The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 987 Script Meeting
Finally, the world became quiet.

However, it didn't last long.

One after another, visitors came in an endless stream.

There hadn't been even thirty seconds of silence since Anson entered the trailer, which made one wonder if there was a long queue outside the trailer.

Until James Franco came along.

"Wow."

"Wow……"

"Wow!"

James didn't say much, just kept sighing, and finally lay down on the big bed, feeling the softness of the mattress with his whole body.

In fact, Anson immediately noticed the ridicule behind James' behavior, but he did not give any response and sat beside him with a calm face.

Then, James couldn't help but sigh, "Oh...ah...so sad..."

Unfortunately, there was still no response.

James sat up straight. "Hey, you, aren't you going to comfort my broken heart? The crew prepared a luxury trailer for you. We have nothing. Can you believe it?"

"Nothing! Nothing!"

"Unfair treatment. I must file a complaint with the Screen Actors Guild."

As he said this, he sat there and rolled around.

Anson was calm and amazed, as if he was enjoying a circus performance, and he sat there shaking his head, "What a pity. Someone missed me when they were competing for the role. Fate intertwined, fate played tricks on us, what a pity, what a pity."

James was stunned, and suddenly covered his chest, "You, you murderer, ah, I'm dead..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the trailer door opened again.

Sam Raimi looked at James who was throwing a tantrum with an embarrassed look on his face, but James was completely unaware and was still performing alone.

Anson did not remind James, he stood up and walked towards Sam, "Hey, Director, long time no see."

Before Sam could speak, James's nonchalant voice came from inside, "It's no use asking the director to come!"

Anson looked at Sam, who looked a little embarrassed. The honest man felt uncomfortable all over. He had to explain, "He was envious of my trailer."

Sam suddenly realized and chuckled, "I'm envious too."

After a pause, Sam felt a little more at ease. After all, he and Anson had a pleasant cooperation experience. In the past six months, the two of them had been in frequent contact through phone calls and emails, and he and Anson had developed some tacit understanding.

"The whole crew is looking forward to Anson Wood."

"You see, once you get there, word spreads, and everyone is scrambling to come see Anson Wood, like hot water boiling."

Just now, the endless stream of people were all crew members, who came to visit Anson and greet him. At first, Anson didn't understand why, because the previous crews didn't have such a habit, but slowly he realized -

After just two or three months of development, his weight in Hollywood has quietly changed. Coupled with the weight of the "Spider-Man 2" project itself, the crew's start of filming this time is slightly different.

At this point, even Sam made a joke.

Anson raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's just like a panda coming to the zoo."

Panda? Imagining the scene, Sam couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

Inside, James finally noticed something was wrong. He looked up and saw Sam, who had rolled off the bed and shouted in panic, "Director, when did you get here?"

"When you were shot in the chest." Sam said calmly.

James tried to explain, but choked on his own saliva and started coughing violently, "Director... Director..."

Sam and Anson exchanged glances, and Sam could see a hint of mischief in his eyes, but on the surface, Sam remained calm and ignored James, "Did you just send someone to call me over?"

"Yes, the script." Anson did not continue with the pleasantries and went straight to the point.

Sam wasn't surprised at all, "I expected it."

As he spoke, he sat down on the sofa against the wall, took out the script from his briefcase and pushed it in Anson's direction.

Earlier this year, when Edgar and Sony Columbia were discussing cooperation on the sequel, Anson once said that he hoped to read the script in advance, give his own opinions, and participate in the creation of the script.

Edgar agreed with this and hoped that Anson would have more say and increase his influence; Sony Columbia was not surprised and took it for granted that Anson was trying to grow into a producer.

However, Anson had his own ideas.

He knew that "Spider-Man 2" was later hailed as a classic and became a milestone, but why didn't "Spider-Man 2" become a well-known legendary classic like "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight"?
Even though superhero movies later exploded and countless works appeared in a blowout state, "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" is still a monument that cannot be avoided, but "Spider-Man 2" did not receive such treatment.

The reason is that "Spider-Man 2" indeed created a new genre and inspired a series of similar films to become a classic, but the script itself is far from enough.

The advantage is that the character arc of Peter Parker is fully written.

The downside is that completeness does not mean excellence.

For one thing, Peter Parker’s character arc contains a lot of repetitive, cumbersome narratives.

Secondly, the plot is too childish and simple, basically at the level of a campus soap opera.

These soap operas not only affect the narrative rhythm of the film, but also the attractiveness of the plot. Tobey Maguire's performance in his previous life was too soapy. The Sanbanfu who stared with grievance and pretended to be innocent had his own problems, as well as problems with the script.

And, that’s not all.

What Anson regrets most is that Sam Raimi is willing to spend time digging into the inner world and growth arc of the characters, but the poor narrative efficiency leads to a large number of invalid plots in the film and compresses the performance of a number of key characters.

Family, Aunt Mary; Friendship, Harry; Love, Mary Jane.

Among the three lines, except for Aunt Mary who plays a functional role, Harry and Mary Jane, two important characters who need to advance the plot and improve the characters, seem thin and even annoying. They cannot arouse any resonance, and even a lot of ink and paper are still paper people.

There is no doubt that this is very, very regrettable.

So, when people discuss classics, "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight" comes to mind, but very few people think of "Spider-Man 2" first.

In Anson's opinion, "Spider-Man 2" has the potential to become a classic that will be passed down through the ages. It would be a pity if Sony Columbia simply treated it as a youth campus coming-of-age movie.

Of course, Anson does not intend to delve deeply into philosophy and humanity like "The Dark Knight". He only wants to keep the popcorn texture and the youth campus genre and make it a classic entertainment film like "The Avengers", which can also become a classic.

So, over the past few months, while Anson was touring the streets of Europe, he did not forget to communicate with Sam. Through emails and phone calls, they continued to exchange ideas and have in-depth discussions, hoping to find a balance to make the film smooth and concise.

However, this is not an easy task -

It's easy to talk about it on paper, but when you actually do it yourself, you'll realize that the job of a Hollywood screenwriter is far more difficult than you imagined.

(End of this chapter)