Chapter 143: Competition
"I hope to do my best, but I think it will take about two months to complete the production. If it goes well, I think it will be completed in May. It would be great to release it when the summer schedule comes."
The movie is about to wrap up.
Listening to Levi's words, Naomi Watts has mixed feelings in her heart.
With Jim Carrey playing better and better, the shooting of the movie is getting faster and faster.
After the time entered January, the film, which had been filmed for more than three months, also came to an end.
This is the end... Naomi is quite nostalgic for the end of the movie.
As the first big-budget film she starred in, she would rather shoot this film for a more extended period of time; it feels great to be the heroine.
It's a great day to be able to discuss plays with a group of big names every day and to be able to cooperate with celebrities like Jim Carrey and Nicholas Levi.
However, after the filming was over, she should leave. Naomi sighed, listening to Levi's words and thinking about her next plan.
Naomi was thinking, not noticing that Levi had finished speaking. And after he finished speaking, he immediately found Naomi.
"The filming of this movie is over. Do you have any new movies to take over?"
His question brought Naomi back to her senses, "No... I guess it might be better when this movie is released."
"It will take a long time..." Hearing her words, Levi also froze for a moment.
"It's nothing. My salary for filming this time is 100,000. With 100,000 US dollars, I can live until the movie is released."
Even if it is the same movie because the actors have different values, the remuneration is also very different.
Jim Carrey got 15 million. It's still considered that he took the initiative to cut his salary, and Naomi only has a salary of 100,000, but this is almost twice what she made for other movies.
She said it very freely. But Levi shook his head, "That's not okay. If you need it, I might be able to arrange some work for you, but it may not be suitable for you... You seem to have a good relationship with Amy Adams? Well, arrange for you to go the crew playing a cameo at the airport?"
"CSI crew? Of course, it's great!"
Hearing Levi's words, Naomi immediately became excited: Although Levi thought this was not a good arrangement, Naomi already regarded it as the best arrangement: a guest star in a popular TV series, this opportunity was not so easy to find.
Naomi was still a little puzzled: The director trusted herself for the role during the filming. But the filming is over; why does he still treat herself like this?
"Because I think you can be a better actor, you have great potential, and I don't want you to take detours," Levi explained.
Naomi, Theron, and Winona are all different.
Theron and Winona have also faced troughs. But even in the troughs, they muster the courage to move forward. The trough period is very short, and they still have sharp edges and corners.
Naomi's journey is too bumpy, and she herself is a little muddled. With the edges and corners smoothed, she is easy to make wrong choices.
During these days of contact, Levi has already learned a little about her: this actor has a very easy-going temper and is very easy to get along with. Such a person is also very likely to be deceived by others.
Because of money or false fame, go to some movies she shouldn't be in.
"Naomi, you are beautiful. Once you become famous, it is easy for a girl like you to face all kinds of movie invitations. There are commercial films, literary films, and some messy things.
Maybe someone wants you to be a scream queen, perhaps someone wants you to be a cream princess, or maybe someone wants you to be a sexy beauty. You have many options, and I hope you make the best choice."
Naomi, in his memory, chose the wrong path more than once. Levi didn't want her talent to be wiped out after being buried for ten years, so he helped her.
"It's all because my acting skills are good?" Naomi asked back.
"That's right."
Levi's frankness made Naomi silent for a while. She didn't know how much Levi's words were true or false, but she knew in her heart that if someone invited her to act in a horror movie, a role with a low IQ, or a movie that sells sexy, she probably wouldn't refuse.
Ten years of experience have made her lower limit standard very low. She doesn't think that making those movies is bad. It is regarded as a treasure.
But now, Levi told her clearly: she could be better, she could become a better actress, and she should not waste her talent by herself.
This is what it feels like to be appreciated: For ten years, no one has said she was talented; not even those crap films will find herself. But now, a top director directly told herself that she doesn't need to care about those junk movies but should only focus on top movies, and her goal should be to be a top actor.
These words can really inspire people; no wonder there is a lot of love in Hollywood studios; if an inexperienced little girl hears these words, she can't help throwing herself into his arms, right?
Naomi laughed; she's not a little girl anymore; of course, she wouldn't be inexplicably moved; she stretched out her hand and patted Levi's arm, "Okay, I listen to you; I want to be the best actor. However, if I want to be the top actor, you should also be the top director, and you must send me to the top position, and I need your help."
"Of course. No problem. I have experience in promoting popular actresses."
Levi's smile is full of confidence: this confidence is not without reason, especially now, when Winona just won the Golden Globe Award, nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and it is still a big hit.
In Levi's memory, the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and the Oscar were awarded to Gwyneth.
But Gwyneth Paltrow's best actress has always been known as the most watery actress.
This title has always made Levi a little strange: it stands to reason that there have been many similar heroines in recent years, such as last year's Helen Hunt. But why is Gwyneth recognized as the weakest?
Levi understood this question when he saw the list of nominations: Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth," Fernanda Montenegro in "Central Station," "One True Thing" by Meryl Streep, actress Emily Watson in "Hilary and Jackie," Meg Ryan of "You've Got Mail," Cameron Diaz of "There's Something About Mary" ...
It can be said that the acting skills of this group of nominees are no worse than Gwyneth's. It can even be said that her acting skills are at the bottom of these people.
Blanchett's "Elizabeth" is her famous work and also her pinnacle work. Although Levi has always slandered Blanchett for acting like a queen in everything, it cannot be denied that she has no challenges in this play.
Emily Watson, the heroine of "Hilary and Jackie," is also an excellent actress. In Levi's memory, "Emily" was even written for her.
In the leading role of "Central Station," Flander Monteiro also performed her play great. In various awards around the world, except for the French Caesar Award for "Life is Beautiful," other awards basically gave "Central Station" a high evaluation, and it can be said that it is the best foreign language film of the year.
As for Meryl Streep and others, needless to say, they are excellent actors, but Gwyneth Paltrow's acting skills are nothing at all in comparison.
The most intuitive one is a simple comparison: Joseph Fiennes, who also played the role of Shakespeare, almost always suppressed Gwyneth. And when he played with Cate Blanchett, he was suppressed by Blanchett virtually all the time and was even ridiculed by the media as "he is not playing a lover, but a brother."
Similarly, Judi Dench only appeared in the movie for five minutes, but her acting skills completely overwhelmed Gwyneth and received great praise, which is evident to all.
It stands to reason that overwhelmed by both the leading actor and supporting actress in the play, and the competition it faces is so fierce no matter how you look at it, it is hopeless.
But in Levi's memory, she won the award...
No wonder people say she is the most watered: this kind of victory is too inexplicable.
However, looking back after knowing the future, Levi can only sigh that some people's lives are really good: Meryl has just won an Oscar, and this is a disadvantage when she participates in the evaluation again, while Blanchett, Fernanda Montenegro, Emily Watson's nationalities are Australia, Brazil, and the United Kingdom...
Why don't Americans take care of Americans in the awards?
But now, things seem to be different.
Winona has been famous for longer, has deeper qualifications, good connections, and is acting in the story of her own country, New York. Winona Ryder is also nominated.
She does not have the disadvantages of these people; on the contrary, she plays a modern New Yorker, and Gwyneth, though American, acted in a British play.
The original advantage of Gwyneth has now become a disadvantage.
After losing the help of those objective conditions, Gwyneth seemed so uncompetitive, and now Winona is sure to win this award.
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