The Greatest Showman

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Robert Iger?

Damien Chazelle's mind was full of question marks. After thinking about it carefully, he always felt that the name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Among his familiar friends, he really couldn't find a corresponding character. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the questioning gaze of Justin Hurwitz. He covered the handset of his phone with his left hand and said with his mouth, "Robert Iger?"

Justin suddenly choked on his own beer, coughed violently, tried to explain, but couldn't breathe, and could only give a hint: Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse.

Robert Iger, the CEO of Disney, who took over from Michael Eisner, was behind the Disney craze in the North American film market, and is without a doubt the top figure in Hollywood right now.

Damien blinked, "...cough." Just as he was about to speak, he was choked by his own saliva. He was so frightened that he almost overturned the table in front of him. He couldn't help wiping his palm on the thigh of his pants. "Mr. Egger, next... good afternoon, yeah, yes, I mean, nice to meet you."

After speaking, Damien closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, his face full of depression, he couldn't believe his stupidity.

In just three weeks, Damien has met and dined with a number of top industry leaders, and even chatted and laughed, but the premise is that this is all completed in the company of Andy Rogers and even the creative artist agency. In other words, he was just a small shrimp on the side, not too conspicuous at all—

Most of the time, no one specifically mentions the "Boom Drummer" project. Even if it is occasionally mentioned, Damien is not the main introducer, and more of it is completed by Andy.

Today, Robert himself called? This... This is a bit too much information, Damien needs a little time to breathe, but the problem is that now the call is still in progress, there is no time and no space, Damien feels that he is about to breathe out. , cheeks swollen red.

Justin, who was sitting opposite, couldn't stop coughing. In order to avoid disturbing his friend's call, he simply turned and left, but because he was too flustered, his ankle hit the stool, and he fell down with a grunt, and disappeared on the desktop in an instant. Underneath, a magic trick of "disappearing on the spot" was staged, which was really too funny.

Damien forced himself to calm down. Robert's warm voice came from the telephone receiver. The other party completely took the initiative. Damien could only nod his head blankly, and respond to the last sentence or two from time to time. The call lasted less than three minutes, and then ended the conversation.

Justin finally recovered and climbed back onto the chair. He didn't care about sorting out his embarrassment, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it? What did you say?"

Damien also gradually came back to his senses and shrugged, "Nothing."

"What is 'nothing'?" Justin was confused.

"It's literally." Damien let out a long breath. "He just called to say hello. Because they were in a meeting and there were a lot of other people on the phone, they brought up the 'popping drummer'. 'I wanted to know more about this work, so I called me."

Not Robert's personal call to Damien, but Disney's project production meeting.

"He wants to see the full version of the script, preferably with a brief description of the source of inspiration and the core of the work." Damien continued, "In addition, he also asked about the idea of ​​​​the cast and cast..." After a short pause, Damien added, "He asked if Renly would be playing, which role would it be."

Justin blinked, "Then how did you answer?"

"I said that Renly has no intention of performing at the moment, because he needs to rest and relax for a while." Damien told the truth, explaining the specific situation one by one.

"What?" Justin couldn't help exclaiming, and then slapped his forehead heavily, "God, how could they be willing to invest when you showed all your cards so honestly? From Renly! Honestly, who wouldn't want to work with Renly right now in Hollywood?"

The more he talked, the more depressed, the more excited he became, and Justin became incoherent, "Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount, Fox Searchlight, and Disney! Man, five! The six major Hollywood studios have enough There are five companies that have contacted you! You, you, they...you are like this...God!"

Damien also scratched his head angrily, but didn't make such a fuss, "Even if they lie now, they will definitely find out later."

Damien also realized that the major Hollywood studios seemed to have a misunderstanding: the relationship between Renly and "Boom Drummer" was not only a producer, but also an actor.

The difference is that in the past two years, Steven Spielberg has had at least double-digit projects as a producer, but only two have actually directed the film. As a producer, you may only be involved in one of the links; but as a director or an actor, it is completely different to personally participate in it.

Even Damien himself is no exception, from no thought to imaginative. Now he can't help but think about how Renly will play Andrew's words, how the pictures and shots should be framed, and how the performance and rhythm should be captured. The more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes. .

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Really Damien, Justin could only be defeated, patted his forehead heavily, and sighed, "Oh, I can't blame them, even myself, I can't help thinking, and Renly Cooperation should be a very interesting thing."

Justin, who graduated from Harvard University, met Damien during college and became friends. After graduation, the two came to Los Angeles together to seek future development in the film industry. Damien focuses on writing and directing, while Justin focuses on scoring and original tracks.

The two kept going back and forth between Los Angeles and New York trying to survive at work, and finally Justin landed a long-term soundtrack for the cable TV series "The-League," and once wrote for one episode. "The Simpsons" composed the soundtrack.

Justin and Damien's down-to-earth and diligent accumulation soon won each other the opportunity to independently shoot the work "Guy and Madeleine on the Park Bench", but unfortunately, the work did not succeed.

Now, the project "Boom Drummer" is also the goal of the two people working together.

Justin said enthusiastically, "You know what? Renly and the Coen brothers collaborated on a piece about ballads. When I was in New York, I heard that Renly was involved in the arrangement and writing of all the songs, and all the songs were composed and written. The live performance was filmed, and he is not only good at guitar, but also outstanding at piano.”

As he talked, Justin began to dance and dance, "Imagine that he will play Andrew, and his understanding and attainments in music must have unique insights, which must be very interesting." Suddenly, the excited expression became lonely. , "But I don't know if he is interested, after all, he just finished shooting a musical work. And, who doesn't want to work with Renly?"

Both Justin and Damien fell into silence. Inexplicably, they seemed to be deeply immersed in their own thoughts. In the end, Justin straightened his back and cheered up again, "Do you have an idea now? Which company did you decide to cooperate with? In the past, there was no choice, but now there are too many choices, and it’s annoying.”

From zero to complex, now they have too many choices, dazzling. Not to mention those independent film companies, just talking about the six major Hollywood film companies, except for Universal Pictures, all of them have taken action, including independent labels such as Fox Searchlight. It is said that the difficulty of choice has entered the terminal stage.

Damien leaned back in his chair and stretched a lot, "I don't know. Every company sounds very sincere, but I know they're not for me, and they're not for 'Bumper'... ..." Otherwise it wouldn't have been unnoticed all the time. "They're all here for Renly, so I think I should leave the decision to Renly."

"Are you sure?" Justin and Renly had never met, all the words were based on rumors and hearings, and he was still a little hesitant, "What if Renly chose a company with stronger business interests? Or , Renly began to interfere with your creation? The industry rumors have not always said that Renly is an actor with sharp edges and corners, even in the face of Tony Kaye's hot temper, he dares to directly refute the director's decision."

"I don't think Renly is like this." Damien said simply but firmly, "...I can't describe it. Although I only met him for one night, he is different from other actors."

It was a special temperament that couldn't be expressed in words, some alienation and some familiarity, and most importantly, Damien felt very comfortable and willing to give his trust.

"Even if I really faced such a situation, I have nothing to say." Damien spread his hands, "We already knew that we chose to try our luck on Oscar night, didn't we? No matter who we meet , we all have to try and see, this is our last chance. Not Renly, that's someone else, just as risky."

Justin was stunned for a moment, and finally he could only let out a long sigh and nodded in agreement, "Indeed, meeting Renly, this is already the best choice for us." The conversation changed, "I think, in the past, After two years of bad luck and slump, it's finally time for a turnaround, the darkness that has accumulated for so long, all the luck burst out that night."

How else could Damien meet Renly?

Damien nodded earnestly, "I think so too. That should have been my luckiest moment in the past few years."

Damien's luck is far from over.

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