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Resurrection 662 action movie Jane, De Bont, Graham, Yost (Graham.), Ian and Bryce sat in the coffee shop, a little nervously drinking the coffee in front of them, and chatting absent-mindedly. .

To be honest, the crew of "Life and Death Hour" did not expect that they would be able to invite Hugo to star, not only because compared with the huge investment of "Future Water World", the budget of "Life and Death Hour" of less than 30 million is not worth it. Just a mention; at the same time, because the crew does not have a Quentin Tarantino like "Pulp Fiction", the style of "Pulp Fiction" is unique, and the director is even more famous, but these advantages are "speed of life and death". .

The production team of "Life and Death Hour" is even more lackluster. Director Jane is a photographer. He has served as a photographer for famous works such as "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Instinct.", but this time " "Life and Death Speed" is the first time he has acted as a director. He has no previous experience and no work can prove his ability to direct.

Screenwriter Graham is also a young and tender newcomer who wrote a script for the first time in his career. It is a huge success for the script of "Life and Death Speed" to be appreciated by Twentieth Century Fox.

Ian, who was the last producer, was an assistant director. He once worked with Steven Spielberg in "Indiana Jones 2", which is also his biggest achievement. Later, he served as the "Heavenly Fallen Soldier". (.The., "Batman Returns" assistant producer; this is his second time as a film producer after "Beverly Hills (the.beverly..

Such a group of Hollywood newcomers are naturally not convincing, and they are not even as attractive as "Pulp Fiction".

To be precise, the only advantage of "speed of life and death" is that the script is a brand new attempt in an action movie. The movie is about a bus that has been installed with a bomb and will start as long as the speed is higher than fifty miles. Once the speed of the car is below fifty miles, the bomb will be detonated, and the police will start a battle of wits with the criminals in order to rescue the passengers on the bus.

Although a similar theme was tried in the 1975 Japanese movie "The Great Blast of the Shinkansen (the...: A bomb was installed on the Shinkansen in the movie. As long as the speed exceeds 80 kilometers, the bomb will be activated. The bomb will explode if the speed is lower than 80 kilometers; but the screenwriter Graham had the idea of ​​installing a bomb on the bus after watching the 1985 Oscar-nominated work "runaway".

Different from the "Shinkansen blasting" train, the bus is a narrower, more uncertain, and wobbly carrier. The most important thing is that the train has a track, while the bus runs on the highway-even at peak times. On the roads of Los Angeles during the period, how to let the bus control the speed so as to avoid the bomb being detonated is obviously a more terrifying problem.

Therefore, this also makes the script of "Life and Death Speed" more fascinating and more exciting than the "Shinkansen Blast".

This is the only place where "Life and Death Hour" can impress actors.

Although Hugo has not yet officially taken any film-more than 10 million works, but the popularity is not inferior to Tom Cruise's current status. For the "Life and Death Speed" crew, it is an invitation It's almost a pie in the sky to star in Hugo.

Compared with "Pulp Fiction", "Life and Death Hour", an action movie that specifically targets the male market, undoubtedly hopes to make a difference in the box office. Now there are three consecutive Hugo works with more than 100 million yuan, which is naturally perfect. choose.

Therefore, after learning from Joseph that Hugo had left the "Life and Death Speed" script, 20th Century Fox and Ian Bryce, the producer, have been working hard to make it happen, even if Hugo is filming. "Pulp Fiction" made "Life and Death Hour" have to postpone the start-up, and it did not hesitate to do so.

Now, their persistence has finally paid off. Hugo’s agent Joseph took the initiative to call and expressed his willingness to accept the audition, which almost made Jane Yide, Ian, Graham and others jumped with joy. Although they were the interviewers for the audition, they arrived at the scene twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time, and they looked like the parties participating in the audition, too nervous to speak.

"Don't worry, I heard Steven say that Hugo gets along well in private, and he is very kind." Ian looked at the nervous companions sitting next to him and comforted him, but in fact he was also comforting. Own. In fact, they are not afraid of facing Hugo, but are worried about what reason should be used to persuade Hugo to join the "Life and Death Speed" crew, after all, they have too few chips.

"Are you sure? Hugo didn't seem so friendly to reporters recently." Jane joked with a smile, but after speaking out, he found that neither Ian nor Graham were laughing, and he suddenly felt boring. Picked up the coffee and took a sip. As a photographer, he has absolute self-confidence; but as a director, he is a complete novice, which makes him inevitably lacking confidence.

At this time, the door of the coffee house was pushed open, and the jingling wind bell broke the silence in the house. At this time, there were only two tables of guests in the coffee house. After looking at the door, he saw a tall one. The strong man walked in, and then a taller man also walked in. This immediately made the guests feel bored, and they all looked away, but then a tall and straight man walked in again.

The three people looked around, and then walked in the direction of Ian's table. All three people here also stood up to show their courtesy.

"Good afternoon, I'm Joseph Gibbs, Hugo's agent." Joseph walked in the forefront and proactively introduced, "This is Samora, this is..."

"Hugo Lancaster." Ian took Joseph's words and said with a smile, holding Hugo's right hand extended.

Hugo smiled and shook the hands of the three people in front of him. "Sorry, we are late. I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

"No, no, we arrived early." Ian waved his hands repeatedly. In fact, there were still ten minutes before their agreed time. Hugo and others were definitely not late, but Hugo did not ask, but politely. I apologized, which made Ian's nervous mood relax a little bit, at least Hugo's first impression was just like the rumor, a gentle gentleman.

"That's really a sigh of relief." Hugo didn't expose the facts, and he really relieved, smiling to resolve Ian's embarrassment.

After Samora finished his greeting, he took the initiative to call the waiter over and started to order coffee in a low voice, while Joseph sat down and said, "Is this the lineup for today's audition? Or, there is Will other guys join us?"

"We also arranged an audition for an actress today, wanting to see how her and Hugo work together, because we have not yet confirmed the actress, we still hope that the two sides can produce sparks." Ian explained briefly, "But the actress should arrive here in thirty minutes. We staggered the time, so I think that's it for now."

Joseph smiled and nodded, "In fact, Hugo has been busy with other things during this period of time. He was originally worried that he would miss the script of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", and learned that you still reserved the vacancy for the actor. , This is really good news for us."

After arriving at the scene today, it was Joseph who was in charge of the conversation. Although it was just a polite speech at the beginning, it was true that Joseph was different.

"Hugo is interested in the script. This is what makes us the most happy, because Hugo has always been the first choice of our crew, and it is still the case." Ian replied with a smile and glanced at Hugo. , And then looked at Graham and Jane sitting next to him, "We are not an experienced team, or even novices, so the script can become a bright spot, which really adds a lot of confidence to us."

"Anything has a first time. For the director's debut, an excellent script is obviously a good start." Joseph still handled it skillfully, "Hugo read the script again in the past two days. , He kept telling me that he must meet with the screenwriter to discuss it." At this point, Joseph looked at Hugo and said freely, "What was the last time you mentioned that script?"

"Blasting the Shinkansen." Hugo took the conversation naturally, and looked at the screenwriter Graham sitting opposite, "This is a Japanese work, don't you know if you understand?"

"No, I'm not sure. I came up with this idea after watching the'Escape Train'." Graham couldn't help leaning forward and asked with interest, "So, you can talk to me. Is this... the script of a Japanese movie?"

"Of course~www.readwn.com~ Hugo briefly said the main story of the "Shinkansen Blast".

In fact, "Shinkansen Blast" and "Life and Death Speed" are just similar in setting, and they are completely different works in essence and theme. The former pays more attention to the different forms when the 1,500 passengers on the train are threatened with death. Because of the closedness and stability of the train, the tension of the atmosphere is more of psychological oppression; the latter is more simple and direct. The simple bus sustains the lives of all passengers. The rescue operation is simple but there is no lack of wisdom. Said to be one of the pinnacle masterpieces of action movies.

When Hugo and Graham were talking, Joseph leaned back in a wicker chair and handed over the initiative to Hugo. Compared with the past, Joseph's ability to control the situation on the scene obviously has a completely new look. The scene like this was obviously caused by Joseph's conscious guidance.

After Hugo carefully read the script of "Life and Death Speed", he also had his own thoughts on the script, so he planned to communicate with the screenwriter to see if the script of an action movie can withstand scrutiny and polishing.

(To be continued)

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