[US Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

Mark Wahlberg is three years older than Leonardo, and he also became popular in 1997. "Boogie Nights" made Mark Wahlberg famous, but at that time, whether it was Leonardo DiCap Leo, Mark Wahlberg, Keanu Reeves, or Christian Bale, who seem to have established themselves in the circle now, were all "suppressed" by the same person at the foot of the mountain—— The eternal "Phoenix River" River Phoenix.

This used to be an insurmountable mountain shared by young actors in the 90s, but it suddenly collapsed.After that, there was indeed a "fault" among young Hollywood actors. It's not that there are no candidates, but that after the loss of River-Phoenix, there are more or less directors and producers for the "second-class" choice. At least some resistance.

After Rui Fan's death, many of the films originally planned to star in him were replaced by other young actors, such as Leonardo's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Total Eclipse of Love", Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo co-produced "Border Diary" and these films were originally prepared for Rui Fan.

Such a handsome and talented person was once known as the emperor of acting, but he died young because of poisoning.So far, there has not been a second talented actor like Rui Fan in Hollywood. Even if he has such a talent, he will never give another young actor the same praise and praise as Rui Fan-Phoenix. People are gilded.

Mark Wahlberg experienced ups and downs since he was a child, and it was not until 2000 that he starred in "Planet of the Apes" and "The Perfect Storm" that he officially stepped into Hollywood. The box office of these two films can be counted in the annual list of the year .In 2003, "Stealing the Sky" starring Charlize Theron also achieved good box office results when it hit "Pirates of the Caribbean" head-on.After that, Mark Wahlberg's career began to rise sharply and officially took off.

He played the role of police officer Dignam in the play. He is a man with a very vicious mouth and full of skills. What he is best at is to cooperate with Quina to sing a bad face and a bad face.He tried to make Colin lose his fighting spirit and become an unrealistic little policeman in the investigation team. He also used humiliating verbal attacks to knock down Billy's dream, and successfully made Billy choose to become an undercover and actively join the gang as a police exchange of information.

In short, Mark Wahlberg and the two leading actors have a lot of rivalry scenes-not only the war of words, but also the scenes of fighting.

Acting opposite a hall-level actor is not only a rewarding thing, but also a very challenging job.

Jack Nicholson is 68 years old this year, and even Martin is five years younger than him, but the actor who thinks this way has maintained a decades-long study and a humble attitude, and the settled artist's temperament is completely ordinary Actors are different.Jack Nicholson has played too many different roles and experienced countless different lives in his film career.Working with such an actor, even if it is an off-camera scene, he also takes it seriously.

If you are surrounded by people who are close to your level, it will be difficult to find your own shortcomings in this situation.Once there is a reference object that makes the contrast extremely sharp, whether it is a small flaw or a very obvious short version, it will become particularly "dazzling".

Leonardo is the leading figure of the post-70s generation, and the post-80s generation represented by Vincent is gradually occupying its own position in Hollywood, but when the two are facing off against Jack Nicholson, the performance is already perfect For the actor, although they did not fall to the point of being hanged and beaten, the two young people felt the gap from the bottom of their hearts.

It is the understanding of the lens and self-perception brought about by time and life experience. It is a concept that cannot be taught by words and deeds. It is a performing art that has formed its own unique style.

The first scene with Jack Nicholson took place in the car.That was Frank guiding Colin, who had just graduated from the police academy, to slowly pull out the trace of evil in his heart, and let that little bit of evil thoughts and character completely cover up the kind of policeman that Colin brought out from the police academy. Innate sense of justice.

Vincent was ng three times in this shot. The first time Martin disliked the arc when Vincent pursed his lips and raised half of his lips; the second ng was because a bird flying in the air knocked the bird Shit on the windshield, someone saw it and couldn't help laughing; after the third ng, Martin sighed at the monitor and clapped his hands: "Let's use the first shot, the arc is subtle just."

Vincent put his hand on his forehead to suppress a low laugh, and the others outside the camera had already laughed out loud.

"Let's clean up the bird droppings on the glass first."

After shouting "cut", Martin's first order was to ask the staff to clean up the bird droppings on the windshield. Fortunately, the windshield did not appear in the shot just now.

Because Colin played by Vincent is the gangster's eyeliner entering the police station, and Billy played by Leonardo is the undercover agent of the gangster stationed by the police station. In contrast, most of Vincent's costumes are formal work clothes Or police uniforms, the scene is only a few fighting scenes and shooting scenes in the small part at the back.

Leonardo is a gangster "newguy" who has to stay in the state of going shopping, fighting, and drawing guns to kill people all the time. He needs to use these violent and criminal behaviors to win the gang boss Frank and his other subordinates. People's trust, so as to obtain more and more confidential information through this promotion, and feed it back to Quina and Dignam.

And the only two female characters in the whole play, one is Flack's mistress Gwen played by Christine Dalton, and the other is Madeleine, a psychiatrist who plays Colin's fiancée and eventually develops a relationship with Billy. , the actor who played the role was Vera Farmiga.

Another coincidence, Vera Farmiga once starred in the Fox drama "roar" with Heath Ledger, who was still unknown at the time, in 1997. Unfortunately, the ratings were not good and there was no splash. Slowly, he started to make a name for himself in the industry.

This actress is like the Catholicism she believed in since she was a child, with a well-behaved aura that can't be erased at all.Since her debut, most of the roles she played were not outstanding in character and emotional in character. It was not until last year that she played the role of a mother who lived in distress and was addicted to drugs in "Into the Bone". It can be regarded as a slight improvement.

Fortunately, she still has a sense of humor. Although there are not many scenes, under Martin's high-intensity shooting plan, Vera Farmiga's completion can barely meet Martin's requirements.

"Tell me, is the baby in Madeleine's womb Billy's or Colin's?"

During the break, Leonardo leaned over to Vincent, biting a paper cup that was originally used to hold coffee, and asked vaguely.

"Does it need to be said?" Vincent raised his eyes and glanced at Leonardo dressed like a gangster, which made him look like he was in his early 20s at most. "I thought you knew very well."

Martin's treatment of female characters actually contains a kind of compassion. He combined the original two female characters of Colin and Billy into one.In a way, Farmiga's role is more ambivalent.

The setting of the two protagonists is also very different from that of "Infernal Affairs". The undercover played by Tony Leung is already a mature undercover, while Billy played by Leonardo is just a guy who has just graduated from the police academy and was placed in Frank- The undercover agents around Castro also had some psychological pressure due to family factors, inner torment and frustration.Colin, played by Vincent, is just the opposite: a lonely child without father and mother, adopted by Castro since he was a child. He successfully stayed in the Massachusetts State Police Department-this happened to be the status of an upright policeman Billy dreamed of.

In order to better play the role, Leonardo not only visited the prison for a day, but also had a lot of communication and communication with the director and screenwriter. Even so, Vincent talked the most.

"Madeleine liked Colin at first, and Colin was the most suitable person. If she hadn't chosen to accept another Billy who was also lonely when she was lonely and hesitant, maybe she could be a happy woman... Although you may live in Colin's lies for the rest of your life."

When Leonardo said these words, his mood was very complicated. When he thought of having a sex scene with Vera Farmiga, although the scale was not large, it still made him feel a little uncomfortable--before filming " The Aviator was not absent, but Vincent is now on the same crew as himself. If it is not a scale that needs special attention, sex scenes of this level will not be cleared.

To be honest, let Vincent see himself intimate with another woman, Leonardo will have a sense of guilt that he has betrayed himself.But after thinking about it, the other party seemed to be completely planning to put the title of "friend" on himself for the rest of his life.This kind of relationship with almost no hope, Leonardo just thought about it in his heart, maybe Vincent would be more concerned about his own sex scenes...

I don't expect him to be jealous for me, even a little bit of unpleasant emotion is enough to comfort me.

Leonardo was still thinking, and suddenly remembered that Vincent and Vera Farmiga also had a lot of intimate scenes!There are tongue kisses, wall dongs, aftermaths... and the scene where the two flirt with each other in the elevator when they first met!

Thinking about it this way, someone couldn't help but feel a little depressed again.Maybe I also want to pick up a gay film and bring Vincent to enjoy the "benefits" together?I'm afraid Vincent will reject it without even looking at it...

Vincent looked at Leonardo, who was a little fuzzy after speaking, and patted him on the shoulder: "Both of them regarded Madeleine as their salvation, and in the end, both of them lost their salvation."

Although Leonardo had to admit that this statement was reasonable, he resisted in his heart.From Billy's point of view, his dependence on Madeleine came a little too quickly, all on the premise that he didn't know that Madeleine was actually Colin's fiancée.And Madeleine's approach did make Leonardo feel "unacceptable" to a certain extent-we are going to talk about marriage, why should we accept a man in the middle of the night, and even deceive himself at a critical moment? Fiance, pregnant with his child?

After chatting like this, the two young people found a new thing to do - to find bugs, to find out all the places in the script that were unclear, and even said that the foreshadowing was laid in the previous text and there was no explanation in the later text. .

Martin Scorsese is not the kind of paranoid director who can't accept actors' opinions on himself, and he certainly knows that there are certain problems in the script.Sometimes some blank space is needed, and sometimes it is to deliberately create an "incomplete" effect.However, Martin also accepted the "trouble" brought to him by the two young people, and discussed with the screenwriter.