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

"USA Today" wrote, "At the No.60 [-]th Academy Awards, Erica Parker missed the best actress title again, and accompanied him for three consecutive years. In terms of award luck, Erica Parker, It seems that it has never been smooth——

At the beginning of her acting career, she was unjustly disqualified by the Tony Award jury; and in the field of film awards, she was repeatedly nominated, especially in the selection of the Academy Awards. Nominated for three Academy Awards, but lost one after another to accompany the run.

Erica was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "The Godfather 3", but because this was her first nomination and she was still young, she failed to win the award.Later, in "Thelma & Louise", due to the fact that the two leading actors were shortlisted for Best Actress, there was a split of the awards, which forced her to stop nominating again.

And this year's "Instinct", this is not a thriller film that the academy judges used to praise. Although Erika was nominated for Best Actress again, everyone knew that she couldn't rely on "Instinct". Win that 'Statue' at the hands of old-school Academy Award judges.And at the awards ceremony last night, this matter has been fully proved.

So — being shortlisted for three consecutive years, but repeatedly running and losing, does Oscar love Erica Parker or hate her? "

In the Seaside community of Florida, Erika put down USA Today and continued to pick up the script of The Truman Show and the biography she wrote for Nancy Truman, concentrating on the next filming .

In playing Nancy Truman, Erika needs to show a character trait that is very different from her previous roles and herself.She did not deliberately act ugly, but to become the cornerstone of everything with her undisputed and absolutely outstanding acting skills.

The filming plan of "The Truman Show" is progressing steadily, and in May, Erica got the news from Broadway that she was once again nominated for the Tony Award, the highest award in the field of American drama.

And this time, she was not disqualified from the nomination, but was regarded as the most popular candidate for the Best Actress award.

Even if "The Phantom of the Opera" is not the premiere play on Broadway, and even in the revival of the musical, it is not the first year of the revival of the work. Right now, it is already the fourth year after the revival of "The Phantom of the Opera".

The reason why Erica was shortlisted for the Tony Award is that after returning to the Broadway stage, she set an astonishing box office record, and even drove the box office blowout of the entire Broadway in New York, making Broadway usher in the best year ever.

So much so that the Tony Award Organizing Committee, which once canceled Erica's nomination qualification, decided to make 'compensation' for her.In other words, the Tony Awards Organizing Committee intends to use Erica's reputation to enhance the momentum of this year's awards ceremony.

The executive committee of the Tony Awards is also very happy to see this, especially many professors from Columbia University's School of Art.

Therefore, this year's Tony Awards, Erica can be said to have taken the lead.

Compared with the smooth development of "The Truman Show" and the Tony Award, another film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" invested and produced by Erica seems to have frequent twists and turns——

In mid-May, with four weddings and a funeral just two weeks away from filming, Erika received a call from Richard Curtis, "The female lead in the film is stepping down again."

This is already the second time that the heroine "Kelly" has changed roles in "Four Weddings and a Funeral". Curtis originally chose American actress Marisa Tomei to play Kelly, but due to family illness, Tomei Choose resignation.

Afterwards, Curtis handed over the leading role to Jenny Tripplehorn, but she chose to leave the film production due to the sudden death of Tripplehorn's mother.

Therefore, now that there are only two weeks left before the filming of "Four Weddings and a Funeral", the heroine candidate has once again failed, and a new casting must be made.

And Richard Curtis seems to have a new plan. During the phone call, he said to Erica, "The other producers and directors of the crew all hope that you will play Kelly."

"My role?" Erica, who originally only planned to invest in this British comedy, was noncommittal to Curtis's proposal.

Curtis tried to convince her, "'Kelly' is an American girl, free and passionate, and glamorous, and we need an actress who can make people think about it, so that the audience will have no doubts about her charm."

In today's Hollywood, when it comes to American sexy stunner, Erica is obviously the sex symbol of this era.

"About the remuneration for acting——" Richard Curtis explained to her, "Erica, if you agree to act, the four producers including me, as well as the director Mike Newell, are very willing to play in the original On the basis of some share contracts, you will be paid [-]% of the total income share, including box office and various downstream income."

This is a very good salary, especially considering that in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", the heroine 'Kelly' has limited appearances. In the entire movie, I am afraid that the performance is only 10 minutes long.

The reason why Richard Curtis and several producers and film directors are willing to pay Erica such a generous salary is undoubtedly that they hope to use her box office appeal to open up the film's popularity and global box office.

But for Erica, starring in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" has somewhat disrupted her original schedule. "The Truman Show" will end filming at the end of May, and in late August, she will Into the group "Forrest Gump".

During the three-month vacation, she completed her performance in "The Truman Show" and figured out the new role in "Forrest Gump", thoroughly understood the script, wrote a biography for "Jenny", and integrated into role time.

Although the shooting plan for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is only [-] days, if Erica follows the crew throughout the filming, I am afraid that her preparation time for "Forrest Gump" may be insufficient.

"About 'Kelly', can the crew focus on shooting her scenes in one to two weeks?" Erica asked.

Richard Curtis quickly replied, "Within ten days."

"Okay, I agree to act." Erica did not hesitate for long, since she invested in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", she was naturally willing to maximize the film's box office appeal.

Moreover, the role of "Kelly" not only has limited roles, but also has almost negligible difficulty in performing. Erica can play the role with her true colors.

And this year, she will take on three films, which can be called a solid accumulation, but it seems difficult to predict the reaction after the film is released.

At the end of May, the filming of "The Truman Show" was successfully completed, but in the stormy scene in the latter part of the filming, due to live shooting and no double, Erica inevitably suffered a lot of bump injuries and bruises. When she attended the Tony Awards ceremony in early June, she wore a silver dress that wrapped her body tightly.

Erica and Anthony Wallow were once again shortlisted for the Tony Award for Best Actor and Actress for "The Phantom of the Opera". At the Beacon Theater in New York, the two received the honor they deserved three years ago and won the highest award in the American theater industry.

"'Phantom of the Opera' Wins Another Tony Award, and Erica Parker Is Much Expected." - The New York Times

"Is this Tony Award compensation for three years ago, or is Broadway trying to keep Erica with an award?" - The Washington Post

"Erica's poor luck with prizes has gradually improved, and she has accumulated a lot of fame and fortune." - "Vanity Fair"

At the after party for the Tony Awards, Erica was not standing in the crowd and heard the praise and congratulations of her.Instead, he hid on the roof of the theater with his friend Sofia Coppola, "Rika, have you read Jeffrey Eugenides' "The Virgin Death"? I am rewriting the script."

"Death of a Virgin" is the first novel published by American novelist Eugenides not long ago, which is fascinating.

Erica drank some liqueur and looked at Sophia, "Are you going to make this into a movie?"

"I've already got the book rights," Sofia told Erica more. "The Virgin Dies will be my first directing film."

Erica raised her glass to her, "Cool—I'm ready to see you win the Young Hollywood Director Award."

"Don't let other people hear this, they will think you and my brains are burned out." Sofia was amused by her, smiled and clinked glasses with Erica, and then continued to talk about her director's road, " In fact, I also wanted to do the story of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, but the production budget was too high."

Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI of France and the Grand Duchess of Austria, was extravagant and known as "Madame Deficit".But in the French Revolution, she showed amazing will and dignity, and was eventually sent to the guillotine.French politician Mirabeau said, "She was the only man in Versailles at that time."

Erica thought that Marie Antoinette would indeed be a wonderful biographical subject, but it was also extremely difficult to produce.

"Ding——" While Erica was considering Marie Antoinette's biopic, Sophia's cell phone rang. It was her boyfriend Keanu Reeves.The young couple were recently on vacation in New York.

Erika smiled and waved at her, "Go and get on with your date, Honey."

Only then did Sophia get through the call, and said goodbye to her and left the theater roof.

But Erika did not return to the party. She held a glass of wine leisurely and stood alone on the rooftop under the night, with the bright night in her sight.

Until she heard a low, sexy male voice, "Compared to admiring the night view of Gotham, I thought you should spend more time with your 'real boyfriend' on a date."

Erika subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and there was a tall man in a pitch-black bat uniform standing in a dark corner on the wide, unoccupied rooftop.