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Chapter 396 Target Oscar?
"Do you want to compete for the Oscars next year?" Monica asked quickly with bright eyes.

Christine also set her eyes on Wang Shu, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

For Hollywood actors, the career goal is to win an Academy Award.

Even though Kristen became the popular Twilight girl, she continued to star in art films in the hope of winning an Oscar.

Robert Downey Jr., who also became the world-famous Iron Man, accepted Nolan's invitation to play a supporting role in "Oppenheimer" and agreed to take a pay cut without hesitation.

His salary for playing Iron Man has risen to 7000 million US dollars, but his salary for Oppenheimer was only 400 million US dollars.

Even though the salary is 400 million US dollars, I feel honored to get this role.

It seems like a loss to take a pay cut to play a supporting role for others.

In fact, he made a lot of money.

Because of this role, he won a lot of Best Supporting Actor awards, even the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Commercial films, no matter how high the box office is, are short-lived and will eventually be left swimming naked when the tide passes.

The Oscars that art films can win are the hard currency in the Hollywood entertainment industry.

This principle is just like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

Gong Li is one of the top three film queens in Europe and has become an international star through this.

It was through the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that Zhang Ziyi got the opportunity to go international.

Even though Gong Li rarely appears in public as she gets older, her status in the circle remains.

Even if they simply don't give face at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, no one will gossip about it openly.

Zhang Ziyi is different.

As her time went by, she went downhill.

For example, Chen Kaige, who attended the event, directly expressed his disdain for Zhang Ziyi.

One of the reasons is that Zhang Ziyi does not have any international awards to gild her reputation.

Even though she has won many awards in China, when she reaches her status, it becomes increasingly clear that these domestic awards have little value.

Because many people in the domestic entertainment industry know that the major domestic awards are all used to divide the cake and gild it.

When the gilding is completed at this stage, it is time to move on to a higher stage.

However, Zhang Ziyi never succeeded.

Because she was not successful, many of her contemporaries implied that her acting skills were only good in her own eyes, but in fact, they were just so-so in the eyes of others.

In contrast, no one dared to make such a sarcastic remark about Gong Li.

This is because actors of Zhang Ziyi's generation have all won several major domestic awards. Although they have not been able to go international, they are equal to Zhang Ziyi in terms of honors, so they dare to say this based on their status.

Gong Li is an international film queen.

Without the corresponding honor, there would be no confidence to make such sarcastic remarks.

That is, when the tide goes out, it becomes clear who is swimming naked.

When an actor has works coming out all the time, it is undeniable that this actor may be very popular.

However, when the actor has not produced any works for a long time.

The difference between winning the award and not winning the award became apparent.

Actors who have won awards will always be highly respected even if they don’t have any works, and their status in the industry will be affected but will maintain its value.

Actors who don't win awards will slowly be swept into the sewer if they don't produce any works for a long time. It is precisely because of this that, except for a few people, all actors in the entertainment industry are eager for awards.

In Hollywood, for an actor, competing on the box office performance of his films means nothing at all.

Because the box office performance of a movie is linked to the director and producer, and has little to do with the actors.

Therefore, the only level of honor an actor has is in the awards for his film performances.

Whoever wins the most prestigious film award will win.

The Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards in Hollywood.

There is no Hollywood actor who doesn't want to take home a little golden man.

Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others all know that Wang Shu is not only a commercial film director, but also an art film director who has won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress and the Venice Film Festival Best Director Award.

These achievements all show that Wang Shu's art films have the potential to win Oscars for Best Actor or Best Actress, or Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress.

As for the Oscar for Best Director or Best Screenplay, these are not acting awards, and it has nothing to do with them whether they win them or not.

All they care about are acting awards like Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Especially this script, which was written by Wang Shu himself.

They were familiar with Wang Shu's resume. His three art films won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Cannes Best Actress Award and the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Matt Damon, Monica and others have reason to believe that Wang Shu's art film is worthy of an Oscar.

"I have this plan." Wang Shu did not hide his thoughts.

Matt Damon and Monica looked at each other when they heard this. They knew that a Chinese director like Wang Shu, who had just arrived in Hollywood, would most likely not have the right to choose the actors, so they did not recommend themselves, but had other ideas.

For example, recommend Wang Shu to a familiar producer.

In this way, Wang Shu's script can be filmed and they can also get the role through a familiar producer.

In fact, Wang Shu would openly tell Matt Damon and Monica that he did have the idea of ​​winning an Oscar, and that was exactly what he was planning.

Just because he had just arrived in Hollywood and didn't have the corresponding connections didn't mean Matt Damon and Monica didn't have them.

Therefore, he only needs to take out something that can make Matt Damon and Monica excited, and then these two people will be his "connections".

It is even said that Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others will become his "connections".

"If we start filming now, it probably won't be able to catch up with the three major European films, right?" Matt Damon said at the right time.

It is already July, and it is too late to make it to the Venice Film Festival in early September. The registration period for next year's Academy Awards coincides with the Berlin Film Festival.

Therefore, if the filming is planned at this time, it will not be able to catch up with either the Venice Film Festival or the Berlin Film Festival.

Matt Damon's intention is not to participate in the three major European awards and not compete for the Oscars.

Rather, the Academy Awards are regional awards in the United States, while the three major European awards are international film festivals.

Simply put, if you sign up for the three major European awards, even if it is an award-winning film, you can also sign up for the Academy Awards.

For example, if an art film starring Matt Damon is registered for the Venice Film Festival, and he wins the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Then, when he returns to Hollywood, this film can be submitted for the Academy Awards and compete for the Oscar for Best Actor.

Not only can he compete for the Oscar for Best Actor, but also the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and a host of other awards.

The principle of award avoidance for a film is the international film festival and regional nature.

(End of this chapter)