When Sammy returned to her room from the dining room, she rolled around on the bed and got up in the middle of the night.

She stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom and looked at the face in a daze: the facial features were prominent, the face was very round, there were no soft and delicate lines, and it looked stiff and wide. She never thought she was pretty, but no matter how rough she was, she couldn't imagine turning herself into a cat.

"Meow ......"

Sammy looked at it, suddenly screamed, and scratched his hair fiercely: "Damn it! I don't want to sleep today! ”

No way, that man's words are like a seed that keeps growing in her heart, and she is a more real little girl.

Let's say that in all the teaching of acting under the Stanislavsky system, the first lesson is usually the same, that is, the liberation of nature.

It is to restore our character to a perfect state, as close to perfection as possible, no matter what role we play, we believe in our hearts that we are that character. And the most effective means of liberating nature is animal simulation.

After that, you can say, "I'm a professional." So in the jargon, whether you can play a good animal today determines whether you can play a good person tomorrow.

Sammy had taken some acting classes and knew about animal simulation, but she knew better that the other party wouldn't fool her with the most basic things.

The more confused she became, the more she thought about it, the more irritable she became, so much so that she imitated various movements in front of the mirror, or shrunk her neck and licked her claws, or hunched her waist and sneaked, or whimpered sadly in her dreams......

However, it didn't work, she did it very similarly, but she never understood how to substitute a cat for Erica, or Erica for a cat.

The next day, in the morning.

When Sammy came to the set with a pair of red and swollen eyes, everyone was shocked. She wanted to talk to Chu Qing, but the man was closing his eyes and recuperating, embarrassed to disturb.

The little girl's emotional control is quite good, suppressing this restlessness and trying to complete today's task.

Erica is a chick * prostitute who can be bullied, ravaged, and even beaten by almost everyone. On this day, she was raped by a guy and came to that side street with bruises.

She didn't know why she was here, maybe the tall and thin man made a good impression on her. After Henry got off work, he met Erica again, and he couldn't help but feel pity for her, so he picked her up and took her home.

The scene is a bachelor apartment, with a snow-white background on the ceiling, walls, wardrobes, and lampstands, except for an old sofa covered with gray-brown fabric.

In the script, it was night, but now it's daytime, but fortunately there are no exterior locations, so I don't have to do anything with the windows.

Sammy put on her makeup and stood behind Chu Qing, and the two of them crowded behind the prop door together. It is surrounded by dark corridors, and of course, it is also a scene.

"Photography OK!"

"Radio OK!"

“ACTION！”

Hearing the prompt sound, Chu Qing took out the key to open the door, and took the little girl into the house, and the camera poked in front of him, giving a big panorama.

"Come in, wash your hands."

He turned on the bathroom light and turned to go back to the kitchen. Sammy went in and walked around, came out and sat on the couch, and saw him take a glass of juice and a sandwich wrapped in plastic wrap.

The little girl took a sip of the juice and asked, "Do you have a strong drink?" ”

"Click!"

Kaye shouted to stop and said, "Sammy, your emotions are completely wrong! ”

"Sorry, let's do it all over again!"

The little girl hurriedly raised her hand, and it was indeed a little unfocused. She took a few deep breaths, quickly adjusted, and listened to the shouting:

“3，2，1，ACTION！”

I saw her turn sideways, revealing her immature curves, and pretending to be mature and asked, "Is there anything energetic?" ”

"Eat your sandwich!"

Chu Qing tore off the plastic wrap, poured himself a glass of juice, and put it on the corner of the sofa. Sammy pouted, looking like an old man was really difficult, and reluctantly took a bite.

He raised his glass in his right hand and looked at the little girl obliquely, the rim of the cup just touching his lips, and he paused suddenly.

"Click!"

It didn't go well at the beginning today, and after shouting twice, Kaye reminded, "Chu, you should reach out and touch, not with your eyes." ”

As soon as the words fell, the man turned his head slowly and said in a very slow voice: "I will not put my hand under a girl, even if she is a prostitute." ”

“……”

Kaye was dumbfounded, and he noticed that the pronoun in the sentence was me, not Henry. The director is also an old man, and he knows in his heart that this is a typical situation of detaching himself from the role.

It is often said that there is no distinction between people and plays. The concept is easy to understand and awesome, but there's a lot higher.

To put it simply, after understanding the character thoroughly, then split, rebuild, and merge with your own personality to form a new, temporary personality, and it is controllable.

Every classic role in film history is not a copy of the script, but has the unique style of the actor himself. Henry in the script will lift Erica's short skirt, but Chu Qing's Henry will definitely not - this is the difference.

"Alright then, let's go through it first!" Kaye was helpless.

"Ready!"

“ACTION！”

Chu Qing's movements are different, but his eyes are the same. Sammy munched on his sandwich and followed his gaze to the finish line, stopping between his legs.

She shook her body and said in horror: "Hey, don't worry, $100!" ”

"Take it easy ......"

He set his cup aside and slowly crouched down. Sammy was a little flustered and inexplicably shy, and her legs were not separated or closed, so she had to shake slightly.

She wore cheap black net stockings, which were tied up to the base of her thigh, and on her right leg, the naked pink and white, but covered with blood.

What does this wound look like?

A girl, a girl who doesn't have any help from anyone, is dragged into an alley by some bastard mongrel. She cried, she was beaten, and the rough, filthy ground scraped through her flesh......

Chu Qing just looked at it, with a pair of black and white eyes, like a dark and dead lake, the light was locked inside, struggling, powerless, and angry.

Not to anyone, but to yourself.

“……”

Sammy opened her mouth, her red, swollen cheeks and the corners of her mouth looking ridiculous. She couldn't say a line into those eyes, she could only watch him get up and take the cotton cloth and the disinfectant potion.

In this paragraph, there were originally fourteen lines, but Chu Qing erased thirteen sentences and left a large blank space. The audience was silent, and they all felt that their hearts were falling a little bit.

He was almost half-kneeling, poured some potion on the cotton cloth, and said in a low voice, "It will hurt a little." ”

Then, there was silence again, only the hands were carefully wiping.

“……”

Silence, silence, sometimes suffocating, sometimes moving, sometimes painful. And at this moment, a great sense of sadness thundered, and everyone's spiritual defense line collapsed instantly.

…………

From the end of the scene until lunch, Sammy was stunned, she couldn't describe the taste, but she vaguely found a feeling.

She was also very embarrassed, remorseful for yesterday's contempt, that person was like a whirlpool of the deep sea, and it was impossible to resist.

"Mr. Chu, can I sit here?" She found Chu Qing's location and asked tentatively.

"Absolutely."

He moved the food, giving up half of the table. Sammy sat across from him, noticing the plates of vegetables, fruits, whole wheat bread and a bowl of soup.

The little girl mourned for half a second for her barbecue, and then said, "I thought about it all night yesterday, but I still don't understand what you mean, how can I do it better?" ”

"First of all, you have to understand that our job is to give the characters souls. Animal association, on the other hand, is an extremely important transitional stage. Almost every good character will find a mapping of some kind of animal. He said as he ate.

"Really?" The little girl was skeptical.

"Have you seen The Godfather?"

"Yes."

"Which scene is the most memorable?"

"Uh, Vito Corleone is sitting in a chair, and it's dark in the room."

"What is he like?"

"The Lion King!"

Sammy blurted out, without thinking, and then heard the other party ask: "Princess Anya walked past the distinguished guests, the crown was dressed, what does she look like?" ”

"White Swan!"

"Matilda sits on the staircase......"

"Wounded bunny!"

"Scarlett teases the twin brothers......"

"Selfish cat!"

Sammy was stunned, there was a brief blank in his mind, and a door that had never been touched before slammed open in front of him.

And Chu Qing ate it, picked up a vegetable leaf casually, and said: "Just like this, we see its shape, color, and smell its smell, which is the root of the role." We taste the taste, the ups and downs, that's what the character means. But when we're done, what else can it bring us? Satisfy? Dislike? Like? Or is it obsessed? These are the souls of the characters, there is a spiritual power in them, something that can be passed down for a long time. ”

"Why do we want to make animal associations, because animal thinking is simple, the characteristics are distinct, and it is easy to produce a sense of concreteness. You have to bring the feeling of this animal to the onlooker, and no matter how many years have passed, people will scream loudly at the mention of Sami Gail: Oh, I know, Erica! She's just a stubborn and pitiful cat, and she just smitten me! ”

"Dangchang!"

Sammy's spoon fell on the plate, and a thin layer of fine substance appeared on both arms. The breeze blew and snorted into the pores, and the whole body was itching.

After being quiet for a long time, she asked, "Mr. Chu, you said that animal association is a transitional stage, so what is it after that?" ”

"After that?"

Chu Qing paused and said, "I'm also groping, maybe it's a living person, maybe it's another self." ”

…………

Henry is a hidden, avoidant personality who is attached to literature, seemingly free and casual, but in fact full of social and emotional fear.

He regards a kind respect as his universal value, and has earned the trust of many students. But the fat girl, Meredith, and the young prostitute Erica, regard this respect as unparalleled love.

If you lose it, you lose something very important in your life.

As Henry's substitute teaching deadline approached and he was about to leave school, Meredith cried and hugged him, kept him, and confessed his love. Henry didn't accept and pushed the other person away.

This scene, seen by Madison, thought that the teacher and a female student were hugging in the classroom, which was very, very inappropriate. Henry suddenly broke out and quarreled with the other party, and the shadow of childhood was entrenched in his heart, so he decided to stay away from Erica.

He found out to the community organization to send Erica away, but the little girl inadvertently received a call from the community and learned about it.

In the afternoon of the same day, it was the scene where the two were filmed, and it was also the highlight of the whole film.

After chatting with Chu Qing at noon, Sammy was in a very delicate state, wearing a wide white shirt at this time, and was sitting on the side in a daze.

The scene is still the same room, but with some decoration outside the window, and the side of an apartment building.

Chu Qing changed his clothes, a black close-fitting vest and a tie, looking meticulous. He felt that he should bid farewell to Erica in the most formal way possible.

After a while, the crew was OK, and Kaye shouted:

"Everyone, prepare!"

“3，2，1，ACTION！”

The camera first went to the dining table in front of the window, and the sunlight outside was just right. Immediately after, the camera moves back and forth with Chu Qing, who walks between the kitchen and the dining table, serving a plate of fried eggs and two slices of bread.

Immediately, Sammy entered the mirror and sat on the right side of the table.

"I made breakfast, do you want milk?" He served the plate.

The little girl shook her head, knowing that she was going to be sent away, and forced it as if nothing had happened, and asked, "Won't you eat?" ”

"Well, I'm not hungry."

He sat on his left side, taking a sip of a cup of coffee. The gaze wandered, and he circled around the room before falling on the other party, and said, "You can't keep wandering the streets." ”

"I don't, I'm with you now."

"But you can't stay with me anymore, it's not good for you."

"No, you're my only relative!" She was still laughing.

"I, I can't be your relative, I can't give you what you need."

“……”

As soon as this sentence came out, Sammy cried all at once, so that the corners of his mouth could not keep up with the nerve reaction, and he still maintained a curvature.

"You have to understand, you should ......"

Chu Qing also choked in his throat, and his eyes became very faint and light.

Sammy's original line was: You are kind, gentle, like a beacon. I love you, Henry!

She didn't feel it before, but after more contact with the other party, she suddenly felt so pompous. She has been thinking about Chu Qing's words, soul, life, spiritual qi, unique...... I was not sure, but I was very courageous, and after the previous brewing, it finally became the most daring attempt in my life in 14 years.

"Woo......"

Sammy's body shrunk into a ball, and she became so small and small, and her whole body was trembling. She kept forking the omelette and gulping it into her mouth.

Without any dialogue, the tears fell vigorously, mixed with the omelette, and swallowed by her.

“……”

Kaye was behind the monitor, blinking unconsciously, and the next second, he also began to cry.

"Knock knock!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door. There was a moment of stagnation between the two, because they both knew that the moment they least wanted to face was coming soon.

"Erica ......"

Chu Qing squeezed out with difficulty, wanting to say something, but finally turned into a sigh. He got up to open the door, and two staff members, a man and a woman, walked in, and greeted them with a smile: "Hello, Erica! ”

Like an abandoned cat, Sammy approached him in fear, grabbed the placket of his shirt and cried, "Don't let them take me!" ”

"Please! Don't let them take me, I only have you! ”

“sorry……”

Chu Qing wanted to push it away, but his hand was frozen in the air, so he had to cover his mouth. He wanted to flee step by step, and she followed step by step: "Don't!" No! ”

"Please! Henry, don't let me go! ”

"Erica, it's good for you......"

Seeing this, the staff pulled Sammy directly and controlled it one left and one right.

"No, don't!"

The little girl was like crazy, struggling desperately.

"Henry! Please! ”

"Please!"

Henry...... Woo...... Woo......"

She was dragged out of the door little by little, Chu Qing closed her eyes and turned around. Behind him, the cry seemed to have pulled away from everything, and floated down the corridor again, farther and farther away, farther and farther away......

Finally, quietly.

“……”

He turned around, his tall and thin back like a dead leaf in late autumn, and then slowly closed the door. (To be continued.) )