American Fame and Fortune Chapter 892

Chapter 892 Trembling due to fear

Hollywood and Highland Center, Dolby Theatre.

The crew of "Split" also chose this landmark theater as the venue for its world premiere.

　Eight huge posters are hung on both sides of the main entrance of the Dolby Theater. Each poster shows a personality of the male protagonist.

　　Movie fans can easily distinguish the distinctive features just from their appearance and demeanor.

Among them, there are cross-dressing men, innocent children, irritable young men, fashionistas, muscular villains and so on.

Each one has a three-dimensional image.

Amid screams from both sides of the red carpet, Martin, who made his final appearance, came to the media area in front of the theater. After joining the main creative staff such as David Fincher, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jonathan Nolan, they Group photo in front of the backdrop.

This October, except for "Split", there are no heavyweight commercial films released in the North American film market.

At today's premiere, Martin invited many industry colleagues to attend.

The crew also sent invitation letters to more than 50 professional media.

"Split" not only wants to make money at the box office, but also wants to win during awards season.

Martin's Oscar publicity officially started from the premiere.

　　A group of people entered the Dolby Theater, and Bruce came through the side door at this time.

Martin stopped, waited until Bruce came closer, and asked, "Have the things been delivered?"

Bruce said: "Lily led someone to **** him personally and handed him into Robert's hands."

Martin felt relieved instantly: "Okay, I believe Robert will get things done."

Although Bruce didn't say anything on the surface, he kept murmuring in his heart. If he sent the Best Actor statuette to Atlanta and asked Robert to hold a ceremony, could he really get a second Best Actor statuette?

Atlanta, Peachtree Street.

A Cadillac CT6 parked in front of the headquarters of Coke God. Two female bodyguards got out of the car first. One of them opened the rear door. Lily got out of the car carrying a password box and walked quickly into the headquarters.

Robert and Elena were waiting in the front hall.

Lily spoke to her sister first, then came to Robert, opened the lockbox in her hand, took out Martin's Oscar statuette, handed it to Robert herself, and said: "Martin has told me, you can make up your own mind on how to do it."

Robert took the Oscar statuette with both hands: "I have already thought about the ceremony. It is simple and effective."

Lily didn't know how to evaluate Martin's habit, so she could only say: “I leave it all to you.”

Robert nodded and carried the statuette upstairs.

Lily wanted to follow, but a figure blocked her in front.

Elena stood in front of Lily and asked, "Idiot, are you willing to go back to Atlanta?"

"I missed you, so I came back." Lily held her sister's hand, her face full of flattery: "Don't be so straight-faced, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Elena took Lily to her office here: "Follow me, we two sisters haven't talked alone for a long time."

Lily's feet were moving, and her head moved back unconsciously, fearing that the iron fist of love would fall on her head.

Elena looked back at her and said, "Are you afraid now? Why weren't you afraid when you did it?"

"No, I wasn't afraid at the time." Lily felt that she couldn't hold her head up for the rest of her life, and said, "You can't blame me for this. The main reason is still on you. You and Martin, that bastard, usually don't pay attention at all. Think about it. Just messing around at home, have you ever considered my feelings?”

“Haha, is it my fault?” Elena pulled Lily into the office and slammed the door.

Lily didn't want to be suppressed all her life, so she sat on the sofa, folded her arms and said, "Don't you have any responsibility? I..."

Before he finished speaking, a fist as big as a sandbag fell from the sky and landed on Lily's head with a thud.

This is the love from my sister!

Absolute suppression from blood and genes!

The fist hit her head. It wasn't hard at all and it didn't hurt at all, but Lily immediately became honest and didn't dare to say anything back.

Elena said: "When you grow up, I can't control you. This is your choice."

Lily lowered her head and remained silent, saying nothing.

While the two sisters were quietly communicating here, Robert changed into CocCola red clothes at the altar on the second floor. Following the usual procedures, he placed the 2003 glass bottle of Coke coated with olive oil on the wooden table. superior.

Then, he solemnly picked up the Oscar statuette and placed it next to CocCola.

The high priest of the CocCola Cult kept mumbling: "A big hit at the box office! Win another Oscar for Best Actor!"

As he prayed and worshiped, Robert felt inexplicably at ease. Perhaps he had formed a belief over the years and felt that he had support on a spiritual level.

Hollywood, Dolby Theater.

In the VIP lounge, Martin greeted the many guests who came to the premiere one by one, many of whom were members of the Academy and the Screen Actors Guild.

Performance Awards are voted on by actors who are members of the Academy, numbering approximately 1,200.

Martin has already been ahead of the curve in his award-winning work, conducting a detailed investigation into the Oscar Best Actor situation in the past five years.

As long as one-third of these 1,200 people ultimately vote for him, the probability of winning the Best Actor award is as high as 99%.

Among them, there are almost 60 judges who can have a wide impact.

Membership of the academy is lifelong, which will inevitably lead to the inevitable result that the older the person, the more extensive their connections and influence will be.

Jack Nicholson, the boss of the trio of assholes, is now the mascot of the Oscars. In almost every Oscar, the old **** is pulled out and hung in a conspicuous place.

The influence is self-evident.

Others like Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, etc. all have their own circles.

Martin has good friends with many of them, so public relations are relatively easy.

Nicholson said to Martin: "I have invited everyone who can be invited. If you don't have time for the time being, just wait for the drawing parties in November and December."

Martin said: "I've made you worry again."

“You bastard, you have brought me a lot of fun.” Nicholson said: “I have lived a relaxed and comfortable life in the ten years I have known you, which is more interesting than when Malone was alive.”

Martin deliberately joked: "Save the butter you bought for Malone, you may need it in the future." Nicholson said: "Sometimes I really want to shove your head into my butt."

Martin went to chat with Warren Beatty again.

This former Hollywood **** has withdrawn from the Academy's executive committee, but his influence is still there.

Tom Hanks came over at this time, smiled and said to Martin: "Have you heard that three Korean film crews applied for this year's Oscars?"

Martin nodded: "I heard Catherine mentioned that they are planning to focus on public relations for the best foreign language film and the best documentary?"

Tom Hanks said: "I watched two of them. The films made by Koreans are interesting, and they have deep pockets and are willing to invest."

Martin roughly understood that maybe this Oscar would give Koreans a few less important awards to further stimulate their enthusiasm for the Olympics.

With money, the Oscars can be lively.

Tom Hanks added: "I watched the internal preview and you have a good role this year. Come on."

These words seemed to have a hint of encouragement to win the award. Martin said: "I also hope to win another Oscar. That is a huge honor."

The two chatted for a while, and Tom Hanks left and came to Katherine Kennedy.

The latter asked softly: "What's Martin's plan?"

As the vice chairman of the Academy, Tom Hanks, like Kathleen Kennedy, attaches great importance to the Oscars. He said: "Listening to what he means, he should invest heavily in winning the award."

Kathleen Kennedy was a little more relaxed: "Only when someone is willing to invest money to compete for awards will the awards season become more lively, and the influence of the Oscars can be demonstrated."

She turned to ask: "How is the situation with the Koreans?"

Tom Hanks said: "Three crews have submitted materials, and this session is very lively."

"I have to say that Martin always comes up with some good ideas." Kathleen Kennedy said: "Although in two years, we may not notice the demand for Olympic competition in the international market, but Martin at least saves us a few years. detour."

Tom Hanks lowered his voice: "On the Academy Executive Committee, most members have a good impression of Martin."

Kathleen Kennedy suddenly thought of this year's Oscar for Best Actor.

She couldn't help but sigh to herself that Martin's preparations had actually started since the last time.

It is not shabby to use all available conditions to attack the Oscars.

Kathleen Kennedy was thinking of her former boss and boss, the famous Spielberg. How could he have won the first Oscar for Best Director if he had not taken advantage of being Jewish.

The premiere screening is about to begin, and guests are entering the venue one after another.

Martin summoned the main creative staff of the crew, and under the leadership of David Fincher, they finally entered the theater through the side door.

After routine media activities, a group of people took their seats in the first row.

The film begins with a tragic kidnapping of a young girl.

The story is not complicated. A usually kind-hearted fashion designer developed multiple personalities due to mental problems. While actively undergoing treatment, the hidden criminal personality carefully planned a kidnapping case and kidnapped three high school girls.

The girls want to actively save themselves, and the different personalities of the male protagonist are also fighting with each other, and finally a terrible personality is born.

The male protagonist not only killed the psychiatrist who wanted to help him with treatment, but also tortured and killed the three girls he kidnapped.

In this section, David Fincher uses a dark style similar to a religious ceremony. The male protagonist invites the heroine to enjoy the last supper together in the way of soul cooking.

Martin sits in front of the soul cooking, seemingly calm and calm, but the audience can read cruelty, evil and madness on his face.

Ordinary viewers in the fan area were trembling with fear after watching the movie. The level of horror was already at the MAX!

That is a kind of trembling caused by fear!

When the film came to the final stage, Tom Hanks couldn't help but said to Kathleen Kennedy next to him: "It's amazing! The biggest highlight of this film is Martin's leading actor, who plays eight roles. Although he watched it for the second time, I still have to say it's crazy, Martin's performance in this role is jaw-dropping!”

Kathleen Kennedy fully agrees: "From his eyes to his body language to his personality traits, he has realized the different qualities of different personalities. Martin is really a genius!"

Annette Bening on the other side heard it and answered automatically: "It is indeed true. The hero's personality spans a very wide range, but there is an inner thread connecting them together. Martin's performance can freely unfold these differences." The characters merge into a single and extremely dangerous person."

She asked her husband Warren Beatty: "I haven't seen anyone better than this character in the past ten years."

Kathleen Kennedy added: "It should be one of the highest levels of acting skills that Hollywood actors have shown in the past ten years."

Warren Beatty shrugged: "I'm not sure exactly. Anyway, one thing I know is that even when I was at my peak, I couldn't do this."

He pointed to the close-up of the male protagonist on the screen: "Have you noticed that apart from his appearance, Martin does not perform too exaggeratedly, but achieves his goal through changes in his eyes, facial muscles and the curvature of the corners of his mouth, naturally. To clean and tidy!”

Willem Dafoe, who was in the same row, was also amazed.

It is really not easy to do this and still be so natural and clear.

　In the row of critics in front of them, every film critic was deep in thought.

Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times, who is also the chairman of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, said to his friend Todd McCarthy next to him: "Is this the best role Martin has played since he entered Hollywood?"

Todd McCarthy nodded slowly: "Yes, not only is Martin the best, I think it is also the best role in Hollywood since 2010, compared to Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln and Matthew McNair. The AIDS character played by Connor was clearly a winner.”

He pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion: "This role definitely deserves an Oscar for Best Actor."

Kenneth Turan has been writing down his personal feelings quickly on the notebook in his hand, and now is the time when he feels the strongest.

The pen rustled in his hand, and a short column was ready to be sent out at any time.

"Martin's performance in "Split" completely overpowered the film's story and internal logic. It was a shock and has become the most outstanding feature of the film!"

"There is a particularly wonderful section in the film. In just half a minute, Martin needs to express seven completely different states. None of them rely on prosthetics or external makeup. He completely transforms through body language and facial changes. It's amazing. What's remarkable is that he has created a unique and precise portrayal of each personality, which is completely unpretentious and convincing, which is breathtaking.”

At the same time that Kenneth Turan was writing, the subtitles of the film were raised, and warm applause erupted in the theater.

Everyone around stood up and applauded.

Kenneth Turan and Todd McCarthy also stood up and applauded. This film, especially Martin's performance, deserves the warmest applause.

(End of this chapter)

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