Chapter 111: Finished
Years later, when Theolod became the undisputed actor in Hollywood today, and Leto became the most powerful alternative rock star, many people wondered why these two guys with very different personalities and seemingly wrong magnetic fields could become friends with such iron. In their eyes, the unconventional "Young Master Leto" and the mild-tempered and people-friendly "" have almost no common language, but the two can still become good brothers.
Many people think that this is related to the song of the same name by Theolod from Leto's debut album. Because -- it's incredible -- Theorod likes to listen to rock 'n' roll, but he doesn't seem to have anything to do with rock 'n' roll.
In fact, there is more to this than that.
For the first time, Theolod couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard such an evaluation of himself from the mouth of a person he had known for no more than a day. In a way, he knows him quite accurately, because hidden under Theorod's gentle and warm appearance is a proud and self-contained person.
That's why Leto resonated with Theorod when he learned about it. Because he is also such a maverick who does his own thing, he does not like or even dislike people who pay too much attention to his appearance or evaluate how beautiful and good-looking he is, and he never hides his dislike for people he doesn't like, especially when he is young, so he often offends people, but he doesn't care about this. He obviously has the talent of acting, and he can also have a bright path to develop in Hollywood, but he chose rock and roll, which is not favored by everyone.
More than two years ago, when he learned that someone had dared to openly admit his gray past on a talk show, he had a crush on Theorod — even though he didn't know who he was at the time. There has always been a clear polarization in the media's evaluation of him, and he knows that most of this is due to his disgraceful past, but at first he still couldn't quite understand how a mild-mannered star, a star who was listed by the media as a "good boy role model", could offend so many film critics.
Later, he learned that many of the film critics' meanness to him was because he was too special and unusual, he always broke the conventional perception of these critics, obviously had a friendly attitude, and did things, especially when choosing movies, he still went his own way, breaking the pattern and routine of many new star development.
This was so much to Leto's appetite that he was originally just an obscure little dragon to have countless inspirations to create rock music based on this actor whose current status can throw him several streets away.
If another actor is suddenly disturbed by a small character who is playing tricks with the crew, and this little character so naturally proposes to write his deeds as rock music and include it in his debut album that he doesn't know when and what month it will be released, I am afraid that the good-tempered will only take it as a compliment joke and politely reject it, and the bad-tempered person will probably take his behavior as an offense.
It is also possible to see why he has wanted to do rock music since 1992 and still can't find the support of the record company - sometimes his too "freak" personality is very unpleasant.
But it was Theorod who he bumped into. As Leto said that Theorod resonated with him, in the face of this handsome man with the same handsome face as Norton, Theorod did not feel that this request was a bit rude and incredible, he nodded lightly: "It's my honor to have you make this assessment, this is the first time someone has tried to write me into a song, so I thought, why not?"
Leto wasn't surprised that Theorod nodded so quickly, perhaps because he had long understood what kind of person Theorod was, and he just joked jokingly: "Aren't you worried about what will affect you if this album doesn't sell well?"
"Oh, then I'll have to pay out of my own pocket to buy a few more for self-appreciation. ”
"That's what you said. But I don't believe that an album with the title of 'first-hand song of the same name licensed by Theorod' will not sell, after all, I wrote it, and people will love it when they listen to it." ”
After the rest of the group, they returned to the place where they had left off.
Lu was very upset with Taylor's behavior, especially when Taylor asked a big boss like Taylor to join their group of unscrupulous organizations, and he punched him several times in anger.
Taylor didn't make a move, because he knew that once he fired back, Yiqiē would be different, and Lu's men still had guns in their hands. So he stopped everyone who wanted to help him, and no matter how much Lu beat him, his only reaction was to laugh maniacally, and to cheer intermittently-
"Hahaha...... Yes, that's right, that's it, hahahaha, come on, I got a taste of venting*, hahahaha......"
It's not the things that make people afraid, it's the unknowns they face, so the madman is always more feared than the thug, because people can't figure out what the madman is doing or what they're trying to do. It's like at this moment, Taylor grabbed his collar and "pleaded" with his spittle to let the spit mixed with blood spray into Lou's face, which completely stunned Lou.
He felt that there was one more thing at the end - it was chewing gum with blood that Taylor had spit in - and the face of this big guy who had been on the road for many years became even paler at the moment, or more precisely, the face of the actor who played Lu became even paler at this moment.
No one seemed to tell him that Taylor, who was described in the script as "like a mad dog", would see the opportunity to spit gum in his mouth! Looking at the nearby "bloody mouth" stained red with blood (syrup), Lu was afraid that this guy would bite his own neck, and almost agreed to lend the place to Taylor, and after Taylor let go, he crawled out of the basement.
Taylor, supported by everyone, sat down on the box next to him, and wiped the blood on his face with the corner of his white vest.
Afterwards, Leto and Norton, who were watching the qiē, agreed - "Dude, do you know the Joker? The green-haired one, I think you're a good fit for him." ”
Theolod just shrugged his shoulders and said that he had no idea of challenging the role that Jack Nicholson had challenged.
Theolod's scene was filmed in the later stage, and as the heroine of the film, Helena Bonham Carter finally joined the crew to shoot the scene with Taylor. Helena is a very good and characteristic actress, and her gothic temperament is almost reserved for marginalized women like Mara, who live casually in society, which also makes her comfortable with the role of Mara, and there is no trace of artificiality and exaggerated performance at all.
When Theolod played opposite her, he could easily feel the wonderful chemistry created by the fusion of Taylor and Mara's aura, and this combination was very comfortable. Taylor, who is almost the same person as Mara in a certain way, is actually the result of Jack's inner change in his feelings for Mara, a personality that can perfectly attract Mara's attention, and even the attention of most women. On the one hand, Taylor changes and takes shape with Jack's changes, and on the other hand, Taylor needs to show a natural magnetic attraction to Mara.
It's just that to the surprise of others, when Theolod and Helena play against each other, he doesn't seem to be in the shadows.
In this regard, Finch said that this is very normal. As a director, he must understand the performance needs of every actor, especially the needs of the leading actors, and he understands that Theolod's "inaction" is not really inaction or not giving full play, but this is just right.
Look at the two people standing together in the camera is a scene, under the backdrop of Mara, Taylor will give full play to his casual ruffianism, if Theolod has a situation of pressing the scene at this time, I am afraid that it will feel worse. Moreover, Helena is not so easy to be suppressed in the field of roles she is good at.
Time gradually passes to Theorod's last scene - the confrontation between Jack and Taylor at the end of the film.
Theorod, who cut his long hair into a short one, gestured the prop gun in his hand to Norton's mouth, and laughed teasingly: "Come, open your mouth obediently, take my baby into it, don't let me hurt you hard." ”
"Shutup ......" Norton, sitting in a swivel chair with pulleys, laughed and scolded, raised his leg and pretended to kick Theorod, only to have this kick not only fail to make Theorod do anything, but also pushed the chair under him to slide back a few meters. "When I make a hole in the back of your head, you'll know who's hurting whom. ”
And then......
"David, Ed is still playing with this swivel chair!"
"Edward, I told you that you can't move this chair at that point! The movie is about to start, what are you going to play? You're not a three-year-old kid who has to be coaxed by me, move the chair back to where it was!"
...... "Hell, he's wronged, okay! and Theolod is a three-year-old kid who sues the wicked first!"
In the final scene, there is a shot of Taylor getting a headshot, but Theolod's hair is too long to make up for him, so Finch decides to have him cut it. At first, Theolod thought it would be easier to shave his head straight away - and that the hairstylist had already used the scissors by then - but was eventually stopped by Fincher.
You're shaving your head now, what are you going to do when you shoot "The Talented Ripley" in August? Your hair won't grow at all in less than two months, are you going to wear a wig then?
As a result, Theorod's bald head became the messy and unruly short hair he has now, but under Theorod's mention, it was dyed into a piercing pink.
“…… In three minutes, the excitement will begin. Taylor had a cigarette in his mouth, stuck the muzzle of the gun into Jack's mouth, and looked down condescendingly at Jack who was sitting in his chair.
Jack tried to stop Taylor from blowing up the financial building, but he failed, he was never Taylor's opponent in the fight, he made Taylor too strong, both mentally and in action, he has completely lost control of Taylor, and Taylor is more of a master than him at the moment.
When Jack found out that Taylor was involved in his beloved Mara, he immediately couldn't sit still, and he begged Taylor to stop this qiē and let Mara go, but Taylor was indifferent.
"Don't forget, these are what you want in the first place. ”
"No, I don't want this, I don't want this now, please, Taylor, stop. ”
Jack's pleading made Taylor scratch at his pink hair in some distraught, and he couldn't understand why Jack still didn't support his approach.
"You can't want it when you want it, and when you don't want it, you shirk your responsibility, you created me, remember? You created me because you don't want to continue your life, you created me because you need me. ”
"No, I really don't ...... right now"
"Mature up!" Jack's loss of control over Taylor is also expressed in Taylor's loss of control over his actions, he is tired of Jack's chatter, he angrily smashes the cigarette butt to the ground, rushes to Jack, and props his hands on the armrests of Jack's chair, which crashes into the floor-to-ceiling glass (green screen) because he uses too much force. At that moment, Taylor was like a beast rushing out of the grass, pounced on his prey with precision and ferocity.
Behind Jack is the massive floor-to-ceiling glass, and in front of him is Taylor, who is pinned down by Taylor's arms in the tight space. Even though Norton had been alert and prepared for Theorod's free play, the sudden outburst still showed a surprise on his face that he hadn't had time to hide.
"Have I ever let us down? Am I not good enough? Am I not doing well! Look at you, because of me, how much have you grown, because of me, because of me! How much happiness have you gotten like you've never had before!" Taylor's last words were almost uttered with a roar, and there was so much emotion hidden in that voice, unwillingness, anger, and helplessness...... There is even a hint of imperceptible loneliness and sadness.
When those lake-blue eyes were no longer lazy and frivolous, Norton forgot to speak, forgetting that he should put on a painful look at this time.
But Finch didn't shout cut, he wanted to make this part in one go.
Seeing that Jack seemed to be frightened by himself, Taylor sighed softly, and he whispered patiently and comfortingly in the gentlest voice of his life: "This is what we were expecting at first, dear, rest assured, leave it to me, and I will protect you who are crying and making a fuss as before." ”
Taylor said, turning Jack's chair around and letting him take a good look at the tall buildings outside the window: "Look at these, this qiē outside the window is a qiē that we are suffering for, two minutes later, it is the moment when we succeed, this is our achievement, and in the end you will always understand that you will thank me, we are not just friends, we are also family, we are each other's qiē." ”
Listening to Taylor's incredibly gentle Texans accent coming from behind him, Jack suddenly woke up and immediately said, "No, Taylor, I'm very grateful to you now, thank you for the past few months, we are indeed family, you are like my twin brother, but these ...... That's too much. ”
"So what do you want? Keep turning back into your white-collar job, snuggling up in an apartment where you work so hard to pay rent, lying on a designer couch eating popcorn and watching TV? No, you don't want that, I don't want that. Taylor sneered, his tone changing back to the mockery and languidness of the beginning, and he leaned sideways against the glass and looked at Jack, "It's going to be over." ”
Taylor is indeed stronger than Jack, as he has long known that he is just a sub-personality and will have a lot of personality tricks, such as sudden flashes and so on. But he underestimated Jack's abilities and underestimated the impact he had on Jack, so when the gun in his hand suddenly appeared in Jack's hand, and Jack pointed the muzzle of the gun at him, the look of victory on Taylor's face changed.
"What are you doing here? ”
"That's the only way to stop you. ”
Taylor saw his determination in Jack's face.
Or rather, he saw himself in Jack's eyes, this kind of look, such a look, which Jack had never had before.
"Stop? We're family. Taylor's mouth turned to the corner of his mouth with that strange and unpredictable smile, "Grown up, huh?"
“…… Taylor, I need you to listen to me carefully. ”
“ok。 ”
"I, I've grown up, I'm sober. ”
Jack shot himself.
The bullet passed through Jack's cheek and did not fatally wound him, but a large hole appeared in the back of Taylor's head.