[US Entertainment] 1994

"Good morning, Frank."

"Oh! Good morning, Josh. Are you still used to breakfast?"

Josh nodded: "It's not bad, but I hope that lunch can be changed to a chef. I think most people are looking forward to that."

Frank Darabont shook his head lightly. After joining the crew, the three meals of the crew were handed over to the hotel where they lived. The chef's craftsmanship was very good, but the chef went home because of a minor operation in the past two days After recuperating, the hotel changed a chef again.

The new chef's cooking skills are not so bad, but his meals have strong personal characteristics, and the locals who are used to eating will find it very pleasant, but the outsiders of the "Shawshank Redemption" crew find it difficult.

Josh sat on a chair and let the stylist make him a look in the 40s. The background of the story of "Shawshank's Redemption" took place in the 40s, which is similar to the time of "Schindler's List", but One takes place in Poland and the other takes place in the continental United States, which gives people a weird sense of time difference.

Wearing the clothes of the last century and combing his hair back high, Josh looks at least five years older than his actual age. His skin is much more delicate than his peers. In order to highlight the sense of age, the stylist specially created With a darker effect, standing in front of the camera, Josh looks mature and capable, which is indeed in line with Andy's identity as a banker.

The first scene was not filmed in a prison, but in a makeshift courtroom on a studio, and Andy was accused of killing his wife and her lover, and he was sentenced to life in prison.

The moment Frank Darabont announced the start of filming, Josh jumped into the action.

"Andy, Dufresne, describe the night your wife was killed. What did you talk to her about?"

Hearing the judge's question, Josh's eyes immediately changed from absent-minded and empty to serious and profound. His eyes were wide open, staring at the judge in front of him. His eyes were full of red blood and stubbornness.

It was just a simple change in the eyes, and director Frank Darabont changed the action of supporting his arms and began to stare at the field with great interest.

As a screenwriter-turned-director, what Frank Darabont cares most about is the actor's ability to interpret the script.

But after watching for a while, the director took his eyes away from Qiao Shi and focused on the entire shooting screen.

"Some pretty bad words. She said she was glad I knew and she didn't have to be sneaky anymore, and she said she wanted a divorce."

The above answer was spoken in a gentle voice. When it came to the last sentence, Josh's voice suddenly became extremely slow, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort to spit out this sentence.

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"She packed her things and went to Mr. Quentin's."

Josh closed his eyes while answering. For Andy, a banker with status, admitting his wife's cheating is undoubtedly a matter that hurt his self-esteem, let alone at this moment, because of the death of those two people , he is being charged with homicide.

The confrontation between Andy and the judge didn't last long, but compared to the aggressive judge because of sufficient evidence, Andy obviously fell into a disadvantage, and everything seemed too coincidental, and he had no way to prove his innocence.

So he could only red-eyed and make the final excuse for himself: "Because I am innocent, I find that not being able to find a gun is very detrimental to me..."

But the judge didn't believe his statement, but thought he was a murderous cold-blooded animal. Andy could only watch himself being put in prison, angry but powerless.

Frank Darabont is very concerned about the way Josh handles his emotions. The photographer's lens is also facing Josh's face most of the time during the shooting, dilating his pupils, and every subtle emotion of him is captured at will. The shooting is transferred to the screen.

Josh can't make any mistakes, even if it's just the first scene, but he needs to perfectly show Andy's anger, his helplessness and powerlessness.

This kind of shooting experience is completely different from that of "Schindler's List". The most touching thing about that movie is its background. It can be said that every Jew in the movie is the real protagonist, and their pain is magnified countless times Presented in the camera, Josh and Liam Neeson just play the role of abuser and rescuer.

When the judge sentenced Andy to life imprisonment, Andy stood there alone, his pupils dilated, and the light in his eyes was extinguished like sparks in an instant, and finally, he closed his eyes.

Andy, who was clearly standing there, was tall, but a thick shadow seemed to be cast around him, and he shrank into a ball.

.........

Josh slowly opened his eyes, the harsh lights made him a little uncomfortable, but then, a burst of warm applause broke his discomfort.

Frank Darabont raised his hand and praised without hesitation: "Excellent performance!"

"You must have read the script many times before, otherwise you wouldn't have understood the plot so thoroughly." Before Josh could answer, Mr. Director stubbornly made a conclusion, "I'm finally at ease now! If I were a film critic If so, I will definitely give you five stars for that part just now!"

"Thank you." Josh rubbed his hair, showing a shy smile.

After changing the costume, Morgan Freeman gave Josh a thumbs up with a smile: "You really surprised me! I'm already looking forward to our cooperation!"

Josh blinked: "It's my wish, Morgan, and I've been looking forward to working with you."

"Really?" Morgan Freeman raised his eyebrows and made a funny move.

"you guess?"

"I am the real one, because we have a good heart!"

After Morgan Freeman finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.The laughter of the old and the young quickly attracted the attention of the rest of the crew. After a while, many actors and staff gathered around the two, and the laughter gradually spread throughout the crew.

In general, "The Shawshank Redemption" is much easier to film than "Schindler's List". Although Josh is the protagonist and the pressure is on him, he would rather play Andy who saves himself than Playing a role similar to Amon once would make him question his outlook on life.

After July, the temperature obviously dropped a bit. In the morning, Josh changed into his prison uniform and sat in the prison, gnawing bread hard.Frank Darabont smiled and waved to him: "Good morning, Josh, did you sleep well last night?"

"Not bad." Josh yawned, "How about you, Frank?"

"I'm fine, too."

The prison scene was filmed, and Josh's attire changed from an elite to a prisoner's, but to be honest, Josh enjoyed this attire, loose and loose, without any burden.

He stood up slowly, threw away the wrapping paper, and looked at Bob Gunton: "Bob, is this the first time you have acted in a prison scene?"

Bob Gunton put on his glasses and thought for a while. "The tenth time...?"

Every time he sees Bob Gunton, Josh always feels that certain actors do have some unique temperament, such as Bob Gunton, he is actually an easy-going person, but once he puts on glasses, he will It will instantly turn into a scum of the elite class, which is even more powerful than makeup!

Just like Kevin Spacey always played the bad guy with a deep heart, Gary Oldman always played the cold-blooded perverted lunatic, and Tom Hanks fixed the image of the middle-class ordinary male.

This undoubtedly has advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage is that the image of an actor is easy to stereotype.Just like Kevin Spacey, even if he plays a positive character in a movie, Josh is always worried that he will have a shocking reversal at the last moment of the movie.

The advantage is that when an actor's image is close to a certain trait, he will be able to play a similar role with ease, especially when she meets a director and a work that can amplify his trait infinitely.Kevin Spacey and Edward Norton are representatives of them. Kevin Spacey's performances in "The Usual Suspects" and "The Seven Deadly Sins" are impressive, but it is conceivable that if he did not encounter similar role, and his performance would not have been as good.

Of course, one thing cannot be denied at all, that is, Kevin Spacey himself is also a very good actor. Although his dark temperament and creepy performance make it difficult for him to win too many starring opportunities in Hollywood, but The audience remembered him, and the acting world also recognized his strength.

On more than one occasion, Josh is thankful that Tom and Lisa have given him a great face, and he has the opportunity to pick and choose his favorite characters, whether they are positive or negative.

A good-looking face is the stepping stone to enter Hollywood, just like Pete, although his tasks are not very good, but the industry is willing to give him opportunities again and again, which is something that others cannot beg for.

Compared with the young actors after the 20th century, Pete's strength is actually not bad, at least compared to those vase idol drama male leads in Disney, but even if those guys' acting skills are extremely embarrassing, but relying on a face, they still Can play the leading role, it can only be said that the bottom line of the Hollywood film industry is getting lower and lower.

A few days later, the busy manager finally came to the set. Seeing Josh's face, Arnold took three steps back: "Josh, aren't you playing a prisoner?"

"Why do you still look fat?"

"..."

The corner of Josh's mouth twitched: "You ask me, who can I ask?"

Hearing Arnold's questioning voice, Frank Darabont took a deep breath, trying to make his round belly look smaller, he even held his mouth - it turned out that his attempt was successful, although Exhaling is a laborious thing, but in the mirror, he really looks like he has regained his figure ten years ago, with a pointed chin!

"Frank Darabont, what did you do to him?!!"

Mr. Director: "Who am I? Where am I? I don't know anything!"

Josh looked at the two in surprise: "You know each other!"

"No!"