2160 star cast
Last year, Lan Li starred in "Interstellar", and the all-star cast of Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and other all-star casts became a topic of conversation.
However, considering the script structure, the weight of the characters and the salary figures, you must also think twice about creating an all-star work, otherwise it will take countless efforts and the rate of return will not meet expectations, then there will be no need for such trouble, after all, the schedule is not easy.
Unlike mainstream commercial films, "The Lobster" chose an all-star cast for a somewhat similar reason to Christopher Nolan, because Ogles needed to invest more energy in stylistic positioning, camera scheduling, picture composition, etc., and adjusting/training actors was not their forte.
In addition, this is Ogles' first English-language work, he has left the comfort zone of the Greek market for the first time and officially entered the world stage, and the all-star cast is undoubtedly an important weapon to open up the market, just as the original "memory fragment" is to Christopher Nolan.
Of course, the current Ogles and Nolan at that time, they are both directors who are only sharp and sharp in Xiaohe, and it is unrealistic to hire super big names to star in their own works, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to hire those strong and well-known backbone actors.
Nolan hired Guy Pearce to star in "Fragments of Memory", and he was just a fledgling nobody at the time, and this work became his stepping stone to Hollywood, and it is still a rare masterpiece, showing Nolan's unique control of the timeline.
Now Ogles is a new director who is famous in Europe, having won awards in Cannes and Venice, which also gives him more autonomy and attraction in the choice of actors, and finally creates an all-star lineup that Ogles is satisfied with.
In addition to Lan Li, Olivia Coleman and Léa Seydoux were both introduced by Tessa Rose, and Oggs auditioned in person and expressed great satisfaction.
In addition, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whisshaw, Jessica-Barden (Jessica-Barden) and John C. Reilly are all actors who Ogles personally came to negotiate, which is the best choice that Ogles came up with after writing the script, which perfectly fits Ogels's ideas for the character and the requirements for performance.
Jessica Bardem is only twenty-two years old this year, three years younger than Lan Li, but she has been in the film industry for nearly seven years, and even two years before Lan Li, she has starred in works such as "Hannah", "Anna", "Vulgar Weird", etc., showing her somewhat eccentric acting temperament.
She's not the kind of person who is stunned and eye-catching, but a little eccentric, but always has her own unique interpretation of the role, and this kind of actor always leaves an impression in her mind - "it seems very familiar", and she later gained a lot of popularity by "going to his world".
In "The Lobster", she will play the role of "The Girl with a Nosebleed", a quirky and unique character.
In the younger generation of actors, such a unique temperament is indeed very rare, at least, if Lan Lilai is allowed to play a similar role, it will be difficult for him to give the character that unique texture, even if it is imitation, it may be difficult to draw the skin of a tiger and paint bones, this is the limitation of Lan Li's personal conditions.
John C. Reilly is a different story, the forty-nine-year-old has been active in the industry for more than 35 years, playing the image of countless "ordinary men", such as "Chicago", "All the Time", "Gangsters of New York", "The Aviator" and other works.
In recent years, he has begun to appear in some comedy movies one after another, such as "Non-Brothers", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Ace Announcer" and "Invincible Destruction King", etc., showing his comedy talent.
Although John has always played supporting roles, rarely get the opportunity to star, but his ability to control different roles is eye-catching, under the appearance of Mu Ne's silly performance, he can often reveal delicate emotions, and his weighty performance can always bring a different viewing experience, which makes him one of the golden supporting roles in Hollywood, and he can be searched for in countless movies.
Growing up in Chicago, coupled with the chubby image of curly hair, few people noticed that John was actually an Irishman -
He is still fluent in English with an Irish accent, which became the most important opportunity for Ogles to invite John to star in "The Lobster".
And Rachel Weisz, who will play the "short-sighted woman" in "The Lobster", the same woman David falls in love with in the forest.
Rachel is the first role to be determined by Oggs in the whole work, even Jason Clark is the actor who cooperated with Rachel to complete the selection, and the same is true of the later Colin Farrell - Rachel was born in 1970, in order to make the male and female protagonist fall in love more convincing, Ogles chose Jason born in 1969, and Colin as an alternative was born in 1976.
This is also one of the important reasons why Owgels resisted the Blue Ceremony.
At the beginning, when Andy chose the script and chose the role, he once ridiculed Lan Li's situation - now the roles starring Lan Li are mainly in the middle of their thirties to thirteen years old, and the audience has gradually accepted Lan Li's screen image, if he is allowed to go back and compete for roles with young actors, it will be too unfair; more often, he sticks to his current position, and the age range of the roles is relatively wide.
But the problem is that Lan Li's real age has just turned twenty-five years old, and when the producer and director choose actors, middle-aged characters will not consider Lan Li, and juvenile roles dare not consider Lan Li, and in the end, only young people are left who are not up or down, which also makes Lan Li always have to do his best to fight for the role - at the beginning, "Edge of Tomorrow" was collectively changed to a youth army according to Lan Li's age, and in the works after that, the choice of Lan Li must face the problem of age, "Interstellar" and "Lobster" In both works, Lan Li spent a lot of effort to star.
In other words, on the one hand, Lan Li can only play relatively young and middle-aged roles, but on the other hand, among the really excellent middle-aged characters, Lan Li cannot become the first choice, which has also become a contradiction between Lan Li's current choice of roles and scripts, and will still exist objectively in the next few years.
Of course, not only Lan Li, Jennifer Lawrence also faced the same problem, she played the role of early thirties in "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" and "American Hustle", and later in "Joey's Struggle" and "Mother", she began to play the role of a mother early, and the rival actors are generally over forty years old - and she is even a year younger than Lan Li, but this is the common problem that the entire Hollywood young actors must face.
After twists and turns, after the "Lobster" crew finally officially decided to be played by Lan Li, Oulgels adjusted the role of David to be thirty years old, but Rachel was still the heroine's choice.
For no other reason, Rachel was the perfect choice for Ogles.
Influenced by her mother, Rachel was exposed to theatre from an early age, experimenting with theatre and stage performances as a student, and later enrolled at Cambridge University, where she did not delay her studies and did not give up on acting, writing and directing many experimental plays and touring around the UK, which laid a solid foundation for her future career.
In 1996, Rachel starred in the Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Fragrance" and officially entered the film industry; three years later, "Mummy" became a box office dark horse, and at the same time, Rachel's career reached its first peak, which was truly widely known and opened up the career situation.
Since then, "Single Parent Transfer", "Hell Detective", "Blueberry Night", "Spy 4", "The Wizard of Wonderland" and other works have made her famous in Hollywood, and not only that, her 2005 work "The Immortal Gardener" has won her countless attention during the awards season, and finally successfully won Best Supporting Actress.
Rachel is a typical British actor, low-key and calm, introverted and tenacious, focused and dedicated, outside of acting work, she rarely appears in the news, even paparazzi gossip is extremely rare, even after winning the award, her life has not changed much, and she still chooses her favorite role conscientiously, which is also destined to Rachel is not a popular actor, but industry insiders have never been stingy with their love for this actor:
Her performances have always been able to give the female characters a unique texture of fragility and strength, with a fiery fire hidden in the cold, like a thorny rose, and can be transformed at any time.
By the way, Rachel has had two marriages, her ex-husband is Darren Aronofsky, the talented director who filmed "Requiem for a Dream" and "The Source of Love", they are also famous talents and beauties in the circle, and have a son, unfortunately, at the end of 2010, they broke up, and later, Rachel remarried, and her husband is the new "007" Daniel Craig, which has also become a topic of conversation among many fans.
Although she is now over forty years old, Rachel still has her own unique charm, mature and cold femininity always makes people ignore the existence of age, not to say girlishness, but a temperament that transcends age, quietly blooming with fragrance, not everyone can appreciate - This is also the reason why Oggs favors Rachel, in the whole of Hollywood, when the endless number of new actresses are getting younger and younger, he still firmly believes that Rachel is the most suitable choice for the whole movie, and the side can also see the difference between Europe and North America.
Accompanied by Whisshaw and Léa, Lan Li and Olivia walked into the hotel lobby, and then he noticed Rachel's presence at first sight.
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