615. Chapter 615 Chapter 206 Why not make it bigger
The 81st Oscars are over, and "Slumdog Millionaire" has become the biggest winner, taking away 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The film, which was previously favored by many, had 13 nominations.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" only received two.
In fact, many people know that if it weren't for Sean Down in the starring role, this movie might only get a consolation award for best makeup. God knows why the film academy didn't like "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
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However, Sean's Best Actor award still made many people's glasses fall to the ground. They all had the same idea as him. The leading actor in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was indeed good. It was no problem to get a nomination, but winning the award was not overwhelming.
The advantage of sex. If nothing else, Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler", if he is shortlisted, may not win the award, but the same tragic character will definitely pose a threat to Sean.
There are roles of the same nature, and the competitiveness cannot reach the point of overpowering the others. In most cases, film schools will choose those roles that are more unique.
It's a pity, who made them owe Sean a trophy before? And there was a lot of fuss. In addition, Sean's previous nominations are almost the nominations of many actors in their lifetime. If the film academy cannot make some amends,
That would be so disappointing.
However, everyone thought that even if the film academy wanted to compensate, it would have to wait a few more years, and Sean was still younger. Although the academy had been advocating rejuvenation a few years ago, in fact it was only a few years ago.
What role can a 20-year-old actor play as a member?
But what I didn't expect was that they actually created the youngest best actor in this way, which is surprising.
After all, Best Actor is not as liberal as Best Actress. The youngest Best Actress was the 21-year-old Marie Matlin who won the award in early 1987. Although the Oscars have strictly controlled the number of award-winning actors since then
Age, in 20 years, you have to be at least 25 years old before you have a chance to win the trophy.
However, Best Actor has never been awarded before the age of 30. Even if Adrien Brody pushed the limit to 29 with "The Pianist" in 2003, he was still only a few dozen days away from 30.
Therefore, it is very difficult to push the limit forward in this award, even just a little. Unexpectedly, only 6 years later, someone has pushed the limit forward for at least a year!
So even though there are many people who are dissatisfied with the film academy's preference for "Slumdog Millionaire," they have given a lot of praise on this issue, thinking that the academy has really begun to change.
Of course, there are also those who are dissatisfied with the award for "Slumdog Millionaire" and don't like Sean, who attack both sides. But they are a minority among the minority, not as good as those who ridicule the film academy and can't even cover it up.
There are many people who make compensation so conspicuous, so don’t pay too much attention to it.
Therefore, Sean must have been constantly appearing in the headlines of major media during this period. After all, he is the youngest Oscar winner, and it may be difficult for anyone to break this limit in the future.
"I can only say that I will work harder. This is pressure and motivation." Sean said on the talk show.
Anyway, breaking the record is a sure thing, and it is necessary to show a certain degree of humility. Even so, some people still said sarcastically after they recovered, saying that they had to rely on compensation to get the statuette.
No matter how serious or dirty it is, this is the charity of the film academy.
"See, this is a charity from the college." Sean raised the laptop in his hand and showed it to the people in front of him with a smile.
"Do you really care, Sean?" Sanders came over and took the computer over to take a look.
"Of course, that's why I called you to discuss countermeasures together." Sean shrugged and looked at the other people in the room, Frederick, Vladimir and Weinstein.
You know, it is far more difficult to win the Oscar for consecutive years, especially at his age, than to be the youngest Best Actor.
That's right, what I said at the Oscar night that night, "If you want to dream big, dream big" means to win the Oscar again. This is a whimsical idea, but it is also very attractive. Sean has created it several times since he entered the industry.
It's a miracle, and luck always seems to be on his side. Let's not talk about what happened before, but now, no one expected it, he has become the youngest Oscar winner. Even if there is indeed a factor of strength,
But my luck is already as good as heaven.
What's more, the movie "The Artist" was originally aimed at Oscars. Sean originally said that it was a love letter, and he also thought of many ways to appeal to the film academy's appetite. He also played the nostalgia card in the movie and released it.
It will definitely scratch the itch of the academy in the future. If you give up now, will all the hard work you have done before be in vain?
Of course, this is a thankless task. Hollywood emphasizes connections, friendship, strength, and qualifications. Sean currently has all the first three, but the last one is tied to time, and he really has no choice.
But qualifications are sometimes ahead of other things. For those old actors, young actors are often not allowed to show off, otherwise people like Tom Cruise and Demi Moore in the 1980s would not be called
Pie for the milky smell.
As I said before, the film academy as a whole is relatively conservative, especially when it comes to Best Actor. Otherwise, it would not be so difficult to improve young records in this award.
Now, under pressure from all parties, the Academy has given Sean a statuette, and allowed him to become the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Oscars as he wished - if "The Artist" is released at the end of this year, he will win it at the Oscars next year
In terms of Best Actor, Sean is still the youngest Best Actor, but he was only a few months younger than Brody at that time.
In any case, he has achieved what he wanted, but now he is still continuing to plan, which seems a bit greedy.
However, there are always many times in life when you want to work hard, right? If you miss it, you will inevitably feel willing to look back on it in the years to come. Moreover, it is said that Sean does not care at all that this is just a film school
It is impossible to win the award openly without caring about the compensation.
Moreover, once you have done something, you must do your best. This is one of Sean's life creeds, so since good conditions are in front of you, why not try again?
More importantly, he is not without his own efforts. Let’s not talk about the love letter of “The Artist”. With Weinstein, an old fox, as the producer, there is no need to worry about the attitude of those guys in the film school.
Then, Sean still has many connections, and his net worth is more than most people. If you really count, he is probably the richest actor and director in Hollywood. And with YouTube and several major
The relationship with the media group is quite good. Even Google is now embarrassed and wants to invest again. If it launches all-out public relations, it might not be able to make the college make the same choice.
In addition to these, there are a large group of consultants from Samsara Pictures, Weinstein Pictures, and Endeavor who are probably happy to have a client who has won the Oscar for Best Actor for two consecutive years. With everyone working together, who says there won’t be a solution?
?So they are all here now.
"Public relations must start now, especially the core members of the film academy. We must continue to influence until the end of the year." After a few words of discussion, Vladimir said.
"And we can't let them notice it, at least on the surface." Frederick added next to him.
Although the Film Academy has more than 5,000 members...oh, it is now more than 6,000, including Sean himself, and he votes for his own works every time. But what really works, or is really influential,
Those who can influence the final result are only the core 1,000 people.
After all, not everyone has time to watch the participating films, and not everyone will take the selection seriously, and there are many people who use their votes as favors, so in the end it is these old men whose words have weight. If they can be dealt with,
At least half of it is done.
"No problem," Sean agreed. "I will support you as much as possible. As for lobbying funds... there is no cap."
He is also very heroic. Since he wants to do something unprecedented, he doesn't care about this small amount of money. And he can afford to spend this money now. Is it possible that lobbying these people will cost more than custom-made Airbus A380?
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"In addition, we must also pay attention to those movies that have potential." Weinstein said at this time.
"You mean..." Sean raised his eyebrows.
"That's right, pay attention to those movies that may threaten you, and then prevent them from being released at the end of this year." The fat man shrugged, "Just like you did with "The Wrestler."
Sean immediately looked at Sanders, who spread his hands: "I just said a little, you know, Harvey's reaction is more sensitive than anyone else, he is an old fox."
"Can I take that as a compliment?" Weinstein laughed.
"Of course." Sean rolled his eyes, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, the failure of Mickey Rourke to be nominated for "The Wrestler" was because he asked Sanders to find a way to do it, but it was not to reduce competitors, but to the director of the film, Darren Aronoff.
Ski.
"Kick him out of Hollywood, no matter what," Sean told Sanders at the time.
He and Aronofsky have no grudges, and they have never even met. The only connection is probably that Rachel Weisz is living with him now, and "The Fountainhead" starring Hugh Jackman was released the year before.
Starring.
Therefore, the reason why Sean did this was actually to prepare for a rainy day. To be precise, he would nip the "Black Swan" that might appear in the future in his infancy. Since he said that Natalie would be completely unable to stand up for at least a few years, he must do it.
Chapter completed!