Chapter 479 (1/2)
Madonna's pursuit of Hollywood can only be described as a repeated defeat.
It doesn't matter.
It's the producers who are losing money anyway.
Such as the guest star in vulgar novel, Queen Mai is not the key.
All in all, Queen McGregor, who has reached the pinnacle of her singing career, is always nostalgic for Hollywood.
The singer recently found a very large-scale project, naked surprise, which tells the story of a woman who is accused of murder for her lover's death in the process of love, and then gets rid of the crime step by step in court.
In general, naked shock is a mixture of instinct and presumption of innocence.
”Instinct” needless to say, ”presumption of innocence” is a crime drama starred by Harrison Ford two years ago: a prosecutor is accused of murdering his lover, and after many frustrations in court, he finally finds out that the murderer is actually his wife.
The total box office of presumption of innocence in North America is more than 86 million US dollars, which is also a black horse compared with the production cost of 22 million US dollars.
Danielis and MGM's last year's ”few good people” is roughly the same as ”presumption of innocence”.
”Naked surprise” takes the elements of ”instinct” and ”presumption of innocence”.
In the original time and space, there is a lot of movement in naked surprise, which makes Simon have a lot of memories.
The selling point of this film is basically Madonna's passion.
However, it turns out that the audience is not so interested in the naked queen. Films with a budget of $30 million eventually took back more than $13 million at the box office.
”Maggie, I've seen the script, but I don't quite understand what else this film is going to use to attract audiences besides your personal large-scale participation?”
Madonna noticed that Simon's tone was obviously not very interested, and immediately said, ”Simon, don't you think this play is much like instinct? Moreover, the type of film is still a very popular court crime film in the last two years. ”
”Well, let's analyze it,” Simon said as Madonna subconsciously came up to him, looked up and tried to stick it up. He stepped back a little and said: ”the success of instinct is largely due to the controversy caused by the film. The high IQ heroine plays with the police. This kind of strong plot conflict is also a big selling point. ”Presumption of innocence” sold well because of the wonderful plot and the final reversal of the film. So, you see, these two movies, um, may have passion plays, but the audience bought tickets to enter, but not for passion plays. ”
Madonna saw Simon's retreat and came up again.
After divorcing Sean Penn, she broke up with Warren Beatty. The queen is now single.
”But Simon, you're talking about it all in naked shock.”
”It's a pity, Maggie, that some elements or existence are not obvious,” Simon said, shaking his head. ”What I see is that the heroine sleeps all the key characters in the film and finally lets them help herself out. It's inferior to Catherine in instinct. Catherine is using her high IQ, desire is just desire, and she is even using desire to make herself into a more dangerous situation, playing heartbeat games with the hero with confidence. ”
”Or, Simon, how about you help me revise the script, or you direct it yourself.”
Madonna said, with a little hand over her, her index finger in Simon's suit pocket, and an obvious tease in her eyes.
Simon no longer stepped back, looked at Madonna's movements with great interest, and said with a smile, ”Maggie, I have a girl tonight.”
Sarah Michelle gella, who had been holding Simon's arm carefully, saw the man mention herself, raised her chin slightly, and looked at Madonna, who was also not tall.
Madonna just glanced at the girl and said, ”little guy, will you leave Simon and me alone for a while?”
Queen McGregor's momentum was so strong that her natural tone suddenly made Sarah Michelle gella feel guilty and subconsciously looked at Simon.
Simon slightly shook his head to the girl, turned to Madonna, motioned to Sidney Pollack not far away, and said, ”Maggie, Sidney and I still have something to talk about. Denise doesn't plan on the project of naked surprise. You can talk to other people.”
”It's a pity,” Madonna said in a cold voice when she saw Simon's direct refusal. She didn't pester any more, but her eyes were still full of resentment. ”Besides, men are really unreliable. I didn't expect your taste to change so fast.”
When Madonna walks away, Simon takes Sarah to Robert Redford, Sidney Pollack and Barbara Streisand who are chatting.
The three old Hollywood celebrities all rose in the 1960s and 1970s. The ”old days” that they once cooperated with is one of the classic movies of the 1970s. Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand have a romance.In addition, the three are also CAA artists at this time.
After saying hello, Simon talked to Sidney Pollack about sugar trap.
Sidney Pollack is the original director of sugar trap. To be more careful, Simon doesn't think Pollack is suitable for this kind of suspense thriller with lawyer theme. Pollack's famous movies out of Africa and my fair lady are all in favor of romantic movies, especially in the past.
However, considering the old director's directing skills and the original factors, Simon still issued an invitation to pollack.
”Simon, I can be the director of the sugar trap, but I have one condition,” Sidney Pollack said simply, ”the choice of the film must be up to me.”
Redford and Streisand are both human spirits. Pollack mentions this, and both of them find an excuse to go away.
Simon's performance is also straightforward, said: ”of course, West Germany, but the hero has been determined, in addition to this, you can choose anyone else, as long as within the budget.”
”I know daenerys has contacted Keanu Reeves,” Sidney Pollack said. ”But, Simon, I don't think Keanu is right.”