[US Entertainment] Actor

"wait me back."

Ebert, who was so sweet by these words, slept comfortably all night. When he contacted Leonardo again the next day, he found that no one answered the phone, and there was only a busy tone.At first, Ebert guessed that the crew was filming a night scene, or that Leonardo had no time to answer in the shower, but when he made a few calls after half an hour and no one answered, Ebert felt faintly. Something is wrong.

He eventually gave up calling Leonardo and contacted Leonardo's assistant instead.

"Leonardo was injured during filming this afternoon, and he is currently being treated in a local hospital in South Africa..." Ebert didn't pay attention to what the assistant said below, and the phone hung up automatically when he touched his hand lightly up.

He could only call his assistant again.

But for some reason, the surface of the mobile phone, which can be easily held at ordinary times, seems to be coated with oil. Ebert squeezed it several times before he could hold it in the palm of his hand. When the call was actually dialed, it was already It's 10 minutes later.

Ebert noticed that his hands were shaking.

It was as if all his strength was drained suddenly, his heart was pounding, his hands were soft, his legs were soft, he was still standing, but after a few seconds, he sat on the bed, patiently Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone and my own heartbeat that was countless times faster.

Ebert always knew that the filming process of "Blood Diamond" must be very hard, because compared with the prosperity and stability of North America and Europe, the background of the story of "Blood Diamond" is Sierra Leone in West Africa in the 90s, which is one of the poorest countries in the world. , although it has rich blood diamond output, it has been plagued by civil war for a long time, with backward infrastructure, low education level, and extremely low life expectancy.

The filming location of the film is naturally not in Sierra Leone, but in South Africa, the most prosperous economy in Africa, and the hometown of Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron. However, in order to truly reflect the bloody diamond trading process in that era, the scenes set by the crew must be very real Yes, the fighting scenes, car chase scenes and explosion scenes all require the actors to do it themselves.When filming "The Departed", Leonardo was slightly injured. According to his assistant, he was immediately sent to the helicopter for treatment after being injured. It should not be as simple as a minor injury.

The situation may be worse than Ebert imagined.

After sitting on the bed for a while, on the phone, Leonardo's assistant told Ebert the specific circumstances of Leonardo's injury in detail: "The fall was relatively serious. During a chase scene, he jumped directly from a high place. come down..."

"I see."

Throwing the phone aside and sitting quietly for a few minutes, Ebert's heartbeat finally calmed down a little, and the trembling frequency of his fingers was not as fast as before.He called Lynn, without stating a reason, but asked his agent to help him buy a plane ticket to Johannesburg tomorrow morning.

"Ebert, don't you know what time it is at night?" Mr. Manager's roar was especially clear in the silent night, "Although I am your manager, can't I have a little night life?"

"As long as you're not lying on a woman's bed, buy me a plane ticket immediately, the sooner the better, I want it now!"

"Shouldn't this kind of thing come to Bruce?"

"I know that you have a good relationship with the high-level executives of several airlines. You should be able to help me get the earliest ticket. I can't wait."

"Okay, okay." Mr. Agent muttered softly, and Ebert soon heard the slight sound of dressing on the other end of the phone, and the panting of another person. Well, it seems that Mr. Agent is indeed doing something. Important thing, "But if I help you this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to turn down those airline invitations and endorsement requests for you."

"Whatever you want." Ebert whispered, "I'll buy a private jet after a while."

No sleep for one night.

In fact, as an actor, as an actor who has ambitions for his career, Ebert has always believed in the principle that giving is proportional to reward.When he was filming "The Pentium Age", he was also admitted to the hospital because of falling from a horse. When filming "Batman Begins", he had bruises all over his body. At that time, he didn't care about the wounds on his body at all, because he Wanting better movie screens and more realistic shots, he wants to win awards, and he wants to work hard in exchange for glory for himself.

Many people think that the high salaries of Hollywood actors are a sick market product. A high-paid actor can earn more than 2000 million US dollars just for a movie, and the shooting cycle of a movie is as short as two or three months. No matter how long it takes, it will only last six or seven months. It sounds easy. It doesn't take much effort to have wealth that many people can't enjoy in their lifetime.

But in fact, high returns are often accompanied by high risks. The salary of 2000 million yuan is indeed high, but it means that the actor must have the box office pull power to match the salary. Once two or three movies in a row fail at the box office, the actor’s salary will automatically drop under the influence of market regulation, or be rejected. A professional statistical agency rated it as the worst "big parallel importer" of the year.

Injuries are also an issue.In fact, among Hollywood's first-line actors, there are few who have not been injured.Pure comedians like Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler are even better. Other actors, as long as they have played leading roles in commercial blockbusters, will always end up in the hospital for various reasons.

Especially action actors, when they were young, they were full of energy and seemed to have endless energy, but after the age of three or 40, most of them have to consider the issue of transformation.

But as long as the Hollywood film industry continues, the injuries of actors will never stop. After all, audiences still love dazzling special effects, wonderful fighting and explosion scenes, and heroic protagonists.

Ebert doesn't think this is an unreasonable thing, at least when his face is swollen for "Batman Begins" but he still insists on fighting in real life, this is the only thing he thinks about The final effect of the film.

But when the injured person became Leonardo, he found that it was really difficult for him to treat this matter with a normal heart.

After tossing and turning in bed all night, after setting the alarm clock, Ebert arrived at the airport before the plane took off. After several hours of turbulence, he finally arrived at the Johannesburg airport.

The incoming light made Ebert's eyes a little stinging. He squinted and saw himself in the mirror through the reflected light from the glass door.

Gaunt, red-eyed, unshaven.

Fortunately, he took a nap on the plane, otherwise, if his even worse face was seen by the manager, he might have the urge to stuff him back into the furnace and rebuild.

It's actually not bad.At least in Johannesburg, there are almost no reporters who have penetrated the North American continent, and almost no one knows Ebert. He can show his face and run around the airport without wearing a hat and mask, and without guarding against the sudden flashing lights behind him.

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Leonardo was lying on the bed bored. He fell and injured. When he was injured just now, he felt that his waist was as uncomfortable as being run over by ten thousand cars. Sand and mud, mixed with blood, looked especially scary when black.

There is nothing wrong with his hands and legs, but it is difficult for his waist to lie flat on the bed like a normal person. Instead, he has to bow up. If we use a more vivid way of speaking, he looks like a shell on his back. turtle.

I can't do anything, I can't eat or drink anything, I'm bored in bed, I'm so bored that I'm almost hairy.

He had to ask the assistant again and again: "Ebert really called to ask about my situation, and you also told him?"

The assistant's answer was naturally "yes" repeated [-] times, but Leonardo still couldn't believe it.He threw away the phone sullenly, and then reluctantly touched it back after a while, checking the caller information over and over again, but except for the few calls that Ebert called him the night before, there were no calls on his phone. Nothing.

He even wondered if there was no charge on the phone.

Ever since he woke up until now, Ebert hadn't called him a single call, even after the assistant had told him about his injury.

Leonardo felt a little bit wronged. He lightly stroked the shell of the phone, touched the familiar numbers a few times with his fingers, but put them back unwillingly.

The corners of his mouth were pursed slightly, and his brows were slightly frowned. Even the director Edward Zwick and the producer came to the hospital to visit him, but they couldn't save his depressed mood.

He didn't want to ask the assistant the same question anymore, it would make him feel a little humiliated.

The sky in Johannesburg is much bluer than the sky in Los Angeles. Looking at the bright scenery outside the window, Leonardo silently said a few words of encouragement to himself, and tried his best to pull out a smile—but in the end, he found that this Smiling is uglier than crying.

That's when the door was opened.

Leonardo frowned, and said in a bad tone: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me during this time?"

But the expected sound of the door being closed and people slowly exiting did not appear. Leonardo turned his head and saw Ebert standing at the door with a tall figure and a haggard face.

"puff--"

Leonardo's first expression was by no means holding his hands and looking tearfully, nor was he expressing his grievances to Ebert, but he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Ebert, you look like a man for several days. Refugees who haven’t eaten, where is my mobile phone, you stand still, yes, just stand there, I want to take the most classic photo, if I don’t act in the future, I can donate this photo to the newspaper office in exchange for money.”

Ebert gave him a blank look: "The premise of laughing at me is to take a look at your current appearance. It's really embarrassing."

The muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, Ebert took a few steps forward slowly, and soon reached Leonardo's bedside.