Chapter 1470

As far as Christopher Nolan himself is concerned, he has no special liking or dislike for Langley, and he has no special pursuit and rejection. He is just an ordinary actor.

Just as Christopher refuses to use his mobile phone and email personality, he knows nothing about social networks and new generation stars. The so-called "know nothing" here means that he has never heard of his name, never seen his face, or even he may be crowded by a large group of fans, and he doesn't understand why.

Taylor Swift, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Justin Bieber... He doesn't have any idea.

For Christopher, this is an actor "always mentioned in Hollywood". He didn't know that Langley won egot, and he didn't know that Langley made history in the Oscar. He never even saw Langley's works. This is not the case of lanli, but his living habits

A guy who lived in the 19th century and made movies. This is Emma Thomas's description of her husband, which is very popular among Hollywood insiders.

Therefore, Christopher does not have an accurate and clear concept of whether or not Langley will play "Star Trek". On the whole, he is not optimistic about Langley.

reason?

There's only one: age.

It seems to be a good choice if the young version of Tom is performed by blue Lee; But Cooper? Age figures are an insurmountable huge gap - although Hollywood's make-up level has reached its peak now, there is no problem for Langley to interpret a man in his early 30s.

But according to Christopher, there is a question: why?

Cooper's age is set in the range of 40 to 50, which is exactly the range with the largest number of actors in Hollywood - or the range with the largest number of actors in their peak period. So why should they ignore the countless actors of the right age and choose a young man under 24 to play?

Before, when he contacted Andy, Christopher did show great interest.

Because of his directing style, he is used to inviting actors with solid acting skills, especially male actors. Christian bell is one of the actors he appreciates very much; Moreover, he is a character who hates great changes. If Christian bell wants to, he can use Christian as the hero in every work. Unfortunately, the latter has a full schedule and no time at all.

For Langley, Christopher's vague impression is: praise and affirmation are all around.

So, naturally, Christopher raised his hands to welcome him; However, after learning that Langley is looking forward to playing the role of Cooper, and Emma Thomas, who is the producer of every work of Christopher, also stressed that it is very uneconomic to play a supporting role with Langley's current status and value, except for the role of a clown, which makes Christopher even more frustrated.

Nevertheless, Christopher opened up the possibility and agreed to meet today under the active promotion of Langley.

But for the first time, without any hope, Christopher was curious: what would it be like if Langley played Cooper?

Involuntarily, Christopher ignores the shackles of age and constructs the texture of lanli in his mind. That kind of maturity and wisdom endows the character with fuller color and seems to be seamlessly connected with the plot. This is really a unique feeling.

"If you're going to play Cooper, do you have any particular ideas?" Christopher is a little curious.

Lanli's answer again brought an accident, "no, no idea."

Christopher frowned slightly, but not irritable or angry, but curious. Through the conversation, he could be 100% sure that it was abnormal. "You don't look like a person without any ideas."

In my opinion, Cooper is a special character. His story, his growth and his character are almost completely stripped in the film. All the weight falls on the fetters between him and his two children, especially the relationship between him and Murphy, which has become his only image focus

"It also means that the film needs to present an emotion, not an image. So, for an actor, we should focus on expressing his emotional details and levels, rather than exploring the context of the role. " Lan Li tried to express it in a simple way——

In fact, to sum up, actors should choose expressionism instead of Methodism. In the last generation, Matthew McConnell was just like this, but his expressionistic acting skills needed to rely on small details to show, and he was accidentally engulfed by the magnificence of the picture.

"What?" Christopher has completely fainted, every word and every sound is not difficult, but after all connected together, he can not understand a word, "you mean, Cooper's role is too thin?"

This interpretation is also

"That's right." Langley nodded in affirmation. "You can recall that in Cooper's role, why did NASA have to choose him to rejoin the operation? Why did he choose to retire before? Why is his emotional bond with his children so deep? Why can he lead the team? What does his attitude and personality mean when he is in a crisis

"..." Christopher was about to retort, but Langley stopped him with a smile and went on.

"Indeed, the script simply refers to what I just said. But in fact, it's just a short sentence, without any practical significance. "

"How can that be explained? In short, the words that introduced Cooper could not be connected in terms of follow-up language, behavior and attitude. From the perspective of drama creation, these background materials are just the background, which is separated from the characters themselves, which makes the characters themselves like pieces of paper. "

"In other words, the script does not give the actors a foothold and room to play, just need the actors to present a state."

After finishing all the words in one breath, lanli took a breath, and then said again, "but for commercial films, this is the right way to create."

"Because of the character image of the commercial film, what the audience needs to see is a personality profile. For example, Hobbes' ability and wisdom in "speed and passion" and cage's transformation in "tomorrow's edge" are enough. Too many branches will only destroy the narrative rhythm and the main line of the story. "

"Similarly, in this film, the audience only needs to see the fetters of Cooper and Murphy, which is successful, because the entanglement of fetters and time is the core theme of the film, not Cooper's personal story."

Christopher really pondered for a moment, without approval or objection. "You still didn't answer my first question: if you play Cooper, do you have any special ideas?"

"No, it's not." Lanli repeated his answer, "or, for the director, there is no answer. I just need the emotions and emotions you're looking forward to, and I can show them. That's all

"And the answer to the actors?" Christopher is also a smart man. He is also an excellent screenwriter like Jonathan Nolan. In fact, Christopher is better at directing his own plays, because he can integrate his ideas and sense of picture into the plot.

Lan Li laughed and said, "does that matter?"

Christopher didn't speak. He still looked at Langley attentively and didn't give up.

"For the answers of the actors, I hope to build their own memories and stories with the actors who play Murphy and Tom," he said

"For example, what happened to their mother? For example, is Cooper's decision to retire related to the children? For example, their daily life? For example, Cooper and Murphy's close ties, Cooper and Tom's differences? " There was no in-depth conversation, but it was enough for Christopher.

"I always think that even in commercial films, 007 or Ethan hunt, they have their own images and characters. Although they can't be presented in the film story, they are all living characters. It's very important for the actors to know whether the background stories really exist during the performance. " "I know that these contents will not appear in the film screen, even if the screenwriter and director do not know, it does not matter, but..."

"The quality of performance is different." Christopher took over the conversation, and then he saw a look of surprise and surprise in lanli's eyes. He grinned triumphantly, "in the past, I couldn't understand Heath's way of acting on the set. He almost drove himself crazy and really became a clown. I tried to stop heath, but Christian explained to me. That kind of performance quality is the soul of the actor's performance. "

After that, Christopher's smile became a little lonely: the death of Heath Ledger has always been a pity for Christopher.

But the look was fleeting, and then Christopher said, "now I finally understand the meaning of the conversation."

As for the significance of emotion and time, as well as the discussion of philosophical speculation, in fact, these things can not be seen on the script, and their existence will not affect the whole narrative rhythm, but are revealed in the director's picture and the actor's performance. He does not need to worry about stuffing these contents into the film, which may destroy the rhythm of the film——

On the contrary, it can enhance the depth and breadth of the film.

Thinking of this, Christopher's eyes lit up a little. "Langley, would you like to play the role of Cooper?"