Wall Street professionals understand the truth of "timing", and making the right decisions at the right time is the key to success.

The same is true in the film industry, where "The Seven Deadly Sins" may not have been as successful as it had not been for the revolt of the young volcano; If "The Avengers" had been ten years ahead of schedule, in addition to the constraints of visual effects, the genre film had not yet matured, and the market had not fully matured, it might have ushered in a fiasco; In 1995, Waterworld of the Future was a tragedy, but if it were to be put five or ten years from now, even if it didn't succeed, it wouldn't be so bad that it would bring down a company.

And this is even more true for the Oscar statuette, for example, "The Shawshank Redemption", "Vulgar", "Forrest Gump" collided with each other, if these three works were released in other years, they may all have the ability to seize the Golden Man, but unfortunately they met head-on, and history chose the "Forrest Gump" that was most in line with the historical trend of the year, if history has changed slightly, who can say for sure that the final winner is not "vulgar" or "The Shawshank Redemption"?

That's how important timing is.

In the history that Hugo was familiar with, "Female. The work "The Devil" was released at the end of 2003, Charlize gave a stunning performance, and then rode the dust in the subsequent awards season, almost overwhelmingly leading the competition for actresses, and was crowned queen of the 76th Academy Awards.

But now, from 2003 to 1998, is the timing really right?

Charlize only turned 23 years old in August this year, this age is still young and immature in Hollywood, most actresses have starred in some campus youth romantic comedies at this stage, and actresses like Charlize who have worked hard to polish their acting skills can definitely be said to be rare. But even so, Charlize is still immature, whether it is performance experience, social experience or understanding of performance, there is still a lot of room for growth under the precipitation of lack of time.

The character of Erin Enos is not only heavy and dark, but also complex and sharp, but also delicate and fragile, how a helpless woman can become a serial killer who shocks the whole United States, and the cruelty and ruthlessness of the murder methods are even more outrageous. But hidden behind her ferocious and terrible face, there is a dedication to love, and a loneliness that longs to be cared for, that softness, heartbreaking, and even more terrifying, this soft corner is worn out little by little in life.

The character is intricately complex and profoundly real, and the challenge is unimaginably harder, even surpassing any role Hugo has played so far.

Is Charlize up to the task?

Not only that, but the prospect of the Oscars cannot be ignored. Everyone knows that the nomination for the Oscar is strength, but winning the award is luck. Charlize was in the right place at the 76th Oscars, when none of her four rivals could give an effective challenge, relying on the "Whale Rider (Tee. Kareke。 Tohora)" Keisha Custer Hewys, who won the nomination for the first time. Castle-Hughes) was only twelve years old, and was destined to be a runner early on; "Forward Heaven (In. America)" Samantha Morton (Samantha. Morton) won the acting nomination for the second time, but the overall strength of the work was too weak and was almost ignored.

What really made a shock to Charlize was "21 grams (21. Grams)" of Naomi Watts. Watts) and "Love is a Compromise" (Something's. Gotta。 Give)" of Diane Keaton, but the PR of "21 Grams" is focused on the actor Sean Penn, and Diane's work is a less competitive romantic comedy.

As a result, there was little to no one to threaten Charlize, who put on the best performance of his career, and Charlize eventually took the lead in one fell swoop. But if you put the "female." The Adversary is five years ahead of schedule, lacking the most important timing and luck, can she still successfully win the most important actress trophy in her life?

If "female." "The Devil" was really filmed and released in 1998, so whether this work became "Forrest Gump" or "vulgar", or simply failed completely, and was lost in the long river of time in 1998, no one mentioned it at all.

This is a question that no one can answer. Neither can Hugo.

"Hugo? Hugo! Charlize noticed that Hugo seemed to be a little distracted, and after waiting for a long time he did not hear Hugo's movement, and had to shout. Hugo then looked at Charlize and cast a puzzled look, "I'm asking you, what do you think?" ”

"What are you worried about?" Hugo hesitated for a moment, then asked.

Charlize chuckled, "Worried I won't be able to handle the role? Worried that I'll ruin this script? By the way, I've read the first fifteen pages of the script, and it's wonderful! I really like it - worried that I'm not capable enough? Worried I'm doing more than I can do? Fear that I would make a bad decision -- of course, the main thing was that David would make a bad decision. ”

Charlize's tone was very relaxed, and there was a hint of self-deprecation in her words, but she could still be vaguely felt uneasy and hesitant.

Hugo found the situation similar - Leonardo's situation came to him again. When he persuaded Leonardo to star in "Titanic", although it is completely different from today, it is essentially the same: how should he give his opinion when he knows the trajectory of historical development? Did he become the "program producer" in "Truman's world" who hid behind the screen and manipulated his friend's life?

It's ironic because Leonardo is now at Lanches, completely away from the chaos of Hollywood. In fact, Hugo knows that James Cameron has had two fierce clashes with Rick for this, and even once James slammed the door directly.

Because "Titanic" is still in the promotion period, but the two leading actors Leonardo and Kate are absent from the follow-up promotion, which is simply a shame for James. However, the publicity period is actually not the most important, after all, "Titanic" has been released for nearly two months now, and the intensive publicity period has long ended, and James' real intention is still the Oscars.

Although the awards season has not taken shape, and although the Oscar PR has not really taken shape, James has already sniffed the clues keenly, and he hopes that Leonardo and Kate can accompany him to some parties, some banquets, some dinners, and do a good job of public relations. He needs to win this confrontation between the "Titanic" and "Los A. Confidential" and "Perfect", he needs to win this confrontation between him and Hugo, and he needs to win this confrontation between traditionalists and reformists.

But Leonardo disappeared directly, and Kate briefly returned to London for a period of time after finishing the filming of "Truman's World", although he could shoulder the propaganda work in the United Kingdom, but the United States could not reach it. It almost made James angry.

But the problem is that Leonardo is hiding under Hugo's wing, and now even Shirley Lansing and Kevin Pence are not willing to confront Hugo head-on - even if it is for James Cameron. This makes James's anger have no place to vent, but to be angry at Rick.

Even so, Leonardo stayed at Lanchez, enjoying his moment of peace. And now, Charlize has also left New York, and instead of phone calls, he has arrived at Lanchez in person to ask him for help. This is a trust in him, but it is also a responsibility.

Hugo did not answer immediately, but thought about it seriously, "Do you remember how we felt when we saw the news?" Charlize followed Hugo's words and began to recall, "We all feel that this is a very crazy world, what is forcing this woman to embark on this road of no return." In fact, many times life is like this, hateful people must have pity, but the reverse is also true, because man is a very complex animal, and each of us is so the same, but completely different. Especially someone like Erin Enos who has embarked on an unknown path, she knows that the point is the cliff, but she continues to take steps, and it becomes more difficult to understand her. ”

Charlize nodded, and his voice couldn't help but lower slightly, "I know, it's full of too many unknowns, and we can't understand it at all." Charlize raised his head and crashed into Hugo's eyes, the amber eyes like a calm hot spring reflected a faint bitterness and pain, Charlize instantly understood the meaning of Hugo's eyes, he remembered her father, that memory that was firmly buried in the depths of his mind but never disappeared.

Hugo was always like this, easily understanding her true thoughts, but there was no aggression, on the contrary, let her slightly dim mood cast a ray of sunshine. Charlize pulled a shallow smile at the corner of his mouth, thanking Hugo for not directly saying the man's name, not poking the wound in her heart, but giving her enough support.

Taking a deep breath, Charlize buried his inner thoughts and continued, "That's why I'm worried, it's not just a character, it's a real person, and it's almost unimaginably challenging for me to play Erin Enos, and I don't even know if I'm capable enough to go deep into Erin's heart and explore her scarred past." ”

Hugo lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the turmoil in his heart, and then looked at Charlize again, this time he heard a vague expectation in Charlize's tone that did not change much - it seems that Charlize actually wanted to take the script in her heart, and she came to Hugo, not to ask for advice, but to gain courage.

This is the Charlize he is familiar with, embracing the dream of great acting, slowly moving forward step by step in the torrent of Hollywood with difficulty, but never giving up easily.