Comments from the outside world are flying everywhere, but the crew led by Levy is also filming their own at this time.

At this moment, in front of the camera, in a room that looks quite elegant and quiet, an old man in a wheelchair is looking up at a new artwork on the wall, a connoisseur is explaining the meaning of the painting to the old man, and the caregiver standing next to him is also making his own comments.

"The author of this painting is ingenious and fully embodies the beauty of art from a special structure......

The connoisseur's voice made the old man show a little approving attitude, but the caregiver on the side could not agree.

"Just a puddle of nosebleeds? Can you see so many things? Listening to the connotation of the connoisseur's painting, Liszt came over very dissatisfied, he didn't understand any of these things, and felt that they were all blind, "I'll just ask a question, how much is this puddle of nosebleeds?" ”

"About $30,000."

The price made the blacks turn their heads and widen their eyes at the whites in wheelchairs.

"Thirty thousand dollars? Buying a puddle of nosebleeds? Hey, if you want a puddle of nosebleeds, I can make you better, much cheaper than that, and, if you want, as much as you want. ”

The connoisseur's face was stunned, and the white man in the wheelchair had a slightly tolerant smile on his face, but he couldn't help but laugh at this time, which should have passed lightly.

"Stop."

Seeing this scene, Levy had to shout to stop on the side. Bridges, who was in a wheelchair, also stood up when he heard his voice, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, director, it was my mistake." I shouldn't be laughing, but this guy's expression is so funny......"

"I'm supposed to be funny here......" said little Cuba. Godin spread his hands helplessly, "Isn't that what you want?" ”

"I said it was my mistake, I'm sorry." Bridges shook her head again.

"It's okay. We can do it again. ”

To Bridges' director, Levy smiled and said forgiveness. This made Bridges smile again, and sat down without saying anything.

He is quite grateful for the director's attitude: the director knows that it is difficult for people with disabilities to act, and he is very tolerant of him, which is a blessing for the actor.

In fact, as early as the 90s, Hollywood already had a deep experience in performing for people with disabilities. From Forrest Gump to that time. In the treatment of the amputated legs, computer special effects are already used, and many people are already shooting these scenes.

And this time, Bridges was faced with the challenge of filming a completely paralyzed man, a slightly more difficult performance.

The body of a paralyzed person is almost completely immobile, and to perform such a role, not only does it require the whole body to be tied, but the human body is connected everywhere. The paralysis of the body will also have a great impact on people's movements and demeanor, and at the same time. People who are paralyzed in bed need to take a lot of medication, and the drugs can also have some side effects on people, from muscle stiffness to dilated eyes. It's not easy to perform all of this well.

Moreover, I want to behave well as a person with a disability. In addition to the physical problems that need to be performed, the psychological problems are also very important.

As people with disabilities, they have common characteristics: the unique loneliness of the disabled, the inferiority complex mixed with self-esteem, the sensitivity and suspicion, and at the same time the emotional instability, but the weak have a stronger sympathy, while the physically disabled often have a strong self-restraint ability, a high tolerance for the surroundings, but they are mentally accumulating emotions.

The psychology of people with disabilities is inevitably a little different from that of normal people. In fact, at the very beginning of this movie, it is a story of a rich man who is psychologically sensitive, has too strong self-esteem, and cannot accept the sympathy of others.

These aspects are more difficult to express than physical disabilities.

People value normal people to play disabilities, because normal people are very different from normal people from their actions and demeanor to their language and mentality.

In 89, in order to perform a good performance, Dai Lewis insisted on not using his right foot on the set during the filming, and during the whole filming, he acted like a real disabled person, experiencing the movements and emotions of the disabled, so as to show a disabled person vividly. It's not easy to play this kind of role well.

Now, Bridges can't insist on being paralyzed during filming - there is a big difference between being lame and being paralyzed, and of course he has made some experiential attempts, trying to stay still for a long time, but he can't move completely like a paralyzed person.

That's just too hard.

Thankfully, Levy didn't ask him to do that.

In terms of the paralyzed person's physical performance, Levy did not deliberately shoot some scenes that are difficult to embody. In the vast majority of scenarios, all Bridges needs is to sit in a wheelchair and not need more movement. And a small number of scenes of performing the hardships of paralyzed people, such as taking a bath, turning over, and taking a car when going out, Levy is also specially arranged, trying to use special camera angles to reduce the difficulty of some performances.

Many times, relying on the angle of editing and the camera, some of the actors' acting skills can be covered up, but it is difficult to say whether the director is willing to do such work. Sometimes the director pays more attention to the overall effect of the movie and is unwilling to sacrifice the movie for the actors, but some directors are willing to make some arrangements for the actors, and the subtle differences in this may not be understood by young actors, but people like Bridges who have been mixed all their lives know it very well.

Levy has always been said to be good at digging talent, and at this point, he really does a good job.

And not only that, in addition, in the arrangement of the scenes, Levy has also made a lot of modifications.

In the original film, the old rich man Philip did almost nothing, he just watched the black man Liszt go on a rampage, and then used his financial resources to clean up the mess for him. Although it is emphasized in the film that this is because Liszt does not treat him as a disabled person, but treats him as a normal person and does not discriminate against him, such a blind indulgence also makes the disabled characteristics of Philip's character not reflected.

Levy also turned to the original novel for this, but he found that in the original novel, such a problem also existed. After all, this book is the autobiographical novel of a white rich man, and although he is grateful to the black care, deep down, he still can't escape the influence of class and race, and the attitude of being superior to himself and treating friendship as a charity is also inevitable in the novel.

These are the things that Levy needs to change. In the movie, he also added some plots after obtaining the consent of the original author: in terms of character creation, he strengthened the loneliness of the white rich man who used to only focus on his career, alienated his relatives, and the loneliness of not being able to get the attention of his relatives after being paralyzed, and the suspicion that others only came for his own money, and at the same time, in the movie, he also made the white rich man show some sympathy and tolerance for black people, and on the other hand, strengthened his psychological characteristics.

What is the psychological characteristics of a person, depending on the structure and conflict of the plot, can be strengthened. In the original, this aspect was not particularly strong, but now, Levy can also be strengthened.

And with these reinforcements, it is much easier for Bridges to show that he is disabled again.

Of course, as a veteran actor, Bridges himself also has his own standards for these performances. Although Levy gave him a lot of convenience, it didn't make him relax: he knew very well how difficult it was to succeed, and when he finally met a director who helped him, he had to work harder, perform the film better, and play at a better level.

Therefore, when performing, he also works very hard: for example, playing a paralyzed disabled person, many people like to use some techniques to limit their activity space, making themselves more like a disabled person, but Bridges does not do this. He didn't put any restrictions on his body, he just had to overcome this problem with his acting skills.

Of course, it's harder. However, with his efforts, the filming of the movie is indeed better than Levy's imagination, so Levy tolerates occasional minor problems.

It's just that it also wears out Bridges.

"To be honest, I've never noticed before that being paralyzed is such a bad thing. The only thing I hope for now is that when I'm old, I won't be paralyzed. ”

In between filming, Bridges also joked with Levy. And what makes Levy quite interesting is that this old man is 55 years old, but he is not convinced of old age at all.

"If you really have a paralysis one day, I'll really go and work as a nurse for you."

Little Cuba on the side. Godin also made a joke at this point.

As another lead actor, he plays a caregiver in the movie, his personality is very easy-going, with a sense of humor like a comedian, and he often jokes casually on the set.

"Forget it, I can't afford to hire you, and your caregiving skills are a nightmare." Bridges responded to him with a smile.

Actually, in order to shoot this film, Little Cuba. Godin also did some nursing studies, but such a short semester could only allow him to learn a similar shape, the meticulous work of a real nursing worker, and he still couldn't learn too much similar.

But fortunately, in this movie, more often than not, he is not required to be a good caregiver. In the movie, he is more of a clumsy, grinning, not very serious, but friendly and lovable character.

Of course, the character has also undergone some modifications: in this film, he is not simply a person who accepts help. (To be continued......)