"Rick, what did you say David was talking to you about?" Hugo suddenly became curious about what was the project that would allow David Geffen to come and talk to Rick in person so solemnly, or what would be a good start to a collaboration between DreamWorks and Hugo.

When Rick heard this question, he couldn't help but be stunned, "What? Then he reacted and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going to take on the script for the time being, so I'm still considering it, so I didn't give you that project." ”

Hugo chuckled, "It's just curious." Curious about what kind of project it was, David actually started planning it two months ago, but he never officially mentioned it to me. ”

Rick suddenly realized, "Actually, it's not surprising, I don't think David himself has a clear candidate right now, and he contacted you, if not for my unsubstantiated' speculation," Rick also blinked self-deprecatingly, causing both Hugo and Joseph to laugh.

"He probably also wants to see for himself whether you are suitable for that role. Actually, he hasn't been in touch since I talked to David last time, but today he watched the draft with you again, and I guess he should have wanted to see the table after the release of 'Life and Death'. After all, he offered a salary of 15 million US dollars, as well as box office dividends, just to be able to get the best value for money. ”

Now the conversation between the few of them sitting here is all just speculation. Even if Hugo knew that DreamWorks was about to be established, he couldn't be sure that what Rick was guessing was the truth, maybe Steven and David were just willing to be friends with Hugo, after all, they were the big guys, and Hugo was just an artist who had recently risen strongly - the future was still unclear, maybe a "life and death" fiasco would return to square one.

Therefore, every time David's idea was mentioned, Rick seemed a little hesitant, after all, he was not a roundworm in David's stomach, and there was no way to accurately speculate.

But Hugo has a different angle, in the past two years in fact, he has missed many classic scripts, but Seon is not a blessing, at least Hugo can grasp "Schindler's List", "vulgar", "speed of life and death" such works in his hands, it is already a huge victory. So Hugo can now face those classic scripts with a normal heart, if he desires, then try his best to fight for it, and try his best to miss it, then there is nothing to regret.

"Listening to you say this, David is very cautious about this project, who else is there besides Hugo?" Joseph's thoughts were very close to Hugo's, and he also sensed David's seriousness in Rick's words, although it was only their speculation.

"It started first with Daniel Day-Lewis, but he refused; Later, he planned to let Sting (Sting) star in the ......" Rick obviously has a deep understanding of the project, but yesterday he did not talk to Hugo about the project, but stuck to his original idea: recently let Hugo focus on touring, and it is only a short time since the completion of "Life and Death", Hugo can slow down the pace of filmmaking a little.

From this small detail, you can see Rick's style as an agent.

"Sting? You mean the police. The lead singer of the band Police? Hugo interrupted Rick rather unexpectedly, and Rick nodded assumedly, and asked rhetorically, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Although Sting was born in a rock band, because of his masculine and handsome appearance, he also made cameo appearances in many movies, such as "Brimstoreacle" and "The Artificial Bride. bride)" and other movies can be regarded as the protagonist.

Hugo laughed, "No, I worked with him once in 'Dune', I was just a little surprised that David was actually interested in Sting. "Sting is a great singer, but not a great actor." First Daniel, then Sting, it's a big gap. "Daniel is currently recognized as an acting talent, but Sting is not as amazing as his musical talent when it comes to acting.

Rick shrugged, "That's because they have a special charm in their appearance and temperament, this is a vampire movie, in David's eyes, they all have the evil temperament of vampires." ”

"Vampire movies?" Joseph spoke in surprise, and Hugo, who was sitting next to him, also showed a surprised expression.

Hollywood has a wide variety of films, which is why American films can compete with and even have the upper hand over European films. Among the movie categories, vampire movies are a very unpopular one, which can be planned under the fantasy and horror categories, but they are very niche cult movies.

It is widely used in the 1922 German film "North-Farato (u, eine. symhonie。 des。 Grauens)" is considered to be the world's first vampire movie, when it was still the silent film era, and the famous director F. w。 Murnau (F. w。 Murnau) despite "Dracula" original author Bram Stoker. Stoker's widow insisted on adapting the film to the big screen, and in order to avoid copyright troubles, Murnau also changed the name of the film to "Nosfaratus".

The film also became one of the great classics in the history of the silver screen, and since then, a vampire count named Dracula has become one of the most iconic characters in the long history of cinema.

Vampire movies reached their peak in the sixties and seventies, and during this time, "Dracula" can be seen almost every year, and works that can be called and called classics are also endless, pushing the image of Dracula into a classic and becoming synonymous with vampires.

After entering the 80s, vampire movies almost disappeared from the big screen, even Francis Ford Coppola teamed up with the tough cast to shoot "400 Years of Vampire Zombie Horror", word-of-mouth and box office are not satisfactory, "The story is a good story, but the script is not a good script", such comments also made the hard work of a group of powerful actors buried in the pale makeup and special effects.

"400 Years of Vampire Zombie Horror" invested $40 million and gathered big-name actors such as Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins, and finally only earned $80 million at the box office in North America, but the global scope still relied on Coppola's golden signature income of 215 million box office, which avoided the end of Columbia Pictures losing money.

But even so, the entire public opinion still believes that the market potential of the vampire theme has been exhausted, and it is difficult to deduce a new charm in the story itself, and Hollywood is currently generally considered to be an abandoned theme. Even if it is to be remade, it will take 15 years - Hollywood generally believes that it takes 20 years to reincarnate, that is, after a theme reaches its peak and begins to decline, it will take 20 years to regain its glory.

So, when Rick mentions that it's a vampire movie, Joseph can't help but be a little surprised, and Hugo is surprised because there is an answer in his mind.

But Rick didn't think much of it, he still smiled and continued, "David has put so much effort into this project, and he won't be happy to see you react like this." This is what Rick is joking, since David has decided to invest in vampire movies, he is himself an authority in the film industry, so he naturally understands the risks of this kind of theme, and also understands the pressure of public opinion that must be borne to make such a movie.

Rick's words made Joseph smile, and then listened to Rick continue, "Sting was also excluded because of his acting skills, and later selected Johnny Depp. I got the word that Johnny was very close to the character at one point, but it still failed. ”

"Is this a gloomy and sinister character?" Joseph's first reaction was like this, from Daniel to Johnny, in fact, they all have a special temperament, and their acting skills have also been tested a lot. That's why Joseph came to such a conclusion.

Rick spread his hands and expressed helplessness, "I'm not sure, because then David had an in-depth conversation with Tom Cruise, and Brad Pitt, and then Hugo." ”

As soon as these words came out, Joseph was stunned. Strictly speaking, Tom, Brad and Hugo are all more sunny and handsome in temperament, which is not a small difference from Daniel and Johnny. But after subdivision, Tom's temperament will be more petitive, Brad will be tougher, and Hugo will have some elegant gentlemanly feeling.

"What kind of actor is David looking for?" Joseph felt a little confused.

Rick smiled wryly, "This is also our question, David has always considered it, but I recently heard that David is planning to choose among these three actors, and he is considering it." ”

"Who are the other candidates?" Joseph wanted to find a clue from this, and then asked.

"Well, Antonio Banderas, once River Phoenix, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alexander Lorraine, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Downey Jr...... There is also a newcomer named George Clooney. Rick counted briefly, then shrugged his shoulders as if to say: "There's no clear thought at all, is there?"

Joseph can only be dumbfounded, these alternate actors have no pattern at all, "but...... Hugo is the best acting and the most malleable of these actors, right? ”

"That's why I had all those speculations." Rick nodded in agreement, and after speaking, he looked at Hugo, and then Rick and Joseph realized that Hugo had been silent for a while, and Rick couldn't help asking, "Hugo, what's wrong, is there anything wrong?" ”

Hugo came back to his senses, "No, it's okay, what's the name of this project?" ”

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