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Coming out of Jin-Kerry's apartment, Ryan looked so depressed that Chen Yu was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe loudly.

No need to ask, he already knew one thing, and the two of them probably came here for nothing.

"Book two plane tickets back to Los Angeles, and call Sophia to ask if her cousin Nicolas Cage is interested in appearing in "The Truman Show." Ryan only thought about it for a while, and immediately decided to invite Nicholas Cage cage.

As for Kevin Bacon, there is nothing to say about his acting skills, but his appearance is not suitable for the role in the script.

Moreover, compared to the relationship between Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola, Kevin Bacon is obviously one level worse.

"Okay." Chen Yu quickly agreed, then called Sophia, found a car and went back to the airport, and booked two tickets to return to Los Angeles on the same day.

Less than an hour later, Sophia called, "He needs to come back and meet you in person."

Nicolas Cage’s schedule is also very full. In April, he has a film "Kiss of Death" coming out, and the filming of "Leaving Las Vegas" is not over yet. He will also enter the filming crew in October. "Crossing the Deadly Island".

Fortunately, it's not that there is no time. He had several months before filming "Into the Deadly Island".

"Okay, let him come back as soon as possible." Ryan hung up the phone, ready to board the plane back to Los Angeles, ending the trip to Hawaii.

Back in Los Angeles, Ryan continued to perfect the script of "The Truman Show", constantly revising the details again and again.

In the previous life, the script of "The Truman Show" had to be revised for 16 consecutive editions before it was considered barely passed.

Ryan doesn't need to be so troublesome. The script he wrote is itself a plot that was shown in his previous life. He picked it up bit by bit based on his memory, and then slowly revised the details and filled in the content after finishing.

On the third day after he returned to Los Angeles, Nicholas Cage made a special trip to rush back from the British film crew. After getting off the plane, he went directly to Ryan's office without taking a break.

"The final script of "The Truman Show" has been completed, you can read it first." Ryan took out the revised script and put it in front of Nicolas Cage.

Nicolas Cage looked at the script in front of him and began to read it carefully, with a very serious expression.

In fact, Sophia has already told him the general plot, and thinks it is a very good opportunity.

This is not a horror film, but a project with an investment of up to 35 million U.S. dollars, and the character in the script in his hand is the absolute protagonist in the film.

Ryan briefly introduced: "The male protagonist you are about to play has been living in a small town. He is an agent of an insurance company and lives the same life as ordinary people."

"However, things are far from being as simple as they appear on the surface. Everyone in the town is paying attention to him. Everything from childhood to adulthood will produce dramatic effects intentionally or unintentionally. Until one day, his father, who has been dead for many years, Once again..."

"Next, he will find that all the people in the whole town are repeating the same thing every day. What makes him even more unbelievable is that his wife goes to work in the hospital every day, but he finds that his wife is not a real person. Nurse, I began to doubt the whole world, it seemed that everyone was deceiving me, a kind of fear from the bottom of my heart gradually appeared..."

Speaking of this, Nicholas Cage raised his head and asked, "It's kind of like a thriller movie."

Ryan shrugged and said, "Not a thriller, but a drama."

"The Truman Show" does have a horror atmosphere, but in fact, it is not a horror movie, but a sitcom.

"A script full of whimsical ideas." Nicholas Cage hesitated somewhat. Most of the scripts full of creativity like this have only two results, either they are a big box office hit, or it is difficult to recover the cost.

"Shooting time above!"

There is another very important question,

Once he agrees to act, he will spend a long time, even a whole year, in filming, with almost no rest time.

Moreover, in case the crew cannot complete the filming on time, it is likely to delay another project.

"The crew will give priority to shooting your shots, and won't waste too much time." Ryan was already prepared for this.

There is still half a year left before the filming of "Into the Deadly Island", which is enough time to film "The Truman Show".

"I personally can agree, but I need to discuss with my agent about the specific remuneration." Nicholas Cage said very tactfully, the remuneration could not be like filming "Saw" and "Leaving Las Vegas" Same.

The former "Chain Saw" only took more than ten days to shoot, so the salary is not too high.

The latter "Leaving Las Vegas" took the initiative to reduce the film salary in order to hit the Oscar awards.

Regarding the two projects, Nicolas Cage's remuneration is not too high.

"Everything is done according to the rules of Hollywood." Ryan nodded and agreed.

Next, Gail-Anne-Hurd will discuss with Nicolas Cage's agent about the remuneration package.

Compared to Jim Carrey's $20 million salary plus 10% of the global box office, Nicolas Cage's salary is only a small amount.

The news of Touchstone's termination of cooperation, and the crew's invitation to Nicholas Cage to play the lead actor in the film, instead of Kim Carrey, which was announced at the beginning, were exposed by the media one after another.

When the media believed that the project was about to break down, the production crew not only did not stop, but invited Nicolas Cage to star in it, which was very unexpected news.

When the media were confused about the situation, Paramount and Lucasfilm announced that they had formally reached an investment agreement, replacing Touchstone's investment in "The Truman Show", with Paramount as the film distributor.

An astonishing reversal, countless media reporters can't wait to dig out some inside information.

Until mid-April, a big incident happened in Oklahoma City, which successfully diverted media attention.

At 9:04 am on April 19th, there was a loud "boom" in the center of Oklahoma City, USA. Flames shot into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the sound and vibration spread dozens of miles away.

In an instant, the 13th wall of a 9-storey building collapsed, and the rubble flew. Many people were bloody and bloody, and died in the ruins. The explosion killed 168 people.

It was the worst terrorist bombing in the United States in 75 years.

U.S. Attorney General Janet Reynolds announced a $2 million reward for the arrest of the suspect.

For a while, the entire United States was under a tense atmosphere, and people in some states began to take to the streets with guns for self-defense.

In contrast, the news about "The Truman Show" is just a trivial matter.

Kevin Bacon is not in a good mood. The crew of "The Truman Show" has officially invited Nicolas Cage to play the role, and his plan obviously fell through.

Lei Sancheni glanced at the empty wine bottle on the table, shook his head, and said, "I'm very sorry, I can't do anything about this matter."

"Unless you can get Ryan Gosling to change his mind, nobody can change that fact."

"Also, you should be aware of the relationship between Nicolas Cage and Ryan Gosling."

Kevin Bacon sighed and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I've already expected this result."

Lei-Sancheni nodded, and said, "It's best. Next, you need to forget about this matter for the time being, and cooperate with 20th Century Fox to make a promotional plan for "The Evil Spirit."

"As long as the film is released and does well at the box office, then you can definitely seek other opportunities."

What Kevin Bacon lacks is not any acting skills, but an opportunity to prove himself. As long as the box office of "The Evil Spirit" meets expectations, he can take the opportunity to seek other projects.

Ray Sancheni didn't say anything more. Hollywood is like this, full of various connections. Compared with Nicolas Cage and the Coppola family, Kevin Bacon obviously needs to work harder.