Chapter 67

Time slowly moved towards mid-April. After Duke completed all the post-production, according to Warner's plan, he accepted an interview with the entertainment edition of the Los Angeles Times. The interview was placed at Rock Studios, except for the routine promotion and promotion. Outside of "Break into Death Island", according to the prior communication between the two parties, a considerable part of the topics are around John Mason and Christopher Lee.

"It is said that you originally wanted to invite Sean Connery to star in John Mason?"

The female journalist Sarah sitting across from Duke asked, "Why did you give up and choose Christopher Lee?"

"Mason is a very powerful agent, even if he is a little older." Duke made a punch gesture just right, and the female reporter said immediately, "Yes, we can see this from the trailer."

"Actually, in my original idea..."

After accepting the guidance of Warner Public Relations in advance, Duke also knows a little bit about taking advantage of the propaganda, "Mason's candidate is Arnold Schwarzenegger, an actor with full combat effectiveness, but it is a pity that Mr. Schwarzenegger took over the "Real I had no choice but to find other candidates for the filming of "Lies."

"So." The female reporter immediately grasped the main point. "John Mason was not the original candidate for Sean Connery."

〖7, "Yes." Duke nodded immediately, and there was no need to draft a lie. "Later someone recommended Mr. Connery to me. I think this is a suitable replacement."

He deliberately increased his tone on the'substitute' and the subsequent'audit', "So, the crew sent him an audition invitation. We have never finalized Sean Connery as John Mason. He was just one of the audition candidates. One, although he played 007, it was too far away. You can also see from the trailer that Mason is a tough and tough agent, completely different from Bond."

"Then why did you choose Christopher Lee?"

"That's it. In order to find suitable actors, I have watched several 007 movies in the past ten years."

Talking nonsense with your eyes open is definitely a must-have skill for Hollywood. "Then I saw "007 vs. the Golden Gunner". Everyone should have seen this movie. It is also recognized that the villain's charm exceeds Bond's 007 movie. Li is The Golden Gunner, I thought at the time that this was the John Mason I needed. I specifically asked my assistant to find his information. After I saw it..."

Duke made a few exaggerated gestures, and Duke said, "That's a feeling that can only be described by shock. I thought it must be false. Warner also sent a letter to the British government to verify that the information was true. ."

"What did you see?" the female reporter asked quickly.

"After reading the information, I feel that Li is Mason, and no one is more suitable than him." Duke's tone was deliberately shocked, as if he was still unbelievable, "Christopher Lee is a living legend, I mean It refers to him, his experience! Hollywood acting is better than him, and achievements are higher than him. There are many people, but no one can surpass him in the identity of an agent actor!"

"Can't Sean Connery either?"

"Sean Connery?" Duke said with a slight disdain. "People think that Sean Connery is suitable for John Mason because he once played the role of James Bond as a virtual agent, but Christopher Lee worked as an agent for nearly ten years. He was a member of the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department in World War II!"

"Oh.my.god!"

The female reporter exclaimed directly. As a person who runs entertainment news, she didn't know that James Bond's original work was adapted from the experience of the special agents of the British non-gentleman war department!

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"Is this true? A real British agent? Not a fake like Sean Connery?"

Irene, sitting in a cold drink shop in Manhattan, is one of the few girls who is interested in action movies. She is asking her roommate Anna.

Anna is a student of the New York University Film Production Institute. She was looking at a copy of the Los Angeles Times and said, "It must be true. The Los Angeles Times has already verified it with the British government!"

"I didn't expect Hollywood to have a peculiar actor like Christopher Lee." Irene's face was full of incredible.

"Here is his resume. Do you want to read it, Miss Lauder?" Anna handed over the newspaper, and Irene almost snatched it. The headline article on the front page was as eye-catching as the picture of the medal Li once received.

"Christopher Lee, who plays the role of John Mason in "Death Island", is a living legend. I am not saying that his actor career is better than his acting skills and there are many people with high accomplishments. I mean him, He is a legend!"

Irene's eyes quickly moved to the detailed information below.

"When Li was 17 years old, he went to Finland to join the army to fight the Soviet Union. After fighting the Soviet Union, he returned to the UK to join the Long-distance Desert Force (lrdg) to fight the Nazis in Egypt. How powerful is this army? The German Marshal Rommel personally said-caused by lrdg The destruction is greater than any British force!"

"According to information from the British government, Lee drove a Chevrolet with a machine gun back then, drove hundreds of kilometers behind the Nazi enemy under the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert, sneaked into the airport and blew up the German fighter jets, leaving behind scrap steel and a pile of scrap. The German devils lying in a pool of blood, and the Italian army fighting with the Germans used to call Li's unit—the ghost patrol!"

"Returning to the United Kingdom from the Egyptian desert, Lee did not taste enough blood. He turned and joined the special enforcement team of the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department-the predecessor of the intelligence agency under James Bond-and became a real agent. The Nazi-occupied area performed investigation, spying, and sabotage tasks. He was born to death, and made great contributions. The United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, and Poland have all awarded him a combat medal! By the way, Tito is his personal friend!"

"A few years after the end of World War II, Christopher Lee retired as a soldier and an agent, but his career as an actor has just begun. Fleming, the author of 007, is Lee's cousin. They fought side by side in the non-gentlemen's war department, James Bond is basically adapted from the experience of Lee, Fleming and their comrades!"

"Li is definitely not the kind of actor and agent who has a mere appearance. He is also a Western sword champion..."

Seeing this, Irene blinked, and once again asked the companion who was eating ice cream next to him, "Anna, are you sure this is true? This is incredible? It's unbelievable!"

"It must be true." Anna gave her a copy of the "New York Times" and "Washington Post". "These newspapers also have related reports. Without verification, the three major newspapers will never be published on the top of the entertainment page. On the headline!"

After reading the three major newspapers, Irene simply ran to the newspaper shelf of the cold drink shop and carried all the newspapers over. Except for some tabloids like the Daily Mail and the New York Post, most newspapers were on , All published reports about Christopher Lee and placed them on the front page of the entertainment page. The possibility of such news fraud is extremely small. Even the Los Angeles Times also published a copy of the British government's reply letter. The three major newspapers will not create such lies that can be punctured casually.

"I used to think Sean Connery was pretty good. After all, he was the first 007."

I have to say that this overwhelming report combined with Christopher Lee's proven legendary experience has inadvertently changed the views of many people. "Now that I see these, I feel that Connery's so-called spy experience is not worth mentioning. In front of Li's real experience, he was like a baby who knew nothing."

"When he was young, Sean Connery was rude and impulsive. I've seen some reports." Irene curled his lips. "I've seen the first few 007 movies, and I always feel like he's dumbfounded and stupefied. I don't know why. After a few years of old age, he suddenly became a gentleman."

"Follow him!" The young man showed his indifferent side, "Let's go to "Cruise to Death Island" together and see the former British agent!"

"I think Lee, who is tall, is more suitable for the role of agent than Connery."

Public opinion is always changing. A person was still a target of the media yesterday, and he might be knocked out of the dust tomorrow. Under the public relations plan of Warner Bros., Christopher Lee's real experience was spread in just a few days. Throughout North America, perhaps Hollywood actors have made presidents, and other big names will appear in the future, but an agent who has served for several years is absolutely rare.

As for Sean Connery, although he is still compared with Christopher Lee by the media, few people think he is more suitable for the role of John Mason than Lee, even if the tabloid of News Corporation claims real experience and acting skills. They are two different things. Lee's acting skills are not as good as Connery, but not many people buy it.

After all, Lee is also an old drama bone with decades of acting experience, and there are also well-known characters such as The Golden Gunner. As we all know, Sean Connery has never been good at acting, once a real agent and a fictional agent, that It is more persuasive. Even if the public will be guided by public opinion, they still have some basic judgment.

If Sean Connery is a scarce resource for roles such as retired agents, then Christopher Lee is the only resource in Hollywood.

Not only that, but borrowing from this competition with Sean Connery, even if "Break into Death Island" has not yet been released, Christopher Lee has temporarily gained fame and even received auditions from several crews. The invitation, even in an audition, directly snatched the actor in "The First Knight" from Sean Connery. After being promoted by Warner with the help of the media, Sean Kang even appeared. Nellie's acting skills are not as good as Christopher Lee's voice.

These are all means of propaganda. Warner temporarily gained the upper hand, and used the spirit of knocking down the water dogs, stabbing out many unseen things about Sean Connery!