Chapter 1174 1174 Self-Sacrifice

Hugo was talking and laughing with Andrew with a relaxed look on his face. Hearing the voice, when he turned around, he saw the worried look on David Finch's face. He couldn't help laughing, "David, don't worry, it's alright."

To be honest, it is almost impossible to have no negative news like Tom Hanks and Paul Newman in this acre of Hollywood. Because negative news itself is an integral part of Hollywood. What's more, even if there are no big-name rumors this time, there will be no shortage of negative news about Hugo. One more time will not be bad, and one less time may not make much difference.

Compared to Hugo, the other person in the crew looked worried, and even Andrew, who was talking and laughing just now, couldn't help but cast his gaze seriously at Hugo. This made Hugo dumbfounded. He still had to reiterate solemnly, "Don't worry, I'm really fine. I have also discussed this matter with my agent, and there is no major problem."

When Hugo told Rick about this, after much thought, Rick unexpectedly supported, or even encouraged, Hugo to do so.

In fact, in the past few months, Rick has repeatedly felt that Hugo has initially realized the situation of "the height is too cold". The pressure from the brokerage company, and the reaction of the media during the recent "Mission: Impossible" and "Seven Deadly Sins" disputes, can be detected: many people are gloatingly expecting Hugo to fall.

If this situation continues to develop, it will become a stress. For example, the victory of "Sleepless in Seattle" or "The Victory of the Sea of ​​Righteousness" made people exclaim in the past, but maybe in the near future, the victory of "Life and Death" and "Pulp Fiction" will also Without more enthusiasm in the media, people would take Hugo's victory for granted and demand more. And once Hugo failed, it was almost conceivable that the land would collapse.

So, Hugo needs to decompress.

After deciding to miss "Mission Impossible" on Oscar night, Rick's first reaction was not to remedy "Mission Impossible", but to cut through the mess and chose "Seven Deadly Sins", which may not mean that he didn't decompress Hugo , so that people can see that Hugo is also at a disadvantage in the face of Tom Cruise's power. The New York Post's "concerned" report after the event was exactly what Rick wanted, so he not only did not stop it, but also did not let the good newspapers refute it.

The big-name turmoil this time is bound to arouse the overwhelming enthusiasm of the media, but for Rick, compared to the media fabricating facts out of nothing, he throws out a negative news for the media to report, but it is more convenient for him to be behind the scenes. Take control. What's more, to put it badly, Hugo is indeed qualified to play a big name now. As long as the news reports are not too outrageous, Rick will not stop it.

In the Hollywood industry, a good manager is even more important than the talent of the artist. This is not just talk.

The serious look on Hugo's face made David and Andrew a little more at ease, but Hugo also knew that this matter would still not be able to relieve them for a while, so Hugo simply changed the subject, "David, you said me Shave your head for the character?"

Hugo's sudden words made David stunned, "What?"

Hugo chuckled and explained, "Didn't you say before that you wanted Michael Staple to play Anonymous? Because you think his temperament is very similar to Anonymous."

David nodded unexpectedly. He didn't expect that Hugo remembered so clearly a thought he had made while chatting with Hugo.

"I have been thinking carefully since then, what exactly is your so-called temperament." Hugo went on to say, which made David smile a little embarrassedly, "I later read the script repeatedly and sketched a The image of Anonymous, you know, first of all he shouldn't be so prominent, he seems to be very ordinary, there is not much sharp light, so he will not be noticed by people; secondly he is calm and at the same time polite, even can It's very wise to say, but under these temperaments, there are some terrifying qualities."

Both David and Andrew were attracted by Hugo's words. Although one of them is a director and the other is a screenwriter, their understanding of the role is different from that of Hugo, because what actors need is to drill into the whole character, but they need It's the whole big picture. Therefore, Hugo's understanding of Anonymous is far deeper than the two of them, and even Andrew, who is a screenwriter, shines.

Hugo has been analysing the character of Anonymous for a while now, taking the original Kevin Spacey image out of his mind and trying to recreate it.

Anonymous' childhood was supposed to be dark, maybe not that extreme pain, but full of negative thoughts. Maybe he was in a single-parent family, his father was unwilling to take responsibility for the family and fled, and his mother was struggling to make a living. He lived in a dilapidated and shabby house and looked at his mother's bed with cold eyes. One after another hurried passers-by appeared on the show, secretly resenting the grandfather and grandmother who ignored their mother.

The ridicule and sarcasm of other children in the school made him try to break out. He may have been angry, confronted, and fought, but obviously his thin body could not form an effective confrontation. The outcome of each resistance was not only suppressed, but also accompanied by More indifference and ridicule came.

So he decided to rely on his own strength to change his life. Maybe he studied hard and wanted to use knowledge to change his destiny, and he did succeed - at least he was admitted to a top university, left his hometown, came to a big city, and became a graduate of a first-class university , looking for a white-collar job. For many people, this is already very difficult. Because not only did he not give up on himself and degenerate, but he also made a breakthrough, was reborn into Nirvana, and lived the life his mother and friends from his hometown dreamed of.

He has great expectations for himself, he wants to use his power to change his destiny, and he wants to change the world even more. He's done it once, so he believes he can do it a second time. But the reality is cruel. The fact is that after he came to the big city, he was still an ordinary member of all living beings, and there was nothing special about him. Throw him into the crowd, and no one will notice him at all.

Despite a good position and salary, he also tried his best to portray himself as the type that everyone envied: a wealthy life, a deposit in the bank, a high education, an elegant speech, a moderate advance and retreat, a handsome gentleman. This mask deceived everyone, but in fact, it couldn't deceive himself. Only he himself knows that all this is just an appearance. In his bones, he is still not the most special one.

Even if he strives to read more books and make himself knowledgeable; even if he learns the manners of the upper class and makes himself elegant; even if he suppresses his personality and makes himself tolerant and optimistic; even if he devoutly believes in God, let him He has become peaceful and loyal...but the reality is that he is still a dispensable member of society, and in other people's lives, in his own life, he is always alone.

More importantly, he is still an ordinary person, he has no ability to change his own life, let alone change this damn world-because this society is too disappointing, his family, his background, and his environment are too Disappointing. Therefore, Anonymous is eager to succeed for the second time, eager to rely on his own strength to change the society, eager to let the world remember his name, and eager to become the savior of this society. Hence the "seven deadly sins".

Such anonymity is actually very complicated. Extreme inferiority makes him extremely proud, and his abject background makes him hate all the dirty things at the bottom of the society, because this is the part he hopes to forget and wants to eradicate. The darkness deep in his heart has been fused into his blood, but it has been seamlessly hidden by him, just like his ordinary appearance, ordinary clothes, ordinary work, everything makes people unable to perceive his special . But he's smart, he's calm, he's paranoid, he's a gentleman, and it's all habits he's grown up with, and it all makes him a perfect killer.

Unobtrusive, yet wise enough.

Hugo almost wrote an autobiography for Anonymous. He also sketched the image of himself playing Anonymous in his mind, an ordinary white shirt and black suit pants, but because it was too conservative, he added a white T-shirt to it. The bottom is quite satisfactory, without any tailoring or design, it is the most common image of an office worker; a pair of eyes are calm and magnanimous, a humble and friendly smile always hangs on the corners of his mouth, his shoulders are slightly retracted, appearing a little humble, all movements are not It is not slow, even revealing some slowness, but the arrogance and invincibility in the bones can be seen in the slow movement...

But Hugo found an important thing, he still lacks a kind of temperament, this temperament is not a defect in acting, but the overall feeling, as if there is something more. And then Hugo realized: his hair.

Hugo's hair hasn't been cut in a while, and now it's on the longer side. Generally speaking, long hair is easy to appear feminine, while short hair is relatively tough. Although this is not a theorem, it is generally the case. It's as if Hugo had short hair when he starred in "The Righteous Sea" and "Schindler's List".

The styling itself is part of the acting, that's undeniable.

Hugo originally wanted to cut the board inch, but thinking about it carefully, the board inch will make his facial features appear more sharp, even if he keeps precipitating his eyes, the effect is still not good. Because Anonymous is different from Amon Goss, Amon needs sharp eyes, but Anonymous does not.

This reminds Hugo of Michael Stapp, who David mentioned earlier, who is bald. Hugo suddenly realized that if he shaved his head, the circular arc of his forehead would inevitably weaken the three-dimensional and sharp features of his facial features, and it would also be more in line with Anonymous's usual image of not taking care of himself. The most important thing is that the inch head reminds people of soldiers, but the bald head has a little more evil spirit. When Hugo can't use his eyes to reveal too much emotion, a bald look can help a lot.

No wonder David was impressed with Michael before, in terms of temperament, it is indeed similar.

Therefore, Hugo had this idea, "I think I am still too handsome, and the facial features are too conspicuous. Maybe after shaving my head, the whole temperament will be different."