Chapter 1978 1980【Mulholland Drive】


    ??The reason why MaggieQ has been successful in both Hong Kong and the United States is due to her beautiful mixed-race face.


    Hong Kong people see her as a foreigner, and foreigners see her as Asian. In the 2000s, mixed-race faces were popular in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and Hollywood was also promoting diversity and was willing to use ethnic minorities, so MaggieQ caught up with the good times.


    In the 1980s, when both Hong Kong and Hollywood were conservative, a mixed-race woman like her would not be able to please both ends.


    "Hello, Miss Li~" Xiang Nan shook hands with MaggieQ, nodded with a smile.


    ? MaggieQ in real life is more beautiful and charming than she is on the screen, which makes Xiang Nan very happy.


    “Hello Charles, it’s really an honor to meet you.” MaggieQ also said with a smile, but she spoke in English, not Cantonese.


    After all, she has only been in Xiangjiang for two years and has not learned Cantonese yet. I usually speak English when filming, and then dub it into Cantonese and Mandarin.


    "You''re welcome." Xiang Nan waved and smiled, "I''m asking you to meet this time mainly to find suitable actors for my new film "Mission: Impossible 3"."


    “Mission: Impossible 3?” MaggieQ was very excited when she heard it.


    The first two "Mission: Impossible" films have achieved extremely high box office numbers around the world. They are the pinnacle of Hollywood action films, with big investments, big scenes, and big casts.


    ??Being able to star in this movie, even in a small role, may attract the attention of the industry and smoothly enter Hollywood.


    For her who is very enterprising, this is of course great news.


    "Do you think I''m suitable?" she asked immediately.


    "Based on the appearance alone, it seems suitable." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "However, I still need to further investigate how the acting skills and skills are."


    "Okay, I will cooperate with you in whatever investigation you want." MaggieQ said immediately.


    Xiang Nan nodded with satisfaction.


    …


    After staying in Xiangjiang for half a month, Xiang Nan conducted a comprehensive inspection of MaggieQ and finally decided to give her the role of Mei Ling in "Mission: Impossible 3".


    Xiang Nan then returned to Hollywood with his family.


    At this time, the movies being released by Universal Pictures are "The Princess Diaries" and "Listen to the Heart of a Woman".


    "Princess Diaries" was released in January and has not yet dropped due to good box office performance. The film has accumulated a global box office of US$120 million and is expected to have a final box office of around US$180 million.


    ? And it cost only $40 million, so it can be said to be a great success.


    The reason why it is successful is that on the one hand, the identity setting of the heroine caters to the tastes of young people. According to the setting, the heroine is a sixteen-year-old female high school student. She is in her prime years, the age when she is in love and loves fantasy. Who doesn’t long to fly onto a branch and become a phoenix? Therefore, the story of the heroine sparrow turning into a phoenix is ??naturally attractive to them.


    On the one hand, the story is solid and interesting. Although the sparrow turning into a phoenix is ??an old cliche, after careful arrangement, the whole story is not cliche at all. Instead, it is interesting, relaxed and enjoyable, giving people a very wonderful movie-watching experience.


    Coupled with the heroine Anne Hathaway, her bright smile and fresh and refined temperament are known as a synthesis of Julia Roberts and Audrey Hepburn, and she has won the love of thousands of boys and girls. .


    ?Therefore, it is not surprising that "Princess Diaries" naturally captured the hearts of the audience and achieved such good box office results.???…


    “Listening to Women’s Hearts” will be released on Valentine’s Day in February. The film stars Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.


    It tells the story of a male protagonist who is an advertising designer and is always made things difficult by his female boss. An accidental electric shock gave him special powers, and he has since been able to read women''s hearts.


    ?In this way, he was able to understand the real thoughts of users, so the advertising designs he launched perfectly catered to the needs of customers and became a great success.


    And he found out that his female boss liked him, so he wanted to take revenge. As a result, he ended up falling in love...


    ??This is a romantic comedy with a fantasy color, the style is humorous and fresh, funny and romantic. Paired with the perfect performances from Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, the film was a natural hit.


    ??The final box office in North America was US$180 million and the global box office was US$370 million. It broke the box office record for a romance film set by "Pretty Woman."


    …


    Coming into March, the suspense thriller "Mulholland Drive" directed by David Lynch.


    ?This movie is really mind-blowing in terms of plot. Many viewers said they couldn''t understand the film after watching it. But many viewers, after watching the film, called it the most exciting movie of this century.


    Actually, the reason why the audience can’t understand it is. It''s because "Mulholland Drive" was originally a TV series, just like David Lynch''s previous work "Twin Peaks."


    ?Unexpectedly, after he finished filming the first episode and sent it to ABC TV station for review, ABC TV station did not buy it at all. I thought the pace of the filming was too slow. After watching it for half an hour, I didn’t even know what the plot was about, so I withdrew from the next investment.


    ? David Lynch had no choice but to compromise with ABC and refused to give up the project. In the end, he changed "Mulholland Drive" into a movie.


    ?In this way, using the remaining funds, we can just finish filming "Mulholland Drive". However, because an American drama has more than ten hours of content compressed into two and a half hours, many parts cannot be explained in depth, which naturally makes people look confused and unclear.


    ?But this can be regarded as a mistake. Because of this, this movie has won the love of literary film lovers and gained an excellent reputation.


    ??However, because the plot was so obscure and difficult to understand, the film did poorly at the box office. In the end, it only earned 10 million U.S. dollars at the box office, and the global box office was only over 20 million U.S. dollars.


    …


    At the end of March, the Academy Awards will be held as usual.


    "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" starring Xiang Nan has been shortlisted for ten awards including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack. It is one of the biggest favorites at this year''s Oscars.


    Xiang Nan attended the award ceremony in person and invited Naomi Watts to walk the red carpet together.


    ??Naomi Watts is one of the heroines of "Mulholland Drive". She was born in 1968. She was once a classmate of an opera school with Nicole Kidman, and they also made a movie together.


    But her stardom is far behind that of Nicole Kidman. Since Nicole Kidman met Xiang Nan, she has quickly become a star with "Ghostbusters 2", "Emergency Watch", "Cocktail", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, "Pretty Woman", "Silent" "Lamb" quickly became a star in Hollywood.


    ?Although Naomi Watts also came to Hollywood to make a career, she could not even get a serious role and lived a life of poverty for a long time.


    The poor female artist she played in "Mulholland Drive" is a true portrayal of her.


    (End of this chapter)