Movie Master

Michael strode towards the parking lot of the RV. When he passed by Tom, he almost ran into him. After making a dangerous detour, he apologized again and again, but his footsteps did not stop, as if a gust of wind swept past Tom. .

Tom stood where he was, and looked at Mark who was standing there at a loss. In the end, Edgar ran up, patted Mark on the shoulder, and led him towards the RV. When Mark passed by, Tom could clearly see a little crumbling confidence in Mark's eyes.

Turning his head to look at Lance, who was standing side by side with Hayden, at this time Lance's brows were still furrowed, and he still couldn't get rid of the emotion just now, but his eyes had gathered all the focus, gesticulating Discussing with Hayden the use of the camera for the next scene.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lance seems to have achieved incredible success overnight. "City of God" even won three Oscar statuettes, and "The Day After Tomorrow" is only one step away from the box office of 300 million US dollars. It seemed that there were countless halos around Lance's body. But almost no one has noticed how much effort Lance has put in behind these successes, and how many thorns he has gone through.

Suddenly, Tom remembered that when Lance came to him with the script of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill", those blue eyes were shining with unwavering confidence and unyielding pride.

After staying in place for a while, Tom turned around and went back to the RV. He originally wanted to rest for a while to accumulate more energy for the next scene, but he couldn't fall asleep while lying on the bed. He just felt that there were countless thoughts rushing out of his mind, but he couldn't find a single one. Way.

After tossing and turning, Tom stood up again, sat on the sofa, first put on the headphones, and started playing classic jazz music from the 1960s, blocking out all external interference; then took the script and adjusted his breathing Afterwards, I started to re-read the script, trying to let my whole body settle down, get rid of restless thoughts, and concentrate on entering Vincent's world.

But this is obviously not an easy task. Tom can't help imagining how important this opportunity is to him, can't help recalling the details of Lance's performance, and can't help thinking The performance details of a scene... I read the script in my hand over and over again, and then savored the meaning of each line, including the characters hidden behind the lines.

But the information fed back in his mind was just blank.

In fact, Lance once interpreted the role of Vincent in detail. When he wrote the lines of the script, he was very deliberate, trying to show a very special screen image-a professional killer with philosophical thinking, who always stood up. He interprets this society from his own angle and standpoint, and over time, he thinks this is the truth. Although he is not anti-social, it is undeniable that he has inherited the indifference and alienation of society, even cruel to numbness.

If this is the case, similar killer images are actually not uncommon. However, Vincent is not such a cool killer that appears in movies or novels, and it is relatively easy to create such a character; in fact, he He is a very real and complex person, a person who has gradually become numb due to the oppression of society.

In fact, Vincent is not a true lover of elegant art, but a cultivated one. The calm and elegant appearance is actually to cover up the darkness and wounds in his heart. Therefore, the content of Vincent's speech contains philosophical ideas, but it always seems too simple and rude, and there are some paranoid, lacking the perspective of dialectics, all philosophical thoughts will become relatively life-like, even when they are with In the process of communicating with Max, he was gradually persuaded, which eventually led Vincent to start self-reflection.

It can be said that Vincent is a special character, a character who goes to extremes under the indifference and deformity of society, but the point is that there are very few parts that he can express, almost except for his lines, he is an impeccable killer Machines—at least at first. This makes the importance of the lines rising, and Tom has to chew every line repeatedly, and then deduce his own style.

Just lines? Just interpreting lines in your own style?

It sounds so simple, as if it were just the basics of acting, and every awards season, those critics can't wait to give similar praise to the actors, "stylized performances", "brilliant characters" lines of life", "expressiveness that makes it impossible to distinguish between characters and actors", and so on, Meryl Streep, Sean Penn, Tom Hanks... one name after another is always Being able to associate with these accolades makes acting feel like eating and drinking, which can be done at your fingertips.

But only after you really put yourself into the performance can you appreciate the hardship and torture involved.

Tom is not an actor with acting talent. Over the years, he has always relied on his own efforts, and has contributed to works such as "Rain Man", "Born on the Fourth of July", "Magnolia", and "Mr. Sweetheart". It's definitely not an easy task. But this time, the challenge of "killing someone with a borrowed knife" is simply unimaginable, even more difficult than in "Mission: Impossible 2", where he personally went into battle to shoot the scene where he climbed the cliff with bare hands. If he could choose, He would rather shoot martial arts scenes.

For Tom, he doesn't care about the difference between the so-called expressionism and methodism, as long as he can put himself into the role and achieve the purpose of performance, this is enough. However, this is precisely the difficulty - he can't even find a correct direction.

Letting out a long breath, Tom tried to convince himself that this was his own choice; at the same time, this was also a good thing, because the great difficulty meant the guarantee of the awards season, which meant that Lance's promise was not a lie. Perhaps this is the last chance of his career to hit an Oscar.

But... thinking is one thing, committing to it is another, and executing it is quite another. Looking at the script in his hand, Tom kept adjusting his breathing, finally calmed down his emotions, and started reading the script again, carefully studying the tone of the next scene, but the door of the RV was opened Here it comes, the penetrating light completely disrupts Tom's rhythm.

Turning his head, Tom saw the embarrassed expression on his assistant's face, "It's a five-minute countdown." Tom couldn't help frowning, "How long have I been resting in there?" He deliberately took the clock in the RV away, So I ignored the time, and then heard the assistant's uncertain voice, "Three hours?"

Tom frowned. He knew that there was no further delay. The scene between Michael Fassbender and Mark Ruffalo should have been filmed, and all the remaining scenes today belonged to him and Lance, so He could only wave his hand, "Give me another five minutes and tell Lance that I'm in the bathroom." The assistant closed the door of the RV without hesitation, turned and left, leaving Tom a private space.

Standing up from the sofa again, Tom paced back and forth in the aisle of the RV, "Ms. Macbeth...Ms. Macbeth...Ms. Macbeth..." He tried to find the tone that he had gradually become familiar with these days. It's the first line of his next scene, a sarcastic title for Max. After finally finding the tune, Tom repeated it several times without giving up, and left the RV only after he was sure that his whole state had been adjusted.

At this time, the crew is packing up and preparing to move to the main street for the next scene-the scene where Vincent and Max leave the first murder scene; Mark and Michael stand behind the monitor , put his hands behind his back respectfully, listening to Lance's explanation.

It can be seen that all the vigor in Mark's body has disappeared at this time, and he is staring at Lance intently, with a serious expression on his face.

Tom waited behind for a while, and then went up after Mark and Michael left. Lance took out a pack of Skittles from his pocket, and threw jelly beans into his mouth one by one. Tom could feel the pressure on Lance from this simple action, "So, you sure don't need to rest one time?"

Lance turned around and handed Skittles over. Tom waved his hand politely, and then heard Lance say, "No. The next scene, the mood is just right."

Max had just witnessed a murder, and the murderer was sitting in his own taxi, which was a huge shock to Max. He was not only restless, but also at a loss, fearful, flustered, timid, All kinds of emotions such as bewilderment and haste came surging.

At this time, Lance has experienced the test of continuous hard battles, and his emotions have gradually reached the peak. Just now when facing the problem of Mark and Michael's beard growth, Lance had a small outbreak, and the result was originally scheduled to be completed within 90 minutes. The filming took twice as long—although Lance knew that this was the first scene after Mark and Michael entered the crew, and everyone needed to find a suitable rhythm, but the irritability in his heart surged again .

In addition to the pressure from the outside world, it is more pressure from Lance himself, which leads to Lance's current state is indeed not the best, but it coincides with Max's feelings. So... "I'm ready, how about you?"

Whether it is Lance or Tom, they are all carrying heavy pressure and moving forward with difficulty, layer upon layer like a volcano.

Tom felt Lance's gaze on him, calm and calm, but he always felt that hiding behind that gaze was a challenge, even a provocation. During the negotiation stage, all of them were very critical of Lance, including Paramount and the creative artist management company, they were full of confidence in Tom, even Tom himself, so they were all demanding of Lance. It was in the mood of "charity"; but after entering the shooting stage, this position was reversed, which made Tom not only feel the pressure, but also realize the possibility of being humiliated at any time...

Like this moment.

"Of course, I'm ready!" Tom smiled confidently.