Chapter 93: The Metaphor Behind the Character
Sharon Stone and William Morris Brokerage reacted quickly and immediately held a press conference to point out Jude and New Line's "bad intentions."
On the TV screen, Sharon Stone's agent faced a bunch of microphones and angrily stated: "This is the most shameless act I have ever encountered in my career, the assistant involved was fired on the same day, her personal words and deeds do not represent Sharon's attitude, but this matter has been used by some people with ulterior motives to promote and hype their own movies, if everyone continues to report and discuss this matter, in fact, they have fallen into the trajectory of those people, I'm sure that their group must be watching in front of the TV now, With a satisfied smile on their faces, because that's what they want to see. ”
Jude turned his head, looked at Kate with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Is my expression really as obvious as he said now?" ”
Kate glared at him a little speechlessly, feeling that it was really inadequate.
"I think you're going to hold up a sign right now that says I'm proud."
Jude rubbed his nose and pretended not to understand Kate's sarcasm.
"Sharon Stone's agent is very powerful, not only pushing his own responsibility away, but also shifting the focus of the incident and successfully dressing himself up as the victim party."
"Speaking of diversion, aren't you doing the same thing?" Kate flipped through the script in her hand, apparently losing interest in the TV news and not wanting to continue the discussion with Jude.
Jude picked up the remote control, raised his hand to turn off the TV, leaned over to Kate and asked, "How are you ready?" ”
"I've almost memorized the lines, but after reading the script carefully, I found a problem." Kate quickly flipped the script to the middle, where her most important scene in The Seven Deadly Sins was played, and Mills invited Shamoses to his home to dinner with him and his wife, which was the main focus of Kate's films.
She pointed to one of the lines: "In the couple's cramped apartment, Samose fired a gun to prepare for dinner, and a piece of paper fell to the ground. I reminded him that something had been dropped. He picked it up. And then I asked, what is this? This is my future, he said. I said that if David saw it, he would definitely say, 'You're gay'...... This conversation is actually implying that Samose is gay, which is why he is almost forty years old and not married. ”
Jude didn't expect Kate to read the script so carefully, and even noticed such a small detail, nodded and said: "In the script revised by the new line company before, this paragraph was deleted, and later Andrew showed me his original script, and I thought this setting was very good, so I stayed." ”
"But wouldn't that be a homosexual offense?" Kate is a little worried that the mainstream American society in this era has a relatively conservative attitude towards homosexuality, especially in some conservative states in the south, homosexuality is resolutely resisted, especially the content of "The Seven Deadly Sins" is also related to religion, and in Catholic teachings, homosexuality is burned at the stake, although it will not be so extreme in reality, but discrimination and exclusion will definitely exist.
"It's not as serious as you think, it's just a very subtle hint, and I'm sure most people will have a hard time discovering this problem during the first movie, and the main role of this plot is not to tell everyone that Mills is gay, but to show that Mills, that is, the character I play, is conservative."
Jude pointed to the last line of the episode, "This line, 'If David sees it, he will definitely say you're gay,' because this person is from the suburbs or the middle of the United States, and he is naturally disgusting and gay." He had never been exposed to homosexuality, but he felt that he knew everything, and all the tragedies that happened to him in the end actually contained a faint irony for people like him. ”
Kate frowned and reminded, "If your true intentions are discovered by everyone, you will definitely offend many people." ”
Jude had an indifferent attitude towards this, shrugged his shoulders and said: "You can never satisfy everyone, some people will like this movie, naturally some people will hate it, the problem of homosexuality is actually like racial discrimination, the more people will be more tolerant in the future, I hope that the movie I made will not only be liked by people now, ten or twenty years later, this movie will be mentioned by people again, I hope everyone still thinks this is a good movie." ”
Kate was easily conquered by Jude's words, put her arm around him and said seriously, "I'm sure you can do it." ”
"Speaking of acting, maybe you can help me with a reference."
Jude put down the script in his hand, got up and went to the bedroom to bring out a large bag, which was filled with all kinds of ties, which were sent by the costume designer of the "Seven Deadly Sins" crew, and asked Jude to choose the tie he wanted to wear during filming.
"What do you think of these?"
Jude holds a tie that has been tied on a hanger; There are all kinds of patterns, including baseball, basketball, football, and a pattern similar to a football, which is hung around Kate's neck for Kate to help with ideas.
Kate turned around and leaned on the back of the couch and asked Jude to put one of them on for her to see the effect.
"How?" Jude quickly straightened his bow tie and looked in the mirror to look at himself and feel good before turning to Kate for an evaluation.
"You're going to play in a tie like this?" Kate frowned slightly, with a look of disgust.
Jude subconsciously looked down, not realizing that he had a problem.
"What's wrong?"
"It's too earthy, these are outdated designs." Kate tells the truth.
"Really?" Jude didn't see any embarrassment on his face, but was a little complacent, "That means that I have a good eye, and I picked what I wanted." ”
Kate was shocked.
"What do you say? Acting in a movie with such a tie, this is the costume effect you want? ”
Jude explains: "Don't forget that my character is a police detective who has just arrived in a big city from a small town and is going through an awkward adjustment phase, which is just right for him, and in terms of the sexiness of the character, he doesn't care what his tie looks like." ”
"But his wife cares, and women always care about these things." Kate got up and walked over to Jude and carefully straightened his tie, "Of course, I don't have a problem with you insisting on wearing these strips, but remember to play a tie festival when you shoot officially, the Windsor Festival you are playing now is not like the habit that a policeman from a small place should have." ”