American Fame and Fortune Chapter 767

Chapter 767 Twenty-Four Personalities

 Morning, in the studio of the studio.

There was a dark-faced Asian sitting in the rest area, watching the filming with Graham.

 The studio was filming, and the two of them did not speak.

Martin stood in front of the iron table, deftly dismantling the firearm, oiling and maintaining it, then taking out the magazine, and pressing the yellow-orange bullets into the magazine.

 After filling three magazines in a row, Martin picked up one, mounted it on the wall, and made an aiming and shooting motion.

Director Villeneuve shouted: "Stop, this one has passed."

 Martin put his hands on the cold iron table, took a few deep breaths, smelled the familiar smell of gun oil, and immediately left the role.

 Villeneuve came from behind the director's monitor and handed Martin a bag: "Your souvenir."

 Martin took it and looked at it, and it turned out to be the skull mask he wore when filming the bank robbery scene.

　　The scenes for the male protagonist have all been filmed. Martin said loudly: "I will book the hotel cafeteria to finish work in the afternoon. Anyone who has time can go there."

Just like a stick and a little day, Martin is also particularly good at distinguishing between a stick and a little day.

  The crew has to change scenes and the studio is a little busy.

When Martin approached, Graham introduced the two of them: "This is Martin, and this is Nate Shyamalan."

　　But Will Smith was too anxious. In order to make his son famous, he intervened in everything from script to filming and post-production.

The two sides exchanged a few words, and the three of them sat in the rest area and started chatting.

Thinking of this, Night Shyamalan couldn't help but glance at Martin and found that Martin was smiling kindly at him.

As Martin walked that way, he looked at the dark-faced Asian. He saw that his complexion was not that of East Asian, but rather that he had the temperament of Asan.

The latter took the initiative to shake hands with Martin: "I've seen you several times at award ceremonies, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to get to know you. You are one of my favorite actors."

Graham saw Martin coming out and shouted: "Martin, this way."

The director is notoriously inconsistent.

The male protagonist's scene has been filmed, and the crew's filming will continue until this Friday. Martin took off his costume jacket, took the wipes handed over by Lao Bu, wiped the gun oil on his hands, and left the set.

Villeneuve said: "The director team will definitely be there."

 Previous lives can be said to be the basic ability of many people.

The director of "The Sixth Sense" has just collaborated with Will Smith and his son on "Back to Earth". Martin immediately linked up with something that left a deep impression on him.

The other party was very polite, and Martin spoke very politely: "Director Shyamalan, I like your work very much. "The Sixth Sense" is one of my favorite horror films."

Night Shyamalan kept his attitude low because he had a bad feeling that there was a big problem with "Back to Earth," which had just finished shooting in the Great Lakes region.

While his old friend Graham was around, he quickly said: "I just filmed "Return to Earth" with Will Smith and his son, and I have a new project in hand. Martin, are you interested in collaborating?"

 He wants to find new producers and investors.

Of course, he doesn't think the problem is his own.

　　Martin said with a smile: "I just finished shooting a film, and I didn't even go out of the studio. I always had to take a breather."

Night Shyamalan has changed partners one after another over the years. If "Back to Earth" is messed up, he will definitely not be able to cooperate with Will Smith and Sony Columbia.

And unlike Ridley Scott's instability, as long as he leaves the epic genre, his other films are basically reliable.

 Knight-Shyamalan occasionally produces a masterpiece, but most of the time it is unreliable.

 Martin's past life has been reported in the news that Knight Shyamalan is extremely rare and can seduce directors from almost all large and medium-sized production companies in Hollywood.

Night Shyamalan went to the bathroom at this time.

Graham saw the man walking away and said softly: "If you can't cooperate with him, don't cooperate with him."

GK Films has successively cooperated with David Film and Television Studios. Regardless of the entanglement of interests or the personal relationship, it is much deeper than that of Knight-Shyamalan.

 Martin asked one more question: "The response to the recent films he directed has not been very good?"

"It's not the recent ones." Graham said very directly: "But after the success of "The Sixth Sense", none of the other films received a good response and all failed at the box office. However, a few DVDs sold reasonably well. Okay, it can help him hold on to the situation.”

Martin asked: “I've heard he's worked with almost every mid- to large-scale production company.”

Graham said: "It is rare in Hollywood to make a film with a different partner."

He turned his head and glanced, and then said: "He came to me this time because he wanted to attract investment from GK Pictures." Martin nodded: "I understand."

Graham smiled: "I have a good personal relationship with him, but friendship is friendship, business is business, and I can't afford to lose tens of millions of dollars of investment."

 Martin was surprised: “With this situation, how can he continue to attract investment and continue to cooperate with large companies?”

 Ridley-Scott's health bar is so thick that he doesn't dare to make epic films one after another, interspersed with shooting science fiction films to replenish his health.

Night Shyamalan has screwed up the big six in Hollywood.

Compared to Martin, Graham, an old friend, knew Nate Shyamalan too well. After thinking about it for a while, he said: ""The Sixth Sense" was so successful at the time, with a production cost of 40 million U.S. dollars, which was exchanged for nearly 300 million U.S. dollars in North America. , with a global box office of nearly 700 million US dollars, ranking second in the box office and video sales charts that year, making Disney a huge profit, who doesn't like it?”

He changed his tone: "Furthermore, Shyamalan is a weirdo among geniuses. He can always use his imagination when writing scripts and come up with ingenious ideas to impress the producers. Medium and large production companies often invest in It's all a platter, with the business miracle of “The Sixth Sense” at the forefront. Once the project succeeds, the profits will be huge. If it fails, most of the losses will be the money of other investors.”

Martin thought of Warner Bros. Pictures, which has messed up so many major production projects in succession over the past year or so. Although the company's capital chain is tight, it is far from a crisis point.

Megan Ellison, who invests her own money in movies, on the other hand, can no longer hold on.

Graham added: "From a producer's point of view, Shyamalan has the biggest problem. He can create unparalleled ideas and construct wonderful scenes at the story level, but he always fails to execute them properly. All kinds of discounts were made to end a story that should have been amazing.”

These words made Martin slightly startled, because he remembered a movie he had watched. It started out very amazingly, but ended up anticlimactic, but the movie had a sequel. The new Professor X, Zhan Yimei, once again shaved his head in the movie.

 The director of the film seems to be Knight Shyamalan.

These are relatively recent to the time Martin came to North America, so he remembers them relatively clearly.

For example, regarding the heroine of the film, he remembered that he later made a series about chess for Netflix.

This film is very interesting. It seems to have been hyped and adapted from facts.

While Martin was thinking about it, Night Shyamalan came back from the bathroom and talked about cooperation again.

Graham said: "I'm still working on this project and can't get away from it for the time being. So, if you have any projects at hand, send me a copy of the script and plan."

"No problem." Knight-Shyamalan didn't want to give up on Martin. He thought that by working with Martin, he might be able to make a comeback. He said, "I'm planning a project here. Is the male lead suitable for you?"

Martin tentatively asked: "What type of character? Isn't it like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense" who has mental problems?"

Knight-Shyamalan said: "It's not this kind of role. I filmed this type of role in 2000, but the project failed miserably. I don't want to do it anymore for the time being. This project is a science fiction film. It's hard to say exactly now."

Martin responded: "Whenever you think it's appropriate, send the script to Davis Studio and I will make a decision after I have read the script and the characters."

 This is a reasonable request, Knight Shyamalan responded: "I will have someone send it over as soon as possible."

The three of them chatted for a while. The crew transition was over and filming was about to begin. Martin left the studio first.

 Shortly after, Knight Shyamalan also said goodbye.

On the way to the hotel, the director was quite satisfied with the project. If everything went well with GK Films and Davis Film and Television Studio, he would have two more opportunities to try.

Night Shyamalan believes that he can still make a hit movie, just like "The Sixth Sense" back then.

 As for what to do if the project fails? Nate Shyamalan didn't think too much about it. After all, he was losing other people's money.

Back at the makeup trailer, Martin took off his makeup and changed back into his own clothes, got into the Escalade driven by Bruce, and returned to the Hilton Garden Inn.

 It was still early for dinner and he returned to his room to carefully recall the news reports he had read.

Martin watched the movie starring Zhan Yimei in his previous life. It seemed that the male protagonist had more than 20 personalities, some of which were very dangerous and had kidnapped several girls.

This film claims to be adapted from real events.

Martin asked Bruce: "Have you ever heard of a vicious crime in which the murderer was a schizophrenic with multiple personalities?"

 Bruce thought for a moment and said, "It seems there is, right? There should have been several similar cases in the past few years."

 Martin asked again: “What about 20 multiple personalities?”

"More than 20?" Bruce shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. It's too exaggerated."

 Martin took out his mobile phone and called Thomas and Jessica respectively. He asked similar questions and asked them to look for relevant events or news.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Thomas called back and said, "I checked carefully and found that there was a similar case, and it was very typical. A man named Billy Milligan was convicted of murder at Ohio State in 1977. The university was arrested for three rapes. During the trial, Billy was diagnosed with a rare case of multiple personality disorder, and he was found not guilty.

 He ​​paused slightly: "A documentary biography published in 1981 was based on this incident, called "24 Billys"."

 (End of this chapter)

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