The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1088: Flowers outside the wall

"At least, we should give the script a chance." This is Anson's idea.

However, as an agent, Edgar's considerations are completely different. "This is their purpose. They sneak around your agent and find you just to convince you to give the script a chance."

Anson, "You have to admire their courage and perseverance, don't you? They have been sticking to a project for a full ten years. I know this project may be very scary, but it is still admirable to refuse to give up for ten years. After all, we are not immortals who don't eat or drink. Ten years is not that easy."

Edgar remained silent. He would not be moved by such things.

Anson, "Captain, maybe you should look at it from a different perspective."

"We have been looking for a breakthrough, not necessarily a transformation, but an opportunity to break the vase label, an opportunity to show my ability as an actor..."

Edgar frowned, "But I don't think this is a good opportunity."

Anson laughed out loud, "But this is the first opportunity that came to me."

"This is a biographical film, and the actors they are considering are Joaquin Phoenix and me. In fact, they don't believe in my acting skills so much, but more because they believe in my talent in music, but no matter what, they really don't treat me as a vase."

"I think this is an opportunity."

Seeing Edgar about to speak, Anson raised his hand to stop him.

"When I say opportunity, I mean it's an open door to Hollywood. You can get the word out that I'm reading the script and I'm seriously considering it, and you know what that means."

Edgar is an agent and is more professional than Anson in this area and can understand it quickly.

On the one hand, this action shows that Anson is willing to challenge different types of roles.

On the other hand, it also means that now not only commercial genre films are considering Anson, but some people in Hollywood also think that Anson has more possibilities, especially after "Elephant" won the Palme d'Or.

The most important point is that for a project like the Johnny Cash biopic that has been rejected for ten years, in the eyes of some people, it seems like a desperate attempt to find Anson, which can't prove anything and there is no need to publicize it; but in the eyes of some people, it represents Anson's broad mind, who doesn't mind the situation of the project at all and is open to all possibilities.

Opportunities are often hidden here.

Edgar narrowed his eyes slightly, and his brain started working at high speed.

Anson was not in a hurry. He looked at Edgar quietly, waiting for Edgar to digest the thoughts for a moment, and then he showed an attitude of being open to discussion. His calmness and confidence were convincing.

Edgar remained silent, and then Anson continued speaking slowly.

"As for Sony Columbia, I'm not worried."

"Business is business. One project is one project."

"The reason why Spider-Man has attracted so much attention is because of the weight of the project itself, the investment, scale, strategic value, etc.; other projects will definitely not be like this."

"The top brass is having a whale of a time there, and a Johnny Cash biopic might not even be on their radar."

"What's more, even if you get involved, that's part of the game in Hollywood."

"Look, we've already had a fight with Sony and Columbia, and they and half of Hollywood should have seen it, which means that next time we work with any film company, we may face more complicated situations."

"I'm not saying we should just take on the whole of Hollywood, but I'm saying we don't need to panic and throw the baby out with the bathwater."

"Right?"

The words were spoken in a leisurely manner, without any intonation or force, just like a casual chat. However, the confident and unhurried tone was even more convincing.

Edgar was slightly stunned, and looked at Anson again, "Are you kidding me?" Anson laughed out loud, "By the way. I just don't want to reject their sincerity, at least they should give the script a chance. As for the others, they are just by the way."

Edgar seemed a little helpless, but he still calmed down and thought about it seriously.

"Then let's take a look at the script first."

He used this time to find out more about the project and why it had not been promoted for ten years.
After taking a breath, Edgar looked at Anson and said, "I'll read it first, but no matter what, I believe in your judgment."

Anson waved his hand gently. "Relax. Relax. What actor hasn't been in a bad movie or two?"

……

Is Anson really that kind?
of course not.

If Anson opens the door to any random director or producer, then he will have to stop doing anything else for the next few months, as his villa may be filled with scripts. Then he will read scripts day and night, but still cannot satisfy everyone's wishes.

In the end, those people would attack Anson with curses, accusing Anson of hypocrisy and cold-bloodedness, and so on.

Kindness is a valuable quality, but kindness without limits may become a weapon used by others to hurt you.

Anson understood this all too well.

The real reason why Anson is willing to give both James a chance is:

James Mangold.

Or to put it another way, the movie "Song and Song" directed by James Mangold.

After communicating and talking, Anson finally woke up his memory and realized which project the two James were discussing with him.

"Walk with the song".

A biographical film about Johnny Cash, a biographical film focusing on the love between Johnny Cash and June Carter.

So, how should this film be described?

In its previous life, the film starred Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.

Despite the chaotic narrative of the film, the entire movie revolves around Johnny Cash, so that all other characters become tools, and the whole process focuses on him going crazy, which ultimately causes the emotional logic and narrative context of the entire film to be in a state of collapse and out of control.

Completely dominated by melodrama and drama, and gradually losing his soul as a director in sensationalism and self-admiration, Mangold's directorial talent was hardly displayed.

But Mangold still keenly grasps the character's state and the actor's performance. The camera perfectly presents the character's struggle and separation, and finally enables the actor to shine.

Joaquin and Reese have been on a roll throughout the awards season, receiving a string of acting award nominations and both making it to the final battle for the Oscars' acting category.

In the end, the film ended with Reese Witherspoon winning the first and only Best Actress Oscar in her career.

However, for a very long time, Reese and Gwyneth Paltrow of "Shakespeare in Love" were criticized as "water queens" who lacked proven strength, and they never received real recognition like those acting schools.

It is also because of this that the impression left by "Walk the Song" on people was wonderfully distorted into "the work after Reese Witherspoon took water."

A prominent label blinded people's eyes, and no one cared about what the movie was really like, so that the movie was gradually forgotten among countless biographical films, and it was even not as good as the "King's Speech" which was criticized as mediocre and boring.

Anson disagreed with this.

(End of this chapter)