Chapter 489 Jessica Alba
Link looked at the girl in front of him and took a look at her information.
Jessica Alba, 18 years old this year, has a youthful and tender face and a tall and slender figure.
Because of her Mexican ancestry, her skin is wheat-colored and smooth as silk.
Although the girl looked nervous and reserved while sitting on the sofa, there was still a naive smile on her pretty face.
"Not bad! Congratulations on signing another good candidate."
Link returned the information to Sam Haskell.
"Haha, you said Jessica is good, then she must be good. No one in Hollywood can compare to your vision."
Sam Haskell grins with his back teeth showing.
When Jessica Alba heard his praise, her eyes became bright and the smile on her face became sweeter, like a Barbie doll.
Link shook his head, only halfway through his words.
In the entertainment industry, if you want to become a real big star, appearance, talent, hard work, resources and luck are all essential.
For example, some of my girlfriends at home are very beautiful but not hardworking enough, while others are hardworking enough but not talented. Because of these points, my girlfriends have different achievements in the film industry.
In Jessica's case, she has outstanding looks, but poor acting skills and average talent. She is only suitable to be a traffic star, and her future development will be much worse than that of beauties such as Jennifer Connelly and Charlize Theron.
"Sam, guess what - MGM Pictures will have a lot of movie projects next year. You can go ask Daniel if there is a role suitable for Jessica."
"Haha, I will."
After Jessica Alba leaves the office, Sam Haskell chats about the stabbing.
There have been a lot of related news in the media recently. When asked how he would deal with it, WMA Public Relations Company would cooperate with his publicity.
The answer given by Link was similar to what he had told Liu Xiaoli before, which was to keep a close eye on media reports to prevent them from using these news to instill in the public the idea that "the victim is blaming others" and "Link deserved to be assassinated".
When doing public relations, we should put the blame on the six major film studios and the terrorists, look for the reasons in them, and not look for problems in him as the victim.
Previous media analysis said that he was assassinated because Guess What Film was rising too fast, and that he was lustful and involved in politics, etc., all of which were looking for problems with him.
This kind of public opinion orientation is wrong and will cause many problems over time.
Link plans to use the resources at his disposal to reverse public opinion, divert public attention from himself to the terrorists, and severely criticize the terrorists' actions.
Sam Haskell agreed and said he would convey the matter to management and ask them to cooperate in publicity and public relations.
Because of his connections, Sam Haskell is currently serving as the director of the agency department at WMA agency. He is part of the company's management and has a certain say in WMA.
After seeing Sam off, Link suddenly thought that Sam is now a member of the WMA management and has a lot of work to do, so why would he sign a newcomer like Jessica?
Does he have some conspiracy?
Link thought about it but couldn't figure it out, so he decided not to think about it and continued to work on the new movie in the office.
With the help of Guess What - MGM and agencies like WMA and CAA, the media's argument that "Link's assassination was deserved" quickly decreased, and the topic of the fierce competition among the seven major Hollywood studios became a hot topic again.
The main purpose of this adjustment is to get the issue back to its roots through news guidance. The reason why he was assassinated was part of the internal competition in the industry and an act of unfair business competition, and had nothing to do with other things.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter and the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, Link called for moderate and appropriate competition within the film industry and opposed the use of unfair means to solve problems.
Using unfair means to compete will only plunge the film industry into chaos and disorder, and may even lead to the decline of the entire industry.
This practice harms the interests of everyone and must be banned.
Link's speech was supported by many filmmakers.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Hollywood Film Producers Guild and other organizations also discussed this issue at a recent meeting, suggesting that problems in the film industry should be solved internally and that other means should not be used to solve problems within the film industry, which would harm the entire film industry.
At the same time, MPAA also emphasizes that film companies should communicate and cooperate more and share interests. Only by expanding the entire film market and allowing all practitioners to benefit from it can the film industry become more prosperous.
After hearing the report from his former assistant Annie, Link realized that the executives of the six major film studios were hinting at him, advising him not to eat alone and to share the profits with everyone.
And he doesn't mind working with his peers as long as the conditions are right.
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After finishing all these messy things, in early October, Link brought his crew to Naples Island, Italy to shoot the new movie "The Talented Mr. Ripley".
"Scene 1, 3 shots, start!"
After the stage management put the board down, the entire crew started to operate.
The plot summary of the film is that American youth Tom Ripley has a unique talent. He can imitate other people's handwriting and voice and is good at disguise.
Born into a poor family, Ripley has always dreamed of living a carefree, idyllic life in Italy, a country with sunshine, clear water and blue sky.
But he was just an ordinary piano tuner, and sometimes worked as a waiter, helping rich people clean dust from their clothes to earn some tips.
While performing for someone else, he met Mr. Greenlaff, a wealthy shipbuilder, because he was wearing Princeton University uniform.
Mr. Greenlaff mistakenly thought he was a college classmate of his son Dick, so he hired him to go to Europe to persuade Dick to come back, and paid him $1,000.
Ripley came to Mongiu, Italy, and met the rich second-generation Dick and his girlfriend Maggie. He explained his purpose and used his talent for imitating other people's voices to imitate what Mr. Greenlaff had told him.
After hearing this, Dick was horrified and acknowledged his identity, but he had no intention of going back.
Ripley was unwilling to go back like this. He knew that Dick liked jazz, so when he was about to leave, he deliberately dropped a few jazz records on the ground.
After seeing this, Dick took the initiative to keep him.
Ripley follows Dick as his playmate and witnesses the luxurious life of the rich second generation, including beautiful villas, high-end and flashy resort hotels, extravagant life of spending lavishly, and his beautiful and gentle girlfriend.
He envied everything Dick had.
At the same time, Ripley also develops a special feeling for Dick and hopes to live with Dick forever.
Unfortunately, during a fishing trip at sea, Dick told him that he was going back to the North to marry Maggie. Ripley advised Dick not to do so, saying that Dick was free and should not stay for anyone. He should live with him or travel.
Dick suddenly flew into a rage and called Ripley a disgusting leech, extremely annoying.
During the dispute, Ripley struck Dick to death with a paddle.
From that day on, Ripley began to live as Dick, imitating Dick's way of speaking, dressing, signing, etc., and lived a carefree life.
Until Maggie came to his door. Although he persuaded Maggie to leave by saying that Dick had fallen in love with someone else, Dick's friend Freddy found something strange.
To prevent his identity from being exposed, Ripley lifted up the statue in the room and smashed Frandy's head.
When the musician Peter came into contact with Ripley, he also found that he was impersonating Dick, so Ripley killed Peter again.
In the film, Ripley's identity was never exposed, nor was he punished. He just kept killing people to hide his identity and satisfy his own desires, thus falling into the quagmire of sin and being doomed.
The theme of the film is basically consistent with the original work, which talks about the alienation of human nature by money and material. Many people often do whatever it takes to succeed and gain wealth, but after succeeding, their hearts are full of conflicting emotions, and they are in pain and confusion because of it.
This movie has a profound exploration of human nature, but because the subject matter is too profound and complex, the threshold for viewing the movie is relatively high. The original film's box office performance was average, with a global box office of less than $200 million.
In order to increase the viewing appeal of the film and lower the threshold for viewing, Link made many adjustments during the filming. On the premise of ensuring the artistic level of the film, he appropriately increased the selling points of the film, allowing artistry and commerciality to be perfectly integrated in the film to achieve a balance.
He might not have been able to do this before.
But after directing nearly twenty films, his experience as a director far exceeds that of any of his peers on the planet, and he is confident that he can do it.
“Cut!”
After taking a take, Link called in Matt Damon and Jude Law to have a chat.
There are some issues with both performances.
First, Matt Damon did not appear smart enough, and his eyes did not have the "ambition" and "greed" that the protagonist Ripley had.
This must be corrected, otherwise the characters he plays will appear mediocre and unattractive.
Jude Law is homophobic and cannot accept the ambiguous scenes with Matt Damon in the movie.
Link could only persuade him to imagine Matt Damon as a woman, or to imagine himself as a woman.
No matter what, Jude Law must play this role well.
Link will not lower his standards just because the actors do not accept them. This would be irresponsible to the entire project.
Matt Damon and Jude Law felt extremely pressured when they heard his instructions, and their originally relaxed expressions became depressed and heavy.
This is also the effect Link needs. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is a thriller with a tragic core, and a more depressing overall atmosphere is more appropriate.
"Link, how's my acting? Would you like to give me some pointers?"
Julie Delpy stood in front of him in a sexy suspender dress.
"Your performance is pretty good so far, but you need to pay more attention to the scene where Maggie and Ripley meet. You need to be able to portray Maggie's complex inner thoughts and try to make the character more layered."
"Got it. I will perform seriously."
Julie Delpy smiled slightly, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek, then returned to the busy set.
(End of this chapter)
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