Chapter 33 The Wings of a Butterfly
"Jamil, I know you have a problem with Mr. Eckles from Disney, but you shouldn't ridicule that Felix boy like that, my intuition tells me that he's not as simple as you think." On the way, Orlando Bloom talked to his agent about Lin Ming Yang, he felt that his agent's behavior just now was a bit "too much".
"That little guy has merely acted in a cabaret, and is now a popular idol at best. Brooksheimer doesn't like this kind of packaged idolized actor. And that Ecks you don't even have to worry about, he's not exactly the kind of guy who has a lot of real power in the Disney Company, he can barely play any role in this matter!" The agent named Jamil said with full of concern.
"But... "Orlando Bloom was still a bit uneasy, the intense confidence shown by the boy he met at the door stung him deeply.
"There's no buts, Brooksheimer he thinks highly of you, you should know that in your heart more than I do, let's just get ready to wait for the official signing with the crew!" The agent gently patted his shoulder, "I know you care about this role, but there's no need for you to put so much pressure on yourself."
Just at this time, Jamil's cell phone suddenly rang.
"Look, it's a call from the crew, I think they can't wait to sign with us!" His own agent showed the same confidence as Lin Ming Yang, but in Orlando Bloom's opinion this confidence was a completely different concept.
Jamil picked up the phone, but only after listening to two sentences, his smile froze on his face, "What! The crew decided to change people? Whose decision is this, I want to get on the phone directly with Mr. Brooksheimer!"
The agent's exasperated voice made Orlando Bloom's mood fall steeply to the bottom, his worries finally became reality at this moment.
"I'm sorry, this decision is what Mr. Brooksheimer personally asked me to tell you, please tell Mr. Orlando Bloom that I'm really sorry this time, because we've found a more suitable candidate!" After saying this, the other party hung up early, and Jamil froze with his cell phone, listening to the beeping busy tone, not knowing what to say for a while.
"What should I do now?" Orlando Bloom was also frustrated, this news was not a small blow to him.
"This must be a complete conspiracy, we've been lied to from the start!" Returning to his senses, Jamil began to curse the cast loudly, "This whole thing must have been something that that guy Eckles was pulling from, he must have lobbied the Disney executives and then gotten them to pressure Brooksheimer, it must have been like this."
"But I don't think that's the truth of the matter, to this day you still blame other factors for your failure and keep ignoring the boy who humiliated you!" Orlando Bloom shakes his head in frustration as he taps the driver in front of him on the shoulder, "Man, let me out of the car up front where it's easy to park, I need to calm down!"
Jamil tries to defend himself, but Orlando Bloom doesn't want to hear it anymore, the driver has just pulled over to the side of the road and he just pulls the door open.
"Orlando, listen to me..."
"Maybe that Felix boy was right, I got a terrible agent!" Orlando Bloom dropped this coldly, reached out and stopped a cab, and took off.
Judas reluctantly Jamil pulled out his phone and prepared to call Brooksheimer, but the other person's cell phone stayed out of the call, and he called several times in quick succession before finally dropping the phone on the seat in hatred.
He did not realize that at this time Brooksheimer was on the phone with the two writers of Pirates of the Caribbean, "Ted, are you with Terry?"
"Yes, we're getting together to discuss the script, are you up for it?" Ted Elliott's hearty laugh came from the other end of the line, "I was wondering if there was anything in particular that stood out to you from today's auditions, and if we've finalized our final choice for the second male lead?"
"I was just about to tell you about it, about the role of Will, and today I found a guy who's more reliable than Orlando Bloom!"
"Yeah?" Ted Elliott didn't expect that this least suspenseful role would actually have a big reversal at the last minute, knowing that Orlando Bloom was a young actor that Brooksheimer had a relatively high regard for, and that the guy who managed to take the number two male role in Pirates of the Caribbean from Orlando Bloom , rather, aroused this screenwriter's keen interest.
"Ever seen Follies? It's that song and dance show that set a ratings record on the Disney Channel a while back, and the leading man in it is our new number two man!"
"Are you sure?" Ted Elliott was more than just curious this time, he knew that Brooksheimer had always disliked idolized actors and actresses, he thought that actors and actresses like that were all speedy products packaged by acting companies and didn't have much substance. He really didn't know what kind of amazing things the boy he had never met had done in the audition to be able to make Brooksheimer look at him differently. "But the boy still looks a little too young!"
"To be honest I didn't think it would turn out that way in the first place, but isn't our chosen leading lady just as young?" Brooksheimer laughed as he glanced at Lin Mingyang who was talking to Ecks not far away, "This boy punched his fist through a two centimeter thick wooden board in front of us, God knows how he connected it, but I think he'll be a good performer of action scenes!"
After listening to Brooksheimer's colorful recounting of all of Lin Ming Yang's peculiarities, Ted Elliott was even a little eager to meet this boy who had his best friend raving about him. "You said he uses Chinese Kung Fu?"
"That's right, he's a beautiful mixed race boy, the key is that his that kung fu intrigues me, I think it's very necessary for you and Terry to meet with him, and by coming to him to play the second male role, we may have to make some adjustments to our script." Brooksheimer voiced his thoughts.
"Well, I'd love to meet this amazing kung fu boy you speak of!"
After hanging up the phone, Ted Elliott and the other screenwriter, Terry Rossio, drove to the audition site together, and by this time, Brooksheimer was chatting furiously with Lin Ming Yang. Seeing the two, Brooksheimer enthusiastically introduced the two screenwriters of the film to Lin Ming Yang: "Felix, this is Mr. Ted and Mr. Terry, they are both well-known Hollywood screenwriters, and in the relevant fields, you can ask them for more advice, which will allow you to improve your screenwriting level even more!"
"Ted, what's going on?" Terry Rossio looked at his partner with a puzzled expression.
Ted Elliott was also confused by this from Brooksheimer, "Jerry, didn't you tell me Felix is an actor?"
"Sure, but that's just one of his identities!" Brooksheimer explained with a smile, "I forgot to tell you guys before, Felix, besides being the star of Follies, is also the original screenwriter of that movie!"
"So you found a genius!" Ted Elliott squeezed his eyes at Terry Rossio beside him, and the other man hastened to extend his right hand enthusiastically, "Hello, Amazing Kung Fu Boy!"
Ted's mouthful of geniuses made Lin Ming Yang a little embarrassed, and he somewhat coyly shook hands with both of them. Seeing that everyone knew each other, Brooksheimer hurriedly greeted everyone and sat down, and even because of Lin Ming Yang, Ecks finally came into contact with the core circle of the Pirates of the Caribbean mega-fund for the first time.
"Felix, you've just read the script, talk to our two screenwriters about your specific thoughts!" Brooksheimer handed the floor over to Lin Mingyang.
"Terry and Mr. Ted have incorporated fascinating supernatural elements into the plot story, making this pirate-themed work successfully shift from adventure to fantasy. This is a very original and unique idea, if the film was simply prepared to tell such a story, then the plot could already be said to be nearly perfect, but I think both Mr. Brooksheimer and Messrs. Terry and Ted are not only planning to make just such a film. Once the movie is a success, there will definitely be a sequel, and we can even make Pirates of the Caribbean into a classic series." Lin Mingyang glanced at the expressions of the crowd, no one was objecting to his assertion, everyone was seriously thinking about the words he had just said.
"If we look at it from this perspective, as the first installment of this series, can't we introduce some more diverse cinematic elements, so that we can win more viewers for the movie outside of Europe and the United States!"
After Lin Mingyang's speech, Ted Elliott and the other screenwriter, Terry Rossio, both turned their inquisitive gazes towards Brooksheimer. Lin Mingyang had only made a start, and it was still this Hollywood gold medal producer who really sang the lead role.
"I also got some inspiration from Felix's Chinese Kung Fu, can we introduce some similar elements into the story of the plot, even if it's just some padding, it can provide a lot of convenience for our subsequent plots!"
Terry Rossio, who had been relatively silent, finally spoke up at this time, "You mean to reset the character of Will?"
"Based on Felix's reality, the character definitely needs to be modified, for example, Will's origin definitely needs to be reset, it can't be the small blacksmith from before, we have to give Felix more room to play!"
After a short period of coldness, Ted Elliott suddenly opened his mouth at this time and asked, "Felix, do you personally have any good suggestions?" If it was an ordinary actor, he probably wouldn't have asked this, but with Lin Ming Yang still holding the title of a screenwriter on his head, the situation was very different.
"I've admired Robin Hood since I was a kid, and I've always aspired to play a role like that!" Lin Mingyang just gently point, sitting next to himself these two are people who understand, of course, can listen to the implicit meaning of the same.
Terry Rossio eyes lit up: "The governor's daughter fell in love with a chivalrous thief who was against her father, and after her girlfriend was robbed by the pirates, the young hero who used to be chivalrous on land came together with our pirate captain in order to rescue his sweetheart, this story is a bit interesting!"
"Indeed it's much more interesting than the setup of a young blacksmith, and let's not forget that he's also the son of the pirate 'Shoelace', who has adventurous blood naturally running in his veins!" Ted Elliott also nodded, and the two screenwriters quickly agreed on the modifications regarding the character played by Lin Ming Yang.