Richard and Karen are very interested in this movie, and these two guys are already obsessed with the film making.

"Yeah, yeah! I'm going to become a big star."

Since Karen played the role of 5-year-old Gorter, she has always liked to perform this role in front of people, and adults have encouraged her actions. She is the happiest person to be able to shoot a movie again.

As for Richard, he was used to someone taking photos of him like cameras. So he specially asked someone to follow him and help him take pictures of his daily life.

If Alex teases him too much for expressiveness, Richard will reply: "I am leaving precious historical information for future generations. I will definitely be very famous in the future. In order to let people know more about the real me, I can only take pictures of my usual activities."

"Okay, whatever you want to take pictures. Just be careful not to take pictures of me too."

When Alex saw the camera coming, he quickly picked up a newspaper and covered his face.

Richard shrugged and replied, "Of course, my life documentary should be centered on me! If you don't want to be filmed, just stop appearing in front of me."

After hearing such arrogant words, Alex shook his head and ignored this matter. However, Richard's approach did retain a lot of images and videos of Carpenter's family. When Alex used it in the future, he had to sigh that Richard's approach was very meaningful.

Deere quickly called Alex and said: "The film has been confirmed to have Charles Lawton directed, and they think you are not very suitable for shooting a thriller."

After hearing this, Alex didn't think anything surprising. After all, he was old here, so it would be incredible to be able to make such a thriller.

It is indeed shocking to the success of "The Voice of Music", but many people think that it is nothing surprising. Alex is a musical genius, and it is normal for him to make a musical film well. As for other films, it may not be as successful as "The Voice of Music".

Alex also thinks this view is more realistic. He himself thinks it is unlikely to make another movie with a box office of "The Voice of Music" at least within 10 years. Unless he is willing to devote most of his energy to filming movies, it is really difficult to create a film that transcends the times.

As for Charles, Alex once met him, a chubby, fat man with a strong British accent. In order to learn more about Charles, Alex asked someone to take all his personal information. After learning, he found out that Charles started as an actor.

Charles Lawton was born in Scarborough, Yoshie, England. His parents wanted to inherit the family business, but he liked acting since he was a child.

After returning from serving in World War I, he joined the amateur theater troupe, and later finally broke through the family's restrictions and entered the Royal Academy of Drama Arts.

Under the training of his mentor Komi Sayesky, he gradually matured and finally took the lead in his play "Lilyom". Since then, he has successfully performed some repertoires in the West End.

In 1931, he and his wife came to the United States with the "Payment Deferral" troupe. They then signed a contract with Paramount Film Company and successfully performed several films. In 1933, he starred in the British film "The Private Life of Henry VIII", which won an unexpected success, and he also won the 6th Academy Award for Best Actor.

His film career reached its peak in 1935. In this year, he not only won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actor for the MGM Films film "The Blood of the Rebels", but also won many highly comments for the British film "Rembrandt" (1936). For example, the famous director Joseph von Stenberg said, "The well in Lawton has almost no bottom."

Charles' career was rooted in Hollywood and he did not become an American citizen until 1950. However, his most successful performances were the British films "Hobson's Choice" (1953) and "The Witness of the Prosecution", which were nominated for the 1954 British Academy Awards and the Academy Award for Best Actor.

It was not uncommon for an old actor to switch careers to become a director in Hollywood at that time. However, this movie "Hunter Night" was Charles' first directed film. No wonder the American Film Company was so enthusiastic about finding people to invest. This is because they were worried that the filming of this movie would fail, so it would be that someone shared the risk together.

"This is not good! The first movie directed by the director, wouldn't it meant that it was going to fail?"

Alex completely ignored his first movie and directly broke the championship box office record. He did not think that the success rate of the first movie was very high. Even if Charles is an experienced actor, it does not mean that his directorial level is very high.

However, once he thought of the script, he was a little shaken: "This is a good script. If it can be really done, this thriller will definitely become a monument in the history of film!"

Meilian Film plans to share the 55% share with DreamWorks, and the investment is also half and half. The investment is not large, and the main scenes are indoors. Even if there is an outdoor scene, most of them are filmed in the sets of Meilian Film Company.

As for the cost of renting a set shed, it has to be calculated into the shooting expenses. In fact, the method of the United Film has reduced its investment, and DreamWorks' investment accounts for more than 60%.

"Forget it, let's take a photo! Even if you lose all the money, you don't have a million."

Richard and Karen still have to go through the formalities when interviewing. Director Charles was surprised when he saw Richard, and he said, "Richard, how old are you this year?"

Richard touched his head and said loudly, "I'm 10 years old, Mr. Charles."

"10 years old? Well, it's a little taller than I think. But it doesn't matter, it can't be seen on the screen."

Charles was very satisfied with Karen's appearance and audition, and he said happily: "Carren, you are so cute. Better than the little girl I thought, and even more perfect!"

The filming of "Hunter Night" by MLS and DreamWorks was launched soon. During the filming process, Alex also went to the shooting site to watch it. Unexpectedly, Charles' director did a good job.

Charles himself is an acting star. He has rich performance experience. Whenever the filming is not going well, he can always explain the effect he wants to the actors. He can even play that role himself and demonstrate it to the actors in this way.

His performance palette is extremely colorful, and he can act easily with all kinds of characters and life experiences. Especially his baby face is bloated and childish, and he changes as soon as he says, and sometimes yin and sometimes yang, which can reveal the complex inner activities of the characters.

Charles is called "Thousand Faces Man". After watching the performance, he will feel that this title is really appropriate.

"Hey! Alex, I didn't expect you to come back to see us."

After the filming of the movie stopped, Richard and the others soon discovered the arrival of Alex. His shouting immediately attracted many people to look at Alex. This name was already well-known to them. Several people even came over to ask him for autographs, including what they wanted, and some for their family and friends.

After finally signing the autographs for those people, Alex was able to escape from the siege. He came to Charles, stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello! I am Alex!"

Charles was very kind and approachable. He smiled and said, "I know, we have met you. Well, I saw you at Morris's house, and I can't remember it."

Alex nodded and said, "Yes, we've met, but we haven't talked much."

"It's okay. You have been here for so long and don't have any ideas. This is the first time I've been a director. I have to ask you for some experience."

"Haha, how dare you fiddle with my experience in front of you. I have only directed a movie, but I don't have much experience."

Charles said, "You broke the box office championship record with a movie. It's amazing. To be honest, if you have any opinions, just tell me."

Alex realized that the other party's words were sincere and had no intention of being polite. He did not expect that Charles, who played most of the roles on the screen, was stubborn, cruel and powerful, would be so easy to talk to.

"I think the movie you shot will be the greatest movie. But..."

Facing Alex's opening remark, Charles asked calmly: "But what?"

"But I worry that it is so great that audiences of this era can't understand its inner meaning."

Charles looked at Alex thoughtfully. He knew that Alex was a genius. Since the other party said so, it would not be aimless. He thought for a while and said, "Then do you think I shouldn't be so obscure, I should be more popular?"

"More popular? How can we be more popular!"

"For example, the whole movie seems so depressing. Shouldn't some soothing clips be added in the middle to give the audience time to take a breath? Also, the ending is too heartbreaking. Can the perverted pastor be punished and have a happy ending?"

In the original script, Charles really wanted to let the priest get caught and take the opportunity to escape as the end. After this conversation, his ideas changed a little, but he still did not make a decision.

He believes that there is no victory or defeat in the struggle between love and hate, and at most one side can only temporarily overwhelm the other side. In the film, the perverted pastor uses the method of playing against each other with his left and right hands to imply this ideological content to the audience.

Charles thought about it and said, "Well, I will consider your idea."

Alex spread his hands and said, "You are the director, you decide. I just said how I feel. As for how to do it, I don't know."

Charles was not angry after hearing this. He nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for your honesty, thank you."

After staying in the set shed of the United Nations Movie for a while, Alex went back. He felt that the movie must have a hit. But it was not known whether it could attract the audience's love.

Not long after returning to his residence, Deer called: "MGM is willing to increase your pay to $200,000, but he is unwilling to modify the script."

MGM (MGM Film Company) started in the 1950s and was no longer as good as before.

This is a crisis encountered by the entire film industry. Due to the backward filming techniques of filming, unwilling to innovate, and the impact of film entertainment on the popularization of television, the market has shrunk. As one of the American film giants, MGM has also been greatly affected, but it has not yet made any changes.
Chapter completed!