Chapter 369: The Male Lead
Among them, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born into an ordinary family in post-war Austria, and as a child he was interested in physical fitness and bodybuilding. When he started working out, he collected and read a large number of bodybuilding magazines from which he learned training methods and nutritional guidance. In 1968, Schwarzenegger moved to the United States, where he earned his bachelor's degree from Wisconsin State University.
Schwarzenegger has a lot of muscle, so he easily won awards in this area, for example, in 1963, in Graz, Austria, 16-year-old Schwarzenegger participated in the first national bodybuilding competition. In 1966, at the European Bodybuilding Championships in Germany, 19-year-old Arnold won the title of "Mr. Europe". At the age of 20, Schwarzenegger was awarded the title of "Mr. Universe". In 1969, he participated in the "Mr. Olympia" tournament for the first time, and the following year, he won the title of Mr. Olympia against Cuba's Olivar. After that, he ascended to the throne of Mr. "Olympia" seven times in a row.
However, his acting career was not smooth, and when he first began to try to be an actor, because he had a thick Germanic accent of English, he could only play the role of a trick.
In 1970, his first film was Hercules in New York, but the film was generally not appreciated by the public.
In 1977, he starred in the documentary "Iron King Kong", which won him some popularity. However, it wasn't until 1982's "Sword of Kings", "Destruction of the World", "Conan the Barbarian" and the 1984 sequel "Conan the Destroyer" that a series of films highlighting the heroes that he gradually made his mark.
Of course, his most outstanding is in the 1984 sci-fi action film "The Terminator", in which Schwarzenegger plays the role of a superkiller with a human face and a mechanical body, who comes from the future world to the present day to hunt down the mother of the rebel leader, and is a very prominent villain.
In other words, although the current Schwarzenegger has begun to enter the entertainment industry, he is still a second-rate actor, but in comparison, Michael Sylvester-Enzio Stallone is already a success.
Born on July 6, 1946 in New York, USA, he is an American painter, actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
At the same time, he entered the show business in 1970. In 1976, he wrote and acted in the first film of the "Rocky" series. The following year, he was nominated for the 49th Academy Awards and the 34th Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay for the movie "Rocky".
The response to the "Rocky" movie is quite good, and with his fame, it will definitely be of great benefit if the first drop of blood is filmed.
However, the price is that the salary of a famous actor is also quite high.
Therefore, as soon as several people discussed, they decided to go to Stallone tomorrow first, if Stallone refused to cooperate, or the asking price was too high, then he could only go to Schwarzenegger.
Tony is not particularly satisfied with Schwarzenegger, in Tony's eyes, Schwarzenegger's appearance is more suitable for playing the image of a villain.
The next day, early in the morning, several people rushed to Stallone's residence.
"I'm sorry, I don't have time right now." As an actor and screenwriter who has been successful, Stallone is now quite busy, and he can meet a few people because of the credit of Top Gun, after all, Top Gun is too successful, and Stallone has seen it many times.
This strong man who is close to 1.8 meters tall weighs only 80 kilograms, but every piece of muscle is so conspicuous, at this time, Stallone is only wearing a vest, and you can see that the muscles are constantly bulging.
That's what you want!
Tony looks at his muscles, and he likes it very much, and after putting it on the screen, it will definitely become a selling point, that's right, muscular men are popular now.
"Guys, let's have breakfast together, and after breakfast, I'm going to go to the set." Stallone said.
Nathan suddenly remembered something, people must still be working on "Rocky 2" now, right? The success of "Rocky" gave Stallone a lot of confidence, so he started filming the second part.
This is a film about the king of boxing, an amateur named Rocky, who became famous by chance and against the world boxing champion.
There is also a shadow of Stallone himself, after all, his muscles are exercised.
However, if you continue to engage in these boxing champions, there is actually no future, look at the later "Rocky 2" and "Rocky 3", the box office is actually not as high as the box office of the first part.
Stallone was very welcoming, inviting them to have breakfast together, and at the same time, it was also an opportunity.
Nathan won't let go of this opportunity.
"Mr. Stallone, your current movie is about the boxing champion, do you want to describe the conflict in a larger scene, for example, some big military scenes, there are scenes of gunships, such as you are holding a gun, firing at the gunship, aiming, and knocking out the pilot inside, what do you think?"
Nathan asked.
Stallone's eyes lit up suddenly, this scene seems to look more attractive?
"What's that background?" Stallone asked.
"Vietnam veteran." Nathan said: "I'm here, I've written a new script, and Director Tony is very satisfied, and if you agree, I hope you can be the actor in it." ”
Vietnam War veterans are a heavy subject, and in the years since the end of the Vietnam War, almost no one touched this subject, which was too heavy, and no one cared about the existence of this group.
Domestically, they are also disgusted, and it has not been until now that they have slowly changed, especially the recent Hokkaido War, everyone once again remembered the Vietnam War, and they are no longer so disgusted, if the army is not strong, then it will be bullied.
And Vietnam War veterans, this special group, has also begun to slowly surface, if you act in a movie with such a theme, it will definitely attract attention, in contrast, my current boxing champion movie, the circle is too small, and there are few highlights.
"Okay, you can show me the script." Right in front of the breakfast table, Stallone picked up the script handed by Nathan and began to look at it seriously, page after page.
I saw it all the way to the end.
This scene, how similar it is, when I first went to the big director, it was the same, after reading the script, the other party proposed revisions, and finally broke up.
And now, after reading it, what will the other party ask for?
Both were waiting.
Finally, Stallone saw the last page, he put down the script, and said to a few people: "This script is fantastic, it is simply tailor-made for me, I am willing to take this film." ”