Heads Up Hollywood

Even Mel Gibson was surprised. He didn't expect Twain to interact with so many Australian actors in the two or three years since he appeared in Hollywood.

Regardless of Tang En's intentions, he has won space for Australian actors in Hollywood, there is no doubt about it.

Mel Gibson took a deep look at Tang En, and felt more and more that the young and outrageous director in front of him was very reliable.

He is also a director himself, and has won the Oscar for Best Director, but he is only a director after all.

And what about Tang En?

He has a grand industrial layout!

Although this has become a joke in Hollywood, it is believed that Tang En Pictures' industrial layout is too large, too complicated, and too bloated, and it will go bankrupt sooner or later.

But Mel Gibson, who has been looking for dreams, doesn't think so.

Young people, if you don't even have a dream, what else can you pursue?

Fame, fortune, women?

If this is the case, Mel Gibson can't guarantee whether Twain will achieve great success, but he will definitely not gain his respect.

He hates those Yankees who sit and eat and enjoy extravagance the most!

And Tang En was obviously not this kind of person.

Even Tang En Pictures' current industrial plan revealed that even he, who had dreamed and pursued his dream, was surprised.

Mel Gibson led Twain to the side of the two men who were talking, and introduced him enthusiastically, "Twain, this is Hugo Weaving, an absolute master of acting. This is Heath Ledger, he ... This person is a drama idiot!"

Tang En hurriedly shook hands, "Hugo, your performance in "The Matrix" was amazing, and I look forward to working with you."

Hugo Weaving was very respectful, "It is my honor to cooperate with the director."

When he faced Heath Ledger, Tang En couldn't help feeling emotional, what a handsome, handsome young man!

"Heath, what movie have you been in recently?"

Heath Ledger was a very sunny young man. He was one year younger than Twain, and he smiled innocently, "I have two movies released this year, "Hands" and "Look at the Wicked Girl Opposite Side."

Tang En said bluntly: "What movie? I've never heard of it!"

Heath Ledger's face froze, embarrassed.

Mel Gibson raised his eyebrows, and realized that Tang En had a different mood in front of Heath Ledger.

"I took over the filming of a major A-level production "The Patriot" and recommended Heath as the second male lead. His performance is very exciting. It is expected...the movie will be released in summer next year, and you can pay attention to it then."

Mel Gibson's rounder made Heath Ledger relieve the embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Yes, because of this movie, Mel has completely become the number one person in Hollywood!"

"oh?"

Tang En was a little curious.

Mel Gibson showed a bit of pride on his face, and pretended not to care, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it just crushed Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey and others, and became He became the first actor in Hollywood history to earn more than $20 million."

"How many?"

"$25 million!"

Mel Gibson has his proud capital, and his $25 million salary is definitely an epoch-making sign.

Tang En asked with a half-smile: "Is there any dividend?"

Mel Gibson said angrily: "Is there any need to ask? Dividends are not so easy to get."

Tang En said with a smile: "I heard... Tom Cruise got the sky-high price contract of '20+10' in "Mission: Impossible 2", is he also the first actor among actors?"

"Crap!"

Mel Gibson became excited immediately. He regarded himself as the number one superstar in Hollywood, and couldn't bear the sight of a young boy riding on his head.

"'20+10' needs a special premise! "Mission: Impossible" is Cruise's private project. If Paramount doesn't cooperate, he will find other film companies. Paramount offered such a contract, not his An actor's worth, but a producer's dividend!"

Mel Gibson looked a little indignant, "Other film projects, can Cruise's salary compare with mine? The performance of "Eyes Wide Shut", let alone the bonus, his salary is less than 10 million US dollars. How do you compare with me? In the past ten years, the film I starred in has never been paid less than 20 million!"

After several trials, Tang En finally understood Mel Gibson.

He has a strong sense of self-esteem and vanity, is passionate about righteousness, speaks boldly, and is informal. He will certainly not be liked by all his collaborators.

"Haha, it's just a joke, why do you care?" Tang En patted Mel Gibson's shoulder, thinking that his straightforward and simple personality was a bit cute.

Mel Gibson also felt that he had lost his composure, waved his hand, and recommended Heath Ledger to Twain again, "Twain, Heath is a very good actor, his talent...is amazing! To be honest, when I acted with him, I felt a kind of pressure that I had never felt before, for fear of being overshadowed by him."

Tang En nodded solemnly, then paused, "Well, Heath, within five years, I will start a project with the goal...Oscar!"

Heath Ledger is definitely the most deplorable actor, and his untimely death is a great loss for Hollywood.

Even Mel Gibson and Twain wanted to save him, let alone Heath Ledger.

At this time, a few more actors came over. Richard Roxburgh, Toni Collette and others were stunned when they heard Tang En's words.

Oscar?

That is a transcendent existence in the entertainment industry. To be nominated for a nomination will be a great success, which will give a big boost to the career.

In the entire "Australian gang", only national treasure actors Geoffrey Rush and Mel Gibson have won Oscars, and only two actresses, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett, have been nominated .

"Twain, you...are you joking?" Not to mention the others, even Mel Gibson was a little envious.

He won the Oscar for Best Director, and as for the actor award...he hasn't been nominated yet.

Tang En looked serious, "Trust my eyes, Mel. Heath is an outstanding actor. He is young and has great potential. After two or three years of honing his acting skills, a mere Oscar nomination is not a problem at all. "

Heath Ledger is only 20 years old this year, and two or three years later... he is still a pink young man. Can he be on the Oscar red carpet at this age?

This is the treatment that Australian actors have never had!

Looking at the surprised and suspicious expressions of the others, Tang En shook his head with a serious face, "Heath, I want to have a few words with you alone."

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood that Tang En was going to be serious.

The look he looked at Heath Ledger was mixed with envy, jealousy and hatred.

The two came to a corner. Tang En ordered two glasses of champagne, had a drink with him, and asked, "Heath, your performance...is it experiential?"

"Um."

"Has anything happened?"

"situation?"

Heath Ledger didn't understand.

Tang En shook his head, "Experiential performances... are brilliant, but also very painful. Throughout Hollywood, the mainstream is expressionist actors, and there are some method-oriented actors, but experiential ones... are rare, do you know why? ?”

Heath Ledger is an actor from Yeluzi, and he has no formal and systematic study of performance theory.

Since the formation of the three major performance theories, the experiential school has become a shrine in the performance world with a detached attitude, which can be viewed but not touched.

The fundamental reason is that the experiential performance method will bring great pain to the actors.

The experiential school talks about "integration of body and mind", about "natural subconscious creation through conscious psychological technology", and about "on the stage, in the living environment of the character, exactly as correct and suitable as the character To think, wish, desire, and act logically, sequentially, and as a living person."

In other words, the experiential school is to let actors create a "dual personality"!

Let the actor become another person during the performance.

For any normal person, this is a very painful thing. Only geniuses and lunatics will have the courage to choose this path.

For example, the most famous contemporary representative: Daniel Day Lewis.

Since the 1990s, after fully understanding the essentials of experience school, Daniel Day-Lewis' output has decreased significantly, because he needs to spend a lot of time building a second personality before filming; The mental damage caused by the second personality.

Daniel Day Lewis is a professional actor. He has systematically studied performance theory, so he can calmly control his body and mind.

However, Heath Ledger was different, he was born in Yeluzi!

Such a situation allowed Heath Ledger to create a large number of spiritual personalities during his long-term experiential performances, and even caused schizophrenia.

He doesn't understand why, and can only rely on a large number of painkillers and sedatives to maintain stability.

But over time, the mental condition became more and more serious, especially after the performance of the clown in "Batman: The Dark Knight", the whole person's spiritual world almost collapsed.

He took a lot of drugs to relieve the pain, but the side effects of the overdose cost him his life.

In today's world, real experienced actors are rare, and the performances brought by experienced actors are often shocking!

Similar to Wang Jiawei, the reason why he has to shoot a movie for many years is that he wants to wear away the performance traces of the method and expressionism that professional actors have learned, fully integrate into the role, and bring the role to life.

Many directors of avant-garde literary and artistic films prefer to use amateur actors who fit the roles, rather than professional actors. It is to save actors from the pain of establishing a "dual personality", and directly use the first personality to bring the most authentic and touching performance.

This is another way to present the effect that the director can't find experiential actors and is looking for.

If Dunn wanted to save Heath Ledger, he had to first recognize the current situation.