Chapter 493 'Fortress' that can't be rotten anymore
Li He once expressed his opinions to Nolan in a vague way, but unfortunately Nolan couldn't listen. Maybe he was too confident, or maybe Li He didn't have enough status.
In fact, not to mention Li Hyuk, even if Tom Cruise comes in person, it is impossible to persuade Nolan to change his mind. Warner Pictures executives have this ability, but this film is the last one between Warner Pictures and Nolan
contract, in order to ensure that Nolan continues to stay at Warner Pictures, Warner Pictures will definitely not interfere with the affairs of Nolan's crew.
In this way, although Li Hyuk has great doubts about the plot and is worried that the audience will not understand it, he has to accept the reality. At worst, after the box office flops, I will no longer work in Hollywood.
However, if "Tenet" fails at the box office, Lee Hyuk will become the male protagonist of a $200 million blockbuster that failed miserably at the box office. Not to mention Hollywood, even his domestic career may be affected.
In late August, the crew was filming in Amalfi, Italy. Li Hyuk, director Nolan, Yin Elizabeth Debicki, and the film's soundtrack Ludwig accepted an interview with the domestic B station, which was regarded as a warm-up for the film.
Li Hyuk was asked several questions related to the film, and Li Hyuk acted very candidly, just as he answered before.
"To be honest, I still don't know what I'm filming. I just ran around, said a lot of lines, and then had a lot of action scenes. After filming, I looked confused, and then I asked Director Nolan
,What exactly did we shoot just now?”
"Did Director Nolan tell you?"
"No, because no one else on the crew understood it, including producer Emma Thomas." Li He replied.
Li Hyuk told a lot of interesting things about the crew, including details about working with Lisa White and Robert Pattinson, as well as complaining about foreign food.
Director Nolan and Lisabeth Debicki naturally praised Lee Hyuk. Nolan said: "Lee is the kind of actor that any director wants to work with. He is meticulous and thoughtful, his acting is serious and hard-working, and he is always good."
He is an interpretive character. The first time I saw him, I was sure that he was the leading actor."
In fact, Nolan confirmed that it was John David Washington, but it is normal to say a few nice words to please the Chinese audience.
Yin Lisabeth Debicki focused on masculine charm and admired Li Hyuk's charm: "Li Hyuk is very handsome and elegant. I have worked with so many actors, including well-known handsome guys such as Leonardo DiCaprio, but Li Hyuk is the most special.
A male star with a mysterious oriental temperament. I heard that he got married."
"Yes, this is his wife." Station B reporter said, showing Yin Lisabeth Debicki a photo of Li Hyuk and Da Mi Mi.
"Wow!" Elizabeth Debicki covered her mouth and exclaimed: "His wife looks beautiful, they are a perfect match."
The relevant interviews were sent back to China and attracted a lot of attention from netizens. Compared with Lee Hyuk's complaints about the movie, netizens' favorite part was watching Nolan and Yin Lisabai brag about Lee Hyuk.
However, Lisabeth Debicki said something that caused controversy. She believed that Li Hyuk was the most handsome male star in China. Many people in China disagreed, such as fans of Lu Xiaohan, fans of Chicken Brother, fans of Brother Zhan, and Brother Jue
Fans of , and even fans of her current boyfriend, all think that their brother is no worse than Li Hyuk.
Viewers who do not support the popularity of young celebrities think that handsome guys such as Ting Fung, Guan Xi, Yan Zu, Dehua and others are no worse than Li Hyuk.
Aesthetics is a very subjective thing. Some people like to be fragile, some like to be effeminate, some like traditional handsome guys with good looks, and some like muscular guys.
In the face of everyone's controversy, the evidence presented by Li Hyuk's fans is also very simple. They just put out the TOP lists of the most handsome male stars selected by major fashion magazines and see which one you brag about is on the list.
Since 2017, Lee Hyuk has been in the top three of the world's most handsome male stars for two consecutive years. I would have thought that Lee Hyuk would still be selected if this year had not happened. Moreover, Lee Hyuk is the only Asian male star in the top ten. This is evidence.
As soon as it came out, netizens who had other opinions were not convinced, but they had no choice but to acquiesce.
However, the unwilling traffic fans made a ranking list of their own. What is interesting is that Li Hyuk was excluded. It seems that other traffic fans also understand that Li Hyuk's participation is a bit of a dimensionality reduction blow.
Therefore, the competition for the list of the most handsome guy in the traffic circle was fierce, and fans from various companies fought fiercely. In the end, Lu Xiaohan's fans won miserably and became the most handsome guy in the traffic circle.
Although the ranking is made by fans themselves, it is enough to make Lu Xiaohan happy. However, Lu Xiaohan is not proud of it. The reason is very simple. "Shanghai Fortress" has hit the market.
On August 9, the much-hyped "Fortress of Shanghai" was released in theaters. The distributor made various claims before the release, claiming that "Fortress of Shanghai" would be a domestic science fiction film that surpassed "The Wandering Earth".
Even at a road show in Wuhan, when the host asked the producer if he was confident of winning 5 billion in box office, the producer said wildly: "How can 5 billion be possible? At least 6 billion."
This answer aroused cheers from Lu Xiaohan's fans. Sci-fi fans saw that the producer was so confident and full of expectations. As a result, the situation after the film was released was appalling.
The box office was 75.549 million on the first day, but only 20.964 million on the second day. You must know that this is a prime time on Saturday. Even "Nezha", which was released for nearly two weeks, received more than 200 million on this day, making the film's box office
Reached 3.4 billion.
On the third day, August 11, "Fortress of Shang Hai" had a box office of 12.015 million, and then nothing happened, the film was forced to be cancelled.
"Fortress of Shang Hai" has completely become a joke. As much as it was praised before the release, it was scolded after it was released. You can imagine the anger of the audience after they were not fooled, from the production director to the actors, especially Lu Xiaohan
, was scolded the most.
Lu Xiaohan's film career was once again ruthlessly shattered. In order to protect his brother, his fans went to war with netizens from all walks of life. Unfortunately, the film was too bad, and Lu Xiaohan's performance was as bad as ever, and he couldn't resist it at all.
Film critics from all over the world couldn't wait any longer and began to criticize the film one after another. Interestingly, some of them actually praised "Fortress of Shanghai" before.
The comments from netizens are also very true: "Did you know? You can't even find "Shanghai Fortress" on pirated websites."
"The gunmen ran away when they saw it..."
""The Wandering Earth" opened the door to domestic science fiction movies, and "Shanghai Fortress" closed it again."
"Lu Xiaohan said to Li He with a playful smile: I closed the door again, are you angry?"
"I don't know whether Li Hyuk is angry or not, but I am very angry. Damn it, popular celebrities should stop harming domestic science fiction films."
"Actually, we can't blame Lu Xiaohan entirely. Although he has big problems, shouldn't we blame the director? What kind of bad movie did he make?"
"Didn't a producer say the target was six billion last time? Now it's only one hundred million, isn't it a slap in the face?"
Netizens were filled with indignation and continued to vomit and curse. The Douban score was very real. The score of 2.9 was so miserable that it almost broke the record of "Dream Showbiz".
For a time, the entire August was spent on the crusade for "Shanghai Fortress", and Lu Xiaohan encountered the biggest crisis in his career as an actor.