Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 939 Acting School

Lin Daoqiu selected Tom Cruise into the crew of "Tomb Raider". Although he was only given a supporting role, and he was still playing the villain, it was still an important role and the role was not bad.

After all, he is handsome enough, and more or less in line with the characteristics of this villain, so there is no problem in giving him this role.

However, for the role of the villain, Lin Daoqiu did not choose from the retesters, but asked Langmeyer to help invite the other party.

The president of Universal, together with Lin Daoqiu, a well-known producer in Hollywood, the other party would naturally not refuse.

On the day of the meeting, Lin Daoqiu took Sun Zhidong to the agreed restaurant and waited for him.

When there were still 5 minutes before the agreed time, the other party had already appeared. It seemed that he was a very punctual person.

As soon as Lin Daoqiu saw the other party walking in from the outside, he immediately stood up from the chair.

Because the only oriental faces in the restaurant were Lin Daoqiu's table, the other party saw Lin Daoqiu standing up, and immediately walked towards him.

"Are you Mr. Lin?"

Anthony Hopkins asked with a smile.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Hopkins."

Lin Daoqiu greeted each other with a smile.

"If Mr. Lin doesn't mind, just call me Anthony."

It seems that Anthony Hopkins is not the kind of person who is very shy, at least in front of Lin Daoqiu, he behaves very easy-going.

Lin Daoqiu naturally didn't want the conversation with Anthony Hopkins to be too serious.

However, Anthony's performance in the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" made Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but shudder in his heart when he saw him.

With his explosive acting skills, he played the highly intelligent and perverted Dr. Hannibal to life, making everyone who has seen it wonder how he did it.

"Anthony, actually, my purpose of asking you to meet this time is very simple. I want to invite you to participate in my new movie "Tomb Raider."

For Lin Daoqiu, "Tomb Raider" is a commercial film, the actors' acting skills are not the most important thing in it, the most important thing is the handsome action scenes.

However, if you can add a little acting skills to "Tomb Raider", or make the villain more impressive, it will be of great help to the movie and Brigitte Lin.

So after deciding to start filming "Tomb Raider", Lin Daoqiu's first thought was to hire an actor to play the role of the villain, and Anthony Hopkins was exactly the one Lin Daoqiu had in mind.

"I'm very glad to be appreciated by Mr. Lin, but before that, what I want to know is, why did you choose me among so many actors?"

This question made Anthony Hopkins very curious, because he and Lin Daoqiu had never met, let alone cooperated, why he was chosen among so many people.

When asked by Anthony Hopkins, Lin Daoqiu didn't know how to answer. Could it be that I've seen your movie "The Silence of the Lambs"?
You must know that this movie was released in 1991, and there are still 8 years before now, so it is absolutely impossible for Lin Daoqiu to say this reason.

"Because your eyes are what I want."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Anthony Hopkins seriously, and kept talking while staring into his eyes.

Anthony Hopkins felt very surprised when Lin Daoqiu looked into his eyes like this, but after staying in the film industry for so many years, he could somewhat understand why Lin Daoqiu said that.

Sometimes the producer or director of a movie, when he falls in love with an actor, may rely on an action, a line, or even a look in his eyes to feel that the other actor is the actor he wants.

"I don't know what to say, but since Mr. Lin thinks I can do it, I'm willing to give it a try."

In fact, Anthony Hopkins has always kept an open attitude towards Lin Daoqiu's invitation. After all, he will not reject being able to cooperate with such a successful producer.

"Thank you Anthony, I hope we have a happy cooperation this time. By the way, I forgot to tell you that I plan to make a series of "Tomb Raider". In addition to this, you may also want to Acting."

Prior to this, Anthony Hopkins hadn't met a producer, and he was already thinking about a sequel before the filming started.

However, if this person were replaced by Lin Daoqiu, he wouldn't be surprised at all. After all, out of the three movies he made in Hollywood, two of them were so good at the box office that they both had sequels, and only "The Mummy" hadn't been filmed yet. sequel.

"Of course there is no problem. If there is a sequel by then, I would be happy to participate."

After Anthony Hopkins finished speaking, the two stood up and shook hands with a smile.

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After getting Anthony Hopkins, the main actors of "Tomb Raider" have been officially built.

The combination of Tom Cruise and Anthony Hopkins, if it is placed in later generations, it must be enough to attract people's attention.

But now only Anthony Hopkins is a little bit famous. As for Tom Cruise, most of the audience can't even pronounce his name.

However, Lin Daoqiu believes that their joining will definitely be of great help to the movie "Tomb Raider".

Before that, Yuan Heping had already brought Lin Qingxia and Xiangjiang's crew members to Thailand, waiting for Lin Daoqiu there.

So Lin Daoqiu did not stop in Hollywood. After choosing the actors, he immediately took them to Thailand.

And this time "Tomb Raider" was shot, Lin Daoqiu chose Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand.

Setting foot on Thai soil for the first time made Tom Cruise look very excited.

After getting off the plane, Tom Cruise looked very curious about the things around him.

"Mr. Anthony, this is my first time going abroad to make a movie. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Knowing that Anthony Hopkins is a very good actor, Tom Cruise is very humble to ask each other about acting skills these days.

Anthony Hopkins has a good impression of Tom Cruise, a positive young man, so the two often chat together.

"Relax, memorize the lines, don't have too much expectation, well, that's all for now."

Anthony Hopkins has already read the script. Tom Cruise's role in "Tomb Raider" is relatively bright among supporting roles.

If he can play well, the audience will definitely be impressed by him by then, but before that, Anthony Hopkins doesn't want to tell him this, lest he be proud.

(End of this chapter)