnson followed suit, shaved his head, put on a tight T-shirt, his body was bulging, and he was even more aggressive.

Even Johnson himself was quite satisfied when he looked in the mirror, and felt that he seemed to have found the most suitable look for him.

Cao Xuan himself was also relieved, God knows, how uncomfortable he looked at the haired Johnson, or the current bald head looking comfortable...

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"Taken 2" was filmed in London and Manchester, England, as well as several scenes in Hong Kong.

Compared with the first part, the investment in the second part is also a little bigger, and the scene is also more grand, which requires the help of the local government.

This is not the first time Cao Xuan has been in contact with Manchester, and even has a personal relationship with the mayor, so he got the filming permit very easily, and there is no obstacle in London.

After all, "Taken" was considered a relatively popular movie last year, and it also starred Cao Xuan, which is also good for city publicity.

It's just that the little golden retriever, who just became the mayor of London, invited Cao Xuan to a dinner party for his own benefit by pretending to be the mayor of London.

This is not the first time Cao Xuan has encountered such a situation. After all, if a world superstar can be invited to a dinner or party hosted by his family, it will be very honorable to his host.

Cao Xuan has received countless similar invitations both at home and abroad, most of them declined, and very few came because they couldn't push it away or because of the exchange of interests.

The little golden retriever is the latter, pulling Cao Xuan to brag to the guests how much he likes Cao Xuan's songs, and how the two hit it off and talked very happily.

Cao Xuan smiled politely the whole time, and even regretted agreeing to the little golden retriever. If this is revealed in the future, it will not be brought into rhythm...

However, after this banquet, the on-site shooting of "Taken 2" in London has no troubles.

On September 9, "Taken 12" was officially launched in the UK. The first scene was Cao Xuan leading Hathaway for a walk in London, laughing and talking from time to time, and at the end hugged Hathaway and said goodbye.

Empress Donggong just watched blankly behind the monitor, playing with the phone in her hand from time to time.

He wanted to go back to watch the monitor after the performance, but he didn't dare to glance over at Hu Jing, so he watched the filming first.

They are all professional actors, and their acting skills are above the standard. There is no difficulty at all in a shopping couple scene, and they go straight to the next scene.

Anne Hathaway got off work and was robbed by several people. Cao Xuan appeared and beat them back to save her girlfriend, but the bag was still gone...

The plot of "Taken 2" is not complicated, and it doesn't even have much connection with the first one.

After Japan succeeded in saving his sister last time, the security company of the hero Chen Jun played by Cao Xuan expanded its business to the UK, and the hero also came to work in the UK.

During this period, he met the heroine who worked in a drug research institute, and the two fell in love.

What the two of them didn't know was that this biological research institute was just a cover. In fact, a certain European gangster group was a laboratory for the production and research of new drugs.

Interpol found out about the situation and sent undercover Hu Jing to collect evidence latently. During this period, he and the heroine were colleagues and had a good relationship.

Later, although Hu Jing received the evidence, but the undercover incident happened, Hu Jing was injured and fled. Before leaving, she put the evidence USB flash drive in the purse of the female protagonist who knew everything about it, and planned to quietly take it away through Interpol afterwards.

But he didn't want the heroine to be robbed, her bag was taken away, the USB flash drive disappeared, and there was a traitor inside the Interpol, Hu Jing was almost silenced, and the heroine was also targeted.

Afterwards, the gang sent people to capture the heroine. The hero thought it was revenge from the gang of robbers, so he went in alone, beat him up, got the USB flash drive, and understood the situation a little bit.

After that, one side wanted to save people, and the other side wanted to get evidence to kill them. The two sides fought wits and bravery. Coupled with the story of Hu Jing and the police, the film was finally completed.

The plot is not new, and it is even a bit routine and templated, but "Taken 2" is not about the background of the plot, the key is action and intense rescue rhythm.

If we talk about the first part of "Taken", the production team, including Cao Xuan, felt like crossing the river by feeling the stones.

After learning the feedback from the audience, everyone has a deeper understanding of this series, and the plot setting and shooting style have become more mature.

Maybe this will not be liked by some film critics and senior movie fans, but it will definitely impress most ordinary audiences.

Cao Xuan understands the positioning of the "Taken" series very well. It is a popcorn-style action movie that incorporates some family affection and love, but the actual core selling point is still an action movie.

For a commercial action movie, good-looking and exciting is the most important thing, and everything else can be put aside...

So this also led to the fact that the first part of "Taken" carefully crafted some family elements, and the second part took a relatively more straightforward route of love + action comfort of a hero saving the beauty.

The fast-paced plot and mature team made the filming of "Taken" very fast, and the filming of the early and mid-stage plot of the film in London was completed in less than a month.

Then he moved to Manchester. The setting of the movie is the lair of the villain gangster, and the rescue and decisive battle in the middle and later stages were filmed here.

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"Wow, hello, hello."

"I'm Cristiano Ronaldo, you can call me Ronaldo."

"I'm Rooney."

"I'm a big fan of your movie, you are so beautiful in "Princess Diaries"."

Knowing that "Taken 2" moved to Manchester, Ronaldo and several Manchester United players came to visit the team.

Cao Xuan thought he was here to see him, and he was a little moved, but as soon as he got to the set, these beasts moved to join Anne Hathaway.

Stars like them usually have female stars and models to make friends with them, but basically they are mainly from Europe. In the football desert of the United States, the influence is still weaker.

As a Hollywood star, Anne Hathaway is still somewhat well-known internationally, and she is quite attractive to these animals.

Especially Ronaldo, this period of time is the most proud and carefree time, Cao Xuan often saw his gossip and gossip when he was filming in the UK.

It is said that in 2008 alone, Ronaldo officially admitted or had 5 girlfriends who were photographed intimately, and there were countless one-night stands or friendship discussions.

One of his nurse girlfriends publicly ridiculed this philandering carrot—the house is huge, the technology is very good, and he has slept with 8 women.

You know, there are only four digits in the gossip of Mr. Cao.

Speaking of "scumbags", Ronaldo's reputation in the UK and Europe is even higher than that of Cao Xuan in China...

Many Chinese media or European media commented on the good relationship between the two, and often quoted similar adjectives such as "smelly like" and "like attract like".

Cao Xuan had nothing to say to this group of LSPs, he cast a contemptuous look, and then filmed with a bunch of villains.

Later, with an idea, he called Ronaldo and Rooney, the two most famous people, over with a sincere tone.

"Is the set fun?"

"It's fun, it's very interesting, and it's much more than our advertising scenes."

"Do you two want to have a play?"

"Cameo?"

Ronaldo hesitated a bit: "Can we do it? Do you want to talk to your agent?"

"It's not like you haven't filmed commercials before, if you don't have a problem, just one or two shows, just play it."

"alright."

Both of them are a bit eager to try it out. They often come for commercials, documentaries, and interviews. This is the first time for a regular film shooting.

Cao Xuan turned around and discussed with the director. The two of them had limited time, and the script had already been set, so they couldn't give any big roles. They just showed up briefly, which was considered a fun shot.

After preparing for a while, we talked about a scene and started shooting.

This scene is about Cao Xuan's first arrival in Manchester, he caught a young man, the young man took him to find the leader, the other party recognized the male lead, and the two sides started fighting.

The opponent has many people and has guns, so the hero is not easy to fight recklessly, and he fights and retreats, fighting and strangling.

Cao Xuan ran to a small shop, and several gangsters rushed in. The boss played by Rooney, who was wearing a Manchester United jersey, was furious and found a baseball bat out of nowhere.

"Who are you, get out of my shop."

The gangster drew a pistol and pointed it at him, Rooney's baseball bat slammed to the ground, his hands held high, his face turned from anger to horror.

"Calm down, buddy."

Seeing that everyone was distracted, Cao Xuan shot and killed the man holding the gun, and then the two sides started a shootout in the store, Rooney lay trembling under the bar.

After a while, the gunfire stopped, and Cao Xuan dragged Rooney up, and took out the cash, watches, mobile phones, and gold chains that he had found from several gangsters.

"If my compensation is not enough, ask them for it."

After finishing speaking, Cao Xuan left, and Rooney looked at the mess in the store, picked up his baseball bat, and walked towards the only gangster who was still howling and not dead.

No matter how Rooney recruited, he got a supporting role with a role, and Ronaldo's role is simpler.

Cao Xuan chased the leader, drove the car directly into the air, opened the door, dragged the leader with blood on his face, Bangbang punched him unconscious and threw him into the car, and left quickly amidst the alarm bells.

Not far away, Ronaldo pulled out the earphones in his ears, stared at the scene dumbfounded, and shouted four sentences in Chinese with a slight Portuguese accent.

"Fuck you, awesome!"

Well, this is a special offer for the Chinese version, and an English version of "Wang Defa" was also filmed, which can be edited as appropriate.

After filming the movie, the two of them were still a little unfulfilled. Cao Xuan asked someone to take 10 pounds and wrapped it in a red envelope, which was regarded as a reward for the two of them.

The two of them were guest appearances in friendship, and they didn't intend to ask for money, but Cao Xuan couldn't say no at all. £10 was equivalent to half a week's salary for the two of them, so it was money for tea.

The money is not much, but it is also a heart. When Neymar cameo in "Xxx", I heard that he didn't give a dime...

Master Cao also couldn't help sighing, why can't he be ruthless and be a black-hearted capitalist through and through.

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Entering October, Cao Xuan, Hu Jing and others are filming in the UK, and in China, Fanxing has also started to promote "The Voice of China" and the upcoming new TV series "Tang Gong Suo Yu".

The gathering of the four mentors Liu Huan, Ren Xianqi, Han Hong and Chen Yixun excited many domestic audiences.

This lineup is not considered the top ceiling in the Chinese music scene, but it is also very luxurious. The most important thing is that the competition system is novel, and the slogan created externally is "Listen to the sound and don't look at the people".

The first episode of the program is expected to be broadcast in December, and it will be broadcast until before the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, "Run" will take over.

The first season of "The Voice of China" is mainly to see the effect. If the effect is good, it is very likely that the second season will be launched next summer.

After all, this audition is more about the presentation of music programs, rather than a star audition that comprehensively considers image, quality, strength, and traits. If you only consider voice and stage song performance, the number of good seedlings is much more than "Rising Star" .

It premiered in December, and a large-scale audition began in October. Unlike "Rising Star", because considering the blind selection process, the audition will not be announced to the public.

The general process is the registration of contestants, audition for the program group, and selection of contestants with sufficient strength to formally participate in the blind selection of program recording.

Therefore, those who can actually appear on the stage of "The Voice of China" are basically good seedlings who have been scouted by the staff, at least all of them can be sold, and the few who perform poorly will be edited even if they appear.

Unless there is something more topical, the program group will relatively reserve some scenes, otherwise there will be no mentors to choose the eliminated contestants, and very few scenes will be broadcast.

In the past two years, there has been a wave of drafts. Except for "Rising Star" and "Avenue of Stars", many programs require image, and a large number of talented players are excluded.

"The Voice of China", after playing the title slogan "No Threshold" + "Just listen to the voice and don't look at the people", has attracted the attention of many powerful players, and there are a lot of participants.

The program group also successfully set off the first wave of momentum, making a good start for "The Voice of China".

In addition, Fanxing's key project this year "Locking Jade in the Tang Palace" has finally been jointly premiered on the three satellite TVs of Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, and Shanghai.

Yan Kuan and Gao Yuanyuan left, Fan Xiaopang and Liu Tianxian gradually turned their energies to movies.

The former took over the filming of "Happy Family" and "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven", and it is very likely that he will act in "Let the Bullets Fly" later.

The latter released an album after "Hurricane Rescue", and has been in the Chinese music scene for more than half a year. He is currently participating in "October Besieged City", which is partly invested by Fanxing, and has replaced Li Yuchun, playing the role of the beating girl Fang Hong,
The film "October Besieged City" does not have much investment from Fanxing, but the companies under its control, such as China Film, Bona, and Huayi, have a good relationship with Fanxing.

Liu Tianxian was originally a popular actress, and the film crew was also eager for traffic, and with the backing of many stars, she got the role easily.

In fact, at the beginning, the film studio wanted her to play Ah Chun, the role played by Jiang Wen's daughter-in-law Zhou Yun, who is gentle and gentle, and falls in love with Chef Xie.

However, Liu Tianxian wanted to act in a fighting drama, and he fell in love with the role of the female hitter. Fan Xing helped with public relations, and the film crew also considered that she came from martial arts dramas and had enough background, so Liu Tianxian finally got his wish.

Considering the role, Liu Tianxian can be said to be the female lead of this movie, but this movie is a group portrait show, so we can only calculate the number, which is probably within five.

It seems ordinary, but don't forget that this is her second movie.

The so-called breaking into Hollywood, everyone understands what's going on. It's okay to shout and shout, but it doesn't mean that she is really valuable. Hollywood will not invite her, and the industry will not really regard her as a Hollywood actress.

"October Besieged City" is a major production in the Chinese film industry in the past two years. Liu Tianxian won the most important female role, which is considered very good.

At present, the Chinese film industry is still dominated by big stars. Liu Tianxian, born in the 80s, can already compete with many big stars for film resources, and he is already the number one in his generation.

In contrast, Da Mi Mi currently has no access to those top film resources except Fan Xing's internal films, and even if she does, she will not be able to get any important roles.

Before that, she got the most important movie role as the heroine of "Slam Dunk", but the role is really just that.

But Sai Weng lost his horse, how could he know that it was not a blessing.

Without Fan, Gao, Liu, and Dong, Da Mimi became the leading actress in Fanxing TV drama, and Hu Ge became the leading artist in Fanxing TV drama field, and a lot of relevant resources were devoted to them.

After the TV series is filmed, the fame and popularity will explode, and the resources will naturally increase. Fan Xiaopang and Liu Tianxian are good examples. Da Mimi maintains the confidence to overtake on corners.

And "Tang Palace Lock Jade" did not live up to her expectations. It staged a frenzy of ratings in October 2008. Da Mimi benefited a lot and became the most popular floret nowadays.

In the selection of the second Golden Eagle Goddess this year, Da Mimi defeated the sister-in-law Lu from "Struggle" with the absolute advantages accumulated in "The Heirs" and "Tang Palace Lock Jade", and was elected the second Golden Eagle Goddess in history.

Not long after, led by Weibo, major networks, media, and audiences voted for the new four small female roles.

With undisputed votes, Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi succeeded in taking the position, while the remaining two spots, after various fights, finally went to Huang Shengyi and Wang Luodan.

These two also caused a lot of controversy. Fans of Xiaohua from all walks of life were dissatisfied, and a scandal of suspected ticket purchases was exposed.

But no matter what, the four accounted for the second, and there are still two without objection. The name of Fanxing's "star-making factory" is getting louder and louder...

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