Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 93 Which big star is this?
Susan on the opposite side suddenly fell silent when she heard this.

Well, if compared with Nicolas Cage, Ben Stiller is indeed much less famous.

Although Nicolas Cage's reputation is up and down, he is indeed a genuine Hollywood superstar, and he won the Oscar in 96.

Although the salary is a little cheaper than that of Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, it still costs more than 1500 million US dollars, and it also requires a share of the box office.

If you don't get a share of the box office, I'm afraid the salary will be even higher, almost 2000 million US dollars.

In comparison, Ben Stiller's salary of 1000 million to 1300 million US dollars seems really cheap.

"But if we really ask Ben Stiller to play the leading role, the budget will probably increase a lot." Susan said with some worry.

But Wayne on the other end of the phone smiled softly.

"You don't have to worry about the budget at all. As long as you spend 'reasonably', there will be no problem~"

"I feel relieved when you say that." Susan felt relieved a little.

Because "Alice" was replaced by Charlize Theron, and Wayne also has high requirements for service, the budget of "Resident Evil" is not low. The first and second films together cost almost 5000 million US dollars. .

Among them, Charlize Theron's salary alone is a full 1000 million US dollars.

Now that the actor is replaced by Ben Stiller, even if he only stars in the first film, the budget will definitely exceed 6000 million US dollars.After all, she had never thought of hiring such an expensive actor before.

"Fortunately, the second female leads in the two films are not particularly expensive actors." Susan couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

Although the box office results of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are very impressive, the fame and status of the leading actors in it are not as great as those of Cheng Long and Jet Li back then.

What's more, Zhang Ziyi is only the second female lead. According to her experience, a salary of 100 million US dollars for a film is already high.

As for Eva Green, who plays the second female lead Valentine in the second film, she is a student who has not yet graduated. She has no reputation at all, and her salary is about the same as that of Annie in "Girlfriend". Even if Wayne wants to There is no way to give more.

"What about the other characters? Have they been finalized?"

"The male lead in the second movie is Ryan Reynolds——"

"Ryan Reynolds? Which big-name star is this?" Susan thought subconsciously.

But he thought about the names of the popular first- and second-tier actors in Hollywood, and he couldn't remember who Ryan Reynolds was.

In fact, Wayne has no plans to invite already famous stars this time.

The first one needed to be popular enough to attract the audience, so he chose Ben Stiller as the leading actor, who was already famous and had starred in two movies that both received word-of-mouth and box office success.

But as a sequel, the second part already has the popularity of the first part, so if we find a big star to star in it, it will really overshadow the show.

"It's not a big star, it's a small supporting role in "Dick", which was released last year and starred Kirsten Dunst." Wayne explained.

Susan on the other end of the phone had an expression of astonishment as expected, obviously she didn't expect it to be like this.

However, Wayne was the boss of the company, and he had proven his keen eye for casting many times, so Susan didn't put forward any opinions, but just made a quick note of it.

"So what about the villain 'Spence Parks' in the first film? Do you have a candidate?" Wayne pinched the spoon and gently stirred the coffee in his hand, frowning slightly unconsciously.

To be honest, he actually wanted to find a Heihei to play 'Spence Parks', but for the sake of box office, he gave up this idea.

After all, the first film in any series is so important.

"For 'Spence Parks', just look for Heath Ledger, the leading actor in the movie "Look Away" that was released last year!"

Seemingly knowing Susan's doubts, Wayne paused for a moment and then took the initiative to explain: "I see a certain quality in this guy. He is very suitable for playing this kind of villain."

That's right, in order to increase the success probability of "Resident Evil 1", Wayne directly sent "Joker" Heath Ledger, who is still barely reaching the third-tier Hollywood actor, to Nolan in advance, hoping that the two of them can wipe out the A different spark.

In fact, if it weren't for the male protagonist in the first film shouldering the burden of driving popularity and traffic, he would have wanted to find Nolan's "Batman" Christian Bale in advance.

As for why Christian Bale was not cast as the leading actor 'Carlos Oliveira' in the second film, who made him more optimistic about Little Bitch?

"As for the actor who plays the villain 'Kane' in the second part, let's go to Hugo Weaving. This guy is really suitable for playing that kind of bad guy in a suit."

"no problem!"

Susan, who finally heard a familiar name, breathed a sigh of relief and wrote it down on her notepad.

"By the way, let's find Samuel L. Jackson to play the captain of the mercenary team in the first film."

"I think I've heard of this name. He's a black actor who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, right?" Susan said while remembering it.

"Yes, he also starred in an action movie "Killman" released this year, and the police detective role he played in it looked pretty good."

Wayne frantically found the 'Black Braised Eggs' again.

This is one of the few black actors that he likes.

At this time, Samuel Jack was quite famous, and he was considered relatively high among the second-tier Hollywood male stars. Otherwise, he would not have been able to star in an action movie that cost more than 4000 million US dollars.

However, because the box office results of recent movies have not met the expectations of the producers, his salary has been lower than before. In addition, because he is only a supporting role, he can get it within 200 million.

"Any more?"

"That's all for now."

"Okay, I'll contact Mike right now."

After hanging up the phone, Susan first combed through the contents just recorded on the notepad, and then dialed Mike's number.

"Hey, Mike, it's me, Susan. Wayne has decided on the main roles in "Resident Evil 1 and 2"

After receiving the call and learning of Susan's intentions, Mike suddenly became excited.

Although his two biggest clients, Wayne and Jessica, will not star in the movie, just Zhang Ziyi's salary can bring him tens of thousands of dollars in income!

(End of this chapter)