"Don't talk this to me!"

"It's going to be nothing wrong with you."

"Won't it? Absolutely! ”

"You're a big hero, and with your prestige, he won't dare to lift a finger of you."

"The problem is my reputation, you think you're going to take you seriously if you kill a few drug dealers? You think that's going to make them shine? They want to catch big fish, they want to catch me through you. ”

"But you're innocent, Will."

"Yes, I'm a good cop, but they always find a way to attack you, think about the cases I've handled, all the cases I've handled, think about the ruffians on the streets."

"Nonsense, you don't have the handle to catch them at all."

"Where's Dubose?"

"It's different."

"It's different?"

"Walfield doesn't want to talk about that kind of scum."

"It's a chain reaction, and once it starts, it can't be contained."

"I wanted to try, man, I had to support my family, and Walfield promised me that I wouldn't have too many penalties and that it could be mitigated."

"We're the police, it's not just our business, it's all the people who depend on us, they have families! I've been a good cop all my life, what are you destroying it so easily? Is it just to make that bastard from the Ministry of Internal Affairs the chief of police? Or is it to play golf with him or the mayor or anyone else who wants to get in touch with him? ”

"Finished? Sorry, I had to compromise. ”

Frankly speaking, this rivalry scene is very exciting, although it can't be said to be so exciting that it can be used in textbooks, but Sean and Pacino fully express the emotions of the characters, so that the whole conflict is not revealed.

The crux of this conflict scene in the restaurant is here but not exposed, at least from the script.

The plot is not complicated, the male protagonist played by Pacino, the shrewd and capable cop Will, and the partner Harp played by Sean, are sent to a remote town in Alaska to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl. After making contact with the local police, the two went to the hotel to stay overnight and have dinner in the restaurant, and by the way, they talked about what happened before they came, which is why they came to Alaska.

The old policeman Will is a good man, but also a jealous and hateful cop, who is very famous and well-known in the local area. But this time, when chasing a pedophile, he made a mistake, and everyone knew that the pedophile did it, but there was no evidence to convict him, so in anger, out of a sense of justice in his heart, Will forged evidence and arrested the pedophile.

Unexpectedly, the other party's lawyer was a cunning person, although there was no definite evidence of Will's forgery, but he seized the loophole and made a big fuss, which alarmed many people, so the police department began to investigate internally. As Will's long-time partner, Harp was naturally called to interrogate or intimidate, and Harp needed to support his family, so he had to make a deal with the officials sent by the Ministry of the Interior, and there were many sympathetic people in the police department, so the director would use the murder in Alaska to send Will and Harp over to keep them away from all this for a while.

Then, as the two were preparing for their meal in the restaurant, they argued over the subject, and as old partners, and for more consideration, Will was very unhappy with Hape's compromise. The law in the United States is sometimes very strange, for example, there is almost no such thing as rehabilitation, because if a prosecutor or a police officer is prosecuted for handling the wrong case, and Zuihou is successfully overturned by the other party, then countless lawyers will come forward and question all the cases he has handled, and then gather a group of people to investigate, and then continue to sue to seek compensation from the government.

As a result, many cases have been confirmed to be unjust, but prosecutors and police will not admit that there is something wrong with the case, and will still prosecute, and will use various methods to put pressure on the victim or the court, mislead the media and the jury, and turn the case into an ironclad case. Even if the charges were eventually dropped, most of them were withdrawn on the grounds of insufficient evidence, rather than the police and prosecutors being wrong.

In short, if you are not a powerful person, if you can't afford a high-priced lawyer and team, once you are wronged in a very bad case, then you can expect to be stabbed in the media, and then make a big amnesty, but the crime will still stay on your head forever. Although this system has contributed to the atmosphere of the judiciary handling cases indiscriminately, it has also given many criminals and unscrupulous lawyers an opportunity, so in the movie, Will, an old policeman who is dedicated to fighting for justice, will be extremely unwilling.

Here, Sean needs to show restrained helplessness as much as possible, and Pacino also needs to show restrained dissatisfaction and even anger as much as possible, after all, the two have been partners for many years, and the problems faced by the other party are also clear, but they can't retreat, thus laying the groundwork for the later story. This kind of plot that is calm on the surface, but full of contradictions and undercurrents underneath is a great test of the actor's skills, and the calm on the surface is destined to give people a rich emotional feeling of body language can not be used much, but the contradictions and undercurrents below must be shown through subtle changes in tone and expression, which is not easy.

In the eyes of the crew, it is not difficult for Pacino to do this, this outstanding actor who played the "Godfather" trilogy should have won the actor a long time ago, but it was not difficult to get the honor he deserved until the early 90s. And the facts have proved that their views are indeed correct, and Pacino is indeed in place.

For example, when he said "I don't need" and "nothing has changed" at the beginning, the casual tone and frowning brows easily showed the dissatisfaction of the character. But after Sean said the line "I have to compromise", a quick "don't talk to me" and wandering eyes suddenly raised the atmosphere to a high level.

As for the haste and pleading of "they want to catch a big fish, they want to catch me through you" in the back, as well as the suppressed anger and ridicule of Zuihou's "We are the police", not to mention, as an actor-level actor, it is a matter of hand-to-hand, basically, the direction of the whole scene is controlled by him.

But Sean, who is very young, can basically keep up with Pacino's rhythm, which surprised many staff members of the crew, in fact, Sean surprised them as soon as he put on makeup.

You know, Westerners are generally more mature, even if Sean is half Chinese in this regard. However, there are still very few young actors who try to play mature roles, because temperament and momentum cannot be learned, which requires experience and social training. No matter how hard you draw the lines of your face, no matter how smooth your hair is combed back, no matter how thick your beard is, as long as you sit there, you can't stop the feeling of youthfulness.

But this characteristic was completely absent from Sean, and when he walked out after putting on his makeup and was ready to shoot, that kind of mature temperament was no different from that of people in their thirties and nearly forty, which surprised many people, including Pacino.

There was even a drama manager who didn't figure out the situation, and it was very funny to walk up to him and say, "You can't sit here, sir, we're going to make a movie." ”

After that, his performance surprised them even more, and although Pacino controlled the rhythm and rushed within the range drawn by director Christopher, he was firmly behind him.

At first, he didn't show too much obvious performance, but when he said "I have to compromise" for the first time, the small gesture of pursing his lips and the appearance of retracting the halfway gesture clearly expressed his guilt for Will and his helplessness towards himself.

Then the sentence "You are a big hero", he deliberately said it very slowly, word by word, very clearly, using such a small technique with Pacino's sentence "Don't talk these to me" to highlight the character's inner uneasiness, trying to get the other party's forgiveness.

And the phrase "Finished?" I'm sorry, I had to compromise" is even more annoyed and then helpless, and the smooth transformation tone, the complex character of the character is also revealed.

What a surprising young man.

However, the crew thinks it's good, but the director doesn't necessarily think it's good.

"What do you guys think of each other's performances?" Standing at the table, Christopher asked the two actors in front of him, "Let's talk about it, sometimes it's good to exchange opinions about each other." ”

Sean and Pacino looked at each other, and then Sean made a gesture of please, so Pacino spoke first: "Sean has a lot of small movements, although it can largely supplement the performance, but too many words will have the opposite effect, and he feels a little too helpless." ”

"Al can be a little more restrained and express his intense emotions through some body language, without all the tone and expressions to illustrate, and the rest is perfect." Sean put it mildly, anyway, Pacino is a long-established actor, but he still pointed out that there is nothing wrong with his small actions.

Pacino smiled, not paying attention to Sean's words, just looking at Christopher, wondering what he would say.

But Christopher didn't speak, just lowered his head and pinched his chin, thinking intently. Basically, from the start of filming to the present, he hasn't spoken much, just standing at the camera watching Sean and Pacino perform, and he didn't explain the reason after the stop, just filmed this plot repeatedly. So far, seven or eight times, sometimes piecemeal, sometimes pulled through a shot, and now this is the first time Christopher has asked the two actors what they think.

"Frankly," he finally spoke after a moment, "I don't have anything to say at this time, your performances are excellent, Al will not talk about it, after so many days of cooperation, we are already familiar with each other." But Sean gave me a surprise, and frankly, before today, I still had doubts about you, but your performance told me that I was wrong, and that you were a very good actor even though you were young, so ...... Maybe we can try something else? ”