Comeback 662 action movie Jane Bonte, Graham – Yost (Graham. Yost), Ian and Bryce sat in the coffee room, drinking the coffee in front of them with some nervousness, chatting absentmindedly.

To be honest, the crew of "Speed of Life and Death" didn't expect them to invite Hugo to star, not only because compared to the huge investment of "Future Water World", the budget of "Speed of Life and Death" of less than 30 million is not worth mentioning at all; At the same time, because the crew is not like "vulgar", there is a Quentin Tarantino in charge, the "vulgar" script has a unique style, and the director is even more famous, but these advantages are not "life and death".

The production team of "Speed of Life and Death" is even more lackluster, and the director Jane is a photographer, who has served as "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Ben. but this is the first time he has been a director, and he has no previous experience and no works that can prove his directing ability.

Screenwriter Graham is also a young newcomer to write a screenplay for the first time in his career, and the fact that the "Life and Death" script can be appreciated by Twentieth Century Fox is a huge success.

Ian, who was the last producer, was born as an assistant director and worked with Steven Spielberg on "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2", which is also his biggest achievement so far; After that, he served as the "Howard. the。 duck)", "Batman Returns"; This is his successor to the "Beverly Hills (the. beverly。 hillbillies)" and served as the producer of the film for the second time.

Such a group of Hollywood newcomers are naturally not convincing, and they are not even as attractive as "vulgar".

To be precise, the only advantage of "life and death" is that this script is a new kind of attempt in action movies, the movie tells the story of a bus that is planted with a bomb, as long as the speed is higher than 50 miles, it will start, and then once the speed is below 50 miles, the bomb will be detonated, and the police have launched a battle of wits with the gangsters in order to rescue the passengers on the bus.

Although it is said that the 1975 Japanese film "Shinkansen Big Bang (the. buliet。 train)", a similar theme was tried: in the movie, a bomb was installed on the Shinkansen, and if the speed was above 80 km/h, the bomb would be activated, and if the speed was below 80 km/h, the bomb would explode; But screenwriter Graham had only seen the l985 Oscar nomination for Best Actor in the runaway. train)" after that, the idea of installing a bomb on a bus arose.

Unlike the "Shinkansen blast" trains, buses are narrower, more uncertain and more shaky carriers, and most importantly, trains have tracks, while buses run on roads - even rush hour Los Angeles roads, so how to control the speed of buses to avoid bombs being detonated is obviously a more terrible problem.

Therefore, this makes the script of "Life and Death" more fascinating, and it also adds a sense of excitement than "Shinkansen Big Blast".

This is the only place where "Speed of Life and Death" can impress the actors.

Although Hugo has not officially taken over any film - more than 10 million works, but in terms of popularity, it is not inferior to Tom Cruise's current status, for the "Life and Death" crew, inviting Hugo to star is almost a pie-in-the-sky thing.

Compared with "vulgar", "Speed of Life and Death", an action movie that specifically targets the male market, undoubtedly hopes to make achievements at the box office, and now Hugo, who has three consecutive works of more than 100 million, is naturally the perfect choice.

Therefore, after learning from Joseph that Hugo left the script of "Speed of Life and Death", Fox of the twentieth century and Ian Bryce, who is the producer, have been working hard to promote this matter, even if Hugo is filming "vulgar" and "Speed of Life and Death" has to be postponed.

Now, their persistence has finally paid off, and Hugo's agent Joseph took the initiative to call and offer to accept the audition, which almost made Jane Yide, Ian, Graham and others jump for joy. Although they were the interviewers for the audition, they arrived 20 minutes earlier than the appointed time, and they looked like the parties participating in the audition, and they were so nervous that they couldn't speak.

"Don't worry, I heard Steven say that Hugo is very easy to get along with in private and is also very kind." Ian looked at his nervous companions sitting next to him and comforted himself, but he was actually comforting himself. In fact, they are not afraid to face Hugo, but they are worried about what reason they should use to persuade Hugo to join the "Speed of Life and Death" crew, after all, they have too few chips in their hands.

"Are you sure? Hugo doesn't seem so kind to journalists lately. Jane laughed and teased, but when she said it, she found that Ian and Graham were not laughing, and he suddenly felt bored, so he took a sip of coffee. As a photographer, he has absolute self-confidence; But as a director, he is a complete novice, which makes him inevitably lack confidence.

At this time, the door of the coffee house was pushed open, and the jingling wind chimes broke the silence in the room, and there were only two tables of guests in the coffee house, and when they glanced at the door, they saw a tall and strong man walk in, and then an even taller man also walked in, which immediately made the guests feel bored, and they all withdrew their eyes, but then a tall and straight man walked in again.

The three of them looked left and right, and then walked in the direction of Ian's table, where all three of them stood up in polite gestures.

"Good afternoon, I'm Joseph Gibbs, Hugo's agent." Joseph walked at the front and took the initiative to introduce, "This is Samora, this is ......"

"Hugo a Lancaster." Ian took Joseph's words and said with a smile, taking Hugo's outstretched right hand.

Hugo smiled and shook the hands of the three people in front of him, "Sorry, we're late, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." ”

"No, no, we arrived early." Ian waved his hand again and again, in fact, at this time, there were still ten minutes before the time they agreed, Hugo and the others were definitely not late, but Hugo did not ask, but politely apologized, which made Ian's nervous mood relax a little, at least Hugo's first impression was as rumored, gentle and gentleman.

"That's a real relief." Hugo didn't debunk the facts, and really breathed a sigh of relief, smiling to resolve Ian's embarrassment.

After Samora finished greeting, he took the initiative to call the waiter over and began to order coffee in a low voice, while Joseph took the initiative to say after sitting down, "Is this the lineup for today's audition?" Or is there some other guy joining us?"

"We also have an audition for an actress today to see how she and Hugo work together, because we haven't decided on an actress yet, and we still hope that the two sides can have a spark." Ian explained simply, "But the actress should be here in thirty minutes, and we've staggered the time, so, I guess, that's it for now." ”

Joseph smiled and nodded, "In fact, Hugo has been busy with other things one after another during this time, and he was originally worried that he would miss the script of 'Life and Death', but it is really good news for us to learn that you still have a vacant position for the leading actor." ”

After arriving at the scene today, Joseph was in charge of the conversation, and although it was just a polite remark at the beginning, he could indeed feel Joseph's difference.

"Hugo is interested in the script, and that's what makes us happiest, because Hugo has always been the first choice of our crew, and still is." Ian replied with a smile, glancing at Hugo, then at Graham and Jane sitting next to him, "We're not an experienced team, we can even say novices, so the fact that the script can be a highlight really gives us a lot of confidence." ”

"There's a first for everything, and a great script is clearly a great start for a directorial debut." Joseph still coped with it skillfully, "In the past two days, Hugo has read the script again, and he has been telling me that he must meet with the screenwriter to discuss it." At this point, Joseph looked at Hugo and said, "What was the last time you mentioned that script?"

"The Shinkansen blast,." Hugo naturally took over the conversation and looked at the screenwriter Graham, who was sitting opposite, "This is a Japanese work, I don't know if you know?"

"No, I don't know, I came up with the idea after watching the 'Escape Train.'" Graham leaned forward and asked with interest, "So, can you tell me about this...... Scripts for Japanese films?"

"Of course." Hugo briefly talked about the main story line of "Shinkansen Explosion".

In fact, "Shinkansen Blasting" and "Speed of Life and Death" are only similar in setting, and they are completely different works in essence and theme, the former pays more attention to the different forms of the 1,500 passengers on the train who are threatened with death, because of the closed and stable nature of the train, so the tension of the atmosphere is more of a psychological oppression; The latter is more simple and direct, the simple bus maintains the lives of all passengers, and the rescue operation is simple but not lacking in wisdom, which can be said to be one of the pinnacle masterpieces of action movies.

While Hugo and Graham were talking, Joseph leaned back in a wicker chair and handed over the initiative to Hugo, and Joseph's ability to control the situation on the scene was obviously completely different from before. The current scene is obviously caused by Joseph's conscious guidance.

After carefully reading the script of "The Speed of Life and Death", Hugo also had his own ideas about the script, so he planned to communicate with the screenwriter to see if the script of the action movie could stand up to scrutiny and polishing.

(To be continued)