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When it comes to insurance and a third-party completion guarantee, Bourne must use actors who meet the insurance standards. The type of Robert Downey Jr. will definitely not be considered by the crew. Those on the insurance company's blacklist personnel, as well.

Not only the production company, but even the insurance company don't want to cooperate with those actors who are famous for their lives.

According to Hollywood standards, Matt Damon is innocent, loves acting, works hard, is young and promising...

Of course, Matt Damon is not a handsome actor, but his appearance is very distinctive and easy to remember.

Ronan's initial contact with Matt Damon and his agent went smoothly. Matt Damon took over the script and said that he would make a decision after careful study.

Paul Greenglass' agent, Dean, played a role.

It is relatively easier to facilitate cooperation between directors and actors under the same agency.

Dean is now affiliated with William Morris, and Matt Damon is also a client of William Morris.

Because of The Great Wall, Ronan had a vague impression that in his previous life, Matt Damon switched to CAA. When CAA felt uncomfortable, he returned to William Morris. After three years, he switched back to CAA, and then CAA gathered many of its customers. The movie The Great Wall was facilitated by the way of packaged services.

There are many stars in Hollywood who have changed their agents and agencies like this. After all, an agency can only sign a contract with a client for a maximum of three years.

Like Halle Berry, in the twelve years since the new century, the four major Hollywood agencies have changed one after the other.

There are many rumors about Matt Damon in the circle. The most widely circulated one in the previous life is the words revealed by Ben Affleck that the two of them would give everything in order to get the role when they were young...

Also, for Harvey Weinstein, Matt Damon personally called the media to pressure them to withdraw the stories about Harvey Weinstein and some women that had to be told.

Hollywood stars, if you find any one, there will be a lot of junk.

Even Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have problems.

In his previous life, Ronan had read reports in the media that Matt Damon's wife, the former bartender Luciana Posan, had a serious feud with Ben Affleck and demanded that Matt Damon more than once Mon and Ben Affleck draw a line.

Even Matt Damon's agent is backing Luciana Posan.

Most agents in Hollywood have a certain ability to identify scripts and roles. Even if the agent is not capable, star actors often have managers to provide job advice.

People like Matt Damon who have won the Best Screenplay Award also have the ability to distinguish themselves.

Anyone who is familiar with Matt Damon knows that he has acted in very few bad movies, and the selection of movies is very important for stars.

In a mansion by the sea in Santa Monica, Matt Damon is negotiating with his manager.

Frank, should I take this movie? Matt Damon asked.

He trusted his manager more than William Morris's.

According to Matt Damon,

The role of the agent is to help him collect work and then be responsible for negotiating the remuneration.

When it comes to core decisions, Matt Damon basically doesn't ask his agent much.

Frank is a middle-aged white man of more than 40 years, and he said: In December last year, after Ronan Anderson sent you an invitation, I specifically checked his situation. He came from a family in the Hollywood circle and made it after entering the industry. The first film was a disastrous failure. In the past two years, four films have been successively operated, including The Purge, The Blair Witch, Kingsman and Reaper. Well. The one that failed was directed by Paul Greengrass.

It's him? Matt Damon frowned: The director of The Bourne Shadow?

Frank understood what Matt Damon meant, and said: The failure of Kingsman has nothing to do with the director. I have watched this film repeatedly. Paul Greengrass has given the film a strong personal style and properly innovated the routine. A serious action movie, and even saved the fate of this movie to a certain extent.

Matt Damon looked at Frank curiously, waiting for him to make further explanations.

The North American box office of this film is 10.6 million US dollars. Without Paul Greengrass, I think the box office will be reduced by at least half. Frank is an analysis expert in this field, and he does this kind of work, which is more professional than an agent: The biggest reason for the failure of Kingsman is the setting.

He said with a helpless smile, The hero of Kingsman is an Arab.

Matt Damon is an American after all: It's normal for an Arab to be the protagonist.

Frank also said: I found out that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority invested a huge sum of 25 million U.S. dollars in this film, so Ronan Anderson can only set it like this, and director Paul Greengrass can only make it on this basis. shoot.

Matt Damon understood instantly: For Arab money.

Yes. Frank shrugged: There is no other explanation. It is definitely not luck that Ronan Anderson was able to run the other three films to great success. This is the only explanation.

Matt Damon asks, What do you think of this Bourne project?

Frank thought for a while, and said: The plot of the story is generally not complicated. A CIA agent who failed to perform a mission lost his memory due to serious injuries. In the process of regaining his memory, he was constantly hunted down by killers sent by the organization. At the same time, he was chased and intercepted by the police from all walks of life. In the process, Bourne first wiped out the enemies of the future offenders one by one, then broke out of the encirclement, and finally lived a comfortable life in seclusion with his girlfriend.

Matt Damon nodded slightly, and Frank's summary was simple and clear.

This kind of story outline is not amazing compared with many previous film works. But the script and characters are very brilliant. The key lies in the design of multiple identities for Jason Bourne, a seemingly unknown person.

As a manager, of course, Frank can't simply choose or not. Facing his star client, he must give enough reasons. The revelation of various instinctive reactions made him gradually realize that he is not extraordinary.

When he discovered that he might be an agent in name, but in fact he was more like a killer, he became disheartened in his pursuit of his identity, and instead hoped to live the life of an ordinary person.

But then a series of changes made him finally realize that as an asset of the US government worth 30 million U.S. dollars, if he does not carry out a thorough liquidation from the source, he will never have peace. Therefore, Byrne's next behavior was determined by A journey of rooting becomes a journey of cutting.

In just a few sentences, Frank explained clearly the main line of the more than one hundred pages thick script.

Matt Damon said: When you put it this way, I have a clearer understanding of the whole script.

Frank smiled modestly, and said: This kind of big reversal of the plot can ensure that there will be more movies in the future from the perspective of entertainment, and it is also reasonable from the normal thinking of ordinary people. It is commendable to kill two birds with one stone.

He didn't finish his words: We are specific about the plot design of the script. In addition to the slant of the sword and the transfer of the peak circuit in the main narrative arrangement, all kinds of cutscenes and foreplays are inadvertently thrown out one after another. The segments are intertwined and take care of each other! This is very rare!

Matt Damon was silent for a moment, as if he was digesting Frank's words. After a while, he asked, Where is the character?

The script is very good at shaping the characters. Frank took the script, turned to the middle part, handed it to Matt Damon, and said, Look at the part where the hero escapes from the Zurich consulate, Bourne is fleeing from the office hall. When entering the corridor stairs, throwing a gun into the trash can, snatching the security guard's walkie-talkie, and taking the escape diagram from the wall all in one go, showing the professionalism of the top secret agent, and the details are not sloppy.

Matt Damon nodded again and again, and the Ronan Anderson project was attracting him more and more.

It’s hard to get to the point where we are now, we must be careful in choosing films, a bad film may even ruin the future.

Frank continued to help Matt Damon analyze: The script is very clear. Bourne is not only an action hero, but also a spiritual fighter who seeks an exit in a closed mind. This is also the charm of the character. In a contest, I saw the sadness, helplessness and loneliness of an agent. He will also be confused and helpless, because he is not only an agent, but also an ordinary person.

This is not a brainless popcorn commercial film. The characters are flesh and blood, and there is enough room for performance. And Bourne's setting is also in line with your style. The commercial route must be taken, and a small-budget art film alone cannot become a superstar , I think Jason Bourne is a good choice!

Matt Damon didn't answer, and slowly flipped through the script, obviously thinking.

Frank didn't say any more, what should be said has just been said, and the remaining decisions are Matt Damon's business.

Matt Damon closed the script, and Ronan Anderson's first three films have achieved great success, which proves his vision and ability, and this script is really good, with a total project budget of 50 million US dollars, which is considered to be above average invested.

The path of commercial movies has been planned long ago, and the last film The Genius Prairie is actually very biased towards commercial movies.

Combined with Frank's analysis, Matt Damon made the final decision.

I want this role. He looked at Frank: Go and call the agent, tell him my decision, let him come over tomorrow, and then go to Shahai Entertainment and Ronan Anderson to discuss the contract.

Frank nodded slightly: I'll go right away.