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Chapter 334 A Request from Fatty Peter
🕑 Added 2025-05-16 15:33:45 +0000 UTCNanaya was a little surprised to see Peter Jackson show up at Universal, especially since Peter looked like he was looking for help from him.
However, as a director that Nanaya was very optimistic about and hoped to work with, Nanaya did not reject his request.
"Peter, what do you want?"
Peter looked at Fitch with some embarrassment, then said, "Let's go to the cafe downstairs."
"……All right."
Nanaya nodded, then he winked at Kevin Feige.
"Then I'll go back to the company first." Feige understood what was meant and immediately withdrew from the conversation between the two.
In Europe and the United States, large companies usually have coffee shops downstairs.
On the one hand, it makes it easier for company employees and customers to talk about some less important business.
After all, going to the office for everything can easily make people feel nervous.
On the other hand, it is also a disguised form of employee welfare, providing employees with a place to rest.
There is also such a coffee shop under the Universal Building. Although it is not the Starbucks that Nanaya is familiar with, its decoration is quite impressive.
Nanaya and Peter first ordered a cup of coffee each, and then Peter ordered a lot of snacks.
But when the meals came, Fat Peter didn't eat any of them, but pushed them all in front of Nanaya.
"The cakes here are very good. I ate them often when I first came to Universal to prepare for King Kong."
Peter said nervously, "Nanaya, you should try it too."
"You need me for something?"
"No way." Peter said with a wry smile, "My lawsuit with New Line is over. With Washimine's help, I won a great victory, so I want to thank you."
Nanaya could see that this guy definitely had something to ask of him, otherwise there would be no need for this fat guy to try to please him so much.
New Line's lawsuit is just an excuse for the other party.
Although he really wanted to know why Peter was looking for him, Nanaya was very depressed by his attitude of "I won't tell you unless you eat it".
However, after arguing with Universal for a whole morning, Nanaya was indeed hungry. He picked up the plate, picked up the cake and started to eat it, moistening his throat with coffee from time to time.
After Nanaya had eaten and drunk his fill, Peter started to talk about business.
"Nanaye, I really want to thank you this time. If it weren't for Washimine's legal assistance, I don't know how I would get justice."
Peter Jackson rubbed his hands together and said, "The Tolkien Estate is still entangled with New Line. I have gotten rid of it."
"Congratulations, what are your plans now?" Nanaya asked, supporting his chin with his hands.
"I plan to take a break for a while. King Kong has exhausted me." Peter replied with a wry smile, "If possible, I hope to go back to my hometown for a vacation."
Fortunately, this is not a magical world, otherwise after Peter said this flag, Nanaya would definitely stop him from getting on the plane back to New Zealand.
"Go ahead, Peter."
Nanaya took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, then said slowly: "I know you have something to ask me, what happened?"
The smile on Fatty Peter's face froze. After thinking for a moment, he said helplessly, "Nanaya, you should know Orlando Bloom, right?"
"Certainly."
Nanaya nodded his head in understanding: "How could I not know your little Legolas?"
Looking at Peter's conflicted expression, Nanaya suddenly guessed why the fat man came to find him.
"He hasn't been doing well lately."
A look of struggle flashed across Peter's face, and finally everything turned into a sigh.
"Not so good? Isn't Pirates of the Caribbean 2 starring him coming out this year?"
Nanaya had a half-smile on his face.
Peter shook his head. “That’s because this movie was made before his accident. His life will definitely not be easy in the future.”
Nanaya sneered in his heart. As someone who had been following Hollywood, he certainly knew what Peter was talking about.
But Nanaya's attitude towards this is - now you know you regret it, what did you do before? Why didn't you improve your acting skills when you had the chance before? What's the point of asking for help now?
Orlando Bloom's case is a bit complicated, but he has his own reasons for being in this situation.
After becoming famous for his role as Legolas, the Elf Prince shined again in "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Although all the flowers and applause for "Pirates of the Caribbean" were given to Depp as the supporting actor, the glory of the elf prince as the leading actor was almost completely overshadowed.
But even so, the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has helped Orlando stabilize its status.
The elf prince then took on the starring role in the epic film "Kingdom of Heaven", trying to continue his glory in "The Lord of the Rings" series.
However, things were not as everyone thought, the released version of this movie was a complete mess and the audience reviews were simply terrible.
People in later generations always attributed the failure of the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" to Fox's stupid operation.
Because after Fox discovered that the director's cut was more than three hours long, it directly hired someone to re-edit the movie.
The 192-minute film was cut down to 145 minutes, turning an epic masterpiece into a mess.
Almost all the audience were confused and didn't know what to make of the show.
This also triggered a public relations crisis for the film media, because before the film was released, almost all media were very satisfied with the film and even sang praises.
It is conceivable that when the audience saw such a SB movie, they were angry.
Fortunately, all the media immediately explained that they had watched the 3-hour director's cut, and the director's cut released later did prove the excellence of the film.
Everyone then pointed the finger at the film's distributor, 20th Century Fox.
I think it was the old fox who killed the movie.
In fact, in Nanaya’s opinion, even if Fox really releases the director’s cut, it may not necessarily make the movie a success.
After all, a movie that is over three hours long is really too long. If you ask the audience to watch it for such a long time at one time, I guess not many people can bear it.
The released version is over 3 hours long and is also a commercial success. The only movies that Nanaya can name are "King Kong" produced by the fat man in front of him and Marvel's "End Game".
There was nothing wrong with Fox asking someone to cut the movie shorter. The only thing they did wrong was to exclude the director from the editing when they edited the release version.
As for why Fox did this, Nanaya guessed that it was probably because of the Big Six's arrogance, or because they did not want to give the director too much power.
However, Nanaya believes that if the director of "Kingdom of Heaven" is allowed to edit the film himself, he might be able to produce a movie with a relatively complete storyline.
But as to whether this movie can be successful, Nanaya doesn’t know. Anyway, he himself is not optimistic.
After all, epic costume movies have been losing money since 2003, and the reason is because of the fat guy sitting in front of him.
Because The Lord of the Rings was so successful and great, all similar movies will be compared to it.
As long as there is a gap with "The Lord of the Rings", it will be magnified infinitely and lead to the failure of this movie.
The failure of "Kingdom of Heaven" is already a foregone conclusion, so according to the fine tradition of large companies, someone must take the blame for the failure of a big project.
In any case, Fox itself will certainly not admit its failure - although they approved the release of a 3-hour version of "King Kong" a few months after "Kingdom of Heaven".
But doing is one thing and talking is another.
Someone has to take the blame for something like this.
As a result, the director and the leading actors became victims of the failure of the film project, especially the leading actor Orlando Bloom. Not only did Fox reject him, but other Hollywood film companies also removed him from the ranks of leading actors in big-budget movies.
In Nanaya's memory, the Elf Prince has participated in only a handful of big productions after Kingdom of Heaven, and only the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and "The Hobbit" series are considered well-known.
If it weren't for the fact that "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" had already been released before "Kingdom of Heaven", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" would have already been completed.
Nanaya estimated that given Disney’s nature, they would definitely kick the elf prince away.
Hollywood has always been a very realistic place. If an actor cannot bring profits to himself, then direct abandonment is inevitable.
"In fact, when Disney was negotiating the contract with Orlando for Pirates of the Caribbean 3, it had already proposed to reduce the other party's role."
Peter Jackson said with a worried look on his face.
Fatty Peter still has very deep feelings for Orlando Bloom.
Although Peter was very strict with Orlando during the filming, he still thought highly of him.
Otherwise, they would not have added Legolas, a character that does not exist in the original work, to the "Hobbit" series, and cast Orlando, whose appearance has begun to decline, to play the role.
So after Orlando came to him to complain some time ago, Peter also helped him find a solution.
Don't even think about the Big Six. Orlando's reputation as a box office poison has spread, and no one dares to use him.
Apart from the Big Six, the only company that has the capability to produce large-scale commercial films is Washimine Entertainment, which has just emerged in North America based on Fate.
Coincidentally, Peter knew that Nanaya had already started preparing for Fate's new work, so he came to him with a shameless face.
"I know you are preparing for FZ's project. Can you give Orlando a role? Even a supporting role is fine. What he needs now is to stabilize his status."
Peter said with some embarrassment.
"Um……"
Nanaya tapped the table with his fingers, thinking about the pros and cons.
Orlando's acting skills are really not that good, which is why the failure of "Kingdom of Heaven" made him unable to recover.
However, the Elf Prince still has a certain popularity now because of his good looks. Besides, he had just experienced the failure of "Kingdom of Heaven", so the price is still reasonable.
It's not impossible to let him play a minor role in FZ, but the question is whether the arrogant Orlando can agree.
Nanaya took a piece of paper and first listed all the roles that had not yet been confirmed, and then crossed out several roles that required Japanese nationality.
After a period of selection, Nanaya gave the information of the two characters, Ryunosuke and Lancelot, to Peter Jackson.
"Show this to Bloom." Nanaya handed the paper over. "If he is interested in these two roles, he can come and audition."
"Okay, I got it. Thank you."
Seeing that Nanaya gave him a chance, Peter Jackson breathed a sigh of relief and put the paper in his arms.
As for whether the elf prince would be satisfied with these two roles, Peter didn't care. He was not Orlando Bloom's father, and he had done his best.
