Chapter 917

Regarding the film "Moon Legion," Lu Yan He's initial attitude was actually hesitant, or even leaning towards refusal.

Just like Leonardo DiCaprio during the years when Marvel dominated the box office, he had no posture of embracing Marvel at all.

Because in front of an IP like "Moon Legion," any actor can only take a back seat. The biggest star will never be an actor, but this IP.

If "Cloud 3" was Lu Yan He's first film with a global box office exceeding 1 billion USD, then Lu Yan He absolutely could not increase his salary to such a level because of it—even if it were the same screen time and character as "Godless."

Because compared to the IP "Cloud," the IP "Godless" is like one being "Sword of Demon Hunting" and the other being "Journey to the West"; the former is just a novel that an author has just written, a new IP, while the latter is already a big IP with commercial value pulled to the top. The former cannot be said who empowers whom, while the latter is definitely "Journey to the West" empowering the actor.

The relationship between Lu Yan He and the IP "Moon Legion" is also like this.

Unless the "Moon Legion" starring Lu Yan He has a box office significantly higher than other works in the series—

But this is almost impossible.

In this film series, there are 4 films that have broken 1 billion USD in global box office alone.

How is Lu Yan He going to pull it?

Pull it to 2 billion USD?

However, Lu Yan He's mindset has changed a little now.

Because his ability to carry the box office has already been proven through the blockbuster "Godless."

Now the box office pre-sales and other data for "Cloud 3" are also very good.

Plus, Lu Yan He knows very well that when "Men in Black" is released, it will definitely be another box office harvesting tool.

Lu Yan He can now completely calmly count the box office results of any film on himself—if he really stars in it.

Others won't say anything either. Because others will think so too.

It's just that if Lu Yan He goes to act in "Moon Legion," it will be another blockbuster.

Lu Yan He has acted in a bit too many commercial blockbusters in recent years.

He would rather act in blockbusters like "Speed of Life and Death" or "The Bourne Identity"—such blockbusters have significant differences from "Godless" and "Cloud 3." Their blockbuster nature does not lie in grand epic narratives and late-stage magical special effects, but in other things.

"Moon Legion" is that kind of typical visual effects blockbuster. If too many of them are filmed in a concentrated manner, it is easy for everyone to have aesthetic fatigue.

"You will be the absolute protagonist of this one, not a so-called supporting actor," Liu Bige said. "I also told them directly at the time that I would not let the current you play a supporting role to those people in 'Moon Legion'."

In Hollywood, this doesn't count for much. Of course, the real protagonists are definitely those people in the protagonist group, but in this film, Lu Yan He can be a protagonist who can rival the protagonist group. Just like Cate Blanchett in "Thor: Ragnarok."

Actually, from this sentence of Liu Bige, Lu Yan He could hear that Liu Bige still hoped he would agree to act. Otherwise, Liu Bige wouldn't have specifically mentioned this matter; he didn't want Lu Yan He to suffer after truly agreeing to appear.

Lu Yan He thought seriously for a moment and said, "If I am to participate, what kind of character would I play?"

Liu Bige said, "I hope it is a character of a child of destiny with a certain divinity, who turns the tide at the most critical moment when the situation is in jeopardy."

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

"Why do you want me to play this kind of character?"

"Because you haven't played it," Liu Bige said. "The characters you have played in the past are either realistic young people, or typecast characters who are eccentric or have very distinct personality traits. You have actually never played that kind of character who is very exquisite, noble, and elegant in appearance."

As soon as Liu Bige said this, Lu Yan He was stunned.

He himself had never considered this aspect before.

But thinking about it this way, it really seems to be the case.

To some extent, the characters he plays are often dominated by ordinary people or people at the bottom of society.

Whether it is a series or a film, it is like this.

Even "Men in Black" is like this.

"Have you noticed that you actually have a preference for this type of character?" Liu Bige said. "I am shocked that you have been acting for almost ten years, and you have never played a character who is relatively middle-class, let alone with a wealthy background."

"If you didn't say it, I would feel surprised myself; I was completely unaware of this problem," Lu Yan He even felt that he was an actor who challenged many character types and had acted in all styles.

Liu Bige said, "Actually, you are clearly an actor whose appearance can play that kind of noble, arrogant, and even high-and-mighty temperament character."

"This kind of character is often not the protagonist," Lu Yan He said. "It is indeed rare for anyone to ask me to act, and in the current film and television market, the kind of character you mentioned is indeed rare."