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Seeing Li Xiaole bow his head and look at Tom Cruise's expression just now in the camera, Stallone next to him also found him frowning and dissatisfied.

"Lee, what's wrong? Do you think it was bad just now? I've seen that you've been filming this for a day, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Stallone asked in that deep and deep voice, although he is only an actor in the crew, he really plays the role of assistant director in the crew, and he has helped Li Xiaole a lot, of course, this is also to learn the essentials of action design from Li Xiaole.

"Well, Tom is completely wrong...... Li Xiaole shook his head, compared to the original Robert Downey Jr., now Tom Cruise is too far behind.

"I see that you didn't think he acted badly in those scenes before, and Weishenme suddenly raised his requirements for him here?" Stallone asked curiously, in his opinion, although Tom Cruise's acting skills are not top-notch, but they are also very good, playing Tony Stark is decent, superheroes are almost the same, I can't say that he has anything special about him, and even in comparison, he is much better than other superhero actors.

"No, my standards haven't changed." Li Xiaole frowned deeply and said: "Tom can play Iron Man well, but he can't play Tony Stark." ”

"Does it make a difference?" Stallone was stunned when he listened.

"Of course, these are two completely different concepts, Iron Man is an image created in the comics, and Tony Stark is the soul of our film." Li Xiaole explained to Stallone in a deep voice:

"Iron Man is just a figurative symbol, any director, actor can shoot well, and if we want to make Iron Man feel like a real movie, then what we have to do is build the character of Tony Stark."

Almost all fans on Shijie will have a very big misunderstanding in superhero movies, that is, "popcorn-style movies with no connotation" just use big scenes to attract people, as long as it is in line with the image of superheroes, whoever plays the protagonist is the same.

Of course, this is also an impression given by most previous superhero movies, because traditional superhero movies, to put it bluntly, are filming the story of the comics, so that comic fans can see the childhood comics appear in the form of real people in the movie.

But this is actually the simplest superhero movie, strictly speaking, it can't really be called a movie at all, it can only be called a live-action feature film that is a comic book remake.

The reason why the so-called film is called the seventh art is because the film is refined and sublimated on the basis of the original works of art such as novels, dramas or comics, and then evolved into an art form that is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Among all superhero comics, what comic book fans really care about is actually the story of the omnipotent comic book heroes of "Superman" and "Batman", and they do not treat them as a "normal person", but if comics are the art of building "heroes", and movies are precisely the art of talking about "people".

If the comics are not refined, the film will become a mere hero comic...... This is not what Li Xiaole wants, he knows that there is only one point of combination between these two arts, that is, the heroic side, that is, the original appearance of Tony Stark in "Iron Man".

The success of the original "Iron Man" is not because Robert Downey Jr. is handsome in a steel suit to fight villains, but because he has created a deeply rooted Tony Stark.

"You're going to ask Tom Cruise to build the character of Tony Stark and overwhelm the original Iron Man symbol?" Stallone was also stunned when he heard this, and finally understood what Li Xiaole meant, but he immediately shook his head and said:

"Impossible, with such a short space time, it is impossible for an actor to create a good character."

Although many people think that Stallone is an action star, in fact, those who have watched his "Rocky" series know that his acting skills are far superior to those of Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willie, if Stallone is not because of that congenital defect face, he will definitely be one of the top acting schools in Hollywood, so of course Stallone understands the perverted degree of Li Xiaole's request.

For an actor with qualified acting skills, it is not difficult to create a flesh-and-blood character, the real problem is whether the space for the role is not enough, for example, a 40-episode TV series, it is too simple to create a character, even if it is the mainland, those idol stars who are completely inexperienced in South Korea can shape a character more comprehensively.

For movies, the characters who are usually easy to portray are those with more twists and turns, such as Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump", such as Jasmine in "Blue Jasmine".

This reason is actually very simple, another senior filmmaker once commented on the best actress in 2014 "Blue Jasmine", this movie is typical of who will play the heroine, who is very hopeful of winning the Oscar, the reason is that the heroine Jasmine is a character with a huge gap in life, she was originally a socialite beauty, experienced bankruptcy, her husband committed suicide, her stepson ran away, and she moved to her sister's San Francisco home with no way out, and was forced to work as a receptionist in a dental center, and was raped by a dentist. Every day is in the stage of mental breakdown.

Such a feature film gives this character too many twists and turns, too much space, a lot of close-ups, and a lot of informative lines, so that this character is easy to express deeply in the hearts of the people.

The "Iron Man" superhero movie is just the opposite, in this movie, there are many characters, the plot is simple, there are many visual shots, action shots are shown, and various details of the story are described......

In this case, there is too little room for the role to play, and the only thing that can be done is to make it face-painted and highlight a certain trait of the character, then it is considered a success, such as "Spider-Man" to highlight the simplicity and kindness of his character, and Wolverine to highlight his fierce impulse, all of which are used in this method, to show a rich character image? Of course, you can~~ wait for the second part, and the third part will be described slowly...... This is the hard requirement for constructing what the character calls "cinematic space time".

And Li Xiaole is now asking Tom Cruise to portray Tony Stark in such a small number of scenes, which is too difficult......

But Li Xiaole didn't want an ordinary "Iron Man", he wanted a "Iron Man" that surpassed the original, if it weren't for that, he would think he was a complete failure, thinking of this, he beckoned Tom Cruise to come over, put his arm around his shoulders and said:

"Tom, you played Tony very well before, but now that Tony is on the verge of life and death, and he has seen so many terrorists with the weapons he has made, and even seen the scene where terrorists behead Americans, I need this character to make a change of performance...... What I needed was a charismatic and authentic image of a hero. ”

"I understand, I've tried to behave ......" Tom Cruise said with a wry smile, he had actually been thinking about it for a long time, and he had used many ways to behave just now, but Li Xiaole was obviously not satisfied.

"No, your way is too direct, you are too accustomed to expressing your inner emotions directly, although this is very explosive, but it greatly weakens the real moving sense of human nature." Li Xiaole succinctly pointed out Tom Cruise's shortcomings.

Although this handsome guy's acting skills have been improving, his acting style is very simple, he is very good at mobilizing his inner emotions, and then erupting like a volcano, shining a huge impact on the camera, which is also the most direct way to express the role, Tom Cruise excavates his heart is very sincere, and all feelings are also very strong, but it always gives people a feeling of overpower, which is his biggest problem.

"The authenticity of a mature man? I don't understand what you mean. Tom Cruise obviously didn't understand, and Stallone next to him was also very interested in how Li Xiaole would mention Tom Cruise.

"Let me say so." Li Xiaole thought for a moment before trying to explain:

"The characters you played before, most of them were young people with direct tempers, what was in their hearts, they would express what they were thinking, they were easily excited, they could say it directly, and you were also very good at acting, for example, when you just saw your 'your Stark' weapon being used by the villain, you showed some anger and pain...... But the real Tony Stark is someone who can really transcend these emotions and control himself. ”

"It's easy...... It would be nice to be more restrained. Stallone couldn't help but interject next to him, he was like that in "Rocky", many times he lowered his voice, or was more silent.

"But if you're too restrained, how do you express clear emotions to the audience?" Li Xiaole asked rhetorically.

"Well...... Stallone was speechless, looking at Tom Cruise, who also raised his eyebrows to make a helpless expression.

This is the difference between movies and life, men who can control their emotions in life are usually very introverted and seem a little unfathomable, making it impossible for people to understand the meaning behind his words, but if the truth in the movie is so real, it will make the audience unable to distinguish and be confused...... If there is "space time", the protagonist's heart can be shaped through the side story and the lines of the supporting characters, and the protagonist can pretend to be cool, but movies of the type "Iron Man" do not have this "space time" at all......

For example, George Cruise and Michael Keaton have tried to portray Bruce Wayne in "Batman", which reflects the audience's emotional ambiguity about this character, and many times they don't know what this Batman is thinking...... It's hard for fans to accept.

To put it simply, there is a fundamental contradiction between creating a protagonist with depth and a fast-paced superhero movie, and the two logics are completely incompatible, so most actors play the protagonist of a superhero movie It seems very simple and empty, which is the reason.

Tom Cruise and Stallone looked at Li Xiaole at the moment, thinking to themselves, could Li Xiaole solve this academic knot in the movie?