Chatty Hollywood

Winona Ryder was lying on the soft bed, tossing and turning.

"Why do two of them want us to get back together!? Does this have anything to do with you!?"

She wanted to scream and throw the pillow, but she didn't know who to throw it at.

"Judy is so busy!"

In desperation, she had no choice but to cover her face with a pillow.

"It's so troublesome!"

Today, Jodie Foster, who is considered a friend of hers, gave her a script and said that she hoped she could be the heroine.

Winona was a little interested in the script called "Sleepy Hollow" at first, but after briefly reading the description of the male protagonist——

"Is this feeling tailor-made for him?"

Realizing that the person starring opposite her might be her ex-boyfriend who had broken up with her, Winona couldn't help but feel awkward.

It's not that she has no nostalgia for Johnny, but...

Her restless mood kept her awake, but late at night, she couldn't leave the bed without interest.

Half asleep and half awake, she suddenly felt a strong force coming from underneath her——

The soft big bed opened a wide mouth and swallowed Winona in at once.

The next moment, blood spurted out from the big mouth on the bed like a fountain.

The blood spurted high and splashed directly onto the white ceiling.

The gravity seemed to reverse at this moment, and the blood spurted out endlessly, then reversed the gravity and gathered on the ceiling, gradually forming a pool of blood...

"ah!!!"

Winona screamed and sat up from the big bed.

"It's this dream again!"

This was not the first time she had had this dream. At first, she thought it might be related to her relationship with Depp.

After all, this dream is very similar to the way Johnny Depp's character died in "A Nightmare on Elm Street"...

"But we have broken up!!!"

Although this was not the real reason for their breakup, the somewhat neurotic Winona did have lingering fears about this dream.

However, even now that the two have broken up, this nightmare still comes from time to time.

"This is not the way to go!"

Winona sighed subconsciously.

*********

Also sighing was Johnny Depp.

He also had a nightmare in which he was swallowed by the bed and turned into a pool of blood.

Unlike Winona who panics easily, Depp's reaction after waking up was calm and unhurried.

He even had time to light a cigarette and lay on the bed and puffed away.

If you didn't look at his trembling hands, you might not realize that he had a nightmare.

“It would be nice to have something a little more energetic!”

Depp thought sadly.

However, thinking of his friend River Phoenix who died behind the bar due to a drug overdose, he felt that he could hold on a little longer.

"This may be a sequelae caused by the withdrawal reaction! Otherwise, I wouldn't think of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" again."

The big-hearted Johnny comforted himself like this, but he forgot that this was not the first time he had this nightmare, and he was not the only one who had it.

So when Charlotte came to visit the next day, he said nothing.

*******

Charlotte's visit was for Sleepy Hollow.

After discussing with Jodie Foster, he quickly wrote a more detailed script based on the previous draft.

Because he had the "Sleepy Hollow" movie in the original world as a reference, he wrote the script very quickly.

What's more, he also has a human skin book, so he can verify the script at any time to see if there are any rhythm problems after it is converted into dynamic pictures.

——Based on the results of using the human skin book, Charlotte fine-tuned many details of the script. Not only did she solve many possible rhythm problems in advance, but she also determined which shots needed to be emphasized.

This time, with a detailed script in hand, Charlotte registered specifically.

And now, Jodie Foster is trying to drum up investment based on his new script.

As for the male and female protagonists of the script, since they had already been pre-set, he and the actress simply made a division of labor——

He got Johnny Depp!

After all, the two established a good relationship while filming "Happy Death Day". What's more, if Charlotte wants to persuade Depp, she has a ready excuse -

"I brought the movie script I promised you, Johnny!"

As soon as Charlotte entered the door, she took out the script and went straight to the point.

"The hero is you and the heroine is Winona Ryder!"

——The opportunity has been created for you. Do you want to take it?

Although Charlotte didn't say the last words, Depp saw them clearly.

"this……"

Although Charlotte did promise to make a movie specifically for them to create opportunities, Depp regarded it more as a joke.

After all, how can it be so easy to make a movie according to your own wishes in Hollywood?

But now, this guy not only accomplished it, but it didn't take long.

"You are really a resolute person!"

Depp, who is still running a bar, can be said to be an out-and-out chronicler, and he admires Charlotte's ability to take action.

"But have you solved the funding problem?"

"Can I still come to you after it's solved?"

Charlotte rolled her eyes and sprayed Depp confidently,

"If I hadn't promised you to create opportunities for you, why do you think I would come to you in such a hurry?"

It was clear that there was insufficient funds, and he wanted to get the actors first, and then use them to deceive investment, but the director failed.

"Only when the investment is not in place, I, as a director, can first secure the actor, and then I can force the producer to accept my choice of the protagonist through a fait accompli. Otherwise -"

"Otherwise there will be an open audition!"

Depp, who has gone through many auditions, naturally knows the production process of Hollywood movies, and he also knows that Charlotte’s words are not lies——

In the crew, the real person with the highest decision-making power is the producer, the employer’s representative, not the director.

Of course, due to issues of ability and expertise, most producers will not interfere too much with the director during the filming process.

The producer's influence on the film is mostly reflected through pre-production and post-production editing.

In the early preparations, an important task is to select actors.

However, unlike post-editing where it is difficult for the director to intervene, the director's opinion is still very important when selecting actors.

But even so, there is still the possibility of being rejected by the producer due to some commercial or even personal reasons.

However, if the director can come up with a very good starring list before the producer intervenes, and even reach a preliminary verbal agreement, the producer, who is generally not too busy, will be happy to save trouble.

This is what Charlotte means.

Depp thinks Charlotte’s words make sense, but——

"I always feel like something is wrong!"

PS1: "Symphonic Lover" is a live-action movie adapted from the anime by RB, and it's quite good. PS2: In "Symphonic Lover's Dream", the symphony is music, but here, what is symphonic is nightmare. PS3: This dream is indeed the way Depp's character dies in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". I didn't make it up. PS4: River Phoenix is ​​a golden boy in Hollywood. He died due to drug abuse. It is said that many of the roles that DiCaprio later took were originally from this guy. PS5: Depp is a drug addict. It is said that he quit drugs because of the death of his friend Ruifan, but he probably did not quit drugs completely.