2110 complex process
As Arthur thought, Renly returned to London not only for George and Elizabeth——
In other words, it was true at first, but as time went by, Renly's thoughts were changing. It was really not worth it to change the trajectory of his life for George and Elizabeth, not even the hatred and anger. He deserves a better life.
He hopes to rebuild his home in London, have his own piece of pure land, and then open up his own world.
London, New York, Los Angeles, even Magic City, or other cities. In the future, as long as he wants, he can go to any corner of the world to chase dreams and enjoy life. There is no need to escape because of hatred or indifference. And being closed, there is no need to forget because of pain... This is his life, he can do whatever he wants. Even in London.
In comparison, the affairs of George and Elizabeth are the least important part, because Renly's life already has more important goals and meanings..
After the auction, Renly put these trivial matters behind him and resumed his life in London.：
He still kept a low profile, rarely attending parties, and did not organize his own parties, but he still appeared at a private party of the Beckhams and stayed for about thirty minutes; he went to the West End of London to watch many He also attended a play at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and attended several classes. During this period, he also met with some directors and producers to discuss the project of standing on the West End stage again..
He spent a lot of time at the Tate Museum of Modern Art (TATE), staying away from the crowd and appreciating the art carefully. In his free time, he and Matthew went to the flea market to pick out some furnishings, lamps, accessories or furniture for the house. Wait, he accidentally bought a retro gramophone, which made him happy for three days. Later, he wandered into the old record market and looked for vinyl records from the 1950s and 1960s..
It seemed very long to describe, but it only lasted a week. During the small vacation, Renly still packed his time and schedule to the fullest..
“Yes... Rooney has already set off, and put her in the car this morning." Renly was curled up on the sofa in the study room, with a cup of fragrant coffee beside him, and was reading the original novel of "Game of Thrones".
Rooney came to London for a layover, stayed for two days and one night, and then went to the "Peter Pan" crew to start the filming of the second movie in the second half of the year; similarly, Matthew, Arthur, Andre, and Eaton were all on the way. While busy with work, Edith flew to Los Angeles alone, preparing to go to Malibu to enjoy some quiet time. In a blink of an eye, Renly was free again, but even if he was alone, he could enjoy himself.
“Do you want to take some more time off, or are you ready to start shooting again? "It's Andy on the other end of the phone, calling from across the ocean..
Renly put down the thick book in his hand, "I thought that the filming of 'Rogue One' would be next. Is the script writing progress still not as expected?？”
After finishing the filming of "Jurassic World", Renly has one to two months of rest and adjustment time. According to the original plan, he will next be involved in the filming of "Star Wars Story: Rogue One" at the end of October. Script reading started in early January and filming is scheduled to begin in December.
But now, Andy's words revealed uncertainty, which made Renly aware of something unusual..
“…… Yes, but there were some twists and turns in the negotiation process." Andy also scratched his head. This is one of the disadvantages of large-scale production: there are too many links that require coordination and cooperation, and deviations may occur if you are not careful. get complicated.
Take "Rogue One" as an example. They now have six screenwriters, two specifically responsible for writing characters and two specifically responsible for writing stories. These four screenwriters work together; the other two are specifically responsible for writing lines. These six people and three groups need to cooperate and coordinate with each other to trigger inspiration, but they are often prone to many disagreements..
More importantly, the script also needs to fit in with the original story of "Star Wars", how to attract fans of the original series, how to create new fans, how to keep the characters charming while continuing the possibility of expanding the Gaiden universe in the future, The independence of this work will not be lost. This is all technical work, and it is definitely not that simple..
“Do you still remember that in July, because of your joining, they originally set the protagonist to be a man, but later, considering the market and future prospects, they wanted to set the protagonist to be a woman? Andy reminded that instead of letting Renly play a supporting role, the proportion of scenes between the male protagonist and the female protagonist should be slightly focused on the female protagonist..
“Yes, I agree." Renly nodded matter-of-factly, "I don't mind cutting down the scenes, it's not a problem..”
“I know." Andy thought back to Renly's original response again.：
Starting from "Edge of Tomorrow", Renly has always been the absolute leading actor. All the scenes in "Gravity" and "Transcendence" have all fallen on Renly. This is a challenge, but it is also a burden. The filming work of "Luo Ji World" was relatively simple. He was very happy to shift the focus to other actors so that he could win more "space to think about the character and explore the performance." These last words were Renly's original words.
Andy was a bit dumbfounded about this, but he also understood what Renly meant - whether it was as the absolute leading actor, or a slightly reduced role, or like "Pacific War" and "Fast and Furious 5" Taking on all the roles in the cast, Renly was more than happy to get the job done.
“The problem is, you are willing, but Kathleen Kennedy may not be willing." Andy showed a wry smile, "Your salary should account for 50% of the expenses of all the actors in the entire crew, or even more, but you can't figure it out. Make the most of it? she doesn't think so.”
This made Renly couldn't help but laugh, "Then that's not my problem. They hope to create a diversified work, and even try to use women as the core protagonists to see if there are any in the 'Star Wars' market. The position of female viewers, or in other words, whether they have the position of heroines, paving the way for the future, this is their blueprint, and I very much support it; but they invited me to star and completed all the contracts. This is also their own idea, and I No objection. As for how to coordinate the two, that's not my problem..”
Renly didn't understand, and Andy didn't understand either, because it involved the cooperation between Disney and Lucasfilm, and also involved the distribution of power between Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy. This was an internal secret, and outsiders had no idea. No way of knowing.
“"Rogue One" is an attempt by Disney and Lucasfilm. It is completely independent from the original "Star Wars" series. All characters are original and will not affect the fate of the characters in the series, nor will it change the main line of the series. development, but an attempt to further expand the blueprint of the series.
Because of this, both Disney and Lucasfilm want to try more.
Bob Iger hopes to create a grand blueprint for a "Gaiden series" and then once again establish a "Han Solo"-style core hero, just like the Marvel Universe, relying on the same universe timeline. , but tells two completely different stories, instead of continuing to develop on the same timeline like the original "Star Wars" series..
Inviting Renly to star was Bob Iger's idea, not Kathleen Kennedy's.
Kathleen Kennedy hopes to expand the audience base of the "Star Wars" series, just like Black Widow did to "The Avengers". She hopes to establish another female heroic image in this classic series, and is not satisfied with the Star Wars series. "Love characters" like Princess Ya or Queen Amidala, thereby opening up the female/market and exploring more potential possibilities for the Star Wars series.
It was Katherine Kennedy's idea to have a female character at the center, and Bob didn't care at all.
Then, things developed to the current situation.
In fact, Disney is the most traditional and conservative company in the entire Hollywood. The classic family values they maintain are important representatives of conservatism. They will still be like this even in the distant future. The most typical example is: Hollywood Six Among major film companies, the company with the fewest female directors, Asian directors, black directors, gay directors and other minority groups to lead major projects is Disney - before 2017, this number was zero.
Bob has no interest in creating a superheroine, but Catherine has her own considerations - I can't say she insists on it, because she also supports Bob's family values to a certain extent, and later became Bob's best partner, but she still wants to try something.
“For your part, that's part of it, and part of it is that they wanted to add diversity to the script, use black or Asian actors, add female characters, things like that, and take full advantage of Star Wars. The original background of the entire story has kept pace with the development of the times. This also means that they need to make adjustments to the characters, the direction of the story, the proportion of characters, etc..”
Andy explained the second half of the reason, which made Renly suddenly realize, "Big company, big crew.”
“It's...a big company and a big crew." Andy also sighed softly, not to mention that it may take two to three months to modify the script. The time is impossible to determine. Even if the modification is completed, it will still need to be reviewed by senior management - if If you are not satisfied, you have to revise the second and third drafts, which will be even more troublesome..
“The latest news now is that the filming time may be postponed to March or April next year. It is temporarily undetermined and must be decided based on the progress of the script." Andy gave the final conclusion..
Renly pursed his lips, "Not surprisingly, I have been working on this script for... uh, six months? Now I finally know how troublesome big production is. So, you called me specifically today and asked me again. confirmed my intention, which means that now I have other job offers？”
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