The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"Li Ka, I have your mail. The sender is Creative Artists Agency [CAA]." Peter stood in front of the residential mailbox on the first floor of the apartment building, and said to Erica who was walking behind him and had just entered the apartment building.

It was nightfall in New York City, and the two young talents finally drove back to the Parker apartment building in the classic Ford Mustang they just got today.

Aunt Mei is not at home. Although she has decided to quit her job in the restaurant, in order to give the restaurant manager time to hire new employees, it may take a few days before she officially leaves the job, so she will go out to work as usual today.

So Erica and Peter drove home after finishing dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Flushing.

In the apartment building, Erika approached Peter and took the mail in the boy's hand. It was sealed with the USPS logo on the airtight bag, but it was not a thin letter.

Judging from its thickness and size, it looks more like a script. Erica raised her eyebrows, "Maybe I have a new job opportunity."

Back at Parker's house, Erica sat on the sofa in the living room and opened the envelope of the mail. She was right, it was indeed a movie script, and on the neat and white cover, it was clearly printed——

"Thelma & Louise" ["Thelma and Louise"].

On the first page of the script, there is a summary of less than [-] words, which records the story introduction of the movie.

Thelma, an unhappy housewife, and Louise, a café waitress, are each other's best friends.The two met for a pleasant trip to relax, but because of an accidental murder, they embarked on an adventurous escape trip.

Just from the brief summary, it can be seen that this is a very rare female film in which actresses occupy an absolute role.

Erica became interested in this, but she did not eagerly continue to read the script backwards, but first looked at the answering phone on the drawer.

In this email from CAA, apart from a movie script, there is no word or phrase.

Erica didn't think that her manager, Michael Ovitz, was so stingy with words that he left all the details of the work to her own guesswork.

Sure enough, on Parker's home communication phone, several answering and message records from Ovitz were displayed, and Erica pressed the play button——

"Erica, I think you've been given the screenplay for Thelma & Louise, and you've been included in the audition for Selma, one of the leading ladies, in this all-female road adventure film. The film will be produced by MGM Pictures. Production and distribution, the studio plans to officially start filming in early June."

In the next message, Ovitz talked about many insider events of the film, ""Thelma and Louise" was originally conceived in the late 70s, but was rejected by many film companies. It was not until 1981 that MGM announced the purchase of the script copyright , but she was shelved again for nearly ten years and has been postponed many times."

"As for the casting of the film, it was also very difficult and difficult. Due to the many delays in the preparation of the film, the original candidates finally resigned one after another."

Ovitz's voice continued, it seems that this film has endless negative news, "And because the studio executives have always disliked female films, although "Thelma and Louise" was produced and distributed by the major studio MGM, But the production cost of 600 million can only be regarded as a low-to-medium level."

"In terms of salary," Ovitz said in a voice message on the answering machine with a slightly higher tone than before. After all, this is his job as an agent. "I will get you a million dollars."

"The Godfather 3" won't be released until Christmas at the end of the year, so Erica is still just a new movie star without any releases.

However, since she was clearly highly recognized by Director Coppola and Pacino, the Hollywood industry has almost publicly predicted that Erica will become a well-known and active actor with the release of "The Godfather 3".

That's why Ovitz was able to get her millions.

In just one month, Erica's salary has doubled from 50 yuan.

But in the answering machine, Ovitz went on to say, "But only considering the salary, taking on "Thelma and Louise" cannot be regarded as an arrangement to maximize profits."

"In fact, if you waited until the release of "The Godfather 3" before choosing to make the next movie, the salary you get will be much higher than the million dollars you can get now."

"I think you may be a little puzzled now, why I said so many negative things about "Thelma and Louise", but still asked my subordinates to send you the script."

In the final recorded message, Ovitz explained, "I just thought that you might like this story and be very willing to be in a female film."

The script of "Thelma & Louise" can be called excellent, and the reason why she has been neglected for many years is precisely because it is a feminist film.

For nearly 30 years, Hollywood has been dominated by men's movies, so studio executives have a strong dislike for women's movies, believing that they lack box office appeal.After all, in Hollywood, only money is the eternal golden rule.

But in Ovitz's dealings with Erika, he can naturally see the charm of modern femininity she displays.

She is undoubtedly a strong woman, but that kind of strength is not sharp rude arrogance, but bravery and fearlessness in controlling her own destiny, as well as independence and self-confidence in competing with men.

Therefore, for "Thelma and Louise", I am afraid that Erica will have full willingness to star in this excellent female film.

In the recording of the answering machine message, Ovitz's words came to an end, "If you are interested in her enough, please arrive in Los Angeles by tomorrow afternoon to participate in the "Thelma and Louise" audition."

At this time, all the recordings were played, Erica turned her eyes back to the movie script, and began to read backwards——

Thelma is a beautiful and sexy woman with an ignorant and stupid personality. She has only been in a relationship once, and after graduating from school, she married and became a housewife. Her husband was arrogant and unreasonable.

And Selma's good friend Louise is a woman with an ordinary appearance, but she acts strong and has a strong opinion.Louis persuaded Thelma, who was always asked by her husband to stay at home, and the two agreed to travel away from home.

In a bar in Arkansas, Selma was almost raped by the bartender, and the furious Louis shot him under the bartender's swear words.

As a result, the two women set off on the road of escape by car, embarking on a desperate journey against male social oppression.

Selma is set to be a female character who gradually awakens and grows. In the first half of the plot, she did a lot of stupid things and almost relied on Louis to solve everything.

But in the later stage, when Louis, who had always been strong and courageous, collapsed and cried bitterly, Selma grew up because of this. She shouldered everything, became Louis's reliance, and began to lead the escape journey of the two.

In the end, when the two women who fought against the patriarchal world with their lives were chased by the police to the Grand Canyon of Colorado, Selma and Louis smiled at each other and held hands, "Let's keep going. Let's move on."

Unyielding, they flew over cliffs in a 1966 Thunderbird.

When Erica finally finished reading the script, she found that her mind was full of dialogue from "Thelma and Louise"——

"Where did you develop such a way to treat women, you don't even know yourself, if someone treats your mother, your sister, your wife like this, how would you feel?"

"When a woman says no, she really doesn't want to!"

"He hurt me. If you hadn't stepped up, he would have hurt me badly. And he'd be fine—everyone saw us dancing, they'd say I asked for it, and my life would be worse than it is now .”

"No one will trust us."

"Let's keep going. Let's keep going."

"For so many years, they have been bullied!"

In the end, these dialogues converged into the only thought in Erica's mind——

She has no doubts, 100%, absolutely wants to participate in this movie, otherwise, she will regret it for the rest of her life.