[US Entertainment] Actor

When the first ray of sunlight entered the room through the curtains in the morning, Ebert had already woken up. He was dazed for a while, and subconsciously wanted to take a shower and prepare to go out, until Leonardo's slender arm hit his waist On the morning, he woke up a little bit and realized that the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was completely over.

Perhaps it was because the brain was tense for a long time during the filming, and when it suddenly relaxed, the drowsiness seemed to touch a certain nerve in Ebert's brain. He tilted his neck and thought about life for two seconds, and soon his head He fell down on the pillow and continued to sleep.

This time I fell asleep until almost noon.

Ebert rubbed his sore and swollen eyelids, turned his head and glanced at the bed, the place where a person was sleeping next to the pillow was empty.Ebert was wearing pajamas, buttoning the buttons while getting out of bed, suddenly stepped on the ground, and almost rolled off the bed.

The fright at that moment just now made Ebert wake up suddenly. While carefully reaching for the slippers, he touched his empty stomach, looking for traces of Leonardo in the empty mansion.

As soon as he reached the stairs, Ebert saw Leonardo putting a plate of freshly baked bread on the table. Seeing Ebert, he showed a smile: "I guess you should wake up, Go wash your face and have breakfast."

Ebert grinned subconsciously, and also showed a smile: "Okay."

There is still about a week before the official start of "The Departed Walker". Leonardo is spreading jam on the bread while discussing this week's itinerary with Ebert: "There is not enough time to go abroad, and it is not enough to go to a city that is too far away. No, we can only go around Los Angeles, how about climbing a mountain? You probably don’t want to go to the beach, your agent probably didn’t arrange a job for you this week, right?”

Ebert yawned and blinked his eyes wet with tears: "No, Lynn only let me take a good rest, and I will collapse if I keep shooting like this."

Leonardo poured a glass of milk for Ebert: "Let's take a good rest today, how about going to a massage together in the afternoon? You are too tired recently and need to relax."

At the end of the discussion, the two simply canceled all their original plans, drove to San Diego, and stayed at a well-known local spa for five or six days.

Leonardo simply called Toby. After "Spider-Man 2" was released, Toby has been at home doing nothing for more than a year. His next film is Steven Soderbergh's new work "Germany". The contract has been signed but the film has not yet been shot. Also in the film are George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.

"I thought you would come with Jennifer." After pushing the luggage to the back of the car, Leonardo sat next to Ebert in the back row, "Since Jennifer didn't come, you can drive for us for a while. "

Jennifer Mayer, Toby's girlfriend who has been in love for many years, the daughter of Universal President Ron Mayer, a wealthy daughter and a famous Hollywood jewelry designer.Although Toby looks soft and tender, he is much more persistent in his relationship than his friends. He and Jennifer Meyer have been dating for several years. If there is an accident, he will definitely be the first in his circle of friends to enter the marriage hall.

"What?" Toby widened his watery eyes, "Did I hear wrong, Leo, the reason you came here is to let me drive for you?"

Leonardo stretched his long legs and nodded casually: "Yes."

"You ungrateful guy, if we didn't have friendship for more than ten years, I would definitely turn around and leave now."

"I said, if Jennifer was here, I would definitely not let you drive, but unfortunately Jennifer is not here, poor Toby, a week of free spa and big meals, it's just a short two or three hour drive, don't you think Is it a good deal?"

Ebert laughed while listening to them talking, and fell asleep propped up on the car seat after a while.

The conversation in the car gradually died down.

It wasn't until Ebert's breathing stabilized that Toby said in a low voice: "You look very happy."

Leonardo smiled and covered Ebert with a thin blanket: "Yes."

"That's good." Toby took the time to glance at the back seat. Leonardo was worried about waking Ebert, and the action of covering the blanket was very careful. He didn't know how soft his eyes were at this moment. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his expression was unprecedentedly focused. From the time they met in their teens until now, Toby had never seen Leonardo so gentle.

This is really good.

Ebert didn't insist on going to the spa, and he woke up halfway. Seeing that he was still in a daze, Tobit deliberately played an uplifting rock music, and Ebert recovered a little , took a sip of water, and complained: "I really shouldn't have taken so many films. I must take a good rest in the next two years."

"Your filming frequency is indeed surprisingly high." Toby smiled, "But it's also because the box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Batman" are both amazing, otherwise Disney and Warner would not have started the second film at all. .”

"That's right." Ebert looked up and counted silently, "Even if I don't accept a single movie now, there may be two or three movies waiting for me in the future, oh, I really feel a headache just thinking about it. "

Leonardo pushed Ebert when he heard the words: "How much is the contract you signed with "The Departed"?"

Ebert raised his eyebrows, showing a sly smile, and then stretched out two fingers.

"Oh!" Leonardo patted his head, "It's the same as me!"

"Leo, the box office of "Batman" has already reached 2 million U.S. dollars. When Ebert took over the filming of it, his salary was already 7000 million. Now it's normal to raise it to 1200 million." Toby smiled lightly. , "My next movie will also have this number."

Toby's smug smile made Ebert and Leonardo look at each other, and laughed "haha".

The $2000 million club has always been the goal pursued by countless Hollywood actors throughout their lives. There are only a handful of actors who can successfully join this club, but Leonardo sat in this unglamorous Volkswagen car. three.

Of course, compared with the veteran 2000 million club stars, both Ebert and Toby can only be regarded as newcomers. Their net worth is the negotiated salary plus dividends. Their negotiated salary may not be as high as 2000 million US dollars, but with dividends, a box office hit movie can even bring them 5 to 6000 million dollars in revenue.

And sometimes, the high price paid by the agreed remuneration plus dividend model can sometimes make it difficult for the producer to afford. At this time, the producer will often sign a production agreement with the actor, allowing the production company in the hands of the actor to directly participate in the production of the film. Zhonglai, that is to say, big-name stars become bosses, for example, Leonardo participated in this way when filming "The Aviator". "The Aviator" did not give Leonardo too much salary, But at the end of the dividend, what he enjoyed was the producer's dividend.

But there are really too few such actors in Hollywood. They are all people who can really be on an equal footing with studio bosses and super directors, and there are only a few in Hollywood.

In Lynn's plan for Ebert's career, he and Warner Bros. signed a salary contract of 2000 million for "The Departed", but when the second part of the "Batman" series starts shooting, he will fight for 2000 million from Warner. 15 salary and [-]% dividend.

If his career can continue to maintain this development trend, Ebert also has the idea of ​​acquiring a production company to participate in film production. After all, he is already a first-line actor, and his box office appeal and acting skills are recognized. Top notch, apart from the fact that there is still a gap between him and the veteran first-line male stars in terms of age, but in terms of strength, Ebert already has the qualifications to fight for high salary.

At least from the 90s to today, there are only a handful of male stars who can earn more than [-] million box office, and all of them are Hollywood superstars. From the perspective of box office earning ability, Ebert has surpassed Brad Pitt and George W. Clooney, these two are typical low-paying high-scoring accounts, and the two have also experienced box office failures in several movies, while Ebert has almost every movie starting from "White Night". The domestic box office of Olympic-going films like "The Age of Pentium" is also close to [-] million. After the Oscar baptism, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" has set records in overseas box office and DVD sales. At least in this regard, Ebert is better than the previous two. Bit much stronger.

It is also because of both literary and commercial aspects that Ebert has a lot more randomness in film selection than the few male actors who are currently at the top of the pay list.

As soon as he arrived at the destination, Toby jumped out of the car and grabbed Leonardo's neck tightly: "Damn Leo, you only know how to use me, we are no longer friends!"

"Free meals, free hot springs, free massages... Cough cough, Toby, have you taken the Dali pill?"

"I ate spinach." Toby rolled his eyes at him and entered the hotel with his luggage.

Ebert walked at the front with empty hands. When he was about to step into the hotel entrance, he suddenly stopped, stepped back on tiptoe, and signaled Leonardo and Toby with his eyes and gestures.

Like a squirming little girl, he stepped back quickly behind the bushes, until the two people who had checked out from the clubhouse came out.

"How could they be here?"

"Have we met the protagonist of the scandal?"

Blinking their eyes, the three showed wretched smiles at the same time.Because the ones who just checked out from the clubhouse are the scandal actor Brad Pitt and——

Ms. Angelina Jolie, who is rumored to have had an affair with him while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith.