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Chapter 290 Truman's Manager (Earth)
Auditions for the "Joker" TV series were scheduled on the set at Time Warner's headquarters.

This represents Time Warner's emphasis on the "Joker" TV series.

In 1969, Time Warner acquired DC Comics, and they saw the influence of superheroes in the film and television market in advance. DC's "Superman" was once regarded as the real beginning of superhero movies, and "Batman" was also a The popular big IP has influenced a generation of filmmakers.

However, since Disney completed the "combination" with Marvel in 2009, the big IP "Avengers" headed by "Iron Man" has beaten Time Warner so hard that it can't even find the north.

Time Warner learned from the pain and decided to gather all resources to develop a new era of superhero movies. Various executives took turns, and the directors changed again and again.

So first the "Batman" series was unfinished.

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" combines the power of two major IPs, but the look and feel is very strange, and the market response is extremely poor.

Zha Dao launched "Justice League" again, which was equally thunderous and rainy.

If "Joker" hadn't supported Time Warner and DC, it might have been acquired by Activision Blizzard.

Under such circumstances, the preparation of the "Joker" TV series is also a major event. Although the TV series made by DC have inherited the tradition of unfinished movies, "Arrow" has been popular for a while after all, and we can look forward to "Joker" There are Arrow influences.

So in this audition, DC Vice President Daniel was there, Todd Phillips, the director of the movie "Joker", and Danny Cannon, the director of another TV series "Gotham", were all on the scene. clown".

In addition, there were several Time Warner executives. Before the audition officially started, everyone looked through the materials of the audition candidates.

This audition is for the leading role, including the actors of "Joker" and "Harley Quinn". For a TV series, the most famous actors in Hollywood have little intention to participate in the show. At first, it was due to low income and occupation of filming. Due to the long period of time, it was agreed that the A cafe would not participate in the performance.

A coffee refers to actors with a salary of more than 1000 million US dollars. This part of actors is the top actors in Hollywood. Of course, there are top and top top actors above the top. When it comes to AAA cafes, such as Iron Man actor Downey Jr., It is the level where one person can support a movie with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars.

In "The Avengers", Iron Man plus the American team plus the Black Widow is equal to the salary of all other actors plus the director. This is the difference between coffee positions.

Jacques Phoenix, who currently has an appointment for "Joker 2", is already a member of the "2000 million club", asking him to pay at least $200 million for a single episode, which is almost equal to one-third of the production cost of an episode.

Executives are willing to pay the money, but the key is that Joaquin Phoenix refused to appear in the TV version of "Joker", he believes that "that is a repetition of myself, nothing new, and disgusting."

In addition, considering the schedule conflict between the movie and the drama version, it is definitely not a good choice to let Jacques play the role.

So the matter fell through.

If the image of "Harley Quinn" in the audience's mind is asked to represent Anna Hathaway, it is possible. First of all, her salary will not exceed 80 for a single episode. Secondly, she will not refuse to participate in TV dramas, but she will not participate in auditions , by invitation only.

Executives still have doubts about whether to invite Anna Hathaway. There are very few actresses in Hollywood who can support a movie or TV series, so whether to use Natalie in the role of "Harley Quinn" remains to be seen. .

This is the discrimination that Hollywood treats male and female actors. It is normal for an actress of the same reputation to be paid half as much as a male actor, and it is not unheard of for it to be as low as one-third.

In short, until today's audition, executives and directors have not found that there is a more suitable candidate than Anna Hathaway among the actress candidates, so it is very likely that she will be invited.

As for the actors.

Candidates for male actors are even more pitiful.

Since the explosion of "Joker", Joaquin Phoenix is ​​almost synonymous with "Joker" in the minds of the audience, so any A cafe is unwilling to play this role, and there are even fewer choices.

"Carlette is more suitable." Todd said, "He has great acting skills. He has participated in the "Joker" movie, has rich experience in TV dramas, has a certain reputation, is not expensive, and has a high degree of cooperation. He is even a producer. .”

"Too suitable is mediocre." Vice President Daniel said, he took out a document, "If there is a Chinese "clown", it will definitely attract the attention of the audience."

"Chinese?" Other executives wondered.

American TV dramas starring Chinese or Asians. In the past, there was "Nikita" starring MAGIC Q, which ended dismal in the fourth season, and then there was "The Badlands" with Wu Yanzu as the protagonist, which also did not survive the fourth season. It can be regarded as two very unsuccessful ones among the many unsuccessful American dramas.

"Yes, he is TRUE MEN." Daniel said, "He has god-like acting skills."

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Because the audition for the "Joker" TV series is very important.

So Mike Donner personally accompanied Carlette to the audition.

Mike is also the manager of "Joker" director Todd. Carlette is a new star he is very optimistic about. He performed well in the movie "Joker" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Venice Film Festival. The tempering of several movies, the future can be expected.

The "Joker" TV series is a tasteless taste for many A coffees in Hollywood, but for a B coffee like Carlette, it is a great opportunity.

The Joker is so charismatic.

Such a role is a great addition to enhancing the actor's popularity.

Max Mikkelsen, known as "Uncle Ba", is well-known to the audience because of his role as "Hannibal" in the TV series "Hannibal", so he won the awards for "Extreme Line Killer" and "Doctor Strange". " and other important roles in movies.

So Mike is bound to win this role, and Carlette has the same mentality.

Until they saw Adam Lelling on set.

Seeing this man in a neat suit and looking a little scholarly, WMA senior manager Mike stood up suddenly, just like a leopard meeting a tiger in the jungle, and the momentum lowered first.

"Hi~Mike!" Adam came over to shake hands with Mike.

The two are like old friends. After all, they are both well-known in the agent circle, but one is famous like a superstar, and the other is famous like a senior actor.

"I heard that you represent Prince Harry?" Mike talked about the hot news about this insider and even the entire American and British entertainment circles.

Prince Harry is the fifth prince in the British royal family.

Prince Harry's move into showbiz is big news.

Prince Harry's appointment of Adam Lelling as a manager is still big news, and it's explosive news in the manager circle.

Adam Lelling can be a "Prince Harry Proxy Owner" medal and put it at home, pass it on to his children and grandchildren, and become a family glory.

Why did such Adam Lelling appear in the audition scene of the "Joker" TV series?

Both Mike and Carlette had a very bad guess.

"Because of an actor I represent." Adam introduced the Chinese actor, "Truman will compete for the male lead in the "Joker" TV series."

(End of this chapter)