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"'Cleopatra', definitely 'Cleopatra', I'm 100% sure! I read his interview on Billboard before and he said, this song is special of."

"No, definitely not! He never promoted this album, nor did he give an exclusive interview! 'The Beast', it must be 'The Beast', this song, at the 'One Man's Concert', he said, He can't sing. Later at the Grammys, he used this song as his acceptance speech, which was absolutely significant."

"My God, you idiots, haven't you heard of 'Believe in Belief'? It should be this one!"

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Chattering, bustling, and clamoring, the fierce quarrel was endless. Before Marc Lacante's footsteps could get close, he had already caught a few words; when he got close, everyone turned their heads in unison. , Kristen Schutler was the first to speak up, "Mark, which song do you think is the most special for Renly?"

Mark was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "I thought, we should talk about movies. You know, I always thought that 'Transcendence' was Renly's best performance, 'Crazy Love' was excellent, very good, but 'Transcendence' ' But the shock of Renly's performance is layered, God, I want to watch this movie again now, I don't know when it will be released."

Niu Tou didn't answer Ma Zui's answer, but he didn't feel any sense of disobedience. Someone next to him couldn't wait to pick up the words and shouted, "'Buried Alive', that is the peak of Renly's performance. 'Love Crazy' general."

This time, there are more voices in the discussion. They are mixed up and can't hear clearly. Everyone is expressing their own opinions, and even the name of "Fast and Furious 5" has been mentioned. Come out - you can feel that in just three years, Renly has indeed put on a lot of wonderful performances.

At this moment, Mark and his friends are not in Berlin, but in London, at the door of the Almeida Theater.

After the 84th Academy Awards, Renly disappeared.

In fact, this way of expressing it is not very accurate, because Renly clearly informs everyone that he is returning to the West End to start rehearsing a new repertoire and return to the theatre stage.

However, after that, Renly did disappear from the public eye - drama, this is a corner that no one pays attention to, and the exposure, attention, and topicality have plummeted, and it is not even comparable to an independent film.

After the Oscars ended, the fate of the "artist" and "Hugo" staggered and became the biggest discussion point. Nonetheless, among the countless topics of discussion, Renly was still the center of attention.

At the age of twenty-two, he became the best actor at the Oscars. Such a feat is absolutely unprecedented.

Even if you count the supporting actors, reaching the top at such an age is the second youngest in film history. Timothy-Hutton was twenty years and two hundred and twenty-seven days old when he won Best Supporting Actor for "Ordinary People" in March 1981, his only Oscar nomination, and his only Flash moment.

In the entire eighty-fourth Oscar race, Renly was the first actor to break all shackles and barriers. Such a history, surpassing Meryl Streep and Christopher Plummer, became the most shining individual medal winner of the night.

However, in the midst of such hot attention, Renly chose to retreat bravely for the first time - at least in the eyes of the mainstream media, when the actor's career was bright, he chose to return to the theater stage. This is "retreat". There was indeed a sound of astonishment.

However, the afterglow of the "hypegate" has not completely dissipated, and the media have naturally not forgotten the principle that Renly always puts performance and artistic pursuits in the first place. Therefore, even if the media were not optimistic about the performance of the West End of London, they did not launch a siege with fierce firepower, but euphemistically expressed their embarrassment, and more admired Renly's courage and courage.

Subsequently, Universal Pictures also issued a news, "Wish Renly-Hall all the best in the West End of London".

After verification by reporters, it was confirmed that the Universal Pictures film version of "Les Miserables" had auditioned for Renly many times, hoping that Renly could play an important role in the film; moreover, director Tom Hooper and producer Cameron -McIntosh and others are also full of praise for Renly's basic skills.

Unfortunately, in the end Renly rejected the film version and opted for the theatrical version.

"This is undoubtedly a loss for the crew." Hugh Jackman further confirmed the news in an interview, but also expressed regret, "Honestly, I am very much looking forward to working with Renly. I have watched him The audition video, God, he's a really good actor, he competed for the role of Jean Valjean, yes, he and I were direct competitors. But, he has earned my admiration and respect, if the opportunity arises , I am very willing to compete with him."

Hugh Jackman, who was born on the stage, immersed in Broadway for many years, and won the recognition of the Tony Award, gave Renly such high praise, which further confirmed the news from Universal Pictures: Renly is indeed far from the film version. "Les Miserables" is very, very close.

Objectively speaking, the shadow left by the "hype gate" is still on the Internet and has not completely dissipated. Renly unexpectedly returned to the West End of London. After that, some netizens speculated maliciously that Renly was trying to hype again, trying to divert the target, all of which were made to cover up the negative impact of the "hype door".

But before this speculation spread, Hugh Jackman's interview poured a bucket of cold water: Long before the "hypegate", long before the Berlin Film Festival, Renly had already begun to brew this return. . Those malicious netizens could only shut their mouths embarrassingly.

After the Oscars came to an end, all the attention, all the excitement, all the anticipation, and after Renly returned to the West End, all settled down. It seemed that Renly had not had time to reach the top, and that the celebration had not yet had time to end. Returning to daily life, taking steady steps and continuing to move forward.

"The youngest Oscar winner in history", such a good opportunity to hype, just spread out quietly.

After that, the news about Renly was lackluster, there was no official official news update, no official official theatrical promotion, and no follow-up media interviews. Some sporadic photos.

Almost all the photos have the same theme: movie fans or fans in London, who are specially squatting near the practice room, or who are specially visiting the theater, and occasionally "coincidentally" meet Renly who is commuting to get off work, and then take a group photo and leave it behind. Commemorate, upload to social networks, and share with other netizens.

But these news, without the promotion of mainstream media, just circulated back and forth between Don Quixote, without any disturbance.

The situation continued until May 1. At this point, two full months have passed since the Oscars ended. In the Internet age of information explosion, two months is almost equal to two centuries. The world has been vicissitudes, and no one remembers the Oscars two months ago. brilliant. However, the real Don Quixotes have been waiting for the long-awaited news.

The official Facebook and official website of the Almeida Theatre has officially released the news that "Les Miserables", directed by John Codd and starring Renly Hall, will hold an audition in Edinburgh on May 11th. Ticket sales are not open, only internal applications are open, 150 places are available, and 150 professionals are invited to watch, including drama critics, directors, producers, actors, etc.

One hundred and fifty places, for the fanatical Don Quixotes, is a drop in the bucket; on the day the internal application was opened, the official website of the Almeida Theater crashed three times, one of which lasted for forty minutes, and finally the theater announced , they received more than 36,000 applications, but unfortunately, there are only 150 places.

The audition on May 11 ended successfully. However, there was not much news on social networks, and the lucky ones who attended the audition just said on Twitter and Facebook, "stay tuned."

For those drama critics, they are precipitating their thoughts and formulating sentences, and looking forward to showing their skills after the premiere, so generally after the audition is over, they are reluctant to reveal too much information; Said, it is also the case, this suspense makes people feel unbearable.

It seems that everyone is waiting, waiting for the premiere night; as to whether they are expecting a success or a failure, it is unknown.

Subsequently, the Almeida Theater confirmed the news again that "Les Miserables" will officially premiere on May 18.

The performance is divided into two halves, each of which is three hours long. The audience can choose whether to buy the first half or the second half separately, or to buy a set ticket; at the same time, Almeida is a medium-sized theatre, with a total of only 550 On the day of the premiere, many guests and industry leaders were invited to attend, so there were only 350 open tickets.

A mere three hundred and fifty, which is really too few!

Of course, the Almeida Theater said that "Les Miserables" has signed a formal performance contract and will be staged for at least three months, from Monday to Saturday, a total of six performances, the first lineup and the second lineup will rotate. Among them, Renly will perform at least three times a week. As for the situation after three months, it will be determined based on attendance and box office revenue.

For a six-hour experimental play, this is very, very rare.

However, the real Don Quixotes know that the competition is really too fierce. They are eager to see "Les Miserables", but they are more eager to see Renly's performance; and for those ordinary theater lovers or the crowd, Renly is the only attraction. This also means that the competition for tickets is more intense.

So, Mark and his friends came to the Almeida Theater early. Today is May 15th, and the pre-sale time for "Les Miserables" is 9:00 am on the 16th. At this point, there are still eighteen hours before the pre-sale.