Time slowly moved towards mid-April. After Duke completed all his post-production, he accepted an exclusive interview with the Los Angeles Times entertainment version according to Warner's plan. The interview was placed on Rock Studio. In addition to the routine promotion of "Brave the Deadly Island", the two sides communicated in advance, and a considerable number of topics revolved around John Mason and Christopher Lee.

“It is said that you initially wanted to invite Sean Connery to John Mason?”

Sarah, a female journalist sitting opposite Duke, asked, "Why did she give up and choose Christopher Lee?"

"Mason is a very strong agent, even though he is a little older." Duke gestured in a perfect position, and the female reporter immediately said, "Yes, we can see this from the trailer."

"Actually, in my initial vision..."

After receiving guidance from Warner's public relations in advance, Duke also knew a little about taking advantage of the situation to promote it. "Mason's candidate is an actor like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but unfortunately Mr. Schwarzenegger took over the film contract for "The True Lies", so I had to look for other candidates."

"So." The female reporter immediately grabbed the point, "John Mason's original candidate was not Sean Connery."

"Yes." Duke nodded immediately, without having to draft a lie. "Later someone recommended Mr. Connery to me, and I think this is a suitable replacement."

He deliberately emphasized the tone on the ‘replacement’ and the later ‘audience’, "So, the crew sent him an audition invitation. We never finalized Sean Connery to play John Mason. He was just one of the audition candidates. Although he played in 007, it was too far away. From the trailer, you can also see that Mason is a sharp and tough agent, completely different from Bond."

"Then why did Christopher Lee choose?"

"It's like this. In order to find a suitable cast, I have watched several 007 movies in the past decade."

Talking lies with your eyes open is definitely a must-have skill for Hollywood. "And I saw "007 vs. Golden Gunner". Everyone should have seen this movie. It is also recognized that the 007 movie with more charm from Bond. Lee is Golden Gunner. At that time, I thought that this is what I needed. John Mason, and I asked my assistant to find his information. After I saw it..."

After making a few exaggerated gestures, Duke said, "That's a feeling that can only be described as shock. I thought it must be fake at the time. Warner also sent a letter to the British government to verify, and the results proved that the information was true."

"What did you see?" the female reporter asked quickly.

"After reading the information, I feel that Lee is Mason, and no one is more suitable than him." Duke's tone deliberately brought shock, as if it was still unbelievable. "Christopher Lee is a legend of living, I mean him, his experience! Hollywood acting is better than him, and many people are there, but no one can surpass him in the identity of a secret actor!"

“Isn’t Sean Connery not?”

"Shaan Connery?" Duke said with a little disdain, "Everyone thinks Sean Connery is suitable for John Mason because he has played the virtual agent role of James Bond, but Christopher Lee has been an agent for nearly a decade. He is a member of the British Non-Gentleman War Department in World War II!"

“OH.MY.GOD!”

The female reporter exclaimed directly. As a person who ran entertainment news, she didn't know that James Bond's original work was adapted from the experience of agents from the British non-gentleman war department!

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"Is this true? A real British agent? Not a fake like Sean Connery?"

Sitting in a cold drink shop in Manhattan, Erin is the fewest among girls who are interested in action movies, and she is asking her roommate Anna.

Anna, a student at the New York University Film Production Institute, was looking at a copy of the Los Angeles Times and said, "It must be true. The Los Angeles Times has confirmed with the British government!"

"I didn't expect that there would be a strange actor like Christopher Lee in Hollywood." Erin's face was full of incredible.

"Here's his resume here. Do you want to read it, Miss Lauder?" Anna handed over the newspaper, and Erin almost snatched it. The article on the front page headline was as eye-catching as the picture of the medal that Lee had ever won.

"Christopher Lee, who plays the role of John Mason in "The Deadly Island", is a living legend. I'm not saying that his acting career is better than his acting skills and achievements. I mean, he is a legend!"

Erin's eyes quickly moved to the detailed information below.

"When Li was 17 years old, he went to Finland to join the army to fight the Soviet Union. After fighting the Soviet Union, he returned to Britain to join the Long Distance Desert Force (LRDG) to fight the Nazis in Egypt. How powerful is this force? German Marshal Rommel said in person that the damage caused by LRDG is greater than any British force!"

"According to the data of the British government, Li drove a Chevrolet equipped with a machine gun, and drove hundreds of kilometers behind Nazi enemy forces under the scorching sun in the Sahara Desert. He sneaked into the airport to blow up German fighters, leaving behind broken steel and scrap iron and a pile of German devils lying in a pool of blood. The Italian army, which cooperated with the German army, once called Li's team-Ghost Patrol in this way!"

"Returning to England from the Egyptian desert, Lee did not taste enough blood. He turned to join the special executive team of the British non-gentlemen's war department - the predecessor of the intelligence agency to which James Bond - became a real agent, performing reconnaissance, intelligence, and sabotage missions in the Nazi-occupied area. He was born and died and made great contributions. Britain, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, and Poland have awarded him the battle medal! By the way, Tito is his personal friend!"

"A few years after the end of World War II, Christopher Lee, as a soldier and an agent, retired, but his career as an actor has just begun. The author of 007 Fleming is Lee's cousin. They fought side by side in the Non-Gentleman War Department. James Bond was basically adapted from the experiences of Lee, Fleming and their comrades!"

"Li is definitely not the kind of actor agent who is just a show. He is also a Western Sword Champion..."

Seeing this, Erin blinked and asked her companion next to her who was eating ice cream again, "Anna, are you sure this is true? This is incredible? It's simply unbelievable!"

"It must be true." Anna gave her another copy of The New York Times and The Washington Post. "There are also related reports in these newspapers. Without verification, the three major newspapers will definitely not be published on the front page of the entertainment version!"

After reading the three major newspapers, Erin simply ran to the newspaper stand at the cold drink shop and brought all the newspapers over. In addition to tabloids like the Daily Mail and the New York Post, most newspapers published reports about Christopher Lee, and placed them on the front page of the entertainment page. The possibility of such news fraud is extremely small. Even the Los Angeles Times also published a copy of the British government's reply. The three major newspapers would not create such lies that could be exposed casually.

"I used to think Sean Connery was pretty good, after all, it was the first generation 007."

I have to say that this overwhelming report and Christopher Lee's verified legendary experience have inadvertently changed the view of many people. "Now I see these, I feel that Connery's so-called agent experience is not worth mentioning at all. In front of Lee's real experience, he is like a baby who knows nothing."

"Sean Connery was rude and impulsive when he was young. I've seen some reports." Erin curled his lips, "I've seen the earliest 007 movies, and I always feel like a fool. For some reason, when I've been old, I suddenly become a gentleman."

"Don't worry!" The young man showed his indifferent side, "We'll go watch "The Break into the Deadly Island" together and see the former British agent!"

"I think the tall Lee is more suitable for the role of Agent than Connery."

Public opinion is always changing. A person was still the object of media support yesterday, and may be knocked out tomorrow. Under the planning of Warner Bros.'s public relations, Christopher Lee's real experience spread throughout North America in just a few days. Perhaps Hollywood actors have been president and other big names will appear in the future, but it is absolutely rare for a real agent who has served for several years.

As for Sean Connery, although the media is still compared with Christopher Lee, few people think he is more suitable for the role of John Mason than Lee. Even though the tabloids under News Corp declare that real experience and acting are different things. Lee's acting skills are not as good as Connery, but not many people buy it.

After all, Lee is also an old actor with decades of acting experience, and has famous characters like Golden Gun Ke. As we all know, Sean Connery has never been good at acting skills. The once real agents and fictional agents are more convincing. Even if the public is guided by public opinion, they still have some basic judgment.

If Sean Connery is a scarce resource for characters like retired agents, then Christopher Lee is the only resource in Hollywood.

Not only that, he borrowed this competition with Sean Connery. Even if "Break into the Deadly Island" has not been released yet, Christopher Lee has temporarily gained a reputation and even received several audition invitations from the crew. In an audition, he directly snatched the male lead in "The First Cavalier" from Sean Connery. After Warner used the media to hype and promote it, Sean Connery even had the voice of acting as bad as Christopher Lee.

These are all propaganda methods. Warner temporarily gained the upper hand and used his spirit of knocking down the water dog to expose many shameful things from Sean Connery!
Chapter completed!