SCT-Novel Chapter 574
Chapter 574
Somewhere in France - Johnny Depp's home.
In 1998, Depp met Vanessa Paradis, a French actress and singer, when he was shooting the film "the ninth door" in France;
In 1999, her daughter Lily Rose Depp was born;
Since then, for at least three to five months a year, John niederp has been in France, not in the United States.
"Why, Mr. dewell is not here today?" Asked his wife, Vanessa.
(dewell zlon, male, Depp's agent.)
Depp, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading the newspaper, nodded gently: "I'm not here now. I don't know if I'll come later. Anyway, if you want to make lunch, you can do more. You can do more."
Vanessa nodded and went into the kitchen.
Talk about Cao Cao~
People don't talk about it.
Less than half an hour later, the agent, devel Sloan, arrived.
"Depp, I have good news for you." Said agent de vill
Smell speech, Depp put down the newspaper in hand, personally poured a cup of coffee for dewell: "this is your favorite coffee, no sugar, no milk."
Agent de vill took out a stack of contracts from his briefcase and said with a smile: "although Wald pictures has not fully accepted our offer, the latest contract has greatly increased your pay. It can be seen that they are sincere."
Now, Depp took over the contract and looked at it.
Contract for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean
Actor Captain Jack: played by Johnny Depp;
Contract method: package Trilogy (not single film);
"Pirates of the Caribbean 1" film remuneration: 9 million U.S. dollars;
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: 13 million US dollars;
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: 16 million US dollars;
In addition, the contract also marked a high penalty, as well as up to 20 details
1. Hotel check-in and shuttle during the shooting period;
2. Obey the shooting requirements of the director group and the production group, and cannot be absent without reason;
3. Under unreasonable circumstances, the absence of shooting needs to bear the corresponding loss of the crew;
......
"Wald pictures, what does that mean?"
"The pay has been raised a lot, but the details are too much."
"Absent for no reason?"
"Do they think that's who I am?"
As many as ten pages of the contract, Depp only scanned about a few pages, then threw the contract aside, looking slightly unhappy.
Agent dewell was embarrassed.
Why so many demands?
It's really because Depp has a lot of bad habits
He loves to drink, even to the extent of alcoholism!
Drink too much wine, the next day absent crew shooting, for Depp is absolutely not once or twice.
In the original time and space, Depp had been absent from shooting for many times when he was shooting Pirates of the Caribbean 1. Among them, many directors and producers went to the hotel to bring him down.
The film "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" was originally scheduled to shoot for 16 weeks, but due to Depp's many absences, the shooting cycle was forced to grind to 19 weeks.
Three weeks!
The producers are paying an extra $4 million for this!
The ancients said: guard against the minute.
In terms of Zhuke and Wald pictures, they don't want to spend extra money. Naturally, they have to strictly restrict him in some aspects, even though Depp and Zhuke have a good personal relationship!
"Do you have to sign a trilogy contract for the movie" Pirates of the Caribbean " Depp said coldly.
"Well!"
"Wald will not give up on this," said agent Dwight. However, I also suggest you sign it. After all, the production cost of Pirates of the Caribbean 1 is as high as 140 million US dollars, which is definitely a key project of Wald pictures. "
"You can't miss the script that Mr. Zucker Wald wrote himself."
The voice fell.
Depp was slightly moved.
Although he has a big temper and often conflicts with the production company in the eyes of many people, he knows the energy of Zhuke.
Zhuke, the gold screenwriter!
"Well, I can sign a trilogy contract, but you can talk about the pay." Depp compromised.
"Ha ha ha, no problem."
"The first movie was paid $9 million, which is absolutely unreasonable. What do you think of the $10 million figure?" he laughed
Depp laughed, too.
......
In the evening.
At Depp's home in France, a guest suddenly arrived.
"Hi, Tim, why do you come without saying hello?"
Depp was very happy when he saw the man who suddenly appeared.
——Tim Burton!
Yes, it was Tim Burton, a Hollywood director with whom Depp was a teacher and friend.
Batman, Batman returns, Edward Scissorhands, guillotine Valley, battle scarlet ball, Alice in Wonderland
Including the famous animated film "the bride of the dead", directed by Tim Burton.
Among them, John NIDEP is really well known to North American audiences because he played in the film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton.
They are close friends as well as teachers.
"Tim, everyone says I have a bad temper. Only you, Tim Burton, can manage me. I think it makes sense." Depp gave a warm hug.
Hearing this, Tim Burton shook his head and said with a smile, "you, you, it's time to stop your temper."
Depp was absent from shooting the movie Pirates of the Caribbean many times. However, when he appeared in the movie Alice in Wonderland, he was not absent from shooting the movie once.
That's Tim Burton's influence!
Depp really respects him!
"This time you're here..."
Depp asked curiously.
"I'd like to invite you to play the leading role in the movie" scarlet ball, "Tim Burton said with a smile as he pulled out a stack of contracts
Depp: "and
.......
That night, 9 p.m. French time.
Zucker, who is far away in Los Angeles, is having afternoon tea when he suddenly receives a call from Depp from France.
(in terms of time difference, France is six hours faster than merican.)
"What?"
"It's really great news that you promised to play in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. For the good news you brought me, I think I will definitely drink two more cups of tea this afternoon."
Hearing this news, Zhuke naturally has a high heart.
Captain Jack, the soul of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, is definitely Depp. No way. The charm he added to Captain Jack is a classic in film history.
But!
Here's the bad news!
"Zucker, I can play pirates of the Caribbean, but I can't get into the group right away. I need to play in Tim's film the scarlet ball first." John nedp's voice came over the phone.
When he heard the news, Zhuke was stunned.
In the impression of Walker Zucker, "battle scarlet ball" is a classic film, which should have been released as early as July 2001.
But it hasn't been filmed yet?!
"This is my butterfly effect?" There's a secret in Zhuk's heart.
In the end, Zhuke agreed with Depp's idea.
——Delay the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean and wait for Depp's schedule!
"That's him, or I'll change actors for the first time if I change other movies《 Captain Jack in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, what's the final effect
The production company is waiting for an actor's schedule
Not very common, but not in a few.
In the original time and space, Warner and director Christopher Nolan, after the inception of the movie inception, had to wait for little plum for more than half a year!
There are so many, so many.
Hang up.
Zucker called Kevin Fitch: "the contract can be signed, but the production of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean will be delayed. It is estimated that it will not start until February 2002 at the earliest."
"The first watch" is presented.