bookpower Chapter 122: Richard Gere interview
Chapter 122: Richard Gere interview
March 17, this was the first weekend of the Easter season, many new films were released on this day, this includes the highly antic.i.p.ated film "Road House" .
For this movie, United Artists used 1927 screens in the opening weekend, more than the number of screens used in "Pretty Woman" by a few dozens .
United Artists has been using a lot of money to grease the pockets of the critics, to get them to praise their film, but the next day after the premiere, the film was criticized by everyone.
"The hero character setting is very strange, he has a P . H . D . , and he is also a master of mysterious oriental martial arts, but he is willing to work as a bodyguard in a bar, plus he dresses like a cowboy .
And then, the director awkwardly built him into a paranoid avenger, but not a qualified Avenger, he can kill the henchman without any care, but he'll show mercy to the big villain who he hates the most . To make a long story short, It's a funny movie with a very ridiculous plot . " The Chicago Tribune
"The film is full of anarchy, lawlessness, destruction and unbridled violence . It's a farce . " Movie Guide magazine
"I only saw a stream of brawls, broken beer bottles, and groups of big breasted girls and splashes of fake blood . The story was pale and lame, Richard Gere acting was dull, he wasn't even on the same level as the villain . " Montreal film magazine
"A ridiculous and noisy film" The Reel Movie Review
"You can remove the lead actor from this movie, and the plot wouldn't change, The villain wants to control the Town, so he commit some violent actions like starting fights, murder, arson, and then the intolerable town residents revolt, kill the villain and his henchman .
I can't believe Richard Geregive up Eric Williams film "Pretty Woman" for such a movie, I don't know how he can sleep at night . " The Hollywood Journal
"The film was nothing but a rock and roll soundtrack . " Rolling Stone Magazine
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Because of the strong publicity, on the first day the attendance in the 1927 screening rooms United Artists got for "Road House" reached more than 70%, but with the one-sided criticisms after the movie release, the attendance quickly plummeted .
Three days later, the film box office started dwindling as the first weekend the Easter season ended . This was also the sixth week since "Pretty Woman" was released, and with no surprise "Pretty Woman" box office was up by $2 . 4 million more than last week, reaching 11 .
27 million US dollars, winning the first place at the box office . In just six weeks the film acc.u.mulated $97 . 69 million at the box office, Eric believes that before the next week ends, his third film will break the $100 million mark at the box office .
A month before he celebrated his nineteen birthday, the results will once again usher a wave of speculation and uproar in the media .
Although "Road House" has nearly two thousand screens to work with, after the first day the attendance fell sharply, the film only got $5 . 25 million in the first weekend ranking second at the box office, less than half of what "Pretty Woman" got .
Universal Pictures crime comedy film "Fletch Lives" won the third place, earning $5 . 04 million at the box office with 1400 screens .
Because Columbia increased its support, "Home Alone" the film that was Released eighteenth weeks ago still was able to win $4 million at the box office, Steadily approaching the $300 million mark .
For twelve weeks in a row, "Home Alone" box office topped the list, for more than four months this dark horse has been shocking everyone again and again .
After this incident, Richard Gere completely cut ties with CAA . On the third day after the incident, relying on a friend's introduction, Richard joined another big brokerage firm called "William Morris Agency" also known as (WMA) .
Countless job-hopping events happen every year in Hollywood . Even the CAA who claims to have a perfect system to stop actors from leaving, can't stop this from happening to them .
CAA so-called system is there to prevent the brokers working for the firm from leaving, the five founders of CAA Mike Rosenfeld, Michael Ovitz, Ronald Meyer, William Haber, and Rowland Perkins originally worked at William Morris Agency, know the danger of letting the talents they nurtured for many years leave .
So they put the system in place from the start, to prevent that from happening . As for top stars, they don't have too many constraints, they can leave whenever they want . As for second and third line actors, as long as they are willing to pay liquidated damages, they can easily leave .
But now CAowned film and television industry chain resources are very large, so most of the stars can't be lured away by other companies .
Moreover, because CAA promptly stopped the rumors about Horner Willie and Richard Gere quarrel from getting leaked, they thought that this matter was over, but they forget that Richard Gere is one of the parties involved in this fight .
In order to get back at CAA, in an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter," reporter Richard painted himself as a victim and mercilessly discredited CAA .
The next day after the interview, an article t.i.tled "Richard Gere: why I lost the protagonist role in "Pretty Woman" . " appeared in "The Hollywood Reporter" front page .
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"Recently, the famous actor Richard Gere who was expected to star in Eric Williams blockbuster masterpiece "Pretty Woman" suddenly left CAA the brokage firm he worked with for many years, in an interview with our reporter, Richard Gere finally told us why he refused to star in "Pretty Woman" .
The following is Mr . Richard Gere original words: when I first saw "Pretty Woman" script, I thought that this was going to be an excellent film and that the character was in sync with my image, I even did some preparation for the role .
And although Eric Williams is very young, but after watching his first two works, I found that he was a very talented young man . But when I made an appointment with him, Horner Willie my agent, suggested that I refuse the offer .
I was puzzled at first, then Horner Willie told me that because Eric Williams brought Kapoor Sid Agency and started working with him . Mr .
Michael Ovitz who have a deep dispute with Kapoor Sid, won't allow any artist to cooperate with Eric Williams, he made it clear to me that Michael Ovitzwant's to ban Eric Williams .
Then, to appease me, CAA give "Road House" protagonist role to me, when I first saw the script, I said to Horner Willie: No, this character isn't suitable for me .
Although I played in action films before, this role was too violent for me, and that perhaps finding a man with more muscles than me will be more appropriate .
Horner Willie said I have no choice, and that I would have to take a meager pay in the film . To be more in line with the character image, I had to do a high strength workout for many months, but the film still failed in the end .
The reason why I'm exposing all these things now is that I think CAA has forgotten who they are . Because they monopolize too many resources, they become unscrupulous, doing whatever they like .
Because of a little personal grudge, and to show how powerful they are, they will treat their artist's career as a joke . CAA even started treating other companies tens of millions of dollars investment as chips to play with as they want, this is a terrible thing .
Brokerage companies should serve their artists, and should always keep their employer's interests first, this is the only way a brokage firm can survive for a long time, but now that CAA started treating their artists as p.a.w.ns, sooner or later they will self-destruct . "