Assistant director Cadman finally confirmed the scene, looked at Peng Yichen again, and asked if he could start filming.

Peng Yichen looked around very carefully, carefully checked every detail, and made sure that there were no problems at all before nodding to Cadman and signaling that he could start shooting.

Zhao Liansheng saw Cadman's gesture and walked directly in front of Peng Yichen and Liam, carrying the camera to their faces.

Whisper to them, "Close your eyes and adjust the lights." ”

Lian Mu and Peng Yichen obediently closed their eyes.

In the haze, I felt a hot light pass across my face.

About a minute later, Zhao Liansheng's voice came, "It's okay." ”

Liam opened his eyes and found that there was a dim light that was very similar to the setting sun, shining on Peng Yichen's face.

Liam carefully adjusted his sitting position to ensure that the upper half of his face was mostly hidden from the light, and only his chin and mouth were exposed to the light.

Peng Yichen is the opposite, his face is exposed in the light from his nose upwards, but the shadows are hidden under his mouth.

Seeing that everything was fine, Cadman immediately shouted, "Action!"

The whole crew immediately started running at high speed.

John, the actor played by Peng Yichen, spoke first: "If I don't escape from the city within 35 minutes, what should I do?"

As he said this, his facial expression slowly changed from confusion to determination, and there was a feeling that everything was on the sidelines.

Damon, played by Liam, immediately replied: "Then immediately find a police station to turn yourself in." Because, if they are found, they will kill you on the spot. Leave not a single one. ”

"Also, don't go to the train and bus stations, don't take local planes, and ask other airports to take a flight abroad......"

Liam easily read out a large number of lines, here is to introduce the male protagonist to the choice of escape route, and the preparation before escaping, he only needs to pretend to be a professional prison escape expert, and he can easily meet the requirements of the performance.

It wasn't until the last important line that the pressure in Liam's heart rose sharply, which was where he had been NG in front of him.

Liam forced himself this time to immerse himself in Damon's life and psychological state.

He said indifferently and cruelly to Peng Yichen:

"But before you do all this, you have to ask yourself if you have what it takes to do it. Can you forget your parents? Can you leave your children alone? Can you kill the prison guards in charge? Can you push the kind old lady on the road to the ground just because she is in your way? You can only successfully escape from prison if you become this kind of person? If you can't do that, don't try it. Because it's going to kill a lot of people. ”

In this paragraph, the rhythm of his lines is very well controlled, and his expression slowly changes from indifference to numbness, and a trace of pain is revealed from the numbness.

In Liam's feelings, his performance even surpassed his performance in "Schindler's List", which is already his peak state.

After the camera was over, Liamxing rushed to the back of the monitor to watch his performance.

Peng Yichen also followed him.

But the two of them looked at the monitor, and their expressions did not mean any joy.

"Liam, your grasp of the character's heart this time is already very good, but you are still too impatient. Peng Yichen and Liam stood in front of the monitor, Peng Yichen shook his head, obviously not satisfied with Liam's performance just now.

In fact, Liam could also feel that although it was just a few simple words of dialogue, he always felt that he was too empty and too fast, which was far from the position of a prison escape habitual offender who had gone through ups and downs.

He rubbed his chin, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and quickly told Peng Yichen that he understood.

But Peng Yichen did not let Liam go easily this time.

Instead, he stared at Liam tightly, as if trying to see something directly from the other's eyes.

"You can speak in a deeper tone, with a little bit of darkness and sneakiness......" Peng Yichen didn't finish speaking.

Liam nodded impatiently and said, "I'll tell you what you say." ”

Peng Yichen looked at Liam for a long time, and it wasn't until the other party turned his head that he withdrew his gaze, "Okay, then do it again." ”

Liam stood still, taking a deep breath to let his irritability settle before sitting back on the bench at the bar.

But after re-entering the filming, Liam's performance still did not meet Peng Yichen's requirements.

When the two of them stood behind the monitor again, this time even Liam himself could see that his performance had completely changed, and his heart was already in turmoil.

Liam kept adjusting his state and shot three more times in a row, but each time it was worse than the other.

This made Liam almost think he couldn't act.

This time, Peng Yichen pointed to the screen of the monitor, did not give Liam a chance to speak, and said directly: "In this scene, you should try to make the emotions as delicate as possible, but in terms of facial expressions, you should reduce the details." ”

"What is this request?" Liam asked with anger in his voice, "Didn't you say you wanted to add details to the performance at first?"

Peng Yichen glanced at him, asked Zhao Liansheng to turn on the playback of the monitor, and pointed to his facial expression when he spoke in the picture.

"What I want is the change in your eyes when you speak, and the small movements of subconsciously hiding in the shadows. But you add too many unnecessary expressions and movements in order to increase your mood......"

In the shot just now, Liam has a total of four lines, but in Peng Yichen's comments, there is almost no qualification.

This made Liam's a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but interject: "However, Damon is a habitual offender, shouldn't he be more aggressive in front of John, a university teacher?"

Peng Yichen's brows furrowed, as if he wondered why Liam would say such a thing.

He hit the nail on the head and said: "It's good that Damon is a habitual offender, but he is not a felony like robbery and homicide, he is a repeat offender who escaped from prison, and the crime he first entered prison was not at all." So his heart is not as strong as it seems to be, otherwise he would not have finally surrendered to the police after successfully escaping from prison......"

When Liam heard this, his mind suddenly brightened.

Peng Yichen pointed out the core characteristics of Damon's character.

This proves that as a director and a top actor, he does have a very unique and deep understanding and knowledge of the role.

Liam captures the main features of the character, which would have helped his performance.

But now his mood has become more impatient.

He pointed to the monitor and asked, "On the one hand, you ask me to be meticulous enough in my performance, and on the other hand, I don't allow too many movements and expressions, hoping not to show my emotions, which is simply not possible." ”

Liam didn't want to show weakness in front of Peng Yichen, even though Peng Yichen is now a major director and A-list star in Hollywood.

After all, he has debuted for more than 20 years, and he is also a Hollywood A-list star, with his own dignity and pride.

Peng Yichen looked at the expression on Liam's face and knew that he had reached Liam's bottom line.

But that's exactly what he wants to do.

The reason why Peng Yichen is so demanding of Liam in a cameo role is because he knows how perverted the acting skills of the actor are in the movie he wants to make.

In that movie, the male lead had to go through great torture and needed an amazing ability to control his emotions to be competent.

If Liam can't even stand such a demanding request in just a few days, then he is not suitable to participate in the movie in Peng Yichen's plan.

Peng Yichen didn't pay attention to Lian Mu's embarrassed expression at all, and he wouldn't let him get off the stage in front of other people in the play.

He just said firmly, "Let's do it again!"

Liam was helpless, he didn't know what was wrong with the young director in front of him, he had to torture him like this.

Peng Yichen turned around and walked to the bar of the restaurant, and then the opportunity to talk to Zhao Liansheng was actually to remind Liam.

"When the actor's movements and expressions can't be too much, we can move our bodies and use the changes of light and shadow, and the distance and distance of the eyes to express the emotions and personalities of the characters in more detail. ”

Liam stood aside, and when he heard this, he immediately knew what to do.

He has a lot of experience in acting, and it soon occurred to him that there are indeed many actors who know how to use the changes of lighting to set off their eyes and emotions.

What is Performance?

Is imitating a certain person, or a certain type of person, called acting?

Acting is an incomparably complex and subtle comprehensive art, with language colors, breathing rhythms, facial expressions, eye light, etc., and there are acting skills everywhere.

Then, Peng Yichen deliberately sat in the position that Liam should have done.

He didn't say a single line, just kept changing his sitting posture, and at the same time changing the angle and distance of his eyes, so that people could clearly feel the change in his temperament.

In just a dozen seconds, Peng Yichen actually showed more than a dozen completely different personality traits.

The people around him were dazzled, and Lian Mu felt that he had learned from dogs in his twenty years of acting experience.

Although Liam doesn't want to admit it, he has to say that Peng Yichen's charm of the performance and the detailed control of the performance have reached the Oscar level.

There is indeed a little gap between him and this level.

Don't look at this gap, countless actors have been unable to break through in their lifetimes.

Liam let out a long sigh, "Director, I know what to do!"

After speaking, Lian Mu ignored Peng Yichen and sat directly on the bar.

After the restart of filming, Liam's performance was still a little unnatural, as if he was looking for his own performance rhythm, so he was NG three times in a row.

But Peng Yichen can clearly feel that he has found the right direction, and Liam's performance has really become delicate little by little.

……