Four Hundred and Fifty-Five-Wrong Choice of Route

I'm afraid no one except Nicolas Cage himself knows how much he paid and how much he lost for the role of the Joker.

The strange looks attracted along the way, countless exclamations, and the incredible emotions in people's eyes all showed how well prepared they were this time. When I saw that even that person turned into a face of ice when he was working. When all the directors looked like they had seen a ghost, his heart was instantly filled with satisfaction.

"Hey Wayne, how do I look?"

Facing the somewhat stunned Wayne, Nicolas Cage walked around in front of him in a cool and awkward manner. Under the strange gazes of him and his assistant, he suddenly laughed crazily. "Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..."

“m***her f**ker?!”

It has to be said that in making Wayne swear without any image, in some respects, Nicolas Cage did indeed exceed his psychological expectations.

The big star in front of him can be said to have completely discarded his own halo. At this moment, he is wearing a three-piece suit that fits well. However, the upper and lower parts of the suit are all bright red. Under the unbuttoned top, you can clearly see the bright yellow vest, and the innermost part is the blue shirt.

This outfit with such dazzling contrasting colors was the costume that Wayne personally designed for "Joker". He remembered very clearly that when the film was completed, Nicolas Cage took away his two favorite outfits. , as a commemoration of the finalization, I didn’t expect that after a few years, it would be worn by the other party again.

In fact, the clothes are not the focus of the other party's attention. His figure has lost two large circles, his morbid and slightly crazy state, the carefully painted clown makeup on his face, and his dyed green hair. Hair, it's almost like Arthur has stepped out of the big screen.

Frowning at Nicolas Cage's current state, Wayne turned back and whispered instructions to the assistant before stepping forward to hug him. "Nina, tell Charles for me that our clown is here and ask him to come and see it too."

He has completely noticed the producer's working status in recent days. Even though he is constantly busy, he also notices the respect the other party gives him. Therefore, when the crew selects important actors, he informs the other party to come together to discuss. The most basic respect for this producer.

"What the hell, what have you been through during this time?"

When Wayne and Nicolas Cage greeted each other warmly and hugged each other like old friends, they felt even more incredible in their hearts.

In just a short hug, he could feel the other person's skinny figure. A similar figure would never appear on normal people, but would only appear on those who are terminally ill. Especially since the other party's figure is definitely tall, this can highlight his morbidity even more.

Before Nicolas Cage spoke, he first wanted to open his mouth and laugh. Then he seemed stunned for a moment, suddenly realized it, looked at the man in front of him, shrugged, and said: "From the afternoon when I got the script, I I locked myself in a small closed room until now. I swear, my current state must be better than when I was filming "Joker"."

"Great job!" Wayne smiled and reached out to pat the other person's arm twice. No one could tell from his expression whether he was satisfied or not. "Come on, go to my office, and let's see the results of your preparation together."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the corner of the corridor. As he walked, he sighed in his heart, no wonder this guy can get to the front line of earning a salary of 20 million, he is really not so cruel to himself.

He had heard before that when Nicolas Cage starred in the movie "Birdman", in order to portray a veteran who was devastated by the war, he not only had two teeth removed, but also lost his teeth within twenty days. I went on a crazy diet and lost more than fifteen pounds.

There are also things like swallowing a living cockroach that was constantly struggling in order to make the scene more realistic during the filming of "Vampire Kiss". Now it seems that this big star who has not yet given up on the artistic style is willing to do it for art. The actor's quality, sacrificed for effects, is still tenaciously retained.

When Charles Rowan, led by Nina, pushed open the door of the temporary director's office, the first thing he saw was Nicolas Cage sitting quietly at the side of the desk, and his extremely conspicuous outfit. , couldn't help but whistle. "Wow, cool!"

After a brief greeting between the two parties, he sat on the sofa with some doubts and looked at the two people across a desk, not sure what he wanted to do.

"Okay. Nicholas, let's get started. I'm here to play the role of Officer Gordon to help you with the scene." Wayne didn't explain too much. Now he just wants to determine the other party's performance status early and whether it can meet his needs. .

While he was speaking, he suddenly noticed the faces of several other actors appearing at the door of the office. But he didn’t care. He knew that these people were attracted by the special attire of the man opposite him. If they wanted to watch it, they could watch it. There was no confidentiality requirement for the content of the film. After all, these people had signed confidentiality regulations.

"Are you ready?"

Seeing that the other party's upper body slowly began to relax, Wayne nodded, inadvertently waving one hand on the table in front of him, then crossed his hands on the desk and said, "Harvey Dent didn't come home. .”

A casual voice immediately sounded from Nicolas Cage's mouth. "of course not."

"What did you do to him?"

"Me?! I've been here all along." Nicolas Cage entered the state very quickly, raising his hands to Wayne opposite, pretending to have handcuffs on them. "Who did you leave him with? Huh? Your people?" As he spoke, he raised his hands and pointed at the person sitting opposite him. "Of course, assuming they're still your people and not Maloney's. Doesn't it make you feel disappointed, Sheriff? Does knowing how alone you really are make you feel like you owe Harvey Dan Are you responsible for Te’s current situation?”

"Where is he?"

"what time is it?"

Everyone at the scene discovered that Wayne's performance could hardly be called a performance at all. Its only purpose was to provide the opposite clown with one or two short lines at the right time so that the other party could continue. A performance of his own lines.

Any aspiring actor will understand that the most difficult thing in acting is not the completely calm cutscenes, nor the close-ups of sudden emotional outbursts, but the large lines and the ever-changing emotions and expressions that go with them. .

This kind of performance has very strict requirements for actors. Not only must they understand the role they play, but they must also truly integrate themselves into it, and constantly convey their changing emotions to the outside world through close-ups of the camera.

In the eyes of everyone, if this performance is an out-and-out disaster for Wayne, then for his counterpart Nicolas Cage, it is like a textbook performance, at least in The Office The two people watching inside, as well as the people watching around the door, all had the same idea.

", don't continue!"

What people didn't expect was that Wayne not only stopped the performance with a frown, but also tilted his head as if he was particularly dissatisfied, staring at the clown who was suddenly interrupted and at a loss for a moment.

"what?"

It took Nicolas Cage two seconds to react. He looked at the man across from him whose brows were knitted together, stretched out a finger, pointed at his nose, and asked: "Wayne, what's wrong with me here?" ?"

In fact, from the moment the other party entered the performance, Wayne's heart was already lifted, and his mind was instantly filled with vigilance. In fact, whether it is from the proficiency of the lines or the constant release of emotions through facial expressions and eyes, it can be seen that this big star has indeed put in a lot of effort.

However, Nicolas Cage got one thing wrong. He was still using the state of performing the clown Arthur a few years ago to interpret the current clown.

And from the performance just now, Wayne clearly noticed the other party's confidence, which shows that all the exercises and preparations he made at the beginning were trying his best to restore the original clown. After all, the clown Arthur was too successful, blinding not only the eyes of the public, but also the eyes of the actor.

"Nicholas, your performance status is not what I need."

Without any hesitation, Wayne said directly and unceremoniously: "Go back and continue reading the script, and pay attention to the changes in the timeline. Note that in this play, you are no longer the Arthur who still has a trace of kindness. But an incarnation of madness with its own ideas.”

Total denial, yes, total denial, left Nicolas Cage stunned for a moment. He was proud of all the preparations, losing weight desperately, hiding alone in a dark room to find his condition, The specially prepared makeup, dressing up, and long hours of work were all overturned after the man opposite watched for a few minutes.

"Listen, Nicholas."

Speaking of this, Wayne regained his composure and once again turned into that ice face that showed no emotion. "There isn't much time left for you. In two days I will start auditions for other actors in the crew. If you can't change your mind within this week, I will start another big audition for the candidate for the clown before the audition ends." Area audition!”

To be honest, he is quite satisfied with Nicolas Cage's preparations, but the other party is too confident and still wants to use the successful method of the past few years to put it into this project again. This is obviously not feasible. .

The Joker in "The Dark Knight" can be said to have a complete self-concept, and Arthur, who is squeezed by society, fate and life, are completely in two states, and this cannot be reconciled at all.