Birth of an actor

Leonardo Diraprio's expression became stinky in an instant. He gave William an unfriendly look, as if he was blaming the other party for the informer. William had to raise his hand to show his innocence: "Swear to God , not what I said."

"It's not Will, I got the news from the ladies. You can't imagine how quickly such gossip spreads among women." Kate Winslet asked curiously: "So is this true? Oh my god Leo, what the hell have you done?"

Given Leonardo DiCaprio's shady relationship history, Kate Winslet blamed him almost without asking.But Kate Winslet's judgment was not wrong.

"I just don't want to bring her to the premiere." Leonardo DiCaprio loosened his tie irritably so that he could breathe more: "She thinks it's an announcement to the world Great time for our relationship and excitedly trying on dresses a month ago, but oh god, I can't tell her how serious and important today is, it's a game that decides The premiere of my future career direction, I just want to wait for the judgment of fate, and I don’t want to be entangled by entertainment reporters to talk about my new relationship on such an important day. I tried to explain, but she couldn’t understand or accept it at all. "

Kate Winslet looked to William, asking him to verify the truth of Leonardo DiCaprio's words.

"It's true." William nodded and said, "Leo's girlfriend—sorry Leo, I forgot the name of your girlfriend—was chasing him in the yard while waving a baseball bat. Screaming and complaining, they even ran into my yard, the noise was so loud, I couldn't help pretending I couldn't hear it, so I had to come forward to be a peacemaker, and take in this poor little one who is temporarily homeless .”

"Poor little" Leonardo DiCaprio obviously wanted to roll the eyeballs at William, but held back because the latter is currently his landlord.

"If this happened in normal times, I would definitely not be on your side, Leo, but today..." Kate Winslet sighed sadly: "I also want to meet my fate quietly by myself, Whether it's the road to heaven or the gates of hell, why don't you think I'm coming with James?" James is Kate Winslet's current boyfriend, the two met a few months ago on the set of "Northern Lover", James was the assistant director of the crew at the time.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet looked at each other and both sighed.

A week ago, Twentieth Century Fox held a board meeting dedicated to the premiere of "Titanic". According to gossip, at that meeting, from the company's middle managers to CEO Bill Mochanek: " They are all ready to jump off the building."

"Titanic" cost more than 2 million U.S. dollars from production, filming to publicity and distribution, and Fox has encountered several good film projects in the past two years without money to carry out. It seems that it has countless diehard fans. As long as it is filmed, it will not be used. Worried about the "Star Wars Prequel" that will lose money, so once the investment in "Titanic" is in vain, Fox's management from top to bottom may really be so angry that they vomit blood.

As directors and main actors, James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and William are also closely linked to the fate of the film. It can be said that as long as "Titanic" "Success", a few people will be able to soar into the sky, if "Titanic" fails, several people's careers will also fall to the bottom, and it is possible that they will never recover from a setback (William, who is not the leading actor, will be slightly less affected ).

In fact, the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have been affected a bit now-in 1995 and 1996, Leonardo DiCaprio made a total of seven movies , Kate Winslet also has six films, but in the whole year of 1997, when "Titanic" was finished filming and waiting for post-production to be released, Kate Winslet only made "North African Lover". DiCaprio also only has "The Man in the Iron Mask".

Obviously, both of them were considered highly prolific before, and Leonardo DiCaprio even starred in many movies in 95, but why did he finish James Cameron's $1997 million big production in [-]? After that, the number of film appointments decreased?

Because the whole of Hollywood is watching, watching whether Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet can support the box office of big-budget commercial films, and until the box office of "Titanic" is clear, it will not Then there are big-budget movies looking for the two—for example, after the fiasco of "Future Water World", several leading actors in the movie almost disappeared from Hollywood.

"I really envy you, man." Leonardo DiCaprio put William's shoulders and said with a sigh: "Your excellence is obvious when you are shooting, and no matter how harsh a film critic sees your I’m afraid the performance can’t find any bones, and in case of "Titanic"...you still have the [-] million box office of "Gattaca". Unlike me and Kate, I didn’t make any important works this year. When Titanic is over, so are we."

——Just yesterday, the U.S. box office of "Gait close", which has been released for nearly two months, finally broke through the 900 million US dollar mark, reaching 5000 million US dollars, second only to Will Smith's 900 million US dollars. "Men in Black" at the box office and "Jurassic Park 2" at the $[-] million box office.

North American box office of 900 million US dollars, not counting the overseas box office. As the leading actor, Will has already reached the A-list level of influence and box office appeal. It can even be said that "Gatta Gatta" can have such a box office (not released By accident, it will also have a place in the top five of the North American box office list in 1997) half of the credit goes to William.

What Leonardo DiCaprio said is correct. Even if "Titanic" suffers a fiasco, the negative impact on William, whose role is second to him, will not be too great. The studio will continue to pursue William. Of course, on the other hand, if "Titanic" is an unprecedented success, Leonardo DiCaprio, the protagonist, will definitely benefit more than William. Sometimes he will rise at least one rank, and William, probably only benefit from salary and popularity-unless William can get a Golden Globe or Oscar nomination.

"Christ, Leo, take back your frustrating words!" Kate Winslet blocked her ears angrily: "I don't want to be here to hear you cursing my future!"

"I'm just telling the truth," Leonardo DiCaprio said, whether open-minded or self-defeating.

William was surprised to hear that he didn't expect Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to feel so worried and worried about the release of "Titanic" - think about it, probably only His own reaction now seems strange to others. After all, he is the only one who predicts the future and is sure that the "Titanic" will never be sunk like the big ship in history. Leonardo Dicap Leo and Kate Winslet didn't know anything, and their reactions were the most normal.

"Don't worry too much, Leo, Kate, we are shooting a great movie, and it is destined to be a success. After tonight, everything will gradually get better, I promise." Leonardo and Kate thought his tone was too casual, and William added very seriously: "Did you forget that my film salary has already been fully paid for the box office dividend? If it is not absolutely certain, I will not Will be so sure."

The expressions of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet gradually calmed down. Regardless of whether William’s words will come true in the end, it will be a good placebo for them—cough Well, what Will said is right, at least he and Kate have already got their salaries, haven't they?

William suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "First of all, let me declare that this is just a joke: in case you really don't have any filming in the future, and me, you know that Willot is preparing for the shooting of a movie recently, maybe the three of us will still be there." I can work together again, don’t worry, I won’t treat you harshly in terms of salary, of course, if Leo Kate and you are only willing to ask for ten dollars in salary, I don’t mind.”

While "no filming" sounds like the frustrated Leonardo DiCaprio just said, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio know that William's proposal is more than half Seriously, the two didn't want to live up to such good intentions. Kate Winslet said: "Don't give me a role that is too ladylike, and don't let me play lovers with Leo, I will agree."

"Don't give me a role that is too conventional, and don't let me play lovers with Kate, I agree." Leonardo DiCaprio continued without showing any weakness.

Then, both of them added very seriously: "Because he stinks too much, Will, do you really supervise him to take a bath every day?"

"Because she's at least ten pounds fatter now than she was on Titanic!"

Maybe another person would think that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were flirting when they heard these words, but William, who knew both of them very well, knew that they were not flirting but telling the truth, but No matter how much you hate each other's flaws, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are still very good friends. This will not change.

"What if it's a deadly enemy?" William tried to ask.

"No problem!" X2

William only tried to propose at first, but he didn't expect that the two would actually agree, so now he received an unexpected surprise, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea, and he wished he could run away from the premiere immediately, pulling Lead the two to sign the contract!

"Let's go home and talk after the premiere?" William said a little excitedly: "You can read the script first and give some comments."

"Is it a Western? I want to be in a Western," Leonardo DiCaprio asked.

"No. Or do you think there are cowboys in vampire movies?"

"A blood-sucking cowboy sounds pretty cool too."

"...I'm not going to make a funny movie, Leo."

Kate Winslet also said with interest: "I hope my character is a bit like Elizabeth Bathory." Elizabeth Bathory is one of the prototypes of Bloody Mary.

The red carpet was coming to an end, and William was a little too close to the last batch of media, and his voice was a little louder than usual, and a few key words entered the ears of the "U.S. Weekly" reporter, causing the other party to burst into tears. Excited, I almost have goosebumps because of the trembling all over my body-go home and say?Who is Will saying this to?Kate Winslet, of course Kate Winslet, because only she doesn't have a home in Los Angeles!

"Will!" The reporter of "U.S. Weekly" shouted excitedly: "Are you living with Kate?"

The two sides of the red carpet, which were still noisy at first, fell silent for a moment because of the shout, and then louder and more violent noise broke out!

William, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet, who were going up the steps, were taken aback at the same time, and stopped in their tracks, all confused by the question and the surrounding noises. William was the first Realizing that the few words leaked during their chat just now might have misunderstood a reporter, he and Kate Winslet immediately looked at each other, walked into the media area closest to him, and walked towards the crowd The reporters shook their heads and said, "No, no, although I'm living with someone, but—"

"But not me." Kate Winslet added with a smile.To be honest, she was really smiling a bit maliciously.

"It's me." Leonardo came over at some point, put his arm around William's shoulders, and declared in a very intimate gesture deliberately.He simply loves to play pranks on the media.

William: "..." Fortunately, he hasn't come out yet!

The mood of the media at the scene was like riding a roller coaster. They went through the four stages of dullness-excitement-excitement to dizziness-being choked to death. Intensely want to curse: Who doesn't know that your two rumored girlfriends can fit a train, straight as a steel pipe, is there any news about your cohabitation?Did anyone read it? !

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For many movie fans, December 12th is a day of happiness and pain. The happiness is that today "19: Tomorrow Empire" and "Titanic" will be screened in the United States. The pain is to choose which one to watch first ? (For many parents with children, maybe a "Mousecatcher" is also added to the list of options)

But for the four female students of Ohio State University, Rachel, Nancy, Carmela, and Hannah, this is not a multiple-choice question at all, because they decided a long time ago to go to the midnight show of "Titanic" , the decision time is even earlier than the time when the trailer is released.

In other words, before knowing what kind of story "Titanic" tells, the four female college students have already prepared their wallets to contribute to the box office. As for the reason, do you need to say: "That's Will Movie! Not to mention Leonardo!"

For this reason, Rachel even quarreled with her boyfriend Victor and let him go, because Victor yelled at her: "You watch the midnight show of "Tomorrow Empire" with me, and I will watch "Tomorrow Empire" with you tomorrow." Isn’t Titanic okay? That’s James Bond, my idol since I was a kid! And Cameron’s movies like “Alien” and “Terminator” are okay, romance movies with real shipwreck as the background ? I really don’t believe that this will be a good movie. I bet that there is an [-]% chance that it will be a bad movie. Didn’t even “Variety” say that the box office of “Titanic” is not optimistic.”

Although Rachel yelled back at Victor fiercely, showing a firm stance that she would absolutely support "Titanic" to the end, but in her heart, she was not without worries—after all, it was more powerful than "Tomorrow Empire" Another piece of clear publicity, and the support of countless 007 fans all over the world, the situation of "Titanic" is ambiguous no matter what it shows.

No one wants their favorite star to always act in a bunch of bad movies or become box office poison. Rachel, Nancy, Carmella and Hannah all really like William Brandley. Carmella and Hannah is even obsessed, so they are all worried about the future of "Titanic".

However, this worry quickly dissipated when I entered the movie theater to buy tickets in line. The largest movie theater in Columbus arranged a total of 14 screening halls for the midnight premiere of "Tomorrow Empire" and "Titanic" Among them, "Tomorrow Empire" was divided into eight, and "Titanic" was divided into six. It is obvious that the latter is slightly inferior to the former, but among the people queuing up to buy tickets, the one who bought "Titanic" Far more people than Tomorrow Never Dies!

"If this is the case in other states, the premiere box office of "Titanic" won't be too bad." The four girls chirped to express their joy.

In this non-Internet era, Rachel and the others will not know the ticket sales situation of movie theaters in other states, but in the movie theater in Columbus, they really felt the heat of "Titanic" in reality—four A girl came to the cinema to buy tickets before 10:30, but when it was their turn, all the good seats were picked!Only the front two rows and the back two rows are left!

I randomly picked four seats in the last row, bought Coke and popcorn, and 10 minutes before the movie started, the auditorium where Rachel and the others were sitting was actually full of people!

"Fortunately, we're not too late." After struggling to squeeze into her seat, Carmela breathed a sigh of relief: "If we only arrive at the cinema now, we probably won't even be able to buy a seat."

The other three girls felt the same way.

What the girls don't know is that Rachel's boyfriend Victor, who is so angry that he will never come to the movie theater today, has actually come to the movie theater at this time, and is going to buy movie tickets for Rachel and the others, but he is regretted by the conductor. Inform: "Sorry, the tickets for the midnight premiere of "Titanic" are sold out, because the film is [-] minutes long, so there is no second screening today, ah, yes, "Tomorrow Empire" and "Mouse Catch" "Story" also has a lot of leftover tickets, do you choose to come back tomorrow or watch the other two movies?"