[US Entertainment] 1994

The days on the set always make Josh unaware of the passage of time, especially when he has such a strong supporter as Al by his side.

In the blink of an eye, March is just around the corner.

Hollywood has been busy for a long time because of the upcoming Oscars, guessing, questioning, and criticizing... But this has nothing to do with the crew of "Scent of a Woman". No matter how long the Oscars occupy the page, "Scent of a Woman" The crew stayed on set and filmed peacefully, paying no attention to the disturbances from the outside world.

Because he was honored to be nominated once for the Golden Globe Award, Josh only took a look at the nomination list. After all, he already knew the final result. Only Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins would win the trophy. It couldn't have been anyone else.

The only thing that gave him a headache was that bad task that the system issued.

Just looking at the list of nominations, Josh felt that the task was as difficult as ever. Not to mention winning the award, the nomination itself was an extremely difficult thing. Josh didn't even dare to go to Xiao Xiang's highly competitive actor department, even if It was the leading actor department, and seeing all the familiar names, he felt a lot of pressure.

Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Kingsley... Even if these people are not sure to win an Oscar within three years, if he, a rookie who has just been in the circle for more than a year, dares to disclose his goal, it will probably cause a stir in the whole world. Hollywood mockery.

Even Old Man Al, whom he worships as a god, will have to wait until next year's Oscars, at which time it has been 20 years since he was nominated for an Oscar for the first time with "The Godfather".

1973 to 1993.

This still happened to Al Pacino, who is recognized as having outstanding acting skills. If they were replaced by other actors whose acting skills were not outstanding, they might not be able to win a trophy in their entire lives.

After all, there are only a few lucky people who can nominate once for an award. Even if they exist, that person will definitely not be a rookie actor under the age of 25.

No one understands the cruelty of Oscar better than people in the film industry. Richard Burton, who was nominated for seven times before, and Peter O'Toole, who was nominated for eight times, failed again and again. Au Kirk was also nominated for the Olympic Awards six times and all failed. Of course, the most tragic one was photographer Roger Deakins. As of the year Josh can remember, this buddy has been shortlisted for Oscar for Best Cinematography [-] times, but he got nothing from the beginning to the end.

If it was Josh, he would probably want to die.

If this Roger Deakins is lucky enough to get a statuette in his lifetime, he will definitely not cry bitterly on the stage and thank the judges. Maybe the moment he gets the trophy, he will be unbearable and hit those arrogant judges on the head.

What crime did he commit?

Could it be that out of the thirteen times, he has not performed better than the winners of that year?

Obviously impossible.

Josh has no other ideas now. He doesn't know whether he can complete the task issued by the system within the specified time, nor does he know how cruel punishment he will face if he fails to complete the task. He can only do his best to become a A good actor will dedicate his best performance, even if he can't achieve his goal, Josh will not regret it.

During this period of time, the filming of "Scent of a Woman" has gradually improved.

Many scenes in this movie were filmed in a hotel. In order not to affect the normal business of the hotel, the crew has always arranged the shooting time at night, so when there are night scenes, the crew will start work later in the morning, or in the afternoon. Call it a day early so the cast and crew can have enough energy to shoot the night scenes.

After all, even if young actors like Josh and Philip Seymour Hoffman don't get tired, older actors like Al won't.

Soon, the filming of an extremely important scene in the script will begin.

The scene where Lieutenant Colonel Frank commits suicide.

It can be said that in the script of "Scent of a Woman" carefully crafted by the screenwriter Bo Goodman, there are three scenes that are the most classic and moving. It is the scene of Lieutenant Colonel Frank's suicide, and the third act is the scene of Lieutenant Colonel Frank giving a passionate speech in the school auditorium for Charlie, satirizing the school's hypocrisy.

From Lieutenant Colonel Frank reprimanding Charlie vigorously, to the scene where the two formed a deep friendship, but Frank planned to commit suicide, Al Pacino played Lieutenant Colonel Frank in two completely different styles.

One is a lieutenant colonel who is old and blind but always full of spirits, while the other is slow and calm, but it makes people feel that there is a depressive emotion lingering around him all the time.

For Josh, who played against him, such an Al Pacino undoubtedly put him under a lot of pressure.

In this scene, Lieutenant Colonel Frank told Charlie that he wanted to rest on the sofa and asked him to help him buy aspirin and cigars. After Charlie left, Lieutenant Colonel Frank changed into his uniform and planned to know his own life with a pistol.

Director Martin Brest looked at the two actors who seemed to be ready in front of him, and confirmed again and again: "This scene is about to start, are you ready?"

Josh shrugged: "Of course, I can't wait."

"Can't wait to watch me die?" Al looked at Josh, making a rare joke.

"Well." Josh smiled back, "But you don't have to worry, Al, even if your pistol is loaded, I will still influence you with love and save you."

As soon as Josh finished speaking, Al Gujing Wubo couldn't help showing disgust on his face. He frowned and looked at Josh, and then turned to Philip Seymour Hoffman who was watching the joke: " Philip, do young people speak like this now?"

Philip Seymour Hoffman quickly shook his head: "Al, don't misunderstand us young people because of Josh, he is a unique, uh... unique freak."

Josh immediately made a grimace and went over.

"No wonder my stomach is rolling when I hear this." Al patted his chest, "We elderly people really can't stand this."

After gagging for a while, the filming of the scene is finally about to start.

It was Josh who first showed his face in the camera. Probably because of the ominous premonition, from the moment he entered the door, Josh's eyes were heavy, and there was even a trace of undetectable panic.

Sure enough, the sofa in the living room was empty, and there was no one there.

The panic in Josh's eyes grew stronger. He licked his lips, quickly turned his head and scanned the room, and then entered the innermost room.

Thankfully, Lieutenant Colonel Frank was still there, trying on the medal-laden uniform.

The corners of Josh's tightly pursed mouth opened slightly, but the moment he caught a glimpse of Lieutenant Colonel Frank picking up the pistol, Josh's pupils couldn't help shrinking tightly, and the next second, his body moved forward subconsciously: "We've made it clear."

In any case, he still could not accept Lieutenant Colonel Frank's choice of suicide.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank replied: "I break the contract, I love to break the contract, I didn't tell you?"

Josh then dilated his pupils, his eyes were slightly red, and his fingers unconsciously clenched into fists: "You said you would give me all the bullets."

"I lied to you."

Josh stared closely at Lieutenant Colonel Frank, with tears in his eyes, but he suppressed it with all his strength, and moved forward slightly. In any case, he couldn't understand Lieutenant Colonel Frank's decision at all, and lowered his voice, he said : "You tricked me."

"That's right." Lieutenant Colonel Frank shook his head, "Charlie, what would you do without me?"

Apparently, Frank was just pretending to be relaxed.

When performing this scene, although Al Pacino tried his best to look relaxed, whether it was the corners of his tight mouth, the unsmiling eyes or the wrinkles on his forehead, his true emotions were revealed. —Frank Although the lieutenant colonel wanted to end his life, he absolutely did not want this scene to be seen by Charlie. Charlie was a good boy, and he knew it better than anyone else.

Josh took another step forward: "Can you give me the gun?"

Lieutenant Colonel Frank pointed the gun at him at this time.

"What do you want to do?" Josh had disbelief in his eyes.

"I'll shoot you too, anyway, you're already finished." Lieutenant Colonel Frank's words at the moment were very ruthless, "George will follow the wind, and you will be finished too. Once that happens, Charlie, my boy, you are in that boring place." Once you have a place in the adult ranks, you're done."

Josh sighed: “I…is different.”

Frank refuted his words mercilessly: "You have no right to be different. The 45 pistol is in my hand. You only have acne. I will kill you... because I can't stand you betraying your principles."

At this moment, Josh became tough: "Put the gun down, Lieutenant Colonel!"

"Are you giving an ultimatum?"

Josh shook his head.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank's voice was raised to the highest level at this moment: "I will issue the ultimatum!"

As he once rebuked Charlie: "I—can take your hand!"

Facing a similar scene, Josh's response was the same as the previous one: "I'm sorry, I apologize."

"I also apologize...Charlie, you broke my heart. I have resisted anyone and everything in my life. This is the only way I feel important. You resisted for your own principles. You are very righteous. I don't know I should kill you, or adopt you."

Josh had tears in his eyes: "Can you put the gun down?"

Lieutenant Colonel Frank still raised his gun: "I'm asking you a question, do you want me to adopt you?"

"Please put the gun down...you're just depressed..."

"Depressed, no, I'm just bad, no, I'm not bad, I'm rotten..."

Josh blinked, withdrew his tears, and his words became incoherent: "You are not bad, you are just painful."

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"Give me the gun..."

"Give me the gun..."

"Why don't you get out of the way now?"

"Give me the gun, Lieutenant Colonel..."

Facing Charlie like this, Lieutenant Colonel Frank insisted on the countdown before he committed suicide. When he counted to 1, Josh stepped forward decisively and snatched his gun.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank stepped forward to grab his gun like crazy.

"Get out!"

"I do not go!"

"Get out!"

"I stay here!"

Josh's emotions were brewing to the extreme at this moment. When Lieutenant Colonel Frank yelled at him, Josh also yelled back loudly, but he didn't seem to have enough momentum in his crying voice.

But it was clear to Al Pacino, the actors watching the scene, and Martin Brest that Josh's emotions had exploded.

In the day-to-day shooting, he has completely turned himself into the character of Charlie. Charlie's likes and dislikes have become his likes and dislikes. Charlie's kindness and integrity have been fully grasped by Josh, which is crucial in this scene In the play, Josh thoroughly performed his ideal role and realized the explosion of his career as an actor!

"I'll shoot your head off!"

Josh gritted his teeth and hit back fiercely: "Shoot! Shoot if you want to, hurry up!"

He stared fiercely at Al Pacino, his voice distorted to the point of inflection, but even so, he still stuck his neck and shouted without any fear, trying to make the other party admit defeat first.

Lieutenant Colonel Charlie and Frank, Josh and Al Pacino, are like lions walking on the Colosseum. Neither of them will lower their high necks, nor will they lower their brewing momentum, because they know very well , the first to bow his head will be the first to admit defeat.

Al's hair was loose, and he shook Josh's body desperately: "Get out!"

Josh did not admit defeat, and even taunted him: "You screwed up, so what? Everyone makes mistakes, you should move forward bravely..."

Lieutenant Colonel Frank played by Al is still full of momentum, and even has a taste of hysteria: "Where to go, I'm done! I live in the dark, do you understand? I'm in the dark!"

Josh stiffened his neck, his voice was hoarse, and there were tears in his eyes: "Then just give up, just give up on yourself, I'm going to give up too, you're right, I'm done, we're all done! Damn, just do it, buckle Fucking trigger! You fucking blind!"

The louder he roared, the more his body trembled, and the hoarse his voice became, but he still refused to admit defeat, gasping for breath: "You buckle up, I'm ready..."

Al Pacino lowered his voice at this time, his eyes were red: "You don't want to die."

"You don't want to either." Josh pouted.

"Give me one more reason."

"I'll give you two reasons, you can dance tango and drive a Ferrari, you're so handsome!"

"You haven't seen it before, have you?"

"Give me the gun, Lieutenant Colonel." Josh sobbed, but he still didn't forget the fact that the other party had a dangerous gun in his hand.

Al Pacino raised his gun, his eyes were desperate, but there were tears in his eyes: "What should I do, Charlie?"

"When you're sad, dance the tango."

Josh didn’t answer him, but dressed violently, with tears in his eyes.

It wasn't until this moment that the emotions of the two of them really calmed down.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank told him his story.

Josh insisted that he hand over the gun to himself.

"You are asking an officer to surrender his weapon."

"You don't have to pay it, just put it down."

In this scene, two wounded men are exposing each other's wounds, and both need breathing room after going through intense emotional swings.

The same is true for actors.

But in any case, Josh and Al have completed their performances perfectly. When Martin Brest announced that the shooting of the scene was over, there was warm applause on the set.

Al Pacino smiled at Josh: "Boy, you did a good job!"

Josh curled the corner of his mouth: "Thank you!"

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