In general, what kind of benefits will a movie bring to the lead actor if it is a big success?
That must have been a rise in value, a great increase in fame, and then a steady stream of follow-up resources.
You can even turn over the salted fish directly.
For example, Robert Downey Jr., after acting in "Iron Man", jumped from a marginal actor at that time to a hot big star in Hollywood.
Another example is Johnny Depp, who was already very famous in the circle, coupled with the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and finally became a Hollywood brother.
However, there are some special examples.
That is, the film results are very eye-catching, but the main actors are still unknown after that.
Or maybe there is more than one star in the movie, but after the box office explosion, one of them is on fire, and the other is not much better than before the appearance.
This time, I want to talk about the phenomenon of "female fire and male fire" in those successful movies in Hollywood.
"Transformers" was once the hottest Hollywood IP in China, and when it was first launched, it also set off a wave of automotive robots around the world.
However, although the film is on fire, the treatment of the male and female protagonists is very obvious.
The heroine Megan Fox, despite her poor acting skills, is a vase, but after the film became popular, capital still invested a very large amount of resources in her.
Hollywood has always had vase actors, but capital values commercial value.
It is clear that Megan Fox's appearance has such potential value.
So, during that time, you can basically see all kinds of press releases, which make Megan the world's first beauty, and all kinds of magazines can see her.
Then, capital also specially portrayed her in various press releases to make her a "moving object" in the dream of American men.
The reason for this is simple, obviously to play to Megan's appearance advantage, to ensure that if she appears in the movie in the future, there will be a large number of male audiences to pay.
At that time, Megan was only in her early 20s, and she had already been praised by capital, which can be said to be a really good future.
Of course, later she herself was banned because she was overwhelmed and offended capital in turn, and then she was so pasted that it was another matter.
As for the male protagonist? Probably many children's shoes even have to look up his name to know, called Shea LaBeouf.
It is also a big hit movie, but LaBeouf is not as likable as Megan, and the film contract in hand during that time is just like that, and it is no different from before starring in "Transformers".
So the question is, why is the gap between the treatment of male and female protagonists so large?
This brings us to the characteristics of the "Transformers" series of movies themselves.
What do the audience want to see when watching this kind of movie?
Auto robots, of course.
Therefore, as human male and female protagonists, to put it bluntly, they are all auxiliary roles and functional roles.
Even many viewers hate human drama, and the human drama of this film series itself is not very good.
In this case, the audience will feel bored watching "Transformers" when it comes to human drama, and at this time, there is a good-looking actress like Megan Fox to raise her eyes, which makes people feel very comfortable.
Shea LaBeouf's appearance is really not a handsome man.
What's more, movies like this kind of mech and robots, the general main group is a male audience, and the male audience will certainly not go to see the male protagonist, but may be hostile to the male protagonist because the female protagonist is too beautiful.
Therefore, in this case, capital is of course investing resources in the heroine.
At the same time, after starring in "Transformers", LaBeouf was caught in the plagiarism storm and various legal problems.
Reputation deteriorated, commercial value has declined repeatedly, the "Transformers" series is not to say that he can't do without him, the audience is watching robots or beautiful women, so how can capital still favor him?
However, there are also some "female fire men are not hot" phenomenon in Hollywood, because the preferences of capital are different.
Take, for example, the 2019 "Aladdin" live-action movie.
This film exploded at the time with a global explosion of $1 billion (more than 6 billion people), which can be said to be very successful, and now the successive episodes have been approved.
However, the later encounters of the male and female protagonists are also one day and one place.
The heroine, Naomi Coster, immediately after starring in the film, received an invitation from "Thunderbolt Baby" to serve as the main actor in the film.
In addition, there are several film appointments waiting for her to pick.
As for the male protagonist, Mena Massoud, it is much more tragic.
After "Aladdin", not only did he not receive any film contracts, but even he took the initiative to audition on various film sets, and only asked to be a background board with no lines and no roles, but the producers refused.
I didn't even bother to give him the chance to audition.
The reason is actually very simple.
Mena is a Middle Eastern actor who was also a pure newcomer before, without any background.
As we all know, hollywood movies are originally white people saving the world, and then they become white people saving the world with black people.
Asian? Middle Easterners? Or is it another ethnicity? Think too much.
Look at the selection of the protagonist of "Shangqi", the image of Lin Ludi is so good that it has been brushed down, and the film side wants a male and female protagonist with a very poor image to star.
In Hollywood, white capital loves to "characterize" other ethnic groups.
So Mena didn't even have an audition, or even wanted to be a background board, which was conceivable.
Once Mena has the opportunity to star in the movie, then maybe there will be a chance to catch fire, and once it is fired, then the profit-seeking capital naturally has to praise him.
So the best way to do this is to strangle him in the cradle and leave no possibility at all.
Then again, the heroine Naomi is actually not American, she is of mixed British and Indian descent, but hollywood capital old white men are quite welcome to her.
Surely, it is best for you girls of other ethnicities to come to us for the role, because whether it is decided to give or not is in us, it depends on whether you will come and make us happy.
Men of other ethnicities? Go aside, oh, except for the Negroes.
Of course, the reason for "female fire man not fire" is not only this, but also others.
For example, the male and female protagonists of "Avatar".
Heroine Zoe Saldana Needless to say, originally the main actor of "Star Trek", after acting in "Avatar", Marvel DC rushed to her, and she finally entered the Marvel Universe and became the heroine of "Guardians of the Galaxy".
As the main actor of the three big IP series, even if "Star Trek" is temporarily suspended later, relying on "Avatar" and the Marvel Universe alone can be said to be nothing to worry about in the career.
As for the male protagonist of "Avatar", I am sorry that the name still has to be checked first to know, called Sam Worthington.
After acting in "Avatar", there were also no movies looking for him to star, and even disappeared in the film world at one time.
Of course, in the future "Avatar 2~5", he is still the position of the male protagonist, but whether it can catch fire is really not certain.
Comparing Zoe's career, the gap between the two is so large.
The main reason is from the film itself.
When you go to see Avatar, what are you watching?
Special effects, of course.
The shocking special effects scene of IMAX3D at that time can be said to have attracted all the attention of the audience, and not many people in the male and female protagonists cared.
What's more, the Nami people in Avatar are all little blue people, in other words, the recognition of the appearance is very low, and the audience will not be able to remember the appearance of the real actors.
Therefore, although "Avatar" broke the box office record in film history that year, it is not necessary to say how much help it will be to the lead actor.
The reason why Zoe received an invitation from the Marvel Universe after this, "Avatar" is naturally helpful, but the main thing is that she already has a certain reputation in the circle before starring in "Avatar".
Moreover, the relationship with the Taishan Dipper Steven Spielberg in the director's world is also very good.
Therefore, "Avatar" for her, played a role in the icing on the cake.
The male protagonist Sam is far behind, and the famous movies that have acted before "Avatar" are only "Terminator 2018", and the rest are basically unknown.
And the nature of the movie "Avatar" is doomed to make him soar.
It is also because of this that after this, the female protagonist Zoe can have a multi-faceted career, but the male protagonist Sam can only hold the IP of "Avatar" until death, but because he is a tool person, the treatment in all aspects will certainly not be high.
After all, Cameron had to keep his budget for the movies.
So in Hollywood, it's a good thing to star in a successful movie.
But for actors, whether they can catch fire is really not just the achievements of watching the film.