Hollywood Domination Chapter 82: Jenny is determined to pass

For this Tony Award, Jenny may have the most complicated feelings in the team. This is not to say that she values ​​this award very much, on the contrary, she does not know how to treat the nomination given to her by the Tony Award.

Having been with Cesare for so long, she probably also has a certain understanding of the abilities of this super **** manager. Cesare is indeed a very rare manager genius, and he also has a unique career foundation. He started at the age of 20, and now, seven years later, he has at least five or six A-list actors in the film business, and a few B-list actors she does not know the number of film careers, even if these actors are not the only ones. He is a film agent, which is also a very remarkable achievement. She estimated that in a few years, Cesare will be able to attack the company's limited partner status.

But this does not mean that Cesare is omnipotent. Although he has always been unfathomable in front of her as a client, according to Jenny's observations in the past one or two years, Cesare is actually a career rise. During this period, he has been taking various opportunities to continue to cultivate and improve his network. For example, by making her play the leading role in "Chicago", he used this to implement the friendship with the two key figures, Rob Marshall and James Schubert, and turned the meeting into someone who worked on a project together. Partners, and before that, Cesare's contacts on Broadway should be regarded as blank, and there are not many places that can be used.

Perhaps because of this, Cesare was not very enthusiastic about the Tony Awards at the beginning. James has been in charge of the whole thing, and Jenny's team tried to cooperate as much as possible. It cannot be denied that this attitude has also affected Jenny, so she has never had a great sense of reality about winning the award. Even though James made a lot of hype before March, she feels that this award is in her pocket, and Jenny also Never really believed his words. ——Although James is also very shrewd and capable, his credibility in her heart is definitely not comparable to that of Cesare.

After she left Broadway and returned to Los Angeles, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the Oscars... the successive "big events" have kept Jenny's team busy. Musicals as a springboard will naturally reduce attention. After James told Judy at the end of May that he would give up the public relations for the Tony Awards, Judy made a little evaluation of the tendency of the Tony Awards and the scale of the public relations of "Hairspray", and wisely gave up on himself. Investing money in public relations - the new drama needs the Tony Award to attract audiences. The investment in public relations is definitely not comparable to that of the Schubert Theater, let alone Jenny who still owes a lot of money to the bank. A lost battle.

At that time, the whole team was thinking about the Oscars. At the regular meeting, Judy also mentioned something to Cesare and Jenny. At least seven or eight clients a year have to plan for awards, not to mention Judy. This kind of pre-competition warm-up period is widely expected, and a few days before the deadline for nominations, the dark horse steals all the limelight. In Hollywood It is also common. After all, there are only a few awards, unless it is a super god-level work, it is impossible to say that the award is determined to win. Since they can't afford the money, and the Tony Awards are not that important, it would be nice to have a nomination first.

After the explosion of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the Tony Award was basically nothing. Among the four major awards in the entertainment industry, Hollywood is of course more concerned about the Oscars and Emmys. The Tony Awards are gold for people in the industry It’s not too high. The first is that if an artist who has won Oscars goes to star in Broadway, Broadway will almost give awards to satisfy their desire to collect. Second, many Tony Award winners and nominees perform mediocre in Hollywood. Even C- list doesn't even count. Jenny's praise from critics, audience popularity and 700 million box office in "Pirates of the Caribbean" are the basis for her promotion to the List. Of course it is good to have a Tony Award, but it is nothing if not having it.

So, this time attending the Tony Awards ceremony, there was no tension in the team, and it was regarded as another fashion show, which was robbed by sponsoring clothing, jewelry and makeup, and popularity. The line of the best actress limelight. ——Of course you can’t waste such a good exposure opportunity, can you? It was a show with six to seven million viewers anyway.

Although she has always been calm, as if she didn't care about the award at all, and even attracted Mary's praise for her psychological quality, Jenny's mood is not so calm, but her mentality may be incomprehensible to others Understood—Jenny really didn't care if she didn't get the award, in fact, she found that she might secretly wish she didn't get the award, and if she did, she might feel a little uneasy.

She is not a person with flawless moral standards, which Jenny herself knows very well, but she has one character that has not changed, that is, unless she is forced to a corner, she will try not to break through her bottom line . During the audition, she felt that it would not be a burden to have an acting cheat. Auditions in Hollywood are a game-changing process. If you are a second-generation star director and have a background, it doesn't matter if I get an acting cheat. She even said that she felt at ease when she used the golden finger when performing musicals. The audience bought tickets to see a wonderful performance, and they definitely didn't mind how the performance was produced. But when it comes to being commended or even awarded because of Gold Finger, Jenny really feels that she has crossed the bottom line. Of course, Broadway is not a paradise, and the Tony Awards are full of shady factors such as public relations, lobbying, and personal connections, but most actors at least work very hard professionally, and they may not get too much salary. They have been silent for several years, more than ten years, and they have such a chance to be nominated after continuous luck. This may be their only chance to win an award. In this kind of competition, you won the prize with the golden finger of empathy. Are you embarrassed to see the disappointed expression of others?

Of course, this is also because she used the empathy cheat 80% of the time in the performance of "Chicago". In the early stage, she was not proficient enough, and in the later stage, she was in a poor mental state and directly cheated. If it were Oscars, Jenny’s mentality would be different. The first is that Oscars are more important, and the second is that she seldom directly empathizes with the film, which is not appropriate. More often, she uses her satisfaction after multiple rehearsals. Shooting in performance mode, there is less cheating.

So this Tony Award was won by Marisa Wennock. Jenny didn't feel sour, but was very pleased. "Hairspray" achieved outstanding results in such a bleak market by virtue of its own strength, and Marisa received unanimous praise from critics Yes, she deserved the award. Although there were some remarks against her during the public relations process, it had nothing to do with Marisa, and it cannot be said that her article was unreasonable. The Broadway awards must be mainly to encourage the development of Broadway. Before there was no more suitable person, she won the award. Now there is a more suitable person, Marisa will win. The Tony Award has been the rule of the game for 50 or 60 years. She loses very willingly.

That's why, when she was walking on the way to accept the award and saw the unconcealable disappointed expression on Marisa Wennock's face, Jenny really didn't feel any joy and refreshment in her heart. On the contrary... It can even be said that she It's a little guilty.

Introduced to background music, 'Jennifer Jefferson's charisma defied harsh winters and a tough economy to record both box office and word of mouth in one of Broadway's toughest years Miracle, her outstanding performance is impressive, and she won the New York Drama Critics Association Award, Outside Drama Critics Award...', she walked on the stage, and the audience spontaneously expressed their support for her with cheers and applause ——This is also the first time that Jenny has faced an auditorium-level audience very intuitively. The most important thing is that she knows that besides the general audience, there are many famous people in the musical theater and stage theater circles sitting in the audience, and Her award comes from their appreciation and support for her.

This support is not because of James's half-way public relations, nor is it because of her connections, or the usual tendency of the Tony Awards, Jenny can hardly believe what she is thinking-these judges who voted for her are I like her performance, this appreciation has overwhelmed the public relations of the "Hairspray" crew, or the traditional cultural prejudice of Broadway, she is a vase of Hollywood's first-line big production, and it is said that she should be ignored and excluded everywhere on Broadway - but in 700 In the judging panel, there were still some people who admired her Roxy, ruled out all these factors, and voted for her.

The Tony Award is still an award that is more gimmick than practical, but when Jenny took it from Rob, she felt that the trophy was so heavy that it made her feel complicated. Although it is very strange to say that in Broadway and Hollywood, It was even a bit embarrassing, but at this moment, she couldn't help but admit...she was really moved.

Accompanied by being touched, of course, is a deeper sense of guilt: she cannot say that she is worthy of the votes of the more than 350 judges (the lowest), and they voted for her because of their professional quality and artistic pursuit, but Jenny Or Chen Zhen can't have a clear conscience in front of this ethics.

But this was not an occasion with mixed feelings. Jenny looked at the trophy in her hand, quickly calmed down, and bent slightly to approach the microphone.

"I... really don't know what to say." She said sincerely, "You should know from my question just now that I didn't prepare a speech tonight."

Her witty speech sparked a burst of laughter, and someone shouted in the audience, "You're a star, Roxy! The audience loves you!"

This is a line from the "Roxie" aria, amidst laughter, Jenny held up the trophy, "Thank you! I love the audience too—you love my love for you too, don't you?"

A burst of strong laughter erupted from the auditorium, along with ragged 'Yes'.

Jenny looked at the trophy, shrugged suddenly, made the same narcissistic expression as Roxy, and said with Roxy's rough expression, "And I love your love for me too, Andwelooooveeachother. Andthat' sTony."

The laughter in the auditorium has never stopped, and now it is even stronger. Jon in front of the TV is also grinning from ear to ear, "Jennifer is so funny! She's so cool!"

She was completely overwhelmed by Jenny's completely off-the-cuff joke and her coolness that didn't lose her cool even after winning the Tony Award.

Although this is a heavyweight award, the awarding time is also limited. After making a few jokes, Jenny stopped talking about it. She raised a decent smile, "Except for my audience and lovely Dear judges, I would like to thank Rob beside me, you gave me the opportunity to enter Broadway, my teacher Agata, my dear, I saw you, please give me a smile?"

In the auditorium, Agata, who was quickly found, smiled happily and gave an encouraging thumbs up to the stage. Jenny also returned a thumbs up, "My theater manager, James, is not as bold as you We can't perform miracles, my colleagues, my co-star..."

She named a series of names quickly, and finally it was her turn, "My assistant Mary, my PR Judy, my agent Cesare, and most importantly, my former employer Johnny , thank you for always giving me leave to audition, and with my good friend Dave, thank you, without you I wouldn't have it!"

When this series of names was finished, her speech time had exceeded ten seconds, and the red light began to light up on the side of the stage, but Jenny still paused for a second.

Looking at the countless faces in the audience, she browsed their gestures almost blankly, felt their patient waiting and kind support, and imagined their affirmation and love for her.

A thought suddenly appeared in her mind very clearly.

Regardless of time-traveling or not, Chen Zhen and Jenny have always been doing what they should and must do all their lives. If they don’t do this, what will happen, and what can happen if they do this has always been the driving force for her actions. She gets married because it is beneficial to marry, divorces because it is beneficial to divorce, loses weight because she cannot enter the career of a good film company without losing weight, studies acting because she does not act well and cannot stand out, adjusts her mentality because she does not adjust her mentality She was going to get sick and be eliminated.

Now she finally has something she wants to do, and it's so literary that she's almost ashamed to say it.

She wants to conquer them with her own strength and win this honor with her own acting skills. When she picks up the trophy again, Jenny wants to be proud of her achievements with a clear conscience. She wants to be worthy of the accolade she gets, even if it can only be said to herself, she wants to say it out loud, "This role, I didn't rely on gold finger empathy, I didn't refer to other people's success For performances, even if there is public relations, I still rely on my own speculation and hard work to gain the approval of the judges."

The applause brought her back to reality. Jenny took a last look at the dark heads under the stage, took a deep breath, covered her chest and bowed to the audience, turned around and hugged Rob tightly again, holding the The trophy walked off the stage.

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'Jennifer Jefferson won the Tony Award, another miracle for Miracle Girl'

'Broadway critics are satisfied with this, Jennifer's acting skills are recognized'

'The Tony Awards have changed the style of awards, and the results of the awards are surprising'

'Jennifer Jefferson Tony Award has quick wit. Although she won the award by accident, she performed humorously and conquered the audience'

'Rob Marshall: This girl (Jennifer Jefferson) is very humble, but talented, and she will change the world'

'Jennifer's net worth increased sharply after winning the award, and the sequel of "Caribbean" changed'

... When the public was optimistic about "Hairspray", Jennifer suddenly broke out halfway. It seemed that there was no controversy, and it seemed that she took the Tony Award for Best Actress trophy full of accidents. This also made many media They were all very surprised, just less than a month before the "Oprah Show", this girl once again occupied the headlines of the major media. In July and August of this year, Jennifer should be the most eye-catching new face, and the path she has taken has made it difficult for the media to find a suitable position, even in reports. Take your attitude towards Jennifer.

Although as long as the strength is sufficient, awards are not impossible for public relations, but generally speaking, public opinion is relatively fair when there is no deliberate leadership. For example, in 1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, a celebrity in the circle, The second generation won the Oscar for their unsatisfactory performance in "Shakespeare in Love", and defeated Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep, whose acting skills were obviously far superior to hers. The actress won, but It was full of controversy, ridiculed by film critics and netizens, and her reputation was bad. In addition to her controversial private life, Gwyneth is definitely the most popular actress who has been ridiculed the most since the rise of the Internet in the past few years. This also makes her have an Oscar award, but she has never opened up in the field of commercial films.

And now, Jennifer Jefferson has won a Tony Award and a leading actress in a big production within two years of her debut. The media would not believe that she has no background or push behind her, but if This Tony Award was pulled out of Marisa Wennock's mouth abruptly. The New York drama critics shouldn't be so calm about this news, and even most of the columns expressed their satisfaction.

For authoritative Hollywood reporters and film critics, it is difficult to convince them that Jennifer is a very rich woman after her short appearance in the film version of "Chicago" and Elizabeth in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", who has no performance space at all. A gifted girl actress, and the film critics who have watched the "Chicago" musical before, because they are not involved in the field of musical theater reviews, and after all, the overall number of people is relatively small, they may be sure that Jennifer's "Chicago" musical is indeed no better than The film is poor, but it seems that Jennifer is not qualified to affirm Jennifer's film acting skills. So now there is an embarrassing situation, that is, the Tony Awards, which have always been relatively niche and aloof, are the first to recognize Jennifer Jefferson's status as an acting school, but many reports in Hollywood still regard her as a youth idol. in processing.

There is still a difference in the media's treatment of youth idols and acting schools. This is the same as Meryl Streep will never be ridiculed by newspapers and magazines, but reality TV stars such as Paris Hilton are being ridiculed every day. Ironically, although Hollywood is an Allabout business, it still has an attitude of praise and care for the talented acting school who has a future in the future. Even if it consumes her popularity for paparazzi reports, it will not have too much malice, but Youth idols are different. As a fast-moving consumer product, what the media thinks is to squeeze out the remaining value in a few years, and then let her be gradually forgotten as time goes by. With her own relationship and public relations awarding an award, the possibility of the media ridiculing her is not small. In Hollywood, no one can issue a 'seal order'. Every reporter and editor enjoys the freedom of comment, and newspapers and magazines will not only Suppress a certain report just to save face.

"It would be great if Jennifer would act in a literary film at this time." Many media people have this idea unconsciously, "Let the market and awards test her acting skills, and her path in Hollywood will also be determined." Can show the prototype, whether it is a vase of commercial films that only pursue box office, or the path of an ambitious and capable actor... Even if it is not a literary film, she should quickly reveal her new film plan, so that her self-positioning will be better. More obvious."

While the media were having a headache for 'setting the tone' for Jennifer, Jenny was also worrying about her next film. In the executive suite of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, she was applying a mask and flipping back and forth. Holding a stack of scripts pinned up with paper clips, I picked up another stack of scripts from time to time, found a specific paragraph, bit the highlighter pen cap, and drew a fluorescent mark on a paragraph.

"It would be great if I have seen these two films before, at least I can simulate it to see if I am suitable for this style." While chewing on the pen cap, Jenny complained softly, "The simulation effect of the script is too good. Crude."

Although at the moment when she won the award, Jenny had a very lofty dream on a whim, but she is very clear about how much she is now. Using Chen Zhen's analogy, that ideal belongs to communism Society, now she is still in the primary stage of socialism, and it is almost enough to be self-indulgent for a while, and you still have to live pragmatically most of the time.

Of course, it's not a bad thing for people to have some ideals, at least now she has more passion for her career, but it would be too hypocritical if she really didn't use cheats because of this ideal. Even in the ideal scene, Jenny's imaginary dialogue did not completely rule out the role of cheating, she just didn't need empathy to figure out the role, she still needed to use cheating's time deceleration function and script rehearsal function. It's just that, at this time, the two scripts she got are not highly completed, and they are in an unfinalized state, so in the performing arts space, only some very vague human figures can be simulated to play against each other, and the playback effect is naturally low. No way, even a simulation isn't much use.

In this case, it can only be determined from the script, the two leading actors, and the style of the director. Jenny closed the two scripts, put them in front of her, and added two photos of the leading male lead. She stared at the somewhat similar faces of Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler, lost in thought .

Both Ben and Adam are simple and honest film stars who are close to the people, and they are both low-cost and high-return stars that filmmakers like. Ben has been focusing on Steller's special comedy. "Adults" has made a lot of money, and in a few years there will be the ace series "Night at the Museum". In the field of comedy films, he is a big man who no one can get around after 2000. Although Adam is also a talented person, he is superior in his seniority. In terms of box office, he has not been able to compete with Ben in the past few years. It is undeniable that Ben's project is indeed more favorable.

But if it was just like this, Cesare would not have given both scripts to Jenny. Compared with "Meeting Polly" and "50 First Dates", the script of "50 First Dates" seems to have moved her more Some, she is quite optimistic about the script, and the meeting with Adam tonight also made Jenny believe that Adam can handle this role well, and Adam and Ben have a great advantage, that is, Adam has a small position and has no understanding of the script. There are too many revision rights, and they will not dictate the shooting. This drama must be relatively average in terms of gravity. But Ben is different. As a comedy star who can earn 100 million or 200 million box office, Ben has enough influence to put pressure on the film studio and give priority to ensuring his success in the movie. Jenny rewatched it in the space. Some of his films also confirmed my vague impression: All the films that Ben participated in and produced must be centered on him. When you watch "Night at the Museum", you will not notice who is the heroine. A large part of the scenes in "Tropic Thunder" that Jenny finds boring are also centered around him, and those characters she finds interesting have little room for development.

Of course, maybe this is just her own opinion, but the phenomenon of this "play bully" is a bit serious. In terms of brilliance, it seems that she should choose "50 First Dates" again, but there is another problem. The script of "50 First Dates" is good, but no matter how you look at it, the heroine is a vase character, a person who loses her memory every day , from the beginning to the end of the film, the mental state can't change too much. Jenny estimates that she just stays there beautifully for most of the film time, and then reacts differently to Adam's pursuit. This character is born without Hearts to tell, of course, maybe she can fool a bunch of tears and 'she's beautiful' exclaims from fans, but Josh was beautiful in Pirates of the Caribbean, look how the critics ignored him, Jenny Not willing to be a vase for a romantic movie that is unlikely to have a sequel.

From this point of view, Polly in "Meet Polly" has some advantages in this regard. Polly is a very funny girl who is more capable of giving good plays, and she also has some room to play.

If Ben and Adam switch, Jenny might take "Meet Polly", but the interest of these two actors in the script is the only investment point for investors, in other words, the script and the actor are bound, It doesn't even work if you want to change the role.

If the scoring system is adopted, the scores of these two scripts should be comparable, and even the difficulty of the competition is similar-although Adam and Ben strongly invite Jenny to join, this is only a preliminary intention, a very simple one. It makes sense, Jenny is watching several scripts at the same time, and it is impossible for these scripts to be "maintained", and it is very likely that they are all in the hands of some actresses waiting to be watched at the same time. At this stage, everyone is right. Many, Jenny will enter the audition library after she takes a fancy to this script. She still needs to go through an audition to get the role. The difference from before is probably that she will be arranged to audition alone instead of gathering with actresses of similar status. , Waiting for your number to be called like a newcomer.

According to the information disclosed by Cesare, "Meeting Polly" and "50 First Dates" have invited several top B-list and C-list actresses to read the script, another Jennifer——Jennifer Aniston has a certain interest in "Meet Polly", and Drew Barrymore likes "50 First Dates", but Drew is a shrewd female producer, and the additional condition for her joining is to bring capital into the game and pay more dividends , the salary is not low, so the film studio is still hesitant about it. Adam also revealed to her, "Columbia was going to agree to it, but after the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean", their attitude changed. They are very optimistic about you. If the price is right, the crew will be given the green light immediately.”

If the company gives the green light to the crew, the crew may be ready to start filming within two to three weeks, which can just bridge Jenny's free time this year. After all, she still has to go back to Broadway this winter to complete the contract.

After holding the photo of Adam and Ben in her hand for a long time, Jenny put down the photo of Ben. When Ben was eating with her, his words and deeds were very bold. Although he looked kind, it could be seen that Ben was a confident person. Of course, he also had this confidence, but Jenny doubted whether he could play the cautious and careful As for the role of an insurance agent, if he plays a mediocre role and has to be Leading, even if the film does not lose money at the box office, the film critics probably won't have a good reputation. Instead, try to see if you can negotiate changes to the script of "50 First Dates" to add some character depth to the heroine.

She picked up the phone, "Cesare, I'm still leaning towards "50 First Dates", Ben should help me reject it, yes, it's a pity that I can't shoot both..."

These two films are expected to be filmed this year, and there is only one film left in Jenny's schedule, so she definitely can't take both.

After a few more interviews in New York and a celebratory party hosted by Rob (no doubt that Rob voted for her), Jenny didn't stay any longer, but went straight back to Los Angeles and started preparing for her body. Audition for a popular star's first movie.

The author has something to say: Note:

1 Well, although I like Pepper very much, I really don't like Gwyneth's Wang Yang Dashui, her Best Actress is definitely the most controversial one in recent years.

2 The green light is equivalent to a special event. Take the current ST13 as an example. Because the box office performance of ST12 is not as good as Paramount expected. That's because Paramount didn't give the green light. After the green light was given, the most important thing was that the money and the company's internal procedures were in place very quickly, so that the crew could be formed in a short period of time.

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