The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1484: Bold Adventure
Age. Image. Conception.

Anson shared his judgment and understanding of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" without reservation, and explained why he was not suitable for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

Jeff did not interrupt Anson. His face was full of concentration, and he listened attentively, extremely seriously.

Vanity Fair is a very noisy and bustling circle. Among the bustling words, only one may be true, and the rest are all exaggerated and exaggerated. Therefore, when actors are choosing projects and scripts, it is often difficult to remain absolutely objective.

Generally speaking - although not all but in most cases - when actors, managers and agents choose projects, the real basis is often not the script, but the producer, director, project investment, creative direction, work style, the degree of attention of the film company, and so on.

In other words, the script and the role do not play a key role. Many times, the actors sign the role without even reading the script from beginning to end; the real focus lies in the "persuasiveness" of the producer or screenwriter.

To put it nicely, it's persuasiveness; to put it bluntly, it all depends on your mouth.

This is true for actors and film companies as well. In most cases, they listen to an idea, a framework, and a concept, and then directly decide whether they are willing to invest. Of course, there are still some cases where people honestly read the script and create projects based on it, but this process is too long, tedious, and complicated. In the era of fast-food culture, this method has gradually become outdated.

However, Anson remained lucid and calm.

Especially in today's hustle and bustle of Hollywood, Anson still remains himself. This wisdom is really rare.

Jeff had to say that he appreciated Anson even more-

How to judge a person is not from his usual words and deeds, but from his true nature revealed inadvertently in moments of crisis or success.

After thinking for a while, Jeff asked, "If that's the case, who do you think is suitable?"

Anson tilted his head, looked at Jeff, and laughed, "Are you asking for my opinion now?"

Jeff, "Since you are not going to take over, at least you can give us a direction to move forward."

Anson, "This is the producer's job, how much profit can I get?"

Jeff, “I thought we were friends.”

Anson, "If it were in another place, this sentence would be more convincing."

Jeff looked up at his office. "You don't like it? I can always have a whiskey, put on some music, and create some lights."

Anson just laughed out loud and stopped joking, "Johnny Depp."

Jeff was stunned, "Are you serious?"

Anson shrugged slightly. "I have always believed that Tim Burton's creation of fairy tales can create different sparks, and the best Johnny Depp is exactly what he was before people knew him."

Jeff understood immediately, "'Edward Scissorhands'?"

Anson, "And the best Winona Ryder."

Jeff stroked his chin, thinking carefully, and then made a joke, "I thought you were competitors."

The corners of Anson's mouth curled up slightly. "Do I look like I'm afraid of competition?"

The subtext is that even if Johnny Depp takes his career to the next level with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Anson is not afraid. There is no need to use dirty tricks. Anson believes that he will not lose in a fair and aboveboard competition. He is so confident.

Jeff laughed and said jokingly, "Sorry, I will never be as confident as you guys."

Anson said seriously, "It's all about appearance."

Haha, hahaha.

Jeff clapped his hands and laughed. "Anson, thank you, thank you for choosing to be an actor. Because of you, Hollywood is not so boring."

"But it is precisely because of this that I feel even more regretful for missing this opportunity for cooperation. To be honest, I now have a bold idea in my mind."

There was a pause here, and one could see the hesitation in Jeff's eyes. But before Anson could speak, Jeff had adjusted his sitting position and leaned forward slightly.

"Anson, what do you think about playing the role of Bruce Wayne?"

Air, a brief silence -

Bruce Wayne, Batman, is one of the three pillars of DC Comics and also the most successfully adapted character in the Warner Bros. DC Universe.

Since the late 1980s, with Tim Burton's version of "Batman", Warner Bros. has had many successful experiences in adapting this role. Over the years, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney have played this role.

It is undoubtedly a vital part of the cultural history of film and comics on the North American continent.

In 1997, "Batman & Robin" starring George Clooney suffered an epic box office failure, which not only left George with a psychological trauma on commercial genre films and caused him to stay away from such films in the next years of his career; it also caused Warner Bros. to shelve the entire DC Comics copyright.

It wasn't until the emergence of "Spider-Man" that Warner Bros. reopened its warehouse and the DC comics adaptation project came to light again.

At present, Warner Bros. is preparing to reboot the Batman series. According to previous situations, the series of films should be directed by Christopher Nolan, with Christian Bale playing Bruce Wayne, and it will achieve the pinnacle of superhero adaptation movies.

Even though Marvel movies such as "Iron Man", "Captain America", and "The Avengers" later swept the market and made history at the box office; when people discuss classic superhero movies, Christopher Nolan's "Batman" series still firmly occupies a place in DC comics.

And now, Jeff is making this proposal to Anson?
It is worth mentioning that Christopher Nolan is still an unknown person now. He made his mark with the low-budget independent film "Memento" and got the opportunity from Warner Bros. to be the director of the film "Day and Night". Unfortunately, the film was well received but not popular, and its box office performance was disappointing.

However, Jeff had a keen eye for talent and, against all odds, handed the baton of the "Batman" series to the young Christopher, and persuaded Warner Bros. to give Christopher a unique contract:
Every time Christopher finished filming a "Batman", he was allowed to shoot his own work completely according to his own ideas.

Thus, "The Prestige," "Inception" and "Interstellar" were later born.

Anson looked at Jeff, his eyes sparkling, "So, you're going to create a teenage version of Batman?"

Jeff looked away and said, "Oh, I thought you didn't read comics." It seems that Jeff has read the text interview that Anson did for "Spider-Man".

Anson raised his eyebrows slightly, "Even if you don't read comics, at least you have heard of Superman and Batman."

Jeff smiled. "Why, there's no market for a teenage version of Batman?"

Anson spread his hands. "I don't know. Didn't you do market research? But I know that your board of directors should be very worried. Very, very. Very."

(End of this chapter)