The predecessors of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood have heard a lot. Countless fans wearing red hoods are like terrorists, surrounded on the red carpet around the theater, but no one thinks they will be a threat, because they are all dressed as dead attendants, the strange characters who have been fired in recent years and have no bottom line.
Murphy came to the interview area in front of the theater through the red carpet early, standing side by side with Robert Downey Jr., to be interviewed by reporters.
"Dead attendants are always impolite, impatient and clumsy, with a little bit of psychosis. These qualities are in his bones."
When a reporter asked about the crazy behavior of the role of the dead waiter, Murphy replied, "so other people are more normal than the dead waiter, so they have to separate him like a madman."
Fox reporters came up and asked, "Murphy, Donny, why do you two make a superhero movie on such a large scale?"
Murphy nodded and motioned to Robert Downey Jr. to speak first.
"I see Hollywood commercial movies, and no one dies." Robert Downey, Jr. started a poisonous tongue performance, "everyone is under fire, but just like the old TV series of" Tianlong special attack team ", bullets hit the ground. So we can highlight the killing skills of death attendants in the story - Super destructive power plus the joy of mercenaries. And we also have a rare opportunity to make a movie that doesn''t just cheat children. There are a lot of pornographic scenes, which are fun when shooting. "
He reached out to Murphy, and the reporter immediately asked, "why did you choose Donny? We all know that you haven''t auditioned for the character
Murphy thought about it and said, "if you know the character, you will know why you chose Donnie to portray the character, and Donnie joined in during the script writing period. Most of the lines of dead attendants were written by him, so when you create a character like him later, it''s almost according to his model. He''s really close to being a death Waiter - his sense of humor is consistent. He''s a bit out of place with everyday life, just like in a movie
With that, Murphy nodded to the reporter and patted little Robert Downey on the shoulder. Instead of staying in the interview area, Murphy turned and walked to the door of China Grand Theater in Hollywood.
Before entering the theatre, he looked up again and shook his head.
In Murphy''s eyes, the style of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood is nothing but nondescript.
This is a typical Chinese and Western Landmark building. The cement floor in front of the theater also gathers the fingerprints and footprints of nearly 200 filmmakers.
But these footprints are different from the stars on the avenue of stars. It''s more business to leave footprints here. It''s relatively easy to leave footprints here.
Because there is no particularly clear and strict standard for the printing of Hollywood Chinese theater, when some movies hold the premiere in the theater, the leading actors will leave fingerprints, footprints, and even nose prints. Not only the film creator, but also the props in the movie can be printed, such as the magic wand of the three leading actors in the Harry Potter series
And since the beginning of the new century, the number of people who stay in India has increased sharply. Many of them are paid by film companies or foreign stars to achieve the purpose of publicity and speculation.
The last time Murphy held the premiere of "Sin City" here, he hurried by. This time, he walked a lot slower and took a close look at the famous Hollywood landmark.
At the gate of the theater, the first thing you see is two huge red pillars made of coral, each inlaid with a wrought iron mask. The two red pillars support the upper copper roof. Between the two red pillars is a 9-meter-high stone carving with a Chinese dragon carved on it.
Up to now, two stone dogs originally from China are still guarding the entrance of the theater.
Murphy walked into the front door of the theater, chatting with the people who came to say hello, and looking around. The interior design here is dazzling and has a strong oriental flavor.
In the hall, there is an elaborate wall. The mural on it tells about the life of the East, but the life imagined by the people who built the wall
There is also a glass cabinet at the west end of the hall, in which there are three wax figures from the Hollywood Wax Museum, wearing Chinese costumes.
"Some filmmakers often come to Chinese theaters before they decide to start a new shooting plan," a man suddenly comes up, points to the wax figures in the glass cabinet, and says, "they will touch these wax figures with their own hands. They believe it will bring them good luck. "
"Hello, Murphy."
He offered a hand, and Murphy politely shook it. "Hello, Dave."
The people who came over were Dave Scola, Carla Firth, the biggest competitor, or stumbling block, within fox in the 20th century.
"The film''s trial run has such a good reputation," said Dave Scola, who obviously didn''t come here to make up. "It''s no problem that the film will sell well. The company will have another profitable new series. Murphy, how about the next step? "He doesn''t mention the specific partners, but it''s unlikely to be a project led by Carla Firth.
Murphy smiles and says nothing.
"I''ve been inspired by your death watch, and I''ve decided to separate Wolverine from the X-Men series." Dave Scola also laughed. "This is not a project with tens of millions of dollars. The budget can reach about 150 million dollars. How about that? Another cooperation? This is Wolverine
"Thank you for your kindness." Murphy politely refused, "I''m going to take a break after the work of the dead man is over."
Dave Scola was forced up again, "Wolverine and I can wait for you."
"No need." Murphy shook his head. "Carla and I have plans. I don''t think I have time for the next four to five years."
The atmosphere between the two quickly stagnated. After a while, Dave Scola nodded and said with a pun, "well, I wish your project success all the time."
As he turns and walks away, Murphy shrugs. He has been involved in a war by Carla Firth.
Behind him there was the familiar sound of high heels falling to the ground. He didn''t look back and said, "he didn''t make trouble with our project?"
"It''s not on the surface," said Carla Firth, who came by. "I''ve done a lot of small moves behind my back, which didn''t cause me much trouble."
After listening to what Kara Firth said, Murphy knows that she has spent a lot of energy in this open and secret fight. Almost everyone thinks that the smooth progress of the project is due to him as a director. However, he knows that Kara Firth''s role is not visible, but more important.
"What were you talking about?" Carla Firth stood beside Murphy and asked casually, "I saw Dave Scola leave unhappily."
"He invited me to direct Wolverine''s indie film." Murphy shook his head. "I refused."
Carla Firth said deliberately, "you hurt his kindness."
Murphy turned to look at her. "Do you want me to promise?"
They both laughed at the same time.
Later, the topic of Murphy and Kara Firth turns to the wax figure in the glass cabinet in front of him. After listening to Kara Firth''s introduction, Murphy knows that there is a very special existence with strong Chinese flavor on the second floor of Hollywood China Grand Theater.
He also turned around for a special look.
On this two-story Chinese classical building, there is a huge banner with white characters on a red background, on which the Chinese character "Pan Jinlian restaurant" is written, which complements the Chinese theater.
Judging from the font of "Pan Jinlian restaurant", the font of Song Dynasty is not standard, not symmetrical and a bit skewed. It is said that this "Pan Jinlian restaurant" has been moved to the Hollywood Screen several times. The landlady of the restaurant is a female star who once played Pan Jinlian in the film.
Back in the anteroom, Murphy saw that the rest of the crew had come in, and James Franco and Jonah hill, who were not in the film, also came to support.
"Why didn''t you see Gail?" Jonah Hill asked curiously.
Next to him, James Franco whispered to Lily Collins, as if there were no friends in his eyes.
"She''s in class this afternoon," Murphy said, looking back from James Franco and Lily Collins. "There''s a tutorial class in the evening. There''s no time."
Jonah Hill shook his big head. "She''s making herself too tired."
Murphy nodded. Gail gado''s efforts were beyond his imagination.
Several people said a few more words, and then, under the greeting of Carla Firth, they walked together to the hall that could hold 2200 people.
"Good news for you." Carla Firth whispered to Murphy as she walked, "the box office performance of" Baron of hell "is not good on weekdays. The three major commercial theaters will reduce the film''s film arrangement rate from tomorrow morning. If our advance box office is excellent, it may reduce by more than 10 percentage points."
"We''ll make it." Murphy is confident.
He has learned before that the production cost of "Hellboy" is 60 million US dollars, but the box office of the first weekend can only be said to be relatively average. He took more than 23 million US dollars from more than 3000 cinemas, and then the box office of the next working day dropped rapidly to the level of one million US dollars a day, with a very obvious downward trend.
This film can''t bring too much trouble to "the dead man". As long as the performance of "the dead man" is good enough tonight, it will give "hell Baron" a diving super drop.
It''s not just the North American Premiere of "dead man" tonight, it''s also accompanied by 2500 advance screenings. (to be continued). ）For mobile phone users, please browse and read for better reading experience.