However, a month before the film was released, because of Kevin Spacey’s sex scandal, it was decided to change roles urgently, and it took nine days to film the new feature, and it was guaranteed to be released on the original schedule (not extended). This movie turned into a miracle of Hollywood crisis public relations.
The actors and crew have always been prosperous. When the scandal broke out in Kevin Spacey, "Money World" was already in deep crisis, and many people thought this film might be over. Many people declared that they would boycott the film. The film was originally scheduled to be screened at the American Film Institute Film Festival (AFI Fest), but was also urgently removed by Sony; even the heroine Xiaomi said that Kevin Spacey was present and she It is difficult to participate in the promotion of the film because "the people who have been hurt by him cannot be ignored."
In this way, an annual expectation turned into an annual dislike in an instant.
At this time, the old man Ridley Scott quickly made a decision and retaken the shot!
If he sits and waits to die, the efforts of more than 800 people in the entire group will be wasted, especially, it is difficult for him to accept the appearance of Kevin Spacey in the work.
So he made a decisive contact and contacted the old actor, Christopher Plummer, who is also an Oscar winner.
Kevin Spacey played the role of the world's richest man Paul Getty in the film, a character 22 years older than him, so he originally spent 5 hours putting on makeup every day. He doesn't have many roles, but he is a vital role.
And Christopher Plummer, who is already 87 years old, may be more suitable for this role in terms of image or mood. Director Lei also believes that Father Plummer's performance can better reflect the complexity of the role.
The first thing to test when changing angles is time and economic cost.
It took a total of 9 days. 22 clips were re-shot. Nearly 400 new shots were shot in the UK and Italy, costing 10 million U.S. dollars, while the original cost of the film was only 40 million U.S. dollars. Even other leading actors such as Michelle Williams have also made huge sacrifices and have to rush back to work on the crew during Thanksgiving.
The two actors, Spacey and Plummer, also differ in their performance styles. Spacy interprets a cold, hard-hearted person; Plummer, in addition to the same coldness, uses small details such as blinking and smiling to make this person more humane, more charming, and also Make this sense of contrast even more terrifying.
In terms of performance style, Plummer focuses more on dialogue, so the rhythm of the film will change. There are other small details in all aspects, even the foley of the footsteps have to be replaced again, because the two of them are so different.
But this whole process experienced the most pressure, without a doubt the director Ridley Scott. In order to be able to complete at least one month's work within 9 days, the 80-year-old mine guide has to overwork 18 hours a day. He arrives at the studio at 6:30 in the morning, shoots during the day, and enters the editing room that evening.
But in various interviews, he said very firmly: "I know exactly what I am doing. You can choose to do nothing, let the foreign object destroy you, or you can choose to take action. I took action."
It’s hard to imagine an 80-year-old man with such enthusiasm for work, but Director Lei said: "Age is just a number to me." Yes, who made him Ridley Scott? !
Director Lei could have chosen to settle the matter, postpone the deadline, wait for the sex scandal to pass, and then release another day; or, as the film crew originally intended, weaken Kevin Spacey’s position in the film and remove him as his role. The protagonist’s posters and publicity focused on the other two protagonists Williams and Wahlberg, and made the film low-key.
But the resolute old man Lei couldn't get any sand in his eyes.
In fact, since the scandal was exposed, Kevin Spacey has been fascinated, and he has not even called him, even after they decided to change roles (and he has already received the cost of the performance).
The old man felt disappointed at first, but then became very angry. Therefore, in the interview, he also mentioned that he would never publicly show any Spacey version of "The World of Money" in the future.
We all know that among Hollywood directors, Ridley Scott has always been a director who pays much attention to women. Especially in the 1980s and 1990s, when there was no voice from female directors in Hollywood, Director Lei was a clear stream.
In his films, we often see some tough, shrewd, and vase-like female characters who are different from the traditional Hollywood blonde and blue eyes. One of the most famous is of course Sigourney Weaver in "Alien", which is still one of the most classic female images in film history. In Lei's later "Alien: Contract" and "Prometheus", there are also very dazzling female protagonists. They are smart, calm, and on their own, they are the female roles that Hollywood redefines.
The "Desperate Flower" that must be mentioned is an epoch-making feminist film. The jump symbolizing freedom in the film still makes people want to shed tears. And such a work, which is regarded as a classic and representative film by many women or affirmative people, is produced by a male director like Ridley Scott.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Kevin Spacey reacted so quickly and resolutely during the change of corners.
In this new film "The World of Money", we can still feel the attention of Lei's women or the weak. Because the most important role in the film, Michelle Williams, is also a great female protagonist. She plays the former daughter-in-law of the world's richest man, the mother of the kidnapped person, and the only one who really wants to save him.
There is a line in the trailer: "I am not from the Getty family, I just married in." Compared with the weird Getty family, she is just an ordinary mother. Can't afford the high ransom, but still struggled to deal with the robbers. Without her perseverance and hard work, the ruthless grandfather and drunken father would have killed her son. Xiaomi also nominated the Golden Globe for this film and is expected to nominate the Oscar afterwards.
In fact, real life is far more dramatic than movies-Paul Getty is the richest man in the United States who has accumulated a lot of wealth in the stock market and oil industry for decades. But now he is best known, perhaps the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Perhaps every wealthy businessman is eccentric and ruthless. Their lives are legendary and can always cause huge controversy. Getty was stingy all his life, never inviting people to dinner, installed coin phones at home to save phone bills, and even the priests at the memorial ceremony after his death did not give money; only he was not stingy with art donations, his Getty Museum is free and open Yes, "Anyone, as long as they wear shoes on their feet, can come in and watch."
When he learned that his grandson was kidnapped, Getty's first reaction was: Is this a new way for the shameless son to find his grandfather to cheat money ? But since then, even knowing that the kidnapping was true, Paul Getty refused to pay the ransom. He said this very coldly: "I have 14 grandchildren. As long as I pay a penny, these 14 children will have to be kidnapped." It was
n't until six months later that the Getty family was ruthless. The ransom was paid reluctantly. At this time, they talked about the amount from 17 million US dollars to 3.2 million US dollars, but only 2.2 million of which was contributed by Getty himself, and the remaining 1 million was lent to his son and needed to be repaid from the trust fund. The little boy who had survived the death planned to call his grandfather to thank his mother at the suggestion of his mother, but he was very angry and refused to answer. Since then, the young man has never emerged from the haze of being kidnapped and imprisoned for six months. Since then, his temperament has changed drastically, and he has contracted alcoholism and drug use. One night in 1981, he was paralyzed in bed because he drank a cocktail mixed with a lot of drugs such as valium and Methadone.
Checking the information here, I really feel infinitely embarrassed. It's hard to imagine why a family that should have infinite glory suffered so much misfortune as if it had been cursed. No wonder Lei said when describing the movie "The World of Money": "This can be said to be a grand documentary. It tells the story of how and why a wealthy big family fell apart. Become a tragedy. "
We can see extremely rich texts in it, with tense actions and suspenseful scenes, touching maternal love, and family power. There is a hand capable of overturning the clouds and it has been hidden in all the stories. behind.
The current North American evaluation of the film is not too controversial. IMDB scores 7.2, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 76%, which also has a score of 7. After so many turmoil and 9 days of supplementary shooting, it is quite rare to have such a result and even get multiple Golden Globe nominations.
Many people in the comments highly praised Christopher Plummer’s performance, saying that his role is the core of the film, and his performance also controls the rhythm of the film, and he can be worth it by just watching him. fare.
It is also said that this movie should be one of the best movies of this year, although everyone may pay more attention to the lace news behind this.
It is true. "Money World" originally talked about the gossip behind one of the richest families in the United States, and it was invisibly involved in one of the biggest Hollywood scandals this year. Although to some extent it also earned enough advertising expenses for itself, it seems that the lace news has already Greater than the brilliance of the film itself.
9 days, only 9 days. This stubborn old man completed an impossible task to prove that he is still the great Ridley Scott.
Even if we can discuss all of this here now, it depends on the two 80-year-olds to turn the tide.
In an interview, someone also asked Lei: "What do you think about this scandal in Hollywood and the massive boycott of Spacey? As an artist, do you think you should Artists’ work and private lives are treated separately?”
Lei said: “Art is art, and should be treated separately from behind-the-scenes behaviors—unless their private lives affect people in the work field or at a certain age.”
I think this is one. Great answer. Freedom should be based on not harming others. Whether it is Weinstein or Spacey, they will do such a thing. In the final analysis, they are given too much power. To some extent, sex has also become a way for them to experience power.
This kind of unspoken rule event is definitely not an exception. It will happen in the entertainment circle of any country-not to say that this is a very chaotic industry, but that the art of film itself will amplify the charm of a person and give it His more power will make him easier to be forgiven. And Hollywood’s "money empire" has collapsed. Should we also reflect on it in China? Of course, this is not a discussion involving personal morality, but when presenting works, we should strive to complete all standards, which include both artistic standards and standards other than art.
Higher standards of film art must contribute to acting skills, but also to contribute to character and worldview. Just as Director Lei has done, to make a good movie, you have to be capitalized.
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