Jonathan looked over carefully, and saw that after Gu Xiaofan buried his head and gasped for a few breaths, he raised his head and was staring at Bell tightly, as if a hunter was observing a prey, he was sweating profusely, not only did he not look depressed and lost, but the corners of his mouth appeared in an arc, and his eyes were full of excitement......

You can feel the surging vitality in his heart boiling, like a child engaged in play, full of joy and curiosity. [Full text reading]

And Bell, who has always been very calm, seems to have noticed a difference, and even showed a subtle demeanor, as if he was looking forward to what novel expressions Gu Xiaofan could perform next.

Suddenly, Jonathan understood what Nolan was talking about...... They feel that it is hard, but in fact, these two people are simply happy to meet opponents...... Gu Xiaofan wants to overwhelm Bell, why doesn't Bell want to meet a "clown" who can surprise him?

"Looks like you're done with the warm-up." Nolan smiled with satisfaction and beckoned, "Xiao Bell, you take a rest first, Xiao Fan, come here." ”

Suddenly interrupted, Bell and Gu Xiaofan both showed angry expressions, turned their heads at the same time, and saw that it was director Nolan, but there was no way, Nolan turned to the side with a calm face, and Gu Xiaofan walked over reluctantly, and said a little unhappily:

"What's the matter, isn't it a rehearsal today? How to stop. ”

"I'm afraid that if I don't stop shouting, you two crazy people will have to perform for three days and three nights." Nolan smiled and pulled him to sit down.

"As long as you give me enough time, I will definitely be able to play the clown well!" Gu Xiaofan said in a deep voice as if he was swearing.

"I don't think so." Nolan waved his hand again and again: "Director Gu, I'm telling you the truth, the reason why I interrupted you is to tell you that the road you are taking now is a dead end." ”

"What do you mean?" Gu Xiaofan's eyebrows jumped, feeling that Nolan was underestimating him.

"Because you've been walking in a cold style, although I can see that you've worked hard and are improving, but if you want to catch up with Bale's level, I'm afraid you'll have to accumulate a few movies." Nolan points out the crux of the problem:

"Don't think I'm underestimating you, on the contrary, I think your level is already very high, it is precisely because your level is very high, so the speed of progress is slower, and the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes, the gap between Bell and you is not big, but it is not something that can catch up in these months."

Gu Xiaofan was stunned when he heard this, the so-called bystander Qing, thinking about Nolan's words carefully, is indeed very reasonable, he really seems to be walking a dead end.

"Then I can't help it?" Gu Xiaofan frowned slightly, looked at Nolan and said helplessly: "Are you disappointed with my current performance?" ”

"Do you know why I know we're going to be directors when we know you're going to play a clown?" Nolan didn't answer the rhetorical question, and his expression became serious.

"You don't want to miss out on a movie as good as The Dark Knight, do you? Maybe you think I'm the mysterious actor who auditioned in the first place. Gu Xiaofan said.

"Nope." Nolan shook his head and looked at him, "I found a trait in you, and I only felt it on the day of Warner's shareholder meeting...... You are not a person with a dark and calm temperament. Saying that, Nolan accentuated his tone:

"On the contrary, you have a very hot and boiling soul, and now, you need to abandon your previous habit of acting as small people, throw away all the skills and shackles on your body, and embark on a new path, release this quality in you, and play a completely different clown, not Bell's, but your ......"

As a director, the most important talent is to have a keen sense of emotions, and Nolan has long discovered that Gu Xiaofan has another potential, that is, the boiling power outside his camera.

"......Do you want him to change his acting method now?" Before Gu Xiaofan could say anything, Jonathan next to him was surprised, you must know that an actor's performance style is accumulated over time and formed over a long period of time, each actor has his own set of familiar styles, and it is not possible to do it in a day or two at all if he suddenly wants to change.

Gu Xiaofan just thought about it for a moment, and then asked, "Then what should I do?" He quickly accepted the fact that he knew that as a director, Nolan's level was above him.

"Your acting style is too calm, no matter what the role itself is, you express it through acting skills, and drive emotions through skills, which is very correct for ordinary characters, because you will be very layered when acting like this." Nolan looked at Gu Xiaofan's eyes:

"It's like, you're a sober and drunken person, your reason is above emotion, and you're trying to play the clown as a sane madman, but the clown is not like that at all, he's not a real person, he's a special being based on an artistic image, he's not a madman at all, he's a pure evil Jesus...... Now I want you to get really drunk, burn your instinct and emotional power, and let your soul itself drive your performance. ”

Gu Xiaofan lowered his head and pondered for a while, and somewhat understood Nolan's words, his performance was from a professional class and had systematic guidance, which was indeed very straightforward.

It's like if he wants to act if he is stabbed, a person who can't act will directly act in the scene of yelling, but he will first act "surprised", then there is a "tension" to assess the situation, and then "pain", delicately acting several layers of emotions, so that it seems real

The role of the clown is very special, if the clown is stabbed, he may laugh hysterically, because there are no three emotions in his mind: "surprise", "nervousness" and "pain".

Gu Xiaofan also understood that he couldn't control the "clown" in a way he was familiar with, but wanted to release him......

Seeing that Gu Xiaofan was pondering, Nolan pointed out the key point and said:

"Xiao Fan, you are used to the acting of the weak, and you care too much about the reaction of others, now you have to try the acting method of the really strong...... With your pure overriding thinking, letting go of all your morals, laws, worldly views, you have to remember that the clown is not a villain, in his heart he is the real evil god......"

Gu Xiaofan closed his eyes while listening, and slowly tried to give up all his rules and constraints, only immersed in that feverish and burning feeling, money, power, **, morality, all these repressed rules let him hell with it, only evil, only real evil, is the most real **** power in people's hearts.

He seemed to have entered such a level at some point...... Yes, he remembered...... At some point in his last audition 3 years ago, he reached this level......

When Gu Xiaofan opened his eyes again, Nolan and Jonathan's pupils both dilated.

They had already noticed that the atmosphere was completely different, and they saw the corners of Gu Xiaofan's mouth slightly raised, revealing a weird smile, but compared to the rotten and indulgent erosive guilt before, the "clown" at this time was more innocent......

The whole person was relaxed and intoxicated, he beckoned to Bell: "Come on, come on~" The voice seemed to be from hell and shuddered, and the demon-like smile was like the flames of hell, scorching and suffocating.

As he walked past, he took on a strange posture, as if the tense back and hidden claws of the xenosaurus were dancing in the magma.

That kind of boiling flame of corruption rushed to the face, as if it was always igniting the most evil and vulnerable place in people's hearts......

Nolan and Jonathan looked at Gu Xiaofan at this moment, and a word jumped out of their hearts at the same time - "awakening"......