Chapter 60: "Angry" Guy Ritchie
The end result of that round of football was of course Winnie Jones' B team, after all, he was only dealing with five rookies, which was much easier than what he trained on a daily basis. That night, Rich took the group to a populist bar called "Vicnaylors", located opposite the Old Smithfield Meat Market on Decreeton Street, and it is unknown how Rich found this remote bar.
When the meat market closes, butchers or vendors gather here to drink and watch the game. The peculiar smell of meat on their bodies is mixed with the smell of tobacco alcohol in the bar, forming a unique gentlemanly aura, and few women will choose this bar for pastime, so this bar is more like a man's feast.
Theolod's more than 20 people walked into the bar together, almost covering most of the bar countertop, which naturally attracted the attention of other people, plus one of them was a well-known Vinnie Jones among the fans, so that as soon as they walked in, a group of people recognized the star.
The drunken English were not as gentlemanly and polite as they were when they were sober, but more bold and cheerful. So soon, the group of new faces mingled with the butchers in the bar, and by the end, even the bartenders had a few sips. Someone tried to pour Theolod on the way, but he firmly refused, given the chances that he would be the last surviving sobriety of the twenty-odd men, with the mission of throwing them all home.
Of course, Theorod's refusal was in the eyes of others, just like seeing a treasure, with a tone of ridicule or surprise, drunkenly teasing Theorod, the "good baby" in their eyes.
Eventually, the "good baby" became the only survivor in the bar who could stand up except for the bartender.
So much so, when he transported Richie from the bar back to the apartment, he almost broke his old waist.
But it is precisely because of the trouble in the bar that Theolod has finally narrowed the distance and tacit understanding between his three partners, at least they will not keep his distance from him, an "outsider" Yankee, as politely as in the morning football game, and sometimes make some innocuous jokes.
"Two Smoking Guns" doesn't require much elaborate styling, and Richie seems to be quite satisfied with Theorod's yuppie look at the Oscars, so he doesn't think about it, and asks the stylist to continue to make him a "yuppie" on the streets of London - a gangster who pays special attention to his own clothing image, and even Theorrod's tattoo is vetoed.
On the 31st, it happened to be drizzling, and Richie took a look at the sky and decided to take the lead in shooting interior shots with relatively simple scene layouts. Considering Sting's schedule, the scene of Eddie's father's baby bar was adjusted by him to post-production, and the first scene on the day of the start of the film was the most critical game in the play.
"Have you played cards before?" Rich suddenly thought to him five minutes before the start of the game.
"I can make me look very professional. Theolod nodded.
"Good. Actually, it doesn't matter if you can't, I can ask my assistant to give you some good cards. Richie laughed, clapped his hands, and beckoned the others to look over, "Bakken, soap, Tom, wait a minute for you and Eddie to come in this direction, we're camouflaging the street at night, so the lights won't be very bright, be careful not to go out of this light range, understand? Beckon, you stand to Eddie's right, and the other two stand to the left. ”
Richie arranged the movement of the four. In fact, arranging the position will only happen to new actors and new directors, some experienced actors do not need the director's instructions, they know how to move with the lighting and lenses, and only the new director will find a new actor to shoot his debut. Although Theolod was a "newcomer" before, his good sense of lens and light didn't have to worry about Gregory at all, so Gregory didn't explain it to him in such detail before.
But now the situation is a little different, after all, this is the first time that Jason Statham, who plays Bakken, has acted in a movie, and Rich has to explain it in detail, otherwise he will only cut down again and again.
Jason listened to the slow and clear analysis of Richie's voice, and he knew that although he was speaking to everyone, these words were more for himself. So his expression was very strict, he listened very carefully, and sometimes nodded his head again and again to show understanding. Theolod sat in the chair next to him, looking at him with a stern expression and a frown, like a student listening carefully to the professor's explanation of knowledge that he didn't understand at all, and couldn't help but smile and poke his arm with his elbow.
"Actually, it's not as difficult as Gai said, Jason, you just have to make sure that there is always a piece of light on your face, you have a tough guy face, that's your advantage. You're a former world diving champion, don't overcomplicate things, champion. Theolod had a gentle smile on his face that was not appropriate for his age.
"I hope so, Theo, but I promise that I may not know how to react later, diving only needs to be in place, street hawking is just enough eloquence and a smile to get customers, and even before I shoot flat photos or commercials, I just have to be cool. But acting? Honestly, I might be expressionless. Jason was still frowning, and he seemed to have noticed that Richie had just arranged his position to turn his back to the camera.
"When you actually get into the movie, when you get into the character, you don't just have to pretend to be cool, Bakken. "Think about it, if you were going to make a lot of money with your friend—and you believed in him so much, and you thought he could definitely make a lot of money—what would you think would be like in such a situation? ”
"You have a point—if I can ignore the plank and a whole bunch of instruments. ”
Jason pointed to the street wall on the other side, which was simply made up of props, saying that it was a wall, but it was actually just a foam board standing on the ground.
"Well, trust me, you can. Theolod patted the other man on the shoulder, and he could feel that he was all muscles in one hand, and he really deserved to be a former diving champion. He sighed in his heart, then stood up, leaving Jason with a puzzled look on his face, and walked towards the props group.
Richie really didn't have much hope for Jason at first, and he didn't plan to shoot this shot in one go, he planned to take his time and get them used to it. Obviously, in today's underdeveloped Internet, the British film and television industry and Hollywood are derailed, although Richie knows that Theorod's acting skills are not low, but he doesn't know what kind of category this "not low" is.
There is no doubt that it is even more impossible for him to know that in addition to being the hottest newcomer in Hollywood, sitting on titles such as "genius" and "natural performer", and shocking the directorial industry in his first play, what kind of bastards he is also good at - when he sent an email to Marshall, he just followed the list of more famous newcomers in Hollywood one by one, who would care too much about the gossip behind these people?
So, this time, Theorod directly refreshed Richie's basic perception of him.
Richie kept the light in the studio to a minimum, leaving only a few prop lights, and the floor next to the foam wall had already been evenly sprinkled with water by the props crew, creating a wet scene after the rain in the middle of the night. He made the final clearance, glanced at the time, raised his hand, and shouted "".
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint, flickering spark lit up in the dim place far away from the "street corner".
That's the amount of heat released when nicotine is burned.
Then, Eddie, played by Theolod, came out of the darkness, his slender and well-defined fingertips, holding a cigarette, and sending it into the pale thin lips that seemed a little "faded" because of the "night wind". Then a thick cloud of gray smoke rose slowly and leisurely from the corner of his mouth, just floating in the dim light, forming a vague and ambiguous veil fog.
And his other hand, which was carrying the money bag, was casually on his shoulder, and he carried the money bag on his shoulder with his backhand.
Eddie's first walk from dim to dusk was enough to amaze Richie, and he almost fell in love with his decadent and elegant lazy temperament! It even made him forget to ask which prop group it was the little bunny who actually provided Theorod with a cigarette without his consent...... And this kid didn't consult him beforehand!
However, he liked his act of adding cigarettes without permission, although he did not write that Eddie smoked...... But he didn't say Eddie wouldn't!
A small cigarette and a casual bag carrying can make the character shine, and the other three actors, as if infected by his casual and easy-to-go behavior, naturally relaxed. For the first time, Rich felt how happy it was for his character to be brought to life, which made him even more excited about what Theolod would surprise him next.
Add walked at the front of the four, his eyes down, looking down at the wet ground, not knowing what he was thinking, just smoking a cigarette without a puff, maybe he was nervous because he had the fate of the four in his hands, or maybe he didn't care at all, because he was better than anyone else at observing the changes in his opponent's demeanor in the game, but no one else could find any clues about him in his eyes that were shrouded in shadows under his long eyelashes.
It wasn't until he approached the destination of his trip that he raised his eyes, which seemed to be overwhelmed by the weight of his eyelashes, and looked lazily at the two "security guards" standing at the door.
"What about the invitation?" said one of the strong men.
"Invitation?" Eddie raised an eyebrow and asked rhetorically, his tone puzzled, but more of a smile that came out of nowhere, and he seemed to find this kind of thing ridiculous.
"That's right, take that thing and we'll let you in. Perhaps he was a little puzzled by Theolod's strange tone and didn't know how to deal with it, or maybe he was provoked by the smile in Eddie's tone, and the two strong men who played the bodyguards somehow suddenly brought anger and contempt to their tones.
"Do you know?" Eddie laughed suddenly, his slightly narrowed eyes were like foxes, playful and frivolous, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was so good-looking, like a cynical but personable "fake" gentleman, "I don't have an invitation with your master's portrait here, but I have a pile of 'waste paper' printed with the queen's majesty's portrait in my hand, for the queen's sake, do you want me to go in and have a cup of hot tea to warm up, or let me take the 'queen' to the cold wind?" With all due respect, two gentlemen, the latter is disrespectful. ”
The two strong men froze in place, and Eddie's three friends were amused by his humor, and a mocking and helpless smile suddenly appeared on their faces, looking at the two strong men.
“…… You can go in, but they can't, they can go to the bar around the corner and wait for you. Under the pressure of these four people, the two strong men could only finish the lines hard.
"Alright, three, the 'Queen' has a friendly meeting with your friends, so I will not accompany you. Eddie said, patting Bakken on the shoulder, shoved his half-smoked cigarette into his mouth, and threw the money bag into the hands of one of the strong men, pushing open the wooden door.
“…… cut!”
Richie shouted. Without saying a word, he stepped down from the director's chair, silently walked up to Theorod, hugged his chest, stared at Theorod with a stern face, and looked at each other in silence for a few seconds before he slowly spoke: "You changed the lines of my script." ”
"Uh, I'm sorry, I added a few words, it's an old habit. ”
"If someone else were to give me an afterthought, I'd slap him right now - what □□ allowed you to change my script without permission?!"
"Uh...... I'm sorry, I added a few words, it's an old habit, I'm very sorry, director," maybe it was because he noticed that Richie's feelings were abnormal, Theolod suddenly felt a little nervous and uneasy, and he immediately apologized in a good baby manner, "I promise that this will never happen next time." ”
"But this 'other person' is your ......" Richie interrupted Theolod with a cold face, "You damn bastard, I think you are a friend and give you my couch to sleep on! Why the fuck didn't you say it sooner if you want to change it?!Don't you want to sleep if you don't explain it to me tonight, don't want to move out! Let's go home and discuss how to change it for the better, now, everyone repeat the scene just now." ”
As Richie spoke, the "anger" on his face couldn't be contained, and he laughed first.
What the, can he not laugh when he meets a guy who can guide other actors?