Sandra Bullock's version of Ryan, with the fragments of memories of the unexpected death of a daughter, succeeds in establishing a bond between the female character and the nurturing life, thereby sublimating the theme.

Rite-Hall's version of Ryan now needs to get rid of the complexity caused by gender differences, go one step further and return to the origin of life, and expand the already magnificent theme again.

This is by no means an easy task for Lan Li, as if all the 139 minutes of "Tree of Life" are stuffed into the scattered fragments of "gravity", and then presented through Lan Li's performance, and further sublimated to bring reflection. It's so difficult that just imagining it can be daunting.

Now, in the process of repeated thinking, Lan Li has constructed the context of the entire character, the origin, the turn, the return and the sublimation. But the question is, how to refine, how to streamline, and how to perform?

Birth, family, finding oneself, chasing, fulfilling dreams, drifting away, severing family ties, disappearance of social attributes, numbness, loss, abandonment, death, and then, returning to the origin, re-exploding, reincarnation, and opening the meaning of life again.

Well, the whole starting point should be family.

In several conceptions of Lan Li, the family has always been an indispensable part, because in the social attributes, the family is the origin of life. However, the context and core of the story, the momentum and the origin, are all completely different.

After entering the second stage, Ryan's memories of his parents and younger brother resurfaced in his mind. But the point is here, what Ryan thinks of is not family affection and love, nor family and care, but their expectations and concerns, as well as Ryan's own original intentions.

In the process of chasing himself and realizing his life, his family never questioned or worried, but followed him wholeheartedly and ran forward and walked side by side, they were not his source of motivation, but they were his best companions. Especially in the eyes of the younger brother.

For his younger brother, Ryan is his goal in life, and he follows it step by step, overcoming all difficulties and achieving breakthroughs in life.

Once upon a time, Ryan set his goal, ran wildly, ran faster and faster, and gradually left his family behind, drifted away, and finally disappeared completely.

Deep down, he once blamed his family because they didn't understand his world, and there was no common topic between them, but after calming down, he really understood that they understood him, and they had always supported and followed, and it was actually him who really didn't understand.

Their companionship and support reminded him of his goals, his dreams and his persistence, but after becoming an astronaut, his dreams came true, his life was stable, and his daily routine became regular, he suddenly realized that the voices of reminders had long since disappeared, and the motivation for life had fallen asleep unconsciously.

He didn't notice the anomaly, or rather, he noticed the anomaly and didn't think so.

Now, in the ethereal space, the first image that comes to mind is the image of my brother when he was born. He stood timidly outside the nursery, looking at the small, pink, soft little baby, and the loud cry made people full of curiosity and joy. Pea-sized toes, cute and delightful.

Then, the image that reappeared was another pair of pea-sized toes, not the younger brother, but the younger brother's child.

The younger brother is married and has children, and he is preparing for his next space flight in Houston. Missed the wedding, and then the birth of the baby. He didn't show up in person, didn't even get a phone call, and finally just received an email, and then he replied with a happy reply.

"My brother is an astronaut. He's a genius and his way of thinking is so different. Did you know that if someone talks to him about quantum mechanics, he can feel the sheer high/tide? The younger brother said with pride that even on his first date with his current wife, Ryan was still a topic of conversation.

However, that is incomparably far away.

In despair, Ryan had those memories that had almost disappeared in his mind, and then recalled his original dream again: to study the universe, to study life, to study the unknown, this is his pursuit, to explore black holes, to explore space, to explore the meaning of the existence of the whole world, to explore the source of the universe, this is his insistence.

Now, he's a dedicated space station astronaut. There's no less, but there's no more, that's all. The meaning of existence seems to have long been forgotten.

So, he had to survive. He needs to get back to his family, to his brother, to his nephew/niece, to feel the joy and curiosity of the birth of life again, and more importantly, to leave NASA and return to the study of the universe, to rediscover the mysteries of life, and to rediscover the meaning of his existence.

It's not easy, but he's not going to give up.

He needs to cut all the thorns, he needs to split all the obstacles, he needs to break the whole chaos, like the first big bang at the origin of the world, and then, he needs to feel the center of gravity, he needs to feel the call of gravity, fall, fall, and feel the weight of gravity on the ground.

Thus, the second stage transitioned to the third stage.

In fact, all of this happened in Ryan's mind, and even in Lan Li's mind, and in the actual picture of the movie, there may only be a few sporadic scenes - continuing the streamlined style of the entire script, with the most core and profound pictures, and outlining the entire magnificent picture in a few strokes, at least not completely integrated into the narrative line like "Interstellar".

In other words, all of these contents will be presented through the performance of Lan Li.

How much can he show, how much can the audience understand, how much does the performance fit with the story, and can it promote the sublimation and transformation of the theme idea? How much delicacy and depth does it have, and how much afterglow does it have?

Everything depends on the performance of Lan Li. This also proves once again that "Gravity" is a work whose performance is beyond imagination, and it is easy to completely explode "Buried Alive", which is even more than any of Lan Li's previous works.

From constructing the entire character, to comprehending the source power and core meaning of the character, to refining the fragments of the character, resonating with the core of the character with the memory fragment, and finally to determining the basis and context of the performance. The whole process was extremely long and difficult, and even now, Lan Li's thinking was still not completely clear, and he still needed to discuss and discuss with Alfonso further.

However, such a process has made Lan Li excited, after the tempering of so many movies, and also experienced the test of London's West End and Broadway, Lan Li can still clearly feel the frenzy and excitement of blood boiling, and the whole person is completely immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.

For Lan Li, the fun of an actor is not only in "interpretation", nor only in "interpretation", but also in "interpretation and extension", but also in "study and polishing". Through a character's performance, you can get a glimpse of a real character and a real life experience.

Art life, taste life.

Art and life have always been inseparable, and this is also the most beautiful and important part of art.

"The script itself leaves a limited space for the actors to think, and the real performance space comes from the director. Therefore, before the official start of filming, the creative team needs to have a good communication. What ideas do you have for the characters?"

Standing in front of Lan Li, Rooney also had the same idea.

Compared with the role of Ryan Stone, the role of Alex Koalski (Alex-Koalski) is obviously much weaker, but the significance is not trivial.

The first is the dilemma, either two people will die together, or Alex will sacrifice himself to fulfill Ryan, in the moment of life and death, under the effect of survival instinct/ability, this is definitely not an easy choice - everyone wants to survive, but Alex cut his rope without any hesitation and left the chance of survival to Ryan.

The second is a desperate situation, where Ryan falls into a hallucination and has almost given up his desire to survive, only to see Alex again. She became Ryan's spiritual support, awakening the mixed emotions in Ryan's mind, and reinvigorating himself to fight for survival once again.

The only characters who appear in "Gravity" from beginning to end are Ryan and Alex, and the importance is self-evident.

After careful thinking, Alfonso named this female character "Alex", in fact, like "Ryan", there are now many women who take the initiative to choose "Alex" as their name - such as the second daughter in "Modern Family", in a sense, blurring the difference between genders and allowing the audience to pay more attention to the essence of life.

After the definitions of the two characters changed, Alfonso made adjustments to the script.

Although Alex's role is not so heavy, Rooney still read the entire script carefully and thought deeply about the role, and the preparations before the official start of filming can be seen.

"I think that the resonance and connection between Alex and Ryan should be free from hormonal attraction and more from the mind and spirit.

So, I think Alex needs to make a little adjustment according to Ryan's setting to find a unique sense in the two characters. Otherwise, at the critical moment, why was Alex able to awaken Ryan's will to survive? If it's just love, it's inferior, and I don't think it's very suitable for the theme of the movie. ”

After speaking, Rooney didn't wait for Lan Li to express his opinion, but said his thoughts freely, and then waited for Lan Li's response.

With these words, Lan Li's eyes lit up slightly: the two of them actually reached an agreement!