Chapter 41: Psychological Suggestion

That's why he'd been asking Angela to fix all the shredded hair on his forehead with hair oil at the back of his head! Kevin used his wife's blood to make his messy hair meticulous! Obviously it's just a very normal hairstyle action, but under Theorod's interpretation, somehow it has a chilling weird temperament, as if at that moment, all the evil energy of the devil's blood in Kevin's body exploded, and he just stood quietly in front of the camera like that, but the suppressed tranquility was more distressing than the previous crazy cradling holding Marianne's corpse and crying.

This sadness also made Theron empathize. Kevin's previous neglect of Marianne made Marianne insecure, which is one of the reasons why Marianne was frightened out of schizophrenia by Milton and the devil around him, Marianne Kevin no longer loves himself, and Kevin doesn't know that until he really loses it, he realizes how much he loves his wife.

Ironically, no matter how much Kevin regretted it, no matter how much he cried while holding Marianne's corpse, Marianne couldn't feel it.

But Theolod's fragile and helpless cry made Theron, who was lying on the ground, unable to help but have a sour nose. During the filming, in order to play Marianne's schizophrenic breakdown in the last period, she would go to the psychiatrist every day to report on the state and expression of schizophrenic patients, and her persistence even made the psychiatrist worry about whether she would be too deep in the drama and really suffer from schizophrenia.

However, at this moment, Theron actually felt that he was not the person who was too deep in the play, and the one who really needed the counseling of a psychiatrist should be this child who was three years younger than her. His appearance was so strong that Theron could barely feel his shadow as Theorod, and in her opinion, he had completely become Kevin, and Theron, lying in his arms, was his wife, the wife he loved dearly, but regretted irretrievably.

Theron was sure that she couldn't help crying just now, and she also knew that when the camera swept to her, the subtle expression on her face must have made Heckford dissatisfied, but the director did not immediately call a timeout, and it was not until after filming the scene of Kevin holding Marianne that Hekford shouted "cut" and asked Theron to tidy up and reshoot a few sets of shots.

She apologized to her partner Theorod because she had to reshoot the scene several more times, at that time, maybe she hadn't gotten out of Kevin's role yet, Theorod just smiled at her, his moist red eyes made him look like a fragile child, and that affectionate and desperate look could break the heart of anyone who was staring at him, but the light smile on the corner of his mouth was so gentle, gentle enough to make anyone's heart move, gentle enough to ......

He still thought of her as Marianne.

Theron was taken aback by his thoughts.

And now, as she stood aside, watching Kevin, played by Theolod, with his graceful and slow hair-arranging movements, and watching him look at the camera, with his cold eyes that were almost dead silent, Theron felt her heart ache to the extreme. This complex emotion that is both frightening and uncontrollable in his heartache...... How did Theolod get involved? He only added one action that was not in the script, and that was to use Marianne's blood (plasma) to fix his hair behind his head and expose his forehead.

"Even the psychological hints are used so handy, this kid has really become a sperm. At some point, Pacino left his high chair, draped in a blanket and holding a cup of hot coffee in his hand, and said with interest, "Are all children like Theo nowadays, or is he the only exception?" ”

Robert, that is, Robert De Niro, when he was playing "Taxi Driver", he really ran to drive a taxi for twelve hours a day for a month, and then when he starred in "Raging Bull", he was also like this, in order to play the boxing champion Motta, he also learned boxing from Motta for a year.

"Mental suggestion?" Theron repeated, puzzled.

"Remember Kevin's previous look in the courtroom, a little casual, but still meticulous hairstyle, straight suit. Look at him now, he is still wearing a high-end suit and a meticulous hairstyle...... Except that he also had Marianne's blood on his body. If Kevin's brilliant brain and sharp teeth are his blades to defend the law as a lawyer, then his hairstyle and dress are like Kevin's armor, and the next thing he is going to confront Milton, and at this moment, he is arming himself with his wife's blood. ”

"Like Marianne is still by his side? Marianne used to sit in the audience to support Kevin when he appeared in court, and now, he wants Marianne to continue to support him in the fight?"

It was more like in the depths of his heart that he knew that he had killed Marianne, that he had her blood on his body, that he disguised himself with his sins, and that he went to Satan with his sins. It's not so much that Kevin wants to confront Satan, but that he subconsciously wants Satan to dig away his sins...... So that's what I did, what my son was expecting, my father had to help, didn't I?" Pacino shrugged.

Theron stared at Theolod for a long time, then suddenly turned his head to look at Pacino.

"How?"

"No...... I'm just thinking...... He and you...... To be honest, the tacit understanding between you is not at all like the run-in that should be done when you play each other for the first time, when I watched you play against each other before, I always felt that there was a soul between you, and now you make me think so. Theron said, with a hint of good-natured teasing in his eyebrows.

"Hahaha, if I were to have a son, I would definitely name him Theo. Pacino smiled, deep crow's feet appeared at the corners of his eyes, "To be honest, this kid gives me the illusion that his mental age and his physical age are extremely inconsistent, he is like an old actor, when he is acting, I think about what he wants, and when I perform, I can feel that he is also thinking." ”

In fact, when Hekford shouted "cut" for everyone to rest, he and Theorod also communicated this. Although Heckford generally likes his actors to act as they are required by the script, this does not mean that there are no exceptions, and if the actors' freedom to play can make the film better, he is of course willing to give them the freedom to play, just like Theorod and Pacino have this privilege when they play against each other.

However, after giving this permission, the director must always understand what the specific needs of the actor are, otherwise every time the actor plays, he will be scrambling to find the camera. Therefore, Heckford is learning from Theorod at the moment about his expectations for the role of Kevin, and also talked about Theorod's one-man show just now.

“…… Of course, in addition to Kevin's submission to his sins and his desire for Satan to give him 'redemption', I think there should be another hint. Theolod sat in a high chair and let the stylist's assistant clean the clotted plasma from his hair while discussing it with Heckford standing with his chest crossed.

"Another hint?" Heckford raised an eyebrow and held out his hand to signal Theolod to continue.

"Kevin grew up as a human and was surrounded by his own Catholic mother. When the audience watches this movie, it is natural that Kevin will be brought in with the eyes and perspectives of human beings. And Kevin's behavior is also a harbinger of his abandonment of so-called justice and law, towards crime and depravity, do you think?"

"The identity of becoming a revenge messenger for the death of his wife always arouses the interest of the audience, they always like this kind of character who dares to love and hate, so they will feel heartache for Kevin, maybe some people will always feel sad and pity for Kevin, and smart people who like to dig will also find out in the end that they have been deceived by him and deceived by Milton...... Perfect!" Heckford clapped his hands vigorously, "Reality is always so oppressive and dark, I can already imagine the discussion about Kevin after the movie was released......"

Heckford said, pausing suddenly, as if a flash of inspiration crossed his mind: "Wait...... Wait a minute...... Think about it, let me think about it...... Oh, yes, how about arranging a shot of Marianne helping Kevin fix his hair? It just echoes Kevin's hair with Marianne's blood!"

"Actually, I was about to mention this to you, but I didn't expect you to ......" Heckford's mention was exactly what Theorod thought, he just wanted to say something, but Hekford, who was in a hurry to perfect the shot, didn't give him this time at all, he saw Theorrod nodding, so he hurriedly ran to Theron, shared his new footage with her, and then pulled her to Theorod who couldn't leave his chair yet, ignoring the stylist assistant who was still helping Theorod tidy up, the three of them discussed it one by one.

When Theorod returned to the hotel, it was close to midnight. He took a hot bath to relax and unwind, and kept Kevin's collapsed and depressed mental state all the day, which almost broke his tense nerves. In the steaming mist, he picked up the medicine bottle that was placed aside and shook the bottle, and the milky white round pill made a sound when it hit.

This is the antidepressant medication he secretly bought behind Marshall's back when he became an adult. Thinking that his body had already taken drugs and was addicted to drugs, only when he couldn't hold it anymore, Theolod would choose to swallow a pill, letting the bitter taste spread from the base of his tongue to his throat.

Forget it this time...... Theolod thought, tossing the medicine aside, covering his eyes with a hot towel, and slowly sliding into the pool.

I don't know how long it took, he suddenly thought of something, hurriedly climbed out of the hot water, put on his yukata, came to the room barefoot, and found a calendar on the desk in the room.

Today is November 30 and it's 23:55.

Luckily, there are five minutes left.

November 30 was not a special day for Theorod originally, but now it is different, because in his memory, or more precisely the memory of this body, it is the birthday of his childhood friend Natel. At this time last year, Theorod was in the final stages of rehabilitation/drug rehabilitation, and he originally thought that after he recovered, he would have a good birthday for this good buddy who had been with him through the difficult period, but in the end, the two broke up and had a cold war, and it was not until recent months that Theorod felt that Nattel's attitude towards him had finally eased a little.

After all, he was his first friend after coming to this world, and this friend also helped him through the difficult period, even if he was busy filming before and forgot to prepare gifts, Theolod thought it would be better to call him and say happy birthday.

So, he used the hotel phone to call Nattle, who was far away in North Las Vegas.

It stands to reason that this was like dinner and then a high time for Nattle, but the phone went on for a long time without anyone answering.

Theolod pressed the number for the second time, and then someone picked up the phone, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a string of rough, Mexican national scolding.

Theolod was stunned, it wasn't that he couldn't understand Spanish, but that the man's voice was too unfamiliar, and the other party's string of expletives roughly meant that he was calling so late that he was sleeping on the phone.

That is, he lives there, but isn't this string of numbers the number of the Nattle family?

Theorod was silent for a moment, then immediately apologized to the other party with great apology and sincerity, and asked very politely in standard Spanish: "Excuse me, is this the Pop family?"

Popper is the surname of Nattel, and his full name is Nathaniel Pop.

"Pop, which Pop, fuck you, there's only Guzmán here!" the other scolded, then rudely hung up.

So...... Nattel's family has moved, why have they never heard Maggie mention it?Theolod looked at the microphone and frowned.