Chapter 658: The Actress Who Makes Her Own Choices
"Jenny is not a tragic character...she is just a lost soul who finally finds herself - Robin Wright"
"I have met many people like Lieutenant Dan in my life, and I want to help them now - Gary Sinise"
“I went to Barb Gamp’s Shrimp Restaurant and the shrimp dinner was just as delicious as I imagined - Mykelti Williamson”
The actors from the "Forrest Gump" crew arranged by Ronald were interviewed by the media and appeared in newspapers over the weekend. Unlike "Pulp Fiction", Ronald arranged for serious non-gossip reporters.
The interviewing skills are not comparable to those of reporters who specialize in gossip.
One significant difference is that in the interview arranged by Ronald, all the questions centered around their performances in "Forrest Gump". How did you understand this character and what were the difficulties when portraying it?
How did you feel about playing with Tom Hanks, and what role did the director play in your performance?
This is because Ronald believes that the biggest purpose of the PR Oscar is to keep the name of the movie on our lips at all times. If Forrest Gump's name does not appear in three to five paragraphs of an interview, then it is not a good interview.
A good interview.
Any actor can promote themselves however they want, but when answering questions, they must be related to the Forrest Gump movie. You can brag that your acting skills are first-rate, better than Katharine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart.
It's suitable to receive the award, but you have to use your performance clips in Forrest Gump to prove your point.
You can also brag about your first-class understanding of the character, elucidate aspects that no one has seen before, and talk to the audience about how you understand certain behaviors of the character. But it must also focus on the role you played in Forrest Gump.
to elucidate.
Among them, only Tom Hanks refused to be interviewed. Firstly, he felt that it was almost impossible to win the best actor again, so he did not want to waste any time. Secondly, it had to do with his personality. It is rare to see him doing interviews other than to cooperate with movie marketing.
activities to talk about your acting skills.
Among all the interviews, Ronald still liked Robin Wright the most. Robin Wright is a very smart woman who knows how to praise movies and herself at the same time. The reason why she does not have any status or awards in Hollywood
The main reason for the nomination is because she fell in love and had children continuously after her debut, and spent the most precious few years of her life as a female star doing other things in her life.
So the interview started with her balance between family and career. Robin Wright admitted that she is addicted to certain things like Jenny, the heroine of Forrest Gump... Well, she was referring to her own addiction to caffeine and
Chocolate has almost no resistance.
These are all taboos for actresses. She couldn't handle them well in the past, but after having a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son with Sean Penn, these can be overcome. In addition,
In addition, Robin tried his best to quit smoking and only smoked one when he couldn't bear it anymore...
Robin Wright also admitted that she does not think Jenny is a bad girl. Most of Jenny's behaviors can be traced back to the tragedy caused by her father when she was a child. Although most viewers did not see this hint, if you go back and think about it,
If you think about it, you can understand what terrible things a drunken and brutal father who lost his wife could do in a southern state like Arkansas, where there are no neighbors for a mile around the house...
This report was written by James Grant, a well-known reporter for the Los Angeles Times. His Robin Wright is an actress wearing a black sweater, khaki pants and worn-out tennis shoes. Unlike other actors who care about their image,
But it is very real and never avoids the problems...
The two talked about Jenny's problem like friends. Robin believed that she was not a tragic figure, at least not more tragic than other girls who experienced the turmoil in their 20s...
Perhaps the only difference is that Jenny finally presented her key events over the years on the big screen, while other hippie girls would hide their problems in their hearts and only talk about it when they see a psychiatrist.
The article also quoted Ronald saying about the actress: "Robin exudes a strength and vulnerability at the same time. She doesn't bring her own star aura to the role. When you watch her on the screen
, you won’t feel that this is Robin Wright’s interpretation of the character, but you will see a real Jenny. She is a real chameleon.”
Tom Hanks' comments were also included in the interview: "Robin lacks any hidden motivations in her life and work and is a very real person, which is rare among actors. She is also very funny.
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Such praise is very rare for an actress who has not yet been promoted to the A list. It is equivalent to Ronald and Tom Hanks endorsing Robin Wright, although she has not yet entered the highest ones.
Although she is not in the ranks of female celebrities, she is obviously more than capable in terms of strength.
This interview explains very well to the female audience from the perspective of the heroine, why some people say that Jenny is a villain in Forrest Gump, and why this view is extremely wrong.
Then she flattered those women and pointed out that Jenny's mistake was actually a problem that every woman would encounter in this era. Jenny raised Forrest Gump's son independently with a very strong attitude until she herself
He had to write to his father because of some health problems. This is the unique standard for independent women in this era to do things.
This statement actually kills two birds with one stone. It not only flatters the women who are among the acting judges with the largest number of Oscars, but also indirectly praises the role of Jenny created by Robin, which is very worthy of being nominated and praised by the Oscars.
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If all the news about Robin Wright ended with this report in the Los Angeles Times and all the positive news stopped there, then Ronald would be very happy.
But there was no such good thing. Robin Wright still took matters into his own hands and went too far and accepted a second interview.
This interview was not part of Ronald's plan. But this is no longer the era of big studios. The producers and directors of a film actually don't have much control over what the participating actors will say in the interview.
Powerful.
Hollywood also has very cooperative stars. Tom Hanks never takes advantage of opportunities in movie marketing. This is something that very few moral models in Hollywood can do. Robin Wright is married to bad boy Sean Penn.
Obviously he is not a person who follows the rules.
Perhaps Ronald and Tom Hanks' endorsement of Robin Wright may have given her an ill-timed idea...
So her agent helped him contact Variety Magazine and conducted another interview with Robin Wright himself.
This time the interview focused on why Robin Wright didn't get everything she deserved in Hollywood, as well as some gossip between her and Sean Penn's famous Hollywood couple.
First, the magazine reporter reviewed Robin Wright's previous casting choices and then passed up several highly successful movies at the box office.
The first was "Sugar-coated Trap" directed by Ronald, and the role in the second Batman movie "Batman Forever". This was all because she had to take care of her newborn daughter.
Later, because of her second pregnancy, she gave up the already confirmed opportunity to play a couple with Kevin Costner's Robin Hood in "Robin Hood".
Oliver Stone had previously invited her to star in "Born on the Fourth of July" as the heroine, but she also declined. This time the reason was because she heard that Oliver Stone had a bad attitude towards women. She
I don't want to appear in his project.
However, the interviewing skills of this female reporter from Variety Magazine are much worse than that of the Los Angeles Times. Because in the same report, Robin Wright came to the hospital less than a month after giving birth to her second child.
The crew of Forrest Gump started filming.
If you give up your career because you have to take care of children, then you should not participate in Forrest Gump. If you have your own artistic preferences for different scripts, then you should not use children as a reason for rejection.
reason.
Among all the reasons for rejection, questioning the director's character is the worst one. Although Oliver Stone is not as famous as he was when he won two Oscars a few years ago, he is still in Hollywood.
One of the most important directors.
Having a bad attitude toward women can be treated as a joke in the industry, but if there is a lack of solid evidence for public complaints, it could become disastrous.
On the other hand, in order to show how Robin Wright balances her work and life perfectly, the interview contains a lot of interaction between her and her boyfriend Sean Penn.
This part of the content is another disaster.
Hollywood has never been particularly optimistic about this couple. People in the industry gave them a nickname called "Beauty and the Beast".
When this report reviewed the relationship between the two, there was something strange at the beginning. Because Robin Wright and Sean Penn quickly fell in love after meeting on the set. At that time, Sean Penn was still married to Madonna.
among.
After the filming of the movie was completed, Sean Penn and Madonna also divorced, and Robin Wright hardly had to wait any time before moving into Sean Penn's home.
Although both of them insisted that their romantic relationship only gradually began after the filming of this movie (that is, after Madonna's divorce), Robin Wright vividly described her first collaboration with Sean Penn.
The joy on his face made people question whether they had already had an extramarital affair.
The reporter used a lot of suggestive descriptions here. Because it was not reviewed by Ronald's very capable public relations team. Robin Wright was also inexperienced, so he fell into this reporter's trap.
Especially in his relationship with Sean Penn, this reporter was obviously hinting at a lot of things, or to put it more clearly, he was trying to sow discord between these two people.
For example, he described Sean Penn as a "Svengali" type character. This is a music teacher in the novel "Trilby" by the British writer George du Molière. Svengali is extremely manipulative.
Strong, he used hypnosis and mind control to make the heroine Trilby, who was born with no musical talent, become a famous singer. However, Trilby was completely controlled by Svengali and lost her free will.
He also used some inducements and trap questions to get Robin Wright to admit: In the past few years, it was Sean Penn who made the final decision on whether he would accept the film or not.
"Over the past few years, I've heard that Sean makes decisions for me professionally, that he's a strong force, while I'm quiet..." Her voice trailed off, then she added: "I'm
It helped him a lot in his personal life. Dealing with those things, they might say I 'tamed the beast.'"
Such a description makes readers feel that Robin Wright is a silly girl who was cheated of money and sex by Sean Penn, and also hindered the birth of a Hollywood A-level female star. Otherwise, this Forrest Gump
, Robin Wright may have changed from a very spiritual actress to the mother of Sean Penn's child...
After all, why has Robin Wright, who already has two children, not been proposed to by Sean Penn? It has become one of the conspiracy theories that gossip magazines focus on, and it will be brought up every few months.
"Robin, why are you doing this?"
"I, I didn't expect them to write like this. When I was interviewed, it wasn't like this at all. They took my answers out of context and pieced them together like this. I, I want to sue them..."
Robin Wright and her bastard manager were also panicked. Unexpectedly, as soon as this interview with Variety Magazine came out, Robin Wright's own reputation also plummeted.
Nowadays, many gossip magazines have a saying that Robin Wright's own experience is very similar to Jenny in Forrest Gump.
Robin Wright herself also grew up in a single-parent family. Her mother raised her by selling Mary Kay cosmetics. At the age of 14, Robin Wright became a model. After that, she started starring in female roles in soap operas.
, to become the heroine of the theatrical movie "The Princess Bride."
After the filming of this movie, she was generally regarded as the next A-level female star. Like her character Jenny in "Forrest Gump", she went through a period of not knowing who she was and wasted her talent.
and talent.
"Oh, don't move, I'll let the experts help you..."
Ronald took decisive measures to prevent his bad agent from exerting any further influence on him. He sent negative news public relations experts such as Pat Kingsley to organize a team to help Robin Wright.
Because this is obviously someone who is premeditated to use this incident to attack the heroine of Forrest Gump. If it is allowed to ferment, it is very likely that these negative news will be connected to the Forrest Gump movie.
Who is the mastermind behind this? In fact, it is clear at a glance. At the same time, Uma Thurman, the heroine of Pulp Fiction, accepted an interview with the same magazine, and all of them were complimentary words, and there was no emotional gossip about the actor herself.
At the same time, Uma Thurman, who is also a model, also took a series of photos. In them, she wore a white professional suit, a black leather jacket and a leather skirt, and her bright red lipstick was very eye-catching. Immediately, Uma Thurman
Thurman also appeared on NBC's nightly talk show hosted by Jay Leno, competing with Ronald every time.
"Obviously the damage has been done. We cannot erase the variety show reports. We can only temporarily reduce her exposure, and then find opportunities to be interviewed by more authoritative media and return the topic to where it should be..."
After Pat Kingsley assessed the scandal, he gave Ronald a strategy of staying dormant for the time being and waiting for the storm to pass before hyping up some acting reports.
"OK, let's do it." Ronald sighed.
"Don't you consider the other plan I mentioned before?" Pat Kingsley actually has another trick. He takes the initiative to expose the scandals of the heroines of two of Weinstein's movies. On the one hand, it attracts the public's attention, and on the other hand, he
On the one hand, we have reached a "nuclear deterrence" balance with Weinstein, and both sides should refrain from revealing dirty information.
The key is that Ronald did have a lot of dirty information about the Weinstein project in his previous private investigations. He and his wife Eve have a very bad reputation in Europe and London.
"Hey, after all, the actress and I have no personal grudges. I don't want to involve her. This matter may be devastating to an actor's future..."
"Ronald, watch TV..." Richard hurriedly walked in and turned on ABC, which replayed the morning news, a program that prefers to report celebrity gossip.
"It is reported that the famous Hollywood movie star Sean Penn had a physical conflict with his girlfriend, the actor Robin Wright, at home today. The LAPD received a call from a neighbor and came to inquire about the situation..."
Due to the intense publicity surrounding the Simpson murder case, domestic violence has become a very sensitive red line in Hollywood. Sean Penn's neighbors and the LAPD did not dare to neglect it, and this matter was quickly exposed.
"Shxt!" Ronald knew something was wrong. Robin Wright probably had a big quarrel with Sean Penn, so when the news truck arrived, he took his children and left Sean Penn's residence.
Those claims about balancing work and life and taming Sean Penn’s beast now seem like a ridiculous footnote to real news.
There have been suspicions of extramarital affairs involving mistresses, but now it is estimated that the wives of Hollywood celebrities and actresses trying to become celebrity wives will take pleasure in this misfortune.
Robin Wright's early-established image was completely destroyed, and her prospects for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress gradually dimmed.
"Make an appointment with Harvey for me. I want to resolve this matter with him face to face." Ronald pondered for a moment. This matter still requires a face-to-face warning to the producer who made too many tricks.