Hollywood Rhapsody

The film invited the famous director Clint Eastwood, and the reason why the schedule is set in April is also because the big director has been busy with "Mystic River" before, and the shooting time for Sarah is less than two Because "Mystic River" has been confirmed to participate in the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, when Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and others will fly to Cannes, France.

It’s a coincidence that this great director was invited. Tom Stern, the director of photography of “Mystic River”, is Sarah’s cheap uncle in the Stern family. Occasionally, I would make a phone call, so when Sarah was looking for a director, Uncle Tom led the way, and the script of "Hope" was added, which was very good, so the great director Clint Eastwood squeezed out two month time.

When he heard that this movie was Sarah's tribute to Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood was even more excited. Seeing that Sarah did not hesitate to gain nearly 12 kilograms, Clint Eastwood Eastwood also had a new understanding of the little girl.

In order to achieve the most perfect shooting effect of the movie, Sarah also gave Clint Eastwood the recording of her visit to Irene in the prison, starring, screenwriter, director and even the photographer. All the characters have listened to the recording, so the movie was finally named "Hope", and everyone has no objection.The protagonist finds hope in life time and time again, and watches it shatter again and again, until finally approaching the end of death. This movie is full of despair, but Sarah wants to play the character as if she has caught the edge of the tree. Those who fell into the water struggled with a glimmer of hope.

Clint Eastwood knew that acting was difficult, so he suggested that Sarah shoot in chronological order, which is conducive to the brewing of emotions. He was worried that Sarah would not be able to fully control the role, but Sarah rejected this well-intentioned proposal. Instead, it combines the plot and the needs of the character's body and mental outlook. Starting from the scenes where Irene was the fattest, during which Irene suffered. Mental and physical devastation, the body began to become thin, and because of the nourishment of love hope, She was also high-spirited. As for the end of the filming plan, the young girl Irene who appeared in the opening part of the film was full of youth, with a good appearance and a slender figure.

"This arrangement can also urge me to keep exercising and complete the great cause of losing weight when filming girl scenes." 20 kilograms of fat can't be lost just by reducing it, and Sarah has a higher willpower than ordinary people. Don't stop thinking carefully, gain weight for the movie, similarly, in the end, you have to get rid of this chubby body for the movie.

It's just that being fat and thin has a bad effect on the body itself, so Sarah also secretly decided that unless she encounters a script in which she will die of heartache if she misses it in the future, she should not take this kind of self-abuse role that tosses herself!

And now, at the beginning of filming, when Sarah was at her fattest, the plot is that Irene met the little girl Shelby, and she fell in love with this girl, so she began to look forward to their first date, and she had to be good Clean up your sloppy self...

The camera starts from the face of Sarah looking in the mirror, and pulls back from near and far. In the final picture, Sarah wearing only underwear appears. Her fat body is fully exposed, because the underwear that is deliberately one size smaller makes the strangle marks more obvious. In addition to the existence of fat, the small belly has a trembling swimming circle because of the edge of the panties, and the bra also shows a small lump of fat on the back. This is the visual effect of fattening [-] kilograms, and The shot becomes more animated as Sarah scrubs in the shower.Sarah was very excited at this time, she even hummed a cheerful melody in a low voice, and she moved quickly while taking a bath, and the fat on her body trembled accordingly. This is a fat prostitute, but it is also a mood Very good prostitute.Sarah fully mobilized every piece of fat on her body, trembling as if every cell was happily looking forward to the next date.

This not-so-beautiful woman was grooming herself very earnestly and even piously. She styled her messy hair in front of the mirror, so meticulously that not even a single strand of hair could come out.Then she was nervous and full of anticipation, like any woman in love, trying to put on her best smile in the mirror: "You look good, yes, very good!"

She has a rough face, dull skin full of freckles, but at this moment, the warm light hit her face, her eyes shone with joy, even though the corners of her mouth were still habitually curled down when she smiled, those pair of Her eyes are so beautiful, and in the warm tones of the whole picture, everyone can see her joy and hope.When he practiced his words in front of the mirror clumsily and earnestly, he couldn't help laughing, and being infected by her, he also unconsciously began to look forward to the next date.

And that girl is indeed a little beauty worth looking forward to.

At the beginning, the crew wanted to invite Anne Hathaway to play the role of Sarah's lover. After participating in "Star of Tomorrow", Anne Hathaway's sunny and cheerful image was really pleasing. It was also a fire.Compared with the heroine who has a heavy life, is reduced to a prostitute, and struggles at the bottom of life, portraying the supporting actress as a rebellious and beautiful girl will make the contrast between the two female images stronger.However, Anne Hathaway's height is almost the same as Sarah's. Sarah is 176cm and Anne Hathaway is 173cm. She looks stronger... Well, Sarah, who has gained [-] kilograms, can indeed be associated with the word "strong"!If it wasn't so obvious that she was fat, how could people suspect that she was pregnant!

After some screening, the crew finally chose a cute girl, Amanda Seyfried, who has a pair of smart eyes and a small figure.

then……

In the first scene with this little beauty, Sarah ate NG five times in a row, which is really rare in her acting career!She thought about this role very thoroughly, so even Sarah herself was a little surprised when she encountered such a problem.

The camera is focused on the two actresses sitting on the skating rink. Sarah's eyes are fixed on the little girl in front of her. She likes this little girl because she is cute and shy. She is especially fascinated by the clean and simple eyes. .She can even tease each other like a man, and when she sees the other party lowering her eyes in embarrassment, she feels that she is going to die of happiness.

However, Amanda in front of her hesitated and asked a question that was beyond Sarah's expectations: "Can I ask you a question? Are you a prostitute?"

Sarah froze for a second, her entire face turned blank, she turned her head to the side, because she couldn't lie when she met the girl's clear eyes, but this question caught her off guard - yes, she was a prostitute. Girl, do you want to admit it?

She lowered her eyebrows to hide her embarrassment at the moment, as well as some cynicism.Who was born to choose such a profession?There is no woman who does not want to live a happy life like a princess, but she is not so lucky, and this is what she does in order to survive!The corners of her mouth curled downwards. She was definitely not in a good mood, but she would not blame the beautiful girl in front of her for it. She pretended to be calm, nodded, and frankly admitted...

"CUT!" Clint Eastwood's voice sounded at this moment. "No, my dear, the facial expression is too delicate. This is your advantage, but now I hope you can behave more simply and neatly. I don't think Irene can have such a forbearing and rich expression. The heart you gave her There's too much drama."

In the eyes of others, Sarah's performance can already be called perfect, portraying the inner drama of the woman Irene to the fullest, but this is not what Clint Eastwood expected to see, Sarah performed too much Delicate, and he wanted the character to be rougher or even rougher.

"She's being vulgar doesn't mean she doesn't have a heart. She likes this girl, so of course she'll be more sensitive. Is there anything wrong with this understanding?" Sarah was also a little annoyed at the moment, she understood Clint Eastwood's Thoughts, but the interpretation of the roles between the two is slightly different. In her understanding, Irene is not a woman with a rough inner world. She is actually very sensitive and inferior, and Shelby is the only ray of light in her dark world. , she cherishes this beautiful girl very much, so when Shelby asked if she was a prostitute, Irene must have been very embarrassed. At that moment, her heart undoubtedly seemed to be pierced with a knife, and blood was dripping in an instant , which is the emotion Sarah wants to express.

This is the first time Sarah and the director have had a problem with the filming progress due to a deviation in character interpretation. However, what Clint Eastwood said later surprised her. Their disagreement was not in the character analysis, but in the overall Control the rhythm of the movie.

"I have to lament how delicate your expression is to a certain extent, and I have no doubt that before this scene, you spent a lot of energy preparing, your drooping eyelids, the line of sight you just left, your head turned away, and even It was the lips that were pursed and then quickly released, which expressed the emotions of the characters very vividly. But..." Eastwood replayed the video, pointing to the short section of Sarah's performance: " Just because your characterization is too detailed, the audience's sympathy for the characters will be summoned in advance, and the climax of the whole movie, the real conflict has not yet begun. Do you know what this means? All the early performances are To pave the way, to brew... The audience's emotions are like a balloon that has been leaking since the movie was shown. It is the most perfect effect to burst the balloon when the real biggest conflict in the movie is. If you mobilize the audience's emotions too early Too much is like poking too many holes in the balloon, then the orgasm will not be reached, and the air will leak out. When the biggest conflict breaks out, the balloon is already weak. If it explodes, the emotional mobilization of the climax part of the movie will fail."

Clint Eastwood saw that Sarah didn't refute, and didn't insist on her own opinion just because she was an Oscar queen. This kind of modest attitude made him very satisfied. He patted Sarah on the shoulder and encouraged him: "There is nothing wrong with this." There is no emotional transition point where disgust turns into sympathy, so what we need is a point where the audience bursts out emotionally, and when the first climax begins, hope, despair, hope, despair... yours The performance can increase the heat. Look, our understanding of the characters has not deviated, the difference is our control of the rhythm of the film, you can think about it carefully, if you agree, we will try again in 10 minutes."

How to grasp one or two small details to show Irene's delicate and sensitive side in the rough, outward, open and close behavior?Don't be too restrained, and you shouldn't have too many micro-expressions!There is no doubt that this is a challenge to Sarah's acting skills. People often say that it is difficult to let go freely. Most actors learn to let go first but can't stop, just like Leonardo's performance is too hard, and the emotions are released. not coming back.But Sarah is just the opposite. She always has a thorough understanding of the inner world of the characters, and she is used to interpreting all these delicately with countless details and micro-expressions. Her performance is like a cup of tea, which can withstand slowing down every step of the way. , Savor it carefully, but she has never acted as a lunatic, let alone hysterical in front of the camera.

So, unexpectedly but within reason, she ran into a performance bottleneck, and Clint Eastwood wanted Sarah to release, try her best to release, don't hold back!

The madness comes from the first climax of the movie. As a prostitute, Irene received an evil and perverted guest on the road. The guest knocked her out, tortured her, and even planned to kill her. Struggling, when she finally broke free from the rope and even got the gun, Irene was like a lion jumping out of the cage, roaring violently and angrily, pulling the trigger without hesitation and firing several shots, killing the man They even stomped and kicked the corpse, screaming and venting.

Many actors were ridiculed for always roaring in acting, but now, Sarah ate NG twice again because her roaring was not excessive enough.

"Honey, burn up, understand? You are not crazy enough." Clint Eastwood shook his head. He knew Sarah's acting skills very well, and he believed that this time the girl in front of him could make a breakthrough.He had watched several of Sarah's movies before, even if it was just "Mission: Impossible" where the vase existed and "The Lord of the Rings" that is now popular all over the world, she could perform the vase so that every look and every expression touched people's hearts. That's why the role of Sarah is so memorable to the audience, but now Eastwood has discovered the weakness of the young actress' acting skills-not crazy enough!

Sarah is good at portraying rich inner dramas, just like a noble and elegant noble lady in the Renaissance, every emotion is implicitly hidden in the expression, love and hate, joy and sorrow are all blended in the eyes, just sit quietly There, doing nothing, through this beautiful face can tell you a vivid and even tear-jerking story. This is Sarah's strength. Let her play Shakespeare's play, or the heroine of Jane Austen, absolutely No two candidates.Let Sarah play a female murderer who is caught waiting to die, sitting quietly in the cell and recalling her life, looking at the bars and waiting for death to come, she can also portray the character 200% perfectly in silence, but... let The girl snarling, mad, barking her teeth?Biting and kicking, kicking and hitting the dead body like a madman?The kind of anger and rage that wanted to burn her soul made Sarah feel at a loss.Now, Clint Eastwood felt like he was forcing a lady in a boudoir in a dress to wrestle with a hooligan. It was difficult, really difficult!But at the same time it's fun, a lot of fun!

The director smiled and shook his head, and speculated: "You are probably the kind of person who is quiet even when you are angry? Sitting alone in the room thinking about how to calm down? Have you ever smashed a vase? Have you ever slapped someone else? Slap? Have you ever gotten into a fight with someone?"

"..." Sarah was at a loss for words. Of course she was not the kind of woman who would smash a vase when she was angry. As for slapping... She knew that Clint Eastwood wanted her to find the feeling of being out of control, and she was so angry To slap someone, to pluck someone's skin, to pull someone's tendons, but in her previous life and this life, the only time she slapped someone was the time when Leonardo knocked her out... Well, she I have to admit that I have encountered a bottleneck, she is used to restraint from the bottom of her heart, and this restraint may have long since lost the crazy factor in her blood.

"People are born crazy, so now I should find a way to wake up the other you. No matter how mature and calm a 22-year-old girl is, she will be mad at times, right? I just want you to find the madness of being mad. There is no doubt that you are really stuck in this scene, and I am very honored to witness the transformation of the youngest Oscar queen." Clint Eastwood smiled, not worried Sarah will be stumped by this scene, but he also knows that there is no way for Sarah to figure out how the character should feel in a short time. This girl knows how to bear, but abnormally doesn't know how to release!Such a situation is also very rare among actors, so how can he drive his heroine crazy?

crazy?Sarah thought hard, how can I make myself hysterical?Get out of hand?She is a person who is used to planning, whether it is work or life, acting is the same. Every scene has been carefully rehearsed and fully pre-set in her mind. She does not like to fight unprepared battles, which is why she has always been Steady and steady step by step to the secret of success.And now, Eastwood asks her to let go of all improvisation, because preparation is never crazy enough—

"What I have to do is to completely integrate myself into the role, completely transform myself into Irene, when I think in my mind 'what should I do if it is Irene at this time', I am still in the state of acting, when even I The subconscious stress response is in line with Irene's personality, and this role can be considered perfect." Sarah understands the effect Clint Eastwood wants to see, and the other party sees through her "well-rehearsed" performance method and thinks This method has become a barrier to her progress, so she will try to break it, let herself go, and enter a new realm of performance.

"Hahaha, your performance has encountered a bottleneck? Mr. Eastwood actually dislikes your performance? Well...are you really joking?" Leonardo seemed to be gloating on the phone, "The whole Everyone in Hollywood knows that you are an acting genius. Your performance is exquisite and vivid, but you have never taken on the role of any mad woman. So, the crazy roaring state is actually the bottleneck of the talented girl in Hollywood? It will definitely surprise people when you say it! "

"If you can't give some useful advice, I don't mind hanging up the phone and asking for help from others." Sarah held the phone and rolled her eyes at Leonardo on the other end of the phone, but still kept her humility Ask, "How do you practice? Hysterical? Go crazy in the mirror? Take ecstasy? Take stimulants? Drink?"

"No, no, no, first of all, I want to emphasize that drugs must never be touched. You know River Phoenix? You can be crazy, but you must never touch drugs, even if you are trying to figure out the role. Remember when you Did I remind you when you were thinking about "Requiem for a Dream"? You must never touch such deadly things as drugs! Resolutely!" Leonardo's tone on the phone was serious, as if taking drugs was a crime of treason, but He quickly changed his tone again, "Of course, I know that you girl will always have a rational little head, and it's impossible to touch that kind of thing."

"So? Don't take drugs, should I drink some alcohol like you, and drink like crazy?" Of course, Sarah would not try drugs, so this topic passed by briefly, and she began to consider the feasibility of drinking.

"You can try to be drunk, and the other thing is... ahem... stay away from your precious mirror." Leonardo laughed softly when he said this, and he could hear him trying to endure, but the laughter was still controlled Can't stop, "I know you're used to practicing your characters in front of the mirror over and over again until you reach perfection, but like Clint Eastwood said about improvisation, where is the track to follow when people go crazy? So when you practice in front of a mirror you are doomed not to be truly insane. What can I say? It's okay to practice the best insanity in a mirror, but Mr. Eastwood clearly demands of you Higher, as a director, he is training his talented actors..."

Sarah snorted softly with her nose. What Leonardo said was very reasonable, but he really couldn't hide his gloating tone of waiting for a good show, and she heard it clearly. What should she say?Mr. DiCaprio was obviously happy to hear that he had hit a wall!

"Don't be angry, I know you are not in a very good mood now, but it is a good sign to encounter performance bottlenecks, because without bottlenecks, there will be no progress and breakthroughs. Some people will say that you chose a role that is not suitable for you, but I What I want to say is——congratulations, my dear, you have found a chance to break through yourself." It seemed that Sarah had already appeared in front of Leonardo's eyes, with her mouth curled up and snorting, so he was annoying the other party. Before there was any sign of frizz, he hurriedly stroked her hair, but to be honest, he wished he could take a plane to visit Sarah's set immediately and see the little girl's deflated appearance with his own eyes. Of course, if he could accompany his girl to go crazy together , even more perfect!

It's a pity that he himself is also filming, because he has to complete the long-prepared one-man show, and it is impossible for him to leave the crew to visit Sarah.And on this side, Sarah had already made up her mind, and while ordering Janet to buy wine, she mercilessly hung up the phone amidst Leonardo's pleas for "chatting a few more words", as heartless as A scumbag who has been prostituted by Leonardo all night, and she flicked her sleeves without leaving even a single bill... Haha... Putting down the phone, the corners of Sarah's mouth still couldn't help but raise, as if she could see the other end of the phone. Leonardo blinked aggrievedly, looking like a big dog with a drooping head and a dissatisfied little look.

A little later, many people in the crew saw Sarah in a good mood. She carried a camcorder and headed towards Clint Eastwood. Behind her was a little assistant carrying two bags of beer. Director of the night party?No, everyone in the crew would not suspect that Sarah wanted to be seductive and seductive, because Sarah's posture didn't seem to have any ambiguous feelings at all. On the contrary, she was like a soldier about to go to the battlefield. There is still a bit of hard work that sees death as home.

"Want to find the feeling through drinking? No, alcohol alone can't make you find the crazy taste." Grint Eastwood nodded and shook his head looking at the two bags of wine, opened the door and asked someone to help find more than 20 A glass, "Drink, let's drink two bottles first. How's your drinking capacity? By the way, how old are you this year? Have you reached the legal age to drink?"

"Of course I'm here, don't underestimate me!" Sarah raised her eyebrows, thinking that my mother is in her thirties, why isn't she old enough to drink? !As for the capacity for alcohol... Presumably, for the sake of being so drunk that even the child's father doesn't know who it is, the alcohol capacity of this body should not be much better.Sure enough, after two bottles of beer, she felt that her head was a little dizzy, and she would not pass out, but because of the effect of alcohol, she was obviously more emotional, and in this state, Clint East Wood thrust a glass into her hand.

"If you drop it, I want you to yell hysterically, swear, anyone, at least half a minute, no, 1 minute... If you can't swear, just scream, after 1 minute you can yell Throw this glass and smash it hard." Clint Eastwood pulled his little assistant Janet to a safe place far away as he spoke, he would not risk his personal safety, Who knew if a drunk girl would throw a glass at his head.Seeing Sarah staring blankly at the glass in her hand, Eastwood had no choice but to urge her again, "Scream, shout out loud! Let the whole crew hear, do you know what is Sesteri? Your screams knocked the roof off!"

"Curse? Who are you scolding?" Sarah's fighting-minded Xiao.'s face went blank for a moment, but Clint Eastwood immediately found someone for her to scold. The TV was suddenly turned on, and a A documentary about a serial rape and murder case. The woman who was raped and murdered was covered in bruises. The murderer not only raped the woman, but even abused and tortured her. He stabbed obscene things like iron rods into the victim's body , the worst victim was stripped of a large piece of skin... Most of the victims were young women around 20 years old, and they were about the same age as Sarah, so the picture was even more shocking.

Feeling drunk, Sarah's hand holding the glass trembled slightly because of anger, she was a scum, how could there be such a perverted scum in the world?Damn it!Even if this kind of perpetrator dies ten thousand times is not enough!

So... that night, the entire crew was pierced by a certain girl's magic voice.Sarah, who always greeted her with a smiling face and had a good reputation in the crew, seemed dissatisfied with the previous experience of eating NG, and ran to the director's room with a bottle of wine and went crazy?Listen, listen!The director's room will be demolished by Sarah, right?The cursing and screaming became more and more ferocious, and there was even the sound of glass shattering, which made many people tremble with fear, and secretly sighed, "I didn't see it before! The Oscar queen is really unusual, this temper , Enough irritable!"

The screaming and cursing sounds really seemed to overturn the roof, how could twenty glasses break enough?Now the obese Sarah has turned herself into a crazy woman again, and the goddess Fan is gone...