Birth of an actor

The media all over the world have been ignited by the upsurge of the Internet. The accumulative global box office and the accumulative box office in North America no longer belong to Harrison Ford. The country reported repeatedly, witnessing the birth of a new record.

Movie fans are hotly discussing how far the record will be pushed up after the second part of "Blood Together" next year and the remaining two films of "Lord of the Rings" the year after next year, "Forbes" in This boiling point also came out to join in the fun, and a list of the most cost-effective Hollywood actors was arranged, and William became the TOP1 again as it should be.

Maybe for some fans who are purely watching the excitement, this is just William Brandley winning the three highest honors in Hollywood - winning, breaking records, and making headlines. For other actors It may be a rare thing, William's fans have long been dazzled and numb - but, the significance of these three records is not the same, the highest box office accumulation and the highest cost performance are what an actor can achieve in terms of commercial value extreme.

In the past, when it was not the movie promotion period, as long as William was dressed in a normal way, he would not attract any exaggerated spectators when he went shopping. At most, he would just be followed by paparazzi all the way. But now, no matter how low-key he is dressed, he will always be the first to be noticed by people. After discovering it, it immediately became the focus of the crowd, and easily caused riots, even if it was a party full of filmmakers, and it was even more tragic to be watched at a party in the industry.

The more direct feeling is that the attitude of Hollywood colleagues towards him has also undergone considerable changes.

In the past, William was recognized as a leading figure among Hollywood post-[-]s actors, a junior with unlimited potential in the eyes of big directors such as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio is the biggest competitor of male stars of the same age group, and is also the envy of other young actors and the object they want to catch up with.

But now, other Hollywood filmmakers are talking about William, and Spielberg and others have put him in an equal dialogue position. Damon has completely forgotten the topic of competition, and it seems that he no longer regards him as an opponent. And those young actors who have just entered Hollywood and are eager to become famous regard William as a representative symbol of Hollywood. It seems that when his name is mentioned, it symbolizes all the overnight success, attention and luxury in Hollywood.

It is exaggerated that the way people look at William is no longer like watching a movie actor or a superstar, but like watching a walking legend.

In this regard, William didn't know whether to feel honored or dumbfounded.

This is also one of the reasons why William left Los Angeles and temporarily lived in New York—at least most New Yorkers are indifferent, they don’t care about anyone except themselves, and the probability of being chased by celebrities is very small, William Living in Manhattan, at least the normal daily life can be guaranteed.

A series of unexpected events later also proved that, fortunately, William went to New York ahead of schedule. If he left a few days later, he might be blocked by the media at Los Angeles Airport, and he would not even be able to board the plane.

……

It was a pretty sunny day, the last snow had just melted, the air was unbelievably fresh, and Central Park was full of people walking and walking their dogs. More and more people "passed" in front of William's bench, looking down. I can also notice that someone around me closed the book while pointing here, stood up and opened it.

When William raised his head and showed his full face, there were inevitable exclamations from people around him, but when he didn't respond to the fussing crowd and walked away with the book, no one approached him inappropriately .

This is one of the reasons why William prefers living in New York. Although the winter here is very cold and there is little sunshine, the social distance between people is more cold and alienated. This advantage is enough to make up for the others.

After leaving Central Park, William did not go back to the apartment immediately, but took a walk along the streets of Manhattan. He was mainly worried that after returning, Kim Cosey would ask him for canned food in all kinds of tricks, and then he could not control his soft heart.

——Jin Kexi has recently become madly obsessed with a canned chicken-flavored snack. For the sake of his new love, he gave up all the canned cat food he used to love, and for the sake of nutritional balance, William can't just feed him this one, so the recipe As before, only one can of canned chicken is allowed per day.Jin Kexi was very dissatisfied with this. After meowing protests and cold war rolling and spitting were useless, he recently learned a trick of rubbing his face against the ground from nowhere, and looked at William pitifully while rubbing.Of course, William couldn't resist Kim Kesi's ultimate move when he saw it for the first time. After being accidentally succeeded by it a few times, he could see Jin Kexi running in front of him countless times every day and rubbing his face on the ground. He was feeding him this morning. After passing the canned golden coxi fish, it kept chasing and showing off its cuteness. It was almost impossible to resist and had to hide.

When passing by a comic shop, William was attracted by the antique Justice League posters pasted on the window, opened the door and walked in.

This is a small but very compact comic shop. Not only are the bookshelves full, but the bookshelves are also filled with boxes of comics. At a glance, the number of comics is too large to measure. And there are a lot of comic books and posters that are antiques at first sight and are arranged in alphabetical order on the old bookshelves. Of course, although the books are old, the prices on the labels are surprisingly cheap, and some are staggering. .

Apart from a middle-aged man reading a book standing at the cashier, there were four or five customers in the store. Even the sound of wind chimes shaking when William opened the door did not make them raise their heads. The atmosphere is very nostalgic, a bit like the comic shop that William used to go to, unlike many new comic shops in Manhattan, the stores are getting bigger, the decorations are getting more and more beautiful, and the surroundings are getting more and more expensive, but there are fewer It makes people want to buy books.

William even saw the North American first edition of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on the old bookshelf, an ordinary soft-bound book, and the price was a staggering five hundred dollars.

Probably seeing William's eyes lingering on the book, the shopkeeper next to the cash register came over: "This "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is the first batch of first edition books with only [-] copies sold in the United States. , you can open it and have a look, where the misprinted D is still lying there. But please be gentle with it, now this is the only copy left in the store.”

William opened the cover, and sure enough, he saw the typographical error that the shopkeeper said. It was a typo on the title page of the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". .It is probably because of the scarcity of the first edition and printing errors that make this book valuable for collection, so it is so valuable.

However, even if this book is very collectible and the price will increase in the future, William has no urge to buy it, because he has already collected several sets of the "Harry Potter" series that are printed like this one but are more exquisite Books—who introduced him to J.K. Rowling, and was good friends with the owner of Waddington Press.

Suddenly, William caught a glimpse of a ten-year-old "Death of Superman" comic book issue and a few antique posters on the bookshelf. He pulled it out and prepared to pay for it with great joy.

When "The Death of Superman" was released and caused a sensation in the comics and even in the United States, William actually bought a lot of DC's "Action Comics" magazines, including this "Death of Superman", but in the next few years he moved too much. Frequently, most of those books were lost in the process of moving several times, and now I can find exactly the same ones, even the accompanying posters are intact, to be honest, I feel a sense of surprise.

The owner of the comic shop saw that William did not continue to read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", but instead found a comic book whose price was only one-tenth of the price, thinking that he thought the price was too high, so he explained: "Although this book The first printing batch of the book in the United States is [-] copies, but thousands of copies have flowed to the library, and now they are all missing. Five hundred dollars is already a relatively cheap price. As far as I know, the first edition in the UK Because of the smaller print run and different illustrations, the prices are the most outrageous, and a well-preserved second-hand book can sell for thousands of dollars..."

"I really want to buy this comic." William said: "And, you may not believe it, I actually have all the first editions of the "Harry Potter" series."

The shopkeeper really didn't believe it, but at this moment, when William was putting the book on his side slightly, he happened to see William's face clearly, and then he shouted in shock: "You, you are—"

"Yes, I am, but please don't—" William tried to stop him, but it was too late.

"You are William Bradley!"

The store was quiet at first, even the sound of the pages being turned was very clear, then suddenly there was an explosion, and the few customers who were still around all gathered around, either in shock or disbelief or surprise, they kept looking at William. There was a loud scream.

In short, the whole room is going crazy.

……

After a full 3 minutes, William was watched by curious comic fans.

Now that he had been discovered, William greeted everyone with a smile and a calm demeanor.

At this time, everyone in the store also confirmed that the one among them was a real Hollywood superstar, not some mistaken passer-by, so they all put away their searchlight-like scrutiny and began to respond enthusiastically. Yes, get a little closer and start asking questions, or buy a magazine right away and ask for an autograph.

There were many kinds of questions from the crowd, some asked about the release information of "Spider-Man", some asked about Willot's next filming plan, some asked "Lord of the Rings" to release DVD discs earlier, and some asked about the new release The "Spider-Man" comics came to William for autographs.

William took the marker pen and said with a smile before writing: "Am I stealing Toby's job? He is Spider-Man."

"But Willot owns the entire Marvel." The comic fan who asked for an autograph quickly added: "Strictly speaking, half of the comics in this store are closely related to you. You are the boss of the boss of Spider-Man—" —By the way, Will, did you know that Deadpool complained about you in the comics?"

"Deadpool? No, I haven't read any comics for a while." William signed his name on the comic journal, and asked casually, "What did he say?"

"Deadpool complained that Hollywood film companies all choose actors based on their faces. They must think that he is not handsome enough, so they didn't invite him to be a guest star in "Spider-Man"! I also strongly request that you should immediately after "Spider-Man" is released. Make a movie for 'Best Friends'!"

People who have read the "Deadpool" series of comics immediately understood and laughed.

Since the birth of the first superhero Superman in the history of comics, American comic companies have created at least hundreds of superheroes and more villains. Deadpool may not be the most famous among them, but it is definitely the most unique among superheroes. One, because of his nagging and vicious tongue, because of his morality and immortality, and because he knows that he is in a fictional comic world, and often breaks the "dimension wall" to talk directly to readers.

The most chatty superheroes in the Marvel universe are Spider-Man and Deadpool. Both of them have a mouth that will never stop unless they beat the enemy to the ground or are beaten to the ground. I don’t know which author had a flash of inspiration in the first place. , arranged for them to appear in the same issue of comics, the encounter between the two super mouthpieces was really sparkling, and it was very popular with readers. Since then, Deadpool and Spider-Man have often teamed up in the Marvel Universe, Deadpool He also gave the two a combination name of "Superb Good Friends".Of course, in view of the fact that he is often molested by Deadpool and has nothing to do with himself, Spider-Man unilaterally does not recognize the existence of "extraordinary friends".

William, who has read the "Deadpool" comics, also understands that Deadpool ignores the dimensional wall and complains at will. He smiled knowingly and said: "I will talk to the authors of Marvel, and ask them to tell Deadpool, Willot Absolutely no discrimination against any disfigured superhero."

William's words excited the nerves of some comic fans immediately, and even more people were surprised.

If meeting the real William Bradley in a comic shop today is already a shocking thing, how about hearing the world superstar talk about comics with your own ears and discovering that the other party is also a comic like yourself? If you are a fan, it will be even more incredible!

Immediately, someone pinched his arm severely—it was not a dream!Very good!

Someone immediately asked: "So there will be Deadpool in the future "Spider-Man" movies? Even Deadpool will have a solo movie? Hey, this is not delusional, right, "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" " already has, I heard that Hollywood is also preparing for "Daredevil" and "Hulk", Deadpool is so popular, don't you think about making a movie for him?"

"Uh, sorry, Willot does not own the adaptation copyright of Deadpool." William: "Actually, before Willot acquired Marvel, the copyrights of Deadpool and X-Men were bought by 21st Century Fox , So whether Deadpool can make a personal movie, or whether he can appear in "Spider-Man", the initiative is on Fox's side."

"Oh shit, I actually forgot about this." The manga fan begged, "At least promise me that you will work hard to make this happen?"

"Of course." William agreed without hesitation at all, because he had considered this matter before - if other superheroes from the Marvel Universe could appear in the "Spider-Man" movie, whether Deadpool or Avengers , the popularity of both movies and comics will definitely increase greatly, because no superhero movie has ever done this before-but he added: "However, in my personal opinion, I am afraid that within a few years we will Would never see a Deadpool movie."

"what?!"

"why?"

"Because Deadpool is an anti-hero superhero. The timing of his appearance in the comics is not a coincidence. If I remember correctly, Deadpool first appeared in the comics in 1991?" Get other After everyone nodded in reply, William continued to express his opinion:

“In 50, more than 1991 years after the first superhero comic was published, people started to get tired of the glorious heroes, especially those with a particularly long history and a particularly bright image, like Superman or Captain America. Various methods were tried, but they failed to restore the increasingly weak comic sales, so in the first few years of the 90s, DC began to brew the death of Superman, which was the only way to make Superman regain attention, and Marvel They came up with an interesting new character, Deadpool, and they all succeeded."

"Of course, DC created the death knell earlier, which is also good and evil, but the death knell is neither mouthful nor poisonous. It is not as interesting as Deadpool, and it is not as popular as Deadpool. The development and success of every comic character is inseparable. Looking at the background of the times, just like World War II was to Captain America, if people hadn’t grown tired of looking at the same superheroes and began to yearn for something different, Deadpool wouldn’t have become so popular.”

"What I want to say is that although movies and comics are different things, there are similarities. In the past, in Hollywood, only Superman and Batman movies could be successful. Other superhero adaptation movies have no studios at all. Interested. Now Hollywood has begun to accept other superheroes, and fans have also begun to be interested in superhero movies, but it is far from the level where the entire comic film market is heated up and superheroes bloom.”

"Although there are many people who love comics, more people watch movies. Movie audiences are far larger than comic book audiences. Most of them have only a little or no knowledge of comics. This part of the audience In the past, the only understanding of superheroes was Superman and Batman. Now they have begun to accept X-Men and Spiderman, but they have not yet become familiar with the entire superhero group. If they are not familiar with it, they cannot understand the greatest charm of the character Deadpool. — different.”

"Perhaps only after "Spider-Man" and other superhero movies are released, the entire comic movie market will become more popular, and most audiences will not only be interested in this subject matter but also have a deep understanding of it—or, to put it more bluntly, they I’m tired of watching routine superhero movies, and when I want to watch something different, the release of Deadpool’s personal movie may be successful. Before that, no matter how loud the appeal of comic fans is, Fox may not dare to approve a project for Deadpool, because shooting "Deadpool" now is [-]% a business that loses money."

Amidst the disappointed sighs, someone noticed the "Death of Superman" magazine that William had been holding in his hand, and asked in surprise, "Will, are you still a fan of Superman?"

"Who doesn't like Superman? The god on earth." William shrugged and said, "But I was first exposed to Christopher Reeve's Superman movie, and then I became interested in Superman comics."

While explaining, William asked the shopkeeper to pay for the comics he had chosen. The shopkeeper tapped the cash register, regretting that he didn't put a camera in the shop. If he could put a picture of him and William Brand on the wall It would be nice to have a group photo.

The comic fans in the store were satisfied with getting their autographs, and they still gathered around William to discuss: "Although the filming of "Superman 4" was terrible, it was 15 years ago. Before the millennium, Warner said that it would restart Superman." The movie, in the end, is still nothing, and now the newspapers are all talking about Marvel movies, isn’t Warner going to adapt DC comics again?”

"Why did Willot choose Marvel instead of DC?"

Before William could answer, someone next to him answered: "Because Marvel was facing bankruptcy at that time, and Warner was too rich to sell DC at all."

"But Warner isn't rich anymore now."

"Yeah, Warner Bros. is almost dead now." On this issue, a comic book fan has a lot to say: "My neighbor bought a lot of stock after Millennium AOL merged with Warner Bros. Now I'm almost bankrupt, and I can't pay off my mortgage. I'm about to move out of the community and rent an apartment in Brooklyn. Poor guy. Of course, I also bought a fortune at that time. Fortunately, I didn't buy much, otherwise I would We're moving."

"It's such an exaggeration to lose the house? How much did your neighbor buy?"

"At least $10,000+. At that time, it was $80 a share, and now it has fallen to $26."

Hearing this, William's heart moved. When the person in charge of the foundation reported to him three weeks ago, he also mentioned that the stock price of AOL-Time Warner Group was still holding on to the bottom line of 20 US dollars. One day, it dropped four dollars.

Just after the turn of the millennium, the Internet upstart America Online acquired the old media empire Warner for US$1810 billion. It was once hailed as an epoch-making feat, but the good times did not last long. Online-Time Warner Group lost tens of billions of dollars. The merger of the two groups did not bring a win-win situation, but a situation of both losses. For the shareholders and even shareholders of AOL and Time Warner A desperate thing, but for others, maybe it is an opportunity instead?

William wrote down this matter, and went back to study the feasibility of the actual operation with Lance and the managers of the foundation.

The shopkeeper settled the bill and handed back the credit card and comics to William.

At this moment, a large group of people suddenly poured into the comic shop, and the cameras, video cameras and microphones made their identities self-evident.

"Here it is! William Bradley is really here!"

"Quick, quick! Turn on the camera!"

The comic shop was not very big in the first place, and since William appeared and started talking with everyone in the shop, people only entered but never left. Now so many reporters rushed in, it was almost impossible to stand up.

At first, William just thought that his whereabouts had been leaked, and he was caught by a New York tabloid reporter who always had a keen sense of smell. He could leave as long as he obediently took a few photos and answered a few questions, but after those reporters rushed over and asked the question, he I immediately realized that the situation this time was different from what I used to experience.

"Did you know John Nash, the star of "A Beautiful Mind," is actually gay?"

"Has he had a crush on his classmates and friends, and was even arrested for indecent crimes in the 50s?"

"You sure know this! Tell us what you think, Will?"

"What do you want to say about your portrayal of being a hidden gay?"

"And those divorces and illegitimate children that are in Nash's autobiography but not in the "A Beautiful Mind" movie?"

"Will, tell us what do you think of the film deliberately avoiding a lot of Nash's real experiences?"

The reporters who were holding the topic rushed to throw their own questions to William, as if they were holding a voice contest, and whoever yelled loudly would win.

The signs on the cameras showed that the reporters were from the New York Post, the New York Sun and the National Enquirer, and the aggressive questioning attitude and the behavior that almost poked the camera on William were also exactly the same. It is the consistent style of these tabloids when they follow the news.

Although William has always had good resilience, he was caught off guard by the series of questions and the aggressive attitude of the reporters.

He noticed that the emergence of these media revealed a very bad thing, that is, some people in Hollywood were pouring sewage on "A Beautiful Mind", intending to ruin the film's excellent reputation.

What's more, the bad news is that this behavior of splashing sewage is likely to have formed a certain scale, otherwise New York's media would not have reacted so quickly.

As for who those people are and what their purpose is - is it hard to guess the answer now that the Golden Globe Awards ceremony is about to be held and the Oscar nomination list is about to be announced?

William replied to the microphone of an unknown media in front of him: "I don't know why it took so long for the film to be released before you suddenly started to pay attention to John Nash's homosexual rumors when he was young. If these issues are to be discussed, the film will first Isn’t it the best time after the screening? It’s been almost two months now. Moreover, the movie itself is a kind of art, and art needs proper adaptation to sublimate—”

William's tone was very kind and kind, but the New York tabloid reporters didn't buy it. They just wanted to make a bold statement: "This is not a positive answer to our question!"

"Why does the film hide many major events in Nash's life? Is it because this adaptation is more pleasing to the audience?"

"Is 'A Beautiful Mind' a movie made for the Oscars?"

"The film deliberately omitted Nash's homosexuality, isn't it discriminating against homosexuals and deliberately pleasing heterosexual audiences?"

Probably because the news of William's appearance in the comic shop has spread throughout the New York media circles. People are constantly pouring in from the outside. The number of people in the whole store is so large that it is about to explode. The chaotic and noisy scene finally began to become chaotic with the reporters who kept shouting questions at William.

It should be impossible to expect this group of reporters to take the initiative to withdraw and let him go. William looked for a way out by virtue of his height, but found that his surroundings were already tight, and in a short period of time, his thigh was touched by several people .

Fortunately, at this moment, William noticed that the owner of the comic shop was winking at him, and his eyes were looking deep into the bookshelf.

"There is a back door in the shop." The shopkeeper mouthed and said, "I'll take you out from there."

William immediately returned a grateful look.

In the next few minutes, a series of events occurred in this comic shop in Manhattan and on the street outside. At the end of the year, many entertainment magazines named it as one of the top ten funniest events of the year in Hollywood. The life of many comic fans in the store is important to talk about, and it adds atmosphere to every Christmas party——

Almost at the moment when the situation was so chaotic that it was about to collapse, the bright lights in the comic shop suddenly went out.

The interior of the comic shop is long and narrow rather than wide. There are no windows for light transmission, and it is usually illuminated by lights during the day. Now all the lights are suddenly turned off, and everyone feels suddenly dark in front of them. It took a few seconds to get used to the natural light coming through the window at the door.

After the reporters felt that they could see the surroundings clearly again, soon, someone noticed something was wrong and shouted: "Will is gone! He ran away!"

The already precarious order completely collapsed, and all the media were agitated. They grabbed the innocent customers in the store and questioned them loudly. After they didn't get any clues, they rushed out of the store and began to panic on the entire street. search.

Just when more than [-] reporters holding camera equipment or cameras were running on the street, William happened to leave the block through a sweet cake shop under the guidance of the comic shop owner.

The two of them were in the cake shop, and they both saw through the windows the reporters on the street outside searching everywhere but in vain. William thanked each other again, and the comic shop owner laughed out loud for having played tricks on a large number of media reporters.

If it weren't for the fact that the owner of the comic shop is definitely not a handsome guy like Hugh Grant, and William and Julia Roberts are of different genders, this is like a living and realistic version of Notting Hill.

……

"The real Will is very charming, very kind and kind, like the most lovable good neighbor, and he is even more handsome than in the movies! He also apologized several times, saying that he is very sorry for disrupting the normal operation of the store, he really It’s so good, it doesn’t have superstar airs at all. Of course, he didn’t forget to take the Superman comics he bought when he left at the end! Yes, that’s right, the issue of "Death of Superman"—actually, after knowing Will I also like reading comics, and I feel that he is more friendly."

That night, a well-known entertainment news program on NBC broadcast the news that William was wandering around a Manhattan comic shop during the day, and was chased by dozens of tabloid reporters. The TV station not only found the comic shop owner, but also managed to get him to accept the news. interview.

The owner of the comic shop, apart from praising William fiercely in the interview, is reprimanding the paparazzi reporters for their unscrupulousness: "They messed up everything as soon as they appeared, making my shop as noisy as a farmers' market, and even more so. The bad thing is, after they left, I found several precious comic books with broken covers or shoe prints, but until now, no one has come to compensate..."

When the agent's call came in, William was in his Manhattan penthouse, watching a TV show and thinking about sending a check to the comic store owner tomorrow to buy the damaged comic books.

"Will, what happened during the day? Are you okay?" Amon Goffman also hurriedly called after watching NBC news.

"Don't worry, Amon, I'm fine. Although the process was a bit irritating, those reporters didn't do anything to me, and we didn't have any conflicts, thanks to the kind New Yorkers." William reassured his agent, and then Said: "Now it's your turn to explain the ins and outs. I haven't read many newspapers these days, but I also browsed the news on the Internet just now. It seems that a large number of media and film critics have started to target "A Beautiful Mind" overnight. ?”

William used the metaphor of targeting, but chose a commendatory term. According to some of the latest articles he read on the Internet from professional film critics in "USA Today", "San Francisco Chronicle", and "Chicago Sun-Times", he used "criticism" to describe The description may be more appropriate.