From the Grand Slam of egot to the two Oscars, from the $3 billion box office in North America to the $7 billion box office in the world, there is only one Venice left in the three major European film festivals... Langley's acting career has really reached a height that is hard to reach.
In fact, since the beginning of last year, there have been subtle changes in lanli's selection of works: "Jurassic world", "grand theft one", "super marine" and "lobster".
Including the black comedy "lobster", Langley's performance route and style have gradually got rid of the fixed image of previous years. He is making more attempts and challenges. Just like Meryl Streep, he is trying to find more possibilities on the big screen, open up the field of performance and continue his acting career, In the field of art film, the way forward may only be narrower and narrower.
According to industry rumors, lanli is also facing a period of burnout and transition, but his dilemma is slightly different from that of other actors. It's not the so-called little golden man curse or egot curse, but the bottleneck period of lanli's own "enthusiasm for performance", or the bottleneck period that every great actor must face before he can achieve "old bone", Just like the "seven-year itch" of marriage, some things are natural laws, which are hard to avoid.
What may be troubling is not Hollywood's will, but his own fighting spirit and enthusiasm. Behind the halo of the crown, lanli is an ordinary person after all.
Originally, it was just a rumor. Andy mentioned it as a joke, but he didn't expect that lanli didn't refute it, which made Andy a little flustered.
Here we can notice a small detail change. Andy always has a Maitreya smile in his daily life. Mount Tai collapses in front of him, but his color doesn't change. He can always hide his real thoughts behind his smiling face, and then achieve his goal step by step; But at this moment, although Andy still keeps smiling, the mood fluctuation in his eyes is particularly obvious, which can be easily interpreted by others.
After years of cooperation, lanli and Andy are taking off their masks bit by bit. With a look and a word, they can understand.
"... if necessary, we can have a rest for half a year. There is no need to rush to continue to work. We can stop and relax. You need to rest. "
Before lanli said a word, Andy had changed his direction and completely abandoned his original intention to come to the prince's garden today.
This made Lan Li laugh. "You came here today just for a new job?"
In recent weeks, Langley has been busy, and Andy has not been idle. Because of the "grand theft one" crew, Andy has been back and forth in New York and London, trying to help Langley coordinate interpersonal relations. Langley does not have enough skills to deal with many social occasions. Andy has to join hands with Roy to stand in front of Langley, One sings "white face" and the other "red face", trying to deal with things perfectly.
In fact, it is the same today. Andy is working in London, while Roy has taken the lead in Cannes to represent Langley at some events - which is why the positions of agents and managers are so important. Assistants can be changed frequently, but they need to represent the artist's image.
Andy did not have any hesitation, the corner of his mouth rose, "it doesn't matter." After a pause, he added, "in your current position, quality is more important than quantity. You've just finished shooting Grand Theft one, and the rest of the next year doesn't matter
Lan Li's eyes showed a smile.
Andy went on to explain, "Don Quixote channel's original works are also expanding in an orderly way. There is no need for you to force yourself for this. Even if you don't have a work, you can bring enough influence to Sisyphus pictures. "
Randy can feel Andy's sincerity.
The smile in his eyes slowly settled down, chewing the Madeleine Cake carefully, feeling the dense taste, the light honey sweetness on the tip of his tongue, slowly swallowing down, lanli said, "I have to admit that there is some confusion after the Oscar again, about the performance, about the performance career, I think, I'll never have similar puzzles, but they come out after all. "
Everyone is growing and changing. Although lanli still loves performing deeply, and his dream and goal have never changed, lanli is no longer the enthusiastic young man who ran wildly. Standing in front of the camera again can still make him happy, but the excitement and joy of thousands of butterflies flapping together, But it has disappeared, and is slowly returning to calm.
When shooting "Jurassic world" and "lobster", I didn't feel very obvious. But recently, first there were two Oscars, and then Katherine Kennedy. The things around the performance are no longer pure, and the deep sense of tiredness has grown up.
Some time ago, lanli was completely immersed in the daily work of the crew, as if he was pushed forward by a powerful force. Even if he had some confused emotions in his mind, he could only stick to it; But after the killing, the tight nerves relaxed, and the sense of fatigue swept heavily.
"When we were children, we always thought that we would never be tired of chocolate and ice cream, and that we would never lose enthusiasm for life; But when you grow up, those who once thought "forever" gradually disappear, and then a part of your heart will die completely. "
Lan Li showed a smile of self mockery. Although he had some helplessness, his eyebrows were still filled with ease. It can be seen that he was not too troubled, just... Sigh.
"So, am I growing up now?"
Lan Li was holding the empty glass in his hand. There was still some honey on the wall of the glass. The light warmth of lemonade lingered in his palm.
Andy is silent. He tries to help Langley, but he doesn't know how to start.
Rooney sat on the sofa with her knees in her arms, her chin drooping. Instead of looking at lenley, she listened attentively. "Or we're learning to read life."
Both lenley and Andy's eyes are on Rooney.
"The French are always like this. They are reading every day and everyone is thinking. For them, philosophy is actually a part of life. Why are you happy and why are you sad, why are you alive and what is the meaning of being alive, what does death mean, what is work and what is art. "
"Perhaps, in the past, I just loved performance, but now I begin to try to understand performance and interpret the connotation of performance from the perspective of artistic creation. Those skills, those emotions, those moments, what do they give to the characters, what do they give to us, which parts of us are integrated with the characters, and where should we draw the line between reality and art. And so on. "
Then, with her head tilted and her eyes bright, she said, "can you tell me the answers to these questions?"
Mountains are mountains, water is water.
Looking at mountains is not mountains, looking at water is not water.
Mountain or mountain, water or water.
After stumbling and stumbling for a while, lanli's acting career began to enter the third stage. He could see more things at the palace level. The tiredness and hardship were just a short period after he lost his way. Some people may not be able to touch such a stage in their whole life; Some people may be trapped in this stage all their lives; Only a very, very small number of people are able to complete the transformation from cocoon to butterfly again.
The difference between actors and actors is not performance skills or enthusiasm, but understanding of performance, perception of life and interpretation of art.
The reason why art is art, in the final analysis, still needs to think, combined with the precipitation and reflection of life, and then reflected in the works of art, finally forming a unique perception of each creator, each work of art, is a unique existence in the world. So is the performance.
However, lanli is not sure where he stands and how he should break through. That kind of confusion and confusion always lingers in his mind.
Even now, LUNI's words have not been able to answer lanli's doubts. It seems that there is some truth, but it has another meaning after careful taste. After deep thinking, it has extended to another world. Instead of "Epiphany", lanli has more and more question marks.
He needs time and space.
No one can help lanli, not even Rooney and Andy. Lanli must rely on himself to find the direction. This is his fight alone.
Lanli looked at Rooney, and then saw the gentle smile in her eyes. It was not bright, but it was very firm. So she looked at herself quietly, which made the smile of lanli's mouth rise. "I guess for other people, I'm facing a meaningless trouble."
"So they can't be Vincent Van Gogh, so they can't understand Langley hall." LUNI's words made lanli laugh.
In 1888, Van Gogh left Paris and went to Arles in the south of France, where he completed the most important transformation of his artistic concept and created "yellow house" and "sunflower"; At the same time, he left a precious painting, which was not discovered by accident until nearly a century later.
Every artist needs to face his own difficulties.
Lan Li's eyes were full of smiles. He gently pursed the corners of his mouth. "I can't refute it." The self mocking banter made both Rooney and Andy laugh. Then, lenley looked at Andy and said, "so, what are you going to do? Let you take time out of your busy schedule for a while. "
"..." Andy hesitated for a moment. The situation has changed when he set out, but seriously think about it, "you can listen to it, and then tell the truth. If you are not interested, don't force yourself, for no reason."