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969 The Curse of the Golden Man

The Oscar, in the film field of contemporary society, is the highest award for the combination of business and art. In North America, it is ranked as the four authoritative awards in the entertainment industry with the Emmy Awards, Grammys, and Tony Awards; in the world, it is ranked as the highest honor in the film industry with the Berlin Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Cannes Film Festival.

People may not like it or even despise it. But there is no doubt that the influence and authority of the Oscars are the top ones, and for every film practitioner, this is the ultimate dream. Perhaps European art creators are an exception.

To top the Oscar is the peak of any film practitioner's career, especially actors, directors and screenwriters; then, what about after reaching the top? It's like after climbing Mount Everest, looking down on all the mountains. What should we do next? How can we surpass the Oscar achievements? How can we continue to maintain our peak?

Standing at the top means that the space on the uphill road is very limited. If you are not careful, it will be the downhill road. Being at the bottom of the valley and reaching the top is actually the same. The former is to retreat without retreat, while the latter is to face barriers. They all need to break and then establish themselves, but it is not easy to operate in practice.

In real life, after the peak of the Oscars, actors are often prone to falling into a long-term downturn, especially actresses, who are nicknamed "Three Years of Winning Awards", which is also known as the curse of the Little Golden Man.

In 1972, Liza Minnelli of the "Kim Hall"; in 1975, Louise Flether of the "Flying Over the Crazy Asylum"; in 195, Geraldine-page of the "Travel to Bondifur", they almost disappeared after harvesting the Little Golden Man.

As for actors who have fallen into career crisis after winning the film, there are many actors, such as Cher who is "the moonlight flirting" Jessia Lange who is "the indulgent" Susan Saradon who is "the death row" Gwyneth Paltrow who is "the love history of Shakespeare, Halle Berry who is "the dance of death row"...

Such a list can be long and endlessly listed. It is not complicated to carefully discuss the reasons. After the peak of the career brought by the Oscars, the actors' value will rise, and their pay may triple or even more. At the same time, the audience's expectations will also be further improved, and they are always looking forward to these actors showing their strength or ability to "compatibility with the Little Golden Man".

The problem is that Oscars only admit that actors' performance achievements in a specific movie, not their entire acting career or their individual actors. There are countless actors who have won numerous actors in the same year; there are countless nominations for one, and there are countless veteran actors like Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Daniel Day Lewis, what they need is the accumulation of time.

Therefore, when a brand new movie is released, the distribution company and publicity department can mark the title of "New Best Actress/Movie Award" to attract attention, but this does not mean box office appeal.

For new Oscar winners, they have increased their chances of work and challenges; but in essence, their strength is difficult to change drastically, and their excitement has not been truly improved.

Once the completion of the work fails to meet expectations, or the box office fails, it is easy to fall into a gap between the superficial scenery and actual status, and then gradually disappear from the audience's sight.

Generally speaking, the years before winning the award were the golden period for actors, because at that time, the quality of the work was mainly pursued, and the pay was reasonable, and there were more opportunities. After winning the award, either they began to appear frequently in popcorn movies in order to make money, but the quality could not keep up, or they insisted on in the field of art films, searching for breakthroughs, but it was becoming increasingly difficult.

In the final analysis, after the career reaches its peak, mentality adjustment and self-positioning are crucial. If you are fascinated by the light of the Little Golden Man and lose the accurate judgment of your position, then in Hollywood where interests are paramount, the additional effects of the Little Golden Man can easily lose control, which will eventually lead to a gradual decline.

The so-called Little Golden Man Curse may be a kind of Vanity Fair curse.

For actors, after winning the Oscar, they must be cautious in choosing their next work.

On the one hand, it is best to distinguish it from the image of the winning work, and it is best to make some challenges; on the other hand, the challenges should not be too out of line, and subversive attempts are often easy to lead to avalanche-like defeat.

On the one hand, we need to leave our own safety and comfort areas, such as art film actors trying some commercial possibilities. If they have tried it before, then we can go further now; on the other hand, we cannot be too radical. The reason why Tom Cruise and Will Smith never win the Oscar is because their commercial attributes are too distinct.

A simple summary is: difficult.

Everyone sees the glory of winning awards, including actors and agents; but planning and consideration after winning the awards have become more difficult. After all, the career has not yet ended.

At the beginning of the year, after becoming the youngest actor in film history with "Love Madness", all his attention was focused on Renli: How would he choose for his next work? Art movies? Commercial movies? Or a second solo album?

At the age of twenty-two, Renli's acting career has just begun, and there are endless possibilities in the future. He has reached the Oscar early, which can become the peak of Renli's career, but it may also be the beginning of a downhill road.

It is worth noting that so far, all of Lanli's works have maintained a record of winning all the results, and even the "buried alive" with the lowest box office numbers have made a lot of money. So, can Lanli continue to have such momentum after the Little Golden Man? With higher expectations and attention, can Lanli continue to gain recognition from the audience?

This is what Andy Rogers and the entire innovative artist agency are thinking hard.

From this perspective, Lanley actually went to the West End of London and devoted herself to the performance of "Les Miserables", which received unanimous support from innovative artist brokers. They even distributed a small part of their power to specifically help Andy promote the publicity of "Les Miserables" on Broadway and North America.

The reason is very simple. We focus on polishing our acting skills, devote ourselves to professional research, and show a humble and cautious attitude. Even if we win the Oscar, we are still not arrogant or impatient, but are more down-to-earth. This can quickly cool down the jealousy and hatred brought by the "twenty-two-year-old actor" for the old scholars in the academy and ordinary audiences.

If it was other times when young actors in the rising career chose to return to West End or Broadway in London, their agents would probably curse. But Lan Li is a special one. The innovative artist agency has made every effort to promote relevant cooperation and subsequent arrangements. After the rapid heating up, it will cool down quickly.

But what after "Les Miserables"?

Over the past few months, Renley has been busy in London, and Andy has not been idle in Los Angeles. Even if Renley is not around, he is still the focus of Andy's work. He has been repeatedly selecting projects, screening and screening, from pure art films to independent and low-cost productions, from popcorn commercial blockbusters to unique commercial works,

Now, what Andy pursues is not a simple pay or award, but needs to be more meticulous and cautious.

Commercial popcorn blockbusters? There is no problem, but now Renli's personal image has gradually formed, which means that the character image needs to be consistent with Renli; independent art films? There is no problem, but the character or theme needs to be made breakthroughs and you cannot repeat yourself.

In addition, they must also consider the current position of Lanli. The "Edge of Tomorrow" has reached 10 million US dollars, and there is still 5% of the box office dividend, which means that the pay for commercial works must not be less than 12 million US dollars; and independent art works also need to start selecting directors and scripts. If it is an unknown work, Lanli needs to start to be a name producer.

If you do not advance, you will retreat. They must accept the effects brought by the Oscar Little Golden People.

Most importantly, Renli needs to nod his head and agree.

Andy clearly understood that in many cases, Lanley is a very easy-to-communicate partner, with no pay requirements, no set privileges, no weird problems, and no picky about the crew; but sometimes, Lanley is a very troublesome partner, with strict and almost strict requirements on scripts, characters, directors, etc.

This is not an easy task, it is a very difficult task.

In recent times, Andy received the most interesting proposal from Warner Bros.: They asked if Lanley was interested in playing Batman.

The last film of the "Batman Prequel Trilogy" directed by Christopher Nolan has been completed and will be released on July 20 this year. Batman, played by Christian Bale, is about to retire. After the film contract is over, there is no plan to renew the contract; but now Warner Bros. has begun planning, hoping to find a brand new actor to take over Batman.

Apparently, Lanley is on their waiting list.

Andy refused without hesitation, not because of the pay or anything, but because of Lanley's temperament and style, it has nothing to do with Batman. It's like Warner Bros. chose Nicholas Cage to play Superman and failed in the end, and Warner Bros. chose George Clooney to play Batman in the last defeat. It's not wise to choose Lanley now.

To be more precise, it makes people laugh and cry.

It is interesting that Universal Pictures sent a tentative inquiry, is it possible for Luke Hobbs's legend? Obviously, this is an opinion made by Vin Diesel behind his back. Not to mention whether Renly will return to the sequel series of "Fast and Furious" later, Universal Pictures is still optimistic about the single-player outline of the character Luke Hobbs.

Andy did not directly refuse, but temporarily put it aside based on schedule issues. Let's take a look at the game between the two sides.

In addition, Andy's review of projects has reached nearly three-digit numbers, many of which are even just a framework concept, without scripts or crew, so he still focused on the selection and review. His only idea was to choose a suitable work for Renley and break the curse of the little golden man.

But what about now?
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