"Hello, Director Levy, please take a seat, please don't be restrained, you are my guest, I believe that the director who can write such a script must be a person with his own ideas, if my home becomes a place that restricts your thoughts, it must be my problem."

The day after receiving the news, Levy had already taken Theron to visit Kevin Spacey.

Spacey's home is not too big, and in his house, there are only two people and a dog: Spacey has never been married, has no scandals, never wants to confide in his sexuality, and lives with his mother, which is also not news in Hollywood. Such a person, in life, really pays attention to comfort rather than luxury.

"If possible, I would also like to have a home like this, where my thoughts can wander freely. How can this be considered bondage. Levy agreed, and was no longer polite, briefly introduced Theron, and sat down himself.

I have to say that Kevin Spacey is a very personable person, from the beginning of the meeting, a few words, he dispelled Levy's restraints, and talked with Levi very happily. As a director, if you go to the door to invite an actor, it must be because the actor has a high status, so that the director will inevitably be restrained, and Kevin Spacey dispelled Levy's restraints in a few words, which also made Levi admire this actor even more.

And Levy has to admit that Spacey is very friendly to himself: he doesn't have an agent or assistant to negotiate with Levy, and as he says, Levy is his client, not the one he talks with.

This way of dealing with people is enough to make people very admirable. There is only him and himself here, so what the two of them are talking about is naturally a problem with the movie. Without the roundabout outflanking of the agent, it is difficult for the actor himself to raise some salary, or to ask for unreasonable requests to revise the script for himself. Spacey didn't let his agent come, apparently respecting the film's approach.

"Director Levy, I've already read your movie script. I'm very interested in the performance of this character. I've tried to use restrained acting skills to express the characters, but I haven't tried to express the inner changes of the characters in just one movie with extremely restrained acting skills, so it's fun to shoot like this, and I'm happy to try it. But I have my own requirements. I can take this film, but I hope to propose some changes in some places in the script. Kevin Spacey didn't talk too much nonsense with Levy and took out the script, "You don't have too many problems with this character, and the main line of the character's emotional changes is obvious enough and straightforward enough." But the character of this character is not full enough, a person can be introverted and elusive, but it should not be monotonous and boring. Of course, if you want to create not a character, but the entire monitoring system, the character is the epitome of the social image, the character is a means of expression, then I take the liberty. Miss Theron is here too, and I would like to ask you to give me some advice. ”

On the script handed over by Kevin Spacey, different sentences and paragraphs were sketched out with a red and blue pen. Obviously, when Spacey was reading the script, he was not scribbling by, but reading it quite seriously. Such an attitude made Levy flip through the script and keep nodding his head.

At Levy's side, Theron also poked his head over and looked at the script. She couldn't hide the surprise in her heart: she didn't expect anyone to read the script, but she read it like this.

"No, you're not presumptuous. And, you know, after watching this, I'm even more sure that the protagonist of this movie is none other than you. ”

The success of an actor is not accidental. After receiving the script, be good at analyzing, good at grasping, thinking about how you should express the characters to be the best, and the connotation that the movie wants to express, or after receiving the film contract, first look at how much the salary is, see if you can make a lot of money, see who the people in the same group are, whether you can be more famous, and even see if you have the opportunity to soak in the heroine - this difference has already determined the difference in the actor's performance.

Kevin Spacey was able to analyze the script, he could see where the challenges of the play were, and he was thinking about how to better enrich the characters and shape the characters, which is certainly a great talent, but if he didn't have the most basic willingness to analyze, read carefully, and be willing to do things well, no matter how high his talent was, it would be useless.

Kevin Spacey is not very handsome, and most of the roles he plays are not positive characters, but he can still be recognized by the audience, not without reason.

A good actor will not care about more money or less money, nor will he be how to be popular. Whether the script is good or not has always been a matter of concern for actors.

"This character is not a microcosm of a social state, but a microcosm of a group of people. His life is not boring, but because he has his own spiritual beliefs, and he can sacrifice his life for the sake of faith. However, the Minister of Culture's approach is destroying his faith and abusing his power for the sake of the Minister of Culture's selfish desires, which is not in line with his beliefs, which is why he began to change......"

Levy and Spacey explain the idea of the script, and most of all, it is the change of thinking of the main characters. As a director, talking to an actor should have been the most important part.

"If you say that, the script of your movie still doesn't have enough depth." Spacey listened to his explanation, suddenly interjected, he paused, and saw that Levy's expression did not change much before speaking, "In the movie, you let the minister directly force the heroine to submit to himself - you have reduced the ideological struggle to moral oppression. You don't compare the two ideologies in detail, but simply use a sense of morality to guide the audience's thoughts - this is a bit opportunistic, and it also makes the work less deep, and you can better put out the conflict of thoughts, which may be better. ”

"Kevin, you might be getting one thing wrong." Levy laughed, "I didn't make this film to reflect the ideological struggle. I'm a filmmaker, not a politician, not a god, I'm not qualified to judge who is right and who is wrong, and I don't want to get too involved in that. I don't think I have enough depth to discuss how deep the film is, at least the director's level is enough, and I want to make a film that is full of Weesler's character changes from beginning to end - in the big picture, the changes of ordinary people. ”

Not taking a position is also a statement - Spacey glanced at Levy.

From the moment he started, Levy was talking, and Kevin Spacey was also observing Levy: who this young man was, he had also learned a little before. In Spacey's view, whether it is a critic's background or his very profitable television company, it can bring a lot of pride to Levy, and his movie scripts are also very good, which is also a great achievement. At a young age, with this kind of talent and career, Spacey originally thought that this would be a very arrogant person, but after he walked into Spacey's door, his attitude has always been very humble, Spacey accused him of having a problem with the script, not only was he not in a hurry, but he explained it seriously. But humility does not mean lack of opinion, when Spacey proposes that the film have a clearer position, he will also stick to his position and will not back down.

Having ideas, a position, and a humble attitude also made Spacey somewhat satisfied: he could see that Levy's potential for success was not accidental in just one year. It should be fun to work with such people.

At this time, Theron was also turning thoughts in her heart: when she saw this movie, all she thought about was whether she could make this movie, whether she could play a role, how it would affect her career if she played a role, how much money she could make, whether she could become famous and become a star-these ideas, she didn't think there was anything wrong with these ideas before, but after hearing the discussion between Levy and Spacey at this time, she realized how far away she was.

Actors and artists, the way they look at things, are different. If I want to become a top artist, I am afraid that I have a long way to go.

"Since there is no problem, I can also consider this role."

Kevin Spacey said he was willing to take on the role, much to Levy's excitement, but not particularly unexpected. The characters in this movie are very similar to Kevin Spacey's acting style. Kevin Spacey is acting, he is originally an actor with a feminine temperament and more restrained actions, such an actor, there are not many scripts suitable for him, except for the scheming criminals in crime dramas, that is, such a scene, Levy has long been sure that he will not miss this movie.

"It's just that I still have one or two minor problems." Spacey continued, "I don't have any objections to starring in your movie. But you have to tell me why you chose me to play it, and what can I get out of acting in this play? ”

A little question or two? Levy laughed, this is a small problem, this is clearly the biggest test for himself - Spacey as an interviewer, this is a question for himself.