"We all know that you starred in 'The Talented Ripley,' which was released more than a week ago at Christmas and had a good reputation and box office," Renault quickly shifted the conversation to the film, "This is your debut, right?" ”

"Yes, this is the first film I've starred in, and I have to say, it's been a fantastic and shocking journey." Sean nodded, "It's like going to the land of Oz." ”

"It seems that you like this movie very much, do you think you have something in common with the main character?" Renault blinked, a little wickedly asked.

"Don't answer from the front." At this time, Laisen's voice came from the earbuds.

"Everybody has something in common with Ripley, everybody will find some shadow in him to some extent, the difference is that we can control our desires. So, I think everybody should go and look at themselves, look for their own shadow and tell themselves what is the right thing to do. Sean replied after a moment's thought, which immediately caused a round of applause.

"Wonderful answer, that's probably why Director Minghella chose you as the leading actor." Renault Haha laughed.

"Frankly, I don't know," Sean said, with a sincere face, "I just didn't think about anything, and I did everything I could to figure out the character, read the original novel, and show it to the director at the audition." You know, I didn't have anything at that time, and hard work was the only thing I could do. ”

"Wow, that's an exciting answer, so let's see what the director has to say." Renault smiled and raised his hand to please.

If the show has already aired, will the audience in front of the TV see it at this time Anthony? A video of Minghella, a video of his evaluation of Sean. As for the filming set, it is usually stopped for a two-minute break, and the talk show is similar to the filming of movies and television, many of the procedures are arranged, and what you see on TV has been edited.

The host and the guest will communicate before to get to know each other's personalities a little, and the guest's agent will also communicate with the film crew, asking which topics can be said and which topics cannot be said, and which topics are appropriate to what extent. Although the host will get a piece of paper with the topic that cannot be said, he will also seize the opportunity to use the topic from time to time, and at this time it depends on the adaptability of the guests.

So when the TV is broadcasting some video clips or commercials or something, the recording site will take a little break, of course, not all of them, after all, there are still many viewers on the scene, and sometimes the TV will be found to take this video to the live broadcast, and today belongs to the latter.

"There's no doubt that Sean is a great actor and I was under a lot of pressure when I started using him, but as the shoot went on, it turned out that I was right." Minghella on the TV says this to the camera, and if you look at the background, you can see that it is extracted from the tidbits of "The Genius Ripley".

"That's a high rating." After the broadcast, Renault, who was signaled by the photographer, said this.

"Director Minghella taught me a lot of things, and I am very grateful to him," Sean, who received Leyson's prompting, immediately said in an emotional tone, "Thanks to his guidance and his tolerance, without his support, I wouldn't be sitting here today." ”

"Speaking of which, we've all heard interesting news in the media lately," Renault said suddenly, no doubt that the main part of the show is coming today, "and it's said you're only 19 years old now?" ”

"Yes." Sean immediately nodded in acknowledgement, and the audience also let out a burst of exclamation.

"And supposedly, when you went to the audition and participated in the shoot, you were actually 18 years old?" Renault continued.

"Yes." Sean admitted again, then snatched the initiative, "I know what you want to ask, Jay, the truth is this, I changed my age before I went to the audition, I changed it from 18 to 23. ”

The audience exclaimed again, and Renault's eyes widened: "You mean, you changed your age to audition for "The Talented Ripley"? ”

"Yes." Sean shrugged, "I had to. ”

"No one sees it?" Renault continued to ask.

"No, and after the filming of "The Talented Ripley", I went on to participate in another film at this age, and no one saw it." Sean changed his previous casual image of leaning back in a chair, sitting up straight and holding his chest up, giving people a feeling of being self-sacred.

"It's incredible, it's excusable if one person didn't find it, but it's unbelievable if everyone didn't find out." Renault took it just right.

"That's a long topic, Jay." Sean said, and then a public voice came through the headphones: "Describe it in a confident enough tone." ”

"I was a bit precocious since I was a child, and although I was a bit dyslexic, it didn't stop me from reading a lot of books, and when my neighbors and friends from my parents mentioned me, they always said that I didn't look like a child. So, when I started playing roles in the school troupe when I was in high school, I was often assigned to mature roles because they felt like I was a good fit. Our school's theater troupe is also a well-known company in San Francisco, and has won awards in many competitions, so I have accumulated a lot of experience in acting, and I am experienced and good at learning, so after coming to Hollywood as an actor, I was able to adapt very quickly.

However, after playing a small supporting role in "Friends" and finally becoming a full-fledged actor, I suddenly found that I couldn't find a job, or rather couldn't find the job I wanted. Whenever I met the role I wanted, I was confident that I could play the role of haode, but the other party chose to refuse just because of my age, which made me very puzzled and unwilling at the same time, so in this case I changed my age to audition for "Talented Ripley". What I didn't expect was that I was really selected by director Minghella, and no one found out about it from beginning to end, and I worked harder unexpectedly, as I said before, this is the only thing I can do. The director trusts me, and of course I have to be worthy of his trust. Now, I did pretty well, right? ”

Sean spread his hands out, looking very honest.

"Indeed, I read many reviews, and they all unanimously praised you for your perfect performance." Renault nodded approvingly.

"Of course, I did deceive a lot of people, even if it wasn't my intention." Sean then looked at the camera and glanced at the three people standing near the camera, Galen clenched his fists in a cheering gesture, Frederick held his arms a little nervously, and Leyson, although serious, was the most relaxed of them.

"So I want to daoqian to them, sincere daoqian." He then said the rest.

In fact, many people don't find out that it's because of their own negligence, Frederick is not so perfect, for example, as long as someone goes to the "Friends" crew to ask, they will definitely be able to find out Sean's actual age. You can even find a way to check his driver's license or ask for a social security number. It's a pity that no one has ever done this, and even the New York Post sent someone to San Francisco to inquire about it, and this is the so-called dark light.

But this is definitely not suitable to say in the current situation, Sean came to the show to show his image, not to offend people.

"I don't think they'll mind." Renault praised it a little, and now Sean is indeed a rising star in the spotlight.

"Okay, come back right away and continue the conversation with Sean? Don, the 19-year-old who starred in "The Genius Ripley". He then said to the camera, no doubt that it was the advertising time that came on, and the scene could rest for a few minutes.

Needless to say, the recording after that was so detailed, Sean introduced the situation during the shooting, and under the prompt of public relations, he thanked him in order of importance, and Minghella naturally put it on Zuihou. Then cooperate with Renault to say a few witty words to liven up the atmosphere of the scene, and it is almost the end.

Basically, the main purpose has been achieved, at least judging by the reaction of the live audience, their senses of Sean are not bad.

This was also proved after the broadcast of the program the next day, although it was recorded for more than 20 minutes, the actual broadcast time was only 10 minutes, but people still were in an uproar about the content. This 19-year-old actually went to audition after changing his age and got the role, and no one found out until it was released?! It's amazing.

As expected, some reporters immediately talked about the issue of integrity, but more expressed their support, thinking that this was not his original intention, and it was also very sincere. Besides, Sean in the talk show is very generous, smart and funny, without the impetuous feeling of a young actor, as long as he is not prejudiced, he will think that he is in his early twenties.

NBC then conducted a survey, randomly sampling 500 passers-by across the United States, showing them the first half of the talk show and asking how old the guests looked. As a result, 80% of the age groups chose 25, while only 3% chose 19. Coupled with the fact that his performance in "The Genius Ripley" has been affirmed by quite a few people, this is clearly a malicious accusation that does not have much effect at all.

Then, the Golden Globe Awards also came to join in the fun at this time, and the day after the talk show was broadcast, the list of nominees for the 57th Golden Globe Awards (note) was released, and Sean's name Huo Ran was among the Best Actor in a Drama Movie. Although the fame of the Golden Globe Awards is not as good as the Oscars, it is considered to be among the top in several major film awards in North America, and being nominated for the Golden Globe Awards is enough to show the overall attitude of the entertainment industry.

As a result, "The Genius Ripley", which was already hotly discussed, triggered a new round of craze after Sean appeared on "The Tonight Show", coupled with Golden Globe nominations, finally got a box office of 11.27 million in the third week after its release - in fact, a little more than two weeks at most - the rainy weekend box office barely counterattacked the 11.18 million weekend box office "Elf Mouse Brother", and topped the North American weekend box office list for the first time.