Celebrities, especially celebrities like Martin, Pitt and Aniston, related gossip spreads at an alarming speed. Many entertainment stations had emergency breaks on the evening news that night, and the newspapers were full of them the next morning.
Two male idols fight over America's sweetheart, and the general public loves to see it.
On this day, there was only one topic on the American dinner table: Martin beat up Pitt because of Aniston!
Most Americans applauded this and thought Pete deserved to be beaten!
Compared with Jolie, who was whitewashed into a virgin, Pitt's reputation is not very good.
It can be said that as much as Rachel is popular in North America, Peter is hated by others.
Martin, on his side, was hiding in the dark and jumping up and down.
If you don't stir up the heat, you will be punished by heaven and earth.
The internet is buzzing with buzz, with videos and pictures all over nearly every website.
TMZ, the first website to expose the video, became an instant hit and completely opened up its popularity.
Likewise, news is spreading everywhere that Aniston is about to star in Martin's new film.
The pre-publicity for "Never Ending" completely blew up the previous "Wanted" and "The Hills Have Eyes", becoming Martin's first starring film to become an instant hit.
As for Martin himself, after driving away the female thief who was so excited that he wanted to stay up all night in the middle of the night, he hid at home and never showed up.
The video was there, and there were dozens of people watching at the bar, so there was no need for him to come forward in person to hype it up.
And if Martin doesn't come out, someone will naturally jump out.
He knew the other two members of the Bastard Trio well.
Nicholson, who was almost semi-retired, was afraid that he would not have fun, so he came out of the hotel early in the morning and deliberately hung around the door.
Seeing that no reporter came to interview, the old bastard became angry and took out his mobile phone to call the newspaper office: "I am Jack Nicholson. I was at the scene of the fight between Martin and Pitt last night. There is some explosive news to be exposed!"
Less than ten minutes later, a reporter drove a Mustang into the hotel parking lot at lightning speed and almost rushed to Nicholson for an interview.
Nicholson sadly discovered that he was indeed out of date, and the media only paid attention to those newly emerging sandbags.
Arriving at the coffee shop on the first floor of the hotel, the reporter ordered a glass of Blue Mountain for Nicholson and asked, "What inside information do you have?"
"Last night, Leonardo, Martin, and I drank together at Avalon." Nicholson said seriously: "According to my judgment, Martin and Aniston are friends at best. Pitt obviously misunderstood. I didn't expect that." , Pete was so soft and took the initiative to provoke, which was useless. I also suggested that they fight one-on-one in the most manly way, but in the end, Pete launched a sneak attack and was easily subdued by Martin."
He is famous for his bad mouth, and he doesn't care about the juniors: "If I were Aniston, I would never choose Pitt. What is a weakling like that used for?"
The reporter grasped the crux of the question: "According to you, Martin is both good-looking and practical?"
Nicholson boasted: "Martin is half as good as I was when I was young, but he's a bastard!"
He also did not forget to help his old buddy Scorsese to gain popularity: "On the set of The Departed, I fell in love once and was enjoying the most beautiful love. Martin, a bastard, encouraged Leonardo to throw firecrackers into my trailer. I was almost scared to the point of not lifting it!”
The reporter was very excited, and even Leonardo got involved. This is huge news!
As a member of the Face Gang and the self-proclaimed leader of the Bastard Trio, Nicholson naturally has to promote his own people and belittle his opponents.
Ten minutes later, Nicholson left the coffee shop and went upstairs to the suite where he stayed last night.
Meryl Streep, who came to have a tryst with him, finished washing, came out of the bathroom, and complained: "Where have you been so early in the morning?"
After all, Nicholson was old and a little weak, but Meryl invited her, and it would be too embarrassing to refuse.
How can I raise my head and be a good person in the future?
He thought about what Martin had given away.
I think I saw that thing when I visited Chinatown.
Nicholson took it out, and Streep was curious...
At noon, after taking several showers, Nicholson finally recovered. How could he enjoy such a good thing alone without telling his friends?
He immediately picked up his cell phone and called Leonardo: "Leo, I just used what Martin gave me last night. It's so exciting!"
Leonardo asked: "Is it really that useful?"
Nicholson said seriously: "I just used it, and it was 100% positive!" He gritted his teeth: "When I see Martin later, I want to thank him!"
Martin recommended, and Nicholson assured, which according to common sense should be particularly reassuring, but Leonardo immediately gave up the idea of trying it out when he thought of two bastards who liked to do bad things.
No need to beat him to death.
On the third day after TMZ broke the news, the crew of "Never End" held an audition for the heroine Linda, and there was only one audition candidate for the time being - Aniston.
At the door of the audition room, Martin waved his hand and asked Bruce to bring the handheld game console he had prepared in advance.
He carried the game console back indoors. Representatives from the Screen Actors Guild and Warner Bros. showed good professionalism and consciously came over to get the game console. They sat in the last row of the audition room, turned off the sound and played the game calmly. Say one more word.
Martin was sitting in the second row, and casting director Molly said, "Please come over, Miss Aniston."
Aniston came over quickly. She knew many people in the audition room and greeted them one by one.
There was an assistant acting opposite her, and the audition scene lasted only half a minute.
After Aniston left, Martin, Molly, Boyle and Louise all watched the audition tape on the screen.
"No problem." The role itself was very simple. Director Boyle asked: "Just choose Aniston?"
Martin nodded: "I agree."
Louise and Molly said one after another: "Okay."
After the heroine was finalized, Louise asked Nikki, who served as associate producer, to inform Aniston of the result so that formal negotiations could be held as soon as possible.
There were subsequent auditions for several roles, but Martin and Louise no longer attended and left the audition room together.
For another important role in the film, the crew extended invitations to Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Their current salary is not high, and there is a vague tendency to accept any film as long as the money is right.
Walking on the corridor, Louise asked, "Come to my place for dinner on Thanksgiving?"
"You won't go home for Thanksgiving?" Martin knew that Louise's parents lived in Brentwood: "You won't accompany your parents?"
Louise followed him to the office: "My parents went on vacation to Europe."
Martin could only refuse politely: "You said it too late. I made an appointment with someone to go back to Atlanta for Thanksgiving, and I can't miss the appointment."
"It can't be Kelly." Louise thought of the answer: "Lily Carter?"
She suddenly laughed, her face full of impropriety: "How about this, I will go to Atlanta with you."
Martin knew that this was a loser, so how could he take her to Atlanta, enter the office, and find the recipe: "The new cocktail recipe is more complicated to prepare. You should find time to practice it carefully to avoid making a fool of yourself at the bartender conference. .”
Louise took it, browsed it quickly, leaned over and kissed Martin on the face: "Assuming you have a conscience, remember who treats you well."
In any case, when Martin came to Los Angeles, Louise helped him a lot even with the transaction. He said: "Don't worry, I will not forget your kindness."
How could a beautiful producer in his thirties, a nostalgic good person like him, forget.
If it were a Whoopi Goldberg type, Martin would be guaranteed to forget about it.
Louise left the office satisfied.
Martin called Jessica and asked her to book flights to Atlanta and New York in advance.
Subsequently, the crew officially announced that Jennifer Aniston has joined "Never Ending" and will play the heroine.
Because she didn't want to respond to the still-hyped Martin-Pitt scandal, Aniston kept silent after issuing a statement through her agent as she did during the divorce, but the popularity of "Never Ending" was immediately boosted.
The popularity of Wanted, starring Martin, has increased again. On the weekend before Thanksgiving, the decline was tighter than before, with another US$9.88 million collected in North America, and the North American box office reached US$160 million.
The film's global box office is approaching US$300 million.
Based on box office alone, the film has already made a profit.
During the subsequent Thanksgiving period, although many films hit the market, Wanted still occupies its place.
As the film appeared in more overseas markets, the international box office also completed surpassing the North American box office.
The market prospects of "Wanted" are becoming increasingly clear. The most conservative forecast released by Warner Bros., the distributor, is that by the time the film is fully released, the North American box office will most likely exceed US$200 million, and the overseas box office will reach US$250 million.
Martin returned to Atlanta just before Thanksgiving.
(End of chapter)
