[US Entertainment] Actor

"Hey, Albert, good morning!"

At the end of August, the hottest day, only the temperature in the morning can make people feel a little relaxed. Ebert walked slowly to the crew's studio with a glass of iced drink in his hand. The crew hadn't started work yet, but many staff members enthusiastically Say hello to him.

Speaking of which, since winning the second statuette in 09, Ebert has not started work for a long time, except that he just finished filming the last film of Nolan's Batman series "The Dark Knight Rises" released this summer, Ebert has yet to release any new films.

Three years may not be long or short, but in the rapidly developing film industry, it is enough to witness the ups and downs of an actor.

During the period when the statuette was taken, there were countless outside speculations about Ebert's sexuality, and media reports repeatedly analyzed clues that he might be gay. However, as time passed, fewer people were still struggling.

At the end of 09, James Cameron made a comeback with his new work "Avatar". Without the participation of big-name movie stars, the film swept the North American market and easily won a box office of 7.6 million US dollars, breaking the record created and maintained by "The Dark Knight". It set a North American box office record for a year and a half.

During the period from 09 to September 12, in addition to "Avatar" making history with a box office of 9 million US dollars, "The Avengers", "Toy Story 7.6", "The Hunger Games" and other movies also broke the box office. It can be said that the Hollywood film market presents a new pattern, and a new era is coming.

The taste of the audience is more unpredictable, the old series are eliminated, and the new series are rapidly replacing the old ones. The Chinese market is catching up among the overseas markets and has become the largest gathering place for Hollywood's overseas box office.

Even with Ebert's string of records in 2009, there's no guarantee he'll be able to draw audiences and win the box office the way he always has.

Of course, the box office results of "The Dark Knight Rises" still prove that Ebert has not been abandoned by the market.The movie has been released for more than a month, and the box office has been outstanding. So far, it has accumulated a box office of over 4 million. Although the possibility of breaking the record of the previous film is very small, breaking through 5 million is a sure thing.

Nolan's strength has been recognized once again.In fact, it is widely recognized that "The Dark Knight" is the best of the trilogy. Although the quality of "The Dark Knight Rises" is good, it loses a lot of points due to the slow pace and the villains that are not vivid enough.

But in any case, the Batman trilogy is undoubtedly a milestone in Ebert's career as an actor. They are the most significant proof of his box office pulling power. When the series ends, Ebert will inevitably feel regretful.

Ebert, who has been resting for a long time, has attracted speculation from the outside world. The media and fans have speculated about what Ebert is doing when he is resting at home. Take such a long break like this time.

From the selfishness of movie fans, they naturally hope that Ebert will often appear in sight, but if Ebert chooses to rest, they will definitely support him [-]%. After all, the work of an actor is not as easy as it seems on the surface.

"Morning, Jonah." As soon as Ebert put down his glass, he saw Jonah Hill flicking his phone in the crew.Jonah Hill was too busy to lift his head: "Morning, Ebert, I'm searching for the content under the Twitter account."

Ebert blinked, well, this is the change of the new era. In the year he won the Oscar, social media such as Facebook and Twitter were definitely not as popular as they are now. Ebert himself also has a Twitter account with many Post some recent itinerary news, and he will occasionally search for some news from it, but he can't do it as obsessed as Jonah Hill.

Jonah Hill was born in 83, 3 years younger than Ebert. Although he joined Hollywood early and played important roles in many movies, Jonah Hill is an out-and-out fat man.This time he took on "The Wolf of Wall Street", his part is second only to Leonardo, he and Leonardo have a very good relationship, the two have worked together on "Django Unchained", in fact, Jonah Although Hill is a fat guy, he is a fat guy with great acting skills. Last year's release of "Mind Stone" earned him an Oscar nomination, and also made this actor who has been playing stupid and cheap fat people in comedy movies. Started to get the attention of film critics.

When Martin Scorsese first came up with the idea of ​​shooting "The Wolf of Wall Street", Leonardo booked the leading actor in the film.As for why Ebert appeared on the crew, on the one hand, he is one of the film's investors and also serves as the producer; on the other hand, he also played a role in the film.

In Ebert's previous life, Leonardo was involved in a transnational money laundering case. The reason why he was involved in this case was that the source of investment in "The Wolf of Wall Street" was improper, involving the money laundering case of a Malaysian foundation. Leon Nado's $2500 million remuneration also comes from this part of the investment, and this incident has also had a considerable impact on Leonardo's career.

But this time, Ebert took the initiative to participate in the investment of "The Wolf of Wall Street". The source of funds is legitimate, and it will not cause any trouble in the future.

In fact, for him now, although the amount of investment in a movie is not low, it is not a problem to invest in a few more movies on balance.

Because he is really not short of money.

As a good young man under the banner of socialism, Ebert does not go clubbing, does not smoke, gamble or take drugs, and does not even have a personal hobby of buying yachts and hotels. The first money he earns is handed over to professionals for investment. In the technology industry, dividends alone are a considerable income. In addition, although the number of his works has been small in the past few years, he has not been left behind by the endorsement agent, and the salary is also quite considerable. number. In 08, "The Dark Knight" alone earned him nearly 9000 million U.S. dollars, and the salary for "The Dark Knight Rises" even rose to 3000 million U.S. dollars, plus more than 8000 million in Ebert's account.

He tops the Hollywood star earning list almost every year.

Ebert has not been idle for the past three years. On the contrary, during the time when Leonardo filmed four films such as "Shutter Island" and "Inception", Ebert invested a sum of money and became a shareholder of Leon Nadeau's production company, AppianWay, also invests in films that lack capital but have great potential in the market. In addition to problems in distribution, the company has already accumulated a lot of fame in the industry. As for the problem of distribution, we can only gradually Picture it.

With the development of the film industry to the present, the importance of distribution is not even inferior to the production itself. The advantages of the major Hollywood film companies are mostly reflected in the distribution line. Among the six major film industries, Warner's distribution line is relatively good, and Universal is inferior. As for the smaller film companies, their distribution departments are even useless, and their profits will naturally not improve.

Ebert felt that after three years of rest, he seemed to be getting more and more lazy. He was only 32 years old, but he gradually developed the idea of ​​an elderly person-this is not a welcome change.

"Aren't you worried that your fans will fall into the arms of others, such as-me?" Leonardo once asked him, but Ebert only responded with a weird smile.

He didn't want to shatter the confidence of his dear, cranky Leo.

He is such a handsome super handsome guy, how could there be fans who are willing to leave his embrace and turn to others?

And he is not one of those male stars whose career is just on the rise and has to get more opportunities through continuous exposure-the fact is, most of his peers are in this period, holding two golden statuettes in their hands Ebert is full of confidence. He has passed the time when he was afraid that his temporary departure would lead to the loss of fans.

"The Wolf of Wall Street" is his new work after "The Dark Knight Rises", and it is also another masterpiece of Leonardo and Martin Scorsese hitting the Oscars.

How depressed Leonardo is. Albert is very clear. In the past few years, he has taken on many movies and has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. , Even Christopher Nolan Leonardo, whom he has always disliked, got on the line at some point, and the two collaborated on "Inception".

But neither "Shutter Island" with Martin, nor "Hoover" with Clint Eastwood, nor "Django Unchained" with Quentin Tarantino. For him to be nominated for an Oscar, the Golden Globe Awards favor him as always, but Leonardo does not lack the Golden Globe Trophy, the only thing he lacks is the statuette.

So as long as Ebert had time, he and Leonardo would study the script of the movie together, especially this "Wolf of Wall Street". Ebert simply took a role and stayed in the crew all day long to study the script.

"Morning, Ebert, you are the first one to arrive every day." Martin Scorsese greeted him with a smile, glimpsed Jonah Hill's busy content, and the director showed a look of embarrassment: " Wow, I am getting more and more confused about what you young people are studying, and I am still used to the same old way."

After winning the Oscar for Best Director, Scorsese tried more and more diverse themes. "Hugo", "Shutter Island" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" are completely different types of movies. Compared with the Italian-style block gangster movies full of violence, muscle and restlessness in the 7s and 80s, today's Martin Scorsese has become more and more childlike, and more and more daring to try.

"Martin, you're not old at all." Ebert raised his eyebrows. "There's just one thing that makes me sad. Why do you only want Leo every time you choose the leading actor? Actually, I've wanted to be your leading actor for a long time gone."

Martin Scorsese laughed "hehehehe": "You are too expensive, I can't afford your salary, I will definitely invite you in the next movie."

Ebert smiled slightly: "I will remember."

Halfway through the conversation between the two, Leonardo arrived late.He glanced down at Jonah Hill's cell phone, and high-fived Ebert: "Ebert, I heard you sowed Martin and me early in the morning, hum..."

"The provocation is about to succeed, but it's a pity that you are here." Ebert spread his hands, "It's another happy day, and I don't have any role today."

"Then you came so early?" Leonardo gave him a hard look, "You know that I have a lot of scenes to shoot today, but you still pester me."

Leonardo said that although his family Ebert is no longer a boy in his early 20s, but his energy is even stronger than that, and he just won’t let go after pestering him all night, and his tricks are also better than that. The time is several times longer... As a middle-aged man who is about to enter the threshold of 40, he really can't bear it!

Ebert showed a smug smile, and put his hands on his shoulders: "Leo, you know, you are a bad guy who turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone. That's not what you said in bed last night. You obviously like it..."

"Shut up Ebert!"

Leonardo stared at Ebert with a tiger's face, but his earlobes were unknowingly dyed the brightest red.

Ebert couldn't help but be amazed.

In fact, both he and Leo are in the best stages of their lives as actors.

Mature, strong, handsome, rich, and have a successful career. Before the age of 25, Ebert was immature. After the age of 25, his career has truly accumulated. He is 32 years old this year. Even now, his masculine charm is fully displayed, low-key, silent, but always full of gentlemanly temperament.

In fact, Ebert didn't feel it before, but after he turned 30, his number of suitors increased, because more and more people of the opposite sex or the same sex approached him for various reasons, Leonardo even more so for a certain period of time Unwilling to give him a good face, the dull Ebert suddenly realized his popularity.

In various boring selections by various major media, Ebert has always been at the top of the list of "most want to gossip" and "same-sex group most want to have sex in the entertainment industry", and the number of votes obtained is even higher than that of recent years. Former Real Madrid star David Beckham to the United States.

...God knows where these lists popped up out of nowhere.

In fact, even though Leonardo is often jealous of Ebert, he himself provokes quite a lot of peach blossoms.The integrity of Hollywood people is far lower than the imagination of ordinary people-the combination of 60 and 20 is nothing new, not to mention that Leonardo is only 38 years old this year. Compared with a group of first-line male stars with his status, He is young enough.

I don’t know whether these newcomers in the entertainment industry are not afraid of tigers, or Leonardo’s love affair 10 years ago has aroused their reverie. He has become the favorite of new female models and young models. Facing the media, Some girls who unilaterally created gossip said plausibly: "Who knows whether the gossip between him and Ebert is true or not, I only know that Leonardo is my favorite type!"

The jealous man then becomes Ebert.

"It's a pity that we can't declare the ownership of each other. There is still a little time." Leonardo frowned and sighed.

"We don't lack time the most." Taking Leonardo's hand, Ebert narrowed his eyes with a smile.

He felt fine.The year he fell in love with Leonardo, Ebert was 24 years old and Leonardo was 30 years old. Now he is 32 years old and Leonardo is 38 years old. Fortunately, they both met each other in their best years. You don't have to wait until you're 40 or 50, and you don't have to be alone all the time.

Jonah Hill came out of nowhere and jumped onto Leonardo's shoulder: "Hey, guys, what are you talking about?"

Leonardo frowned, he bowed his waist, stepped back a little, trying to get rid of Jonah Hill: "Oh, man, I swear, your weight must be measured in tons."

Jonah Hill blinked and jumped off Leonardo's back: "But you will find that I am really flexible, and this action is not something everyone can do. And I must announce that I have I lost a lot of weight, but for my poor Leo's waist, I decided to spare you."

He patted Leonardo lightly: "Man, did you do something hey hey last night, your waist doesn't look good... Oh, God, you are so strong, I swear, those 18 No lad at the age of [-] can compare to you, Leo, you are amazing!"

Seeing Jonah Hill running away from a distance, Leonardo rolled his eyes fiercely at the sky, and after that, Ebert felt that he was locked on by a real murderous gaze, and he couldn't help but raise his hand. He waved his hand and said softly: "I admit, it's all my fault."

"Go, go, go!" Leonardo shook off his hand and walked away angrily.

The production cost of "The Wolf of Wall Street" is 1 million US dollars. In addition to Leonardo, Ebert and Jonah Hill, there are many big names in the crew.Ebert's character is named Mark Harner, who is the soul mentor of Leonard's Jordan Belfort. The role was originally intended to invite Matthew McConaughey, but was later replaced by Ebert.

Jean Dujardin, who also had a small role in the film, was an unknown in Hollywood until February, but on Oscar day, the French-focused actor beat out Lard Pitt, George Clooney and other nominees with greater advantages successfully won the statuette.

It's nothing more than overnight fame.

That's why everyone loves the Oscars and hates them.

Before winning the Oscar, no one cared who the actors like Marion Cotillard, Philippe Seymour Hoffman, and Jean Dujardin were, but after the Oscar, their careers, money, and status rose steadily. The prefixes of "Oscar Best Actor" and "Oscar Queen" gave them confidence when asking prices.

For the unknown, the statuette means overnight fame.

For the big stars, the recognition of the statuettes is the guarantee of their long career success.

Directors Spike Jones and Jon Favreau also starred in the film. Of course, in addition to this, these directors also provided Martin Scorsese with advice on the script and shooting.

The prototype of Jordan Belfort played by Leonardo, that is, Belfort himself also participated in the creation of the script.The stockbroker born in 62 has been wandering on the edge of the law, and the speed and means of making money are unparalleled. In fact, the original film "The Wolf of Wall Street" is Belfort's autobiography written in prison.

This book later became a bestseller. After Belfort was released from prison, he himself became a professional speaker and investor. He made another fortune in the process of selling the film copyright of "The Wolf of Wall Street". Movies, and he reconnected with Hollywood personalities.

Ebert felt that, despite his fraudulent behavior, Belfort was indeed a natural orator and communicator, and he could easily win people's trust. He even used this ability when the judge came to sentencing him.

In short, this is a very complicated person, but such a complex character is undoubtedly suitable for appearing on the big screen.Even if the Oscars dare not favor biographical films more in recent years, it has to be said that this type of film is a big hit every year.

Sean Penn's "Milk" had a tight bite with Ebert during the Oscar competition, and the reason for this situation is that apart from Pan's outstanding acting skills, one of the most important factors is the prototype of the character Milk Charm.

A fighter, a gay rights fighter, a courageous statesman, this figure has always been popular.

"The King's Speech", which won the best film in 11, is also a biographical film. The protagonist's prototype, King George VI, is not well-known. Compared with other films, the plot is relatively thin, but the film eventually became an Oscar hit. Lin Firth won Best Actor, although countless media called this result "ugly Oscar", but victory is victory after all.

The popularity of biopics can be seen from this.

It's no wonder that Spielberg made "Lincoln" again, and Martin Scorsese took aim at "The Wolf of Wall Street" after "The Aviator".