Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 57: Private Life is a Mess

"Aaron, this is River Phoenix, he's the same age as you. You should be familiar with him. You used to be an agent at CAA!"

Yes, the person Aaron just helped is River Phoenix, who debuted as a child star in Hollywood. A few years ago, he gained fame in the literary and art circles with the movie "Stand by Me", which was directed by Rob Reiner and adapted from a Stephen King novel.

"Of course I know," Aaron said, clinking glasses with a few people, "This is Jack Wells, he's still a CAA agent!"

"I'm sorry for what happened just now."

River Phoenix smiled at Aaron and apologized.

"It's okay!" Aaron looked at the relationship between River Phoenix and Johnny Depp, which seemed to be quite good, and they were both two drug addicts.

"By the way, the movie 'Phone Booth' you produced was fantastic. Cage's performance was simply amazing!"

River Phoenix is now just a small actor in the art circle. He has many works, but none of them have made much splash.

"Thank you."

Aaron looked at River Phoenix and couldn't help but remind him, "Your acting is good, but isn't this kind of life too crazy?"

Is he so high that he can't even stand? Is he even more intense than Depp?
After all, as a teen idol, Johnny Depp has maintained a good image as an actor outside;

Of course, as one of Hollywood's top handsome guys, Johnny Depp has a huge advantage in appearance!

River Phoenix took a sip of wine and said, "For some roles, I need this to get into the mood."

Jack Wells reminded, "River has appeared in many art films."

"Don't worry, Aaron, this kind of life is normal for us," said Johnny Depp, taking a sip of whiskey.

Aaron was too lazy to worry about it, and then looked at Johnny Depp, "When will your Edward Scissorhands be released?"

"20th Century Fox has scheduled it for the Christmas season, so it won't be that fast."

Johnny Depp had a movie starring him, Cry-Baby, released last month, but it didn't get much attention;
"Edward Scissorhands" is his second starring work after entering the film industry from television, and he also attaches great importance to it.

After the four of them had a few more drinks, Aaron Anderson and Jack Wills left first.

"These actors, who are rock musicians, have three things they can't live without: women, alcohol, and drugs."

"Their private lives are more chaotic than each other!"

Jack Wells was driving while chatting with Aaron, "There are some in the car, do you want to try some?"

Aaron rolled his eyes and said, "Do you also want to see me drive to the Golden Gate Bridge and jump off like my father?"

"Until now, there's not even a corpse!"

Jack Wells touched his nose awkwardly, "You really didn't find it?"

"How can I find it? Where's the Pacific Ocean?"

Besides, Aaron doesn't have any feelings for old Anderson, so forget it.

"Gamblers and drug addicts can't be trusted. Hollywood has no morals or laws, let alone these two types of people."

As Jennifer Connelly entered her summer vacation and arrived in Southern California, she brought a script and asked Aaron what he thought of it.

West Hollywood.

"The Rocketeer? Disney is making another comic book adaptation, and it's a superhero movie!"

Aaron sat on the sofa, flipping through the script Jennifer Connelly had brought. "The story isn't like 'Dick Tracy,' it's probably Disney trying to sell peripherals and toys."

The huge success of Warner Bros.' "Batman" has driven a lot of peripheral products, and as we all know, it has made a lot of money!

Jennifer Connelly sat in Aaron's arms, put her arms around the man's neck, and reminded him:

"Well, the initial budget for The Rocketeer is $2500 million, which is quite high."

Aaron smiled and said, "With this budget, we can't afford any big stars for this kind of movie. However, although you are the heroine of the movie, your role is not that big;"

"This is primarily an action film. You're kind of just a vase. It's a purely commercial film!"

However, Aaron doesn't seem to have much impression of this movie, and it is probably a flop.

"Summer vacation is long, I think it's okay;"

"ICM Entertainment is planning to sign me, and this is what they have in store for me!"

Jennifer Connelly's contract with CAA has expired and has not been renewed. After all, she is just a small role now, so why would CAA pay attention to her?

"Okay, it's a commercial film after all, and a $2500 million budget is not low. It should be able to increase your popularity."

Aaron didn't have any objections. After all, roles in commercial films were not easy to get, and the competition for attractive roles was fierce.

However, Jennifer Connelly has a good figure and looks, and she has a lot of potential!

"Well, 'The Rocketeer' has been in the works for two or three years, and it's only now officially in production. Disney plans to make a trilogy, and we've all signed contracts for three films;"

"Next, I'm going to do a makeup test, rehearsal, and wait for the crew to start filming!"

"Trilogy?" Aaron smiled.

If the first film doesn’t do well at the box office, the subsequent ones will naturally be cancelled.

"By the way, Giuseppe Tornatore's film 'Family Trip' will be participating in the Cannes Film Festival;"

"Don't you need to help with publicity?"

Jennifer Connelly shook her head. "My role is not that big. 'Family Trip' will be at the Toronto Film Festival in September. I will go then."

The North American distributor of "Family Trip" is the art company Heritage Entertainment, but it didn't take it seriously!

That evening, at the Beverly Hills Wilshire Grand Hotel, Aaron met with Michael Kuhn, the head of PolyGram Films;
Phone Booth grossed nearly $2000 million in Europe, much to the delight of PolyGram Films.

"Aaron, doesn't Dawn Pictures have some small projects in the pipeline right now? We at PolyGram can fully support you!"

"Full support?" Aaron smiled.

"Multi-million dollar projects, mainly independent art films, are hard to find."

Shuguang Pictures is mainly concerned with making money right now, and is not in a rush to get awards.

Michael Kuhn also knew that most of the good projects in the United States were controlled by a few major film studios, and the slightly better ones also had secondary distributors below them;
Foreign film companies enter Hollywood either as financiers or to participate in independent productions.

If a commercial film with high investment by a foreign film company suffers a loss, the consequences will be unbearable for them!
Michael Kuhn took a sip of his wine and said, "But there are also good projects in independent films. You know this best."

"Although PolyGram's main business is records, I can make my own decisions on film projects with a production budget of less than $1000 million."

Aaron frowned. 1000 million US dollars?

(End of this chapter)