[US Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

"If I take this script, I may not be able to stay by Vincent's side for nearly a year." The melancholy and loss on Leonardo's face are obvious, and he looks like "If I could With Vincent, even work can be left behind" determination.

Toby swallowed, and asked a little stumbled: "Can I think that you love him so much that you can't help yourself? You are a bit unlike you now, Leo. I have to say, when a person can influence When you change yourself, you kind of lose yourself."

Leonardo nodded, "I know, but I am willing to do this. As long as he hasn't decided who to marry, even if he has a girlfriend, I will find a way to grab him by my side."

"You're crazy... you better get to work, Leo. Although your routine is to take a break for a month or two after a movie is over, I think you have to keep yourself busy. At least, you can't waste your time Wasted on some meaningless things." Seeing his friend staring at him in disapproval, Toby quickly added: "I'm not saying that it's bad for you to like him, I just don't want to see you die because of a relationship. make yourself worse."

"Have I gotten worse?" The man frowned: "I now have a stable job, healthy and regular living habits, and my physical condition is even better and more stable than when I was young. I think this relationship is positive for my life. And it's motivating, because the guy I'm after is a really good guy, so I have to keep working on myself to make me more worthy of him."

Toby was speechless: "All right, all you said is right!"

Here Tobey Maguire is constantly receiving brainwashing emotional sharing from his friends. On the other side, Vincent has already taken over the guitar brought back by Frank and started practicing as soon as possible.

"I didn't expect you to be able to play the guitar." Mr. Economic Man was a little surprised. "It's not easy to be proficient in both the piano and the violin. You still have the time to learn other things?"

Vincent gave him an annoyed look: "Of course I won't. The guitar is relatively easy to learn."

With an excellent sense of musicality and intonation as the foundation, it will be much easier to learn other instruments anyway.Learning the piano and the violin at the same time, at a certain stage, he can even clearly distinguish the lines of the various voices of the string group. Vincent later developed the habit: as soon as he started playing the violin, he reflexively used the violin to make arrangements in his mind. practise.In the early stage of cross-learning, Vincent also suffered from the pain of the frequency of the note names of the piano and the violin. Playing the piano but can't start.

In the learning of musical instruments, talent may be an important factor to become a performer, but what is more needed is obviously diligent practice day after day.

The piano keys are placed there and will not move. As long as the hands are coordinated and the strength is accurate, the sound quality standard can be guaranteed to a certain extent.The pitch of stringed instruments is much more difficult to control - even a master musician can hardly guarantee the absolute pitch of each tone.In contrast, Vincent felt a unique sense of ease once he got to the guitar, having had enough of the violin's two-way strict control of the left and right hands.

But this is not a reason for him to relax - there is still not enough time, far from enough.

In the case of going to the audition the next day, Vincent still had to seize the time to listen to the old singer's work the night before, and at the same time he had to sort out the various materials and urgent training plans sent there.

"This is actually trying to drive ducks to the shelves." Putting the guitar aside, Vincent went to the bed and lay down on the bed directly. "Frank, if you tell me now that we will go there tomorrow and start shooting directly, I will believe it."

To be honest, the script of "Indomitable Future" is really pleasing.

This lovability refers to the gratification of meeting the standards of the academy's judging committee.But it doesn't please the producer, director, editor, soundtrack and actors.Because it is very difficult to restore the era and the scene itself, which means that the workload of the entire team will be very heavy, and everyone is under tremendous pressure.

Preparations for this music biographical film jointly produced by Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Company began as early as 1997 and were included in the shooting plan.It tells the story of the singer Johnny Cash who fell to the bottom due to drug addiction after becoming famous, then recovered with the support of his lover and partners, and created the peak of life again.

Johnny Cash, known as the godfather of the American music scene, has had a life of ups and downs and praise. In his music career, he has a total of 11 Grammy trophies. In 1999, he won the "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award". , with cumulative sales of more than 5000 million records worldwide, he is the only hall-level singer in the American music scene to be listed in the Rock and Country Music Hall of Fame.

Such a character must have had an extraordinary life, not only his singing career, but also Johnny Cash's emotional life.This legendary singer is also one of the founders of the contemporary American "grassroots spirit", and there are countless inspiring and admirable achievements.

It should be extremely contagious and influential to rewrite the life of such a character into a biographical film. Before Johnny Cash passed away, Johnny himself also participated in part of the work of the film. He and the main creative staff of the film Telling those important stories and experiences in one's own life that are worth recalling and spreading provide a lot of convenience for character creation.

Even the Cashes themselves appointed two actors to play the Cashes in the movie-Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.

This is also the most embarrassing situation Vincent faced - even the character prototype himself has appointed an actor, fundamentally speaking, he is not the most suitable candidate.

On the one hand, he himself likes the script and wants to act out a life like this to seek a breakthrough; on the other hand, he is not the one everyone expects at all, and this is the most shocking part.

The ambivalence continued into the audition hall at Twentieth Century Fox the next day.

It is said to be an audition, but it is actually the last detailed negotiation before joining the group-the time is completely too late, and even one day cannot be wasted.

Due to this helpless and embarrassing situation, the entire production team also had an ambivalence towards Vincent, hoping that he would not hinder him, and at the same time feeling sorry for the other party.

Jacques Phoenix, as the male lead candidate identified early on, not only started rock training at the end of last year, this whole set of courses also includes music lessons, personal practice, band practice and more professional Recorded lessons of the domain section.It is self-evident that an actor who has almost no knowledge of music can "at least superficially look like a professional singer" in just half a year.

Now these preconditions have basically been declared in vain: Jacques Phoenix has caused severe vocal cord polyps due to excessive use of his voice. The resection of vocal cord polyps and the postoperative repair period are also a big problem.

Filmmaking is a big investment, and even if you don't do anything for a day, you're burning money.When talking about benefits, no one will think about whether the entire film production team can be vacant for more than half a year for a leading actor, and wait for his condition to stabilize and his voice to recover before filming.

Even if they have spent so much effort on Jacques Phoenix in the early stage.

Jacques Phoenix was born in 1974. When he became famous, he was in a period of frequent child stars and prosperous development.He may not be the focus of the cast at the same time, but his brother River Phoenix is ​​a figure everyone is all too familiar with.

Because of River Phoenix's tragic death, Jacques Phoenix was once brought to the forefront of public opinion, and Jacques, who was young at the time, also wanted to retire from Hollywood.It was not until after 1995 that this young man with a surname of extraordinary significance returned to the circle.

The movie "Gladiator" released in 2000 let everyone see the extraordinary performance of a young man who has been baptized by the years.The next few films, such as "Frontline", "Quill" and "Village", although he temporarily maintained a relatively stable reputation, but they are always in a tepid state: the lack of a movie Impressively capable of turning his image into a work of iconic impression.

"Going Forward" is an excellent opportunity-an extremely excellent script, director, and production team; co-stars with both appearance, acting skills, and fame; and even an environment where the academy is more inclusive of young actors.

Joaquin Phoenix lost this opportunity, and amidst the sighs of regret from everyone, he had to immediately start preparing for his upcoming surgery.

And Vincent is also an excellent "firefighter" candidate in everyone's mind at this time - young, aggressive, online acting, word-of-mouth and popularity explosion.More importantly: this young man already has a professional foundation in music theory, and doesn't need to spend a lot of time on special training like Joaquin Phoenix.

But this is just the self-comforting idea of ​​the production team: classical music is completely different from rock music and country folk songs!

Just like you can’t enter a high-end restaurant in jeans, slippers and a hat, it’s also very illegal to sit on the open space at the subway entrance and play the guitar in a custom-made suit.

But no one would care so much anymore, and some people even thought that if Vincent was born a few years earlier, maybe this role would not be for Joaquin Phoenix.

But everything is meaningless. What the whole team has to do now is to get the filming work of the crew on the right track in the shortest possible time, and transform the leading actor into a qualified and most conforming Johnny Cash.

Director James Mangold nodded involuntarily when he saw Vincent for the first time: the reason was that the young man who came to the audition was wearing a black shirt, and his lower body was a pair of perfect long legs. straight-leg jeans.

A black shirt is not a good choice to control. When such a shirt appears on Vincent, this young man gives people a calm and slightly alienated feeling.But once he entered the role, the momentum around him suddenly changed-this has to remind people of Johnny Cash's other title: the man in black.

Black coats and trench coats were once Johnny Cash's standard outfits.Such a familiar configuration has to make people sigh Vincent's intentions—although he was pushed up temporarily as a substitute actor, Vincent's intentions were indeed clearly felt by everyone present.

On the afternoon of the audition, Vincent had his first run-in under the hands of veteran rock producers and musicians in the American music scene.The maestro was a little short-tempered, and during his extended period as Vincent auditioned for a Johnny Cash song in the studio, the maestro kept his brow furrowed, his brow and the frown between his brows At least three flies can be pinched to death.

After the singing, Vincent received a comment of "That's it" from the other party. Vincent shrugged towards the crowd outside the soundproof glass door, but director Mangold was very happy.