Birth of an actor

"CUT!" Ang Lee shouted with a loudspeaker: "Everyone go to rest first, William and Emma, ​​come here."

Emma Thompson immediately showed her miraculous face-changing skills from covering her face and crying to a happy smile in a second, stood up and patted her skirt, and walked towards the director's seat with William.

Looking at Emma, ​​Ang Li's expression was helpless and bitter: "This scene has been NG eight times."

Since the movie started, all the assistant directors have played the role of cold-faced King Kong in front of everyone. Ang Lee, who always speaks in a slow voice, has a good personality because of his personality. Ma Thompson made himself too old), but it's hard to yell at an actor—unlike James Cameron, who is the "tyrant" who can turn the set into a thunderstorm—even if When others make mistakes, he can at most accuse them with a sullen face and flat, and he can't learn how to reprimand them loudly, like now.

According to the schedule, the film should be closed before lunch today, but the last scene is a bit special, it is a crying scene, and the crying scene is full of sorrow and joy. In the afternoon, tea time is almost here, and it is still far away from the completion of the last shot.

Ang Lee is almost suffering from internal injuries - the film schedule is scheduled for the end of December this year, in time for Christmas, and also in time for the best time to get impression points before the nominations for major awards are released, he booked the air ticket It’s all tomorrow, just to go to Los Angeles for editing as soon as possible. If the last scene keeps procrastinating and the filming cannot be finished, his ticket will have to be changed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Emma Thompson immediately apologized: "It's just that I can't find the right status."

The movie will end with the wedding of Edward and Elena, Colonel Brandon and Marianne, but those scenes were in a small and exquisite country church as early as when the crew left a shooting spot, Barry Pomeroy The filming has been completed - here is an interesting thing, Colonel Brandon, played by Alan Rickman, appeared late, so he was also the latest among several leading actors. Mulroy took the scene, so as soon as Rickman entered the set, he finished shooting the scene of his own wedding first, and Hugh Laurie, who played the guest role of Mr. Palmer, made a joke about it several times: "Bran in our crew Colonel Deng and Marianne got married first and then fell in love~"

The coordinating closing mirror scene is mainly the rival scene between Emma Thompson and William, and it is also the climax of the whole play:

Edward Ferrars' mother wanted him to break up with Miss Lucy Poor and White Stiller. Edward insisted on fulfilling the marriage contract. In a rage, Mrs. Edward Ferrars abolished Edward's status as heir and gave all his property to Mrs. Edward's younger brother, Robert Ferrars.

Edward lost his status as an heir, had no property or job, and it was difficult to support himself. Fortunately, Colonel Brandon left him the post of pastor in his parish, and life gradually improved. But at this time, Edward suddenly Received a letter from Lucy - Lucy said in the letter that she would dissolve the engagement of the two because she had switched to the arms of Edward's brother Robert - Edward agreed to Lucy.

On the other side, the Dashwood family heard the news that Lucy had become Mrs. Ferrars. They thought that Lucy married Edward. Elena was heartbroken because of this, but she suppressed her pain and did not show it in front of her family. come out.

Edward visited the Darthwoods at this time.

Mrs. Daswood tentatively asked about Edward's marital status. Edward said that he was not married, and that Lucy married his brother Robert, not him.The Darthwood family was shocked.

Mrs. Darthwood took the other two daughters to avoid going out, leaving Edward and Elena to spend time together privately. Edward confessed his feelings to Elena, and said that even if Elena rejected him, he would treat each other as his own. The only woman in this life and the one I love the most.

Elena wept with joy, and cried bitterly. From her reaction, Edward understood that he had no wishful thinking, and that Elena loved him from the bottom of her heart, so he stepped forward, and the two lovers couldn't help but kiss each other...

Yes, there is a kissing scene in the last scene.

William has also done a lot of psychological construction for this kiss scene, even so he is not sure whether he can perform properly, but the current difficulty of filming is not his kiss scene, but Emma Thompson's crying scene.

In the movie, Elena Darthwood has two important crying scenes. One is when Marianne is seriously ill and she cries and begs her to get over it. The other is today’s weeping with joy. The filming of the previous scene has been completed, Emma Thompson was inspired by recalling her own reaction when her father died, but today's passage was very troublesome. She tried many times but couldn't express the feeling of sadness and joy, and all the emotions erupted at once.

"Maybe we can find some ways to modify this shot." Ang Lee said: "Emma, ​​next time you shoot, can you not face the camera? Try crying with your face sideways to see if the effect is better .”

Emma had a heartbroken expression: "Do you think my face is too old to face the camera?"

Ang Lee felt that he had been wronged, and he wanted to explain, but since he did have a black history of bluntly saying that Emma was "a bit old" in the first shot after the camera was turned on, he didn't know how to explain it.

Emma Thompson suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, I'm joking, I know what you mean, crying in front of the camera is too much a test of acting skills, as long as there is a little flaw, it will be magnified, and the side shot can be more It is a skillful way to cover up shortcomings. And as an eighteenth-century English lady, crying on her side is more reserved and classically beautiful."

The shy director punched excitedly: "That's what I mean!"

After the communication was over, the actors returned to their positions, and Ang Lee picked up the guide tube again.

Emma Thompson weeps on her side in front of the camera.

She cried very sadly, but also beautifully, a little cold eye drops made her blue eyes look crystal clear and beautiful.

— but a little joy was missing.

"CUT!" Li An kept scratching his hair anxiously in the distance: "Emma, ​​you can't cry like when Marianne was seriously ill, she was dying at that time, and now you are accepting the confession of your loved one Is it okay to have some happy emotions? The kind that is both happy and uncomfortable?"

"Understood, please let me adjust my emotions again!" Emma Thompson responded loudly to Ang Lee, then patted her cheek and said in a low voice: "God, I'm going crazy from this scene too."

Although he had been performing normally, William couldn't help but feel a little irritated because of too many NGs, but he knew that Emma must be more annoying than himself at the moment, so he didn't let his emotions show.

Scratching his head with a similar movement to Ang Lee, and being careful not to mess up his hairstyle, William suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Grey proposed to you, right?"

Emma Thompson was so startled that she almost jumped up from her chair. She quickly "shushed" William: "Hush!" Although William was seriously stopped from continuing, Emma was not angry when William brought up this topic. In fact, ever since she knew that it was William who encouraged Gray to ask her out for the first time, she had a good impression of this young American.

"...my voice is already very low, and the others are at least ten meters away from us."

"Yes, he proposed to me." Emma Thompson turned her face to William and the wall behind him, showing a happy expression: "Although Jane Austen said that ladies should first refuse marriage proposals once , it would be better to promise again, but I am much more straightforward than her on this point—yes, I promised."

"Hold."

Emma wanted to ask a question, but she had to fix her expression under William's gaze: "What?" She squeezed a word between her teeth.

William took a decorative mirror on the fireplace behind him and raised it to Emma: "Your expression is very good now, keep it."

Emma Thompson muses: "So when I'm interpreting this scene, I'm supposed to be thinking about my dead father and Gray proposing to me?"

"Although your description is a bit weird, it feels right."

"Thank you, Will, you are an inspirational little angel!" Emma Thompson couldn't help giving William a hug

"..." William spread his hands towards Graves outside the camera, and blinked innocently, indicating that he had absolutely no intention of taking advantage of his fiancee.

……

In the next shooting, Emma Thompson devoted herself to the role of Elena like never before. She blushed, crying and laughing and looking up at Edward William playing Middle Ferras, as if she had been suppressed for a whole century Her love burst out at this moment, and her eyes were full of strong emotions.Love makes her very touching in this moment.

Edward walked up to her slowly, knelt down to propose, his eyes were full of love.

"I promise, I promise!" Elena cried again.

What a perfect lovers get married, what a perfect happy ending.

Just need a kiss.

William held Emma Thompson's shoulders with both hands, and slowly lowered his head.

——Columbia felt that the pair of Edward and Elena were tossed by impermanent fate from the beginning, and it was not until the last few scenes that they ushered in a happy reunion. It would be too uncomfortable if they didn't even have a kiss, so The film company of American thinking strongly requires the hero and heroine to have a passionate kiss at the end.

——Emma Thompson Before the filming started, she thought that the actor who played Edward was so handsome. In the kiss scene, she not only didn't suffer but took advantage, so she readily agreed.At that time, she never expected to meet her real man in the crew, and to film this passionate kissing scene under the watchful eyes of her real man.

Emma Thompson was embarrassed, of course, but William was even more embarrassed.

He and Gray Wise were friends now.

William's test came.

He could feel the camera's close proximity.

The actor's responsibility made him lean towards Emma's red lips slowly.

There was a fiery gaze staring at her from behind.

—That must be Gray Wise.

William hesitates as the emotion of Edward Ferrars' character slips away from William.

In the magnified lens, his pause is particularly harsh.

Li An finally shouted resolutely: "CUT!"

The Taiwanese director scratched his hair angrily: "What's wrong with you, Will? The shot just now could have been completed in one go!" It feels too uncomfortable to fall short at the last moment.

William pointed to Gray who was standing next to the director with piercing eyes: "His eyes are too cruel."

"...Blame me." Gray looked aggrieved.

"Give me 5 minutes, and I'll brew my emotions." William followed Emma's example just now.

Emma Thompson, on the other hand, walked towards her fiancé aggressively, pointed at the door and said to him, "Get out."

……

The pause during the filming just now was due to the reason that William couldn't kiss anymore, in addition to Gray Wise's eyes being too hot.

Although he can easily integrate into the emotions of the character of Edward Ferrars, when he sees Emma Thompson, it is difficult to regard the other party as Elena Darthwood.

Maybe it's because William doesn't like mature women, or maybe it's because Emma is Gray's fiancée. Anyway, William really doesn't have the desire to kiss Emma Thompson.

So he needs to brew his emotions, regard the other party as another girl, and use empathy to complete this scene.

William first thought of his ex-girlfriend Claire, and then his first girlfriend Isabella, and his mood finally became a little turbulent.But it wasn't enough, Claire and Isabella couldn't bring him the sweet and crazy feeling of love.

So after shooting again, William had to use a little trick.

After the camera lens zoomed in again.

William knelt in front of Emma on one knee, raised his head and looked at her with expression, and stretched out his hands to hold Emma's cheeks.

The moment Emma lowered her head, William touched her forehead, and looked at her with dark green eyes without blinking.

Emma Thompson couldn't bear such eye attack, she closed her eyes smoothly.

Then William raised his head and kissed Emma Thompson, while subtly adjusting the postures of the two of them, so that the two of them faced the camera from the side, and turned most of their backs into the camera—taking advantage of the borrowed position, William And Emma Thompson looked like they had been intoxicated in a deep kiss in the picture, but in fact the lips of the two separated only after a slight touch.

In the distance, at the director's seat, Li An raised his hand a few times, but he didn't raise it to interrupt the photographer's shooting.

William and Emma's interpretation of this scene did not follow the script completely, but Ang Lee not only didn't mind at all, he was even a little happy.

Because the picture in front of me is really beautiful.

This special way of kissing makes the whole scene extraordinarily quiet and warm

Even a little pious.

It's as pious as a couple of newlyweds swear to the priest to take care of each other for the rest of their lives.

Ang Lee feels that this interpretation is better than the original setting of the script - the original setting was just a couple of lovers kissing uncontrollably, which involved nothing more than love and love, but now, the whole picture seems to be sublimated, with Created an atmosphere called gratitude and cherishment.

After several cameras captured the scene in all directions, Ang Lee shouted "GUT" angrily, and was the first to applaud.

The room gradually filled with applause and cheers: "The mirror is closed!"

William immediately let go of Emma Thompson.

Emma Thompson blushed as if she had been painted on, and she was already considered a mature woman, but at this moment she looked extremely like a shy female student.

William clenched his fists and coughed lightly: "Well, I brushed my teeth before filming this scene, and I also used spearmint-flavored mouthwash."

"I've tasted it." Emma Thompson looked at William, and suddenly smiled with her lips pursed.

The awkward atmosphere disappeared immediately, and William also smiled.

……

"This is my agent's phone number, and this is my assistant's phone number." Kate Winslet wrote down two numbers on a notepad, then tore off the page and handed it to William: "I will get back to you in time when I go to Los Angeles." Those who contact you, if you have something to ask me, you can also call these two numbers - in case my agent asks you, don't answer him. "

William stuffed the note into his wallet: "So, you will go to Hollywood to develop in the future?" Kate came over to say goodbye to William just now, but she also said that she would probably go to the United States to film in the future, so she wanted to keep in touch with William.

"Not necessarily, I'm trying to get a script, but I haven't gotten a reply yet." Kate Winslet snapped her fingers angrily, "But it's a big-budget movie, and the director is famous, and I'm just an unknown British actor. , maybe the opportunity will not fall on my head."

"Which famous director?"

Kate Winslet looked around to make sure no one was around them before whispering, "Cameron."

William blinked: "James Cameron, the director of 'The Abyss' and 'True Lies'?"

"I thought you'd name two of his more famous films, 'Alien 2' and 'Terminator 2'."

"Compared to ugly alien monsters and future robots, I still prefer science fiction or suspense films."

Kate Winslet tilted her head and looked at William and smiled: "What a coincidence, I also like these two movies a little bit more. Although Arnold Schwarzenegger is really not my preferred type of man."

William counted the time silently in his heart, and suddenly asked, "Kate, is the film you are fighting for "Titanic"?"

"How did you know?"

"Hollywood is my home base, Kate." William shrugged. "Every film investment by Cameron will shock the world. Twentieth Century Fox is going to make a big move. It's impossible for me not to hear the news."

"I also heard from the agent that Cameron's investment in this new film will set a world record again." Kate Winslet said a little hesitantly: "So I have no confidence in myself."

But no one had more confidence in Kate Winslet than William at this time, and his tone was cheerful: "Don't worry, Kate, you will conquer Cameron."

Although dubious about William's firmness, Kate Winslet still got great comfort from his words, and she couldn't help but tiptoed to give William a hug: "Oh, Will, you are such a sweetheart. "

"...I'm not sweet." After a pause, "Really."