"Smack-"

The wooden door of the old bar was pushed open, and the afterglow of the sun outside shone into the dimly lit room, and a bright light reflected back.

"You can be 10 minutes early today."

Bar owner and bartender Darwin stood in the bar, wiping the glass with his hand, the sun shining on the glass and immediately reflecting back, without raising his head and doing his own work, "Do you want to try the new Mexican beer today?" ”

"So accurate?" Sean lifted his watch and smiled slightly, "I think maybe the sun left work early today." ”

"Well, maybe winter is coming to an end." Darwin looked up and pressed a glass of beer, thick hops welling up, "Pasta and sausages for dinner today?" ”

"The same old way. Remember to be spicy. ”

Sean casually hung his trench coat on the hanger on the side, sat down on the bar, knocked on the elm bar, looked around left and right, and asked curiously, "Old Ham and Old Jack are late today?" ”

The beer was pushed in front of Sean, the warm bar room, drinking a glass of cold beer, Sean smashed the bar, the taste of Lao Mo's beer was not as chaotic as in their country, and it seemed very light.

"Oh, Indiana is in Staples tonight, and those two guys are going to cheer on the team! You know, Indiana is our fierce rival this year. ”

Darwin turned and pointed to the TV hanging on the wall not far away, which was playing the Lakers' wonderful goal replay footage this season, "Shaq and Peter Pan have performed well this season, plus Horry and Glen Rice, I think this year's championship must belong to us." ”

"Of course...... Oh, Shet, this really worries me! ”

Glancing at the Lakers' highlights, Sean noticed that Darwin mentioned the Indiana Pacers, and couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head, "Although I support the Lakers, you know, the other team is my hometown, so it's rare for me to remain neutral this time." ”

This year, the Indiana Pacers are also extraordinary, not only because of the team's superstar Reggie Miller, but also because of the help around him. So Sean understands why Ham Sr. and Jack Sr. both went to Staples Arena to cheer on the team.

The Pacers are the seeded players in the East and may meet the Lakers in the Finals. At times like these, it's only natural that loyal fans will go to the stadium to cheer on the home team.

Sean took a beer and found a corner, in fact, there were few people in the whole bar, and the corners were all the same clean. It's just Sean's habit.

"Still reading books about insurance? Maybe you can get an insurance certificate. Darwin brought a plate of pasta and sausages and put it in front of Sean, glanced at the schoolbag in Sean's hand, and couldn't help but tease, "I've never seen anyone so interested in such a book." Some time ago, you watched psychology, and this time you actually looked at insurance, do you want to finish the exam as a psychological counselor or insurance planner? Oh, these are all popular majors! ”

"That's a good idea, maybe I'll get a certificate in the next two days. At least it's a money-making business......" Sean put down the book, smiled and pulled over the plate, picked up a note of pasta with a fork, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "The pasta you make is still so authentic, Darwin!" ”

Darwin, who walked back to the bar, responded with a smile and a thumbs up from Sean, and the old man was very proud of Sean's compliment.

During this time, Sean threw himself into the script, and his mind was all on the preparation of "Memory Fragments". When Nolan and Sean mentioned that the actor's identity was an investigator for an insurance company, Sean bought some insurance-related expertise from a bookstore to read as an after-dinner leisure book.

This is a basic lesson for Sean. At the very least, he needs to understand the professional knowledge of the male protagonist. Next to the book is an A4-sized notebook with scribbles and words on it.

Protagonist: Leonardo Shelby, age 25-30 years old, position: insurance company, nature of work, to prevent fraud, to avoid customer fraud insurance. Personality, hobbies, habits, whether you smoke or not, smoking brand, sex life, habits......

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There are a lot of things that Sean wrote down casually in the notebook, including his analysis of the actor's personality and the three-dimensional shaping of the character. This role is a new challenge for Sean.

The character is fictional, and the clinical manifestations of this symptom are not particularly accurately located, and Sean cannot go about trying experientially. But there are many details in the script that Sean needs to analyze and extend and shape. This requires Sean to be well prepared.

Analyzing-Extending-Shaping, this is what Sean needs to do at this stage.

Nolan gave him a general introduction to the character, but the details were not explained to Sean, or it was equivalent to untying Sean, allowing him to shape his character more freely, giving him a lot of freedom. And it is this broad positioning that really makes Sean need to work hard.

During this time, Sean has been trying to analyze the protagonist Shelby, why he forgets, why he is unwilling to accept some facts, and some of his small actions and words in the script. This kind of inquiry is called in-depth character exploration in an actor's performance, a three-dimensional analysis of the character's personality, which requires the study of the meaning behind the character, including the tone of his lines, as well as the habits and small actions that fit his identity.

Of course, Sean won't know these terms, and you can't expect a veteran soldier to explore these majors in the same scientific way as a top student at the Los Angeles Film School.

But Sean will shape the character's character in the simplest way, according to the development of the script, and then extend it, and then substitute it into life. This extension makes the character of Leonardo Shelby clearer and fuller in Sean's mind.

Of course, this method also varies from person to person, and this is just a small habit that Sean has developed. This method was jokingly called "character cards" by Old Ham and Old Jack. This name Shawn thinks is accurate. He's really making character cards.

Many actors have the habit of making "character cards". Now Hollywood's rising stars Mark Damon and Ben Affleck are making good use of this approach. They are different from Bell's in-depth experience, and are more accustomed to constantly pushing the characters into the play.

It is said that the "Soul Catcher", which made the pair famous in Hollywood, was thanks to the two people's deduction of the characters. Of course, Sean's approach is very different from that of his brothers, but the essence is the same, all of them are shaping and enriching the characters.

Previously, Sean had tried experiential performances, which were very limited. Later, Sean met the old guy Albert Finney in "Uncompromising", and the silent performance of this old drama calmed Sean, who was a little smug who had originally embarked on the experiential way, and that set of performance theories bombarded Xiao scum, making him, a non-professional wild man, understand for the first time that there is a method school in addition to the experiential school.

This led to Sean's study of the Gladiator script, as well as an exploration of Roman history, the customs, culture, economy, and even a simple royal etiquette of the time. Sean doesn't dare to say that he fully understands this method, but at least he thinks that this method is really beneficial for actors to get into the role.

This logical brain-burning script is different from that epic drama, Sean is from point to point, he didn't think too much about the background of the movie, nor did he explore too much of the atmosphere of the whole play, but focused on the characters, to be precise, on the character of Leonardo Shelby, very single-minded.

Someone has said that every movie is a life, and Sean doesn't think there's anything wrong with this argument. Because there is no kind of life that can be carried on by repetition and reproduction. The same goes for movies. This determines the state of the previous play, and Sean can't bring it into this play.

There can't even be traces of the previous play. When many viewers watch movies, they often see an actor with a supernatural performance in one play, but then the next play becomes a scum with five combat effectiveness.

Sometimes it's because of the effects of the script, and sometimes it's because of the fluctuations in the actor's state. So after talking to Nolan, Sean resolutely decided to start with characters. This is Sean's original intention in creating character cards.

In "Gladiator", Sean pushed to the point with faces, and through the study and research of the general environment, he entered the role and created the character of Commodius. This time, he did the opposite, choosing to use the role to drive the film environment.

The way the character cards are prepared is also the inspiration that Sean had after reading the script of "Memory Fragments". At first, Sean felt that this was a bit like writing a character introduction to a game title, and he was a little unaccustomed to it. But as Sean persevered, this approach stimulated Sean's inspiration, and every time he wrote down a feature, Sean would carefully verify it.

This is also the reason why Sean has been in retreat for so many days.

During this time, Nicolas Cage called Sean and asked Sean to go to the party. Russell Crowe also called to remind Sean that he was having another party. Anyway, Sean pushed away all the entertainment that could be pushed, and just soaked in the script of "Memory Fragments".

If anyone in this world is more familiar with this script, it must be Nolan and his younger brother Jonathan Nolan. But if you ask anyone in this world who is more familiar with Leonardo Sher than this character, it must be Sean.

Hollywood is an impetuous place, where the air is filled with particles called vanity.

Compared with this big atmosphere, Sean is rarely down-to-earth.

This makes him perhaps not as famous as the ethereal drama that others desire, but he will definitely get more and more stable.

Sean believes that he has not forgotten his original purpose until now. I'm an actor myself. ** The dream of passing, the pursuit of the simplest. When the person finally climbs the peak, it must be the climber who is concentrating on the road.

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