Birth of an actor

One thing that must be done before the official shooting of the film: correct the lines.

This is a conversation between Vincent, William's character, and Jerome, Jude Law's character, who was paralyzed in an accident, so he sold his identity information to Vincent for use. , Vincent is a healthy person. In order to change his identity, he must modify his appearance and body to be exactly the same as Jerome.

William looked at the script in his hand, adjusted his breathing, and made his tone a little ecstatic: "After changing my hairstyle, I look almost the same as you, so that's all right?"

"not yet."

"why?"

"Height is still a problem."

"How tall are you?" William looked up at Jude Law.

Jude Law also looked up at William: "Four feet six inches. (≈1.37 meters)"

William blinked his eyes, suddenly realized that emotions such as sympathy and cover-up quickly passed through his eyes: "...How high was it before the accident?"

"Six feet one inch. (≈1.85 meters)"

William no longer reads the script, and he already knows the lines by heart: "Then I'll just put the mat on the floor."

"It's not that high even if you put the foot pads on." Jude Law also broke away from the script and spoke very quickly.He also hooked the corners of his mouth, and a very shallow smirk flashed by.

"So what?"

Jude Law didn't speak, just looked at William.

After looking at each other quietly for a while, William shook his head lightly: "No, we didn't discuss doing that."

"I thought you were serious when you said you wanted to become me."

"I'm very serious." William leaned forward, pressed his hands on the table, his eyes were firm: "But I will never do that (broken bone lengthening surgery)."

Jude Law conjured a cigarette out of nowhere, put it in his mouth, squinted at William, and took a deep breath.

William and Jude Law looked at each other, and after the other party looked away first, they lowered their heads and focused their eyes on the script.

The lines for this scene are complete.

"Excellent!" Andrew Nicole took the lead in applauding: "Even the lines are so emotional, I don't have to worry that there will be no chemical reaction between you during the filming!"

William smiled politely.

Jude Law pulled the unlit cigarette out of his mouth and threw it in the trash can.

Andrew Nicole suddenly remembered something: "Jude, do you remember the one-sentence summary of the script when you were auditioning?"

Jude Law nodded, and said in a soft voice: "This is a story of human nature defeating genes in a world where genes determine fate."

William suddenly turned his gaze to Jude Law.

How did he remember that he summed up the script with the director in this way?

"Haha, Will said that too!" Andrew Nicole revealed the mystery, and asked William again: "Will, do you still remember how you commented on the story of "Gatta Gatta" to me in the cafe in New York?" Is it?"

A strange feeling rose in William's heart. He glanced at Jude Law unconsciously, and after realizing that the other party was looking at him, he followed the words in his memory and said: "Everything seems rigid and ordinary. In fact, extraordinary and even weird characters live in a world where genes determine everything. In this world, there are not even good people or bad people, only people with good genes and people with bad genes. The resistance began. Vincent with inferior genes and Jerome with excellent genes were originally just two parallel lines that could not intersect, but fate made Jerome also a "marginal character", and the lives of the two began to communicate , They worked together like revolutionaries against the whole world, the whole process and the ending strongly satirized and criticized the world where genes represent everything, just like Di—”

"—Dickens' novel." Jude Law continued: "This is my feeling too."

"So isn't it a coincidence?" Andrew Nicole said enthusiastically, "You guys have surprisingly similar views on the script! So I think, Will and Jude, you will definitely make a good pair!"

The eyes of William and Jude Law intertwined for a moment, and then they diverged.

As Andrew Niccol puts it, William felt that way too - he and Jude Law have a subtle chemistry.

That's really odd, given that the two didn't know each other before.

Needless to say, although William is generally praised by the American media as "having a rare classical temperament", he is still a highly educated actor in Hollywood who does not drop out of high school after graduating from high school and continues his studies, but on the whole he is still a thorough Hollywood-style actor, while Qiu De Lo, was born in London in 1972. He began to learn acting professionally at the age of 12. At the age of 20, he appeared on the stage in the West End of London and starred in many stage areas. He also won the highest award in the British drama industry "Oliver Drama Award for the most promising newcomer". Certainly, the Hollywood film circle that entered last year after it became popular on Broadway in New York - the two people whose life trajectories have no overlap or even very little similarity, it stands to reason that they should not have such a feeling for the lines for the first time, brain waves Nor should the frequency be so similar.

Maybe this is fate?

Although the chemical reaction happened between the two male protagonists-for example, when William and the heroine Uma Thurman were talking to each other, there was not much spark there-but for "Gait Shot", it should also be good thing.After all, from a certain point of view, "Gait Shot" can also be regarded as a story of two male protagonists. Whether the two male protagonists can create sparks during filming is really important to the movie.

Gattaca tells such a science fiction story:

In the near future, science and technology are extremely advanced. After each child is born, how smart and healthy he/she is, what kind of talent he/she has, whether he/she has a tendency to commit crimes, what kind of diseases he/she will have, and how long he/she can live can all be detected through genetic testing.And the society no longer judges individuals through a person's position, personality, ability or even skin color, but judges everything about people through genes.

This is the genetics that will dominate everything in the future society.

Moreover, in this world, normal human beings give birth to children through technological means - genetic doctors will select the sperm and eggs of the couple, cultivate several fertilized eggs, and then test the genes of the fertilized eggs to eliminate those who are not smart, unhealthy, or will If you get seriously ill in the future, keep the healthy one for the couple to choose which one to have.You can choose your child's gender, hair color, eye color, and skin color.

Those children who are not bred by genetic doctors, but born by husband and wife through natural union, will exist abnormally in the future, because their genes have not been optimized, and the genes for mental retardation, disease and crime have not been eliminated. These people are collectively referred to as "flawed persons/natural persons", and they are born at the bottom of society.

Vincent is such a "flawed person". He was born due to the love union of his parents, but he was judged to have a high chance of premature aging, and his life expectancy was estimated to be 30 years old.How ironic.Later, his parents gave birth to a "normal person" younger brother Anton for him.

Vincent's dream since he was a child was to travel in space, but no matter how much he worked hard, he would not be hired by any space center because of his inferior genes, unless he was a cleaner, so Vincent found Jay through a black market dealer. Rom, Jerome is a former great swimmer, but in his golden age he was paralyzed in the lower half of his body due to an accident and had to sit in a wheelchair.

Jerome and Vincent switched identities, and Vincent used the genetic data of Jerome, a "normal person" with excellent genes, to successfully enter the Gedeja Company, which is composed of elites with excellent genes.

Although he is a "flawed person", Vincent has outstanding abilities. Through his own efforts, he became Gedga's chief astronaut and also won the love of his colleague Irene.

However, at this time, a key figure in Gedeja Company was murdered. According to an eyelash containing inferior genes that Vincent accidentally left behind when he passed by the scene, the police quickly suspected him. , my colleague Irene was also suspicious of him, and at this time, there was only less than a week left before the spaceship ascended to the sky...

——Vincent is played by William, and Jerome is played by Jude Law. The award comes from the role. William and Jude Law have more scenes against each other than Uma Thurman.

After Andrew Niccol had the main actors finish their lines, he sent out a shooting schedule form to everyone.

Jude Law's filming schedule almost overlaps with William's.

At the end of the meeting, William turned around to discuss with Danny what to have for lunch. After the conversation, he found Jude Law standing not far in front of him, looking at him with curious eyes. up the line of sight.

William stood up: "Hi."

Jude Law shook hands with him: "Hi." After a pause, he said, "I just want to come over to say hello, after all, we will have a lot of rival scenes in the next few months."

"We will have a pleasant cooperation." William smiled: "I have this hunch."

Jude Law also smiled and said in a charming British voice: "I hope so."

……

When William finished his half-hour long run and appeared at the entrance of the studio covered in sweat, Danny Bourne, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him and handed William a dry towel and sports drink.

"Thanks, Danny." William is now very grateful that he chose Danny as his assistant, because Danny is so careful, caring, and has a good way of communicating with people. He is almost born to be a manager.

For example, he is really smart. While preparing everything for William’s life during filming, he will also buy snacks for the whole crew from time to time. The frequency is almost once a week, such as cupcakes, Starbucks coffee, ice cream, pizza and hot dogs. , although it was William's money, it actually didn't cost much, and earned a lot of favorability - William was pulled over by some staff more than once, and heard praises for him: "You are so caring and kind." Pragmatic good star, Will, we love your cupcakes, they are so delicious."

William felt that he was gradually gaining the favor of the entire cast and crew. For him as the leading actor, this was actually a great thing, and it was even beneficial to the filming.

Because although from a film point of view, the protagonist is the core of the film, and almost everyone is surrounded by everyone during the filming process, but in terms of the importance of the crew, in Hollywood with a very high degree of industrialization, senior film company officials, Producers and directors have a higher status in the crew than the leading actors and actresses. Actors are almost paid part-time roles. They enter the group on time and leave on time. They can leave at any time after filming their own scenes. , other cast members may pay more attention to the male and female protagonists, but they don't treat them like darlings in daily shooting.

So unless the actor is so big that no one dares to offend, for example, after filming "Philadelphia Story" and "Forrest Gump", the box office of the actor will be doubled, and he can almost wait for Tom Hanks, who won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award, otherwise If so, to please everyone, especially the staff, is definitely one of the best things the protagonists can do.

Photographer, make-up artist, lighting engineer, editor, sound engineer, special effects director... Each position is an important part of a good movie. Any problem in any link will affect the performance of the actors and the final effect of the film. A big discount, and a mistake in any link may lead to a big accident.

So if you can try your best to gain the goodwill of the cast and crew, and get friendly treatment during the shooting, maybe you will have unexpected gains—for example, as long as a good photographer is willing to put his mind to it, he can capture an ordinary-looking actress, Capture breathtaking beauty.It can also take an actress with shocking beauty, showing her old appearance and gaudy temperament.

When filming "Sense and Sensibility", William had a good reputation among the cast and crew, but he was not so popular yet. The existence of Danny Byrne's assistant really helped William, so it shows that his assistant is very helpful. of value.

Not to mention that Danny Bourne will also read the scripts sent by those agents for William, to see if there are any good stories worth filming in them-there are more and more scripts sent by Amon Goffman, Although he would filter the scripts before sending them to William, sometimes he would still send four or five copies at a time, and then asked William to read them within a week, and William had less and less time. I can't find time to study the script carefully, and if I can't finish it in time, or don't read it at all, what should I do if I find out later that I missed an excellent opportunity?So now, after William receives Amon Goffman's script, he will first look at the name and the general plot to see if there is anything he doesn't want to let go. If there is nothing, he will give it to Danny and let him help him. Read carefully to see if you can unearth the treasures left in the sea.

At this moment, William is really thinking about waiting for Danny Byrne to finish his community college and signing a contract with him to hire him.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel, but not on his neck, William opened his drink and took a sip, asking Danny, "Have you finished filming the last scene?"

"The filming is over. Director Nicole said that the next scene will start in 15 minutes. You came back just in time." Danny Byrne replied.

The next scene was William's, and it was about the leading man "Vincent left home to wander, wandering, and later worked as a cleaner in Gedja's company, but at the same time Vincent never gave up his Dreaming, doing a low-level job during the day, and maintaining the habit of exercising and studying at night, looking forward to the day when these skills will be available".

As for the shots, director Andrew Nicole asked William to hang upside down on the door and do sit-ups, using the scene of sweating all over his body and finally falling to the ground due to exhaustion to show Vincent's unyielding.

Generally speaking, such a shot only requires the actor to warm up his lower body a little to ensure that he will not strain his muscles after exercising for a while, and then spray some water on his body to pretend to be sweat, and then start shooting directly.

But William thought that he hadn't worked out today, and he had to warm up anyway. It would be better to pretend to be sweaty than to exercise, so he went out for a five-mile run while the director was filming the last scene.

After a short rest, William stepped into the studio and walked towards the camera: "I'm ready."

"Will, your complexion is very good, rosy and healthy, and you don't need to touch up your makeup anymore, but do you want to spray some water on yourself?" The makeup artist asked him with a spray bottle: "We need to create sweat beads on the upper body The feeling of rolling."

"No, I can take care of it." William fell to the ground directly, did thirty push-ups in a row, then stood up, took a deep breath, lifted the corner of his clothes and took off the T-shirt on his upper body.

A drop of sweat slid down from the neck and shoulders, slipped through the back muscles, rolled down along the spine line, reached the tailbone, and fell into the shorts stretched out with round and straight lines.

"...Wow." The makeup artist swallowed with a round mouth.

After a long while, the make-up artist touched his nose carefully: Phew, there is no bleeding.