2023 Chapter 2023

Looking at the phone that kept ringing, Charlize was stunned, as if she had no intention of picking it up, because Charlize didn't know whether she should pick it up.

"The Devil" has been filming for nearly a month. In the process of playing the role of Irene Enos, Charlize encountered a lot of confusion, but also gained a lot of experience and feelings, and made a lot of attempts. On the road of exploring the characters, Charlize had countless thoughts. Her first thought was to share, discuss with Hugo, and argue with Hugo.

However, every time such thoughts came up, Charlize would start to hesitate after picking up the phone. In fact, she couldn't tell the reason herself, and she didn't know what she was hesitating—was it because of the Oscar night? Charlize doesn't think so, because the two of them have actually met many times after that, and everything has returned to normal, there is nothing strange about it, they are still friends, best friends. But other than that, Charlize couldn't find the reason. She was confused, confused, and hesitant in the end, but she still didn't make a call.

Unexpectedly, today, Hugo took the initiative to dial the phone. Looking at the phone that was ringing tirelessly in his hand, Charlize was just stunned. The instantly blank brain did not respond at all, and almost before Charlize came to his senses, his finger had already pressed the answer button, and then Hugo's familiar voice came from his ear, "Carl, it's you Is Charlize filming right now?"

Hearing Hugo's familiar voice, Charlize's eyes began to warm up inexplicably. She didn't know why, but felt the indescribable bitterness on the tip of her tongue dancing gently. At this moment, Charlize realized that she didn't have time to think about whether to answer the phone or not, the phone was already connected. This kind of subconscious action made Charlize's mouth involuntarily draw a faint smile.

"Why, you have something urgent to do with me?" Charlize wiped the mist from the corner of her eyes, and said in a slightly joking voice.

Hugo seemed to be in a daze. He knew that Charlize was filming, and most of the time the mobile phone was kept with the agent Karl Earle, but he didn't expect that it was Charlize herself who answered the phone directly. Immediately after reacting, Hugo also chuckled, "You answer the phone like this, are you sure the other crew members won't complain? Delaying the filming work will cause public outrage."

Charlize looked back at the busy staff next to her. Almost all of them had a trace of restlessness on their faces, coming and going in their sights, "Now is the collective rest time. During the filming just now, I got into trouble, and the problem Not too young, even if I don't answer the phone now, it is estimated that everyone's mood will be hard to get better."

"Get into trouble?" Hugo's ending sound rose slightly, as if he was a little surprised, but then he pondered for a while, and asked suspiciously, "Did you get into the scene too deeply, which caused you to lose control of your emotions during the filming?" This is Yu The only reason imaginable. Because there were already problems when Charlize was studying the script of "The Devil". Hugo has been through that phase himself, so he knows exactly how difficult it is to play a role like Irene Enos.

Charlize couldn't help but choked, and the warm eye sockets that hadn't completely faded away were once again covered with a light layer of mist. Charlize couldn't adapt to her own fragility, so she burst out laughing, "It seems that experienced people It really is different." Before this phone call, Charlize thought it would be very difficult to talk about this matter, but when she heard Hugo's voice, everything seemed to be extremely simple, My heart slowly breathed a sigh of relief, "I lost control during filming just now, completely out of control."

Hugo couldn't help tightening his mind. He thought of his experience during the filming of "Death Row Walk", and then remembered what happened when he accompanied Charlize to visit Irene in prison last time. He could imagine that Charlize was in the process of filming. But he couldn't imagine how much pain and suffering Charlize faced—because each actor faced different situations and handled them differently.

"So, what kind of feeling is it?" Hugo didn't rush to say "I know" or "I understand", nor did he rush to comfort him as someone who had experienced it, but spoke in a guiding way.

Charlize calmed down and thought about it seriously, "It feels like everything has become a mess, it seems that there is no thought, no soul, and I just rely on an impulse to affect all actions. After the matter is over, I don't even want to Knowing what happened—not that I lost my memory, I knew the whole process, but I lost the details and it was just a blur."

At this moment, the medical staff standing beside looked down at Charlize. Charlize, who was trembling all over her muscles, slowly regained her composure. Her legs and hands stopped shaking, and even her fingertips were trembling Gradually calmed down; moreover, the stiff shoulder lines relaxed little by little under the hazy sunlight, as if the whole person was in a comfortable state.

The medical staff exchanged glances with each other, then nodded slightly, turned around and left lightly, leaving the space here for Charlize. In fact, Charlize has no major physical problems. Her limbs have been knocked into some small wounds, and there are some bruises on her back when she hit a pine tree, but they are not major problems. They can recover after a good rest; the most important thing is Charlize Her own mental problems, she needs treatment, more needs to relax.

Charlize didn't notice the medical staff leaving. In fact, she didn't even realize that she was relaxing. She just felt that her whole body was soaked in warm water, and the messy and chaotic thoughts in her brain slowly settled down. Hugo's unhurried voice came from the phone, warm and sunny like sunshine, "When you say this, you seem like an impulsive murderer. There is no way to understand the action, and when I react, the memory of that period is extremely vague."

Puzzled by Hugo's description, Charlize couldn't help but frowned, "So is this a good thing or a bad thing?" But in fact, her tone became more relaxed. She and Hugo have experienced too many such conversations, and everything is so familiar.

Hugo was amused by Charlize's words, "It depends on whether Irene Enos committed an impulsive crime."

These words opened a door in front of Charlize, and she immediately understood the deep meaning of Hugo's words: If Irene committed an impulsive crime, then it means that Charlize's performance just now was on the right track, but a little out of control; But if not, then Charlize's runaway was off track.

Entering a play is also divided into good and bad. Not all entering plays are correct. Whether the direction is correct is one aspect. Whether the control after entering the play leads to excessive exaggeration is also a category that must be considered.

"You told me last time that when you lost control of your emotions during the performance of 'Death Row Walking', it was Matthew who controlled your body and actions? Not yourself?" Charlize immediately caught Hugo's words core idea.

Hugo gave an affirmative answer, "That's true. I can clearly perceive all the details, but everything is out of my control. Those actions, words, and expressions are all from Matthew's most A real reaction. It's a subtle feeling, and I can't describe it clearly."

Charlize nodded her chin slightly, and said in a deep voice, "My analysis of Irene is all in place, I know she is not an impulsive crime, she has always been very clear about what she is doing, life has no reality for her. Meaning. Maybe, at a certain moment in the crime process, she will lose control, but looking at the overall situation, her overall thinking has always been very clear. But I just lost control completely during the performance, which is not right of."

Charlize pondered for a while, "I thought everything out perfectly, but when it came to the performance, the whole feeling was still wrong and I couldn't grasp it."

"You're too demanding." Hugo smiled lightly and shook his head. "In the case of over-devotion to the performance, in fact, any performance skills don't count, because what is needed at that time is not control."

"It's not control?" Charlize was a little confused, her brain was still not fully awake, and she felt that her thoughts were still a little confused.

Hugo thought about it seriously, "You should think of it this way. What the performance process needs is release, and before the performance, you need to think carefully and lay the groundwork to clarify your thoughts." Performance control, in fact, requires a deep understanding of acting skills and I understand that even Hugo can't say 100% control now - in "The Truman Show", Hugo is indeed trying to control, but everyone's understanding of performance is different, and the way of presentation is naturally different. Only real drama bones can have this ability.

Charlize's current ability, explosion is what she is good at, not control. It's the same with Brad Pitt in "12 Monkeys." However, what makes Charlize better than Brad is that her understanding of the character is much higher than that of Brad, and her ability to sculpt the details of the character can also make her outbreak more accurate and better.

Charlize didn't answer right away, but chewed Hugo's words carefully, "Do you still remember the situation when you and I had a line dialogue? You have been emphasizing that I need to release emotions and energy. Is that what you mean?"

"Charlize, you've got to the bottom of the horns. You don't want to dig into these details, but you should focus on the performance itself. Well... you can read the script a few times before performing, and think carefully about the content of the scene. And then try to blend in during the performance, but the point is not to think too much while acting, but to clear your head and let yourself really fit into the character."