I just want to be an actor

Chapter 161 Kenneth Lonergan
"A foreign director?"

Zhou Sen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that an international director would come to him to make a movie.

"It should be your performance at the Cannes International Film Festival."

Su Jingwen smiled, it must be very good to have this kind of opportunity.

"After all, it is quite rare to have double nominations and finally win the Palme d'Or and Cannes Best Actor at the same time."

"It's just that I didn't expect you to have the opportunity to enter Hollywood so soon."

Zhou Sen raised his eyebrows when he heard this word. He didn't expect that a Hollywood director would come to him now.

"Are you sure it's Hollywood, not Bollywood?"

Zhou Sen started to speak his non-funny vernacular again.

Su Jingwen ignored his Bollywood jokes, but introduced to Zhou Sen the situation of the director who came to invite him.

"Kenneth Lonergan."

"Before as a special guest at the Cannes International Film Festival, he immediately left my contact information after he knew that I was your agent. However, there were many great directors who left contact information at that time, and he was the first Called."

Su Jingwen thought about it in her mind for a while and determined the appearance of the director.

"do not know."

Zhou Sen responded calmly.He does know Cameron and other world-famous directors, of course, from the perspective of an audience.

"The director and screenwriter of "Margaret" has collaborated with Matt Damon many times, and this time he invited you to make this movie. According to him, Matt Damon will also be the producer."

Su Jingwen spoke calmly about the general situation of the director, although it sounded familiar except for Matt Damon, there seemed to be no other bright spots.

"Matt Damon, I know, Oscar winner."

Zhou Sen smiled, and finally heard a familiar name, but it didn't mean that he would definitely accept this kind of invitation.

If you don't do well in your first Hollywood movie, it's easy to make it difficult for you to take another step in the future.

The Chinese themselves do not have a very high status in Hollywood, so there are naturally fewer opportunities for trial and error.

"Kenneth said that he saw in you the beauty that belongs to the world and the acting skills that belong to the peak of mankind, so he wanted to cooperate with you. He felt that the leading actor in his new work is very suitable for you."

Su Jingwen thought back to the old man who was not stingy with compliments on the cross-country phone call just now, and after the trip to Cannes, France, she now looks like any man wants to do something to her own man.

"I'll sort out Kenneth's information later. Take a good look. If you think it's possible to keep the possibility, I'll contact him and ask him to send the audition script. If you're satisfied, we'll When the time comes, fly directly to New York to find him."

Su Jingwen felt that she had to sort out a piece of information about Kenneth to let Zhou Sen know a little about this little-known director.

She had a vague intuition that this movie would bring many unexpected surprises to Zhou Sen.

"Well, there's nothing to do right now anyway. But isn't Hollywood in Los Angeles?"

Zhou Sen shrugged, sat on the sofa and watched TV, waiting for Su Jingwen to give him information.

About ten minutes later, Su Jingwen handed over a detailed information report to Zhou Sen. Those who didn't know the standard format of the report thought the old man was being investigated by the FBI.

Zhou Sen gently flipped through this not-so-thick resume, and Su Jingwen sat down beside him naturally, picked up the fruit on the table, and chewed slowly.

Kenneth Lonergan
The director, who was born in 1962, does not look like he is nearly 60 years old, he is chubby and a little cute.

However, judging from his life experience alone, the career of the director Kenneth should be said to be a late bloomer type.

Zhou Sen still inevitably thinks of James Cameron, the guy who turned from a truck driver to a world-class director.

When he was young, Kenneth Lonergan was busy and busy. He occasionally acted as a shooter for others and submitted some novels for small magazines.

He didn't have his first work that could be sold until he was 29 years old, but this work was a cartoon, and it was also a tepid cartoon "Ade's Diary Season [-]", As the screenwriter of the animation, he announced his unemployment after the first season of the animation was filmed.

The information also contains the synopsis of the cartoon at that time, and Zhou Sen only had one comment after watching it.

That means I can probably write better with my feet now than Kenneth did at that time.

After Kenneth lost his job as a cartoon screenwriter, he continued his previous job as a mediocre writer.It wasn't until the age of 37 that he regained the opportunity to be a film screenwriter.

And this time, what he got was an opportunity from a film invested by American entertainment giant Warner Bros.

It's just that after Zhou Sen saw the plot and name of the movie, his expression was straight to the subway, the old man, and the mobile phone.

"Boss Step aside", also known as "I am the boss, who am I afraid of" and "The Godfather"

Such a nonsensical comedy with a criminal color is still rated R.

Just looking at the comments below, Zhou Sen knew that Kenneth had no talent for this kind of comedy. Comments like "boring" occupied most of the comment area.

But two years later, the 39-year-old Kenneth once again won the favor of the entertainment giant with his own script.

In this year, he was finally no longer a little screenwriter who was instigated by the director to frantically change the script and change the characters.He successfully wrote and directed his first film "You Can Trust Me".

This drama, which revolves around family and emotions, has successfully turned Kenneth over.

Not only was the film acquired by Universal Studios, it was also shortlisted for the Original Screenplay Award at the 73rd Academy Awards. As an independent film, it successfully won the Jury Feature Film Award at the 16th Sundance International Film Festival.

This isn't a blip in Kenneth's previously seemingly comical life.

Two years later, the drama "Gangs of New York" written by him was once again shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

A few years later, at the age of 49, he collaborated with Matt Damon for the first time, writing and directing the feature film "Margaret", which was shortlisted for the Best Screenplay Award at the 32nd London Film Critics Association Awards. There are also gains at international film festivals.

This is a director who is good at writing scripts for emotional dramas.

For some reason, after reading the director's resume, Zhou Sen had some expectations for his latest script.

"I think we can ask for a script to look at first."

Zhou Sen put down the information, thinking this might be an opportunity.

　I guess everyone doesn't know this director.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)