Chapter 824

Paul Newman, film legend.

In the selection of great actors by major professional film magazines, he can undoubtedly rank among the top ten. This handsome, elegant and romantic actor has a legendary and great life. The most beautiful scenery on the big screen, although the ten Oscar nominations only brought him the only actor, the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Cannes, Berlin have all made awards for his superb acting skills. , which once again proves that awards are not the only criterion for proving the greatness of an actor.

During Paul's long acting career, he left behind "Cat. On. A. Hot. Tin. Roof", "The. Hustler", "Hud" )", "Cool. Hand. Luke", "The Great Judgment (The. Verdict)", "The Color of Money" and other masterpieces; at the same time, he is also an excellent director, a "Rachel." Rachel)" earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

It can be said that Paul is a more senior and better actor and director than Clint Eastwood, not to mention that he and his second wife Joanne Woodward (Joanne. Woodward) have remained unchanged for fifty years. The couple is deeply in love and has become the most beautiful fairy tale reality sample in Hollywood.

Not long ago, the "Los Angeles Times" called Hugo "Paul Newman's successor", but today Hugo is in direct contact with the deity.

When I saw Paul, I was immediately attracted by his azure blue eyes. Even if Hugo was also a man, he would also be attracted to those azure blue eyes, which seemed to be glowing. The sparkling waves make people sink into it.

After Paul greeted Tim and the Coen brothers, Ethan took the initiative to introduce, "This is Hugo Lancaster."

Paul smiled, "Of course I know, there are not many people who don't know about Hugo in recent months, but not many." Hugo couldn't help laughing with Paul's gleaming eyes. Paul sensed the rain. With the deep meaning in Guo's smile, he couldn't help but ask, "Why, aren't you my fan too?"

Just one sentence made several people clapp their hands and laugh. In fact, in the entertainment industry, the most courteous and most eloquent sentence is "I'm your fan", but in fact, maybe I haven't seen each other's works at all, just Use such words to pursue each other. In such a situation, many real fans will be considered insincere when they come into contact with idols, which has to be said to be a very helpless reality.

Paul has been in the film industry for more than 40 years, and he is highly respected. He must have heard a lot of such polite words.

Hugo was also amused by Paul. In fact, strictly speaking, he is not a fan of Paul, because he passed through the relationship of his previous age and missed the golden age of Paul's acting career, "No, I like Malone more than you. -Brando." Hugo's honesty made Paul burst into laughter.

Paul is sixty-nine years old this year, and the years have clearly left a deep imprint on his eyes and eyebrows. His youth is no longer, and his face is old, but even so, the elegant temperament on his body is still heart-warming. , that bright smile still exudes charm, this kind of wealth that comes from the years, is the connotation that Hugo, who is under the age of 30, cannot have.

"When I saw you just now, I actually remembered your words, 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died because his eyes turned brown'." Hugo went on to say that this time Paul even directly raised the question. He raised his hands and applauded for Hugo, and the other people standing beside him were also laughing.

Throughout Paul's acting career, whether he played a ruffian, a robber, or a gang leader, the audience couldn't help but fall in love with the villain, and every time he turned his face to look directly at the camera, everyone fell into his sea blue His eyes were filled with tender compassion.

In fact, this is a kind of shackles for actors, which is why handsome guys are always unpleasant in Oscar's eyes, and the academy judges are always very harsh towards handsome guys. Of course, the prejudice in the Best Supporting Actor department will be slightly restrained, but even so, when Hugo won the Best Supporting Actor Golden Man two months ago, many people were still surprised - surprised by the breakthrough of the Academy, Instead of being surprised by Hugo's upset.

Therefore, Paul once teased his blue eyes like this. For others, this is a dream label, but for Paul, it has always been a prison in his actor's career.

After Paul laughed, he looked at Hugo a little more kindly, "I read the newspaper not long ago and said, you look like Malone's successor, I think this news is quite right."

Joel Cohen, who was standing on the side, immediately said, "You read the New York Times, right? Me too."

Ethan continued with a smile, "You should probably check out the Los Angeles Times, which says Hugo is your successor."

Hugo stood in front of him, saying nothing, just breathing heavily and wiping the sweat on his forehead from time to time, this somewhat childish joking action immediately made everyone chuckle again.

But Paul understood what Hugo meant, he patted Hugo on the shoulder with a smile, "The media always like to say this, they used to say that I was 'Marlon Brando No. 2', which I find very strange. "

In fact, Paul is also a character actor, but because of his appearance, people always think that he is "Little Red Riding Hood". With the same handsome faces and rebellious images, Marlon Brando and James Dean stood on the screen with "arrogant" surly images, but Paul never received such recognition. Being an actor is a double-edged sword.

For an actor, he should be an independent individual, not "who is second". Only when an actor has an independent personality in the true sense can he be regarded as a real actor. Before that, "who is second" is always just imitating, and can never be surpassed.

Paul naturally understood Hugo's feeling, especially when Hugo was called "Paul Newman's successor", but appeared in front of Paul again, as if "I" and "II" met head-on , this feeling is actually a bit embarrassing. But it was resolved by Hugo's relaxed body language.

Paul is just like his image, always like a spring breeze, a simple sentence can resolve Hugo's embarrassment, Hugo also laughed, "I think it's okay, whether it's like you or Malone, it's okay. They are all handsome people all their lives, and I look forward to my appearance after forty years old."

Hugo didn't mention his acting skills or anything, but started from his appearance, a little humor, and suddenly made Paul laugh again, then turned to look at Joel, "Should I be happy? One can be me The young people of my grandson praised me as a handsome guy."

Joel shrugged and Ethan shook his head and said, "You shouldn't ask us, we've never had anything to do with the word 'handsome'. Anyone...I mean, anyone who says we're handsome, We'll all be very happy." Sure enough, it was in the style of the Coen brothers, and one sentence made everyone laugh again.

In the past two years or so, Hugo has seen many big-name actors, especially at the Oscars, and he has met many top-notch actors, but until today, only Paul and Katherine Hepburn have given him. left the deepest impression. Not because of how brilliant their careers are, but because of their demeanor in dealing with the world, and the elegance that has settled down after the passage of time makes Hugo a little envious and even more admired.

He also wanted to be such an actor.

At the age of 70, I still stand on the stage and perform, I can tell jokes witty, and I can face doubts and criticisms calmly. Compared with other people's eyes and other people's thoughts, I enjoy the performance more, but Simply, simply, purely, just enjoy the show.

Whether it's Paul Newman or Katharine Hepburn, the reason why they can be called great is their charisma. It's a gift of time and a gift of growth.

Although Hugo was only a guest and not a member of "Money Empire", he and Paul sat next door and watched the film together.

"Money Empire" is obviously not the most famous work of the Coen brothers. Strictly speaking, the quality of this work is indeed not comparable to the other works of the two brothers. The script is relatively weak. This absurd comedy also carries Strong nineties style.

But the Coen brothers are outstanding because of their absurd, exaggerated, humorous and unique style, and because their novel ideas and eclectic expressions have always been sharp. Therefore, even though "Money Empire" is not well-known, it is still a work above the standard, and the viewing process is very pleasant, and the whole movie always has a magical tone.

After watching the movie, Hugo was more impressed by Tim Robbins.

Hugo always knew that Tim was an underrated actor, whether it was "The Shawshank Redemption" that was ignored by the Oscars or "Mystic. River" that later won him the best supporting actor statuette, and " The excellent works such as "Intersection of Life" and "The Players Behind the Scenes" actually underestimated the delicacy and thickness of his performances.

This kind of thinking is even stronger after watching "Money Empire". Hugo couldn't help but make this conjecture for the second time: if there was no Tom Hanks, or if Tom's acting broke out earlier or later, would Tim's position in the long history of movies still exist? What has changed?

However, this is just an assumption.

After watching "Money Empire", Hugo had dinner with the Coen brothers and Paul that night, which was unexpected. Then the next day, Hugo left Cannes by car after lunch as planned. , ended his journey to the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.