Chapter Five Hundred and Fiftieth Eight You Are Really Inconsiderate

It took Eric a while to read all the materials. Although the script of "Braveheart" at this time was very different from the finished film in memory, Eric didn't take it too seriously. In the production process of a movie, in addition to the script, the director, cinematographer, soundtrack and final editing will all have a great influence on the final result of the movie. The combination of these factors may eventually lead to an excellent script being rejected. Make a bad movie, and a mediocre script can turn into a great movie.

After closing the document, Eric thought of Sophie who was far away in Paris, and couldn't help picking up the phone on the desk and dialing a long list of transoceanic numbers.

The receiver beeped several times, and then a somewhat lazy female voice came. Although Eric could not understand Sophie's French at this time, he also knew the meaning of the other party's words and said: "Sophie, yes I."

Although the speed of the signal is comparable to the speed of light, after multiple relays over a long distance, the dialogue between the two parties has a large gap.

It was already midnight in Paris, and a dim wall lamp was lit in Sophie's bedroom. Because of the sleepiness of being woken up by the sound of the phone, the girl's eyes were not fully opened, and her long eyelashes kept shaking. Although the call interval was only a second or two, Sophie felt that no one spoke for a while, and was about to hang up when Eric's voice came.

Although the voice was a little distorted, Sophie was still sensitive to identify Eric's voice at the first time, the cool midnight in Paris ♂ long ♂ wind ♂ text ♂ learning, ww¤w.cfw↗x.n※et, heard After that voice, Sophie had an inexplicable resentment that only a girl in love had. She pulled the thin blanket over her shoulders, and Sophie said, "Eric. It's the early morning. You are so inconsiderate."

Eric glanced at the warm afternoon sun outside the window. Feeling Sophie's emotions on the other end of the phone, she smiled and said softly, "Maybe I miss you too much, can you forgive me for this reason?"

Sophie, who was huddled under the covers, chuckled and said, "I don't believe you, you rhetoric guy."

"Well, I don't think it's appropriate to discuss this issue now," Eric quickly changed the subject: "I saw a very good script recently. I think the heroine is very suitable for you. But since the time is not right, I will let you Someone sent the information to your agent, and you can take a look tomorrow."

Sophie felt that Eric seemed to want to hang up the phone, and was inexplicably a little reluctant, and said: "Hey, tell me what movie it is first, if I'm not interested, even if you send the script to me in person, I will It won't even act."

"This is an epic about William Wallace, William Wallace, you know?"

Sophie could vaguely think of a few words of information. But at this time, the girl who was still squinting like a cat said in a very confident tone, "I don't know.

you talk to me. "

Eric didn't know much originally, but fortunately, he had just read the thick stack of materials, so he briefly narrated the information of William Wallace.

Sophie held the microphone beside her ear, and sank softly on the big bed. She didn't focus on Eric's introduction to the so-called William Wallace. She simply felt that Eric was far away. The voice on the other side of the ocean sounded very reassuring, humming a few words from time to time, but Eric on the other side didn't know when he had finished speaking, but Sophie didn't remember anything.

Eric could also feel Sophie's emotions at this time. After speaking about William Wallace's message, he heard that there was no movement there. Eric said with a smile, "Baby, why don't I? Tell you a story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?"

"Okay..." The answer seemed to be babbling, and then Sophie's coquettish voice came: "Do you think I'm a child? Also, don't call me baby, who is your baby? son."

"Then let's talk about the movie. I'll tell you a simple plot, and then you're deciding whether to accept the movie or not."

After a while, Sophie's voice came from across the microphone, very low: "Well..."

Eric took out the script of "Braveheart" on the table, and started from the beginning slowly. I don't know how long it took, Eric whispered a few words, but got no response, Eric was sure that the ocean The girl on the other side was already asleep and hung up the phone.

As a result of this incident, Eric happened to be staying at the Sharphorn Manor at night, and was woken up by Sophie's phone call at midnight. Sophie said confidently that she wanted to avenge Eric's 'last night' for waking herself up, Eric didn't care, but the little girl in her arms rolled her eyes for an hour during the call.

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"Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace wrote the script more than a year ago, and it took a long time in Hollywood before it fell into the hands of Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson was very interested in this script, and he was planning to develop into the director, so he found Warner Pictures with the best partnership right away. But Hollywood hasn't had a success story for years since the epic boom of the 50s and 60s. In addition, "Braveheart" involves a lot of war scenes, and the cost is high. Mel Gibson has never served as a director. With all the risks, Warners rejected the script immediately.

Subsequently, Mel Gibson took this project and began to move between several other major film companies, but when I heard that Mel Gibson, who had never directed a film, asked to be the director himself, he was basically rejected at the first time. , Firefly Pictures received the project plan for "Braveheart" in the first half of the year, but, like the other six, Firefly's copyright department had a very low value assessment of this project, so it was not sent to iResearch at all. in front of gram.

When Allen personally approached Mel Gibson on behalf of Eric, Mel Gibson was very surprised, but he happily took the time and took the initiative to talk with Allen for a whole morning.

At that time, Mel Gibson was on tour in Seattle for his first film "The Faceless Man". As one of Hollywood's superstars in recent years, Mel Gibson was surrounded by many paparazzi all the time.

So, the next day, photos of Mel Gibson and Eric Williams' personal assistant "secretly discussing" the new film plan appeared in many entertainment newspapers.

Early the next morning, the first time Eric saw the news in the newspaper, he couldn't help but have the urge to cover his forehead, which was too careless. If only the production department of Firefly Pictures was in contact with Mel Gibson, there would be basically no obstacles to winning this film that everyone disliked, but the moment the photo appeared in the newspaper, everyone Everyone knows that he personally took a fancy to this project.

Then, almost without thinking, you know what's going to happen next. (To be continued...)