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The confrontation between Colin and Billy was quickly discovered by the police officers. Billy insisted that he had evidence that Colin was an undercover agent for Castro, but Colin's usual disguise was too outstanding. On the side of control, the policeman didn't dare to shoot, but he kept forcing Billy to let Colin go.

Billy bound Colin into the elevator.

Once in the elevator, despite the blood gushing from his nose, Colin immediately put on a fake face: "I can't wait to see how you explain it to the jury, you idiot! This must be fucking fun!"

In the narrow space of the elevator, the breath of the two people became very clear. At this moment, the tense atmosphere between the two people suddenly stagnated - the life of an undercover agent seems thrilling, but people who have never experienced it It is completely impossible to understand how much cruelty they have experienced in the process of chasing and fleeing.

When Ebert read this scene of the script, he had carefully figured out Colin's psychology. After discussing it with Leonardo, the two decided that the last scene should be performed like this.

Colin said, "You kill me, you kill me."

He knew that even if Billy was indicted by the jury after he got out, as Castro's undercover agent, he himself would not have a chance of survival, and the aboveboard identity and the glory of the police he longed for would be far away from him.

So at this time, Colin rarely showed a kind of weakness.

Ebert in front of the camera showed a relaxed and relieved smile. He and Leonardo looked at each other and emphasized again: "You kill me."

However, the situation suddenly reversed the moment the elevator door opened.

Billy was shot in the head.

The man who killed Billy went to help Colin uncuff, and then the policeman with the gun ran out of the elevator and was also shot in the head.

"You don't think you're the only one, do you? Castro is going to sell us to the FBI. We're in the same boat now, you understand?"

Colin pretended to be terrified by the sudden two murders, and innocently asked his real colleague to hand him the gun. gun.

Among the four people present, only Colin was alive.

After killing someone, he didn't forget to wipe off the fingerprints on the handle of the gun with a tissue. After staring silently for a while, he sighed slightly, with a smile hard to see with the naked eye.

"Martin, Ebert's performance...doesn't seem to follow the requirements of the script?"

Martin Scorsese froze for a moment, and it took a while for him to react: "Wait for him to finish."

When the scene was officially over, Ebert briskly returned to his seat

, took the water glass handed by Leonardo, and took a big sip of water: "I'm so tired, it's finally over."

Both of them tried their best in the scene just now, especially Leonardo, who needed a lot of strength to roar and subdue Ebert. Hearing this, he also showed a relaxed smile: "Yes Ah, it's over."

After this scene, Billy's hero status was recognized, and Colin did not expose his undercover identity in the end, but in the end, when he returned to the room and opened the door, he was shot and killed by Dignum who was waiting inside the door .

"Two pathetic fellows."

"It's really sad." Snatching the cup from Ebert's hand, Leonardo took a sip of water, "It's the first time playing a despicable guy, how do you feel?"

"It's not bad, I think it's worth trying." Ebert smiled, "Although Colin's role is very small, I think this role is very interesting. Are you satisfied with the scene just now?"

"I'm very satisfied." Leonardo smiled, showing his brilliant white teeth.

In fact, the feeling of being a lover with Ebert and acting as a rival are two completely different concepts.

When they were lovers, their lips and teeth were close, and some exciting things happened when they hugged each other. The most important thing is that Ebert is very strong, he always hugs Leonardo tightly to express himself The strong emotions made Leonardo trapped in it, and the scene where Billy controlled Colin in the scene just now was unique. Even if there was, the initial control would gradually turn into fantasy, but in the filming During the process, Ebert seemed to have changed suddenly. Although Leonardo knew deep down that they were acting, as long as he acted according to Billy's ideas, he would feel an unstoppable tension in his heart.

As an actor with exceptionally rich acting experience, Leonardo understands that this feeling actually comes from Ebert's superb acting skills. He easily creates a sense of oppression for his opponent, just like Daniel Like Day Lewis and Tom Hanks.

At that moment just now, Leonardo's performance was actually influenced by Ebert, but in the setting of the script, Billy was in the position of the controller, and the confrontation between the two was unequal, and Ebert's powerful The momentum and control cannot be perfectly displayed.

But I have to say, this experience is very fresh.Leonardo has seen all the movies Ebert starred in, and he always thought he knew Ebert's way of acting well. After all, as a senior actor with ambitions for awards, Leonardo's ability to judge a movie is not Not inferior to some good film critics.

But I have to say that there is a difference between experiencing an actor's performance as an audience and actually working with Ebert.

Although there are not many scenes with Ebert in this movie, when Ebert performs, Leonardo's eyes can't help but pay attention to him-this feeling is really subtle and makes Leo Leonardo unconsciously had the idea of ​​competition, which would make him spend more time studying his acting skills, which is an effect that he and ten Daniel Day-Lewis could not bring about.

After this confrontation scene is over, the filming of the entire movie "The Departed" is considered to be over.After Mark Wahlberg and Jack Nicholson returned to their respective homes after all their roles, Ebert and Leonardo stayed behind to shoot some reshoots, correcting some previous flawed shots.

During this period, Ebert had more contact with Jennifer Aniston, and Aniston also appeared on the set as a producer of the film, but the time of appearance with Brad Pitt was always staggered.She had just publicly ended her marriage with Pitt some time ago, and her face looked a little haggard, but she always maintained a serious and responsible attitude when working as a producer, which made Ebert admire her a little more.

Because even Ebert himself can't guarantee that he can still work under such circumstances.

But generally speaking, stars who can achieve something in Hollywood often have a strong heart. They are not as fragile as ordinary people imagine. Even if they are hurt by feelings, their resilience is always amazing-of course, this It is also related to the incorrect view of relationships in Hollywood. They always end a relationship easily, and there are many playboys in the game world. For them, feelings are like dollars that can be carefully counted on the table. Not worth it either.

In such an environment, personal feelings and values ​​are easily affected.

Among the two star producers of the crew, the relationship between Leonardo and Aniston is more familiar.Although he is much younger than Brad Pitt, as a representative of handsome male stars in Hollywood, Leonardo was often compared with Pitt when he was young, although the comparison results will not cause him substantial harm. But the comparison itself was enough to make him sick.

Because they stayed late, Ebert and Leonardo simply stayed in the crew to study for a short period of time. Here, they saw most of their performances and met Howard Shaw, the film's soundtrack composer.

Howard Shaw is a true soundtrack master, but he became famous late. It was not until the great success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that his ability in soundtracks was truly recognized by the academy. This time, "The Departed" invited He also served as the soundtrack composer to bring out the exciting and tense atmosphere of the movie and better match the performance of the actors.

I exchanged with Howard Shaw about the insights in the performance, and witnessed Martin Scorsese's ability in post-editing and scene arrangement of this film. Both of them felt that they had gained a lot.

Although Leonardo was the producer of "The Aviator" before, it was the first film his production company participated in the production of. The film's box office expectations were insufficient, and it was hoped that Leonardo could make some concessions in terms of salary before making the decision to let Leonardo participate in the film production.His production company is not as experienced as the Pitts' Plan B Films, and it is more of a simple experiment.

However, after experiencing these short days, Leonardo has strengthened his confidence in making his production company scale.

When he discussed this idea with Ebert, Ebert gave him firm support.

Although Brad Pitt's reputation has been affected to a certain extent after his divorce from Jennifer Aniston, and his flower heart has been tightly controlled by Angelina Jolie, he has achieved quite good results in his career as a producer. grades.

"12 Years a Slave" he was the producer of even won the Oscar for Best Picture, which is completely different from the nature of "The Departed", because at this time Pitt was not the main producer and was not eligible to hold the trophy .

But Ebert has always believed that during the period when Pitt and Jolie were in love until their marriage, Pitt's career as an actor did not improve much. Although "Rejuvenation" is a good work, compared with his previous "Twelve Movies such as Monkey, The Seven Deadly Sins, and Fight Club lack the potential to become classics.On the contrary, Jolie's ability in acting and box office driving force has been affirmed, and she has been awarded the top of the list of Hollywood actresses for many times.

"And you, don't you want to be a producer?"

Ebert thought about it deeply, then shook his head: "Compared with being a producer, I want to try the job of a director."