I’m in Hollywood Chapter 120: Interview with Richard Gere
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"The setting of the actor is very bizarre. He has a doctorate and is also good at a mysterious oriental Taijiquan, but he is willing to do the work of Ma Zi at the bar. Then, Director is very awkward. He made it a paranoid avenger, but he was not a qualified avenger. He could kill those little babies without hesitation, but he would be soft against the bully who had the most hatred to himself. The other party killed. All in all, this is a movie that is very awkward and tangled in the plot. "-" Chicago Tribune "
"The film is full of anarchist private law enforcement, lawless destruction and unbridled violence, it is a farce."-"Movie Guide" magazine
"I only saw rogue fights, broken beer wine bottle, a group of big breasted girls and splattered plasma. The plot is pale and unconvincing. Richard · Gere specially made a muscle for the movie. I ’m not half interested. His actions in the movie are not neat and straightforward. ”——“ Montreal Movie magazine ”
"A ridiculous and noisy fist fable."-"Reel Film Review"
"This is a movie that can remove the actor, and then things will still develop according to the plot of the movie, the dice bar is reorganized, causing the coveted bullies, a series of violence, arson, homicide, and then endure the unbearable town The residents fought up and killed the bullies. Richard · Gere abandoned 《Pretty Woman》 of Eric Williams for such a movie. I do n’t know if I will lose sleep because of regret. "-" Hollywood Reporter "
"Except for the rock soundtrack interspersed with it, this movie is useless."-"Rolling Stone" magazine
Because of United Artists ’s vigorous promotion of this movie in the early stage, the attendance of "Road House" in more than 1900 theaters reached more than 70% on the first day, but with the negative reviews of the movie after the release, the attendance rate has plummeted.
Three days later, Box Office was released on the first weekend of the Easter period. 《Pretty Woman》, which was released in the sixth week, had an unexpected Box Office downturn, which was more than 2.4 million more than last weekend. It won the top of the Box Office list for three days on weekends with a score of 11.27 million USD. Box Office96.69 million in six weeks, I believe this After the full week, Eric is about to usher in the third Box Office film that he participated in. It will be several months before contacting Eric to usher in his nineteenth birthday, and this result will definitely usher in a burst of media hype.
Although "Road House" has nearly two thousand screens for drawing, with the sharp drop in attendance on Saturdays and Sundays, it only got 5250,000 USD's first weekend Box Office, ranking second with less than half of 《Pretty Woman》.
The third place is Universal Pictures's crime comedy "Life of Fletcher", which gained 5.04 million USD in more than 1400 theaters.
Because of the increased support of Columbia and the Easter schedule, the Home Alone released to the eighteenth week unwittingly won the Box Office in the early 4million, and steadily approached 300 million USD. The Ministry has occupied the top of the Box Office list for twelve consecutive weeks, and it has been released for more than four months. It still relies on the Box Office black horse in the top five of Box Office. It has been numb.
Maybe one day, Box Office of "Home Alone" suddenly accumulates to 300 million USD, and the public will open their eyes once again after seeing the numbers, and express a "wow" emotion.
In the new week, Eric ended the casting audition work of 《Running Out of Time》, handed over the auditions of "The Others" and 《Scent of a Woman》 to two Directors, and began to rush to select the film in the large Los Angeles area.
Although there are not many scenes required in 《Running Out of Time》, there are a lot of lenses that need to be closed shoots, but it is not an easy task to find a suitable place.
At the same time, Eric has also discovered its own lack of strength. As the home base of Hollywood, Los Angeles has very strong policy support for movies, but it does not mean that film crews can do whatever they want. Many scenes of shoots require the approval of various municipalities. Although the flexibility is great, the process is very Cumbersome.
Moreover, related personal connections are also indispensable. Although Eric is well-known now, it is completely incomparable with the big Director and the gold medal Producer that have been famous for many years. Maybe sometimes someone else can do it with just a phone call. But he had to come back and communicate repeatedly.
Fortunately, this movie Columbia is very important. In order to ensure that the movie can be turned on as soon as possible, shoots was specially sent an experienced producer to assist Eric in preparation, which greatly shortened the preliminary preparation time.
When Eric selected the scene for 《Running Out of Time》, another thing happened unconsciously.
The storm began in Richard · Gere. This superstar, who has been forty years old, has been increasingly concerned about the loss of the 《Pretty Woman》 actor after the EE EE was released from the first weekend Box Office of 《Pretty Woman》. He missed a precious opportunity to return to the a-class superstar, especially the recent failure of Box Office in Road House, which made him more annoyed and regretful.
After "Road House", the Richard · Gere mentality eagerly hopes to get another movie about to turn over, he also feels that CAA has the responsibility and obligation to help himself, because this is what the other party owes him, if not for Michael · Ovitz Personal grudges, he could not give up the actor of 《Pretty Woman》.
For this reason, Richard · Gere wanted to interview Michael · Ovitz many times. Unfortunately, after the current Michael · Ovitz successfully bridged the gap between Sony Financial Group and Coca Cola, he was busy coordinating the acquisition of Sony and Columbia, and had no time to take care of Richard · The little thing Gere just handed it over to manager Horner · Willie of Richard · Gere, the guy with serious cleanliness who was encouraged by Eric to join Stewart · Rankell in a vicious disgust.
According to the current situation of Richard · Gere, Horner · Willie recommended to him the actor of a small-cost horror movie. Richard · Gere is of course not satisfied. He took a fancy to the medium-production film of Universal Pictures that CAA is in charge of. , This requirement is not too much. But Horner · Willi did not agree to fight for that role for Richard · Gere. He directly rejected Richard · Gere on the grounds that it was impossible for Universal to activate a Actor that had already fallen to the bottom of the second line and had just smashed a big production.
Horner · Willie was one of caa ’s very early manager. Now it is also caa ’s gold medal manager. Even a lot of a-class Actor are polite to him, which slowly helped the manager ’s temper. . Richard · Gere completely blamed caa for the loss of the opportunity of 《Pretty Woman》. The grievances in my heart have accumulated for a long time. After Horner · Willi refused to fight for that role for him, another anger was cheated. Then it broke out completely.
The two had a big quarrel in Horner Willie ’s office. If it was n’t for finding someone else who was not good to break in and stop in time, the two would probably fight.
After this incident, Richard · Gere left caa that day, and on the third day of the incident, relying on the introduction of a friend, joined another brokerage giant William Morris company (wma).
This event would have been a normal Actor job change, and between Hollywood and Brokerage Firm, there are countless such job change events every year, even if it is said that a complete set of betrayal cost system caa can not be avoided , But it will be relatively few. Caa's so-called 'cost of betrayal' system is more to prevent its own manager independent portal, because the five founders of caa all jumped out of another brokerage giant that year. And the binding power of those big-name stars is not great. It is an easy thing for top-level stars to leave. Second- and third-tier stars can easily leave as long as they are willing to pay liquidated damages, but now the film and television industry chain owned by CAA The resources are huge, so most of the stars are not tempted enough to leave this big tree easily.
Moreover, Caa also promptly issued a severe password for the quarrel between Horner · Willi and Richard · Gere, which originally thought that this matter would pass unconsciously. But forget that Richard · Gere is also one of the parties.
The job-hopping of Richard · Gere quickly caused some media ideas. When interviewed by the reporter of "Hollywood Reporter", Richard · Gere, who hated the hearts of his heart, killed caa as a "victim" Discredited. The next day, an article titled "Interview with Richard · Gere: Losing the detailed inside story of the protagonist" Pretty Woman "appeared on" Hollywood Reporter ".
"Recently, the famous Actor Richard · Gere who once expected to star in the Eric Williams Box Office masterpiece 《Pretty Woman》 suddenly left the innovative artist Brokerage Firm (caa) for a long time. When interviewed by our reporter, Richard · Gere finally confided to us that he had to refuse 《Pretty Woman》 The specific process of the actor film about.
The following is the original words of Mr. Richard · Gere: When I saw the script of 《Pretty Woman》, I felt that this would be a very wonderful story, very suitable for my image, I even made some for this Role preparation. Although Eric Williams is very young, I watched his first two works and learned that he is a very talented young man. But when I was about to agree to the film contract, my former manager, Horner · Willie hinted that I rejected the other party.
I was puzzled at the time, and then Horner · Willie told me that because Eric Williams had just recruited Kapoor · Sid, Michael · Mr. Ovitz and Kapoor · Sid had a deep contradiction. Therefore, I don't like any cooperation between the artists under the banner and Eric Williams. To be clear, Michael · Ovitz wants to block Eric Williams.
However, I did not want to give up that opportunity, so I discussed with Horner · Willi. But what I got was a vague threat. If I cooperate with Eric Williams, then I will be refrigerated by CAA. At that time, I was in the low point of my career. Because of the threat of CAA, I had to refuse the 《Pretty Woman》 contract. .
Then, caa gave me the male lead of an action film "Road House" of United Artists in the name of appeasement. When I saw the script, I said to Horner Willie: No, this character image Not suitable for me. Although I have acted in action movies, this role is too violent. Perhaps it is more appropriate to find a muscular man to play.
Horner Willie said that I had no choice, and then I had to accept "Road House" with a very low pay. In order to be more in line with the image of the actor in the film, I deliberately carried out a period of high Strength fitness. But the movie finally failed.
The reason why these are exposed today is because I think CAA has forgotten their identity. After monopolizing too many resources, they have become unscrupulous and do whatever they want, and some people have a little personal grudge to show Personal power can be used to make jokes about the future of Actor, and can be used as a bargaining chip with tens of millions of investments from other companies. This is a very bad thing. Brokerage Firm was supposed to serve Actor, and it should take the interests of employers as the first criterion, so as to survive for a long time, but now Caa has begun to arbitrarily play Actor as a chess piece in his hand, and sooner or later will take his own death. "