[US Entertainment] 1994

"What about "The Seven Deadly Sins"?" Carlos leaned over and asked.

Josh tilted his head: "I'm very interested in this kind of suspense and thriller movies, but don't you think the male lead is a bit dull? I think the role of the murderer is more challenging, and "The Usual Suspect" is also, I am interested The characters are villains."

"Apollo 13?"

Josh blinked: "Arnold told me that this film intends to invite Brad Pitt, and Pitt prefers "Seven Deadly Sins", he may have reached some kind of agreement with David Fincher, so Fincher is more interested Let's hope it's Pete and not me."

"I don't want to be Brad Pitt's green leaf at all, and he doesn't have that qualification." Josh swung his legs with a proud look.

He works hard to make every movie in order to gain more voice in this industry, so that he can pick and choose the roles he wants to play as he wants.He is indeed interested in "The Seven Deadly Sins", but if David Fincher still insists on letting Brad Pitt play the leading role as he did in his previous life, Josh will have to give up the movie.

Such a choice may be too emotional, but the reason why everyone wants to climb to the front line is nothing more than this. The air at a high place is fresher, and only by standing at a high place can people have more freedom.

It is worth mentioning that the Chinese director Ang Lee's new work "Sense and Sensibility" also sent an invitation to Josh, but what Josh is worst at is emotional scenes, so after receiving the invitation, Josh didn't even think about it. He just refused, and "Sense and Sensibility" finally chose Hugh Grant, a veteran British handsome guy, who could not be more suitable to play the character in Jane Austen's works.

Josh fell into a deep tangle.

In fact, if the leading actor is not Brad Pitt, Josh feels that it is okay for him to play a supporting role. He has no preference between "Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Usual Suspects". They're all brilliant, and Josh plays them as "House of Cards" Kevin Spacey, who is especially good at playing scum and scum in all kinds of movies.

Fortunately, Josh is not completely out of time. The filming time of these films is in the second half of the year. Playing a supporting role means that Josh will not have too many roles, and he can take care of the promotion of "The Shawshank Redemption" and the shooting of new films at the same time. .

After August, the "Seven Deadly Sins" crew announced that Brad Pitt would be the leading actor in the film, and Josh immediately contacted the "Usual Suspects" crew to take over the role of Roger Gent.

Afterwards, Josh fully devoted himself to the promotion of "The Shawshank Redemption".

At this time, "Speed" has not yet been released from major theaters in North America. Since its release, the film has firmly occupied the third place in this year's summer file, second only to "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump". Unexpectedly, these three movies will be the three best-selling movies at the year-end box office this year.

Undoubtedly, "Speed" will still bring heat to "The Shawshank Redemption", together with the award-winning "Schindler's List" in March, some media claim that 3 is Josh's harvest year.

Josh also agrees with this statement.Starting from "The Uninhibited Sky", he gradually gained fame with a Golden Globe nomination. Since then, the Oscar nomination of "Scent of a Woman" has brought him a steady stream of enthusiasm, but there has never been a year like this year before. Josh achieved national fame.

If the previous 3 years were just accumulation, this year Josh really achieved a leap forward in his career.

Oscar winning, big box office hits, soaring ratings on shows, and big sales on magazine covers... It can be said that Josh is already a hot first-line star in Hollywood. Although his harvest is not as good as that of Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks At Josh's age, Si is just playing tricks. When Josh reaches Tom Hanks' age, he may be able to achieve greater achievements than Tom Hanks.

"Hey, Josh, long time no see!"

"Hey, Morgan, hey, Bob, long time no see!" After the reunion of the "Shawshank Redemption" crew, Josh hugged director Frank Darabont for the first time, and then excitedly greeted the other actors of the crew.

"You look much whiter than last year!" Morgan Freeman smiled and winked at Josh, "I took the whole family to watch "Speed", it's a great movie."

"I watched it too. To be honest, I'm used to Josh wearing reading glasses in Shawshank Prison. At first glance, I almost didn't recognize that young man as Josh." Bob Gunton rushed to Josh Thumbs up, ""Schindler's List" and "Speed" are great, Josh, you are amazing."

Josh raised a bright smile: "Thank you everyone."

Frank Darabont was also full of emotions. After Josh took over the filming of "The Shawshank Redemption", Frank Darabont also questioned this choice. After all, before that, the experience of Josh's leading actor was only "Unruly Sky" is a movie. Although he was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Frank Darabont always had doubts—it wasn't until the end of the first scene of the movie that the director dispelled the doubts .

Unexpectedly, only one year after the filming of "The Shawshank Redemption", Josh became the second youngest supporting actor Oscar winner in film history, and "Speed" starring in "Speed" was a box office hit, monopolizing the summer movie market , even though the box office of "Speed" is much lower than that of "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King", the cost of the film is the lowest among the three films.

It can even be said that if "The Shawshank Redemption" wants to achieve success at the box office, relying on Josh is an inevitable choice.

The cost of "The Shawshank Redemption" is 2500 million U.S. dollars, which is lower than that of "Speed". Frank Darabont's requirements are not high. The cost can be recovered.Frank Darabont is very confident in his films, but his thoughts are not equal to those of the audience. Whether the film will be successful or not, Frank Darabont is also very uncertain.

In Josh's impression, "The Shawshank Redemption" did not cause any waves after its release. The box office of the film was probably only a few million dollars more than the cost, and Columbia Pictures even lost some money. At the Oscars, the judges also favored "Forrest Gump", which symbolizes the American spirit. It was not until later that Warner Home Video released the film on DVD, and the film critics and audiences rediscovered the value of this film. It became the most popular film in the video market in 1995. Until the beginning of the 21st century, after various recordings and rebroadcasts, "The Shawshank Redemption" was still one of the most profitable films of Warner Pictures.

As the lead actor, Josh hoped that the movie would be successful at the box office, and hoped that more audiences and film critics would discover the value of the movie, so after living with Carlos for 3 months, Josh soon passed On the life of going out early and returning late.

Speaking of which, Carlos' annual income is many times that of Josh, but in terms of busyness, Josh, who has been under the spotlight all year round, is obviously busier than him.

"Good evening, Carlos!" After opening the door, Josh yawned and slowly threw his shoes on the shoe rack. He walked in with his slippers on, and just as he walked into the living room, the figure suddenly appeared on the sofa. Josh couldn't help but widen his eyes and open his mouth, as if he saw something incredible.

"Koko Colin, why are you here?"

Colin waved at him, rubbed Josh's hair with his big palms, and said with a smile, "You are not welcome. Let me appreciate the happy life of my dear brother and sister-in-law."

Josh sighed and yawned again: "Your brother is almost overwhelmed by the busy work, but Carlos—"

Before Josh finished speaking, he saw Carlos walking from the other end of the corridor wearing an apron.

You know, there is a cook in this house, and under normal circumstances Carlos doesn't need to cook at all.

So which play are you singing today?Josh winked at Carlos and signaled him to go in first, but Carlos was unmoved at all. Instead, he patted Josh on the shoulder and motioned him to wash his hands first: "Dinner will be ready soon, Josh, and then Wait for me for 5 minutes."

Josh: "..."

Suddenly, Josh saw his brother's scrutinizing face, he immediately understood everything, and sent Carlos tears of sympathetic crocodile.

Josh understood that it was time to stand up and become a boss.

The author has something to say: Happy New Year's Day friends!

Come on in 2018~~~