Chapter 960 Who Is the Leading Male Character?
There are always some people who can unconsciously infect others with their behavior, that is, the charm of personality, and let people learn from him and take him as a role model.
Chen Hao is such a person.
Some people in the crew, the three children on the farm, and even some actors in the crew have been influenced by him to some extent. A person's working state cannot be fake, especially when everyone has to work and live together for dozens of days. It is impossible to pretend. He really put 200% of his focus on doing things. This script condenses all his efforts.
Gradually, the actors who saw more content in the script began to have some admiration for Chen Hao. This script is great. Even those who have not seen the entire script have felt the power contained in this script. No wonder MOUSE will prepare so attentively. If it is well shot, this film will bring him many, many things that no one can imagine.
Will Smith's arrival gave everyone more confidence in the play. The big shot got into the state immediately after arriving at the farm. He was originally studying the script at home, a script without any action scenes, a script that required him to show all his acting skills. He found the feeling of experimenting with some high-acting movies. The preparation time in advance was no longer physical exercise, but constant thinking about the role and constantly looking for the feeling of the role.
As Chen Hao said, the chemical reaction that can be presented by two actors playing opposite each other is very strong when they get together. He is eager to act with Chen Hao. In the previous two meetings, both sides talked a lot about their respective roles. I dare not say that they are close friends. At least their demands in acting are the same, that is, to try to leave behind films that can be talked about after decades, just like those great movie actors. Half a century or even more time has passed, and their glory still shines throughout the history of film.
The picture of Marilyn Monroe covering her skirt is still a classic. The kind of beauty that cannot be erased in time and space travel. Even if decades pass, the picture will still be a classic and will continue to make later generations worship.
Since Will Smith came, Chen Hao has been less likely to specifically direct the crew. Most of the time, he sits on the sofa in the living room with him and the main actors. Everyone holds a script in their hands, and from time to time, they will rehearse a scene with each other. For example, if you have a feeling, I think it will be very enjoyable to act this way. OK, let's try it. Let's act together and find feelings with each other in the real performance.
The most interesting thing is that Old Bull and Red are facing the state of being released from prison, and the state after being released. Will Smith also tried his best in this. Several times he interviewed for scenes, which seemed to be only a chair and a simple shot, but the performance was all in it. He had to show all the emotional changes caused by his changes in time and mentality in his performance.
For these ordinary actors, such performances continue every day and are tempered every day, but Will Smith has not had such a pure feeling for a long time. In addition to enjoying and being surprised, he went to see Chen Hao and found that he was always enjoying such purity, not because of this play, but because he always maintained the most sacred thing of an actor.
At this moment, he began to be interested in Chen Hao's performance.
The role of Andy seems to have only the final explosion, and it seems that the performance is not as difficult as Red. But when Will Smith really began to feel that he could play Red well, he found that he was not sure to play Andy.
After this idea came up, Will was scared. For this reason, he took the entire script and Andy's script and read them specifically, watching his own Red, thinking about Andy, not just treating him as a redeemed person, watching his state throughout the whole play, Will was surprised to find that this role was really difficult.
There are wonderful plots of Old Bull, many wonderful plots of actors, and Red's wonderful performance. A scene of inviting everyone to drink beer on the rooftop and the scene of escaping at the end are not enough to support Andy's identity as the protagonist. Will was confident that he could play better at the beginning, and it was hard to say who would be the protagonist in the eyes of the audience at that time.
Now, I have fallen into Chen Hao's pit, but it's good this way, which has aroused Will Smith's fighting spirit. The more this happens, the better I will play, and I will let everyone know who is the real protagonist.
With 200% effort, Will Smith kept trying to figure out the role in the room while everyone was discussing. He not only wanted to achieve this role, but also let MOUSE see that on the day of filming, I will destroy your confidence. I will tell you that Red is the male lead of this play, and you are just a supporting role with the name of the male lead.
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The weather is gloomy and overcast, and the rain may fall in the next second.
In terms of the prison, the relocation work has been completed. During their relocation, the crew members entered the cleaning and renovation, and part of the work has been completed.
Today, Chen Hao brought the main members of the crew to the prison for a field investigation. He also wanted everyone to give the most pertinent opinions on how to renovate certain places, and each role corresponds to its own venue.
The nearly abandoned prison has very poor infrastructure. The antiquity that Chen Hao wants is not deliberately preserved. The oldness here is abandoned. All supporting services are the worst. All public officials applauded and celebrated at home when they were able to leave here.
Many facilities in the prison are broken, and it is much more broken than the prison where "Prison Break" was filmed before. After the crew members moved in, they almost rebuilt the interior according to the principle of half reconstruction, and also found many elderly people to restore the prison of that era.
The most difficult point is to prepare multiple rooms or temporary replacement equipment. There is a large time span in the movie, and there are some repeated scenes. Except for the area inside the prison belonging to the prisoners, there must be changes. You can't have the warden's office ten years ago and ten years later.
Under the serious influence of Chen Hao, each of the main actors did not act in a pretentious manner. After entering, they went to their own areas and expressed their opinions on the layout there.
The field assessment was surprisingly good compared to the paper talk on the farm. After many people went around the scene, they made good progress in the performance of their own roles. They returned to the room one by one, began to figure out their roles, and took some notes. When everyone came out, there was another round of discussion. From the meeting room to the living room, you can see a long section of the scene every day. Everyone is adapting to the rhythm of playing a shot.
It's not an action scene, but mainly the actors' meticulous performances. Of course, the feeling of one shot is the best. The actors can also perform coherently in one scene. This tests everyone's ability to perform several scenes at a time, especially the lines and performances. Without real skills, you can't even think about performing them, let alone the crew officially starting filming. Now everyone is acting, and you are the one who always gets stuck. No one needs to say that you can't get through that level.
With the gradual completion of the prison scenes, the crew of "The Shawshank Redemption" is getting closer and closer to start filming. Although the expectations of non-fans are not high, and the possibility of success is not great, this does not prevent a large number of media from coming over to stare at Chen Hao's opening ceremony. Who calls MOUSE a topic figure, and who calls Will Smith a super celebrity? These two people together are news.
The so-called long-awaited release is just like this.
In the golden autumn of September, after everyone has been looking forward to it for a month, "The Shawshank Redemption" finally unveiled its mysterious veil and showed everyone its truest side.
In Chen Hao's eyes, it is undoubtedly powerful. Even if it is misunderstood, it can rely on its own strength to shut everyone up in the end.
In the eyes of the media, it is ridiculous.
"What? MOUSE's new movie is about a prison break! Oh, my God, what is he thinking? Didn't he refuse to renew the third season of "Prison Break"? Isn't the reason that there is no extension of this theme? Isn't it said that all the wonderful stories that can be told with this particular theme have been told? What does it mean that he wrote such a script himself?"
For a while, under the instigation of some people, Chen Hao was questioned verbally and pen-like. Everyone can see the shadow of FOX. Anyway, the cooperation is over, and we just didn't fall out in the end. You refused to sign the third season, just to make a similar movie for yourself to "earn money" in the international market? Then we won't be polite. This is a pit you dug for yourself.
All of this was within Chen Hao's expectations, from the popularity of his Prison Break, the huge sales of his Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the tens of millions he could earn from a photo shoot, and the eight-digit sums a website spent to buy the broadcast rights of his new single...
A newcomer who has only made a few moves on the world stage, writing, directing and acting by himself, how can others feel embarrassed? We can't stop you from becoming popular with MOUSE, but if you think you can do whatever you want, then I'm sorry, we won't give you such an opportunity.
The whole summer was Chen Hao's explosive news season, with countless news about him, creating one small record after another.
These records cannot make all those who are hostile or even hate him retreat forever, and they will still come out to slap him when they find an opportunity.
At the press conference for The Shawshank Redemption, many media prepared many sharp questions, and some people asked Chen Hao the sharp questions they could think of, hoping to get answers from him in public through the media.
Since you dare to hold this press conference, you must be ready to answer any questions. We are waiting to see how you explain it? I am also waiting for you to expose all your greatest confidence in this movie. Even if it cannot hit you, I still want to know what you are up to?