Chapter 95: Taylor
Theolod walked into the conference room with his assistant leading the way. To the slight surprise of Chean and Finch, Theolod was not dressed casually as usual, nor did he wear a slightly more formal shirt like the previous interviews, but instead dressed too ...... It's not on the stage.
Chean wasn't sure where he got the off-white shirt T-shirt on Theolod's body at this time, it looked like it had been washed countless times and there were a few black stains on the color that could never be washed off, and Chean was sure that he was not mistaken, there were still a few holes in the neckline and corners of the garment.
As for the coat on his body, Che An, who has studied high-end brand clothing, couldn't tell who wrote this suspected leather coat with a fur collar. The reason why she used the word "suspected leather" was because she was more than 80% sure that the dress was definitely not made of any animal skin, and she could see from the few "skin" damages on the cuffs.
In fact, she couldn't tell what it was made of, but she thought it was no different from the clothes that the poor homeless man had dug out of the garbage can, not to mention his uncomfortable-looking fur collar, because after repeated washing, the fur had long since lost its original softness, and it looked a little prickly, even if she put the comb on it, Chean knew that no matter how big the tooth distance was, the comb would not be able to move an inch on the fur collar.
And his pants that were too wide and a little ill-fitting, tightly tied by a leopard print belt, she didn't want to talk too much about how eye-catching this belt was on his body, but she had to be attracted by the color of the pants, and she thought that maybe the pants were black before, but because of the fading of the color, it became the embarrassing appearance of half black and not gray.
Perhaps it was the wide trouser legs that didn't keep him warm at all in the winter, so he put a mid-cut martin boot on his foot - or a brogue-style martin boot, whatever they were - and tied the trouser leg up, and the style of the hem was so loose that it didn't work and then suddenly tightened, and the shoes were worn out to the point that they wouldn't necessarily take care of it when they threw it to the homeless......
Wait, God, are these boots stained with mud and water? It's not raining at all these days!
If the kid thinks that dressing up as rebellious and cynical will make them think he's playing the same character as Taylor, then he's very wrong, because the outfit doesn't suit him at all, whether it's his face - even if he grows a little stubble - or his temperament.
At this moment, Theolod stood in front of them, and there was only one message revealed to them from top to bottom, and that was a sense of disobedience.
Perhaps the countless previous street photo album red carpet shows have proved that Theolod can control many different styles of clothes, he can become a cowboy, he can become a British gentleman, he can become a yuppie, he can become a gentleman...... And all of these have one thing in common, that is, the charm that is full of hormones, and Chean believes that the reason why Theolod is so "versatile" is because he knows how to use his perfect face and charming charm.
But Taylor was completely different, he needed more than a little charm, and even if he didn't have any charm in appearance, he needed a sane and crazy energy, a dangerous way to do whatever he wanted, and he could make everyone know at first glance that they were going to get around this riffraff.
And Theorod? Oh no, he's so pretty that anyone who sees him will pick him up.*
"Good morning, Ms. Chafin, Mr. Finch. With his usual gentle smile on his face, Theolod said hello naturally.
But his gentle and elegant appearance highlights the awkwardness and disobedience of his body. Although he felt terrible in his heart, on the surface, Chean smiled politely and shook hands with the other party.
After a few pleasantries, Chean went straight to the point: "Maybe now we can get started?"
In this interview, Finch only wants to be a spectator, Chean asks questions, and he observes. Obviously, Chean's suspicion of Theolod is much higher than his, plus she is the one who pays the money, in this case, he knows that the decision on whether Theolod can get Taylor is not in his hands, which is also the helplessness of many directors.
Most of the time they can't refuse the actors who are not satisfied with them at all stuffed by the production company, and those stupid producers always think that a few more big names in the movie can make the movie a big hit, but in fact, in addition to making the crew have a few more difficult young ladies and young masters, the real box office is not so good many times. But what can be done? It is the uncle who pays the money, and the directors are either angry, or they are in a stalemate with the filmmaker, and they drag it out again and again until the filmmaker compromises or changes the director.
Unless you can afford to make your own movies like James Cameron or Steven Spielberg, that's a different story.
Now, David Fincher certainly can't do it, so he can just sit quietly on the sidelines, and if Theolod can really play Taylor well - at least to replace Brad Pitt as the perfect Taylor candidate in his mind - then he can fight for him and Twentieth Century Fox for a while. But at that time, I am afraid that he had already touched Che'an's heart.
So, Finch looked at Theolod with a wait-and-see mentality.
However, when he and Chean thought that the child would nod his head gently, and invited Chean to a gentlemanly seat, and sat down honestly to deal with Chean's question, Theolod changed the smile and polite attitude of the greeting and sat down first, completely ignoring his gentlemanly demeanor, leaning lazily on the swivel chair, pushing the chair back a few points with his body, lifting his feet, and resting on the table with his legs folded.
The dirty, almost smoothed soles of the shoes were right in front of Che'an.
"After a few wasted saliva greetings, we went straight to the point? He opened his mouth, his voice with a very different languid tone from the past, different from the previous standard so that he couldn't hear the accent anywhere, the reason for the deliberate prolongation and the continuous reading of a large number of words under the thick nasal voice and the hoarse low voice, that lazy voice was unexpectedly sexy.
It's a Southern accent, both Cheon and Finch understand, and it's a very authentic Texas accent, unlike the small-town Florida Southern accent of Theolod in "The Devil's Advocate," he doesn't know what magic he uses to turn his baritone into a bass-baritone subwoofer that sounds more languid and charming. If the voice in "The Devil's Advocate" makes him sound like a reserved country boy, then his voice at this moment can make people mistake him for a dangerous prodigal.
"Oh, I'm sorry, don't get me wrong, Mr. Finch, I didn't ignore your share of ...... in what I just said" Theorod seemed to remember something, his head tilted slightly, his eyes looked at Finch lightly, and the corners of his mouth pulled out a playful arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.
These two words that make anyone blush and embarrassed when they hear it come out of Theorod's mouth at this time without any surprising sense of disobedience, and Finch feels that it would be surprising if Theorod didn't say so at this time.
Look at his current appearance, since Che'an's "beginning", he seems to have changed as a person, a different look, whether it is his lazy eyes that seem to be looking at you but don't seem to have looked at you at all, or his rude and casual demeanor, or his smile with a hint of ruffian and mockery, or even his messy blonde hair that is tied into a small tug, how can he still have the shadow of that gentle young man who can't help but be close to?
Despite the preparation of Theorod's changeable appearance in the past, Finch was still shocked by the speed of his transformation. If he hadn't known the other party's character, maybe he would have been such a rude person. Now that Finch finally understood Theolod's purpose in dressing like this, he didn't want to prove to others that he "looked" like Taylor by dressing superficially, he was just telling them that he could "be" Taylor anytime, anywhere.
Even Che'an, who was extremely suspicious of Theorod before, was so shocked that he couldn't speak at this time, what Theorod gave her a minute ago was one feeling, and now it was another feeling, and it was extremely natural and unpretentious.
"Uh...... An innocuous joke, it seems to be a good start...... "Chean didn't understand that Theorod's face was completely devoid of the previous feeling of incompatibility when he was placed on him at the moment, she didn't know how Theorod did it, she just vaguely noticed that now this kid suddenly gave her an inexplicable sense of danger.
It didn't take long for her to realize where this sense of danger came from.
"Joke? Oh, that's what you think ......"
His blue-green eyes, like those of a falcon, stared straight at her, and the gaze actually made her scalp tingle, and at that moment, she seemed to have the illusion that he had seen through it, and then that gaze disappeared in an instant, and Theorod shrugged his shoulders, rested his head on his hands, and said, "Well, this 'looks' is a good start." ”
"You seem to be telling us that you can handle Taylor's style of character, and you do prove it, I believe. Chean smiled awkwardly, the huge contrast between Theolod and before and after had given her too much convincing, and the dress that she had been extremely picky about before now seemed incredibly decent, not only did he perfectly hold this mix and match style, he even perfectly controlled the eye-catching leopard print belt!
But it would be impractical to give him the role of Taylor on that basis, she is an adult.
"So I'm curious now, how do you understand Taylor's character?" Cheon said, and Finch looked at Theolod with interest.
Anyone knows that this is a key issue at stake in the role of Taylor. But Theorod, who was sitting opposite the two of them with his legs crossed, did not have any nervousness, but kept maintaining that casual attitude of indifference, and even hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed, that smile was a mockery without any disguise.
"Do you want to hear a tirade about me drinking a few glasses of water, or do you want to hear a short and concise sentence? ”
“…… Let's talk about 'three words' first?"
“he’ofthebit*chbuthe’rmal.” Theolod said, pulling out a piece of gum out of nowhere and throwing it into his mouth.
“…… How so?"
"Well, that's what follows, isn't it?" said Theorod, blowing a bubble, "so as not to doze off when you hear it." Jack was squeezed by materialization and gave birth to an 'anti-Jack' Taylor in the repression, this cool boy is an extreme materialistic rejection, has a high education but lives in a broken house, is a genius but runs to sell soap, influenced by his own master, poor Jack, he believes that labor relations, no, not simple labor relations, should be said to be money, the tired capitalist system, this sad materialized world, restricts people's freedom, represses people's nature, and their nature should be vented by violence. ”
"However, he also had a Jack who grew up without Jack, and while Jack was influenced by him to become obsessed with fight clubs, Taylor was also influenced by him and decided that he was right to do so, and Jack further shaped him to the point where he was out of control. ”
"'My dear Chean, do you think it's tiring to have to pick movies again and again three hundred and sixty-five days a year to cater to the appetites of those difficult audiences?, but your boss is a big slut who is even cheaper than those audiences, and when the little sluts don't buy it, the big sluts will reprimand you, and when you choose a good movie, they will continue to squeeze you - hey, you did a good job, keep doing it, maybe the year-end bonus is very rich. ’
And, David, sometimes do you think it's aggrieved to be a director who has no money and can only send people under the fence? You want to make a good movie, so you need to invest, and the hell the production companies are like, "Oh make a movie?" Come on, we're going to find you the stars, who's the hottest right now, it's absolutely right to look for them! What? The image and temperament are not good at acting? It's okay, the idiot fans of those stars are waving money! And then, your good movie is gone. ’”
As he said this, Theolod made an explosive gesture and looked at the two people opposite him playfully. Chean's expression was a little uncomfortable, and she even couldn't help but glance at the door. So far......, no actor has dared to say such a thing in a film company that would get him banned, let alone Twentieth Century Fox! Sometimes the relationship between the director and the production company is so awkward.
And Finch, in addition to the accident, is more excited, he has realized what Theorod's words are for, he is right, this is simply!
"'Do you know why? because of those green waste papers, because of material life, because of those numbers that can collapse overnight! If it weren't for these things, Chess, would you still be chasing those little sluts' butts and sending movies with smiling faces? If it weren't for these things, would your bosses still squeeze you like that? They probably don't even have the motivation to squeeze! Without these things, the conflict between the director and the production company would not exist at all, you will no longer be subject to those who don't know anything about art, and you can get the best creation in your mind!"
"'These things are the source of evil, and if you want to be free and liberated, we need a revolution, and maybe this revolution can start by blowing up the Twin Towers. ’”
Theolod said, letting go of his legs that had been resting on the table, pulling his chair closer, placing his hands on the table, staring directly at Che'an, who was already dumbfounded, with a dangerous and unpredictable smile on the corner of his mouth.
"That's what Taylor thinks, Taylor's worldview and values, what Taylor will call 'revolution' to you. Maybe he's sociopathic, but he's not psychopathic because he's born that way. ”
With a "pop", the bubbles blown up by Theolod exploded.