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However, he really didn't dare not take Lucas's pretending to be sick seriously!Because this person's heart is not good, he had physical problems when filming 'Star Wars', plus the shooting incident more than a year ago, the whole person needs to cultivate himself to avoid premature death .Thinking of Lucas' hypocritical tone of saying 'I'm so weak', Nolan wanted to yell, fart!And died young, George Lucas is about to be 60 years old, a completely bad old man, who is ashamed to say that he is British?Nolan resented this very much.In fact, every time two people argue, he always uses this trick, which is really annoying!

Not to mention that he, the director, received a lot of letters of protest before the film was shot, and he was also boycotted by many extreme movie fans. The pressure almost made him bald!

That momentum was not much worse than the treatment received by his fellow countryman Richard Marquand back then.The only thing that is a little better than the other is probably because the time is too long, or because it has just been released not long ago. Neither the original series of "Star Wars" nor the latest prequel "The Phantom Menace" have been re-screened, which makes He was very relieved.

But the relaxed atmosphere can't offset the anger he received from George Lucas at all!

Although Nolan has a good temper on the set and is usually a gentle guy, it doesn't mean that he has no temper or even his own ideas.If he is really this kind of person, why would he come to Hollywood to develop?Wouldn’t it be enough to honestly shoot his niche independent films in the UK?Not to mention trying his best to win the position of director of "Attack of the Clones", hoping to use this as a springboard to accumulate qualifications, get more attention, attract more investment, so as to realize his own ideas.Whether it's ambition or ideas, he has a lot.

The reason why he didn't show it was because he didn't have enough capital to let the set be completely controlled by himself, and Lucas's self-contained style of acting obviously made him quite uncomfortable.

When he was revising the script, it was not easy to get him. Nolan thought it was difficult enough, but it turned out that this was just the beginning.At that time, Lucas was weak because he had just been discharged from the hospital, so of course he would relax a little bit in this regard.But after more than a year of recuperation, he is now in much better condition than when he was just discharged from the hospital. As soon as his health recovers, he will naturally revert to his old ways. The clips also started to continue to toss.

As for Nolan, although he does not have the final editing rights, he is also a stubborn person. Of course, he will be dissatisfied with Lucas messing with the material he has worked so hard to shoot, especially some places are simply an insult to his profession. Literacy, that is absolutely intolerable!

Therefore, the employees of Lucasfilm often see their boss arguing with the director from England with a weird hairstyle, and when they are arguing, their boss will hold his chest in a suffocation...

I have to say that Nolan is really right about one thing. Lucas did learn this trick from his friend Coppola.He used this trick to deal with Paramount executives when he was filming "The Godfather", and finally made Marlon Brando the old godfather in the movie.

Now that Lucas has learned this way, he has instantly lowered the grade of his old friend a lot, and I don't know how Coppola will feel when he finds out.

But no matter what another great director thinks about his friend borrowing his skills and drawing inferences from one another, Nolan often wants to grab Lucas by the collar and beat him up.It's a pity that he didn't dare to stretch out his hand in the end, because he was afraid that if the old man had a heart attack one day and was taken to the hospital by him, then he would really be guilty of a serious crime.So in the end, I had to swallow my anger and follow the boss slowly.Didn't his fellow countryman Richard Marquand come here in the same way?It's just that his luck was really not very good. He passed away shortly after filming the film, and he didn't get enough returns for his efforts.

Now Lan is really holding his breath and continuing this project.In order to ensure that Lucas would not edit behind his back, he even lost the new movie he was preparing to his wife and younger brother, and squatted at Lucasfilm all day long.I was afraid that if he was not careful, the movie would fall into his hands, and his future would be hopeless.

After much difficulty, now that the movie has been finalized, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.As a result, George Lucas, the old man who died, started to toss again.

The movie hasn't even been released yet, and yet another director's cut is about to be produced.God knows he is the director of this film, what kind of director's cut is Lucas doing it himself?After cooperating with this great director for a film, Nolan, who no longer wants to continue cooperating, feels that he has been tortured and exhausted, and he will never get better again.But after all, he is still a man with a strong heart. Even though his heart has become riddled with holes, he still forcibly suppressed the idea of ​​strangling Lucas to death, and continued to toss with this old devil.But after all, being depressed for a long time is not good for your health, and Nolan felt that he needed some comfort.

So when he heard that Margaret had returned to Los Angeles, he came to her with his script.

Since the release of "Memory Fragments", he is no longer the little transparent person he used to be, and soon some suspenseful movies came to him.Among them is "White Night Chase" from Warner Investment.Nolan himself is very clear that even if he is filming "Attack of the Clones", he is still very weak as a director.First, the film hasn't been released yet; second, even if it is released, it will at most bring him a reputation for being able to control big scenes, and his qualifications will look better.Because the 'Star Wars' series has already been deeply branded by George Lucas, even if the movie is made well, it doesn't matter. Star Wars fans will think it should be, and those film critics will think he is. The replicas of Marquand back then have the same source and origin.

As for the bad shots, it would be even worse.Hollywood's fault tolerance rate for newcomers has always been low. "Memento" can only be said to be a small profit. If "Attack of the Clones" hits the box office with word of mouth, then he really has to start from scratch.

So after someone handed over an olive branch, which was still a subject he was good at, he took it without hesitation.And secretly planned to invite Margaret to be the heroine.Although he has little power to speak in the crew, not as much power as George Lucas said in Lucasfilm, but he still tried his best to persuade producers Paul Witt and Edward Mack downer.I hope that I can invite Margaret first, before I can talk about anything else.

In view of Margaret's consistent "good reputation", Paul Witt and Edward MacDonald actually agreed. After all, these two people were also from Warner Bros., and some habits are contagious.And Margaret has a deep relationship with Warner Bros., and it doesn't take much to send an invitation letter. If Margaret's time is pushed back, Brian will notify her that she has received an invitation letter. A movie invitation letter from Warner, the heroine of "White Night".

But unfortunately, all Margaret's feelings for Nolan are based on the master. Except for the "Batman Prequel" series, she is really not interested in other works of this director.But even so, she patiently flipped through the script, maybe she could find something interesting to her?

"A remake?" Margaret frowned.

Why does everyone like remakes of movies recently?And they are all European movies that are very close in time?This reminded her of the remake of "Vanilla Sky" that Tom became a producer not long ago.The film's performance was so-so, neither good nor bad. Hollywood's box office was okay, but Europe's was even worse. After all, the original version has only been out for a few years, and the actors in the movie are not at all interesting to the audience.

Yes, Penelope Cruz is very beautiful and charming, but she has already played the same role once.Even if the audience doesn't know it, the film critics know that "Open Your Eyes" and "Vanilla Sky" are basically the same thing, just changed the name and made some minor surgery to the plot by the way.Coupled with the consistent urine of European film critics, they are willing to compare the pros and cons of the original and the remake.What's more, this remake version is indeed not as good as the original version in terms of depth, and it doesn't have Tom Cruise, who is very charismatic all over the world, as the leading actor. The famous Brad Pitt, the final result can be imagined.

Margaret hadn't read the original "Insomnia", but looking at the lineup in front of her, she thought Warner Bros. was quite interesting.

Take a look at our leading actor, they invited Al Pacino, the Oscar winner; the supporting actor invited Robin Williams, the most profound best supporting actor, and then roughly looked at the plot of the movie, a typical crime suspense film ah.

After closing the script, Margaret asked curiously, "Who did Warner Bros. originally plan to cast as Ellie?" Which actress was it?

"Now the script has just been approved, and the crew is only in contact with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. If you reject this role, we will invite others to audition. And considering Ellie's stubbornness If you are firm, maybe Hilary Swank is a good choice." Nolan answered clearly.

The meaning of Margaret's question is obvious. She doesn't plan to act in this movie, so the heroine will probably have to start looking for candidates again.Fortunately, they have discussed this issue before, and Hilary Swank and Jamie Lee Curtis are all candidates for the heroine.It's just that Margaret has the highest commercial value, and this film is not aimed at the Oscars, so she was chosen.

Now it looks like that role is probably going to fall to Hilary Swank.Because this one has the lowest salary among several candidates, but he also has the crown of actress.According to the consistent thinking of Warner Bros., it is not a matter of a day or two that they like to use actor, queen and big-name stars. In addition, the appearance of this actress is really tough, and she can play the role of a tough policewoman. It is probably more convincing than others, which is indeed very appropriate.

"Oh—" Lord Xi.

Margaret nodded. It turned out to be this one, who is famous in Hollywood as a model who has no commercial value even if she wins an actress.In fact, she has never figured out why this actress who has won Oscars is still so invisible. She quite likes Xiye's looks and figure.

But after thinking about it, I probably understood the reason.He has no gossip, is low-key and doesn't like to play monsters, and doesn't appear in magazines very much. Most of the movies he shoots are independent art films, and the attention itself is low.In addition, her appearance is too tough, more handsome than a man, and not suitable for being a vase in a commercial blockbuster. If this is the case, it will be strange if it has commercial value!