Chapter 120: The fighting spirit is bearing
Although the two leading actors decided to join at the last moment, Catherine, the producer, has never given up the pre-preparation, and with Weinstein joining, as soon as the upfront funds are in place, the entire crew runs as fast and accurate as a machine, and the Hollywood industrial chain exerts its power. The sets, the costumes, the props – the supporting actors were already under contract – and when Jenny checked into the Homewood by Hilton Hamilton, director David Brown. Finch has already begun to give Christopher a lecture, "Roger's feelings for the first Sally are as they are in Lolita: Sally is the light of his life, the fire of his soul. Compared to the aging Roger, Sally is like a new spark, almost at first sight, Roger was attracted to Sally, the Sally in his eyes is pure, fragile, and represents all the good in the world, while Roger himself is greasy and tired, he has no confidence in himself, and even some self-loathing, Sally's appearance represents his self-redemption ......"
It was their first meeting after the audition, and as soon as Jenny stepped out of the elevator, she heard the sound of talking from the opposite room, and she hardly thought about it, handed her luggage to Mary, turned directly to the door of the opposite room, and listened cross-legged.
The sun was shining outside the window, and the heating in Canada was still very hot in late March, so Christopher's dress was no different from when he was in Los Angeles, and he was still the standard wearing of polo and slacks, but his temperament had changed a lot from the last time Jenny met him, he sat on the edge of the bed, covered his mouth with one hand, although he was aware of Jenny's arrival, he did not lose his attention, and still looked at David intently, listening to his explanation. "So it's not hard to understand why Roger washed his hands twice after Sally showed up. Sally's cleanliness made him aware of his filth. Roger's inferiority complex runs through the script and is his dark line, although Sally has more room to perform, but it does not mean that Roger does not have room to play. ”
Generally speaking, directors with a strong personal style are a bit of a drama maniac. Marshall is a little bit of that, but Gore. Wibinski and David. Frank's craftsmanship is a little heavier. And Fincher - needless to say, he has made "Fight Club" and "Seven Deadly Sins", although he talks and looks elegant, but when it comes to movies, the feeling of fanatical and burning life can be seen at a glance. Speaking of this, he beckoned to Jenny, "Jennifer, you come to play with Chris, he still has some doubts about the second shot tomorrow." ”
The first shot of the crew is generally not difficult, due to the complexity of this drama, in order to help the actors establish a sense of drama, the shooting sequence is roughly according to the script time, and tomorrow's second shot is actually the first shot of the whole film, that is, the first acquaintance process of Roger and Sally.
At the previous audition, Jenny and Christopher were both matched with high. Tide drama, this scene Jenny is also the first time to match Christopher, she took the script and confirmed that she had no lines, "Is it here?" ”
"No, in the hallway, there's more space there." David instructed Jenny around the hallway, "You just walk, just do the same thing Sally did in this scene, just relax and walk over." ”
Jenny and Christopher looked at each other, and Christopher narrowed his eyes at her slightly, his chin raised, his expression a little defiant—it was clear that the moody superstar was now in aggressive mode again, using a simple rehearsal as a stage for competition.
If she wants to play, who has she been afraid of? Jenny smiled disdainfully at him, then turned her head and cooperated with David to communicate her position, and when she walked to the designated point and stood up, she took a soft breath with her back to the two men, and skillfully activated her housekeeping skill: the empathy golden finger for bullying children......
Because she herself is not the kind of talented actor who can easily immerse herself in the role, coupled with the choice of goldfinger, before the start of filming of each film, Jenny will actually sort out her acting ideas and determine the performance method.
Judging from the original book, the heroine has a total of five personalities: the cowardly Sally, the amorous Bele, the naïve Dai Rui, the knowledgeable Nala and the violent Ginny, each personality has its own background story, Sally is the main personality, because she can't face her lonely and failed life, in order to solve various problems in life, Sally split the remaining four personalities. The book tells the story of how Roger healed Sally into a complete 'fifth Sally'. But the script has changed a lot to this story, and it has integrated some of the storylines of "24 Billy", so in the script, although the heroine still has five personalities, the naïve and mischievous Dai Rui has been changed into a kind and happy character, and her mind has also been lowered to an untainted girl. Fincher's 'Lolita theory' is very correct, and the psychological age difference between Roger and Dai Rui is almost too big to cause controversy.
How to use the shell of a twenty-year-old to play the image of a girl who has not been contaminated by the world, this is of course a challenge to the actor - it is precisely the part that Jenny is most afraid of, although this film is very difficult at first glance, and it seems that it is not possible to use a golden finger, but this is just a preliminary impression, Jenny has a way to reduce the difficulty after reading the script: she can divide Sally, the most complex psychological activity, and the most special personality into her own role, without empathizing with the golden finger, The few remaining personalities with only one-sided traits use empathy goldfingers, for example, Bele can empathize with Marilyn. Monroe, and Nala can empathize with Miranda in "Prada", Dai Rui is simpler, just find a young girl in the movie to empathize, and Ginny, Jenny has a bolder idea for her, she wants to change Ginny into a male personality, empathize with a perverted murderer or something, think about it.
Of course, in the final film, these personalities will not occupy too much time, so she can do this, and the Sally personality who really undertakes the heavy responsibilities of inner drama and rival drama still has to be played by Jenny herself. However, this can indeed significantly reduce the difficulty, and Jenny does not have to worry about being too involved in the role and causing mental confusion or even collapse, so although it seems that the purpose of honing her acting skills cannot be achieved by being tricky, she still does not hesitate to adopt such a lazy strategy.
As for Dai Rui who will appear in this scene, she chose the elf princess in "The Lord of the Rings", which is also a well-thought-out choice: if you directly choose a 13 or 4-year-old child to empathize, the effect will of course be original, but Jenny thought that this would make the effect worse after watching the simulated performance, she estimated that the person who wrote the script did not expect that she could really play the girl very girly, if you add costumes and makeup, she looks likely to be really only 14 or 5 years old, after all, European and American children are 14, Some of them are already very mature at the age of 5, so the middle-aged Roger is fascinated by her, which will make the whole movie creepy and have a great love. Childish suspicions. Anyway, if you want a pure and refined image, the elf princess is still quite suitable. And in the plot related to Dai Rui, basically Dai Rui's mood is very happy, and a piece of empathy and her performance are enough to pass the test.
Picking a clip of the princess slowly walking towards the human king Aragorn, Jenny activated the golden finger with ease. The natural joy and love of the elves, the joy of life, the love of nature, suddenly poured into her heart, and the ecstasy of being about to tie the knot with her sweetheart...... After she withdrew from the entertainment space, there were still strong traces of emotion, even the most ordinary wallpaper seemed to make people laugh, and the window at the end of the corridor, how beautiful and joyful the sky light was through......
Dai Rui smiled all the way to the place designated by David, and when she passed by Roger, she looked curiously at this (still) very handsome psychiatrist, Roger stared at her stupidly, her eyes were full of amazement, and this expression also made Dai Rui very happy, she bit her lip, shyly smiled away, and then continued to walk forward.
“Good。” David gave a thumbs-up with an appreciative look on his face and whispered, but instead did not interrupt the performance, instead motioned for Jenny to get out of the way with him and let 'Roger' return to his 'office'.
According to the script, Roger passed by Dai Rui while eating a hamburger, and because he was so amazing, he got the mustard on his hands, so when he returned to the office, he went straight to the bathroom and began to wash the mustard on his hands. At first, he was still thinking about Dai Rui, so the expression on his face was a little silly, and he smiled very devotedly - however, because of his outstanding appearance, such a secret joy was not disgusting or laughing, but very contagious, making people blush and heartbeat a little.
However, Roger quickly glanced at himself in the mirror casually, his expression also changed, the corners of his mouth glanced down, and his eyes became a little sad, when he finished washing his hands, Roger walked out, looked at his fingers over and over, and then turned back to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and began to scrub his fingers vigorously. - In the script, Roger's hands have been called out by a ballpoint pen, and the staining is not easy to wash off, and this callus makes him feel his aging and dirt, so he washes it very hard, almost masochistically.
“Excellent!” David applauded softly, Christopher slammed off the faucet, closed his eyes and took a few breaths, then adjusted his professional calm expression, and turned back and said, "I seem to have a grasp of Roger's feelings for Dai Rui." ”
"I think so, too." This rehearsal was a great pleasure for David, who looked back and forth at Jenny and Christopher without sparing his compliments, "There is a great chemistry between you and Jennifer, and I feel that you can stimulate each other's performances and make each other's performances more perfect - I have to go to the filming session, and hopefully tomorrow in the venue, you can repeat today's great performance." ”
Jenny and Christopher glanced at each other, and the corners of Christopher's lips curled slightly, not without the meaning of demonstration: from the scene just now, it is true that his performance is more difficult than Jenny.
Jenny just rolled her eyes, said goodbye to David, and went straight back to her room, Mary had almost packed her luggage, "How's it going?" I've just watched it, and you're still doing so well, Jenny. ”
"I'll take care of the rest, where's your room card? You go and check in, and we'll go out for a walk together and find a fruit and vegetable supermarket......"
Mary obediently left, and Jenny began to sort out her skincare products, and it took her moment to notice Christopher standing by the door, "What?" Mr. Hanks, are you looking for me? ”
Chris took his place beside the bed, "Cesa said I had better apologize for what happened that day, so, here I am, Jennifer, I did the wrong thing that day, please forgive me." ”
Although the words were decent, his tone completely injected another meaning into the words, and Jenny straightened up, one hand on her hip, "Why, now are you going to play the trick of 'I'm a childish little ghost, so I'm going to provoke you on purpose'?" ”
Christopher's face was rightly innocent and naughty again, and he laughed and pointed to Jenny's hand, "And now you're going to play the trick of 'show off the ring by all means'?" Well, it's a beautiful, expensive engagement ring, and it's so dazzling - happy? Jennifer, forgive me? ”
"You're so naïve, Christopher." Jenny waved at him like a chick, "Go find another guy to dance with you, I'm going to clean up the room." ”
Christopher flattened his lips and made an exaggerated expression of frustration, "You don't really hate me, Jen - but I don't want to go to anyone else, your chemistry with me is so strong - I'm almost dazed by you, I'm like staying with you." ”
This kind of lowly man would take his words seriously, Jenny was going to laugh at herself for being stupid, and she let out a sharp 'ha', "Funny, do you mind saying this to your girlfriend?" ”
"You mean Michelle? We broke up. Christopher shrugged, "Now in front of you is a happy bachelor." ”
“Huh?” It has been half a month since the last dinner, and Jenny paused before waving her hand, "So what?" The woman in front of you is still engaged. ”
"I didn't say anything," Christopher said meekly, "I really compliment you, Jane, this diamond ring is really beautiful and tasteful, did Josh pick it himself?" ”
"Then you'll have to ask him." Jenny said she turned around and straightened out the jars, hoping her attitude would force Christopher away.
"How much? I saw that the magazine said at least 1.5 million, is it so expensive? Christopher didn't seem to notice her coldness at all.
"It's not that expensive, about a million." There's no way Jenny can ignore him entirely, after all, they'll be working together for almost three months.
“Hmmm。” Christopher dragged on for a long time, and he asked in a consultative tone, "Do you each take half of it?" Or does he pay? ”
How can an engagement ring be half a person? What does he mean? Did Cesare tell him? It can't be, Cesare doesn't have that many mouths, Judy says leaky? Jenny hesitated for a moment, then realized that she had screwed up: for a normal fiancé, this sentence could certainly be answered without thinking about it.
She felt Christopher's gaze, and the atmosphere made her feel like a catastrophe was coming, but Jenny still held on to hope, she took a deep breath, turned her height and raised her head, and said with certainty and impatience, "Of course Josh paid it, although he is not as popular as you, but thank you for bothering, the money to buy a diamond ring is not enough to ask the woman to pay." ”
This is a reasonable excuse, but Christopher didn't listen at all, he bounced up from the mattress, approached Jenny step by step, pointed his finger at her and tapped gently, his eyes were shining, and he smiled proudly, Jenny couldn't help himself, and was forced by him in front of the dresser, "What are you doing!" ”
"Stop insulting my IQ any more." Christopher shook his finger in a slurp, and he lowered his voice, saying in an affirmative, suggestive tone, "There was a pretty, hypocritical woman in front of me, who, as rumored to be, was indeed a fake betrothed - and she thought I couldn't see it." ”
Jenny tried to speak, but Christopher snorted, "Are you going to continue to lie to me, Jen?" ”
"I just don't think it has anything to do with you." Jenny said calmly that she would never admit anything positively anyway. "Now, if you don't want to try it again—"
She stepped lightly on the floor, and Christopher jumped away, but the smirk on his face didn't change, "Why punish me for my rightness, Jane?" ”
"Sooner or later, you will find that David is right—that there is a great deal of learning-reverse---
He bites the word chemistry hard, Jenny picks up a sponge and throws it in his direction, Christopher laughs and runs back to his room, "We can stab each other-provoke each other-"
Jenny strode to the door, and Christopher Bar winked at her at her door, "And now, I'm single, and so are you—"
Before he could say anything more excessive, Jenny ended his teasing with a middle finger, and she threw herself through the door, silently knocking her head on the door as Christopher laughed across the door.
Great, that's what she needed - the secret was discovered on the first day of the ninety days by the damn and somehow unnecessarily clever Christopher -
Jenny was silently depressed for a few seconds before she took a deep breath, sat on the bed to adjust her posture, and entered the acting space: Christopher's lowly character inspired her fighting spirit, and she would never scruple to press the scene on the set tomorrow, on the contrary, she would do her best to overshadow Christopher's performance, so that he would be overshadowed and reduced to a foil under her brilliance, so that Christopher would remember the humiliation of being crushed in the past three months when he thought of her in his long life......
The author has something to say: It's updated, although it's late, but it's a lot of words~
It's cold, a little rhinitis, I haven't slept well these days, I'm also very drowsy during the day, and I don't have much energy, so the manuscript is consumed. But I finally got some clothes today (because I was lazy the other day...... It's always frozen...... I'm in a much better mood today, and I should be able to write the manuscript back in a few days!