Hollywood Director 1992

After seeing Gong Li off, Link continued filming.

Since Philadelphia was very close to New York, less than 150 kilometers away, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow often secretly came to see him during filming.

Sometimes Jennifer came alone, sometimes all three, and sometimes just the latter two would sneak over.

The reason they came secretly was that after "Friends" aired, the three of them gradually became popular and became household names.

Especially Jennifer Aniston, because of her sweet looks, sexy figure, and interesting personality, her role as 'Rachel Green' became a hit throughout the United States, and her fame was approaching that of first-line film and television stars.

If paparazzi were to photograph the three of them running to Philadelphia to sleep with Link, the news would probably cause a sensation throughout the United States.

Besides them, Monica, Jennifer Connelly, and Liu Xiao Li also took turns coming to see him, so that he wouldn't have nowhere to vent during filming.

With their care, Link was able to concentrate more on filming in the crew.

"Cut!"

After filming a scene, Link called a pause and repeatedly looked at the monitor screen.

This was Tom Hanks' first scene after joining the crew.

Tom Hanks played Dr. Malcolm Crowe, the male lead, who, a year after being shot by a former patient, sat on a bench on the side of the street with his work bag, waiting for Cole, the little boy living in the house across the street, to appear.

Link watched this shot repeatedly, and always felt that 'Dr. Malcolm Crowe' had the shadow of Forrest Gump.

Seeing Tom Hanks sitting on the bench, the audience could easily associate it with Tom Hanks holding a box of chocolates, saying to a black woman, 'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.'

If he couldn't get rid of this, the Dr. Malcolm Crowe created by Tom Hanks wouldn't be considered a success.

Continuing to film would cause problems for the entire movie.

"Link, is there a problem? Whatever the problem is, you can say it directly. I heard that you are good at training actors. The actors who have worked with you have improved a lot in their performances. I am also looking forward to receiving your guidance."

Tom Hanks said with a smile.

Link thought for a moment and said, "Tom, Dr. Malcolm Crowe was originally an excellent psychologist with a strong sense of career and responsibility. That night, a young man he failed to save committed suicide in front of him, causing him to feel guilty.

Driven by this sense of responsibility and guilt, he found Cole, who had similar psychological problems, hoping to eliminate his regrets through him.

At this time, his eyes should be very gentle, full of kindness, patience, compassion, and firmness, like a father, a saint. How to grasp it specifically needs to be interpreted in combination with your personal ideas."

Tom Hanks nodded and said he needed half an hour to prepare.

Link was not in a hurry and asked him to continue preparing. He and the crew continued to film the little boy Cole's scenes.

After Cole came out of the house, he closed the door on tiptoe, glanced at the opposite side of the street, and then hurried forward.

This scene was also filmed several times, mainly because Cole's performance was not in place.

In this scene, Cole lowers his head and walks forward quickly after leaving home, behaving like an introverted and autistic child.

The audience will also think so when watching this scene.

At the end, after knowing that Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a ghost, everyone will suddenly realize that seeing a ghost sitting on a bench at the door of his house in broad daylight, and still following behind him, would scare anyone to run away.

In the performance, Cole's performance needs to have some misleading elements, both like a socially awkward person and like being frightened. The boundary in the middle needs to be a little blurred.

If Cole performs too exaggeratedly here, the audience will feel suspicious. Would an autistic child behave so exaggeratedly when seeing a stranger?

This performance is not easy, and the little actor Haley is only 7 years old and cannot understand too complex emotions.

During filming, Link could only take his time, chatting with him on set while filming, and explaining everything little by little.

After this scene was filmed, Tom Hanks returned to the stage.

When he sat on the bench, his state and temperament had changed a lot, but it still didn't meet Link's requirements.

Link was not in a hurry either. He aimed the camera at Tom Hanks and gradually corrected the problems in him, as if he was sculpting a work of art.

Although Tom Hanks is an Oscar winner and very famous, he has a good temper and is easy to work with.

This scene was filmed for five days. Occasionally, during filming, Tom Hanks seemed to be possessed by Dr. Malcolm Crowe. His performance instantly became smooth, natural and appropriate, without any trace of acting.

Link was very surprised and pleasantly surprised after seeing it in the camera.

This situation is like an actor experiencing 'enlightenment' during a performance. In layman's terms, it means that before, they were still muddled, but after gaining inspiration, suddenly the whole person became transparent.

This transparency is the growth and self-improvement of the character, like a ignorant child suddenly growing into an adult.

Link quickly called the crew to get busy, seizing the time to film Dr. Malcolm Crowe's scenes, taking the opportunity of filming to help Tom Hanks consolidate the character and integrate into the character at a deeper level.

The crew filmed ten scenes that day, from noon to midnight, filming three days' worth of scenes in one day.

Afterwards, Link asked Tom Hanks how he did it. A few days ago, the Dr. Malcolm Crowe he played was still relatively weak. Suddenly, this character became full, no longer a character in the script, but a real living person.

Tom Hanks said with a wry smile that since his debut in the 80s, he has played more than thirty roles. Because of his good talent, he can easily perform many roles after reading the script.

No role has ever been like Dr. Malcolm Crowe. After he carefully prepared for more than a month, he would still get stuck constantly when filming on the set. This had never happened before.

This put him under a lot of pressure.

He could only keep practicing every day, constantly deepening his understanding of the character and substituting himself into the character.

Today, during the performance, he suddenly became enlightened and felt that he was Dr. Malcolm Crowe. After confirming this, no matter how he performed, he would not exceed the scope of this character.

Link listened and secretly praised him. As expected of a top actor, his talent and understanding are extremely high. Many actors don't even have the qualifications to learn or even touch this ability.

If he told them, they would only shake their heads and disbelieve, thinking it was feudal superstition.

After Tom Hanks found the feeling, the crew's filming progress also accelerated.

With the help of Dr. Malcolm Crowe, Cole gradually overcame his inner fear and began to accept his own strangeness, while helping those ghosts who needed help. While helping the ghosts, Cole gradually became cheerful, and finally confessed to his mother, Mrs. Crowe, in the car, and the estrangement between the mother and son was also eliminated.

And after Dr. Malcolm Crowe returned home, he remembered that he was dead through the ring that fell on the ground, and finally left his wife reluctantly.

In early December, after more than two months of intense filming, "The Sixth Sense" was successfully completed at the Philadelphia Film Studio.

Link took the crew back to Los Angeles to edit the film.