Birth of an actor

Although there is no Oscar winner, and there is no film that can achieve the same results as last year's "Titanic", but when 1998 is coming to the end, many Hollywood people call this year "William's Year". "—This is not some fan's boast or Goffman's self-proclaimed, but a word that actually appeared on "Variety Show".

According to Variety, they call this past year that because there wasn't a single month in [-] when William Bradley wasn't on the front page:

From "Titanic" created the historical record of the first box office in film history (God, there are still some art theaters in the United States that regularly show this movie, and the release period is incredible); to the five Golden Globe Awards Winning the Best Supporting Actor trophy; to "Titanic" sweeping the No.70 Oscars; to the rumored girlfriend popping up like mushrooms and bursting like soap bubbles in the sun, this is just "William Brand The name "profit" slaughtered the beginning of the newspaper's film, entertainment, fashion, education, technology, finance, and even agriculture pages.

When Willot bought two small independent Hollywood production companies in the spring to enrich the film library, he also caused a discussion in the media about what changes will be brought to the industry by the participation of the descendants of the top rich in the Hollywood game, and whether it will cause Discussion of far-reaching influence——In the century-old history of Hollywood, I don’t know how many rich people have participated in the movie game one after another. They have brought some changes to this circle. During the recession, the addition of these outside capitals has ensured that Hollywood's funds will not be exhausted, and it can produce a large number of good movies every year and sell them all over the world. However, these investors from outside Hollywood are rarely able to do well in this circle. Most of those who became successful and famous only participated in financing without interfering with the operation of Hollywood film companies, and a considerable number of rich people were completely treated as "cash machines" and came back disappointed.

Lance Roderick is different from the rich second generation who participated in Hollywood in the past few decades. First of all, he is richer and more powerful than them. Gigi Pritzker, the daughter of the founder of the Hyatt Hotel, or Molly Smith, the niece of the founder of the Federal Express, the heirs of the Roderick family have always participated in political games or economic games, and now the heirs of this generation are interested in Hollywood Already, no one knows what this will bring to Hollywood.

Secondly, Willot is ambitious, and through cooperation with Waddington, a large publishing house belonging to Lance Roderick, he bought the film and television adaptation rights of multiple classic IPs. Only one "Harry Potter" It has attracted the covetousness of the seven major Hollywood film companies, and there is even more news that Willlot seems to be in close contact with science fiction writer George R. R. Martin recently, and seems to be preparing to buy his latest fantasy novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" The copyright of film and television - this is an epic book that detonated the publishing industry of American fantasy novels after the first volume was published in 96. Alkin's "Lord of the Rings" series is comparable, and George Martin has been working in Hollywood since the 70s, and has always been very interested in adapting his works to film and television, so the cooperation between him and Willot is Very likely to be achieved.

Going back to William Bradley himself, when he was filming "Shakespeare in Love" and "Blood Together", he had scandals with Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman, although It was later confirmed by the British media that William and Gwyneth Paltrow not only had no ambiguity but also had a bad relationship, not as good as with Paltrow's boyfriend Ben Affleck;

A GOTMILK?The advertisement made pure milk out of stock in countless supermarkets across the country, and the order volume of several dairy farms in the central region nearly doubled in the second year. The American Dairy Association was so moved that almost all of them awarded William Bradley an outstanding public welfare spokesperson trophy ;

"The Truman Show" was released in the middle of the year. This film, which was named the "Best Science Fiction Movie of the Year" by "Empire" magazine, received overwhelming praise after its release. The North American box office exceeded 8000 million US dollars, and the overseas box office exceeded [-] million US dollars. [-] million US dollars, the double harvest of word-of-mouth box office has made Paramount Pictures proud, and the number of sci-fi films that have started shooting or will start shooting this year has increased to three in one breath;

J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series of film adaptation copyright ownership is extremely complicated, and shooting is even more difficult, from United Artists to MGM to Fox, from Paramount to Disney to Miramax Almost all the film companies in Hollywood have been rumored to have scandals with it, but they all missed it. No one would have thought that it would be Willlot who finally completed the almost impossible task of filming the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. One year, there is not even a company that has released a representative work-an overly young company has won such a difficult shooting task, which should have been worried and protested by all book fans, but because of Willot's strong funds, Peter Jackson The preliminary work of the book was done very well, and the film preparations were on the normal track every step of the way. Half and half of the book fans were optimistic and skeptical, and the former had the upper hand;

After filming "Shakespeare in Love" and "Blood in Love" in the summer, William Bradley, who has no new film to shoot, should have been quiet in public for a while, but people and reporters obviously don't want to see him In the days when there are no new movies, work gossips are everywhere. In the reporter's rich associations, each of the upcoming major movies of the seven major film companies can be related to William, and Woody Allen, Even if super-A directors such as Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Steven Spielberg have never met William, there will be news in the newspaper that William is meeting one of the well-known The director secretly met and discussed the new work in private;

Then there was "Meet Joe Black," which at first seemed like a disaster, but it turned out that the way miracles are always born is unusual, and it stirred up the Internet like a boiling soup, which may have clearly defined the "fan movie" Another meaning of "--the most important thing this movie proves to the world is that if you have the face of William Bradley, and this figure, and a shining degree, and a billionaire net worth, And omit other charms, moviegoers really dare to rush into the movie theater waving money wildly, or become a free troll, or blow up the entire Internet with a virus called William Brandley-and Let some people with keen sense of smell in Hollywood turn their attention to the emerging technological platform of the Internet;

Now, the post-production of Miramax's "Shakespeare in Love" has finished, and it will be released in the United States soon, so as to catch up with the Christmas schedule in 1998. Will Will Will".

As if all this was not enough, in recent days there has been news that "People", the best-selling mainstream magazine in the United States, selected William Bradley as the "Sexiest Man in the World" in 1998—from Since 1985, "People" magazine has published a special issue of "The World's Sexiest Man" every year to rank the handsome men who have been active in the public eye in the past year. This selection does not consider acting skills or Status, the sexiest man elected in 1988 was even politician John F. Kennedy Jr.

In other words, "People" magazine's selection of "Sexiest Man in the World" is just a selection based on face and fame (the latter is slightly more important than the former, otherwise the ones selected every year will be the ones favored by God. face), all the candidates are the most popular men who have appeared in the eyes of the American public in the past year, and the two are indispensable.For example, in 96, the title of "Sexiest Man in the World" was won by Denzel Washington, who played a resolute soldier in "Life and Death", and in 97, he became popular all over the United States because of "The Story of the Emergency Room". George Clooney.

When the news that William might become the "Sexiest Man in the World" in 1998 began to spread from the fashion industry, people's reactions were all shocking: "Just kidding, how old is William Bradley! How is he?" Will he defeat so many mature and charming male stars to win the championship?" After the shock, calm down, and think about it, this matter is not so incomprehensible: "Although William Brandley is not as good as Harrison ·Ford or Richard Gill is mature, but not too attractive. Yes, he is too young, but he is not immature. The mature man who has survived the storm and remains calm is certainly attractive. Boy is sometimes man, and the contradictory charm of being both youthful and graceful is rarer and more addictive."

The news was first announced by a radio talk show host on NPRNEWS (National Public Radio's general news broadcast) just before Thanksgiving, and he also had a live connection with William's agent Amon Goffman, and at that time, William and his agent were on their way to the port together.

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Not everyone has the experience: When you and your friends are in a limousine heading to the beach for a celebratory party, you get bored so you turn on the car radio, and you hear the host talking about you, which is very explicit The compliments and hints you have never heard before, but before you have time to blush, you hear the host on the radio show saying that he is going to call you, and the next second, the phone rings in your agent's pocket sounded.

Tobey Maguire stared at Amon Goffman's ringing pockets, blinked his round blue eyes, and looked at the others: "The radio host, James or Smith, he knows we all hear Did you hear him say that the biggest Christmas wish this year is to have sex with Will?"

"Stop it, Toby, please," William protested awkwardly.

"The original line was 'Is there any child listening to the show at this hour who still believes in the existence of Santa Claus? I don't believe it, unless he puts William in my bed on Christmas Eve. If Santa Claus does, I swear Every Christmas Eve in the future, a stocking will be hung on the bedside.'" Danny Byrne couldn't stop laughing: "Did he come out publicly? He dared to listen to the audience all over the United States. Flirting with Will, albeit one-sidedly, if we told him we were listening to the radio, would his host suddenly get stuck and forget his words?"

"James came out five years ago. Hollywood is not as conservative as you think, and certainly not so open. However, the public pays little attention to radio hosts who never show up. Their environment is much more relaxed than TV anchors. Even if you come out of the closet, you won’t receive strange looks.” Amon Goffman took out the phone from his pocket and connected it, covered the receiver and reminded the other three people in the car: “Stop discussing, boys, I’m going to answer the phone. "

Danny Bourne, who was driving, immediately turned down the volume of the car radio, almost to the point where only he could hear it clearly.

"Good evening, Amon."

"Hi, Jimmy."

Amon Goffman pressed the play button, and at the same time as the voice of the radio anchor came from the mobile phone, William noticed that the speed of the car had slowed down, and both Danny Byrne and Tobey Maguire raised their heads at the same time. ears, while his manager curled the corners of his mouth, so proud that even the corners of his eyes were smiling.

"Is Will with you? Listen, I'm going to tell him something, something that will definitely turn him on—"

"You want to congratulate Will on being named 'Sexiest Man in the World' by People magazine?"

"How do you know this?! Wait, don't you—" The radio host James cut off suddenly, and the phone and car stereo fell into an eerie silence.

"Will and I are on our way to Malibu Beach, so yes, we're listening to the radio broadcast." Amon Goffman laughed silently.

"Poor James." Tobey Maguire muttered almost silently: "There is nothing more embarrassing than the object of obscenity who happens to hear your most daring speech."

"Hi, Jimmy." William approached the phone to say hello, and cast a helpless look at the manager, warning the laughing Danny Byrne with his mouth, "Drive carefully."

"Hi, Will." The radio anchor's voice sounded very weak: "Good evening?"

"Good evening. In fact, we just turned on the radio, and I don't seem to have heard the big news you want to announce." William lied without changing his face: "Can you repeat it again?"

Out of good intentions, William decided to take some remedial measures after Amon teased the radio anchor, and change the topic by the way, so that everyone would forget the embarrassing jokes just now and avoid making things worse—America is the car In a country on wheels, although TV, movies and Internet technologies are developing at a high speed, radio still plays an important role in people's lives. Many people even prefer to listen to the radio than to watch TV, otherwise there would be no "Sleepless in Seattle" Such a movie was born, and many important current events were broadcast on the radio, and the audience was much larger than the audience of the morning news programs "Good Morning America" ​​or "Today".

The Christmas wish of the anchor James should be just a joke. The fixed seasoning of late-night radio shows is at best half-truth. Hearing it with my own ears, that is another level of problem, involving provocation and disrespect, William is sure that Amon just absolutely scared the radio anchor to death, and if he doesn't want to continue to torture the poor man, he doesn't want to be tortured by anyone If the tabloids seized the opportunity to stir up trouble in tomorrow's paper, William had better turn the page himself.

"Of course!" Perhaps because he really believed William's words, or perhaps understood his deep meaning, the voice of the anchor James immediately became lively: "Congratulations, Will! The world's sexiest man champion in 1998! Hear Do you have anything to tell everyone about this news?"

"Didn't I win the title of 'Best Minds in the World'?"

"I'm pretty sure they gave you this award because of your perfect face and figure."

"Well, I will try not to faint from excitement when I see the cover of "People" magazine." William smiled easily: "Also, thank my parents for making me so handsome?"

"That's an immodest answer, but there's nothing wrong with it considering who you beat to win, let's see the rest of the world's sexiest men you've pushed to the bottom, Harrison Ford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, George Clooney, Johnny Depp…”

"Oops."

"Are you surprised that you have defeated so many powerful opponents Will?"

"No. Just heard Leo's name and remembered that I was on my way to his party."

"I know Leonardo, he is not a narrow-minded man, I don't think he would mind if his friends are more handsome than himself." The radio anchor said softly: "And even if he heard this broadcast, he should Or choose to get you drunk and tempt you to striptease on the beach as revenge?"

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"Happy single, Leonardo."

"Happy Singles."

"Congratulations on your return to the ranks of Hollywood's most valuable diamond kings and elders."

"I know a wonderful girl, I'll introduce you another day!"

Leonardo party master DiCaprio put the party venue on a cruise ship in the port of Los Angeles this time. When William and the others arrived, the cruise ship was already full of people, many familiar faces, and More unfamiliar faces, Leonardo stood on the deck with a glass of wine, facing the port and yelling like a playboy who had a good time: "The last 5 minutes! Those who are not on board, hurry up, we have to Set sail!"