Actor: My Entertainment Era

Zhang Yuanjun flew to the United States today, and Eddie kept urging him to go there.

At last year's wedding, Eddie told Zhang Yuanjun an idea for a killer action movie with a small budget. Zhang Yuanjun didn't think much about it at the time and agreed to star in it.

Eddie actually went back to work on a script crew for his boss.

Yesterday, Eddie called Zhang Yuanjun and talked about the movie again. Zhang Yuanjun said that the script was ready and would be sent to him first. Eddie said that the script was ready and asked him to come to the United States to discuss the details. Zhang Yuanjun casually asked: " What are you going to call this film?”

Eddie said: "Our writers named it John Wick."

Zhang Yuanjun's mind suddenly shut down at that time, and then he decisively agreed to Eddie's invitation and chose to fly to the United States to discuss the details with the crew.

Fortunately, apart from preparing for "The Master of Hypnosis", Zhang Yuanjun is not too nervous about other work in China and can postpone it.

Although his wife was puzzled by his temporary change of schedule, she didn't worry too much when she found out that he was there to negotiate a film appointment. She packed his luggage and told him to be careful outside, then turned around and continued the preparations for his new film.

After landing in Los Angeles, Zhang Yuanjun didn't even go to the hotel. He just took his luggage and got in the car to find Eddie.

"Eddie, I can't wait to see the killer story you prepared for me." Zhang Yuanjun was very excited when he saw Eddie.

"Zhang, this is our screenwriter Derek Kolstad, a professional action film screenwriter."

Derek is a fat white guy wearing glasses. As Eddie introduced him, he specializes in action movies.

Zhang Yuanjun has an impression of this naive white fat man. In addition to writing "John Wick", he also wrote "Little People".

It seems that Derek has a strong sense of cost control. He knows that he is not famous, so he only focuses on small costs.

Derek shook hands with Zhang Yuanjun and said: "Zhang, I like your performance." Zhang Laosan is still well-known in Hollywood, "Especially "The Man From Nowhere" (English translation of "The Lone Agent"), I like you Skills." Nowadays, there are still a large number of fans of Hong Kong Island movies in Hollywood, especially Hong Kong Island action movies. It is not surprising that a professional action movie screenwriter like Derek has seen "The Last Man".

Zhang Yuanjun said politely: "I am not a professional action actor. You should watch my performances in literary dramas."

"Of course, I have watched both "Transcendence" and "Her". I heard that you have won the three best film awards in China. Zhang, an excellent actor like you should come to Hollywood, where you can realize your ambitions. .”

Zhang Yuanjun shivered: "I haven't left Hollywood either. I have always been a member of the labor union."

After chatting, everyone began to talk about the script written by Derek. In fact, Derek and Eddie had never thought about making a killer series. The original story was not that far away for the time being. However, for the sake of operability in the world of killer, Derek still made a mystery. A force named "The Table" was arranged to control everything.

If the first part sells well, he can continue to make more movies, and he will continue to complete the entire killer world along "The Table". John Wick is not dead anyway; if the first part fails, the current story will be complete. , just say that John Wick lived a happy retirement life with his newly adopted dog, which is an explanation.

As an out-and-out Oriental, Zhang Yuanjun had no objection to the killer story in the script. His opinions mainly focused on the values ​​​​behind the movie: it doesn't matter if a thousand or ten thousand people die, but one pet cannot die.

His family also keeps pets, but neither he nor Liu Yifei elevate their pets to the point where they really become family members like in the West.

Under the political correctness of animal protection in the West, pets are sometimes valued more than people. This is what "John Wick" reflects.

The same is true for "Guardians 3" later on. The universe is in crisis. Even if we are fighting life and death, we still have to save the lives of animals.

"Give me my dog's life" is a kind of ridicule, but it is also a mockery of this value of life.

However, after actually reading the script of "John Wick", Zhang Yuanjun, as a screenwriter, really wanted to complain. Derek's writing is really bad!

With this script, no one will think that the film will make money.

The plot can be described as crappy. Derek deleted and deleted the protagonist's lines. John Wick has only a few words from beginning to end, just killing.

The abruptness of the transition can be described as forced. This is the problem with too many low-budget movies - everything is done to save money, and even to cope with the less than brilliant acting skills of low-budget third-rate actors, the plot design is as brainless and direct as possible.

But there is no way, the audience is now eager to see a pure action movie, and this movie is a hit.

Zhang Yuanjun is the boss, and this story is prepared for him, but that doesn't mean he can just get the script and sit still.

He also needs to show his qualities as an actor. He needs to use his performance and physical ability to tell the crew that he is qualified for this role and win the trust of the crew.

In other words, the boss also wants to audition!

Eddie was ready. There were professional physical fitness and movement coaches waiting for him. Zhang Yuanjun followed him out.

One hour and 1 minutes later, Zhang Yuanjun came back, and several coaches also gave their own evaluation results of Zhang Yuanjun: his physical fitness was passing, and his movements were average.

The final suggestion is: you must train for at least a month before shooting.

Although Zhang Yuanjun maintains fitness all year round, he is not a professional action actor after all, and he just got off the plane, so he really couldn't do some test items.

"We can't hold you to Johnson's standards," Eddie looked at the report and smiled, "but your physical fitness is much better than Keanu Reeves."

Zhang Yuanjun felt insulted and shouted: "Come on!"

Everyone laughed.

Keanu is almost 50, but the consensus among the industry is that he is a has-been with no acting skills.

His acting skills are really not good, and many of his fans admit this.

Moreover, Keanu's limbs are generally recognized to be stiff and unable to move. This was the case when he was young.

So how did he get promoted to the front line?

The answer is that when you look like him when you are young, you don't need great acting skills to be successful.

Hey, why does this comment sound so familiar?

The young Keanu Reeves became famous all over the United States with his handsome face in "Speed", and then he met the "Matrix" series and became famous all over the world!

Then there is the extremely handsome "Constantine".

His own dullness is very suitable for the character's characteristics.

He was no longer good after "Constantine" and is basically out of date now.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I’m talking about my wife!

Zhang Yuanjun told Eddie about his schedule for this year. Currently, only one film, "The Hypnotist", has been confirmed, which will start shooting in June and is expected to take two months to shoot.

Eddie obtained Zhang Yuanjun's schedule and said that he would coordinate the filming of "John Wick" and specifically informed his boss that he must allow at least one month to receive action and firearms training from the crew.

Zhang Yuanjun all agreed.

At the end of the conversation, Zhang Yuanjun, who was still jet-lagged, fell asleep and Eddie took his leave. (End of chapter)