The waves swayed with the boat, and today will be Jude's last scene.

With the addition of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the appearance of Freddy brought about a qualitative change in the relationship between Ripley and Dickey. Freddie is a mean and unscrupulous rich man who looks down on Ripley, who is from a poor background and has been living in Dickey's house, using Dickey's father's money, and often sneering at him.

Dickey has his best friend, and naturally he doesn't care too much about Ripley, he has long been tired of Ripley's storage, and at the same time has more or less the same thoughts as Freddy, except that he never says those mean words until he and Ripley go to sea for the last time.

During this time, the weather was very good, the sea was calm, and Anthony kept postponing this scene in order to wait for a good weather. The crew rented a total of three boats, a small boat, a slightly larger sailboat, and a private yacht. The crew will stay on the more stable yacht, and some of the locations will also be used on the yacht, and it will not be until the start of the film that the actors will come to the boat and the cinematographer and director will board another sailboat.

Theolod has been preparing for today's scene since the end of "Fight Club", this scene will be a crucial turning point in the whole play, and it is also a crucial turning point in Ripley's life, so this scene is especially important, it not only reflects Ripley's change of mood, but also represents the next direction of the whole play, and the impression it gives to the audience.

He knows how the world views homosexuality, and people's attitudes towards it are destined to make them instinctively repulsive towards "The Genius Ripley" after learning that it involves same-sex elements, which is an indisputable fact that Theolod is helpless. And as an actor and a homosexual, what he has to do is to use guò acting skills, to make the audience forget the so-called prejudices, so that they see not the homosexuality that disgusts them, but a desperate love.

This is also what Theolod has been implementing in his previous performances, vaguely expressing a kind of suppressed and jerky emotion, a sincere happiness when he is with his lover, and an indescribable ambiguity, so that the audience vaguely perceives that something is wrong but can't figure it out, until the last moment, until now, it completely explodes, rather than purely letting the audience know at first glance that the movie has same-sex elements.

It's very easy for him to play the ambiguous emotions of homosexuality, after all, he doesn't have the psychological barriers of other actors, but how to make this emotional outburst and the plot with Peter seem logical afterwards, it's not so easy, people's perceptions are not so easy to change.

Herman's treatment allowed him to get out of the role relatively easily, and when he played Ripley, Theolod had consciously or unconsciously kept himself from getting too involved in the play - he knew that such a role was too dangerous for him to ask for - but at the moment, he could no longer control it.

Or that you can't control it, because the success of this role depends a lot on today's scene.

Jude celebrates with champagne for his final scene, while Theolod locks himself in the yacht's room, unable to even let his assistant in. He's been in this state since yesterday, he's been reminiscing about his past, from meeting that Marshall, to the moment he finally closes his eyes.

He is also a Ripley, although his "Dickey" is not so debauched and amorous, and he is more successful and dazzling than this "Ripley", but he is also a Ripley, and like him, he has Ripley's cowardice and low self-esteem, and he is so afraid of losing him that he never dares to confide in his emotions.

What if, at that time, he also showed his heart like Ripley?

There was a knock at the door, it was Bennett, who signaled that his filming was about to begin, and Anthony was gathering the staff. Theolod replied in a low voice, let go of the fingers inserted in his hair, and looked at the person with messy hair in the mirror and looked depressed, he silently raised his hand, combed his hair, and restored them to the old-fashioned middle parting style, and then put on the glasses without prescription, and then looked at the person in the mirror before nodding with satisfaction.

That's me, Tom Ripley.

That's you, Tom Ripley.

This time, I'll sue Sù Dicki about my plans, and he will be delighted.

Yes, you have to sue him.

Theorod pushed open the door, smiled at Bennett outside the door, and walked to the deck. Bennett, perhaps not understanding what the anticipation in the smile meant, glanced at Theolod for some reason and followed him out.

Anthony gave Jude and Theorod final instructions after gathering the people, such as paying attention to the waves and the camera, Jude would occasionally discuss a few words with him, gesturing with his hands on how to match the camera, but Theorod only listened from the sidelines, without saying a word or acknowledging anything. Perhaps never worried about Theolod having a camera problem, or knowing what his state of mind meant, Anthony said nothing about his speechlessness.

The boat is small, only big enough to carry two people, and the small waves can cause it to sway from side to side. From the steady yacht to the wooden boat, Jude obviously felt unstable under him, and he could only helplessly pray that this last scene would be filmed smoothly, and he didn't want to end up with seasickness and vomiting.

"Come on, Dickie, I don't believe you're going to get seasick from this little wave. At that time, Theorod smiled at him very shy and doting. In private, they would occasionally call each other "Dickey, Dick, Tommy, Tommy, Ray" and so on, Jude didn't think much of it, he just responded jokingly:

"Lend you good words, Tommy, if I do throw up, then don't blame me for throwing up you. ”

"Well, then I can only splash you with water as a token of appreciation. Theorod connived, paddled a little of the water, and splashed Jude all over.

"Hey, I haven't started throwing up yet!"

When the two boarded the boat, the wind picked up again, and Theorod and Jude chatted for a while on the boat, and when the wind calmed down, Jude's final scene officially began filming.

In the script, when the two went to sea alone, Ripley was about to return to China, and Dicki, who was passionate about many things and liked to have fun, probably took Ripley out to play for the last time with the psychology of getting together and dispersing, but he didn't know that Ripley planned to return to Italy and live with him after he went back.

This naturally aroused Dickey's disgust, and he finally said all the words that had been buried in his heart, completely shattering the extravagant hope in Ripley's heart, making him almost lose his mind, and then he became out of control.

When Theolod was interviewed, Anthony had brought out this paragraph to examine his acting skills, but it was just an interview, and Theorod's previous unusual silence made Anthony vaguely look forward to what would change after Theorod read the script and thoroughly studied Ripley and Dickie.

At this moment, he is very satisfied with Dicki, who instantly fell silent from his excitement in the camera, and Ripley, who has not yet noticed Dicki's anomaly and still talks about his expectations and plans. Ripley, happy as a child, was eager to share his joy with his beloved, expecting the same approval and accommodation as usual, so caught up in his own vision of the future that he didn't even notice Dickey's cold and absent-minded response.

He didn't realize that his future was just an ethereal dream, but the look on his face was too beautiful to disturb.

Even Dickie, who loves freedom and is self-centered, was silent for a moment when he saw the bright, sincere smile on Ripley's face.

Anthony's assistant took a look, he was worried that the "influence of Theorod" that had appeared a few times before would reappear, but to his surprise, Anthony only frowned slightly, did not stop, but let the filming continue. Then, he saw a hint of complexity flash in the silence on Dickey's face, and he looked away from Ripley, and said coldly, "It's impossible. ”

"What can't be? Don't you believe I can get a better job?" Ripley may have vaguely sensed Dickey's unnaturalness, and there was finally a hint of timidity in his bright smile, but he didn't seem to understand Dickey's meaning at all, but instead analyzed it seriously, "Listen, I'm trying to learn Italian right now, so that I can communicate without barriers when I get to Rome......"

"It's impossible. Dickie repeated, not knowing who he was referring to, "Maggie and I are getting married." ”

This sentence made the smile on Ripley's face completely freeze, and his eyes widened slightly, and in those eyes that were clearer in the sun than the sea below them, the appearance of something shattering and withering was clearly engraved in Dickey's eyes, making him subconsciously look away. His original intention was not to hurt anyone, he was not bad by nature, he was just a spoiled child, but he could always inadvertently hurt the people around him.

Obviously he already had the answer in his heart, but Ripley still smiled a little unwillingly: "...... Dickie, I know you, you're not going to marry her, and you still want to hook up with beautiful women on the street......"

He stared at Dickie, as long as Dickey told him in the next second that he was just joking, even if it was a lie to him, he was willing to believe it, however, Dickey completely extinguished the last trace of flame-

"I love her, Tom Ripley," Dickey said, repeating, "I love Maggie." ”

"You love me too, but you don't marry me ......" blurted out the words almost uncontrollably by Ripley, and when he realized it, there was no room for recovery, because Dickey retorted loudly and in anger the next second that sentence fell.

"Enough, Tom, you know it's different, and you know I don't love you! Actually, I'm glad you were finally able to leave, I can't stand you anymore, I can't stand you anymore!"

In the face of Dickey's hurtful reprimand, Ripley, who had been forcing a smile and even trying to joke, suddenly fell silent. The almost penetrating look and the look of despair and sorrow made Dickey almost unable to sit still, and Dickey didn't get the answer he wanted or expected from Ripley's mouth, he only saw the smile on his lips completely disappear.

He didn't like that.

After a moment's pause, Dickey spoke again, this time sharper. "You're like a parasite that clings to others and drains them of a thing! You ......" Perhaps angry, Ripley's silent gaze made Dickey suddenly stuck, "You're so boring, I'm tired of you!"

Ripley finally looked away, but it strangely didn't make Dickie feel much better. The smile that disappeared from the corner of his mouth resurfaced, but this smile was faint, with the warmth of happiness, sincere, gentle, but dazzling enough to almost burn Dickey's eyes.

"You know what? Actually, I never pretended to be anything, even if I pretended to be your classmate at first, even if I showed you my talent for disguise at the beginning, but I never disguised my feelings, my own preferences, in you...... In Italy, I'm a real Tom Ripley. Ripley said that his voice was unusually calm at this point, like that smile, but it was this happiness that drenched in the fond memories of the past that was truly heart-wrenching, "But you, Dicky, you've been pretending all along. ”

"Boring!" Dickey repeated the word like a child in a fight, as if to keep himself out of hearing and stop Ripley's unspoken words.

Ripley kept exposing the fact that Dickey was always hot for three minutes, and he never dared to look at him, because he was afraid that once he looked at him, he would not be able to hold back his red eyes, and he could not stand the hurtful indifference and disgust that Dickey faced him. He tried to arm himself in this way, so that Dickey felt the same despair and pain as himself, but gradually, he found that he couldn't do it at all, and the words that should have hurt people gradually changed their taste-

“…… You love jazz, you play the saxophone, and now you want to learn drums, because you love jazz's casualness, you love Maggie, and you often hang out with the women on the street**, because you love Yiqiē that makes you happy, you love Monguibello, and you plan to move to the north, because you love the unfettered free life, so even if your mother is sick, you don't want to go back to the United States...... That's enough. ”

Ripley's last sentence was to himself, and his attack on him only sadly proved how much he knew Dickey and how much he cared about him. He suddenly smiled wryly and covered his eyes with his hands, and shook his head slightly, "That's enough...... Dicki Greenleaf, you're a spoiled kid, you like what you like, you don't like to be afraid to face and abandon ......"

Ripley said, lowering his hands again and looking at Dickey (the camera), his red eyes and moist blue eyes that suffocated everyone for a moment. He finally couldn't control his emotions, he struggled desperately, reprimanded, trembled, like a sad and humble loser—

"You know what's between us, you know what's there that night, you know! But why are you always pretending, always running away, why?!"

“…… I'm sorry...... Sorry!" Jude's first apology was to Ripley, and the second was to Anthony. To his chagrin, he realized that Dickey was the one who would never apologize, and that he should have rushed forward and pretended to beat up Ripley, but ...... Jude glanced at Theorod, rubbed his face silently, and secretly said in his heart that this guy is really perverted.

Anthony waved his hand to show that he didn't care, in fact, he loved the play of these two just now, whether it was Jude's Dickey or Theorod's Ripley, it can be described as a breakthrough. Looking at Theolod's performance just now, I don't know that I thought he also had a past and felt empathy.

After a short break, the shooting continues. Dickey made a gesture to beat Ripley, but in the end he didn't do it for some reason, he hurriedly turned around and even turned around a little wolf, while trying to pull the engine to get out of this ghost place quickly, while continuing to hurt Ripley with words, Ripley, who was already on the verge of collapse, impulsively injured Dickey with a wooden paddle, Dickey was completely enraged, he threw himself at Ripley, and had the intention of killing him.

In a panic, Ripley defends himself with an oar, he doesn't want to hurt Dickie, but Dickey has lost his mind.

“…… Stop it...... Please, stop...... Dickie, Dick, please...... No...... Stop it...... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Dickie......"

Ripley's tears had already wet his face, and he slammed the paddle into Dickey again and again, until the other man never moved, until ......

“…… Wait Theo! The boat has been smashed by you!Stop!" Feeling that the side of his head was inexplicably wet, Jude jumped up and grabbed Theorod, who was already out of control, and snatched the "murder weapon" from his hand.

Only then did Jude realize that his hands had worn out the skin.

“…… I'm sorry...... I'm sorry...... Sorry......" Realizing what he had done, Theolod stared blankly at his hands, and then wiped his tears with the back of his hand, but he found that he could no longer control his tears.

"Easy, easy, man, we're just acting. Jude didn't know how to comfort him for a while, so he could only hug him, gently pat his back, and then rubbed his head, "I'm afraid this ship is ruined, I don't want to be drowned, let's change to a boat without holes, okay?"

“…… Tony, what are you laughing at over there?!Why don't you hurry up and save us! This wooden boat has really broken a small hole, I don't lie to you!"