Andy Rogers has to admit that shooting "mind Hunter" should be the wisest and most correct decision in two years, because Langley is back——
At least on the way back.
In the past two years, Langley has successively taken over four commercial films, including "Star Trek", "super marine", "Jurassic world" and "grand theft one". Of course, there is also a "lobster" during this period, but even including "lobster", the overall style of these works is relatively light and cheerful.
In short, it's more entertaining.
Different from "drunken ballad", "pop drummer", "detached", "crazy love", "buried alive", "gravity" and so on, these works sacrifice the depth of the film and the role in different degrees for the entertainment of the commercial level, giving more space for "entertainment effect", naturally sacrificing the space for "story telling".
Of course, all of the above works have been approved by Langley. There is no doubt that "Star Trek" and "lobster" or even Langley's initiative to visit the director to win the performance opportunities and actively participate in them; But lanli and Andy did not expect that the power struggle within the cast and the interest struggle among the major Hollywood companies consumed more energy.
It was an area that Langley was not familiar with or interested in.
With the rise of fame and status, these power struggles outside the "professional work of actors" will inevitably follow, but they are further magnified because of the interest attribute of commercial films. The interference of top tycoons such as Thomas tour, Catherine Kennedy, Ron Mayer, Kevin Sawara is more and more obvious and more serious.
Lan Li is not afraid of these fights - don't forget his family background, which is one of the topics of social occasions and interpersonal relationships; On the contrary, Lan Li's performance is not stage fright, even in the face of the industry's top leaders are still able to do well, so far there has been no mistake.
But the problem is that these "fights" are the job of the big guys, not the work of lanli.
Lanli is an actor, which is his job. When lanli is forced to spend more energy on these detailed side work, his job as an actor will inevitably be affected, which is the most fatal.
Things are no longer pure, so fatigue begins to breed. It's like work, it's like life, it's like growing up.
Andy is very worried about the state of Langley, but he is not an actor, and he is not sure how to solve the problem and how long it will take to solve it; In addition to giving lanli enough rest time and waiting quietly, Andy seems to have nothing to work hard for.
"Soul Hunter" has become a turning point.
In the process of shooting this work, lanli can really return to the level of performance and polish himself slowly from the basic skills; And in a relatively quiet and simple environment, calm down, run in a little bit, adjust a little bit, even if you can't find 100% of the state and rhythm temporarily, you can start to enjoy the atmosphere and performance life of the crew again, and return to the familiar daily life.
This is undoubtedly a good thing.
"Soul Hunter" is invested and produced by Sisyphus pictures, and Andre Hamilton is a nominal producer, but he obviously won't interfere in the work of the crew“ "Soul Hunter" is a TV series, the attention and attention are far lower than the film, and the shooting base is in quiet Philadelphia, which also makes the crew to win the rare purity, even the figure of the paparazzi seems to have disappeared, annoying flies no longer interfere.
In addition, like Langley, David finch is a dedicated and dedicated director. Everything is about the work, and it is only about the work, which makes daily communication can be maintained at the professional level, passively pulling Langley back to his familiar professional field without distraction.
All aspects of small details create a perfect working environment for lanli, and "really get back the feeling and atmosphere of shooting at the beginning".
The above sentence is from the original words of lanli. It can be clearly felt that although lanli's performance is still not at its best, he does start to relax and try to enjoy the working life of the crew.
In just one month, Andy visited the "soul Hunter" crew three times, and every time he could feel the change. Lanli's nervous tension was gradually relaxed, and he was gradually adapting to the happy atmosphere of the TV drama crew.
Indeed, "Jurassic world" has set a new box office record in North America, breaking the seemingly unattainable number of "Avatar" and breaking through the 800 million threshold in one go. This is a brand new medal for Andy's career. The whole Hollywood has paid close attention to it, and is really able to call the wind and rain in the industry.
But Andy is more like "soul Hunter" in the group of lanli, more pure, more simple, also more happy. Only when he stands in front of the camera as an actor, the light on lanli's body is the most dazzling moment, which is also his most charming and vivid moment.
Andy's feeling is right. Langley is really happy.
As David said, the role of Houghton hunt, the "soul Hunter", has his own talent, and then grows up in the process of groping. Until the end of the first season, he finally understands how to play his talent and shine. At the same time, it also makes him become headstrong, arrogant and arrogant, The feeling of being in control of the world made him point the way.
But I didn't expect that when I was dancing with the devil, I was also being eroded by the darkness. "When you gaze at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you." just when I thought that I had peeped into the dark code of the abyss, I didn't know that the abyss also awakened the darkness in my heart.
Then, I lost myself in the dark.
It can't be said that Horton's development vein completely coincides with Langley's, but it is true that Langley can empathize with Horton's mentality change and emotional breeding from all aspects; What's more, it also means that Langley starts from the beginning, goes back to the starting point, follows Horton's mental journey again, and finally "gets lost in the dark", which also makes Langley feel the erosion of reality.
For Langley at this moment of state, Horton is a perfect challenge, impeccable.
It's like a baby learning to walk. Starting from the basic skills, he slowly seeks inspiration in the process of performance. It's like he doesn't have a steady step. He doesn't rush to start running immediately. Instead, he keeps patience, regards every play as a test, and forces himself to calm down and grind.
It's not easy.
Impetuosity and burnout of mentality not only easily affect the state of mind, but also easily lead to a lack of patience. The most important thing is the lack of passion and motivation: in the process of preparation, it is easy to be distracted, in the process of rehearsal and practice, it is easy to be tired, and in the process of actual shooting, it is easy to make mistakes, It also affects the actors, and ultimately the entire crew.
This is the first time in lanli's acting career; What's more, the feeling of losing control can't be traced at all, just like a woman's mood during her holiday. She intermittently creates damage, but has no rules and no context. Even she doesn't know what to do.
But lanli is no longer a rookie.
Unable to control his own irritability, but able to control his own thinking, lanli can integrate this impetuous and tired state into the performance, create a confused and confused "frivolous" state, endow the role with a subtle sensitivity, and penetrate into Horton's gesture.
This is not the original creation of Langley - the stage is always like this, because the performances in the west end and Broadway are performed every day, and the actors are ordinary people, so they have to adjust themselves. Different actors have different ways, and Langley is trying one of them.
Fortunately, lanli was able to figure out the fun of acting in different ways. The whole process of research and exploration was full of novelty and dilemma, which forced lanli to spend more time reading the script and adjusting the state. Unconsciously, the outside world was less and less disturbed.
Attention is gradually focused. Although it is still easy to break up, at least now we can be around the performance. Even if we are distracted, we will not go too far. We can pull back at any time, concentrate again, and devote ourselves to the next round of thinking or work. This is remarkable progress.
As a result, to be on the Philadelphia set, every day is familiar to Lanley, but at the same time, every day is also a challenge. This experience really allows Lanley to complete the adjustment bit by bit, walk out of the low state, and wake up the familiar memory of the performance in his heart again.
The shooting life without listening to the things outside the window, the trivial chat after dinner are full of about performance and art, or argue with David about the shortcomings of "alien 3"; Or discuss with Rooney how to control the scale of character carving; Or discuss with Cameron, Hannah and others about the background information and existence significance of each character in "mind Hunter"... The bustling debate can't stop.
In this way, the memory goes back to those years of the "Pacific War", those years when there were only performances in life, those years when they were sad and happy because of performances, and those years when they had great dreams. It seems that even ng mistakes can become a week's talk. Everything is so simple.
In this way, Lan Li gradually began to get used to the daily life of "soul Hunter", and the passage of time became insignificant.
From summer to autumn, after another autumn rain, the cold current seems to have arrived on the east coast early. The streets of Philadelphia have become cold and humid, and the pace of winter seems to be not far away. Then, the shooting work of "soul Hunter" has finally come to the end in an orderly way.