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Chapter 405 An Unexpected Candidate (Earth)

Hollywood has not prepared and shot large-scale war films for many years.

So many actors have forgotten the hard work of shooting war movies.

The great director Coppola won five Oscars after filming "The Godfather" and began preparations for the great "Apocalypse of Modern Warfare", but even Al Pacino rejected Coppola.

The result was just as those actors and producers who rejected Coppola expected. The war location, which was originally planned to be filmed in 14 weeks, took a full 68 weeks. Coppola even thought that he would not be able to leave the crew alive.

Therefore, it is normal for Robert Downey Jr., who has never made a war-themed movie, to regret accepting the invitation of "Blood on the Eagle Peak". There is time to chat up some beautiful women, smoke a cigar, and even have a glass of Aqua Velva.

But he can't get these in the interior.

Although there is a stipulated working hours in the contract, the shooting location is 20 miles away from the hotel. After Robert Downey Jr. gets off work on time, he still needs to take nearly an hour's drive back to the hotel, and on every shooting day , he has to get up at seven o'clock in the morning to put on makeup.

In order to save time, Truman and Henry Cavelli have already lived on the set with a large number of extras, which does save travel, but for Robert Downey Jr., if even the hotel's executive bar disappeared Words in life are totally unacceptable.

The filming had only been going on for half a month, and Time Warner had begun to dislike Robert Downey Jr.'s work attitude. Although the star was highly recommended by them, the Time Warner staff at the scene did notice that because Robert Downey Jr. Downey, filming is being slowed down.

In an email to CEO John Stankey, the staffer said:

"Bob is indeed completing his work as described in the contract, but compared to CH and Henners who are all on the film, he is not doing enough. The filming work that could have been completed ahead of schedule may Being delayed, I've seen many times where CH and Henners are getting ready to stay up late and continue filming while Bob has left the set in his nanny van..."

For this reason, Time Warner had sought the opinions of Truman and Feng Zikai, both inside and outside the words, whether to kick Robert Downey Jr. out of the game.

In fact, Truman did not feel dissatisfaction with Robert Downey Jr. In his opinion, these are all objective factors. As for his "relationship" with Henry Cavill, it is purely out of love for the movie itself. Reason demands this attitude from others.

Regarding Truman's opinion, Time Warner felt that Truman was unwilling to offend Robert Downey Jr., and he might also be worried that if Robert Downey Jr. was kicked out of the project, he would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.

For Time Warner, they are already familiar with handling this kind of thing. What they consider is that Robert Downey Jr. is an unstable element in the crew. In case Downey cannot stand the high-intensity shooting process , and proposed to leave the crew, then the entire project cycle is bound to be delayed.

"CH, don't worry, we have a solution." Time Warner said to Truman.

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At the beginning of July, the news that Robert Downey Jr. left the "Blood on the Eagle Peak" project team due to filming injuries spread throughout the entertainment circles of China and the United States.

Because of its huge investment and star lineup, the "Blood War on the Eagle Peak" project has always been the focus of attention in the entertainment circles of China and the United States this year. Many fans of Burrett Downey Jr. are also looking forward to his performance in a war movie. Fans thought that would be a breakthrough for the Man of Steel.

As a result, the news of this exit caused a lot of waves, and related hot search terms appeared on METE and Weibo, but the entire press release was well arranged, and the cause and effect were clearly explained. Expressed regret, this seems to be an unfortunate accident caused by accident.

After looking away from Robert Downey Jr., who will replace the role that originally belonged to Robert Downey Jr. in the script of "Blood on the Eagle Peak" has become a focus of media attention.

THR said: "Time Warner should be thankful that this 'accident' happened half a month after the start of filming. If the filming is over halfway, their loss will be immeasurable. Who will be the 'lucky one' to replace Robert Downey Jr. son'?"

Accident, and luck, these two words were marked in quotation marks by THR in the news content. Obviously, they have noticed that this accident is not simple.

Time Warner is carefully selecting candidates, but the star A cafes who once chased the "Blood Battle on the Eagle Peak" project are not very willing at the moment.

First of all, superstars are unwilling to be a "candidate", and secondly, Time Warner must also reveal that filming is relatively difficult, and if they enter the group, they must be mentally prepared.

The A cafes were retreating, Time Warner was unwilling to choose B cafes, and a huge crew was wasting day and night in the small border town of that distant country. At this moment, a senior vice president proposed an attractive name.

The actor once starred in the filming of "Megalodon 2" invested by Time Warner two years ago, and has a strong box office appeal in the mainland.

When Time Warner told Truman the name and choice, Truman's reaction was "what?".

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"It was Jason Statham who called me, and then introduced Henry, the senior vice president of Warner Bros., and Henry gave me your phone number." Wu Jingsheng showed a funny expression during the video call with Truman, " But in fact, you just need to ask Xing Yun for my phone number, I know Xing Yun very well."

"The schedule is fine, but what about the script?" Wu Jingsheng was a little worried, "I read the script, and the character played by Robert Downey Jr. is a mercenary. In that era, there were no Chinese mercenaries, right?"

"Actually, I don't want to play a mercenary." Wu Jingsheng said in a low voice, "Before, I was in the regular army, and I was uncomfortable playing a mercenary. I wanted to challenge the audience. I was afraid that the crew would be scolded if the audience couldn't accept it."

"Then I'll see you later. I will be in the group at most once a week." Wu Jingsheng said.

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Time Warner went full circle and introduced Wu Jingsheng to Truman, but in fact, there was Zhang Xingyun between Wu Jingsheng and Truman. Zhang Xingyun and Wu Jingsheng were very familiar because Zhang Xingyun sang the theme song of Wu Jingsheng's movie, Both of them were in the capital, and they didn't see each other when they looked up, so how could they not be familiar with each other.

Being able to invite Wu Jingsheng is not out of Time Warner's face. If it is a film about the Korean War made by Americans, Wu Jingsheng must consider it carefully, because he is afraid of ruining his image, but Truman Different, Truman is Chinese, which is a natural foundation of trust.

Looking at the global performance of Truman's previous films, Wu Jingsheng said "there is a schedule", but he actually pushed several film invitations. After all, how could he be idle at the top box office like him.

(End of this chapter)