Chapter 1186 1186 Acting Shingo

The shooting of "Seven Deadly Sins" was not smooth. On the one hand, Brad would often fall into a trance state, and the entire performance rhythm had a little problem. More often, he needed the guidance of Morgan or Hugo, which had a negative impact on the shooting progress. It has a lot of influence; on the one hand, it is because Hugo has a new understanding of the role of Anonymous after completing the first scene, and he also tried to study some new things during the performance, resulting in frequent NGs.

When he acted in "Schindler's List", Hugo actually thought of Kevin Spacey's performance in "The Seven Deadly Sins". To be more accurate, Hugo borrowed from Kevin's performance. But when Hugo entered the "Seven Deadly Sins" Anonymous show, Hugo found that the role was very different from what he imagined.

Amon Goss is a soul-inducing performance. When Hugo put into the performance, his part of himself was almost completely hidden. Whether it was drinking or smoking, it was actually a means for Hugo to completely become Amon Goss, because Amon Goss Meng's experience seems to be a process that Hugo does not understand and cannot go through. He needs to abandon himself as much as possible, and then put himself in Amon's position to think. This kind of performance is almost insane, and Hugo is difficult to control. , can only be released passively along the emotions and thoughts.

After that, "Pulp Fiction" and "Before Sunrise" are completely different performances. It can be said that it is completely opposite to Amon Goss. Compared with the role, Hugo uses his Putting your true colors into the performance is not true performance, but based on your own outlook on life, world view and values, and then based on your own experience to shape the role, it can be said that Hugo understands the role and the perspective of any other person It is completely different, more of his own, private experience.

One is to abandon oneself, one is to take oneself as the starting point. These are two completely different ways of performing.

Katherine Hepburn once told Hugo, "The overlap between personal experience and character experience is unnecessary in a sense, because personal experience will never catch up with the screenwriter's whimsy." In the realm, at the beginning of Zen meditation, you see mountains as mountains and water as water; when you have enlightenment in Zen, you see mountains as not mountains and water as not water; in Zen, you see mountains as mountains and water as waters.

Although Hugo's performance so far is very brilliant, and has made great progress compared to "smelling fragrance and knowing a woman", he has always stayed in the realm of "the beginning of Zen meditation", seeing mountains as mountains and water as water . He also really understood what Katherine meant. Sometimes he could build a character based on his own experience, but sometimes he couldn't, so the overlap between personal experience and character experience is unnecessary, what matters is his understanding of the character And the fusion of myself and the character.

But this time, the anonymous person of the "Seven Deadly Sins" made Hugo initially feel the realm of "when Zen has enlightenment", looking at mountains is not a mountain, and looking at water is not water.

The character of Anonymous is an unmistakable rapist, his thoughts are extreme and terrifying, and he hopes to use the method of creating panic to prove his existence, although he uses the name "God chose him". number to execute the seven deadly sins, but he will never deny the inner pleasure in the process of executing the seven deadly sins. Therefore, he enjoyed the whole process very much, and even the final death was a kind of enjoyment for him.

But Anonymous perfectly integrated this perversion into his blood, hiding behind the gentleman's polite and well-educated appearance. The sense of conflict created by this extreme contradiction has further formed the cold-blooded and cruel in the bones, as if Like a demon in human skin.

Such a mentality, such a psychology, such an emotion, is a level that Hugo cannot touch, and it is also a feeling that Hugo has never experienced before.

However, after careful research and analysis, Hugo constructed a very similar growth experience for Anonymous, from a single-parent family to the difficulties of childhood, to the complicated process of chasing dreams and achieving success, although Hugo's personal experience will be more Positive and sunny, Anonymous is more negative and dark, but Hugo's biography of Anonymous is indeed conceived from his own experience.

It is very common in real life that similar experiences lead to very different lives.

Hugo extracted the life of Anonymous from his own experience, which is different from any previous acting experience, as if looking for the young American Jesse in the personality of Amon Goss. Based on his own experience, Hugo found out the reasons for the variation of Anonymous's character and concept, interpreted and interpreted it with his understanding, and finally shaped Anonymous.

It's like... It's like a split personality, but it's not completely independent of the two personalities. The involvement and entanglement between each other are still constantly conflicting and arguing in Hugo's mind, which makes Hugo more than painful. Feeling the excitement again, maybe this is the brand new bottleneck he has been searching for. Once a breakthrough is made, a brand new door can be opened.

Since joining the crew, Hugo has been writing a diary. He has been detailing how Anonymous perfected the entire crime process from the first day Anonymous came up with the idea of ​​making the Seven Deadly Sins, including how he lived in his life during this process. , all the things he encountered at work, and even the brainstorming caused by a conversation he heard on the subway.

Hugo writes every day, and the style of the diary is very mixed, sometimes leaning towards Hugo's personality, sometimes leaning towards the personality of a serial killer, and sometimes evolving into a mixed personality like Anonymous, which is crucial for Hugo to understand Anonymous. important role.

Interestingly, when David Finch and Andrew Kevin Walker stumbled upon Hugo's diary for more than 20 days, they were shocked.

When Mills and Samosey touched Anonymous's house, they found countless books and materials in Anonymous's house. In order to present a sense of authenticity, David hired professionals to write related books for the movie, all of which are true creations that conform to Anonymous's personality. They spent more than 10,000 dollars back and forth, and it took nearly two months to complete it.

Now, when David and Andrew saw the diary written by Hugo, the first thought was to add Hugo's diary to this batch of materials, because this is the record of the real Anonymous planning the entire case. After obtaining Hugo's consent, David put the thick diary on the desk at the anonymous home, which became important evidence.

Although Hugo spent a lot of energy to find the connection between himself and Anonymous, he still felt that he still did not grasp the essence, and everything was just superficial, because his head was always clear. Sometimes it's not a good thing to be too sober, because it means that Hugo's investment in two different personalities is still not deep enough.

This is also the reason why Hugo has been very entangled in his performance recently. He has been looking for a balance point in his performance - which part should be gentle, which part should be cold-blooded; which part should be gentleman, which part should be cruel; which part should be gentle. It should be calmer, and which part should be violent...

This state of seeing mountains as not mountains and seeing water as not water made Hugo's brain very confused.

But it also made Hugo realize one thing, why the role of Kevin Spacey's best supporting actor Oscar is from "The Usual Suspects" and not "The Seven Deadly Sins", because the "Seven Deadly Sins" Anonymous this The role play space is still too narrow, not the number of roles, but the depth of the character's psychological depth, the depth of the role and plot support.

This is a new harvest for Hugo. He originally thought that the role of Anonymous was very difficult, but after he really went deep and understood, he realized that it was not as difficult as he imagined; at the same time, he was implicated in the script. There is also a new understanding, which reminds Hugo of some comments on the script of "Seven Deadly Sins" in later generations. The general view is that it is very exciting, but the most exciting comes from the dazzling ending, and the overall quality and thickness of the script are still not enough. , so this script is relatively inferior in both major awards ceremonies and later generations.

This reminded Hugo of Ernst Lechmann. Ernst expressed his views on the script of "Seven Deadly Sins". His character screenwriter was still too naive and narrow-minded, and missed a lot of things worth exploring. Some, many times, a script can be improved by more than one level with just a few differences in details. "Pulp fiction" is the most typical positive representative.

Hugo's blood suddenly began to boil. He wanted to be further promoted. He wanted to find a role that was more complex, difficult and challenging than Anonymous. He wanted to touch the concept of "Looking at mountains is not a mountain, and looking at water is not water". In that state, he wants to stand in front of the camera and interpret the character according to his own understanding, and be able to perfectly integrate with the script.

This unprecedented thirst for acting kept Hugo motivated.

However, the other scripts are all in the future. Hugo still has to play Anonymous well. Hugo has been trying to find the best balance through many different interpretations and attempts. The previous scene of Anonymous surrendering himself was perfect. , Hugo hopes to be able to evolve the perfection of a scene into part of his acting skills, and then become the norm.

Hugo's entanglement and struggle, coupled with Brad's trance and struggle, slowed down the shooting progress of "Seven Deadly Sins", but David was also a harsh and cunning person, and everyone felt that a scene was perfect , but he still had to pick and choose and re-shoot. Now that he has the strong support of Hugo, it is natural for the crew to slow down.

After the 17th consecutive NG in this scene, David had to stop and "take a break." Brad walked to the side with a gloomy face and covered his head to rest, but David walked to Hugo's side and started The discussion started, "I just wanted to cut a shot from Mills' point of view, but it didn't work very well, what do you think?"

"I think Anonymous here needs an inadvertent look. You know, with a little provocation but more confidence in the heart. Which angle do you think can capture such a look." Hugo said his own as an actor understand.

During the conversation, a staff member next to him said, "Hugo, you have a visitor", but only halfway through the words, he automatically lowered his voice and stood aside quietly, waiting for Hugo and David. discussion ends.