The shooting is over, but lanli is still standing in front of the mirror, looking at his bald head.
The crew was a little quiet and no one spoke. Everyone thought that lanli was mourning for his hair. Originally a thick and natural hair, now has disappeared, anyone needs a little time.
However, will knows that Langley is adapting to the reality that has just poured into his body. What he mourns is not the hair, but the chain reaction brought about by cancer. He is sliding into the abyss bit by bit. That sense of reality is unexpected and even saddening.
In a trance, will seems to see himself standing in that position, shaving his hair, Seth is still shouting beside him, and he has an impulse to cry, but he can't cry. He can only stand in the same place stupidly. Cancer has never been real before, and he can't recover for a long time.
It's not a performance, but a reality. Even the bitterness, loss, and confusion are so similar. It's too real for will to breathe.
Life is not a movie after all.
In the script of "cancer fighting me", will can laugh and scold, and tell those sad and painful memories in a joking way, with humorous playfulness and funny absurdity; But in real life, will knows that the free falling feeling of falling into the abyss can't be stopped, and he can't extricate himself from the situation of mourning step by step.
Positive and optimistic? Easier said than done.
Will never believed in the power of performance, because performance is "performance" after all, it always has "performance" component, not real life, it is a kind of art. Even those famous actors, their performances can be said to be wonderful, but they are still part of the art of film.
Compared with performance, will believes in the power of words, because words are the cry and refraction of the soul. Every detail is so real and delicate, there are traces to follow.
But today, will sees himself, his true self, his former self, and his complete self. The emotion contained in that look, smile and action is so deep, without the slightest carving, but enchanted, as if his soul is reposed in that body, reappearing the vivid but painful moment in the memory again.
That powerful force severely defeated will. Those hesitations, those fears, those panic surged to him, almost suffocating him. His whole body is shaking slightly, even a finger can't move, from the depths of his soul can clearly feel the frozen stiff and dull.
By the time of writing the script "cancer fighting me", will had survived and recovered. Therefore, when writing, you can be relaxed, humorous, funny and humorous.
The pain and struggle in those memories, the loss and bitterness in those minds, all become light and cheerful. He can laugh and talk with Seth about those moments that make people laugh bitterly. He can talk about those moments that are like walking dead with self mockery. He can write those words that come from life but turn into art with laughter and abuse.
However, Lan Li gave the banter and publicity of the text a different kind of vitality. Apart from irony, it was very fragile. In humor, it was at a loss. In laughter, it was slightly sad. It seemed that we could clearly see that the light around the scarred soul was fading bit by bit. The pain reached the extreme, but it was silent and sad to the extreme, But he laughed.
It's a comedy. It's life, too.
So will understands the state of Langley. He just stood in the same place, tears whirling to look at the Leng Lan Li in the same place, the faint loss, let the hot tears fall down, can't stop, the whole world fell into a fuzzy halo.
The scene is still quiet. The crew members are at a loss. On the one hand, Lan Li stands motionless in front of the mirror. On the other hand, will is falling apart. The play just now is funny, shocking, funny and complicated. The indescribable emotion is slowly spreading in the air. For a moment, we don't know whether to cry or laugh.
Seth looked at Langley and then at will. His conditioned reflex was to comfort his old friends, but he didn't move in the end, and his eyes fell on the back of lanli's head.
As an actor, even an "unqualified" actor, Seth knows how difficult it is to perform.
Just in the scene just now, Seth has completely blurred the difference between performance and reality. The powerful driving force makes all emotions rush away like a flood, and can't stop at all; What's more, lanli's hands are crisp, and he finished the whole shooting without hesitation, which is even more rare.
Seth can't imagine how much effort Langley has made, but he knows he can't.
However, if he wanted to comfort Lan Li, Seth didn't know where to start. He stood in the same place, raised his hand and tried to pat Lan Li on the shoulder, but he felt too unfamiliar. He drew his hand on the back of Lan Li's head, which was even more strange. He could only raise his hand and scratch his head, A face full of embarrassment. Constipation again.
"If you're going to attack me, you've missed the best opportunity." Langley's voice came, and Seth was startled.
Seth put down his right hand in a hurry, pretended to be OK, restrained his chin, raised his eyes and looked at Lan Li quietly. Then he saw the light smile on Lan Li's face. He couldn't help showing a dry smile, "Hey, hey." Trying to muddle through, "are you ok?"
"I'm fine." Lan Li nodded.
In fact, he's not good. Because he felt Adam's emotion. After being hit by reality for the third time, the suffocating drowning feeling gradually became real, and the energy of his whole body was slowly fading down. He didn't like this feeling. But he knew that he was OK and he could stick with it.
Disease is like this, all the time nibbling at the patient's willpower, little by little to wear out, and finally surrender. Will is so, Adam is so, chujiashu is so. Also, it's the same with Heather, Annie, Alex and so on. No one else can help, only myself. This is a battle between myself and myself, fighting alone. The so-called shouts and encouragement of onlookers are just onlookers.
He knew that he could hold on. In the last life, he had come a long way and saw the end. He won't be afraid, he won't give up.
So, "I'm fine." Lan Li repeated it again, as if it could strengthen his persuasion. I just don't know whether I'm persuading Seth or myself.
Turning his head, Lan Li saw the silence of the whole crew. He raised his hand and touched his head. He glanced at the mirror and said with a smile, "I feel good about myself. Why, do you think it's bad?"
"No! Of course not One voice after another rang out, but because it was too urgent and unified, it had no sense of reality. It sounded like a polite perfunctory, which made Lan Li laugh. We all realized the meaning of the laughter, and we couldn't help looking away, and the voice gradually dropped.
Lanli didn't care. His eyes fell on Jonathan. "What was the effect just now? Please tell me, you have good news. I don't want to do it again The banter made Jonathan's mouth slightly raise, but seeing lanli's frail and tired face, his eyes were like pebbles in the spring, warm and firm, and his nose was sour.
As a director, as a member of the crew. In the past half a month, they witnessed with their own eyes what Lan Li had gone through for this role. His physical and mental condition almost went from bad to worse. Now after shaving his hair, he showed his complete facial features. Without any cover, his haggardness slowly penetrated out, as if he had really walked a circle from hell.
Jonathan was embarrassed to wipe the nose water left behind, exaggerated smile, "how suddenly the sand into the eyes." Then he bowed his head and rubbed his eyes. Then he raised his head again. "Very good. The play was very good just now. To be exact, perfect! I can't think of any better way to perform. Well, do you want to come and watch the replay? "
"Of course." Lan Li didn't refuse. He nodded his head and said yes. Then he went to the monitor and saw Nathan's worried look. His eyes were full of tears and he didn't dare to fall. Lanli chuckles at Nathan. He doesn't say much. He turns to the screen and waits for the playback.
Not only lanli, all the staff of the whole scene gathered silently.
People always say that the film industry is so magical, but for the practitioners, after revealing the secrets of the film production process, the magic seems to disappear, everything is false, there is no magic to speak of. But today, in lanli, they once again see the magic of the movie, the powerful performing power, which drags everyone into a magical world and truly feels the emotions of the parties. Bitter, but beautiful.
The playback started. The camera showed six different angles of shots, recording all the details of the whole scene. Most incisive, make impromptu comic gestures and ramarks make complaints about Adam and Kell, which make the comedy style of the whole movie very effective. Especially the two people's gag on the spot is especially colorful, and it has burst a burst of laughter. Now it can finally laugh heartily.
Especially when Jonathan was teased, everyone clapped their hands and laughed. Such a smile is just the charm of film shooting and the collision of wisdom sparks!
But the play is obviously more than that.