Chatty Hollywood

At the same time, Jodie Foster and her assistant Anna were not the only ones discussing Charlotte.

As one of the top agents in CAA, Pat Kingsley is also talking about this emerging director.

--on the phone.

"Dear old Tony, do you think my plan is feasible?"

While she was on the phone, she turned the pen in her hand.

"Sign Charlize Theron first, and then use her to bring Charlotte Booth to CAA."

"...You shouldn't ask me this kind of thing, right?"

On the other side of the phone was the producer who had collaborated with Charlotte on two films, Mr. Anthony Westwood.

In fact, Mr. Westwood was surprised to receive a call from Pat Kingsley on New Year's Day, 1995.

In his opinion, the agent of the famous Tom Cruise would never do anything good for him. After all, one of them is a producer and the other is an agent, and they are naturally opposed to each other when it comes to remuneration.

Therefore, even if the two had a relationship back then, Mr. Westwood didn't give her a good tone at the beginning.

Until she explains her intentions——

She wants to sign Charlize Theron, and she even wants to drag Charlotte to CAA as well.

This is not easy to do!

Mr. Westwood knew that with the success of "Happy Death Day," Charlize's rise was inevitable and that she would soon have an agent.

As for Charlotte, directors are not required to have an agent. But obviously, with an agent, many things will be much easier.

The question for them now is which brokerage company to choose? caa or w

Westwood doesn't know which of these brokerage firms have reached out to them.

Of course, this has nothing to do with him.

——At least it won’t matter until I cooperate with the two next time.

Now, Pat Kingsley called,

It was obvious that she had this intention, but——

"Don't you have a superstar like Tom Cruise in your hands? Why are you staring at Sally and Charlotte?"

Mr. Westwood couldn't help but ask the question.

"For the future, Tony!"

There was a smile in Pat Kingsley's voice,

"It is true that Tom is my most important customer at present, but this does not mean that I do not need to sign new people..."

The more stars on hand, the higher the agent's status and the greater his power.

Of course Mr. Westwood also understands this truth. He only asks this question because he is unhappy.

- This is the natural animosity between producers and agents.

However, after eliminating emotional factors, Mr. Westwood is supportive of Pat Kingsley signing Charlize. After all, as an agent, Kingsley actually cares about her clients...

"As for Sally, as long as you really think about her and give her the right conditions, it shouldn't be difficult to sign her. As for Charlotte—"

Mr. Westwood pondered for a moment;

"I know that your CAA has always liked to do packaging business. This is actually a violation of the director's authority, so you need a director with whom you have a good relationship. As for Charlotte, I don't know what his attitude is about this."

"...Well, I understand. Thank you, Tony!"

Pat Kingsley hung up the phone with a smile on his face.

- Westwood doesn't want me to sign Charlotte Booth!

Being a shrewd woman, Kingsley heard what Mr. Westwood was trying to do.

This is enough!

What she needs is precisely this kind of denial——

As Mr. Westwood said, CAA particularly likes packaging business. To put it simply, according to the needs of the film studio, multiple artists under the banner are bundled and signed together to the film studio.

Of course, some of these artists are favored by the film producers, but some are just for added talent.

Although this method of mixing private goods has increased CAA's profits, it is also easily resented by the film studio, especially the director.

CAA hopes to reduce this resentment by building relationships with directors, and even hopes that directors can take the initiative to accept this packaging business.

Of course, this is impossible for established directors. But for some new directors who are still in the development stage, this may not be the case.

That's why Pat Kingsley has his sights set on Charlotte.

After all, the success of the two movies "The Turn" and "Happy Death Day" cannot be hidden from anyone. Especially the latter, which is currently almost sweeping during the Christmas period.

If a director who can make such a movie doesn't notice, then CAA can close down.

The reason why Pat Kingsley called Mr. Westwood was to get some information from him, but she also wanted to hear his evaluation of Charlotte.

——As a producer who has worked with Charlotte twice, Mr. Westwood’s evaluation is still very meaningful.

After all, whether a person has development potential depends not only on his existing achievements, but also on the evaluation of the people around him, especially his partners.

However, Kingsley did not ask this question directly.

In her opinion, if asked directly, whether Mr. Westwood likes or hates Charlotte, the evaluation given will be obviously subjective.

And such an evaluation does not have much significance in her assessment of Charlotte's development potential.

She used a direct test method, and Mr. Westwood's slightly objectionable answer made her very satisfied——

If Mr. Westwood has no intention of working with Charlotte again in the future, why should he care if the latter has an agent?

If they no longer cooperate, even if the latter has an agent, he will not be the one being calculated to increase his salary.

This kind of reaction just shows that Charlotte is very important.

"It seems that old Tony is very optimistic about Charlotte Booth!"

While continuing to spin the pen in his hand, Pat Kingsley pondered,

"In that case, it is necessary to close the relationship with this new generation director. However, we still have to sign Charlize Theron first!"

Through the conversation with Mr. Westwood just now, Pat Kingsley has confirmed that there is indeed an ambiguous relationship between Charlize Theron and Charlotte Booth.

Therefore, Kingsley plans to gradually get closer to Charlotte through Charlize.

Of course, Pat Kingsley is also very optimistic about Charlize herself——

After all, in terms of appearance and figure alone, the girl can be regarded as outstanding in the entire Hollywood, which is enough for her to serve as a vase in many blockbusters.

What's more, Charlize has already starred in two movies with good box office, which has initially proved herself, and her acting skills are indeed good...

"If it develops well, maybe it can reach the level of Meg Ryan!"

Meg Ryan, who has starred in "City of Angels" and "Sleepless in Seattle", can be said to be a model among American sweethearts.

Pat Kingsley used her as an analogy for Charlize's future, feeling that it was largely overestimated. After all, the latter’s identity as a South African makes it difficult for him to integrate into various circles in Hollywood, but——

Life always surprises you.

ps1: "Editorial Agent" is a bad Hong Kong movie, released in 2013, starring Ah Sa... Well, actually I want to watch Gillian more.