The time is slowly moving towards mid-April. After finishing all the post-production, Duke accepted an exclusive interview with the entertainment section of the "Los Angeles Times" according to Warner's plan. In addition to "Into the Deadly Island", according to the prior communication between the two parties, a considerable part of the topics revolved around John Mason and Christopher Lee.

"It is said that you originally wanted Sean Connery to play John Mason?"

Sarah, a female reporter sitting across from Duke, asked, "Why did you give up and choose Christopher Lee?"

"Mason is a very powerful agent, even if he is a little old." Duke gestured for the right punching posture, and the female reporter immediately said, "Yes, we can see this from the trailer."

"Actually, in my original conception..."

After accepting the guidance of Warner's public relations in advance, Duke also understood a little bit of publicity, "Mason's candidate is an actor like Arnold Schwarzenegger who is full of fighting power, but it's a pity that Mr. Schwarzenegger took over the "real Lies, I had no choice but to look for other candidates."

"So." The female reporter immediately grasped the point, "John Mason's original candidate was not Sean Connery."

"That's right." Duke nodded immediately, and there was no need to draft a lie. "Later, someone recommended Mr. Connery to me. I think he is a suitable replacement."

He deliberately emphasized the tone of 'replacement' and the following 'audition', "So, the crew sent him an audition invitation. We have never finalized Sean Connery as John Mason. He is just one of the candidates for the audition. One, although he has played 007, but that is too far away, you can also see from the trailer that Mason is a fierce and sturdy agent, completely different from Bond."

"Then why was Christopher Lee chosen?"

"It's like this. In order to find suitable actors, I deliberately watched several 007 movies in the past ten years or so."

Telling nonsense with your eyes open is definitely a must-have skill in Hollywood." Then I saw "007 vs. The Man with the Golden Gun". Everyone should have seen this movie. It is also recognized that the villain's charm exceeds Bond's 007 movie. Li is The man with the golden gun, I thought at the time that this was the John Mason I needed, so I asked my assistant to find his information, and after I saw it..."

After making a few exaggerated gestures, Duke said, "It was a feeling that can only be described with shock. I thought it must be fake. Warner even sent a letter to the British government to verify it. It turned out that the information was true. .”

"What did you see?" the female reporter asked quickly.

"After reading the information, I feel that Lee is Mason, and no one is more suitable than him." Duke's tone was deliberately shocked, as if he still couldn't believe it, "Christopher Lee is a living legend, I mean It refers to him, his experience! There are many people in Hollywood who have better acting skills and achievements than him, but no one can surpass him as a special agent actor!"

"Can't Sean Connery either?"

"Sean Connery?" Duke said with a little disdain, "People think Sean Connery is suitable for John Mason because he once played the role of James Bond, a virtual agent, but Christopher Lee was a secret agent for almost a decade, and he was a member of the British Ungentlemen's War Department in WWII!"

"OH. MY. GOD!"

The female reporter exclaimed directly. As a person who runs entertainment news, she didn't know that the original James Bond was adapted from the experience of an agent of the British non-gentlemen's war department!

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"Is this real? A real British secret agent? Not some impostor like Sean Connery?"

Erin, one of the few girls who is interested in action movies, is sitting in a soda shop in Manhattan. She is asking her roommate Anna.

Ana, a student at NYU's Filmmaking Institute, was looking at a copy of the Los Angeles Times and said, "It must be true. The Los Angeles Times has checked with the British government!"

"I didn't expect Hollywood to have such a peculiar actor as Christopher Lee." Irene's face was full of disbelief.

"Here is his resume, do you want to read it, Miss Lauder?" Anna handed over the newspaper, and Irene almost snatched it. The article on the front page was as eye-catching as the picture of the medal Li had won.

"Christopher Lee, who played the role of John Mason in "Death Island", is a living legend. I'm not talking about his acting career. There are many people who have achieved better than him. I mean him himself, He is a legend!"

Erin's eyes quickly moved to the detailed information below.

"When Li was 17 years old, he went to Finland to join the army to fight against the Soviet Union. After fighting the Soviet Union, he returned to the UK to join the Long Range Desert Force (LRDG) to fight the Nazis in Egypt. How powerful is this force? German Marshal Rommel himself said-LRDG caused more devastation than any British force!"

"According to the British government's information, Li drove a Chevrolet equipped with a machine gun, drove hundreds of kilometers behind the Nazi enemy under the scorching sun of the Sahara desert, sneaked into the airport and blew up the German fighter jets, leaving behind scrap steel and a pile of The German devils lying in a pool of blood, and the Italian army fighting with the German army once called Lee's unit-Ghost Patrol!"

"Returning to Britain from the Egyptian desert, Lee didn't taste enough blood. He turned to join the special operations team of the British Ministry of Non-Gentlemen's Warfare - the predecessor of James Bond's intelligence agency - and became a real agent. He performed reconnaissance, espionage, and sabotage tasks in the Nazi-occupied areas. He was born and died, and made great achievements. Britain, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, and Poland all awarded him combat medals! By the way, Tito is his personal friend!"

"A few years after the end of World War II, Christopher Lee retired as a soldier and an agent, but his career as an actor has just begun. Fleming, the author of 007, is Lee's cousin. They fought side by side in the non-gentlemen's war department. James Bond is basically based on the experiences of Lee, Fleming and their comrades!"

"Li is by no means the kind of superficial actor agent, he is also a western sword champion..."

Seeing this, Erin blinked her eyes, and asked her companion who was eating ice cream next to her again, "Anna, are you sure this is true? This is incredible? It's unbelievable!"

"It must be true." Anna gave her another copy of "New York Times" and "Washington Post". "These newspapers also have related reports. Without verification, the three major newspapers will never publish it on the headlines of the entertainment section." On the headlines!"

After reading the three major newspapers, Irene simply ran to the newspaper rack in the cold drink shop and brought all the newspapers together. Except for some tabloids like "Daily Mail" and "New York Post", most of the newspapers above , all published reports about Christopher Lee, and placed them on the front page of the entertainment page. The possibility of this kind of news falsification is extremely small, and even the "Los Angeles Times" published a copy of the reply letter from the British government The three major newspapers will not create such a lie that can be easily exposed.

"I used to think that Sean Connery was not bad, after all, he was the first generation of 007."

It has to be said that this overwhelming report and Christopher Lee's proven legendary experience have inadvertently changed the views of many people, "Now that I see this, I feel that Connery's so-called secret agent experience is not worth mentioning at all. In front of Li's real experience, he is like a baby who doesn't understand anything."

"Sean Connery was rude and impulsive when he was young. I've read some reports." Irene pouted, "I've seen the first few 007 movies, and I always feel like he's a fool. I don't know why. , these few years of old age, suddenly became a gentleman."

"Never mind him!" The young man showed his indifferent side, "We'll watch "Into the Deadly Island" together then, and go see that former British secret agent!"

"I think Lee, who is tall, is more suitable for the role of agent than Connery."

Public opinion is always changing. A person who was the target of the media yesterday may be knocked out of the dust tomorrow. Under the public relations planning of Warner Bros., Christopher Lee's real experience was spread in just a few days. Throughout North America, there may be a president among Hollywood actors, and other big figures will appear in the future, but it is absolutely rare for a real agent who has served for several years.

As for Sean Connery, although he is still compared with Christopher Lee by the media, few people think that he is more suitable for the role of John Mason than Lee. It's two different things. Li's acting skills are not as good as Connery's, but not many people buy it.

After all, Li is also an old actor with decades of acting experience, and he also has well-known characters such as the man with the golden gun. As we all know, Sean Connery has never been good at acting. He used to be a real agent and a fictional agent. It is more persuasive. Even if the public is guided by public opinion, they still have some basic judgment.

If Sean Connery is a rare resource for roles like retired secret agents, then Christopher Lee is a unique resource in Hollywood.

Not only that, borrowing this competition with Sean Connery, even before the release of "Brave to the Deadly Island", Christopher Lee has temporarily become famous, and even received auditions from several crews Invitation, and even in an audition, the actor in "The First Knight" was directly snatched from Sean Connery. After being hyped by Warner through the media, Sean Connery even appeared. Nally's acting is also not as good as Christopher Lee's voice.

These are all means of propaganda, and Warner temporarily gained the upper hand, and played the spirit of beating the dog in the water, revealing many shady things about Sean Connery!

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