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"Is it necessary to be so focused?"

Seeing Ebert reading the lines seriously, as if he was trying to figure out the psychology of the character Colin, Leonardo couldn't help but asked curiously: "Did you always answer the lines like this before?"

Ebert nodded: "Reading lines in this way is equivalent to imitating the characters in my brain first, how to act, what demeanor, and what tone. When the actual shooting starts, it is equivalent to the second time of shooting. I can correct the mistakes of the first time." problem, and I can become more familiar with the lines.”

Leonardo smiled: "Well, no wonder you have more nominations than me."

When Ebert and Leonardo were speaking to each other, other actors also entered the crew on time.

"Hey, Ebert, Leonardo, good morning!" Mark Wahlberg put down his bag, took the coffee from the assistant, and passed a cup to Leonardo and Ebert.Ebert refused with a smile: "I have already drank a cup of milk tea in the morning. If I drink coffee again, I'm afraid I will keep running to the toilet."

Mark Wahlberg shrugged: "Okay, I'll buy you a drink tomorrow."

Leonardo took the coffee unceremoniously, and took a big sip in satisfaction: "Coffee still fits my stomach, that cup of milk tea tastes really bad, I swear I've never had it so bad drink."

Ebert retorted: "That's because you never drink, you only drink."

Mark Wahlberg spread his palms and made an "I surrender" gesture: "My fault, my fault, I shouldn't have brought coffee."

Leonardo stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "No, Mark, you are absolutely right, your taste is excellent, this cup of coffee tastes very good. It is Ebert who is wrong, his taste is really It’s too bad, oh, thinking about that cup of milk tea, I feel a little nauseous now, I decided to drink the coffee and blow some wind to wake up.”

Ebert's response to him was a big, impenetrable white eye.

Mark Wahlberg is 34 years old this year, 3 years older than Leonard. Before this "The Departed", he and Leonardo had a collaboration in "The Diary of the Edge", which was originally scheduled to be directed by Starring River Phoenix, after River Phoenix died of drug addiction, Leonardo succeeded him in this movie. Most impressive video.

"It told me to stay off drugs in my life if I wanted to be a great actor."

The death of River Phoenix shocked the whole of Hollywood, and also alerted those young actors who could not extricate themselves from the vortex of drugs. Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves, two of his good friends, vowed not to be contaminated with drugs in this life. Two more superstars, but one less true genius.

In fact, before the "Titanic" that made him famous, Leonardo has been living in the shadow of River Phoenix, or more properly, all the young people with outstanding looks and brilliant performances of that era Male actors are faced with comparisons with River Phoenix, such as Leonardo, Keanu Reeves, and Christian Bale. For them, River Phoenix is ​​a mountain that is difficult to climb.

But the mountain fell suddenly, and it was caught off guard.

Leonardo's pursuit of his career was actually influenced by this talented actor, so even though he became famous with "Titanic" and set a series of box office records, after that, he decisively abandoned all types of commercial blockbusters. Movies, I have always insisted on honing my acting skills.

Although his acting skills were criticized by many people, but with multiple Oscar nominations and even "The Revenant" finally won, Leonardo proved to the world that he chose the right path.

It's not terrible to be ridiculed and ridiculed all the time, what's terrible is that you don't even have the courage to stick to yourself.

Mark Wahlberg was still playing the role of the male third and the fourth male at that time, but after 2000, after his two films "The Perfect Storm" and "Planet of the Apes" each received more than 3 million US dollars at the box office, Wahlberg Ge successfully took the position of a first-line actor in Hollywood. In 03, he starred in the movie "Stealing the Sky" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". It also topped the box office charts.

In "The Departed", Mark Wahlberg plays the policeman Dignum, who also has a lot of scenes with Ebert.

After joining the group, although Mark Wahlberg was more familiar with Leonardo, he had a good relationship with Ebert. The two would often chat about the script and discuss the plot.

Similar to many previous shooting experiences, Ebert is still the youngest actor in the crew of "The Departed", and this situation may not improve until he turns 30 in five or six years, because Hollywood has always pursued a slightly older actor. There is a tradition of supporting male leads with young female leads, but because Ebert is so young, only Kirsten Dunst and Keira Knightley are younger than him among the actresses he has worked with.

Among the actors who have worked together, not to mention Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino and other actors who are several rounds older than Ebert, relatively young Leonardo, Cillian Murphy and others They are all born in the 70s, and there is only one Elijah Wood who is one year younger than him.

Youngness is an obstacle to Ebert's favored awards, but from the perspective of career development, if he can always maintain a good state and insist on making movies, his career should still have more than 30 years.

"Guys, are you ready?" When 63-year-old Martin Scorsese said this to 68-year-old Jack Nicholson, the audience erupted in laughter until the 65-year-old Martin Sheen jokingly responded, "Yes, ready." After that, the laughter gradually died down.

The real "boys" kept silent at this time.

After a while, Leonardo pushed Ebert: "If I say now that I'm not ready, will Martin kill me?"

"I never thought you were like this when you were filming. But it doesn't matter if you are not ready, because the first scene has nothing to do with you." Ebert took off his coat, adjusted his police uniform, and strode away on the front.

"Hello!" Leonardo wanted to stop Ebert, but Ebert waved his hand to signal him not to harass him anymore.

Mark Wahlberg looked at them with a smile: "Leo, you and Ebert have a really good relationship."

After all, the homosexual incident that was raging a while ago has not subsided so far. Media reports have made this incident the most concerned news event this month. Some people even presented it as an important issue to Parliament, calling for an early break of the law against homosexual groups. Imprisonment, give them the right to enjoy equal marriage and love.

It stands to reason that Ebert and Leonardo should at least keep a little distance, but in the eyes of Mark Wahlberg, not only are they not far away, but the relationship seems to be much closer than before.

The first act was between Ebert and Jack Nicholson.

Colin, played by Ebert, graduated from the police academy and became a policeman in Massachusetts. When everyone else was congratulating each other on graduation, the car of the gangster Frank Castro stopped at the door. He gave Colin a present and congratulated him on his graduation.

For Ebert, who already has rich acting experience, this is really a scene without any challenges, but perhaps because the opponent actor is Jack Nicholson, since the moment the filming started, Ebert has maintained With full enthusiasm.

"Thank you, Frank." Ebert, who was wearing a police uniform, had a slight smile on his lips, and it was this smile that immediately changed his demeanor.If he looked like a policeman with a sense of justice just now, even though his expression has not changed at all from before, if you observe carefully, you can see that there is a trace of evil lingering around him.

This feeling is fleeting, and if it is not perfectly captured by the camera, no one will notice at all.

But for Martin Scorsese, this sense of Colin is exactly what his film needs.

"You deserve it, you don't need to study anymore." Jack Nicholson's smile was full of greed and treachery, looking at Ebert's expression was like seeing a perfect work that satisfied him.

Although Ebert was also smiling, his heart jumped slightly.

Jack Nicholson is worthy of being one of the greatest actors in film history. Just a simple dialogue, he brought a strong sense of oppression to Ebert, which Al Pacino did not have Let Ebert feel it.

Of course, this has something to do with Jack Nicholson always playing devils, psychos and murderers in movies. Although Al has a fierce face, he is more inclined to play autistic, eccentric old people For this type of role, when playing against each other, Al's style is a little softer.

The perception of an actor is closely related to the role he plays a lot of times, such as Anthony Hopkins, although he is very good at playing the image of a polite and elegant gentleman, people, even co-actors, respect him. The image has always stayed on the role of Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs" who only played for 21 minutes.

Of course, the freeze-frame of this image does not mean that the actors' acting skills are not good enough, but it proves that their performances are so outstanding that they make the audience feel intimidated.They are different from those actors whose long-term roles in "Batman", "007" and so on have made audiences unable to accept them in other roles. If it weren't for Anthony Hopkins, people would never know that Hannibal could be so terrible .But for roles like "Batman" and "007", whether it is played by Michael Keaton, Ebert or someone else, the charm of the role of "Batman" itself will not be discounted, and Hanni The successor of Baba always faces the tragic ending of being severely compared by Anthony Hopkins. This is the difference between an actor and an actor.