"Lan Li, this role belongs to you!"

Looking at Drake in front of him, those black bean-like eyes dotted on his chubby cheeks, with unshakable firmness, Lan Li couldn't help but smile dumbly, he could really feel Drake's determination and sincerity, as if he could see the hot red heart that was beating, this affirmation and praise moved Lan Li. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Love Crazy" is that kind of movie, it doesn't seem to be too difficult to perform, but after actually putting into the performance, it is extremely difficult to give a stunning performance, it seems to be just an artistic sketch, just more literary and profound than ordinary romantic comedies, but after careful excavation, the depth and breadth of the work is like a treasure buried in the depths of Atlantis, full of infinite possibilities.

If you're careless, you'll miss out, but if you're dive, you'll be in for a big surprise.

Therefore, this also puts forward super high requirements for actors.

In the previous life, "Love Goes Crazy" starred Anton Yelcin and Felicity-Jones. The two actors can be said to have delivered good performances, at least above the horizon, and Felicity showed her initial talent for acting - she later won an Oscar nomination for "The Theory of Everything", but Anton's performance was hardly brilliant, just mediocre.

In fact, Anton, who was born as a child star, has a very good sense of the camera, and his eyes are quite spiritual, but his performance lacks depth and thickness, and is only more delicate on the basis of the performance of the idol vase.

If "Love Crazy" is just a romantic comedy, then Anton will be very brilliant, far better than those vases, giving the film a special literary temperament, but the requirements of "Love Crazy" are not only that, Anton's interpretation of Jacob lacks mixed feelings, lacks the torment of struggle, and lacks the confusion of wandering, which makes the emotional transformation of the film lack the impetus of the full blow, which then affects the quality of the finished film.

While "Love Crazy" won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Felicity also won a special prize, but Anton didn't get anything for it. Although Hollywood has always been more demanding on male actors, and more on actresses as "visual enjoyment", so once they dedicate the same level of performance, actresses tend to receive more praise, while male actors have difficulty getting ahead, but it is also true that Anton's performance is not as good as Felicity's.

The role of Jacob is actually the most typical example of acting skills of the academic school: it completely relies on the basic skills of the actor to interpret, the eyes and expressions of joy and sorrow, the ups and downs of emotions and lines, and when the character itself is lacking, the investment of the methodology gives the character a very limited brightening, on the contrary, the interpretation of the expressionist can show the emotions of the character to the fullest. What's more, there is no special flashpoint for the role, such as alcoholism, illness, nervousness, etc., which requires the actor to find a point of borrowing from the performance in the trivialities of daily life, which is more difficult, and is undoubtedly the most favorite role of the academy.

To take the simplest plot of "Love is Crazy", after Anna is forced to return to England, both of them are tormented by lovesickness, and finally Jacob can't bear it anymore and flies to London to reunite with Anna. But when Jacob returned to Los Angeles, he was living with another woman, Sam.

Many viewers were confused when they saw this plot, shouting that Jacob was a "scumbag" and betraying Anna in this way, which tilted the emotional balance and destroyed the integrity of the story.

But in fact, during Jacob's time in London, he remained like an outsider, out of Anna's life—and within a few months, Anna had a life in London that he didn't know, as if he had been excluded from Anna's world.

At the same time, Anna's parents are also putting pressure on Jacob, and it seems that everyone is persuading Jacob to leave Los Angeles and come to live in London, so that the two can be reunited, but no one stands up and says that in fact, Jacob also has his own life, his own family, and his fledgling career in Los Angeles.

Outsider, that's the only thing Jacob feels in London. It was as if the two of them were still on the same track, keeping the same pace, and all of a sudden, Anna had already moved forward, leaving him alone. In Jacob's heart, he was lonely, fearful, and dazed, and he didn't know what had happened in just a few months.

After returning to Los Angeles, the two broke up.

Yes, in fact, the two broke up. Although it is not directly stated in the script, it can be seen from the details of the next two scenes that the two did break up, and then Jacob started another relationship, trying to fill the hole in his heart.

In fact, this is the same trajectory as Anna's later development. Physical distance brings psychological distance, Anna has a partner in London, and what Jacob has been through, she also feels that she needs someone to be by her side, to share her joys and sorrows. So, this comes back to the theme of the movie: is true love just a burst of momentary passion/emotion, or is it a romance that looks together?

In the movie, the director did not leave time for the character to monologue in his heart, let alone say it directly, and completely relied on the actors' eyes, expressions, and even body movements to show, this delicate and trivial emotional detail is precisely the most severe test of acting skills;

As a result, the work that the audience sees is as if the dominoes are suddenly missing a few large pieces in the middle, cut off abruptly, and shout loudly with question marks: Aren't you still in London last second? Why are you living with someone else when you return to Los Angeles the next second?

In a limited space, in the trivial details, the power of acting is maximized, and the British academic party loves such roles, but in Hollywood, which is accustomed to commercial operations, they are not too interested - in contrast, they still want to see the actors burst out of their acting skills.

The most direct case is Colin Firth, last year's "single man", Colin gave an actor-level performance, interpreting a single man who lost his partner to the fullest, sad but depressed, painful but calm, tormented but indifferent, the performance power suppressed in the depths of his eyes is shocking, but Oscar doesn't like it.

In this year's "King's Speech", Colin's role is different, in addition to the congenital disadvantage of stuttering that needs to be overcome, there is also the pressure and anxiety of a king, and there are several scenes in the movie that can make Colin explode wantonly, which ushered in a round of applause from Hollywood.

To put it simply, Jacob's role is thankless, if he doesn't play well, the work may not meet expectations, but relying on the thickness of the script can still be above the level, people will only strangle the actor's performance and fail to dig out the essence; To add insult to injury, the challenge of the characters themselves is not easy at all.

This was the case with the last "love crazy" who went home empty-handed during awards season – or more accurately, not even mentioned much. Just a year ago, the British literary sketch "Growth Education", which also tells a love story, won three nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars.

However, the greater the difficulty and the greater the challenge, the more excited Lan Li became. Although "Love is Crazy" is different from "Buried Alive", it is more of a test of expressionist acting skills, but Lan Li is just an introduction to acting, and such a difficult challenge is a kind of polishing for himself, which can definitely be called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In fact, when Lan Li confirmed that Drake's invitation was "Love Crazy", he had already made a decision in his heart: he was going to take this work! Not only because "Love is Crazy" was a work he liked so much, but also because Jacob was such a challenging character, and because Drake was so sincere.

However, Drake just now was really too urgent, and there was no room for Lan Li to respond, which really made people laugh and cry.

"Okay. Lan Li replied.

Drake frowned, and said urgently, "Lan Li, I'm serious, you are really the only candidate, no, the best candidate, I can't find a more suitable person besides you." To be honest, I don't think I can find a suitable actor before, just waiting for you to join. ”

The curvature of Lan Li's mouth rose slightly, and he repeated again, "I said, okay." ”

"I know......" Drake opened his mouth and said subconsciously, but after he finished speaking, the words were stuck in his throat, stunned, and then his eyes widened, and the small eyes suddenly became as big as buns, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and he couldn't make a sound at all, but asked with his eyes, "Really?"

Lan Li also nodded seriously and gave confirmation.

Drake felt that the surprise came too quickly, caught off guard, and his heart couldn't stand it, so he raised his head and laughed heartily, but then he stopped it, worried that it was his own delusion, looked down at Lan Li, and confirmed again, "You mean, you nodded and agreed? Would you like to work with me? You decided to star in this work?"

Looking at Drake, who seemed to be a child, Lan Li's mood also jumped, and he could really feel the fanaticism for movies, "Yes." ”

"Yay!" Drake clenched his fists and waved hard in the air, cheering himself on - he was just an unknown independent film director, and the previous two works had not caused any repercussions, and Lan Li's "Buried Alive" had already appeared on the stage in Toronto and Telluride, and he knew that Lan Li had many options, but Lan Li nodded and agreed, and without reading the script, he agreed to the invitation.

Drake was simply ecstatic at this point.

But the joy was stuck in his throat, and he suddenly realized something, something very important, and his expression suddenly became cautious again, and he said hesitantly, "But...... Blue Rite ...... In terms of salary, I may have a hard time...... Because, this time the investment is only ...... Uh, ahem. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ”