Chapter 223 The largest red carpet show in Hollywood history

On May 18, 1927, in the heart of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the film capital of the world.

A theater named "Huaxia Theater" was officially opened.

The architectural style of this theater can be said to be a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

The Huaxia Theater is adjacent to the Dolby Theater and has hosted many Oscar Awards ceremonies.

It is famous all over the world for the star's seal in the theater square and has become a tourist attraction.

This cement floor contains the handprints and footprints of the world's best filmmakers.

These "imprints" represent the highest honor and eternal commemoration of people who have made outstanding achievements in the world's film and entertainment industries. They are known as "Hollywood's most precious honor."

2001.

April 12th.

This theater welcomed the crew of "The Princess Diaries" headed by Disney.

In fact, the original premiere of "The Princess Diaries" was not planned to be held at the Huaxia Theater.

The Hua Xia Theater has enough specifications to hold Oscar awards.

This means that its scale is still very large. To hold a premiere show here, the rent is not cheap.

Although "Princess Diaries" has the support of big sponsors and Disney.

There is no shortage of rent.

But the director of the crew, Garry Marshall, was also under a lot of pressure.

It's obviously a low-budget comedy film.

The male protagonist and female protagonist are still little transparent in Hollywood.

Well, at least Annie was transparent before filming started.

But besides the label of "Girl Smith", Anne is also a little transparent.

It can be said that among the entire crew, the most famous person is that the production company is Disney, and then he is the director.

Such a small-budget campus fairy tale comedy shot by a small crew.

With Disney’s channels and operations and promotions, it is difficult to lose money.

It should also be possible to make money, but how much it will make, Garry Marshall himself does not dare to guarantee.

There are no big scenes or actions in the whole film, no matter how much investment there is, it will be like that.

Even Garry Marshall has confidence in himself and in this movie.

But I am still a little worried that the box office will be sluggish and the cost will not be recovered.

So in many places, Garry Marshall feels that if you can save it, save it.

At the beginning, the premiere show prepared by Garry Marshall was just held in an ordinary Hilton Hotel.

Not only will the cost be very cheap, Hilton will even give you a small advertising fee.

This will reduce publicity and distribution costs as much as possible and increase the profit margin of the movie.

Everything was ready.

But at around three o'clock this afternoon.

Garry Marshall gets a call from Disney.

The Disney Company said that big names will come to support the movie.

The specifications of the movie premiere show should be as large as possible.

Garry Marshall was still wondering which big shot was coming.

Disney sent a senior executive over.

The executive brought people over and quickly moved the premiere to the Huaxia Theater.

By the way, the scale of the premiere was suddenly mentioned as a level that "Princess Diaries" does not deserve.

Garry Marshall, for example, watched helplessly as Disney executives.

Make direct phone calls to many Hollywood A-listers and invite them to appear

Among them, Garry Marshall heard it, and Mr. Executive invited two Toms.

Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise.

There is no doubt that these two have become two of the most popular and high-status actors in Hollywood in recent years.

There is also Jim Carrey, who is undoubtedly the number one comedian in Hollywood.

It requires a senior executive from Disney to make a personal phone call and make a temporary invitation. The worst is at this level.

After Mr. Executive finished the call, Garry Marshall couldn't help but asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Gavin, I am very happy that Disney attaches so much importance to "The Princess Diaries". But for a premiere show of this scale, to be honest, as its director, I feel that it is not worthy."

As a result, Disney executives gave Garry Marshall a message:

"We invited these people here not because of "Princess Diaries". We invited these people here because a big shot is coming. Marshall, you just need to do your job well."

The executives made it so straightforward and clear.

What else can Garry Marshall say?

The director had to do his job well and discuss everything about the premiere show with the producer.

As for other matters, they were all left to the temporary Disney executive.

Soon, five o'clock arrived.

The premiere show officially begins.

According to Hollywood tradition, it is natural to walk on the red carpet.

"The Princess Diaries" originally had a red carpet arrangement at the Hilton.

But it’s only about ten meters, from the hotel entrance to the hotel lobby.

This time at the Huaxia Theater, the scale of the red carpet arranged was that of an Oscar awards show.

This made Garry Marshall, who was hiding in the car far away, and the film's producer couldn't help but feel a little twitchy.

Producer Debra Martin Chase said:

"Gary, who is here? This battle is almost as good as Oscar's!"

"Debra, I don't know either. Even you, the producer, don't know. How could I, the director, know?" Garry Marshall said innocently.

Debra Martin Chase speculated: "Could it be Michael Eisner coming over?"

Michael Eisner is the current CEO and Chairman of Disney and one of the Hollywood giants.

"Probably not," Garry Marshall said uncertainly:

"The total investment in The Princess Diaries is only 30 million US dollars. It's impossible for Michael Eisner to attach so much importance to such a small movie, right?"

And Garry Marshall felt that even Michael Eisner was coming.

The scale of the premiere show shouldn’t be so exaggerated, right?

Michael Eisner attends several movie premieres every year.

If only we could make it this big every time.

Then Disney's financial statements in this area will definitely be very ugly!

Producer Debra Martin Chase is also unsure.

At this time, people were already walking on the red carpet.

Someone arrived at the scene.

He is an actor from "The Princess Diaries". He is the supporting actor Heather, Julie, the male lead, and another supporting actor. The four of them go together.

This aspect was arranged by producer Debra Martin Chase.

When it comes to things like walking the red carpet, the person who appears first has always the lowest status.

The person who appears the slowest and the last person has the highest status.

These four actors have the highest status among the cast, except Anne.

Now he appears first, which means that the people who appear later have a higher status than these people.

Thinking of this, producer Debra Martin Chase suddenly had an idea.

The producer remembered that when he was arranging Anne Hathaway's catwalk sequence, he was asked not to arrange her.

Think of Anne Hathaway again, she has a very rumored boyfriend.

Producer Debra Martin Chase immediately told the director:
To be continued...