[US Entertainment] Actor

After entering the new century, the days of important film festivals and film awards are not easy, especially with the development of social media, every choice of the judges, the competition behind the film companies, and the slightest reaction of the stars in the film will be affected. Take a closer look under a magnifying glass.

Shady, yes, the premise is not to be scolded bloody by tens of millions of netizens and fans.Fans don't care whether you are an Oscar winner or queen, as long as your performance does not meet expectations, they will give you a big cross in their hearts, and then completely exclude you from their favorite actors list.

Ebert had encountered this kind of situation in his previous life. At that time, he had always followed the acting school route, and his face could only be regarded as above-average among all male actors. In fact, in the profession of an actor, although the face is not decisive factors, but having a photogenic protagonist’s face can save him a lot of trouble in his career development. After all, some male stars are born to follow the route of comedians, or they are simply too ugly to be photogenic. Such people do not have the courage of the company Let him be the hero.

After Ebert debuted, his seniors in the same company once suggested that he undergo plastic surgery, because his facial features are not particularly outstanding, but a slight adjustment will definitely make him unique. This proposal was later rejected by him.

With the development of the film and television industry, his approach eventually proved to be correct.

Although the development of plastic surgery technology has ensured that many artificial beauties and handsome men will appear on the camera, the stereotyped image and the sequelae of plastic surgery make it difficult for these actors to perform well even if their acting skills are good, especially plastic surgery. The shelf life of the effect is very short. When filming, their noses may be flattened by a violent impact, and their faces may be swollen to the point where they cannot be photographed. They can only be retouched with excellent PS technology, especially when these actors are getting older. There will be traces of plastic surgery that fans are talking about, and the reputation will naturally plummet.

After all, China is a relatively conservative country. Even if a group of people accept plastic surgery by some celebrities because of the "love of beauty", the parents who suffer from body hair and skin will use knives on their faces at will. It's a terrible thing.

There are also some stars who can act as a man and a woman in TV dramas after their debut because of their beautiful appearance. When the film market is not well developed, the box office they rely on fans to support also makes their film career go smoothly.

But all this is just an illusion. More and more bad movies appear, and the audience's aesthetic taste is getting higher and higher. These fan movies gradually lose their market.

Actors like Ebert have a chance to be promoted.

Although his fans will not spend a lot of money to buy the entire movie theater for him, they are hardcore enough to go to the movie theater to support him after his new movie is released.

But the premise is that the movie he starred in must be excellent.An actor's reputation is accumulated one after another, but once the quality of several consecutive films does not meet expectations, he will lose some audiences who were very supportive of him.Therefore, the more famous he is, the more cautious Ebert is when he accepts the filming, and the less he wants his hard-earned reputation to be shattered in one day.

The same is true in Hollywood.Nicolas Cage's acting skills are not bad, but the bad movies he starred in successively made the audience lose patience with him. In the eyes of many people, Nicolas Cage is still a big name in Hollywood and still receives a lot of salary , but for those viewers who really love movies, he has been completely excluded.

This is also an important reason why most film critics and professionals have already grasped the expectations of the awards season as soon as the awards season begins.The good and bad of actors already have a steelyard in their hearts, which is why the proud Oscars are so careful when choosing nominees and winners. In the new century, even if the Weinstein brothers are doing public relations lobbying I don't dare to be too blatant at all times, because some news goes through the Internet, and even the entire film market can't bear the consequences.

In comparison, some independently produced awards are well received.A major feature of these independent low-cost films is that they break away from the shackles of traditional films and impress audiences with unique ideas, wonderful plots and weird editing. They have brought new blood to the market, but they are easy to win praise.

After tidying up his tie a bit, Ebert looked around the red carpet. He came to the red carpet scene with the crew of "The Departed", and Leonardo walked the red carpet with the crew of "Blood Diamond". Te arrived at the red carpet scene a little later.

As nominees for Best Actor, it is unlikely that they will meet at the same time.Because as one of the 10 important actors who were nominated at the award ceremony, they must be interviewed by the red carpet reporter when they finished walking the red carpet. Oscar is fair and just in spirit.

Although they didn't walk the red carpet together with Leonardo, the two of them got bored for a while the morning before departure.

Since Ebert and Armani established a good cooperative relationship, the relationship between Leonardo and Armani has also achieved a leap forward.The look he wore on the red carpet tonight is also a dress that Armani carefully matched for him. The color is a little bit strange from Ebert's, but the overall layout and silhouette are very similar. Even the tie is the same color. .

For the 79-year-old Oscar, 27-year-old Ebert and 33-year-old Leonardo are still young.

But for them, every nomination is an opportunity they must seize, a fight.

In terms of age, Ebert still has a big disadvantage.He is too young. After all, the youngest Oscar actor Adrien Brody was only 29 years old when he won the award, and Roman Polanski and the Jewish forces behind him have a very strong control over Hollywood. When Roman Polanski was unable to set foot in the United States, it was normal for them to give some preferential treatment to the leading actor of the director of the same ethnicity.

Of course, to some extent, age is actually Ebert's advantage.

After all, he is not nominated for the first Oscar at the age of 26 like Ryan Gosling. Since he was 23 years old, he has been nominated for an Oscar for three years. Only last year he was not nominated. , In the words of some media, "If Oscar still clings to the tradition and does not know how to adapt, then young actors like Albert Dawson will only gradually lose the motivation to fight hard, because in their subconscious, only after 40 They are only at the age of [-] to compete for the Oscars. This will have a devastating impact on young Hollywood actors. They are not losing to their strength, but to their age. Then the film company will not be in the slightest when preparing some films for the Olympics. Consider young actors."

Indeed, sympathy has grown for Ebert in the media after he received his third Oscar nomination this year for The Departed.

Although the voice that is not optimistic about him still exists, in the eyes of many audiences and film critics, Ebert does have the strength to compete for Oscars.Jamie Foxx, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Forest Whitaker are among the relatively few nominated actors in the history of Oscars, but they were all lucky enough to win the award. Proof that the Oscars aren't as biased as one might think.

Of course, when the media clamored for sympathy for Ebert, Lynn and the team behind Ebert maintained a high degree of vigilance.

With such fierce competition, the news of earning sympathy points for Ebert may be a smoke bomb for any competitor.After all, the Oscar Organizing Committee hates actors who rely on their old age and show off their achievements. It is not easy for the 27-year-old Ebert to be nominated three times. He also maintains the record of Oscar nominations for actors of the same age in Hollywood, but he still has a long way to go in the future It's very long. Compared with Peter O'Toole, who has been nominated 8 times, Richard Burton, who has been nominated 7 times, and Martin Scorsese, who has been nominated for director several times and has nothing yet, Ebert's difficulty is simply Not worth mentioning.

Under such circumstances, Ebert could only be humble and humble, cautious and cautious.

After these sympathetic articles were published, Ebert first accepted an interview to express his gratitude to the media for their praise, and then he implicitly expressed his gratitude to the Oscar Organizing Committee, and explained his panic and apprehension, expressing that he would work hard to win the Oscar Organizing Committee. There was a good result at the Oscars, but there is no way to be sad or depressed because of a good or bad result.

——For an Oscar nominee, this is also one of the must-haves.

Walking on the red carpet, with Martin Scorsese on his left hand and Mark Wahlberg on his right hand, the three people and the passing media and fans waved and took pictures. After the red carpet was over, he was finally able to have a short rest It's time.

Mark Wahlberg took advantage of no one's attention, and showed a wry smile: "I was woken up at 5 o'clock in the morning. I hope today's style will bring me good luck."

Having said that, in fact, Mark Wahlberg himself does not have much hope for this award. Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls" and Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" are both very capable. Strong, and while Mark Wahlberg's performance made him one of five nominees, he still falls short of the two contenders leading up the awards season.

Ebert sighed silently.In fact, he doesn't have much confidence in winning the best actor this time. Although the Screen Actors Union award puts him on the same starting line as Forest Whitaker and has a big lead over other opponents, his own weaknesses are still very strong. Obviously, age is a very important aspect. On the other hand, although he may have sympathy votes, Forest Whitaker is not only a black actor, but also a representative of third-line actors in Hollywood. The situation is monopolized by first-line actors, and the several best actor winners in recent years are also evidence of this Oscar trend.