Chapter 1145

"Oh, you all know each other." When the Cohen brothers arrived at the Pioneer Village, they could see the actors sitting around the bar at a glance. They were gathered together in a bustling and joyful manner, talking happily. The atmosphere was so lively that it looked like an ordinary night in a folk bar.

Thanks to the strong appeal of the Cohen brothers, the cast of "drunken folk" is really eye-catching. In addition to the three core stars, Langley hall, Justin Timberlake and Kerry Mulligan, there are also many notable names in the supporting cast.

Known as Hollywood's most popular "Goodman" golden supporting actor, John Goodman will play a wealthy squire Roland Turner, who loves jazz and despises ballads. He will give Levine a ride on his road trip to Chicago.

Garnett Hedland will play Roland's driver Johnny. He became famous with the TV series "midnight light on the weekend". Later, he also appeared in "Troy", "on the road" and "Genesis: war time". He is a representative of the new generation of tough guys.

F-murray-abraham, who will play the owner of a small Chicago record company and own a bar, is the last hope of Levine's career, which he killed himself. As early as 1985, the veteran actor won the Oscar with Mozart's biography. In recent years, his career has stagnated, and he still plays in the field of TV series.

And Adam driver, a new actor who just joined the industry in 2010 and 2011, has a very special appearance and high recognition. This time, he will play a folk singer. In order to make a living, he will cooperate with Jim and Levine in a commercial song.

Adam's career path is very interesting. He passes by in "Hoover", "Lincoln", "Frances ha" and other movies, but he is more popular with American TV series "bad sisters". Later, he became popular as the villain of "Star Wars: the awakening of the force", in "Patterson" and "the awakening of the force" The works of "the alliance of Thieves" have won the audience's love by virtue of their unique personality.

It can be felt that the Cohen brothers spent a lot of effort in the casting stage. Every actor in every role was carefully selected.

At this moment, all the actors are gathered together, not only because this is the first important day for the cast of "drunken folk songs", but also because this is the first important day for the whole cast to officially read the script and understand the characters.

In fact, except for lanli, the roles of other actors are relatively short.

Daily busy John Goodman just took three days to complete the shooting of all the scenes, while Abraham, who has only a few scenes, has only one day's scenes, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't attend today's script reading meeting. However, on the first day when the crew gathered, they gave the Cohen brothers enough face to attend.

Joel Cohen took a step forward, looked around the actor, and could not help rubbing his hands excitedly. "Ha, now it seems that everyone has known each other. Hey, Langley, you're here, too. "

"Isn't that the most important thing?" John Goodman, sitting next to him, leaned back on his chair, and make complaints about his indifferent tucking. But the subtle softness of his voice had a cold humor style that was his own. It seemed to be implying that the entire crew was waiting for the appearance of the blue ceremony.

Then, everyone could not help but raise the corner of their mouth.

Lan Li could feel that all his eyes were on him, and he didn't panic to explain, just said with a smile, "I thought money was." A witty and ingenious joke turned the rising smile into a cheerful light laugh.

Then Ethan Cohen clapped his hands and drew everyone's attention. "Now, the whole crew has arrived. We should start preparing for shooting. I asked about the weather forecast for New York and Chicago. In the next three weeks, there will be snow forecast one after another. In other words, this is our shooting cycle. "

At the same time, Ethan's eyes projected toward lanli, and he said with an apologetic expression, "because we need you to walk through the wind and rain all the time. Sorry, this is not a studio job. But now it's too late to regret. We set an amount that you can't default on. "

In the midst of laughter, Lan Li spread out his hands and said with a calm face, "in the last work, he was trapped in the steam sauna for more than ten hours a day on average and was roasted like the sun. I think it's time to experience the harsh and cold working environment all the time."

In an instant, all the people in the Pioneer Village burst into laughter.

Immediately after that, the crew officially put in the work of reading the script.

Generally speaking, before reading the script, the main actors and main staff of a drama group will introduce themselves and determine their positions, especially the roles played by the actors, so that they can have a preliminary understanding of each other; Some directors will go further, hoping to exchange their views on the script and the role with the actors, so as to ensure that the actors are on the right path.

But the Cohen brothers are different.

All these links have been omitted. Within two minutes after they arrived at the Pioneer Village, even without warming up, they began to read the script directly, showing their aggressive style of doing things, but also revealing the rough and barbaric nature of an independent drama group, which grew up wantonly like an original plant.

Actors need to be familiar with and cooperate with each other.

In short, lanli read a line. He needs to know who he is talking to, and then overlap the actor's personal image with the role, and adjust the rhythm and intonation of his lines; More directly, he may need to look directly into the eyes of his opponent's actors and read the lines in a conversational way.

But now, after the Cohen brothers have skipped the relevant links, the reading of the script has become so stumbling that it's like playing. Sometimes, someone grabs the lines; Sometimes, some people can't understand their lines; Sometimes, when you look in one direction, you end up with lines from another direction.

The whole scene was a bit of a mess.

However, Langley could feel that the Cohen brothers enjoyed the chaos.

This reminds me of the basic course when I just started to learn acting. In the face of a group of people, strangers, and the air, they go forward to perform regardless. The awkward performance often makes people curl up. However, the presentation of breaking the strange barrier can often achieve unexpected results.

Some familiar, and some strange.

Gradually, lanli also tasted the difference of details.

John and Abraham, who do not have much drama, sit in Diaoyutai. They don't have much room to play, but they are always in a hurry; In the relatively limited performance space, both Kerry and Adam show outstanding performance spirituality. Whether they are outstanding or not still needs to be further tested in actual shooting, but at least they have strong personal styles, which can brighten the characters instantly.

Justin is still Justin, basically can be said to be the original performance, acting content is not obvious, and "Saturday night live" style is not much different, the feeling of the whole line is more "irritable", especially in the chaos is further enlarged; And Garnett's performance is more boring, the lack of facial expression control, the context of the performance will disappear in the lines.

Everyone says that the Cohen brothers are not good at coaching actors.

Although Francis mcdormond of "ice blood storm" and Javier Baden of "no country for old people" have won the Oscar, their excellence comes from their understanding and interpretation of the role, rather than the director's capture of the performance details. Therefore, the Cohen brothers always prefer to use actors with solid performance skills and temperament.

In this way, they can focus more on the use of lens, story telling and style transmission.

Now it seems that the Cohen brothers have their own understanding of actors, performances and styles. They can find the most suitable actors according to their own work styles, and dig out the unique temperament of the actors. They are naturally integrated with the story to ensure the integrity of the work.

If the actor can find a fit between performance and style, he can shine brilliantly; But if not, the actor will be completely submerged in the director's style and become a perfect part of the work.

Among the directors he has worked with so far, Paul Greengrass, Tony Kaye and Alfonso Caron can be regarded as artistic creators with distinctive styles.

However, Paul's "tomorrow's edge" is originally a popcorn work, and his acting exploration is not profound; Tony and Alfonso both focus on the actors, trust them wholeheartedly, magnify and indulge them. In a sense, their styles are directors who pay more attention to the actors.

Like the Cohen brothers, it should be the first time.

Involuntarily, Langley thought in his mind, the last Oscar Isaac, under the lens of the Cohen brothers, was he brilliant? Or is it submerged? This is an interesting topic. He can't help comparing "drunken folk songs" with several other Oscar Issac works such as "Machiavelli" and "the year of extreme violence".

"Lan Li?" There was a cry in his ear, and Lan Li's eyes lifted up. Then he noticed that all the actors' eyes were focused on him. He showed a smile apologetically and politely, saying that he was a little distracted just now, but he didn't make a further apology. On the contrary, his calm appearance made everyone slightly stunned.

Then, everyone showed a different reaction.

Joel Cohen didn't care at all. He repeated his words, "what's the problem? We were just discussing how the music in the movie should be rearranged to be more in line with the style of the whole story. You have heard the mother band before. What's your opinion now? Or, what are you thinking about? "