The smile on the corner of Ed's mouth completely bloomed, even a little false brightness, and then he pursed his lips slightly, naturally retracted his smile, lowered his eyes, and smiled gently and kindly, "I like to help others." ”

When he said this, Ed didn't even look into Bob's eyes in front of him, as if he wasn't sure of the sincerity in his words, but after saying that, he raised his gaze and looked at Bob seriously, as if listening to Bob's next question, but the sight that followed him was like a cobra with its prey on top, stealthy but deadly.

"I heard there are two police officers tonight. What do you think about the attack? ”

Ed narrowed his gaze, also narrowed the corners of his mouth, looked back behind him again, smacked lightly, and said objectively and calmly, "Profession dictates." There was a hint of coldness, but he immediately raised his eyebrows, softened his expression, and appeared sympathetic and relatable, "But I read the report, and luckily they are fine." ”

"Aren't you too young to be a duty officer now?"

"Only tonight." Ed's smile paused, and he looked back at his colleagues who were listening to Senior Inspector Dudley Smith for the third time, the light behind the gold wire glasses was a little mixed, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was outlined again, and he said warmly, "The married men in the bureau are on reunion vacation." But behind the words at a glance seemed alienated and polite.

"Cards!" Curtis's voice broke the silence on the set, and then everyone focused their eyes, Curtis stood there and thought for a moment, "Good, good!" The scene is perfectly fine, and the next shot is placed behind Bob and Lenny, in the room, where James walks over from the far end and has a brief exchange with Bob at the door. ”

The on-site staff are busy again. The reporters standing next to the onlookers began to ponder, they didn't feel it when Hugo left the RV just now, so this time the feeling became obvious, but on the surface, Hugo didn't change much, but the strange feeling in his heart lingered, so these uncrowned kings began to think carefully, trying to find a little clue.

Hugo ignored the reporters, he smiled at Bob and Lenny in front of him, nodded his head, and walked to the monitor. At this time, Kevin, Charlize, Russell and others also gathered around and began to watch the replay.

The dialogue in this scene just now is only a few simple sentences, leaving Hugo with limited room to play, so Hugo is more to follow his own feelings and find a suitable acting rhythm. The scene just now was more like a warm-up exercise.

Christmas Eve is both a challenge and an opportunity for Ed Easley, who was appointed as the duty officer tonight, and often unexpected accidents happen on Christmas Eve, so Ed is also closely looking for a good opportunity for his own development. At the same time, Ed also knows that the results of the police detective exam are out - the police detective, this is the official detective, not only qualified to go out in the field, not only the promotion of the position, but more importantly, the right to choose a professional department. This is a golden opportunity for Eddard to finally stretch his fist and his revenge and ambition.

So, Ed was actually a little absent-minded, and he frequently turned his head to pay attention to his back, on the one hand, to pay attention to the thieves he had just caught, and on the other hand, to pay attention to Detective Dudley, who was the head of the criminal department. In such a situation, Bob's visit actually caught Ed a little off guard, and the shadow of his father hung over his head again, as always, and he inevitably revealed his true emotions, but in the end he covered it up well.

In the eyes of outsiders, the scene just now is just a few simple dialogues, but in fact, for Hugo, as an actor, a scene hides too much information, not only a story from the beginning, not just a character on the stage, but also the tip of the iceberg of the background of the character's story and the foreshadowing of the story of the movie script.

"Are you sure that's correct?" Kevin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Hugo, and said with a smirk, "Your answer is so official?" Kevin could feel it, when Ed was answering the question just now, he also had a hint of warmth in addition to taking the initiative to show affection, but unfortunately his inactive facial expression not only did not express such a meaning, but on the contrary, it also made people feel a trace of disgust, which was obviously political. The ugly face of the minions.

Hugo looked at Kevin, curled the corners of his mouth and smiled softly, noncommittal. Kevin understood at once, chuckled twice, looked down for a moment, nodded his chin imperceptibly, and then turned back to his place.

Kevin can feel Hugo's delicate carving of the character, the kind of gestures are all plays, and even the way of smiling is completely different - Ed is Ed, Hugo is Hugo, this is actually a very British academic acting method. On top of the acting training courses of professional colleges, there are dozens of ways to express a simple smile, and even the same smile will show different emotions due to differences in eyes, head posture, gestures, angles, etc., precise and appropriate, and this control skill can be felt in many British actors.

Kevin has begun to be a little eager to try, he wants to play against Hugo, either racing or playing, the kind of moisturizing and silent tension and collision makes Kevin feel that his blood has begun to surge. He needs to flip through the script, look at his character, and then study it carefully.

Russell, who was standing on the side, watched Hugo and Kevin play dumb riddles, but he couldn't understand it at all, and anxiously watched a few back and forth between the two people, but still didn't get an answer, so he could only take the initiative to say, "Hugo, is your character really so annoying?" "Straightforward and neat, completely untainted with Hollywood habits, Russell Crowe is still a complete newcomer at the age of thirty-three.

Hugo smiled and patted Russell on the shoulder, "You can go read the script again." With that, he turned his head and walked to the side, where the playwrew, and the rest of the cast were already waiting, ready to talk about the next scene.

Charlleze, who had been silent, said thoughtfully, "Russell, in the story, the Bard you played didn't like Ed from the beginning, and even disliked it. So, that's what Hugo needs. There are many reasons why Bud doesn't like Ed, but it is undeniable that the aura of the two people is completely different.

Russell was silent and thought seriously, while Charlize was thinking about Hugo's inside-out change just now, she could already piece together part of Ed's personality in just a few words, and felt that the whole image had a vague outline, but the problem was that there was nothing special about Hugo's performance, as if some were just natural reactions. It's a strange feeling, different from Kevin's focus, what Charlize sees is exactly Hugo's character created by Ed's methodological acting, and many details are driven by Ed's real person.

If Charlize had only a vague idea of methodological acting before, today she has witnessed the whole process of establishing the character with her own eyes. What's even more amazing is that Hugo was able to switch freely between himself and Ed, and the differences that were so subtle that they could only be experienced by feeling were empathetic. This skill is really eye-catching.

In fact, Hugo was not completely satisfied with the scene just now, not because of the performance, but with the whole rhythm, as if he sneezed and couldn't get it. This scene only depicts Ed's background and personality in general, and the next scene of dialogue with Dudley can fully depict Ed conceived in Hugo's mind.

Back in front of the camera, Hugo and James Cromwell begin rehearsals for the next scene.

Although the focus of the entire crew of "L.A. Confidential" was on Hugo, Kevin, and Charlize, the reporters on the scene couldn't help but be excited at this time. Because the so-called "actor-level showdown" has arrived in advance, James relied on the role of the farmer in "Pig Baby" to be nominated for the 68th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and interestingly, Hugo also won the actor at that Oscar.

James plays Dudley Smith, the number one detective in the criminal department, who fought side by side with Ed's father Preston, not only experienced, but also meritorious, Ed is eager to join the criminal department and make a career. Therefore, Dudley has a very special identity for Ed, on the one hand, he is his boss, and on the other hand, he is also his father.

James is six feet seven inches (two meters and one) tall, and his domineering slender body can be said to stand out from the crowd. Hugo stood in front of James, and suddenly felt that he was a little shorter, and even had to look up at the other party, but Hugo was still not satisfied with this, he spread his feet slightly apart, lowered the height a little, and found that he had to raise his chin completely to see James, so it was difficult to include the two of them in the camera; This was too exaggerated, and Hugo retracted his legs a little, feeling that he had the feeling of really looking up, and then he was satisfied.

"Hugo, are you sure it's good? I also wanted James to lower his center of gravity a little bit. Curtis saw Hugo's movements, walked over worriedly, and spoke.

Hugo shook his head, "Now Ed needs to look up to Dudley in front of him; But later in the plot, this kind of looking up will burst into greater contradictions and conflicts, and then shorten the visual distance between the two people, which seems to be equal. Visually, the audience can feel the change. ”

Curtis didn't seem to understand too much, frowning and thinking, James had to help explain, "Hugo means that Dudley was originally the object of his gaze, and this kind of gaze can be worship, it can be a junior, but then this image collapsed, and the upward gaze became a flat gaze, and the impact of this invisible change on Ed is actually very subtle." Hugo wanted to create this kind of psychological change, a change that the viewer could clearly feel with the naked eye. ”

After James finished speaking, he also glanced at Hugo, seeking confirmation. Hugo smiled and gave a thumbs up.