Birth of an actor

It has been five years since the publication of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and the magical world constructed by J.K. You can see it from above.

——This figure has already almost caught up with the total sales volume of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" for decades. This shows how popular the "Harry Potter" series is all over the world.

After the readership continues to expand, it is inevitable that there will be a desire to make the novel into a film and television. It can be said that the news that Willot decided to make "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" happened at the most appropriate time (the novel is the most popular ), made the most correct decision, like a clear spring appearing in the desert, which relieved the desire of book fans in time, and became popular before filming, attracting the greatest attention for the film.

However, putting the novel on the screen, especially such a popular bestseller, not only arouses the excitement and expectation of readers, there are always some die-hard fans who first come into contact with the original work, because they are too familiar with the stories and details in the novel ,Maybe the British wizarding world, Hogwarts and even Harry Potter already have a rough image in their minds. When these people watch movies, they will definitely not be able to help but look at them with critical eyes. Have you seen Rowling's magical world fully displayed in the movie?Do the actors of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Dumbledore meet expectations?Have those wonderful storylines in the book been brought to the screen?How well does the film restore the original work?

Even if the original author J. K. Rowling personally acted as the screenwriter of the film, and the famous Hollywood director Steven Spielberg acted as the director, it did not ease the worries of many book fans. In fact, this feeling also appeared in many Tolkien films. For book fans, this is a kind of psychology that will inevitably appear after fans of the original work see the film and television of their favorite works.

The British creative background of "Harry Potter" is destined to become the most critical group of British book fans when watching movies. After the London premiere, many British audiences who have read the original work walked into the film with scrutiny and countless questions. movie theater.

And when the movie started, these scrutiny and questioning eyes gradually changed, and turned into admiration and obsession.

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Mike Cavendish, from Liverpool, a cool boy who doesn't like fairy tale books, but after meeting JK Rowling's "Harry Potter", he became a fan of the wizarding world through and through , the biggest regret in life so far is not being able to own a first edition novel of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Boys like Mike's age ([-] or [-] years old), it's not cool to like fairy tale books (yes, adolescents care most about whether they are cool or not). Boys should be keen on football, cricket, Tennis, or music, science, Shakespeare plays, or even the third page of Playboy magazine and The Sun, so Mike was afraid to talk about "Harry Potter" with his classmates and friends at first, for fear that he would be caught. Laughing: "You are still reading fairy tales? Haha, Mike, Mike, a little boy who can't grow up!"

It wasn't until the school's Halloween party that Mike discovered that the book had swept the entire campus: at least half of the students dressed themselves as characters from "Harry Potter", wearing wizard robes and wearing different scarves around their necks. The four college scarves with color badges to show the difference, "Harry Potter" and "Hermione Granger" add up to more than fifty, and even the most popular girl on campus with natural blond hair puts her hair Dyed brown and messed up, what's more interesting is the headmaster and the Latin professor, one of them plays Dumbledore with a white beard sticking to his chin, and the other plays Professor McGonagall with his long hair pulled up.

From nerd to athlete, it seems that all boys and girls have seen Harry Potter, so Mike no longer hides his hobby, and he has met many people by discussing Harry Potter New friends, and together they set up a magic lovers' association in school.

Of course, there are also some boys who think that reading books, especially fairy tale books, is too girly—Mike wants to say that it is too narrow to use fairy tale books to summarize "Harry Potter", and "Goblet of Fire" makes everyone The heart is very heavy to read, especially when Cedric is killed by Voldemort at the end of the book.Haven't you seen that even the professors in the school are particularly interested in this book?It can be seen that this is not a fairy tale book only suitable for children to read.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of such boys that Mike Cavendish and his friends in the club have the opportunity to ask the most beautiful girl in the school and her friends to watch a movie together.

The childlike director Steven Spielberg gave the whole movie a dreamy texture. The movie screen is golden and yellow, and the composition of the shots reveals a bright warmth, which is very fairy-tale.

Although the film did not use the Dursleys in the original book as the opening-but used Dumbledore's use of the Deluminator in Privet Drive and Professor McGonagall who turned from a cat into a man as a prologue, plus the two were placed in Germany. The baby savior in front of the Si Li family directly presented the mysterious magical world and the protagonist with a legendary destiny in front of the audience. As a movie, such an opening will undoubtedly attract the audience's attention even more.

At least Mike and his friends, as well as the audience who were a bit distracted at first, were hooked right away.

And the plot direction of the next movie has allowed countless fans of "Harry Potter" to truly experience what it means to be completely faithful to the original book——

Because the next movie plot is completely like a chapter by chapter according to the text of the book: the boy who lived in the closet of the Dursleys; the glass that suddenly disappeared in the zoo; the owls The incoming letters from Hogwarts almost flooded the Dursleys; the giant Hagrid; Diagon Alley and Gringotts; Platform Nine and a Quarter...

Especially when Harry Potter and other freshmen took a boat with bright lights and headed for Hogwarts under the full moon and starry sky, the majestic and majestic castle was like a castle. The warm yellow candlelight of the magic school made the audience watching the movie gasp after another.

Hogwarts is really exactly what book fans imagined!Even older, grander, and more refined!Even the food on the table looks as delicious as described in the original book!

After "The Boy Who Lived" Harry Potter entered Hogwarts, the main and supporting roles in the movie have basically appeared once. The fact that the movie's casting characters did not meet their expectations is also the most important point for fans of the original book. A fan of the book watched halfway through the movie, and suddenly remembered that he was looking for faults, but found that there were very few things in the movie that he/she was dissatisfied with? !

The most important thing about adapting a novel to a film is the casting. If you choose the right protagonist, the film is basically half done. Fans who have watched the BBC miniseries "David Copperfield" are no longer worried about Daniel Radek. Is Reeve suitable? And for those audiences who haven't watched the BBC drama, when the cute Daniel Radcliffe appears on the screen with big green eyes blinking, who would hate this kind of Harry? Porter?

Even Draco Malfoy, who was supposed to be very annoying, was covered by his face and praised by the girls because of his overly handsome face and smooth blonde hair: "So cute."

Needless to say, the scene special effects and so on, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has tried its best to do its best, whether it is the ceiling of the Hogwarts auditorium, the scene of Professor McGonagall transforming from a cat into a man, or the branch singing with his mouth open The hats are amazing, even if the special effects of some scenes are slightly insufficient, such as the Quidditch match, it is because of the limitations of technological development in this era rather than others.

The production team restored the scenes without special effects more meticulously. From the closet where Harry Potter lived since he was a child to the big closet, many traces of life can be seen in the small and dark space. The Dursleys obviously chose the real one. The house in the residential area was shot instead of a set booth built. Diagon Alley was crowded with shops like a cloud, and the windows of each shop were filled with dazzling arrays of magical goods. Like riding a roller coaster, the various portraits hanging on the walls of Hogwarts are so detailed that each portrait tells a story... For book fans, seeing their long-awaited magical world is so real A charming appearance on the screen, which cannot but be said to be a surprise.

More importantly, Mike and the others finally saw how Quidditch was played!Although it is not difficult for the British who have a strong football atmosphere to imitate the scenes of Quidditch games while reading books, no matter how many fantasies there are, it is better to experience the shock directly on the big screen once!

In the second half of the film, the scene where the magic trio broke through the many difficulties set by the Hogwarts professors was as thrilling and exciting as described in the novel. Harry Potter defeated them with the help of his friends. Voldemort who was possessed by Professor Quirrell, protected the Sorcerer's Stone, and won the Academy Cup for Gryffindor...

Wait, where's William Bradley?

Mike Cavendish stopped chewing popcorn, wondering why he suddenly thought of William Bradley, but in the next second, he realized that it was not the thought in his mind, but Someone around asked.

"The movie is almost over, where is William Bradley?"

"The newspaper clearly stated that he was participating in the show!"

"Harry Potter is saying goodbye to Hagrid! He's going home after defeating Voldemort, are we being tricked?"

On the screen, Harry Potter was standing on the train waving goodbye to Hagrid. Off the screen, many audience members were discussing.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is based on the insistence of the author J.K. Rowling. The main and supporting cast is almost all British actors. The names Kerman, Maggie Smith, and Richard Harris are really famous, but Hollywood is more globalized after all, and William Bradley's global popularity is obviously higher. He is the boss of Erlott, and he is also good friends with the owner of Waddington Publishing House. He will also play a mysterious role in the movie. It can be said that the name William Bradley has been tied to "Harry Potter" Together, Daniel Radcliffe and other three young leading actors are still unknown, and he is one of the most important selling points in the global promotion and marketing of the film.

Although it is not clear how many audiences entered the cinema because of William Bradley, but judging from the box office of each other's blockbuster movies and fans all over the world, it is definitely not a small numbers.

——There is another phenomenon that confirms this guess from the side, that is, the closer the end of the film is, the more impetuous the media and movie fans in the movie theater are.

Not long ago, the media and movie fans were still discussing what kind of role William would play in the movie. Now that the movie is premiering, it has been a long time since the character suspected of William Brandley appeared. Many media and movie fans who watched the movie were wondering I muttered in my heart: "Could it be that he put on special effects makeup, dressed up as a goblin or something, or simply played a pure passerby, and I missed it without paying attention?" '

At this moment, the picture on the screen changed again. The crimson Hogwarts Express train stopped beside the platform crowded with parents, and the wrought iron archway next to it read "Nine and Three Quarters" platform", it turned out that the train full of Hogwarts students had returned to London.

The movie doesn't end with Harry Potter waving Hagrid goodbye?Is there still a scene where the Dursleys welcome Harry?

It is well known that the Dursleys did not treat Harry Potter like their relatives. The savior of the wizarding world lived like a poor little boy at his aunt's house. When the train left Hogwarts, Hermione Grant Jay once said to Harry, who kept waving at Hagrid, "It feels weird to go home, doesn't it?", Harry replied "I'm not going home, it doesn't count." It has already explained this point, in this context , re-shooting the students taking the train home and the Dursleys being very unkind to Harry doesn't seem to make much sense...

Unless the crew has any surprises or reversals waiting to explode at the end of the film.

Sensitive film critics and movie buffs picked up on the anomaly, and immediately widened their tired, listless eyes.

Sure enough, when the students got off the bus and ran to their parents with joy, and even Hermione and Ron gave Harry a hug and walked towards their parents' arms, Harry, who was pushing his luggage and standing alone on the platform, looked very special. alone.

Harry Potter looked at the Weasleys and the Grangers with an expression of envy that couldn't be concealed, but in the next second, his emerald green eyes suddenly widened, as if he had been a little frightened. looking in one direction.

The camera moved along Harry Potter's gaze, and stayed on a man who was looking at him.

First, a pair of cold and inorganic light gray eyes, and then the pale blond hair color that is exactly the same as that of Malfoy - this already shows the identity of the man, it is Draco Malfoy who has been boasting since he entered the school, "My father "Lucius Malfoy - long hair hanging over a gorgeous and exquisite black robe, as handsome as that pale face, as arrogant as the expression on his face.

Standing beside Lucius Malfoy was a beautiful lady with curly hair, which should be his wife Narcissa. Draco Malfoy, who always opposed Harry at Hogwarts, was snuggling up to his mother In his arms, there was a rare childish expression on his face.

The three members of the Malfoy family seem to be carrying strangers with them. They occupy the most conspicuous space on the platform, but the people around them would rather avoid them than pass by them, like a naturally formed isolation zone.

——If you look closely, you can still see a group of redheads rolling their eyes violently among the crowd that served as the background for the Malfoy family.

Lucius Malfoy withdrew the sight that made the "Savior" feel uncomfortable, held the snake head on the top of the silver cane with his right hand, and asked softly in a tone that did not reveal any emotion: "Is that the Boy Who Lived? "

"Yes, Father." Little Malfoy immediately left his mother's embrace and replied arrogantly.

After welcoming her child, the enthusiastic Mrs. Weasley also gave Harry Potter a hug with some excitement. Harry followed the Weasleys and pushed their luggage and prepared to leave. Finally, he looked back at [-] and [-] Three-thirds of the way to the platform, his eyes skipped over the open space where there was no longer any Malfoy family, and he stopped on the crimson Hogwarts Express locomotive, his eyes were full of reluctance.

The moment the movie's ending song sounded, the cinema was suddenly brightly lit, but the entire auditorium was as quiet as if there were no audience.

The popcorn in Mike Cavendish's hand fell to the ground a long time ago, but he didn't realize it, and chewed mechanically with his mouth open.

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Half a month after the premiere in London, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" held a larger-scale and more star-studded premiere in Los Angeles, USA. In addition to the film actors, many Hollywood stars such as Leonard Do DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Drew Barrymore, Chris Evans and others were also invited to kick off the film's US release.

The North American premiere of the film was unprecedentedly grand and lively, all relying on the box office record of 600 million pounds in the first week when the film was released in the UK, and the almost one-sided praise of the British media after the London premiere. Empire magazine even gave the movie a perfect score - the British creative background of "Harry Potter" has already determined that the fans in this country must be the most picky group. It must be a masterpiece.

The good start of the British film market gave Willlot and the distributor Warner great confidence. In the end, the film was screened on 670 screens in 8000 theaters in North America, setting a record in the history of world film screenings. The largest number.

At present, the holder of the world's first box office in film history is Willlot's "Blood Together", with a premiere box office of 510 million US dollars so far unmatched, followed by Universal's "Jurassic Park" 2", 7000, 13 million US dollars, but the number of screens when the two were released was not as many as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". "The opening box office of the film is likely to surpass that of "Blood Together", setting a new record in film history.

But the movie finally gave everyone an unexpected big surprise!

The premiere grossed $320!

It is 800 million US dollars higher than the opening box office of "Blood Together"!

Along with the film's first box office record, it also broke the single-day box office record on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

And the cumulative box office records of three days, four days, five days to eleven days in North America.

The North American box office of the film in the second week was 960 million US dollars. Although the drop exceeded 30%, it still broke the second-week box office record created by "The Grinch".

The media went crazy, and Willot and Warner went crazy with joy.

It seems that overnight, the name Harry Potter became popular all over the world. Even countries and regions where the book has not been released are talking about the movie and the original book.

The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was once as high as 90%, and the IMDB score was above 8.

In the comments of movie fans, many read the book first, fell in love with the wizarding world in "Harry Potter", and then watched the movie, rekindled the interest in re-reading the book, and prepared to go to the cinema for the second time , Watch the movie for the third time to savor the details.There are also many who watched the movie first, were attracted by the magical world depicted in the movie, and then went to buy books.

One daddy fan commented: "My 11-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son begged me to buy them a set of Harry Potter after watching the movie, and it's not the kids that matter to me. They began to like to read books, or imagined that there is a magical world, but they began to believe that love and courage are real, and they are the most beautiful qualities in people."

——As an aside, the faithfulness to the original and good reputation of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" seems to have given Tolkien's fans a dose of reassurance, and the impetuous emotions among movie fans have suddenly diminished a lot. Judging from the currently released "Sorcerer's Stone", Willot should not change the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy beyond recognition.This was an unexpected surprise.

Many media, including the "New York Times", "Chicago Sun-Times", and "Variety Show", gave full marks, praising the film's faithfulness to the original work and the subtlety of choosing actors-Daniel Radcliffe's acting skills Childish, but when he appeared on the screen, marveling at the magic and even being overwhelmed, I don’t know how many book fans are screaming in their hearts, "This is the Harry Potter I want!" It is an excellent idea for movie actors to match this group of young actors who are almost pure newcomers and real people.

The appearance of William Bradley in less than 30 seconds at the end of the film was hailed as the biggest surprise of the film.

Because to be precise, Lucius Malfoy did not appear in the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", so there is really no media that guessed it before the film's premiere, or enough Evidence proves that William played the head of the Malfoy family.

No one expected that the crew of "Sorcerer's Stone" would be so ingenious, and directly added a scene like an easter egg at the end of the movie.

The result was naturally beyond imagination. After the film was released, at least one-fifth or one-sixth of the headlines in newspapers and magazines were related to William Bradley and Lucius Malfoy, which indirectly promoted Some fans who have only watched the movie took the initiative to find the book "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" to understand the plot.

The "Los Angeles Times" specifically compared the four blond characters of William in the three films. Joe in "Black" is innocent and pure, more like an angel than death, Glorfindel in "The Lord of the Rings" is holy and noble, as if synonymous with all the good things in the world, but he also has long golden hair, "Harry Potter" "Lucius Malfoy in "is much more arrogant and indifferent, and all the characteristics of the old-fashioned aristocrats can be seen from him. While daunting, he feels inaccessible, and even repulsed or even rejected because they are too different from each other. nasty feeling.

Coupled with the deep mystery of William's daily short black hair, the reporter of the "Los Angeles Times" joked: "William Bradley will have a different temperament if he changes his hairstyle. Even in Hollywood, there are not many actors like him. Yes, I don't know what William with long black hair looks like, he probably looks like a godfather, or to the extreme, like a romantic artist?"

Moreover, I don’t know if it’s because of the finale, Lucius Malfoy played by William seems to be more villainous than Voldemort possessed by Professor Quirrell.Although anyone who has read the book knows that the former is actually the latter's subordinate.

Although "USA Today" also pointed out that William is a bit too young to play Lucius Malfoy, but since the 54-year-old Alan Rickman can play Snape Severus who is about 30 years old, so can William Playing a character ten years older than his real age, in addition, as early as [-] in "Sense and Sensibility", William and Allen had collaborated, and this time playing a peer again, there will be no sense of disobedience.

A variety of reasons have caused movie fans to have higher expectations for the next movie. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has just been released in North America for two weeks, and some media have already begun to discuss the plot and details of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Actor problem.

Hollywood's response will only be faster. Willot has already begun to discuss the progress of the script of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" with Rowling. If everything goes well, maybe "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has not yet been released. A new movie is about to start shooting.

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Nobel Prize Ceremony, December 1994, Stockholm, Sweden.

John Nash, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics, is delivering his acceptance speech.

John Nash has silver-white hair, sunken eye sockets, and deep grooves on his face, but the years have also given him a different kind of charm. The experience and wisdom accumulated over time are reflected in Nash's still clear eyes.

Nash's wife, Alicia, and friends Hansen, Binder, and Asu all came. They all sat under the stage, looking at Nash with blessings and emotions.

Nash stared at his wife affectionately, and began his speech, his voice was deep but very powerful:

"I've always believed that numbers, whether it's equations or logic, guide our thinking."

"But after a lifelong search, I asked myself: 'What is logic, and who decides why?'"

"My pursuit took me through physics, from the metaphysical to the metaphysical, hallucinations, and finally paranoia, so I went back and forth."

Hundreds of guests were sitting in the Nobel Prize awarding hall, among them there were many Nobel Prize winners from previous years, this year, and even in the future. At this moment, they all held their breaths and stared at John Nash with unprecedented attention. One of the most legendary laureates in Nobel history delivered his extraordinary speech.

"I had the biggest breakthrough in my career and the most important people I met in my life."

"Only in this mysterious love equation can we find logic or reason. I am able to stand here tonight, it is all thanks to you and the only factor, thank you."

Although John Nash did not name his name at the end, from his gaze, everyone can find that the person he is thanking is his wife Alicia.

"Papa-papa-papa-papa-papa--" There was thunderous applause at the awards ceremony.

Every guest, every man and woman stood up from their seats and gave John Nash the warmest applause.

Nash watched all this, the people who applauded him, and the Nobel Prize awarding hall. There seemed to be water in his reddish eye sockets, and the emotions in it were even more complex.

After the speech, John Nash staggered off the stage. Before turning around, he took out the handkerchief given by his wife from his pocket and kissed it gently.

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"CUT!"

"Papa-papa-papa-papa-papa--" There was also thunderous applause in the studio.

William, who hadn't left the stage yet, was startled by the thunderous applause. He froze in place, wondering why everyone was still applauding when he heard "CUT" just now?

But when he looked around and saw that not only the actors, but also all the behind-the-scenes workers stood up from their seats and began to applaud, and looked at him smiling, he realized that the applause was for himself. So he couldn't help but smile along with him.

It turned out that after the director Ron Howard signaled that this scene was completed, the shooting scene did not immediately become a sea of ​​carnival celebrating the finalization of the film. It seemed that there was a tacit understanding, starting from Ron Howard, to the producer and the assistant director. The cameraman, lighting engineer, and makeup artist squatting to operate the camera, supporting actors and extras in costumes, those who were already standing maintained their original movements, and those who were not standing straightened up, and raised their hands in unison.

Everyone on the "A Beautiful Mind" crew applauded with both hands, cheering for William's performance in the past few months. Everyone remembers how hard he worked--William Bradley relearned to play John Nash well He has a southern accent; he imitates Nash’s words and deeds in life, even if he didn’t wear makeup at that time, he often attracted strange eyes from outsiders; Completely restored; he was injured twice for filming, once bleeding his face and almost breaking a bone, but he still insisted on filming, scaring his co-actor Paul Bettany enough...

No one organized, and no one planned in advance. Everyone just heard the applause and couldn't help agitating along with them. All their actions came from the heart.

As for William, he just suppressed the tears belonging to John Nash during filming, and now his eyes began to turn slightly red again.