Four Hundred and Thirteenth Comedy Attempt

In the short 40-second performance just now, the details of Renly's movements and the changes in his eyes were really eye-opening.

"Anti-Cancer Me" has no plans to produce narration dubbing later, that is to say, the inner activities of the characters will not be presented in any way, because the emotional ups and downs of the whole movie are full enough, and there is no need to superfluous to make the plot change Be more squeamish.

But during Renly's performance just now, the jerky, embarrassing, distracted and flustered expressions were vividly displayed, as if he was reading a comic, and he could clearly see a dialog box popping up in Renly's head, expressing his inner thoughts. All told. This kind of scholar-like cuteness and restraint is extremely vivid.

The real peak moment is undoubtedly Renly's last magic touch - the voice recorder.

In the script, there is no voice recorder, Adam just interrupted the doctor's self-report, and then asked questions. This was nothing at first, the whole narrative was very smooth, but Renly suddenly added this sentence, and his joy suddenly multiplied, but in one sentence, it outlined the simplicity and dullness of the otaku in Adam's personality.

The actor Andrew-Airlie, who plays the doctor, is not an old-fashioned actor, but more of a cameo role on the TV screen, almost without a name. But he has also been rolling around in Hollywood for 20 years, and he has run through countless tricks. He is definitely not a rookie who is at a loss.

But just now, Renly's sudden on-the-spot performance caught Andrew completely by surprise, especially when he saw Renly's coping performance, which was done in one go, without flaws, and couldn't tell whether it was acting or reality, Andrew's brain instantly changed. I'm stuck, and I can't remember a single line.

So, he froze in place.

"Sorry." Andrew quickly apologized, and Renly waved his hand with a smile, indicating that he didn't care.

Today is only the third day of filming, the entire crew is still in the run-in period, and Renly is also merging Adam in his brain with himself little by little. Meanwhile, Renly is experimenting with some simple comedy.

"Me Against Cancer" is indeed a comedy movie, but as Seth said before, the burden of laughter basically falls on him, and the comedy effect of other characters is relatively less obvious.

However, this is a very special work, and many of the laughs come from the wit and agility of the lines, not the kind that makes people laugh, but a bit of "Saturday Night Live" style embarrassment and coldness Jokes, people can not help laughing.

This is the style Renly is good at, and you can tell by looking at his usual interviews. However, the usual humor and the humor of the show,

There is still a slight difference, but in the final analysis, the reason is that these are two different personalities, Renly is not Adam, and Adam is not Renly.

There are also many different types of comedians, one of which is like Seth Rogen, their talent is more reflected in words - that is, writing scripts or jokes, so when they perform, they don't have too much Deliberately funny, they are basically performances in their own right, relying on the jokes that collide with the lines and the plot to entertain the audience.

Simply put, they are performing themselves. Seth Rogen, Jonah-Hill, Zac Efron and others.

In the story of "Me Against Cancer", Kyle played by Seth is basically Seth in real life, there is no difference.

But Renly can't. Even if it's funny, he has to be funny in Adam's style, which puts higher demands on the performance.

Renly knew that the most important thing was to play the role of Adam well, and the methodical way of acting required him to be fully committed and not let up in the slightest; but this was a comedy film, and Renly didn't want his acting style to be too rigid and too rigid. Too serious, too vigorous, as if "buried alive", otherwise it will appear too disobedient. He'd always wanted to try comedy, and maybe this time he could try some simple ideas.

In the voice recorder line just now, Renly said it smoothly after he was completely absorbed in Adam's state. Renly personally felt that the effect was good, but he didn't expect that the opponent's actors were stunned.

Renly turned his head to look at the director, cast his inquiring gaze, to verify the quality of the scene just now.

Jonathan-Levine looked left and right at the staff who couldn't help but laugh, then gave Renly a thumbs up, affirming, "Fine, everything was fine just now. In fact, if you When you think of some lines, you are welcome to pop them out at any time. We can see how the performance works and then decide.”

Jonathan is very young, only 30 years old this year. For the position of director, he is completely a rising star. He is a comedy director with unique ideas, and he has gained a lot of recognition in the independent film circle. Apart from "Anti-Cancer Me", his most well-known work is "Warm Corpse" released in 2013 , this offbeat zombie romance movie, was well-received and opened the door to Hollywood for him.

Jonathan's talent is concentrated in the capture of details, using tone and light to create an atmosphere, and the choice of soundtrack is often amazing, and then through the accurate control of the lens, the details of the actor's performance are presented and get him. desired effect. In short, he is a director who knows how to make the most of all resources.

Comedians have a variety of performance styles, but few of them drive laughter through delicate performances - after all, comedy works and plot types are still quite different.

After two days of short running-in, Jonathan found that Renly's lines were really good.

I had only heard before that someone would compliment an actor, especially an actor from the British stage, for having a "good line", but Jonathan never understood what that meant until Renly showed up. A simple line can taste a lot of details, especially the subtle changes in tone, which can often bring unexpected comic effects.

For example, the line from the voice recorder just now, with a strong interest in the tone, as if the technical otaku met at the launch of a new product of a technology product, with a little exploratory mentality in curiosity, he continued to talk. The words almost stopped the car, the excitement and excitement hidden in it, and even the feeling of eagerness to try.

But after noticing the doctor's stunnedness, he suddenly braked suddenly, and his tone settled down, a little flustered, a little embarrassed, a little jerky, the smile on the corner of his mouth has not completely disappeared, with a trace of doubt in exploration. Yes, no fear, no worry, no cowardice, more confusion and curiosity.

The gap created by the two tones brings an absurd irony effect. Even if you close your eyes, you can taste the subtle changes in it. It really makes people laugh - just look at the reactions of the on-site staff.

Not only Jonathan, but Anna, Bryce and others who were watching the filming all showed a look of astonishment, and there was an undisguised surprise in their eyes.

Renly's performance has always been very strange from the beginning of his debut until he was put into filming. The behavior of playing cards out of common sense is completely confusing. It's not that it's rude or rude, but that the rhythm and frequency have never been matched. This feeling of stumbling and stumbling is really powerless to complain.

Everyone is a little worried: what about the opponent's play?

Under such worry, it is inevitable that I have no idea in my heart, and I can't help but start guessing randomly:

Was the previous fame all just touted? Is he just an embroidered pillow under the halo of glory? In the final analysis, it's not because of how good Renly's acting is, but because his backstage background is really tough, creating such a situation abruptly? Even an Oscar nomination is a PR for awards season, otherwise how could Renly beat James Franco?

The filming of the previous two days was quite satisfactory, and there was no reason for it, but today, everyone really realized: Renly is definitely not an embroidered pillow.

The most shocking is definitely Seth.

Looking at Renly in front of him, he didn't even know what language to use, it wasn't Renly, it wasn't Will, it was a stranger Seth couldn't recognize—he could feel it, a little bit of Will The shadow of , but slightly different from Will, the sudden cold humor is much stronger than Will.

Seth suddenly became excited and dug a treasure!

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the filming scene, Renly was much calmer. In this film, he pays more attention to style, character, and input, rather than lines or emotions-those are issues that need to be considered when shooting "detached", and he is now focusing on methodological research wholeheartedly .

The line just blurted out just now proves that Renly's sense of substitution is on the right track. It was Adam speaking, not Renly the actor.

Now, all Renly needs to do is stay that way and take the comedy's dark humour even further -- it's not a shit/pee/fart absurd comedy.

"Andrew, are you okay?" Jonathan asked loudly. Andrew nodded repeatedly to confirm, and then Jonathan looked back at the set. "Then let's start shooting again and start from scratch."

Because Renly's performance had changed, Jonathan decided that the camera angles also needed to be changed to capture the details of the performance.

After filming started again, this time, the whole performance was very smooth, and the burden was still in place, and then the doctor took advantage of the situation to pick up the words, "Yes, let's take a look at your MRI." The doctor turned the computer screen to Adam.

Adam raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh, Lenovo. It's actually Lenovo?" This absurd and uninhibited thought flashed by, he pursed his lips, his eyes became a little more meaningful, but then he listened intently to the doctor's words. explain.

However, those unfamiliar words were really unfriendly to him. He lowered his eyes slightly, leaned forward slightly, cleared his throat, and had a polite smile on his face, but his eyes revealed his true emotions, and he was confused. Forced, "Uh, what?"