Full-time actor

Chapter 364【47】Character——Joker!
May 2004, 5, 23 pm Cannes time.

Chen Yu followed the crew of "House of Flying Daggers" and walked onto the red carpet of the closing ceremony. Although the red carpet was not as star-studded as the opening ceremony, he was able to meet many investors and senior executives of large companies.

Basically all of Hollywood’s current six major film studios sent representatives.

Many of the film crews who have not won awards will not come to the awards ceremony. For example, for "2046", Wang Jiawei and others have already taken the afternoon flight back to Hong Kong.

So in terms of popularity, it is definitely much different.

However, the reporters present basically know that the crew who can attend the red carpet of the closing ceremony can win awards.

So the moment "House of Flying Daggers" appeared, the reporters and fans in the audience all screamed with excitement.

Chen Yu's reputation overseas these days is soaring. Many people know his name as heal chan. In addition to the Volkswagen commercial, the fight scenes in "House of Flying Daggers" are also very rewarding.

"Director Zhang, can you tell us what awards "House of Flying Daggers" won?"

A Chinese reporter saw Zhang Yimou walking on the red carpet and couldn't help but ask loudly in Chinese.

"Heal Chan, House of Flying Daggers!"

"I didn't say that!"

After Quentin announced his vote, one of the judges abstained.

"OK, gentlemen and ladies, welcome to our 53rd Cannes International Film Festival Awards Ceremony!"

As soon as the applause started, he stretched out his hand to signal that there was another one.

Sean Penn didn't have any nonsense, he just took the microphone and started talking.

The well-known French host Philemon Gabbiadini came to the stage and began to award the main competition awards one by one.

Zhang Manyu was speaking there with some tears in her eyes. Wearing a dark evening dress, she still looked elegant.

After the premiere of "House of Flying Daggers" in the previous life, Sony directly bought out the distribution price.

Swish!
He raised his hands and said loudly: "Now, you can applaud!"

In fact, it is almost a default rule in the industry that Cannes notifies the winners in advance, and many people present are aware of it.

Zhang Weiping whispered to Jiang Zhiqiang there, and Jiang Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "You can also raise the price!"

"The country is going to have summer vacation anyway, and there are still more than two months left, which is enough for them to prepare!"

"That means House of Flying Daggers won the award, right?"

Therefore, the final number of votes was the same, four votes!
The youngest Best Actor in Cannes history!
The first action actor in history!
The 53rd Cannes International Film Festival is destined to go down in history because of these two historic moments.

The first one is the Golden Camera Award, which can be seen as encouraging new directors.

"Hahaha!"

2 million, distribution rights in Japan and North America.

Double yolk eggs!
In addition to Chen Yu, 14-year-old Yuya Yanagi also won the Best Actor award.

"One more thing needs to be added. Try to show it in several large ticket silos at the same time!"

"That's what I mean too. If they want to win global distribution, I won't hand it over for less than 8000 million!"

Best Actress, Zhang Manyu "Clean"!
"This is the most unforgettable moment of my life and I want to thank the jury..."

"..."

Zhang Yimou smiled, said hello, and then left.

clap clap clap!
Countless people were there applauding.

After awarding awards one by one in this way, we finally came to the most important aspects of the award ceremony, the Best Actor and Best Actress.

Philemon Gabbiadini held a card in his hand, and then pointed behind him. Sean Penn, dressed in a formal suit, suddenly walked out. He also had a card in his hand. This was of course the winner of the Best Man Award this time. List of protagonists.

Then, comes the best script.

In this life, it will obviously only be higher.

Zhang Yimou clasped his hands with a smile: "You will know this if you wait patiently for the award ceremony!"

Click! Click!
Countless people were taking photos there, and this time Zhang Weiping and Jiang Zhiqiang, along with Chen Yu and others, attended the Cannes awards ceremony.

"Best Actor, Yuya Yagira "No One Survived"!"

Chen Yu still heard some of the conversation between the two people. He could actually read lips to some extent. After thinking about it, he knew that the two people were discussing the release of "House of Flying Daggers".

"Next, what we are going to award is the Best Actor at this year's Cannes International Film Festival!"

All the topics are full.

Everyone laughed, and warm applause resounded throughout the awards hall.

"Thank you, this award is not for me. This actor has returned to China, and Liu Le is still a junior high school kid..."

"That's what I mean too!"

"Sony's senior management just came over again. They should know that they won the award!"

A group of six or seven people entered the hall of the Film Festival Palace and each found their own place to sit down.

In other words, there are two winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda of "Nobody Knows" accepted the trophy on behalf of Yuya Yanagaku, while Chen Yu also received the Best Actor trophy, a transparent square crystal stone, from Sean Penn. , with a golden palm leaf inlaid on it, which looks very special.

"Thank you, thank you to the jury for awarding this trophy to me!"

"When I was young, my parents took me to watch a lot of movies. My favorites were the various martial arts movies that flew around. After watching them, I imitated the protagonists in the movies and used knives. It makes sense to say that everyone in China knows martial arts!"

"Hahaha!"

Many foreigners in the audience laughed.

"Because we all grew up watching these movies!"

"These works have influenced many teenagers like me, so when I heard that I could win the best actor for "House of Flying Daggers", I really burst into tears!"

"I hope that martial arts movies can become a unique scene in the world of cinema!"

"I love martial arts and I love movies!"

“Long live cinema!”

"Long live the martial arts!"

After Chen Yu yelled the last sentence, he bowed and walked off the podium.

At this moment, there seemed to be something else in his heart; perhaps, in addition to winning awards, his rebirth should also allow the whole world to appreciate the different style of Chinese films.

Later generations of martial arts, including action movies, have really declined.

If possible, Chen Yu really wants to do something for China's film industry.

clap clap clap!
Countless people applauded there, and everyone had many different expressions when they heard the Chinese word "Martial Arts".

Martial arts movies are exclusive to China.

Foreigners especially like to watch it because they really can’t take pictures of it.

"Good boy, I can't see that you still have such ambitions and pursuits!" Lao Mouzi smiled at Chen Yu. It was obvious that he had heard the acceptance speech just now.

However, the current Lao Mouzi obviously does not have as many emotions as Chen Yu, because both in Hong Kong and the mainland, martial arts blockbusters are being filmed, because foreigners really like to watch them.

However, there are not many good ones.

Chen Kaige's "The Promise" will be released soon, followed by Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet", and then "The City of Golden Armor". Each of these movies is more powerful than the last, but they have completely destroyed the Chinese martial arts market. It was completely smashed.

In his previous life, Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" was actually better than these movies. You can imagine how bad these movies are.

And there is obviously no suspense about the next few big prizes.

Best Director: Zhang Yimou, "House of Flying Daggers"

Jury Prize: "House of Flying Daggers"

Jury Prize: Park Chan-wook "Oldboy"

The final Palme d'Or surprised everyone - Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911/", which is a documentary and a film banned in the United States!
But now, it "shines" in Cannes, taking away Berlin's most political features and leading the revolutionary wave!
At this year's Cannes, Quentin simply made the topic more interesting.

Let cartoons enter international film festivals, let documentaries win the highest awards, and let stars lead the trend. The seemingly "old and crooked" Cannes has the ability to run wild and disrupt the world, but it also has the courage to let the dust settle and clear the clouds. When Cannes When the silence fell, what people remembered was the artistic uniqueness and clear distinction between rewards and punishments in old Cannes.

The five-word purpose of the Cannes Film Festival, "Down with Hollywood," is indeed not just talk.

"Let's go and be interviewed!"

Lao Mouzi held the trophy for best director, patted Chen Yu, and walked towards the backstage of the award ceremony.

Not surprisingly, tomorrow will be another sensational day for many people.

In fact, Zhang Yimou is quite satisfied that he won the Best Director; he has made so many films and won many Golden Lions and Golden Bears, but this is the first time he has received the Best Director award from the three major film festivals.

"Director Zhang, I wonder when "House of Flying Daggers" will be available to mainland audiences?"

Backstage, Zhang Yimou and Chen Yu were interviewed by domestic and foreign reporters.

"Let's go to the summer vacation. I'll try to release it during the summer vacation!"

"As for overseas, will it be released together?"

"It depends on whether our talks go smoothly these days. You can interview the producer Zhang Weiping. He can answer your question better than me!"

"I heard that your next movie will no longer be a commercial blockbuster, right?"

"This is kept secret for now!"

"..."

Zhang Yimou spoke very cooperatively, and soon it was Chen Yu's turn. He had just finished being interviewed by overseas reporters, asking whether he had any plans to enter Hollywood, whether he would continue to make action movies, etc.

"Chen Yu, congratulations on winning another international actor trophy!"

"You are currently the best actor at the three major film festivals in Venice, Cannes and Berlin. Are you going to enter Hollywood next?"

Sure enough, this reporter is also such a gossip.

"Of course not. All I want to do now is make more works!"

“Awards are far less important to me than my works!”

"Then can you tell us, apart from "Initial D" which is confirmed to be filmed, do you have any other film projects?"

"Not yet, mainly preparing for the 8 minutes of the Athens Olympics!"

"Can you reveal this for 8 minutes..."

"cannot!"

Chen Yu smiled, and the reporter could only shrug. Another reporter next to him hurriedly said: "Chen Yu, can you tell us what your next work will be the fastest to meet the audience?"

"It should be this "House of Flying Daggers"!"

"Everyone can see it during the summer vacation!"

Others, such as "Sword of Sword", "Kung Fu", etc., will have to wait until the end of the year.

Or...the Athens Olympics.

"Director Zhang, are you really sure you can go there during the summer vacation?"

After Chen Yu finished being interviewed by reporters, the two of them walked towards the outside of the film festival palace.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping prepared a small celebration banquet, which they would have to hold again when they returned to the imperial capital.

"almost!"

“It should be this time in China, but overseas we don’t know!”

buzzing-

The cell phone in Chen Yu's pocket suddenly rang, and he picked it up. In fact, he knew who was calling.

Duhen Pearson, CAA's executive agent.

Chen Yu had talked to him on the phone in the morning. Now, there should be news.

"Chan, if, as you say, Nolan's new "Batman" is going to have a sequel, we at CAA will definitely help you fight for the role of the Joker!"

These are the terms of cooperation that Chen Yu and CAA discussed this morning!

It's the kind that must be signed in the contract.

In fact, Chen Yu never thought about playing this role at first. After all, he is a Chinese. If he plays a clown, he will definitely be scolded by Americans. It’s not that he can’t play it, and it’s not against the rules. A clown can be simulated through makeup. .

Instead, old and American viewers may break their defenses.

Because clowns are so popular.

However, Chen Yu thought for a moment, why can't the clown be a yellow guy even if a mermaid can find a black girl?
Are you negotiating against the capitalist society?
Capital teaches you what is right!
Maybe, when he performs, the audience will shout that he is really good?

Isn't it just for actors to challenge their acting skills and roles? Chen Yu feels that this is the real challenge.

Therefore, he said this directly to Duhen Pearson. Duhen Pearson's expression at that time was actually quite incredible. After all, the first part of Nolan's "Batman" has not been finished yet. Who knows if there will be a second one? Two.

Even if there is a second part, it’s hard to say whether there will be a clown or not; so I don’t know what to say at all, so I can only ask for his boss.

After the CAA president finally thought about it, he didn't think much about it at all. He called Nolan and asked about it, and finally decided to cooperate with Chen Yu.

After all, in addition to being the most outstanding actor in China, Chen Yu also has a key factor in opening up the Chinese market.

This is the first partner to open the Chinese market.

CAA is still very cautious.

In terms of the final profit, the role of a clown is nothing at all.

Cooperating with Chen Yu is more important than several roles, not to mention that he won the Best Actor at Cannes, which makes China's status even more transcendent.

"Okay, I'm going to a banquet right away. I'll call you after I finish. How about that?"

Chen Yu was obviously very happy. Since Duheng Pearson said so, he would definitely want to meet and chat with him.

"No problem, I'll wait for your call!"

(End of this chapter)