Birth of an actor

"It does fit the image described in your poem, but it doesn't fit mine."

"I know, you want a Shakespeare like Hamlet."

"Now I don't have such naive thoughts, Judy, and I'm in my 30s, and I've long understood that the characters in the writer's pen are not equal to themselves. But don't you think William's Shakespeare is a bit too beautiful?" ?”

"Will Shakespeare fans dislike Will's too charming role?" Judi Dench looked at Colin Firth with a smile, and said firmly: "The British will not hate Will's Shakespeare, Maybe they will fall in love with him because of it, or not.”

Colin Firth did not object to this.

Colin Firth and Judi Dench are both British. Is there anyone in the UK who doesn't love Shakespeare?Most of the British people have such a deep affection for Shakespeare that they have to be picky about casting famous works, not to mention asking someone to play Shakespeare himself. Most of the actors chosen for "Shakespeare in Love" are British, Free Rush, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Imelda Staunton, Colin Firth, etc., but the most important role is played by Shakespeare himself an American!

Regional discrimination has existed since ancient times. Even in Hollywood, the Americans and British of the same origin seem to be like a family. There have been a steady stream of British people since World War I. Rushing to Hollywood to film, in fact, they also have difficult to adjust competition contradictions-Hollywood seems to tolerate actors from all over the world, but in fact, mainstream public opinion has always been traditionally closed, and they are not very friendly to actors from other countries. British actors can already be regarded as mixed in Hollywood. It was opened, but since the 50s, when actors of British nationality came to Hollywood to work hard, most of them were left with the roles of villains and conspirators.

As early as in the black-and-white Hollywood movies of the 40s, British actors played Judas, Nazis, and vampires. The villain who brutally sold the protagonist in 1959's "Ben-Hur" was played by an Irish actor. Jeremy Irons was a popular lover in the UK, but he became a professional villain in the United States. Anthony Hopkins was a charming gentleman full of artistic temperament in "84 Charing Cross Road". Hollywood turned into a cannibal in one go... In the unabashed expression of some studio execs at private parties: "The British way of speaking, haughty and snobbish and depraved. It's such a waste to play the villain."

Don't think that the British actors working hard in Hollywood are very poor-in fact, their situation has been getting better and better with the development of the times, and although Hollywood is a bit harsh in its attitude towards outsiders, it is very generous in money. Well-known British actors earn at least ten times as much in the United States as they do in China. American actors are also discriminated against in the UK, especially when they say shit that sounds meaningless to the British. Even if he has an American accent, but he wants to play a British person, he will be ridiculed by the whole of England.

When Miramax released the rumor that the starring role of "Shakespeare in Love" has been finalized as an American actor, not to mention the British media, even the British actors who have signed the crew are more or less dissatisfied - Shakespeare in the British The status in my heart used to be comparable to that of the king. Now that the influence of the British royal family is getting weaker and weaker, it is even higher than the queen. The British themselves are wondering, is there any British who does not love Shakespeare?

Everyone is preparing to pick the thorn of the new leading actor, or to see how the American actor made a serious embarrassment during filming.

However, when it was learned that the American actor who would play Shakespeare was none other than William Bradley, even the "Sun", which most liked to ridicule Americans' British accent sounding like vomiting, was silent. .

On the one hand, "Sense and Sensibility" in 1995 has taught the British media enough lessons. How much malice they gave William before the film was closed, and how many times they were slapped in the face after the film was released. The loudest slap was by The British Academy of Film waved, and the British Academy of Film Awards, known as the "British Oscars", nominated William for Best Actor that year.

Since he played the characters written by Jane Austen well, William Bradley, who has become more mature in acting skills and deeper in charm, should not interpret Shakespeare too badly—and God, William Bradley was at Harvard Read English literature!After the appearance can't be faulted, the accent can't be wrong, and the acting skills can't be criticized, even a sarcasm is not enough to understand Shakespeare's literature deeply!There is no reason, how to object, the British entertainment reporters collectively expressed their hearts are very tired.

And on the other hand, William Bradley's current status is not what it used to be. As we all know, J. K. Rowling's worldwide popular magical novel "Harry Potter" series film copyright belongs to Willot Films, In an exclusive interview with BBC TV, Rowling also said when talking about the filming of the novel: "Of course Will and I have exchanged various ideas about filming, but it's not this year or next year. Anyone who has read the novel knows that "" The preliminary preparations for the filming of Harry Potter are as difficult as the "Lord of the Rings" series. The design and special effects of the magical world alone are a big project. After most of the preliminary preparations are completed, Willot Oh, yes, in terms of actors, Willlot respects my ideas very much, British actors will be considered first in film casting.”

Not only has the "Harry Potter" series already finalized the vast majority of actors to be played by British actors, but even the "Blood Together" and "Lord of the Rings" series that Willlot Films is currently producing have many British directors and actors are haunting, Willot, no, or William Bradley has provided so many jobs for British actors. In a way, the soft-mouthed British media is really not good. He is too harsh.

The collective silence of the British media was a little strange, and the other British actors in the crew of "Shakespeare in Love" were also changing their views day by day.

Some of them have held a wait-and-see attitude from the beginning (at least this Shakespeare is very eye-catching, isn’t it?), and now they have received a lot of pleasing surprises, such as Judi Dench. I firmly believed that American actors could not play Shakespeare well, and then fell into self-doubt and contradictions, until I completely reversed my mind, like director John Madden.

In fact, John Madden's ideas were turned around a bit too much, and he even began to be a little dissatisfied with the script-the script was too partial to the heroine Viola, adding too much drama to her (while causing Shakespeare's A large part of the monologue has been revised), although this movie is about love history, but there is the word Shakespeare in front, isn't it?The thought of Shakespeare being so overshadowed in a film he directed made John Madden uncomfortable.

"Hank?" John Madden called his assistant: "Call Mr. Weinstein for me and tell him that we still have some shots to be filmed and the shooting date has to be pushed back, let him know that , and then I'll call him personally at a later date to discuss some script issues."

"But haven't we almost finished shooting?" The assistant director looked at the camera suspiciously. In the picture displayed on the screen, William Bradley is in excellent condition. There are more than three usable materials captured today. Lenses, thirteen lenses are enough.

"Not enough, not enough," John Madden muttered, looking at the camera.If he wants to make the image of Shakespeare fuller, more three-dimensional and more like a playwright fanatic for literature, not just a passionate young man obsessed with love, then he will have to add at least three more days of shooting.God, bless him for convincing Weinstein to agree to a revised script.

The assistant director shrugged, although he didn't understand what John Madden really wanted to do, and he was also a little worried whether the other party could really convince Harvey Weinstein, that shrewd Jewish producer, but if he just said that he would continue the shooting day If it is extended, he definitely agrees with both hands and feet, and he dares to bet that there are many people in the crew who are as reluctant as himself and don’t want to close the camera so early—he said that the white linen neckline that William is wearing now is still very How beautiful is the scenery under the low coat?He didn't mind a few more days of lust.

……

"Spot" is driving on the road in the small town of Bar Harbor, Maine, and is heading steadily towards the filming location of the crew of "Together".

There is soothing music in the car, which is an old jazz song from the 60s. The male singer sang in a low and hoarse voice about how hard it is to guess the girls' minds. William sat on the sofa behind the driver's seat with his eyes closed. Almost fell asleep to the rhythm of the music.

He was a bit exhausted in the past week. At the last moment, John Madden, the director of "Shakespeare in Love", was a bit of a perfectionist. After repeated revisions and reshoots of the three finalized shots, it took three full days before the film was completely closed. , and then a whole day of dinners, farewells, and parties.After finishing "Shakespeare in Love", I took an international flight back to Los Angeles, and signed a "Lord of the Rings" filming contract with Peter Jackson and his studio after a long discussion between the lawyers of both parties. A grand press conference—announcing to the whole Hollywood that the movie "The Lord of the Rings" adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" officially started shooting today.

An original book corresponds to a movie. The trilogy of "The Lord of the Rings" will be filmed in New Zealand in one go, and the investment will be as high as 2.5 million US dollars (it is only a preliminary estimate). One can imagine how much this news will cause in Hollywood. earthquake.

The initial reaction from the media, apart from lamenting how rich Willot is, is all kinds of doubts, not only questioning the quality of the movie "Lord of the Rings", but also questioning whether Willot can successfully translate Tolkien's original work On to the big screen.

This kind of questioning and disbelief is multifaceted. For example, to Willot Films, "The first film has not been released yet, and the second film hastily started, or the special effects blockbuster that invested more than "Titanic" , the stall is too big, so Willot won't worry about losing all his money?"

However, usually after this kind of doubt, the questioner will follow the questioner's sour self-question and answer: "Anyway, Roderick is rich, let alone one "Lord of the Rings", even if he invests in ten "Lord of the Rings" and loses all of them. It’s a drop in the bucket for Ke.”

There is also a dislike for the director Peter Jackson: "Who is Peter Jackson? A New Zealand director who is famous for making low-budget dramas and horror films. He made Tolkien's famous blockbuster?"

Whether it is the original "Lord of the Rings" with an epic and majestic temperament, or a commercial blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, in the understanding of Hollywood people, they must at least be like Steven Spielberg or James Carter. Only a super-A director like Mellon can operate a successful movie, so it is no wonder that as soon as the "Lord of the Rings" press conference announced that the director is still very young and not well-known at this time, Peter Jackson began to have doubts.

Some reporters even directly suggested to William: "Isn't James Cameron still not having a new film after "Titanic", why not invite him to make it?"

William didn't care about this kind of doubt, and even comforted Peter Jackson not to take it to heart, because he knew exactly how good the final film would be-although the current "Lord of the Rings" just started the early stage of setting construction And the design, and even the actors haven't all been chosen yet.

In fact, not only is William not worried about the prospect of "Lord of the Rings", he is not even worried about the prospect of "Blood Together". According to a survey report released by "Hollywood Reporter" last month, 18-49 Among the main movie-watching groups, "Blood Together" is the movie with the highest expected value of the same theme. Given that the investment cost of the film is less than [-] million U.S. dollars, the cost can be fully recovered in just the first week of the premiere. "There is no need to worry about the box office at all, they just need to make a good reputation.

"Will? Wake up, man, something new."

The speed of "Spot" slowly decreased, and William woke up from a light sleep when Danny Bourne called softly.

He wiped his face, his sanity was gradually returning: "What happened?"

"There were a lot of people standing in front of the studio, holding things in their hands, probably for you."

William stood up and looked out along the headlights of the car. He did see many fans on the road outside the studio, and maybe there were reporters. Some of them cheered when they saw "Spot", but they still stayed in a very orderly manner. He didn't move in place, instead of rushing towards the RV.

Danny Bourne is already very experienced in dealing with this kind of scene. He first parked "Spot" in the parking space on the side of the road, then got out of the car, and greeted the fans to line up to maintain order. Some people took some signed copies in their hands, turned and walked towards William, who had tidied himself up a little and seemed to be in good spirits.

"Most of them should be tourists, and there are also some reporters." Danny Byrne handed the signature board to William, watching him sign his name seriously one by one: "How do they know that we returned to the film crew today? Forget it, the media is always so smart, maybe they even knew the flight number the moment we boarded the plane in London. God, we just flew tens of thousands of miles, hope it won't take too long, I have lunch I didn't eat much, I was starving to death."

"I think you need to bear with it for a while." William quickly signed his signature, and glanced at the line not far away from the corner of his eye. It was really long enough.

"Do you want to satisfy the fans for a while, or should I call the security guards to maintain order?"

"Well, they seem to have been waiting for a long time." William noticed that many movie fans looked dusty, and some of them were carrying oversized backpacks, as if they were going to start their long journey back immediately after getting their autographs. He walked towards the fans with a signboard, hoping to satisfy more people quickly, because the crowd was too large: "Danny, maybe you can call for takeaway now?"

"Okay." Danny Byrne really took out his mobile phone to make a takeaway call.

As soon as William walked past, he was inundated with signature pads and pens, and as many questions as stars: "Saw the trailer for 'Meet Joe Blake' on TV, and my friends and I are all obsessed with you! Literally Can't wait to go to the cinema!"

"Thank you for your attention. This movie will be released in mid-November." In addition to the signature board, there are many strange things that were handed over, such as magazines, posters, hats, DVDs and even a T-shirt. William was so busy that he could only keep signing: "Help me pass the signed item to the original owner, please? Don't worry, I won't disappear suddenly, everyone has a share."

William's assurance reassured the fans, they no longer made commotion or pushed forward desperately, but lined up in a very orderly manner, and passed the things signed by William back to the original place.

"You just flew back from London, didn't you Will? How was it playing Shakespeare?"

"Uh, it hurts a little?" William turned his left face to the fan who asked the question. There was a small hole in his left earlobe: "The costumes of the Tudor Dynasty were very gorgeous, and men of that era seemed to have The habit of wearing earrings, I was almost shocked when I was asked to have my ears pierced before entering the film crew."

"England just has all kinds of queer customs."

"Ear piercings are cute."

"If I mail you jewelry as a gift for Christmas, will you accept it?" Fans stared at William's pierced ears with amazed and amusing eyes.

"Please don't send me anything too expensive, just write a letter." William's wrist was so sore that he could hardly lift it, so when a female movie fan suddenly jumped in front of him and interrupted his signature Sometimes, he was even a little grateful.

"Please sign your name here!" The female movie fan pulled half of her breast out from under her shirt, "I'm going to find a tattoo artist to tattoo it on my skin!"

Hearing that someone wanted to get his name tattooed on his chest, William felt weird, and he suggested that instead, he would exchange it with a hug and a sign on his shirt?

"Unless you answer one of my questions truthfully." The female movie fan said slyly.

"Excuse me."

"Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman, did you have any sparks with either of them?"

"The answer is no."

"awesome!"

In the end, the female fan still hugged William tightly for more than five seconds before letting go.

This was like the beginning of a disaster. The people around William who hadn’t dispersed began to imitate the female movie fans, not only asking for more and more exaggerated autograph positions (some people even took off their pants and exposed half of their buttocks!), and Keen to ask William various questions, William gradually felt a little short of breath, he was almost out of oxygen due to being crowded by the crowd.

Amon Goffman fell from the sky at this critical moment, and the Jewish agent yelled: "The autographs and questions are over, ladies and gentlemen! Will must go to the studio, he has an emergency shoot!" Like Moses dividing the sea, he pulled William out of the crowd unscathed.

"I have urgent shooting?" The door of the studio closed behind him, William finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he asked as he walked in with his agent.

"There was no emergency shooting, but there was an emergency. Christopher Nolan, because the material processed by the editor was not to his liking, he had a big fight with the editor, and he had to cut the film himself! There are several directors in Hollywood. Does he have the right to cut the film? Before the great success of "Jaws", Spielberg couldn't cut a cut of the film he made. Why should he make such a request! The damn thing is, in my opinion, he actually He didn't listen at all, and locked himself in the editing room with the film he had already shot! Stubborn British! Hateful British!"