805 Go with the flow
Three years ago, in the battle for Best Actress, Julie Christie received her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in "The Dark Side"; at the same time, she also hoped to win the statuette for the second time after 1965. The voice is loud and the victory is huge..
But at the awards ceremony, Marion Cotillard successfully broke out with her wonderful performance of the golden age classic singer Edith-Piaf in "La Vie en Rose". Shockingly unpopular, with a unique dark horse attitude, he won the Oscar for Best Actress..
At that time, Marion was little-known in Hollywood. Almost no one had heard of her existence. She was a complete unknown; and "La Vie en Rose" was a French work.——
In history, the only actors who have successfully won awards for their foreign-language works are Sophia-Loren in "The Lady" and Roberto-Benigni in "Life is Beautiful".
However, Marion is a highly recognized actress in France. She has received a lot of attention since she was a newcomer. "La Vie en Rose" has received a lot of attention in Europe, and she has won the César Award, the European Film Award and the British Academy of Film and Arts Award. The power and power finally achieved a great reversal..
The scene back then was so familiar. Now, Jean-Dujardin seems to be following Marion's footsteps step by step, gradually reaching the pinnacle of his career.！
In this process, Renly is just a stepping stone..
Roy twitched his lips and chuckled, "Should we be happy or angry? At least, this shows that they regard Renly as their biggest competitor, not Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman..”
“That's a fact." Faced with Roy's half-joking suspicion, Andy gave an affirmative answer in an understatement, "After 'Crazy Love' won the award at Sundance last year, Focus Features began to operate. , which they now call: the best romance movie since 'When Harry Met Sally' and the best performance since 'Bridge of Dreams'.”
Focus Features is the only two awards season distributors in the entire industry that can compete with Weinstein Films, and the other one is Fox Searchlight. Incidentally, the distributor of this year’s award season hit “Descendants” is fox searchlight.
This year’s battle for Best Actor, not surprisingly, should be “Focus Features VS Fox Searchlight VS Weinstein Films””.
In terms of absolute strength alone, Focus Features was ahead in the early stage. In addition to "Crazy Love", they were also responsible for the distribution of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". Among the top five, they accounted for two seats, among which Gary Oldman was nominated after a last-minute comeback, which is even more valuable..
Fox Searchlight is leading the way, and George Clooney has become their absolute trump card this year. For this reason, they gave up the "shameful" Michael Fassbender. In addition, "Tree of Life" is also their biggest operation Dark horse has become the biggest highlight of the nomination stage.
However, the Weinstein Films began to strongly reverse the situation after the nominations were announced. They boldly abandoned "My Week with Monroe" and began to fully promote Meryl Streep to once again top the list with "The Iron Lady" Oscar-winning actress; in addition, all resources are concentrated on "artists", and their momentum gradually begins to stand out..
“The reason why the Weinstein brothers are so fierce is to force Focus Features to give up Renly. But, I will not let them succeed." Andy concluded with one sentence..
The public relations resources of every publishing company are limited. After the nomination list is released, they must make a choice, otherwise it will just be a waste of water..
Focus Features has a total of two works shortlisted for the final stage this year, "Crazy" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". The former only received one nomination for Best Actor, while the latter was nominated for The competition for Best Picture. For Focus Features, how to allocate public relations resources is an important issue..
This is also the top priority of Andy's current work..
Before Roy's call, Andy had actually been thinking about solutions. Now, with a small change, inspiration suddenly came to Andy's mind, and his thoughts began to become clear, "Just in time, with this opportunity, Renly Staying in Berlin, we retreat in order to advance and make preparations.”
“On the one hand, Renly attended exchange meetings and some media promotion occasions to further lay our foundation in Europe. Dieter Koslick seems to be quite optimistic about Renly, and we can work hard to see." Andy said concisely and quickly. , "On the other hand, Focus Features and I will have further discussions. There are still three weeks until the Oscars, and everything is possible.".”
“If Renly stays in Berlin, he will inevitably miss some scheduled public relations events. Are you sure it doesn't matter? Can you handle it? "This was Roy's worry originally. Now that he heard the turmoil in Los Angeles, his thoughts became more complicated..
“Are you worried about me? Andy's answer made Roy's eyes twitch slightly, and he complained mercilessly, "It's impossible even in your dream.".”
Just a joke, one sentence is enough. Andy did not continue the topic, and continued, "Renly's absence from those public relations occasions will inevitably have a negative impact, but if taken into consideration, the damage will be less than if he appeared. After all, , Renly has been absent for most of the awards season..”
“If there is no confirmation for a day, rumors will always be just rumors, and speculation will always be just speculation. People will continue to wait and see and will not make judgments easily." During the phone call, Andy's brain never stopped functioning. In the shortest time, they made the best choice. Now they are facing a crisis, but hidden behind the crisis are opportunities. "I need more time, Renly stayed in Berlin, but now it seems that instead is a better choice. After hanging up the phone, I immediately rushed to Focus Features.”
“Okay." Roy did not continue to argue, but continued to ask, "I am starting to work here, do you have any suggestions? In other words, things to note？”
It was originally just a temporary decision, but now it has become an opportunity to reverse the disadvantage. Roy also had to cheer up..
Agents and managers are in a competitive relationship, they are not partners; but they have a common goal, and the interests of the artist are their top priority. Therefore, if necessary, they can join forces.
“Yes, can you please have a list of people for the exchange meeting? Fax it over immediately." Andy was not polite and began to assign tasks vigorously and resolutely. "I will browse it and I will email you if there is any situation later..”
The point is not the task, but that he just learned about it. In such a short period of time, Andy has already drawn up a charter, "Also, I will ask my assistant to call you later and give you a media list. You book a new round of interviews, not about 'Transcendence' but about the 'Les Misérables' audition.”
As a top agent, Andy's mind moves very quickly, and a big net has quickly begun to expand, "The movie version and the stage play version. Emphasizing that Renly has always wanted to return to the stage to polish himself, the rest, Just leave it to Renly. In addition, I will also contact reporters and interview the film crew and stage play crew..”
Facing the slander and slander of the Weinstein brothers, the long-term impact on Renly's career is actually very limited, because time will tell everything; but here's the problem, they don't have time, what they are competing for now is the Oscar, three The Oscars will be unveiled in a week. After the awards ceremony is over, the Weinstein brothers have won, so they will not care whether the "dirty water" has been washed away..
At this moment, "Les Misérables" seems extremely important; to be more precise, it is Renly's desire to return to the stage, re-train his basic skills, and re-train his determination, which is extremely precious. From beginning to end, Renly Lidu is an actor who is dedicated to his performance. He was like this before, he is like this now, and he will be like this in the future..
Andy couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't reject Renly's insistence or reject Renly's request. On the contrary, he proactively found an audition opportunity for "Les Misérables". Without all of this, I'm afraid their current situation would still be the same. It’s even worse. I’m really speechless and can’t explain clearly..
But now, the Weinstein brothers' trump cards have been revealed, but they don't know that Andy still has a trump card in his hand..
In a few words, Roy could roughly outline Andy's plan, but that was the agent's job. He immediately withdrew his thoughts and focused all his attention on Renly - Berlin, this was him. The focus of work at this stage is also crucial to reversing the situation in Los Angeles..
“Okay, I understand." Roy nodded in affirmation, paused for a moment, and asked again, "Do I need to tell Renly about the Los Angeles matter?？”
“Let's talk. Renly is not the type to mess up. Knowing these situations, maybe he can give more opinions." Andy thought for a while, but still chose to trust Renly. This trust is not the result of the efforts of both parties. What we strive for is something that is naturally cultivated in the process of getting along with each other..
“To be honest, I don't think Renly would care too much about these rumors." Andy put his right hand on his chubby belly, and his expression gradually became calm and calm, "This was the case when I was fighting cancer. Same now.”
“Being afraid is also part of our job." Roy's words, but he didn't know whether he was expressing sympathy for the same problem or complaining about Renly..
Neither of them said goodbye to each other. After they finished speaking, they both hung up the phone. Roy raised his head and saw Nathan standing next to him with a nervous look on his face..
Nathan didn't hear the entire conversation, but only captured the last few words, and his expression suddenly became nervous, "What's wrong? What happened?？”
Roy did not answer, but looked behind Nathan, "Didn't you say you went to the movies with Renly?？”
“Renly chose a documentary, but I wasn't interested, so I came back." Nathan spread his hands and told the truth..
Roy stood up, "Just in time, we need to get busy now, I could use a little help.”
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