MTL - Best Actor-Chapter 44 Filming starts

"In short, the tone of the whole story is gray. Although there is a long section in the middle, all of which are bright and soft tones, and the lens is not as sharp, but the gray is indispensable."

"Then can I understand that? Ripley's character always has a desire in his emotions, a desire to be in the upper class, no matter what his personality is Change, the desire is always there.”

"Very correct, a focal point throughout the whole film, but one thing you should pay attention to, this is just my opinion, although the director agrees with this, it does not mean that he will not actually shoot change in.”

"Thanks, Roy, I'll keep that in mind."

Soon, another afternoon passed in the heated conversation between Sean and Locke. Very rewarding, by communicating with different people about the script, Tom Ripley's image became more and more clear in his head, not only that, he also used the skills taught to him by John Harrington, designing And summed up the appearance of three different emphases.

One is introverted and doesn't like or is not good at expressing his feelings; one is relatively outgoing and has more body language; the other is used to wearing a mask woven with smiles and politeness. Sean designed different details for this, and continued to perform in front of the mirror, or pulled Galen to play.

So much so that Galen complained: "Look at you, you are about to become another person."

And Sean replied, "That's right."

Of course, he did not forget that these can only be used for reference, whether it is suitable or not, also needs the opinion of director Minghella.

In addition, there are some gains from such exchanges. For example, Locke feels good about him. Facing those hidden enemies, Sean needs friends, he needs friends in the crew, his expectations are not high, and they don't need to support him, but at least he has a good impression of himself.

to an unexpected effect." This is Frederick's PR advice for his introduction.

Male, thirty-six years old, named Richard Leyson, an employee of the well-known Edelman public relations firm, very good at dealing with people. I have to say that these public relations are very good. At least Leyson's suggestion is in line with Sean's idea, that is, the fee is not cheap, about 75 to 100 US dollars an hour, and the monthly salary is 1,500 to 3,000 US dollars, so he has no long-term planning to hire.

Basically, the second half of January 1999 was like this, and everything was fine, except for the occasional mediation between the assistant and the agent.

"I really can't stand your agent, he's just a megalomaniac, dictating my work all day." Galen said.

"I really can't stand your assistant, he doesn't understand anything and doesn't care about my reminders and advice!" Frederick said.

Well, it's Sean's fault, because Galen has no experience as an assistant, so he was handed over to the agent for short training, but because he was busy with his own business, No details were given to either of them, even just a phone call to Frederick and Galen to find him, and it became like this.

In this case, Sean had to clean up himself, called them out, and had a face-to-face conversation: "Okay, listen to me, guys. First of all, Fred is my agent, he All considerations are from my point of view, so Galen, you have to respect and understand him, and listen to some opinions properly, if you have any questions, please tell me directly; secondly, Galen is my brother, now It's my assistant again, and his considerations are also from my point of view, so, Fred, you must also respect and understand him, and be patient. Although Galen is a novice now, he will definitely do well. If you have any questions, please tell me directly, OK?"

Then he increased his tone: "We all know that the next few months will be the most important period of my life. So I hope you can unite and do your best Support me instead of being distracted by discord, and without your support, it's hard for me to get to the end, understand?"

"I'm fine." Since Sean said so, of course Frederick wouldn't hold on.

"I'm fine." Galen was more candid and apologized directly to the other party, "I'm sorry, Fred, I'll be familiar with the basic work of the assistant as soon as possible."

During this time, he has listened to Sean about his life in Los Angeles, and he has learned a little about the difficulty of being an actor, and also understands the significance of the hero of "The Genius Ripley" to Sean. The biggest advantage of Galen is that once he knows that he is wrong, he will never insist on it for face or anything else, which is one of the reasons why Sean asked him to be his assistant.

Gallen made this gesture, even if Frederick was still upset, in Sean's face, he could only hold back and make a "just know it's wrong" Appearance, the interior is finally so stable.

So, with the passage of time, it finally came to February 5th.

"Let me see...Very good, that's it! How about there? Steven, how are the sets over there?" Shuttle in the studio, checking what he wants.

"Mr. Director, they have come." Dax Roman, one of the assistants, came over at this time.

"Okay, I see." Mingera nodded, and explained a few words to the others, then followed Roman to the outside of the studio.

After a few minutes, he came to the actor rest area, and several protagonists were already standing or sitting there waiting.

"Hey Jude, Philip." Minghella greeted him from afar.

"Hi, Anthony." The two who were talking immediately stopped and replied with a smile.

"How are you, Gwyneth." Mingella followed and looked at the heroine sitting on the chair drinking water.

"I'm ready, Anthony." The blonde girl smiled, not very pretty, but charming.

Then, Minghella looked at the young man sitting in the other chair, who was still reading the script: "Sean, how about you?"

"I'm ready too, Mr. Minghella." The young man stood up immediately.

"Then it's up to you." Minghella patted him on the shoulder and said nothing.

He could see that he was actually a little nervous, otherwise, how would he know that he had already come and was still looking down at the script. But as a young man, this is the first time to be the leading actor in a movie, and he has also been under a lot of pressure before, so it is normal to be nervous.

"Okay, let's get ready for the first meeting." Minghella waved.

Then, the four actors followed him under the tent used for the meeting, called the theater manager, and asked a few people to help, and the first on-set meeting of the movie "Genius Ripley" began .

It is said that it is a meeting, but in fact, the main actors who are about to participate in the filming come together to discuss their lines, and take this opportunity to get to know each other.

"God, do you have such a coat in Italy?" This is the line of Jude Law, the supporting actor who played Dick, who first greeted Minghella just now.

"Good morning, Tom, come and sit with us." Then there is the line of Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays Dick's girlfriend Maggie, one of the supporting actresses.

"To be honest, I want your job too, Tommy. Oh, and I was just saying, you live in Italy, you live in Dick's, you eat Dick's, you It's his, and his father has to pay you. If you don't want to, tell me and I'll do it." Follows the line from Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Freddy.

"The weather is nice today." Followed by the youngest of the actors, Sean Tang, who played the leading role.

As for the other roles, they are not important people, so they are all hired by the staff.

This line is neither too long nor too short, it took about ten minutes to get it right, but Hoffman and Sean are the most engaged, followed by Gwyneth , and Jude most times. It's not that Jude isn't serious and professional enough, it's just that Sean and Hoffman are more moving when they read aloud.

Although Mingla frowned in his eyes, he didn't care too much, and this is not the case. The actor was careless when he was talking about his lines, but he was very serious when he was in front of the camera.

So, after the assistant came over and told Mingla that everything was ready, the lines were right and everyone was ready to start.

The first shot to be shot is Dick, Maggie, Freddy and Ripley having breakfast together. After Fred heard about Ripley, he was in front of Dick He taunted Ripley mercilessly with Maggie's face, and Ripley, who couldn't say anything, could only divert his attention with irrelevant topics.

This shot is not difficult, Freddy's contempt, Dick's indifference, for experienced actors, are all very easy things. Ripley needs to be a little more complicated. It needs to be embarrassed and very inferior. It is a test of acting skills. As for Maggie, just a few lines, basically a vase, can be ignored.

So, this group of shots was taken for a full hour and a half, and there was a 15-minute break in the middle. Even so, Minghella was still not very satisfied, and always felt that he lacked something.

"Is it because of Sean?" The assistant director Andrews simply asked, of course, privately.

"No, he did a good job, it can be seen that he has done a lot of homework, and his emotions are in place, although sometimes he still uses too much force, but as long as I remind him, he will Correct." Minghella shook his head, and after thinking about it carefully, he asked the crew to do it again.

I walked back and forth a few times in the middle, seeming to be looking for something.

"What do you think is the problem?" Minghella, who always felt that he was in front of him but couldn't catch it, asked a few actors.

"I feel good."

"Perhaps a little stronger?"

"Hmmm...I feel fine too."

Jude, Hoffman, and Gwyneth said so separately, and then, after a few seconds, Sean's voice rang out: "Maybe... I can make Ripley start over Don't say anything at the end?"