[US Entertainment] Actor

If Ebert, who just came to this world, still has a little strangeness about the United States, now Ebert can claim to be an "American hand", and his film and publicity work has made him travel all over the United States. From south to north, from east to west, although most of the cities stopped in a hurry and then left, it was enough for him to have a deeper understanding of the country.

However, Ebert always believes that the most important reason for him to quickly integrate into this country is the film.

Movies have no borders.

He has liked "Farewell My Concubine", "Blind Well", and "Infernal Affairs", but this does not affect his love for "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Gone With the Wind". Help was immediately overcome by a love of acting.It is difficult for Ebert to imagine what kind of life he would have lived without movies.

Moreover, since the filming of "White Night Chase", every time Ebert travels to a city, more and more fans come to the airport to pick him up and go to the scene to support him. As an actor, the support of fans is undoubtedly his greatest. power.

It has been four or five years since White Nights was released, and Ebert's first fans have also grown from high school students to college students, from college students to leaders in various industries, but their love for Ebert has never changed. Bert has also established a good relationship with them. The young man who manages his fan website is now a practitioner in the technology industry. Every year, he organizes fans and holds regular parties.

Although the number of this group is not large, they have always been Ebert's most staunch supporters. What they brought to Ebert is not only the box office of the movie, but also the motivation to work, the determination to work hard, and the confidence in themselves.

During the promotion of "The Departed Walker", Ebert and several veteran fans among the fans gathered for a short time and rushed to another city. When the time came to September, he and Leonardo finally ended their day and night running lives. We met in Los Angeles. Next, they will continue to promote the film in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities. The previous month's promotion can be said to be a large-scale promotion, and this month's promotion is more targeted.

In mid-September, Leonardo and Ebert were scheduled to attend the "Oprah Show" at the same time. Before going, the two were warned by their agents at the same time that there might be some difficult questions on this talk show .

"So we have to prepare in advance?" Leonardo disdainfully said, "Can't Oprah give me a hint? She can make every episode so sensational, without a script and a dozen screenwriters Behind the support, who would believe it? Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey are very low-key and rigorous people in life. They overdraw too many laughs on the screen, and Oprah Winfrey, she overdraws There were so many tears and sympathy that no one would cry or laugh all the time."

"So, I don't like her show at all." In the end, Leonardo concluded.

In Ebert's experience, his favorite show is "Saturday Night Live". The cooperation is pleasant and the format is interesting. The process of being a musical guest may be a bit painful, but as a guest host, he only needs to play his own role. Actor's strengths can be.

Of course, "The Oprah Show" has always been the top level of North American talk shows, with many fans. Considering the importance of film promotion, even if those problems really embarrass Leonardo and Ebert, they must also attend.

"But I don't think she should be too difficult, unless she wants to fight you, Leonardo, Martin Scorsese or even Warner Bros." The agent advised, "Think about your fans Count, think about the popularity of Leonardo, although Oprah is also very popular, but no one is willing to charge and die for her."

Lynn's words made Ebert a little unhappy: "Could it be that in your eyes, my fans are only useful?"

"Just kidding." Lynn coughed lightly, "If Oprah's EQ was really that low, she would never be able to succeed in Hollywood."

"Actually, Ebert, you don't need to worry at all. Film companies and TV stations will not abandon you until you completely lose your use value. At least you can participate in the "Oprah Show". For many people, this is already It's a sign of success."

Ebert said that the agent's comfort did not make him happy at all.

When Ebert attends an event alone, a car with assistants and bodyguards, and even Lynn is enough, but when he attends an event with Leonardo, he has more bodyguards than Ebert Two or three people, assistants, make-up artists and other personnel who serve him, drove two cars alone, and Leonardo insisted on taking the same car with Ebert, so the group of people was mighty Dang drove three cars to the studio.

Ebert originally wanted to refuse, but the excuse Leonardo came up with made Ebert unable to refute.

"Have you forgotten West Levi? If you don't keep an eye on you all the time, I'm afraid that some staff member will confess to you in a blink of an eye."

Even though he had no feeling for West Levi at that time, Ebert couldn't help cursing at this moment, damn West Levi!

After getting out of the car, I greeted Oprah Winfrey. The director team of the show briefly introduced the content of the show to the two of them. After a little research, the show time came.

Oprah Winfrey, wearing a bright red dress, shook hands with the two with a smile on her face: "Ebert, Leonardo, it's nice to see you again."

After the two sat down, Oprah introduced "The Departed" in a soft tone: "This movie tells the story of two policemen and two undercover agents. The policemen may be undercover agents, and the undercover agents may also be policemen. Their only goal It is to hide one's true identity from being noticed, but who can stick to the end and who is the one who really keeps the secret? "The Oprah Show" can't give you the answer yet, but the two leading actors, Leonor Do and Ebert are there, and we can talk about interesting things about the film."

In line with Oprah's introduction, Leonardo and Ebert also waved to the camera.

"Ebert, we all know that you and Leonardo once competed for the leading actor position in "The Aviator", but the role of Howard Hughes was finally played by Leonardo, but your friendship has not been affected , but teamed up to create the new work "The Departed", which is really admirable. Ebert, how does it feel to work with Leonardo?"

"It's great. Leo is a very good actor. He has a good grasp of the role when shooting, and his emotions, actions, and performances are all very good." Ebert smiled, "Although the scene between me and Leo Not much, but I was on set the whole time he was filming, and I think Leo has all the qualities of a good actor, which is great."

Ebert is wearing a black sweater with animation patterns printed on the chest today, and a pair of black trousers on the lower body. Leonardo's pants are about the same color as Ebert, but the sweater on his upper body is off-white, and it is also a big Donald Duck pattern.

In fact, Ebert didn't intend to wear this sweater with Donald Duck printed on it at first, because Donald Duck inevitably reminds people of Disney, although the turmoil between him, Michael Eisner, and the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" It has subsided, but it is still a troublesome thing after all to be brought out for speculation every now and then.

But later, when choosing clothes, Leonardo suggested that the two could wear a couple outfit, and a sweater printed with animation patterns became a more suitable choice.

"Did anything interesting happen during the filming? Leonardo, you and Ebert are good friends. The cooperation between friends should be very different from the cooperation between actors because of their working relationship. Ebert Does your performance inspire you, or is the collaboration between the two of you different from your previous filming experience?"

Leonardo pretended to think deeply for a while: "The difference should be...Because I am so familiar with Ebert, there is no strangeness at all during filming, and it is easy to get into the film. Of course, he showed The appearance when we come out is completely different from how we get along with each other, so sometimes there will be dramas because we are really too familiar."

"Yes, there was a scene where Leo had to beat me hard, but I could see that he was really reluctant, so he dawdled in that scene for a long time, and was almost scolded by Martin."

"If there is a next time, I will beat you hard."

"..."

For a while, Ebert and Leonardo directly took control of the audience. Their singing and sarcasm behavior was really interesting to many audiences at the scene and the audience in front of the TV. After all, most celebrities are now on the show or accepting interviews Most of the time they are still holding it, and there are very few people who reveal each other's shortcomings like Ebert and Leonardo.

Especially for Ebert fans, this episode of "The Oprah Show" is undoubtedly a huge surprise.

They had no idea that Ebert was like this when he was with his friends!

There is also Leonardo. In their imagination, even if superstars are friends with each other, the topics they talk about should be the situation of the film market, the cooperation of the next film, and the new investment they are trying.

But "Leo was almost scolded and cried by Martin" and "Ebert's hands were shaking all the time in order to show Colin's subtle movements when he played Colin, but he was forced by the crew's doctor to do a full physical examination" What the hell!

However, this kind of exposing each other's shortcomings is not without benefits. At least in the eyes of fans, the big stars who usually seem to be aloof seem to suddenly become down-to-earth, which makes them stare at the screen with more interest, trying to hear more What an interesting inside story.

But to the disappointment of the fans, the center of the camera did not belong to Ebert and Leonardo at this time. Oprah Winfrey came to the center of the stage with a microphone: "It's all really interesting, The process of filming is actually very boring, and it really needs some interesting things to fill in."