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Chapter 400 Big-name Actors
On a sunny afternoon, a ship set out from Baja California, Mexico, and sailed south across the Pacific Ocean.

This ancient ship, modeled after the 16th century, was sailing on the ocean, heading south along the coastline of Mexico, preparing to pass through the Panama Canal.

The weather during this voyage was sunny and windy, and sometimes you could see dolphins accompanying the ship for a while.

The crew members were all very happy and kept the speed high in order to reach the designated destination as soon as possible.

The ship arrived at the port at the entrance of the Panama Canal. The local staff at the port looked at the retro-looking ship and curiously asked the crew: "Where are you going?"

The crew replied: "We are going to St. Vincent in the Caribbean."

The port staff asked again: "What is the purpose of your trip?"

"We're going to make a movie!" the crew member answered as a matter of course.

The port staff became even more curious: "So you are actors?"

"No," the crew member shook his head and said, "We are just staff serving the actors."

"What kind of actor is so big that he needs twenty people to serve him? Could he be a Hollywood superstar?" The port staff became interested.

Little do people know that even Hollywood superstars, even with bodyguards, assistants, and other entourage, don’t have so many people to serve them.

To find a star with such a large number of assistants, one must probably look among the popular young actresses in the previous life.

Little Gilbert once heard that a certain idol handsome guy had an assistant team of more than 30 people. He was always surrounded by people when he went out. No one knew what these assistants did.

Including his entourage, such as makeup artists, nutritionists, stylists and the like, this brother has at least fifty people serving him when he attends a business event, which is extremely exaggerated.

But on the other hand, the brothers also solved a problem, that is the employment problem...ahem!
The port staff were very surprised that this big star had such a special hobby that he actually took such a retro ship.

But then the crew solved the port staff's doubts. It turned out that it was not the people who needed to be served, but the ship.

Yes, the ship is the actor.

As for the movie to be filmed, needless to say, it is the work of the famous Hollywood super director Gilbert Jr.: "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Those who have been to and from St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean Sea know that a large crew from Hollywood built a very large landscape on the island for filming movies.

If the same scene was set up in Los Angeles, the cost would be four to five times higher.

There would be no problem setting it in the Caribbean, as it also fits the name of the film.

In fact, long before Gilbert Jr., two screenwriters got the inspiration while visiting Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean project, then wrote a script and showed it to Disney.

After Disney read the script, they found two more screenwriters, and the four of them worked together to complete the entire script.

But after that, this script never appeared on the desk of Disney executives again. The first reason was that at that time, Disney executives were in a fierce struggle over the conflict between Michael Eisner and the board of directors.

The second reason is that Robert Iger, who is in charge of the live-action film business, thinks the story is too cliché and unattractive.

By that time, Disney had already secured Gilbert Jr., and as the face of Disney's live-action film business, the need for him was not as urgent as before.

When Gilbert Jr. proposed to film the story of Pirates of the Caribbean, Robert Egger found the sealed script and provided it as a reference for Gilbert Jr.

When little Gilbert saw the script, he was shocked and almost thought he had plagiarized it wrong.

However, after reading the content of the movie script, young Gilbert was relieved. The story was indeed not outstanding, not even attractive, and was far inferior to the script he had in his hands.

The script written by these four screenwriters is as follows: In order to save his lover Elizabeth Swann, jailer Will Turner secretly released the pirate Jack Sparrow and asked him to take him out to sea to save his lover.

They found the pirate Blackheart on the sea and found that it was Blackheart who kidnapped their lover. Then they joined forces to defeat Blackheart and rescued Elizabeth Swan. After reading it, little Gilbert told Robert Egger that this story was really vulgar.

And judging from the script, the male lead of the film is obviously Will Turner, but in Gilbert Jr.'s script, the focus is actually on Jack Sparrow, who is the absolute core.

During the preparatory meeting, Gilbert Jr. emphasized to the main creators of the crew that all the stories revolve around Jack Sparrow, and the rest of the characters basically serve the plot and Jack Sparrow.

Of course, when you encounter a character like Captain Barbossa who steals the show naturally and plays his part without overshadowing the main character, there is nothing that can be done.

But this is thanks to the outstanding performance of actor Geoffrey Rush. His acting with Johnny Depp is really exciting.

The performances of the rest of the actors can’t be said to be bad either. At least Jack Sparrow’s weird crew members all have interesting roles to play.

On the contrary, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley's roles are not as good as these people's.

Gilbert Jr. has done enough to ensure that the combined roles of the two actors are a good balance with Johnny Depp.

But the role of Jack Sparrow seemed to be born for Johnny Depp, and Depp performed so well in the role.

His enchanting eyeliner, cat-like steps, swaying back, and the grotesque charm displayed in every move make people unconsciously attracted to Jack Sparrow.

You can't ask Johnny Depp to be more restrained, because he is the absolute leading actor, and no matter how the actor performs in this role, it is not excessive.

In fact, before "Pirates of the Caribbean", in 1995, Carlock Pictures invested 9500 million US dollars to produce a pirate-themed movie called "Cutthroat Island".

As a result, the film was a huge success and earned $950 million, which led to the successful acquisition of Carlock Pictures by MGM and also cast a shadow on pirate-themed movies.

It is worth mentioning that MGM, one of the Hollywood giants, is now on the verge of collapse due to the failure of "Windtalkers" this summer and the performance of the new "007" was not as good as expected.

As I said before, for a giant company to rely on a movie to save its life, the company itself is already facing a serious crisis.

MGM had such hope. The failure of a movie was nothing. What was really scary was that shareholders and the stock market had lost confidence in MGM and its stock began to decline.

If this continues, MGM will enter bankruptcy liquidation in a few years.

At this time, MGM began to seek external acquisitions, hoping to find a good buyer and sell itself to save its life.

If Gilbert Jr. was not already a shareholder and director of Disney and Time Warner, he could definitely take this opportunity to acquire MGM and become the owner of the film giant.

As for how to save MGM, Gilbert Jr., who owns Marvel Studios, thinks this is not a problem.

But unfortunately, Gilbert Jr. was unable to acquire MGM.

Although MGM was on the verge of bankruptcy, it was still a giant company with very high-quality assets, including a huge copyright library, which was coveted by Hollywood companies.

Any company could acquire MGM except Gilbert Jr. because he had already established deep cooperation with the two giants.

With the addition of MGM, other giants who are forced into a corner by Gilbert Jr. might force Gilbert Jr. to sell all their shares in the film companies in the name of anti-monopoly.

Although Gilbert Jr. is a super-rich man and an entertainment tycoon, he is not God after all, nor is he invincible.

The more he gained, the more people he offended.

Faced with the stranglehold of many interest groups throughout North America, the interest group built around Gilbert Jr. could not resist. If they failed to resist, the end result would be to be devoured.

However, just because Gilbert Jr. did not take action does not mean that no one is not interested in MGM.

(End of this chapter)