hollywood melon man

Chapter 346 Leisurely Work

For a team that had worked on such a big project as "The Lord of the Rings", the low-budget film that Gilbert Jr. was going to shoot next was nothing.

Therefore, there is no need to gather so many people and waste manpower.

So Gilbert Jr. divided the team that had been following him for many years into three parts, and assigned some of the staff to Christopher Nolan to help him prepare "The Adventures of Jackie Chan".

The other part started the early preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" and slowly did some work.

The rest of the people followed Gilbert Jr. to shoot the movie "The Fault in Our Stars".

There is no doubt that the team members who have worked with Gilbert Jr. over the years are undoubtedly the top talents in Hollywood and are all experts in the industry.

However, people come and go like the wind, and it is normal for some to leave or stay. As long as we ensure that members in core positions of the team stay as much as possible, it will be fine.

But then again, Gilbert Jr. gave them the best treatment in the industry and a track record of successful projects.

There is no better job in Hollywood than here. Everyone knows this, so few people are poached by other companies or directors.

One morning back in Los Angeles, Gilbert Jr. was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper in a restaurant, and Naomi Watts was having breakfast with him.

"Naomi, when is Ocean's 8 coming out?"

Naomi Watts ate very little, just two bites, then rested her chin on her hand and watched little Gilbert eat.

"December 7th, what? Are you going to come and support me?"

"After all, I am a shareholder of Warner and a member of the board of directors, so of course I have to go." Gilbert Jr. said as a matter of course.

The more familiar translation of "Ocean's Eleven" in China is "Ocean's Eleven", which is a heist film that brings together a large number of stars.

In his previous life, little Gilbert had heard that the pay of Hollywood movie actors and stars would not exceed 30% of the total cost.

This is actually a fallacy, because the actors' salaries in "Ocean's 8" already account for more than 50% of the production cost.

Although the lead actor George Clooney has had some failures in the past two years due to the "Batman" series, the pay of Naomi Watts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and others is not cheap.

Especially Naomi Watts, who is firmly in the $20 million salary club. Warner Bros. should either make concessions on the share of the profits or pay her enough.

The reason why Naomi Watts took on this film was very simple, just to earn some money.

Although her husband is already a world-renowned billionaire, it is still better for a woman to have her own career and her own small treasury.

The role of Naomi Watts was originally intended for Julia Roberts, but the producers of Warner Pictures persuaded director Steven Soderbergh to replace her with Naomi Watts.

Naomi Watts was of course very happy that Gilbert Jr. could show up to support the event: "That's great, let's go together."

"Okay, no problem. Let's call Scarlett and let her join in the fun," said Little Gilbert.

"Oh, by the way," Little Gilbert remembered something: "Didn't Sally go to film Monster?"

"You mentioned that. I heard it will be put on hold for a while because the prototype character has not yet been sentenced, so we need to wait." Naomi Watts replied.

She lamented that she was somewhat lucky, because she heard that Charlize Theron had to dress ugly to play the role of a female devil, which was simply unbearable for Hollywood actresses who love beauty.

But if you want to win an Oscar, you have to take this unusual path.

The Oscars seem to be very happy to see such ugly characters, pulling Hollywood's handsome men and beautiful women down from the altar.

But Naomi Watts doesn't need to do that. She was very beautiful when she starred in "Chicago" and was named one of the top ten most beautiful characters by Time magazine.

It is a blessing for Nao Watts to win an Oscar without losing her beauty.

Preparing "The Fault in Our Stars" was very simple for Gilbert's team. The first step was to write the script, which was done brilliantly by Andrew, the screenwriter from Cantaloupe Studios.

Why did they shoot "The Fault in Our Stars"? In addition to mixing some small productions into big projects, the main reason was that Gilbert Jr. couldn't sit still.

The Lord of the Rings project is so special that the team has been busy on it for four or five years.

But every project has to come to an end, and during the intervening period you can either take a vacation or start a new job.

Little Gilbert is a person who can't sit still, so he is happy to devote himself to new work.

The story of "The Fault in Our Stars" actually came from the recommendation of screenwriter Andrew, who came into contact with the novel when he was accompanying his son to complete a parent-child reading assignment at school.

Andrew was moved by the novel, which he thought captured the feelings of teenagers when they first fell in love, and reminded him of his own familiar experience of first love.

"When I was twelve I had a crush on a girl called Cathy, who I thought was cute and a lot like Hayley Mills in The Right Stuff.

I tried to kiss her once and she hit me with a comb. It was at that moment that I understood what love is…”

Little Gilbert was speechless: "Man, you understood love too early. When I was twelve, I could only play ball and tease my classmates." Andrew touched his bald head embarrassedly: "Maybe I matured precociously!"

Looking at Andrew, who had very few hairs on his head, Little Gilbert agreed: "He is indeed precocious..."

In fact, Andrew used his free months to complete the script before recommending the novel to Gilbert Jr.

Andrew's first major decision was to change the time period of the story to the era of his first love, the late 20s and early 50s.

Andrew believes that moving the story to that era will facilitate the creation of the script, as it can skip dealing with issues such as children's use of game consoles, text messages or social networking sites, and focus on children's face-to-face interactions.

Andrew's second decision was to make choices among the elements in the book, discarding some elements that were not really suitable for filming and retaining most of the elements in the book.

As a result, the characters and story of the movie and the novel are basically the same, the biggest difference is the time period in which the story takes place.

After the novel and script were recommended to young Gilbert, he was still puzzled as to why the script had been shelved for so long despite having come out so early.

But now the script has been smoothly given to little Gilbert, and he is also very interested in this story, so there is no need to wait that long.

The second task was to select the actors. There was no doubt that after Gilbert Jr. chose Scarlett Johansson as the leading female role, the only one left was the male lead.

The choice of the male lead requires careful consideration. We need to choose a handsome young man, and a white handsome young man.

Now is not the time for political correctness. In the future, for such roles, either the female lead is an ugly black person, or the male lead is an ugly black person. In short, one of them must be black.

And this black person must be a member of the TBGLQIAPKDXUCS group, otherwise it is not correct.

We don’t have this worry nowadays. These groups do exist, but they are basically not welcomed by the mainstream media, so we don’t need to worry about them.

Selecting the actors was not difficult. Gilbert Jr. immediately took a liking to Robert Pattinson, a young British actor who came from London for the audition.

This is another lucky person like Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, who accompanied him to the audition, commented afterwards.

Indeed, Orlando Bloom was penniless when he first came to North America, but fortunately he was spotted by Gilbert Jr. and now he has become a global idol.

Naomi Watts was a little jealous of these people's good luck. She had wasted a long time in Hollywood and often had no food to eat.

Coincidentally, she also met little Gilbert, which changed her acting career.

If it hadn't been for little Gilbert, she might have returned to Australia, or to England.

Such a simple project did not require much thought. The selection of actors was completed quickly, and the process was much more dull than the audition held in China.

Gilbert Jr.'s father once again made a cameo appearance, playing the protagonist's grandfather Chet Duncan, while Aidan Quinn played the protagonist Julie's father.

The role of Steven Loski, the mean father of the film's hero Bryce, was given to J.K. Simmons, who had just finished filming "Spider-Man" and played a mean boss in the film.

As for the actors who played Julie and Bryce's childhood, the role was given to the daughter of Solomon, the head of Warner's distribution department, and the son of Anna, Gilbert Jr.'s assistant.

Yes, Anna is married, and the child is four or five years old. It is very cute, and little Gilbert once held the child, and then peed on him.

Although it is a good thing for the child to work with the great director Gilbert Jr. at such a young age, Anna does not want her child to venture into Hollywood, but to become a lawyer or doctor.

It is also worth mentioning that Megan Fox also got the role of a school beauty.

When he saw the name, little Gilbert was stunned for a moment. He looked at the person and found that it was indeed the sexy goddess in "Transformers".

It’s just that this goddess hasn’t become sexy yet, but her appearance is good enough.

Little Gilbert doesn't have the habit of collecting beautiful celebrities. Besides, Megan Fox is only fifteen years old. Little Gilbert can't learn from those beasts on the island, right?
After all the actors were confirmed, Gilbert Jr. took the crew directly to a small town in Ann Arbor, Michigan to start filming.

It was November, and on October 13th, a movie adapted from a game, "Tomb Raider", was released.

This film stars Angelina Jolie. Although a lot of her luck was robbed, Miss Jolie obviously still returns to the path of her previous life.

"American Honey", which was released at the same time, starred Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Since starring in "Chicago", Catherine Zeta-Jones has established a firm foothold in Hollywood and has been offered many film roles. It's a pity that she didn't achieve her intended goal.

There were too many people around little Gilbert, so she had no chance.

However, Catherine Zeta-Jones has taken advantage of her ability to hook up with older men and has recently been having a hot relationship with Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins.

The poor old British knight, he wanted to make Catherine Zeta-Jones change her mind, so he flew to North America, but ended up going back sadly.

The two films are in competition with each other, and most of them are films starring female stars. Although the themes are different, it does not prevent them from directly attacking each other.

It was Angelina Jolie who instigated the media to hype up this matter.

(End of this chapter)