MTL - Best Actor-Chapter 53 How am I doing?

"I know you did it, I know you did it! I know you killed Dick!" On the small pier in Venice, the blonde in deep clothes was crying Gloves drape over a man.

Although there were many people sitting outside the small outdoor cafe on the pier, no one came out to help. As for why, look at the people around who held up cameras, spotlights, and microphone booms.

"Cut!" With the director's voice, the crew paused, looking at his frown, he knew that they were not satisfied with the shooting.

But he didn't say much, just walked over and asked the man who was beaten by the woman before: "How are you, Sean?"

"No problem, Mr. Minghella," Sean took a deep breath, "Although some emotions are fleeting and hard to capture after they are missed, we can use quantity to make up for quality, as long as Keep going and I should be able to get that feeling back."

"Okay." Mingla, who looked at him for a while, finally nodded, then turned to say hello, "Let's come again."

The scene here was originally very simple, Dick's father was getting some information about his son through various channels, and then was misled by Ripley, thinking that he was making a big married woman's belly and Caused the other party to commit suicide, as well as the murder of Freddy, who knew it. So, in order to cover up the scandal, the grieving father gave Ripley a large sum of money, and then took Maggie back to the United States.

Ripley is good at imitating and learning, and quick-witted, plus luck or the author's favor, he blinded almost everyone except Maggie. A woman's intuition is terrifying, but unfortunately, even if she guesses the truth, there is no evidence, and no one around her believes it. So, when they boarded the boat at the dock and were about to go to the port to return home, they finally couldn't help waving their gloves and hitting Ripley.

The focus here should obviously be on Maggie, and Minghella did the same, but during a shoot, he was always watching everyone, and found that Sean's emotions at that time were very wonderful . The moment of panic after being discovered by Maggie, the moment of happiness after Dick's father took Maggie away, as well as the subsequent calm and a little panic hidden in it, etc., were all in place, which made Minggla very pleasantly surprised.

So, after calling it a stop, after exchanging opinions with the photographer and art director, he decided to give a close-up of Sean's facial expression here. However, as Sean just said, it is difficult to replicate emotions 100%, especially this kind of unintentional state, so after repeated shooting a dozen times, Minghella did not get what he wanted.

He also thought about giving up, this is not a very critical point, although this lens would be more perfect, but Sean chose to insist. So Mingela continued again. This young man who had been chosen by him for gambling has never disappointed him, and he believed that he would not be this time either.

So the crew shot these scenes over and over again on the small pier in Venice. No one says much. Anyway, take a rest when you are tired, and keep shooting for one or several shots to achieve the best is a common thing in Hollywood. For example, the golden age was nominated for 12 Oscars for best director and won 3 times. William Wheeler, known as Wheeler 99 times.

It is said that every time he directs, most of the scenes have to be shot forty or fifty times to pass the level, and Bette Davis also quarreled with him. Betty has always been famous in Hollywood for her good acting skills, and she can pass many scenes at one time, but when she works with Wheeler, no matter how she performs, Wheeler's words will always be: do it again.

Betty was also a very characterful female star in Hollywood at that time. She felt that this was an insult to herself, so she couldn't help but get angry at the end: What should I do to be good?

In the end Wheeler shrugged: it was good as before, and again.

In addition, Audrey Hepburn was made to cry by him when he was filming "Roman Holiday", and Humphrey Bogart was also popular when he collaborated with him in "Crisis Time" . But I have to admit that repeated shooting is indeed very useful. There are many unique and stylized shots that may not be noticed during shooting, but are discovered during post-production editing. And with so many shots, there is always one or two that stand out, just as Sean said that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

So, after Gwyneth thumped Sean thirty-four times with her glove, Minghella finally caught what she wanted. After Sean was beaten, he stretched out his hand to straighten his hair and glanced at the boat. The complicated expression revealed at that moment was so expressive that Minggla couldn't help but shouted hello on the spot.

However, although the task was completed, it still caused a little trouble. After the shooting, Sean kept covering his forehead with his hand. Someone stepped forward to help check it, only to find that some skin was scraped at the corner of his eyebrows, and some blood was oozing out.

No doubt, it was Gwyneth's leather gloves, because to create a real effect, Minghella asked her to actually fight it during the shooting, anyway, that thing It doesn't hurt to fall on him, and Sean has no problem. It should have been no problem, but who made her fight for so long? Quantitative change causes qualitative change.

"I'm fine." Facing everyone's inquiries, Sean replied, "It's just a little broken, it will be fine soon."

But there were still a lot of people who came to ask questions, which also showed that he was popular in the crew, and even Gwyneth came over.

"I'm so sorry, Sean," she said, looking cramped, "I just…"

"It's okay, Gwyneth, it's just a little thing, everyone makes a mistake sometimes, isn't it?" Sean said first.

"Thank you." Gwyneth finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to leave.

She seems to have something on her mind, but it has nothing to do with Sean. During the two months of filming, among the actors, he and Gwyneth spoke the least. Although Sean also wants to have a good relationship with her, after all, Gwyneth was born in a family of actors, has a big director as her godfather, and is now a new Oscar winner. She is also very beautiful and temperamental. But the problem is that most of the time, people leave the set after filming, and the same is true for coming to Italy, and now it's easy for Sean to think of Kate, so he can only give up.

I rushed to shoot two more scenes. Today's scene is over. I went back to the hotel to rest for a while, and went to the restaurant for dinner. Sean wanted to go out for a walk. He originally wanted to call Garen with him, but he didn't expect to be a step behind. This guy has already gone out with a big help, which is really depressing, so in the end he had to walk around the neighborhood for a few laps.

"A glass of whisky." After sitting down in front of the bar and talking to the waiter, Sean looked at the bar.

Italian bars are not too different from American bars, bar counters, small tables, seats or sofas, as well as stages and playing music, when filming Dick playing the saxophone, Sean had already met. Although he came to the bar alone to meet him, he was still in a good mood, and even thought about whether he could meet an Italian girl.

Unexpectedly, he looked around, but he saw a familiar figure, where the bar turned, Gwyneth was talking to a man, shaking her head repeatedly, smiling reluctantly, Obviously not happy.

late."

Gwyneth was stunned for a while, and then showed a look of surprise and understanding: "You're finally here, Sean, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

She was not stingy with her smile at all, very sweet and charming, which made Sean stunned.

Of course, he didn't show it, and looked at the man who was pestering her with a questioning expression: "What's the matter with you, sir?"

"I want to invite this lady for a drink... Who are you?" The man with a mustache said in Italian, his tone was still dissatisfied.

"I'm sorry, sir, I'm her boyfriend, we're dating, please don't disturb us?" Sean replied rudely in Italian.

The guy was stunned, obviously not expecting Sean to know Italian, and immediately walked away muttering.

"What is he talking about?" Gwyneth asked in a low voice when the other party was far away.

"He wanted to buy you a drink, and then I said I was your boyfriend, we were dating, let him go," Sean said.

"Boyfriend?" Gwyneth raised an eyebrow.

"Sorry, I just think it can make him go faster." Sean is very calm.

"Thank you, Sean." Gwyneth laughed again, holding up the still untouched martini, "I didn't expect your Italian to be so good."

As soon as I heard it, I knew that she didn't communicate much in the crew. Now who doesn't know that his Italian is good? But Sean didn't say anything. He raised the whisky in his hand, took a sip, and took a deep breath with his eyes wide open.

"Have you never drunk whisky?" Gwyneth couldn't help but laugh when she saw it.

"I drank it secretly before, but it's very little, and... I haven't tried European whisky." After the taste passed, Sean sighed depressedly.

Gwyneth did not speak, just looked at him, a complex light flashed in her eyes, and then raised the glass again: "Would you like to have a few drinks with me?"

Sean was slightly stunned when he noticed something, but then nodded: "It's an honor."

The two immediately chatted, and they talked about everything, but Gwyneth seemed to be a little absent-minded.

"By the way, I haven't congratulated you for winning the Oscar for Best Actress. This is an honor that many actresses dream of." Sean suddenly thought of something and said.

"Thank you." Gwyneth smiled, but with a little reluctance.

"What's wrong?" Sean asked immediately, "Did something happen?"

"Um..." Gwyneth made a few meaningless gestures, and finally raised her head, her gray-green eyes looked at Sean, "Have you seen the movie I starred in? ?"

"Of course." Sean nodded, "After taking over the role of Ripley, I have watched all the movies that the person I want to work with has starred in, and "Shakespeare in Love" naturally in it."

"Have you seen it?" An inexplicable light flashed in Gwyneth's eyes, "So...how do you think I played?"