Birth of an actor

Under the operation of the mature Hollywood industrial system, the overall planning and arrangement of a movie can be very fine, and the time for leading and supporting actors in different roles to enter and leave the group is also different. It is also very common that they haven't met each other until Feng Jing.

In Hollywood, it will never happen that actors stay on the set when they are free to gain popularity and experience, even if they are newcomers, it is impossible, because it is a waste of time and life-most soy sauce roles are paid on an hourly basis It is impossible for the producer to let the actors stay on the set for a long time, and for the actors, unless they can meet legendary actors or directors, otherwise it is better to sign up for a few acting classes if they spend time on the set.

In "Romeo and Juliet Modern Version", William plays Romeo's rival in love, the noble and handsome Paris. In Shakespeare's writing, he is a young nobleman, but after being adapted by Baz Luhrmann, he is the governor's son. In the original novel or the adapted script, the role of Paris does not have many roles, barely on par with Romeo's cousin—Shakespeare's love tragedy, of course, the roles must be concentrated on the hero and heroine.

Leonardo DiCaprio entered the group more than a month earlier than William. When William entered the group, it happened to be filming the scene of the Capulet's dance.

The ball at Capulet's house, where Juliet and Romeo first met.

Juliet's father held such a grand ball and wanted to introduce Paris, the governor's son who admired Juliet, to her, but Juliet fell in love at first sight with a stranger dressed as a knight (Romeo) who broke into the banquet; At the Masquerade Ball of the Pratt family, after meeting the peerless beauty Juliet, Rosalin was completely forgotten, and only the only daughter of the Capulet patriarch was in his heart.

Perhaps because he graduated from the National Academy of Art and Drama and has been working as an art director for a large Australian opera troupe, Baz Luhrmann especially pursues classical and luxurious sets and gorgeous and shocking visual effects when making movies. He shot in 92 The directorial debut "Heroes of Dancing Country", a youth song and dance movie about the growing love story of a boy learning to dance who "does not take the usual path", both burned a full $200 million.

— Note, this is $1992 million in 200.

Another Hollywood director, James Cameron, is also famous for burning money. His "Terminator 2" and "True Lies" only spent tens of millions of dollars on special effects, but these years the special effects were originally It is very expensive, and Cameron is a director who likes to use the most cutting-edge technology in his movies. It is not uncommon for him to always overrun the cost of making movies.

But "Heroes of the Dance Country" has no luxury cars, villas, high-tech injections, and ordinary youth song and dance movies without star actors. It only spent 200 million US dollars on the set and actors' costumes, which is already amazing in this era.

"Dance Heroes" has a good box office reputation, coupled with its novel style, Luhrmann successfully broke into Hollywood with this debut work, and has attracted tens of millions of investment this year, moving the plan to remake Shakespeare's original work into a formal track.

Just as Luhrmann likes, the scenes and costumes of "Romeo and Juliet Modern Edition" are also very gorgeous and shocking, bright and bold, which is completely different from the mainstream literary and artistic style of Hollywood in the 90s.

The Capulet mansion where the masquerade was held was filmed in a large theater. It looks like a castle-like mansion from a distance. The lights in the vast hall are dazzling, and countless extras are posing. Bright to exaggerated costumes, from the mansion hall to the beach outside, all the way with lights and festoons, even large fireworks blooming in the sky from time to time.

Bright, luxurious, absurd, blurred.

Since the birth of the film, excluding the opera and other versions that are only performed in theaters, "Romeo and Juliet" has been put on the big screen three times in 1936, 1954, and 1968, but there is no version that dares to be like Luhrmann. It is so bold, not only moving Shakespeare's story to modern times, but also setting the style so dreamy and gorgeous.

Just looking at the carefully constructed scenes and the colorful costumes of the actors, you can imagine how much controversy the movie will cause after its release.

——However, perhaps this is exactly the effect Baz Luhrmann wanted.

It is not easy to adapt a masterpiece, but it is even more difficult to win awards and have a high box office.If a movie causes widespread controversy before it is released, it will gain attention, and with attention, it will be easier for the film to enter the eyes of major film critics and film festival judges, and then win one or two awards and several well-known film critics People's favor, the high box office can also be expected.

Among the several film versions of "Romeo and Juliet", the highest-grossing, most critically acclaimed, and most far-reaching version is Italian director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version, because of its exquisite costumes, beautiful soundtrack, The action is real and, most importantly, has "The Prettiest Juliet" Olivia Hussey as the leading lady.

"Romeo and Juliet" is a classic that can be passed down through the ages with only the passionate love of two young people. If the male and female protagonists are selected, the movie will be a success.

Although it is an adaptation of a famous book, the background has moved from ancient times to modern times, but Baz Luhrmann has great ambitions. He wants his work to be more sensational and influential than the 1968 version, so he spends a lot of money just for casting. for two to three years.

Romeo and Juliet should be as close to the original age as possible. This is a must. The joining of Leonardo DiCaprio made Luhrmann very satisfied, because after seeing Leonardo’s makeup photos, he Just understand: the most handsome Romeo appeared.

However, it was very difficult to finalize the actor of Juliet. Natalie Portman has both age, temperament and beauty, but she has no emotional experience. It is very inconsistent with Leonardo, so she has no choice but to give up. The actress who auditioned next They were all obviously flawed, and Claire Danes barely qualified, so it was her.

Perhaps there is no such thing as perfection in this world. For example, the 1968 version of "Romeo and Juliet" has the most beautiful Juliet, but not the most British drama Romeo. Luhrmann now has the most handsome Romeo, but he You can't find the most beautiful Juliet of our time.

—However, Luhrmann thinks that he probably found the most noble Paris together.

Obviously it's just the simplest dress, and the material is still a bit low - a white Greek-style robe that is the same as the bed sheet.But the visual effect of the upper body and the back is in stark contrast to the fabric texture. From the shoulders to the calves, the linen fabric covers the smooth body like flowing water, vividly outlining the perfect curve with classic beauty, slender and powerful.

Eyes like two pools of emerald green lakes, lips like dark red wine, impeccable facial features and retro attire, forcibly set off a holy and solemn feeling in this extravagant and flashy hall, as if just came from Olin The male god who descended from the holy mountain of Pis,

'Only he is worthy to be the most handsome Romeo's rival. 'Everyone present thought so:'Paris dressed as a Greek male god, Romeo dressed as a medieval knight, these rivals can sing a song of loyalty to the king and the knight, as for Claire Danes's outfit The angel's attire is undoubtedly much inferior... like a swan cub that hasn't fully evolved yet. '

Compared with Leonardo's knight costume and Denise's angel costume, the Greek robe prepared by the costume design for William is definitely a model of rough and shoddy. Unexpectedly, it achieved the opposite of the original intention. The effect is really beyond everyone's expectations.

William hasn't looked in the mirror since he changed his clothes, and he didn't have time to look in the mirror, because he wore a robe almost in a vacuum—the boxer briefs were forcibly removed because they were too large, and the corners were exposed from time to time during walking. The costume stylist only gave him simple safety measures - the crew provided free briefs, but William didn't wear them because of his cleanliness, so he was carefully avoiding the blower in the corner of the lobby at the moment, so as not to accidentally It was completely exposed at three o'clock when it was blown by the wind.

"The muscles are well exercised." Leonardo came over and whistled at him: "What does it feel like to wear a robe, are you fantasizing that you are Octavian?"

William thought for a while: "The wind blows the balls and the eggs are cool."

"..."

Not far away, Luhrmann stared at William and Claire Danes for a long time, but finally made a painful decision—no matter how much William Bradley fits the image of the young nobleman described by Shakespeare, on the big screen, he How can it be more eye-catching than Juliet?

Luhrmann waved and called the costume designer over: "Take Bradley to change clothes."

"which one?"

Luhrmann stared at the costume design with heartbroken eyes and said coldly: "That white astronaut suit for the moon landing."

"Really?" The costume designer couldn't help biting his nails: "But that one is too ugly."

"Go quickly."

The costume designer bit his nails and ran away.

Five minutes later, William, who was very happy with the costume change, was also embarrassed when he saw his new costume.

Is the bulky white astronaut suit too out of tune with the masquerade party style?

And, really, no one thinks that this astronaut suit looks a lot like Buzz Lightyear's outfit in the "Toy Story" trailer that was shown on TV recently?God, even the round transparent glass cover around the neck is the same!

As for the other people in the studio, their expressions have fully revealed what they are thinking: the male god of Olympus has changed into Buzz Lightyear in seconds, and the style of this change is too strange.

……

At the Masquerade Ball at Capulet's house, the demons danced like a forest of wine and meat.

In the magnificent hall, both men and women are dressed in extremely cool clothes. The three-point bikini wraps not only the bodies of women, but also the bodies of men. The cool music is deafening, and the red and blue neon lights shoot back and forth. People wriggling back and forth limbs,

Everyone was crazy as if they were on drugs—the vast majority of them were—Mrs. Capulet kissed her nephew. Not far away, her husband, the chief of the Capulets, stood on a high platform Singing with all his heart, his expression was crazy and excited to the extreme.

Ironically, a portrait of the Madonna hangs in the center of the hall of the Capulet house, watching this group of crazy people with compassionate eyes.

Romeo felt that he was out of place here, so he ran out to wash his face with cold water, and then admired a huge fish tank in the hall boredly.

Suddenly, through the clear water and transparent glass, he saw a pair of bright blue eyes.

The owner of the blue eyes soon saw Romeo, and gradually revealed his true face on the other side of the fish tank.

What a beautiful girl she is, with long golden hair and fair skin, she is pure and charming. In this chaotic place, she is dressed in a long white dress like an angel who has fallen into the mortal world.

Romeo was hit at once.

He stared at the girl's face, and the girl looked back at him shyly.

Romeo and Juliet's eyes were full of lightness, obviously, they fell in love at first sight.

"Miss, madam is looking for you." The nurse who appeared suddenly dragged Juliet away from the fish tank.

Romeo couldn't help but followed and ran into the hall.

Juliet was pushed by the nanny in front of Paris, the son of the governor. The Capulet patriarch and his wife hoped that their daughter would marry into the governor's family, and the nanny spared no effort to help match.

Paris, in his comically clunky astronaut suit, grabs Juliet's hands: "Dancing?"

Juliet—or Claire Danes, who played Juliet—blushed instantly.

Wishful thinking Paris then dragged the "absent-minded" Juliet and danced on the dance floor.

Romeo stood outside the crowd, chasing Juliet with his eyes, chanting love poems:

"My old love seemed fake and not real

I was lucky enough to meet you tonight

Such a beautiful woman”

Romeo stared at Juliet's figure obsessively, and Juliet also—

Juliet is not looking at Romeo.

=_=!

"CUT!" Baz Luhrmann called NG helplessly.

William and Claire Danes immediately stopped their movements, standing a little helpless.

Instead of picking on William, Luhrmann walked up to Denise and said to her: "The scene we are going to shoot is like this-even though Juliet is dancing with Paris, she has fallen in love with Romeo at first sight." , the heart is completely on the other party, and Paris, who is a bit stupid and obsessed with flattering her, has no eyes at all, and only looks back to find Romeo's figure - so Claire, when filming this scene, don't William just smile and follow Lol, he's playing a jerk who's smitten with you instead of you being smitten with him, focus more on Leonardo, ok?"

Claire Danes was so embarrassed by the director in front of William and Leonardo, her face turned red, and she didn't seem to have more than ten minutes of adjustments, so she couldn't enter the play again soon .

Luhrmann was also helpless.

How should I put it, due to limited conditions, he is destined to shoot a movie in which both Romeo and Paris are more beautiful than Juliet.

Let Leonardo's Romeo be crazy about Denise, and sometimes even Luhrmann feels a little bit of a sense of disobedience.

For example, when the two met for the first time, Romeo and Juliet appeared on both sides of the huge transparent fish tank at the same time. Romeo's face is obviously more beautiful than Juliet's!

However, Claire Danes is indeed the most beautiful and purest Juliet he can find, and her appearance is second to none among the actresses in the crew, so it is not unreasonable.

It's just that this acting... still needs to be honed.

Luhrmann made it very clear when he gave a speech before the filming started. Paris is a fool who is intoxicated by Juliet's beauty and has no sense of crisis for Romeo's appearance. But at present, Denise is like She has no resistance to the two male actors. Whether Leonardo or William appears in front of her, she seems to be easily at a loss for words, which is far from Luhrmann's requirements.

William also felt embarrassed. He turned his head, trying not to look at Denise or Luhrmann, and minimized his presence.

Leonardo winked at him not far away.

William stared back wordlessly.

Leonardo shrugged, what he really wanted to express was "Hey, this girl also has a crush on you?", but William didn't see it, so forget it.

——That's right, Claire Danes has also taken a fancy to Leonardo. She expressed her intention to date Leonardo yesterday, but before the two of them took action, Leonardo I saw the scene where she was fascinated by her friend.

"Woman, tsk." Leonardo sighed.