Birth of an actor

When a film actor encounters an intimate scene, the biggest difference from an adult film actor is that the latter can still enjoy it, while the former only has embarrassment.

Some people may ask: Isn't it a blessing to have sex with a good-looking rival actor?

But, leaving aside the fact that making out with strangers is always an embarrassing thing, no matter how beautiful and wonderful the actors are, when you have to be under the eyes of at least a hundred people - a medium-budget movie, every shot basically There are at least dozens of people staring at each moment, the director and his assistants, photographers, lighting engineers, makeup artists, etc. - performing intimate scenes with each other over and over again, accompanied by the director's "messy hairstyle" Now, try again" "The expression is not intoxicated, try again" "There is a problem with the posture, try again" "You need to kiss her lips for three seconds before moving up, you moved too fast just now, try again" These commands keep stopping Down, start again, stop, and start again, repeating all the time, no matter how beautiful the actions and scenes are, they will become boring due to mechanical repetition and adjustment.

Moreover, this process does not mean that it takes only one or two hours to shoot. A 2-[-]-minute shot in a movie often takes a whole day or even longer in actual shooting. Every shot needs to be meticulously crafted, so, From the perspective of sensory experience, filming an intimate scene is by no means a good experience.

It’s even more impossible to do fake scenes for real. Low-scale scenes such as kissing scenes and fondling are better. Some intimate scenes in movies really require actors to be naked. Once the actors’ bodies really have physiological reactions—unless Wear seven or eight pairs of underpants one size smaller to tightly compress the lower body (it will bring a lot of discomfort), otherwise, it is difficult to cover up the actor's real physiological Responsive—there are hundreds of people watching in the studio, even if the actors who acted opposite don’t mind, what about the director?What do other people think?Once someone reveals the slightest bit to the gossip tabloids as a joke, the future of this actor who can't help but have a physical reaction on the set will be ruined if he doesn't pay attention.

It's not that William hasn't acted in kissing scenes and sex scenes, but he has never acted in so many and challenging intimacy scenes.

There are more than 30 kissing scenes in the whole script of "Shakespeare in Love", and there are two more formal bed scenes, and both of them have frontal nudity shots of Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays the heroine Viola.That's right, it's literally a topless shot.

This is completely different from William's previous filming experience. First of all, many kiss scenes in the films he has filmed before use the method of borrowing seats. For example, when filming "Gait Shot", Uma Thurman wore suspender pajamas all the time, but in "Shakespeare in Love", Shakespeare played by William just showed his chest, while Greg And Wyneth Paltrow, all the scenes about her in the intimate scene are very bold.

That's kind of awkward, and William is more awkward than Gwyneth Paltrow.

"No, no, Will, you have to push harder, you'd better suck out a little noise, and at the same time touch Gwen's chest with your hands from the shoulders, so that it looks more like two people who are in love and eager Dear young man."

Hearing this sentence, William and Gwyneth Paltrow, who were still stuck together like two pieces of plasticine, separated immediately, faster than Moses parted the Red Sea.

The main reason is that William withdrew too quickly. If you don't look carefully, it seems that he suddenly pushed Gwyneth Paltrow away.

"Please, Will." Standing face to face with William, Gwyneth Paltrow still had the blush on her face, and she said dumbfoundedly: "Am I a Tyrannosaurus rex that made you hide like this?" fast?"

"Sorry." William's forehead was also covered with sweat, but it was not caused by heat, but by psychological factors.

"You're ten times cuter than I thought, Will," Gwyneth Paltrow said with a laugh.

Gwyneth Paltrow was very dissatisfied with the first scene shot with William Bradley, the leading actor, because she knew her beauty very well, but she didn't know William Bradley very well. Bradley (although I have heard that he is a rare male stunner in Hollywood, etc.), in the intimate scene, the actresses basically default to being taken advantage of.

But in the shooting just now, Gwyneth Paltrow really didn't notice the slightest sign that she was being taken advantage of. Although the shooting was NG again and again, William Bradley's eyes, his movements , his expression, all are howling loudly William Bradley is not because he wants to take advantage of Gwyneth Paltrow and keeps NG, but because he is too afraid to take advantage of Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow's is cheaper...

'I'm such a standard blonde, doesn't he have any interest in me? ' Gwyneth Paltrow subconsciously thought, the nickname of "Male Monroe" is really well-deserved, being stared at by those deep green eyes and hugged by such powerful arms, in fact, even she almost controlled herself Can't live.

But the idea that "William Bradley has no interest in me" is horrible, it's like denying Gwyneth Paltrow as a beautiful woman, it's like saying to Her pretty face said "you're nothing", so she quickly dismissed her thoughts: "No, of course not, William Bradley is just too shy and gentlemanly to be shy to the lady Hands on, yes. That's it, or he's gay, there's no third option."

……

"Gwen, take a 10-minute break, Will, come over here. Everyone else, clean up the scene and continue in 10 minutes." Director John Madden said.

William took the handkerchief from Danny Byrne and walked towards director John Madden while wiping his sweat.

When he walked to the camera, there was no one around director John Madden except himself. When William walked to him, John Madden didn't comment on William's performance just now, but pointed to the screen and said: "Look at your scene just now." Then he pressed the play button.

In 1593, during the Elizabethan era, drama was in its heyday. William Shakespeare was one of the famous dramatists, poets and playwrights in London. He admired him because of his works when he was young, and later disguised himself as a man and turned into actor Thomas Kent to apply for a job at the Rose Theater.

Shakespeare inadvertently attended the ball held by the wealthy businessman Lesha to get his daughter Viola and the nobleman Sir Weatherby to set a marriage contract, and fell in love with Viola at first sight—just like Romeo in his writings at the ball at the Capulet House It was like falling in love with Juliet at first sight——Viola also had interest in Shakespeare, of course, and the two began to communicate secretly, and the messenger was Viola herself who was disguised as a man.

Unfortunately, Viola's father made a deal of money and titles with Sir Weatherby. Viola was set to marry Sir Weatherby with a large dowry two weeks later. She wrote to Shakespeare A letter of severing ties, and handed it to Shakespeare when the men went to the theater. After reading the letter, Shakespeare was heartbroken and chased "Thomas Kent" to learn about Viola from "him". However, he accidentally discovered that "Thomas Kent" was Viola himself, so he desperately climbed onto the window sill of Viola's bedroom... The first intimate scene between Shakespeare and Viola was in such a situation What happens next is exactly wood meets fire, Romeo meets Juliet.

But the shots just captured by the camera do not look like Shakespeare and Viola making love in love, but like Viola's first wedding night after marrying the philistine and incompetent Sir Weatherby.

Interaction is too rigid.

Although Gwyneth Paltrow's performance can't be said to be perfect, it is still much better than William's.

William stared at the camera screen, gradually showing a shameful expression.

In contrast, director John Madden showed a soft-hearted expression after seeing William's expression.

"Actually, these shots are not useless." John Madden paused the picture, pointed to William's eyes on the screen and said, "You have brewed emotions very well, and the fierce and surging love for Viola is all It's evident in your expression, and the way you and Gwen look at each other is full of erotic tension, but when the kiss begins, the jerky and rigid feeling is conveyed in your body movements, Tell me, Will Er, what were you thinking at that time?"

"I..." William, who has read the script countless times in private, combed his hair with his hands and said, "I can put myself into Shakespeare's emotions, but I cannot Wyneth saw it as Viola, and the feeling of touching her made me feel strange and uneasy. Besides, it was too soon, we were only meeting for the first time..."

"Hahahaha, is it because of shyness?" John Madden suddenly realized: "It seems that you are an experienced actor, Will."

What John Madden said was nothing, but William caught a glimpse of it, and he caught a hint from it.

Experience pie?No no no, William never considered his acting to be of a fixed genre.

However, his long-standing acting habits make him often choose the experience style when playing a slightly more complicated role, and completely transform himself into a character, because that can deduce the rich emotions of the character at a deeper level and have a more realistic sense. , is more touching.

However, the experiential method cannot be applied to every shot, just like the scenes shot by William and Gwyneth Paltrow. Even if he substitutes himself into Shakespeare, can he really fall in love with Gwyneth? Viola played by Celia Paltrow?Of course not, unless William straightens himself again, it is impossible for him to really desire Gwyneth Paltrow, no matter how beautiful she is.

So at this time, it is necessary to change the way of thinking and change to a new way of performing.

For example, the flexible method school.

God, why didn't he wake up sooner?

"I have an idea!" William recovered from his daze, and gave John Madden a big hug: "Thank you, John." He ran away cheerfully, with a peculiar rhythm in his steps.

'What did I say? John Madden, who was hugged, thought blankly, then looked at William's back, and suddenly smiled: "Switched to the drama channel so soon?"It's really fast to get into the play, Will, ah no, Shakespeare. '

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"I don't think I'll mess up the shoot again." In the final preparations before shooting again, when the costume stylist was finishing the costumes for William and Gwyneth Paltrow, William said to her: "But if For a moment I acted too fiercely, which made you feel offended, please believe that it was for the better completion of the filming, please forgive me."

"Of course I will, Will, you know I'm also a professional actor." Gwyneth Paltrow replied with a natural expression.She hadn't realized just how intense William meant by "intense."

"Action!" The staff member holding the clapperboard flashed in front of the camera.

William ran to Gwyneth Paltrow from the other side of the room, held the other's cheeks in his hands, stared affectionately for a short time, and suddenly kissed Gwyneth's lips with a very frenzied expression, and really sent out The sound of kisses.

Gwyneth Paltrow seemed to be frightened by the sudden enthusiasm, or she didn't expect that William's state in this scene was really so different from the previous one. Her left hand stopped in mid-air After two seconds, he slowly put it on William's shoulder, closed his eyes and let himself indulge in the kiss.

Two beautiful young people are kissing in the middle of the room like glue, and two cameras are revolving around them to capture this beautiful scene.

'great. Director John Madden thought: "Although I don't know what Will's good idea is, it is obvious that he thought of a very good idea. I finally don't have to worry about not being able to take a useful shot today." '

At this time, there were nearly a hundred staff members in the studio, and there were many people who had the same idea as John Madden, because compared to the blunt and ugly performance state before, the intimate contact between William and Gwyneth at this moment is really hot It was so hot that some men turned around secretly, or simply ran to the bathroom to cover up the embarrassing state of their lower body.

But no one knows that William is kissing Gwyneth Paltrow so naturally now because he treats her like a delicious burrito-although the idea is a bit strange, it has to be said that it works really well.Perhaps this is the biggest difference between the experiential school and the method school. The former is to make oneself fall in love with Viola emotionally, and perform by the resonance of the character, while the latter is to substitute oneself when facing Viola. Other emotions, whether for people or for things, reach a frenzy of deception.There is no saying that one is superior to the experiential school or the method school, but the skill of the method school has less influence on the actors themselves, while the experience school can easily get lost if one is not careful.

"Wait!" William finally let go of Gwyneth, stared at each other, and suppressed his emotions with difficulty: "You are still a virgin, don't be fooled by me." Before the two developed a deeper relationship, Shakespeare gave Viola the final choice.

"Are you William Shakespeare?" Viola, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, gasped as she looked at William.

"Yes." William's voice was very hoarse.

"Then I was right, kiss me again."

William reached out to touch Gwyneth Paltrow's cheek again, his right hand accidentally touched the other's hair, and he was dazed for a moment.

Under the hazy yellow light deliberately played by the lighting engineer, Gwyneth Paltrow's hair filled with golden hair shone even more, attracting the attention of almost all the men in the studio.

William's eyes also fell on the blonde hair, but he didn't think "what a blonde beauty!" like other men, but "it's not the kind of blonde I like".

What kind of blonde hair does he like?William thought, and couldn't help but put his fingers into Gwyneth's bun, feeling the feeling of the hair being entwined in his hands, no, no, no, it's not this color and touch, the gold should be a little lighter, and the feel is softer and smoother slippery, like, like...

"Oh." Just the feeling of her fingers running through her hair had made Gwyneth Paltrow unable to help but fall into the empathy of the character. She reached out and lowered William's head with unprecedented enthusiasm.

William closed his eyes slightly. The appearance of the burrito had disappeared from his mind at some point, and replaced with a face, a face he was very familiar with.

……

Gwyneth Paltrow's eyes were fascinated when director John Madden shouted in an uncontrollable excited tone: "Perfect! Perfect!" , it seems that emotions have been trapped in the character and cannot be pulled out.

'Oh, wow. ’ Gwyneth Paltrow thought with a wink, ‘This, this is just… wonderful. '

She leaned on the bed and looked at William with misty eyes for a while, and then regained consciousness with the help of her assistant. After wrapping up a thick coat, she stood up with a flushed face and walked towards the dressing room. He looked back at William deeply.

"Well done, Will." Danny Bourne winked at William: "Paltrow seems to be almost conquered by your kissing skills, to be honest, man, how many girls have you kissed to become so good of?"

But William did not answer Danny Byrne.

Because he was about to be frightened by himself.

"You think too much, Danny." William hurriedly answered Danny Byrne, and walked out of the studio. He went outside to find a water pipe, turned on the tap and washed his face.

An angry voice suddenly came from behind: "Do you know that girl you kissed so fascinatedly just now, is she my girlfriend?"

William turned to see Ben Affleck in a burgundy Tudor manskin with an angry face.