Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 261 - Captain America
Chen Yu and "Captain America" ​​Chris Evans sat across from each other, but the former's expression was a bit awkward, and the latter's demeanor was also slightly embarrassed.

Evans shook his head slightly and made an apology gesture to Chen Yu, then leaned over and reached out from behind the brown sofa where he was sitting to take out the script for this scene.

At this moment, director Ryan also walked up to the camera, handed soda water and juice to Chen Yu and "Captain America", and then began to express his own views.

"Your rhythm was very good in the first two paragraphs, making the scene relaxed without appearing overwhelming, but at the end, Evans turned into a [superhero]."

Director Ryan looked at Evans, who was fanning the script to cool his face, pursed his lips and nodded. As a veteran who debuted in the millennium, he shouldn't make this mistake.

Chen Yu's performance has always been very stable, because 60% of the character's speech and behavior are adapted from him in the real world, so Chen Yu's overall performance has always made Director Lane very satisfied, which shows that Director Lane The success of creating a "character" and the right to insist on making Chen Yu the number one male!

If it were replaced by other male stars, they might be able to interpret Detective Chen well, but their "interpretation" would weaken the natural viewing experience.

Chen Yu chose to give a funny military salute to Director Ryan for his praise.

Then he turned to Evans and coughed softly, pretending to be serious and rigid.

Chen Yu knew very well that he was able to perform so smoothly in front of the camera purely because of the character setting.

If we look at the complexity of the characters alone, Evans's performance far exceeds his own, and he is here to seek breakthroughs.

As Director Ryan said, Evans seems to be trapped in the "control" of "Captain America" ​​and cannot escape. If he has more than five lines of micro-expressions, small movements and speaking tone, he will unknowingly turn into an upright and confident superhero. Hero, causing Chen Yu to be speechless.

"You are too sensitive or care about the role of [Captain America]. It will be difficult to tear off the label."

Director Ryan touched the coffee in his hand to Evans' juice and Chen Yu's soda and said that he did not recommend Evans to get out of the cage.

It is a matter of great joy and honor to have one's own representative works and shining roles in a long or short acting career.

Director Ryan and Chen Yu are currently working together to create and establish the detective Chen in "Knives Out" as a character exclusive to Chen Yu.

At the same time, Lionsgate Pictures also has huge ambitions for the "Knives Out" series, and now they have started preparations for "Knives Out II".

If the first film can achieve more than 270 million US dollars in the local market, then Chen Yuyu's salary for the second film will automatically cross the 15 million US dollars threshold.

As for how much it can exceed 15 million US dollars, it depends on Chen Yu's agent Emmanuel's negotiation skills and language skills, as well as Chen Yu's determination to fight for the salary.

If you want to advance to the basic salary plus box office dividend model, you have to wait for the data of the second Hollywood or European film starring Chen Yu.

If the figures obtained by the second work are impressive, Chen Yu will quickly join the ranks of the first-line niche in the European and American film and television circles and then gain a foothold in Hollywood!
"When I took on my first superhero movie, my salary was just over half a million dollars." Evans said with some emotion as he flicked the juice bottle with his finger.

Evans was not insinuating that Chen Yu could get a salary of more than 13 million for his debut due to his high starting point.

Rather, I feel that major studios such as Warner and Disney are overly squeezing pure newcomers. Even now, Evans' salary for starring in Marvel movies is just over 16 million.

It's not at the same latitude as "Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr.

In fact, this is partly to blame. Except for the fact that Evans' acting in Marvel movies can make a huge profit for the producers, the rest of his projects can only recoup costs and earn some hard-earned money.

To put it bluntly, Hollywood producers now generally believe that Evans cannot bear the heavy responsibility of taking the lead alone, so they are unwilling to give him a high salary.

Evans can earn between $16 million and $19 million in superhero movies, but the most he can make in other projects is $13 million.

When "Knives Out" applied for major awards, it was filled out as "double male protagonists", but due to the role setting, Chen Yu actually beat Evans by half a pixel.

But our American team doesn't mind. Evans, who is seeking to break through roles and broaden his acting options, values ​​the "dark horse" potential of this work more.

"I was able to join the cast because of [Iron Man]'s endless suggestions. He said that if he didn't play Sherlock Holmes, he would definitely compete with you for the starring role."

Evans restored the expression and movements of Robert Downey Jr. at that time. Chen Yu, who was leaning on the sofa, lowered his head slightly and responded with a sideways chuckle full of goodwill.

Although Downey was once deeply involved in drug addiction and financial crisis, his vision and ability to search for and seize opportunities are definitely high in the European and American film and television circles!
Downey and Captain Jack Sparrow are both actors who can put food directly into their stomachs. They can create classics with just their play.

Moreover, the two of them are close friends and often angrily criticize the media together.

But to be honest, Chen Yu has a delicate relationship with these two people and has very little contact. The few times they met at dinners and cocktail parties, they only said hello.

The reason may be that Chen Yu can't stand Iron Man and Captain Jack Sparrow's pretentiousness, and the latter two also hate Chen Yu's little face that attracts the attention of the opposite sex.

Eva Green once sat at a table with Chen Yu, Robert Downey Jr. and Depp at a large party. Afterwards, the French actress madly complained about the three men: They were like little kids in diapers. They don't interact with each other. If Chen takes an apple, Downey and Depp will choose to eat an orange. It's really annoying!

But the Evans in front of him didn't seem to know that Chen Yu and Downey hated each other. This otaku who usually likes reading comics and working out probably didn't have many friends in the industry.

Evans helped himself find the rhythm of the performance by chatting with Chen Yu. When he turned on the camera again, his performance was indeed more relaxed and soothing than before.

"Knives Out" is a detective movie that leans toward the retro genre.

And it’s also a tribute to Agatha Christie’s style.

Therefore, the overall atmosphere is very light, and even the night scenes and the steps of peeling back the layers of fog are not deliberately tense or depressing.

Director Ryan believes that there is no conflict between rigorous logic and slightly humorous shooting techniques.

This is how he understood the life of a detective in the Victorian era. Even the suspects were gentlemen and ladies, and they would commit crimes without grinning.

Because of this, people in the industry are actively waiting to see "Knives Out", wanting to see how much money this work can make before deciding whether to follow suit.

In fact, at the beginning, Director Lane also wanted Yuan Heping to design the entire film's action scenes in a comedy style based on the matching data given by the computer.

However, this proposal was unanimously opposed by Chen Yu, Yuan Heping and producer Nikos Karamaggios.

Chen Yu didn't want to avoid Bruce Lee and Jet Li and later went to pay tribute to Jackie Chan. Chen Yu had his own pride. As a world-class boxing champion, he disdained those fancy tricks.

Yuan Heping, on the other hand, thinks that the super cute Chen Yu will look very stupid if he uses funny tricks. It is already 2017 and he has to look forward.

Nikos Karamaggios directly said that there is only one Cheng Long in the world, and no one can imitate his style.

In fact, there have been many male stars in Hollywood who have imitated Jackie Chan's fighting in films, but the results were extremely poor. Not only were they ridiculed by Asian audiences, but they were also despised by European and American audiences.

Cheng Long himself can be both funny and rhythmic, while the others are like bears in a circus, clumsy and completely lacking in rhythm.

The most typical one is Nicholas Tse's fighting scene in "New Police Story", which is extremely artificial and unnatural.

"Actually, I have a general feeling about Cheng. I like the actions and routines designed by Danny (referring to Donnie Yen). "Blade Runner" is so cool."

Evans's vision is quite unique. Compared with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the two big guys who are famous in front of the stage, Donnie Yen and his team are more active behind the scenes.

Of course, it has something to do with the fact that no investors found him to play the leading role, but Donnie Yen, who has taken a different approach, has indeed won a lot of praise on the track of action direction.

Compared with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, whose tall buildings rise and fall quickly, Master Ye, who always hides behind the scenes, is more stable and always has European and American film and television crews inviting him.

"I really want to try being an action director to fulfill my childhood dream."

Evans struck a boxing stance against Chen Yu and shook his shoulders. Chen Yu didn't expect this 184-foot-tall otaku to have such ridiculous thoughts.

"If you don't have professional skills, I advise you not to end up directly. The martial arts teams working in the European and American film circles today are by no means a fuel-saving lamp."

After finishing work, Chen Yu was going to run all the way back to the hotel gym. Today was a physical training day focusing on footwork.

Evans has a three-story mid-sized villa with a small garden and swimming pool in New York, but today he really wanted to work out with Chen Yu, a world-class boxing champion.

Chen Yu fist bumped with Evans happily and then turned around and called to ask Judy, who was currently strolling in the park on the east side of the street, to bring Grace back.

"Is this the [training fee] I have to pay?" Evans raised his hand to gesture at Grace's height and then tilted his lips at Chen Yu.

Hearing this, Chen Yu rubbed his hands and nodded with gloating, and at the same time wished "Captain America" ​​to spend the evening in a happy training atmosphere.

Although Grace is not yet eleven years old, she is proficient in figure skating and ballroom dancing. She has excellent physical fitness.

Every time I go to the gym with Chen Yu, I can jump up and down from beginning to end and make a lot of friends. I even receive many gifts from boys of the same age.

Although they are all handmade works or pictures, it is enough to make Grace the envy, jealousy and helplessness of girls of the same age in the hotel.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that some little girls mistook Chen Yu for McKenna Grace's father.

Regarding this, Chen Yu can only say that European and American children are so damn precocious!
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