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Chapter 217 Hepburn plays the gorilla

Before leaving Paris, Alex finally coded the script for the second movie, and the name was still called "The Lost Planet of the Apes".

He planned to stay at home next and code the remaining three together. Morris returned to DreamWorks and announced their filming plans they decided in Paris.

When the plan for the "Planet of the Apes" series was announced, it immediately attracted attention from all parties. The news media chased Morris and others for details, and even Alex, who was hiding at home, was not spared.

At this time, Alex could ignore the news media, but he had to answer the friend's call.

The first person to call was William Whit. On the phone, this guy asked who the director of the movie was. He wanted to get involved. After all, there were so many five movies in total, just give him one.

"How is it! Boss, I'm going to make one too!" William teased on the phone.

"You can shoot it as long as you want. This is a science fiction movie, not an epic movie!"

Alex was a little worried. He knew that William had never filmed a science fiction film, and that the styles of each movie were required not to be too different, and they had to be unified.

"Why can't you shoot? I'm quite interested in science fiction novels. I've long wanted to find a science fiction film to shoot. Didn't you see that you have a chance here? So I came to ask for it with a shame."

This is a good thing. William's films have different styles and a large theme span. He has made both romantic films such as "Roman Holiday" and epic films such as "Ben Hu". What's even more amazing is that each film was very successful. It can be said that he is very popular in any company. Fortunately, he cooperated well with DreamWorks. Whenever he has any plans, he will give priority to coming to DreamWorks to ask.

Take "Ben Hur" for example. William completed an almost incomplete task in the field scheduling, and the legend is all-in-one. The plot where Jesus only appears in his back is very convincing and designed very smartly. The ending of this shot touched many people who believe in God and earned a lot of tears and money.

However, Alex still couldn't mess with William, so he refused the other party's request: "Ahhhhh! Your directorial level is too high. I'm afraid that the movies you make will be too different from other movies by then, so that's awful!"

This is a good thing. William is a very capable director who can do things that others cannot do. But the problem lies here. Alex is afraid that the entire series will have different rhythms and make his ideas fail. Originally, the five movies in history were filmed differently because of different shooting times and different directors. As a result, there were many bug loopholes.

Even if the script is perfect and the plan has problems with the person who implements the plan, the result will become very imperfect.

If it weren't for the pursuit of perfect movies, Alex wouldn't have spent so much effort to compile these scripts. He could have handed over these work to others. Anyway, it's just spending money. Isn't he just making money just to make himself live a more free and comfortable life?

Just tell the clever screenwriters about his ideas. I guess they will be able to come up with the script soon, and it is no worse than the original five series of movies.

After rejecting William, the directors and actors that others knew all called each other, trying to get some details from Alex, and it would be best to get a director's position or a role. Most of the questions they asked were similar, which made Alex very upset.

Just as he was about to unplug the telephone line, another phone call came in. This time it was Hepburn!

"Hey, Alex, I learned from Morris that you're coming back to make a movie. That's great, so we can meet again often!"

Hepburn was first happy for Alex's return, and then talked about his recent situation. Hepburn hadn't taken many movies to shoot since he won two Academy Awards. On the one hand, it was because she was married and wanted to focus on family. On the other hand, she hoped to take on some high-quality movies. If the script was not good, she would not agree easily if the role was too bad.

The two chatted for a while, and finally Alex said a little apologetically: "In this movie, there seems to be no role for you!"

Hepburn laughed like a silver bell on the other end of the phone: "It's okay! I just finished filming "Ben Hur" and I'm not in a hurry to find a job. After all, I've earned enough from this movie, so I'm not worried about losing money!"

"Ben Hur" invested by DreamWorks has found Hepburn as the heroine. DreamWorks has always treated influential stars like Hepburn. Usually, they choose one of the two payment methods, either a fixed salary or a share of the money after the box office comes out.

Actors who are confident in DreamWorks usually choose that share, and Hepburn is no exception. Historically, she was very interested in this movie and even visited the crew during the filming process. Unfortunately, for some reason, she failed to play the heroine.

With Hepburn joining this version of DreamWorks, it is naturally more eye-catching than the one at MGM. In the end, the box office in North America was 25 million more than the original $70 million, which means that the box office of "Ben Hur" was as high as $95 million!

It almost exceeded 100 million, which shows how many people will be jealous of such results. Compared with those film companies that cannot continue to live happily, DreamWorks is simply the only star in the film industry.

Alex suddenly remembered that there was actually a character that Hepburn could give, but he was a little worried that the other party would refuse.

"If you are interested, maybe I can give you a supporting actress!"

"Huh? Really? What kind of character is it?" Hepburn became interested immediately. She asked, "Didn't you just say that there is no role for me? Why is it now there is another one? It's not for me to add it, right?"

"Haha, how could that be! I'm just worried you won't play such a role!"

"What kind of role is it? I will definitely act well if you give it to me!"

"Would you like to play a female orangutan?"

This time Hepburn was speechless immediately. She paused for a while before saying in surprise: "Mother, female orangutan?"

"Yes, do you act or not? If you act, I will have someone give you a script!"

In this world, I'm afraid only Alex dares to ask Hepburn to play a female orangutan. Who doesn't know that Hepburn is a big beauty, and she is a princess-like beauty. No director dares to tell others that I want to invite Miss Hepburn to play a female orangutan.

Hepburn, who had never encountered such a situation, was very frustrated and kept thinking in his heart: "Why did Alex invite him to play a female orangutan? Why is this?"

She never dreamed that someone would ask herself if she wanted to play an animal!

Female orangutan?

What kind of character is this? I heard it is a supporting actress?

Alex was not kidding. He really wanted Hepburn to play this role. With her current popularity, even if there is no shot in the whole film, as long as Hepburn's name is attached, I believe that more people will flock to the cinema to watch.

In order to make Hepburn make up his mind, Alex briefly explained the plot of the film on the phone. Before he finished speaking, the other end of the phone shouted in surprise: "I will play! I will play this role!"

"Oh? Don't you have to read the script carefully?"

"No, your story is very interesting, I like the character of the female orangutan too!"

Hepburn has reached a bottleneck stage now, and other film companies have asked her to play roles like Princess Anne, which makes people feel that it is completely uninnovative for thousands of times. She originally wanted to find some breakthrough characters to play, even if she is not the heroine.

Unfortunately, those film companies only recognized her image as a princess and did not consider her ideas at all.

Over the years, Hepburn has realized that continuing to play such a princess role will only solidify her image, and it will be difficult to transform in the future. The more famous the actors are, the more difficult it is to please the audience. Once people are tired of her princess image, it will be difficult to get rid of this situation.

For example, for example, Xiulan, Deng Boer, she missed many opportunities because she transformed too late, so that she felt that she was not good at acting. As a result, she lost her acting career at the age of fifteen or sixteen, gradually became unknown, and eventually left the entertainment industry.

Now Alex invites her to play a role that doesn't even have to show her face, and she is also a character with an animal image. This is completely different from the previous image of Princess Anne. Hepburn firmly believes that as long as he can play this role well, the images of other characters will definitely be no problem.

"You are sure to play the role of this supporting actress, the female orangutan, right?"

"Well, yes! I'm going to play this female orangutan!"

"Okay, I'll send you a script tomorrow! But you must keep a secret from others. You can't tell them what role you play, do you know?"

"Okay, I won't say it!"

Alex handed over the role of the female orangutan to Hepburn, which was actually a whim, but he had considered it.

First of all, Hepburn is very famous, and with her joining, she will definitely attract her fans to the cinema.

Secondly, Alex plays a trick on this, just not telling the media and outsiders in advance.

Let them guess that when the show is performed, they will definitely be shocked by Hepburn's new image. It will definitely cause topics. As long as there is a topic, it will definitely continue to attract more people to watch this movie.
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