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After the greetings, the filming officially began.Ebert didn't have any scenes to shoot this morning. Instead, it was Leonard and Jonah Hill, who had several scenes against each other.Martin Scorsese is not a director known for his severity, but like most well-known directors, he has always pursued truth.

Authenticity means that actors have to be in person, and it means suffering.

The style of "The Wolf of Wall Street" is a bit exaggerated. The modeling, setting and lighting of the film are very eye-catching, and the speech and action rhythm of the characters are very fast. An attempt at a comedic style.

"I wish you a smooth shooting." Ebert reached out and hugged Leonardo, "Come on, come on!"

"No problem." Leonardo clenched his fists. He and Ebert had studied the script together several times. It is an exaggeration to say that he knew almost everything in the script by heart.Not only that, Ebert and Leonardo will rehearse in private any content that is slightly difficult, and it is because of these preparations that Leonardo performed exceptionally well during the filming period, and hardly encountered any difficulty.

"Are you worried about Leo?" The director watched them interact with a smile, and after Leonardo left, the director shook his head, "Don't worry, he played this role very well, you know, Belfort himself is a very special person."

Ebert nodded: "Because he is a non-positive person? If he is a righteous person, the role may be more suitable for Tom Hanks or Colin Firth."

Mr. Director agreed with him: "If the role were less verbose, it would suit Daniel Day-Lewis very well."

Ebert also thinks the role of Jordan Belfort is different for Leonardo.

This is an impassioned, verbal and demagogic character, Leonardo had to memorize countless dialogues during the filming process, he had to be infectious, he had to be capricious, he had to be cunning-this is what he used to Factors not included in the role of .

The character in "Gangs of New York", "The Departed" or "Blood Diamond" is dull and gray, he stays in the dark, frowning, although his performance has also been affirmed by many film critics , but the cookie-cutter image lacks a breakthrough after all.

The next scene was done by Leonardo and Jonah Hill.

Jonah Hill's character Doni Azoff, Belfort's assistant, is also a greedy guy in the movie, and this scene tells the story of Doni and Jordan's encounter.

Martin Scorsese stared at the monitor, and his smiling expression disappeared. At this moment, Mr. Director looked very serious, and his hand always maintained a fixed posture, without moving for a moment.

Belfort sat in the dining room with a neat suit, tie, and oiled head, holding a newspaper.At this time, Doni Azoff appeared in a powder-blue shirt. He was attracted by the yellow sports car parked outside the restaurant.

"Is this your car, buddy?"

After Belfort admitted, Doni's eyes lit up, and he was even more eager to talk.

"What do you do?"

Belfort glanced at him: "Stockbroker."

"I sell children's furniture."

Doni's oily face and the golden ring on his hand are good decorative props. They can reflect a person's desire for money, especially when he heard that Belfort made $7 a month, his The laughter was loud: "7, seriously, are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding."

Doni changed his serious face: "How much do you earn a month?"

"$7, or $7 to be exact, that's about it for last month."

Doni's expression suddenly changed. He licked his lips with astonishment on his face. He asked stupidly, "Do you really earn 7 a month?"

Belfort nodded.

Doni then twisted his fingers: "You show me the salary slip with 7 yuan written on it, and I will resign immediately to hang out with you."

The two looked at each other quietly, and Belfort took out his pay slip.

Doni immediately resigned to hang out with him.

At the end of this scene, the director raised his eyebrows: "Ebert, how do you feel? If you want to be an excellent director, good eyesight is a compulsory course."

Ebert also smiled, and then held out his thumb.

"But I admire the screenwriter's creativity even more. I didn't count how many 7 or 7 there are, but I know very well that with these numbers, Jonah Hill's performance is divided into layers, and the span There you are. Martin, your eye is still as good."

To be honest, Ebert felt that Jonah Hill's performance in this scene was slightly better than Leonardo's.First of all, in terms of image, he really looks like an ambitious children's furniture salesman, eloquent and eager for money, and he doesn't look like a young actor under 30 should be.

In Hollywood, actors like Jonah Hill have very little chance of being promoted to the top line. Their looks are very limited, and the probability of playing a major role in a blockbuster movie is also very low. Therefore, there are often only two roads in front of them. , one is to take the comedy route, and the other is the acting route.

Jonah Shire has developed well on both paths.He himself is also famous for Judd Apatow's vulgar comedies. On the other hand, after being nominated for the Oscar supporting actor in "Moneyball", his acting skills have also left an impression on film critics and directors. .

After all, the limitations of comedians are something no one can ignore.

Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller... At their peak, their salaries and box office appeal were among the top in Hollywood. They were thriving, and invitations flew in like pieces of paper. The subject matter is no longer popular, and the market's reaction is definitely faster than the audience's.

Judd Apatow's comedy has been very popular in recent years, and it has spawned such masterpieces as "Grown Belly", and Jonah Hill became famous because of it. In the past two years, the film that has been more favored by the market is the "Food, Pee and Ast Flying" "The Hangover," featuring Bradley Cooper and other actors.

Yes, that's Bradley Cooper, the guy who has been in touch with Ebert and has a good relationship. He finally achieved overnight fame with the "Hangover" series. Too much help, but it is undoubtedly a happy thing to watch him go down the original track.

It took Bradley many years to finally become famous, and he also maintained full sanity. After "The Hangover", he took over the filming of "Lines of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds", trying to make a breakthrough in acting.

This is also the practice of most actors who have a clear plan for their careers.Only acting is eternal, although it may not bring that much benefit.

After a while, Leonardo ran up to him: "Ebert, how was my performance just now?"

Ebert nodded and gave him a thumbs up: "It's good enough."

Leonardo sighed: "Then I'm relieved."

"Am I still frowning like before? If not, it would be better. I always worry that when the movie is finally finished, the critics' evaluation will still be exactly the same as before."

"No, you should have confidence in Martin, and you should also have confidence in me."

In a hurry, he and Jonah Hill changed clothes, the crew switched scenes again, and shooting continued for the next scene.

The difference between this movie and the previous ones is that there are countless narrations in the movie.Most of them are Belfort's psychological feelings. In the later stage, Leonardo needs to complete these contents himself.

"Ebert, it's rare for Leo to be dressed all the time in the movie!" Mr. Director smiled and waved to him, "I think this script is very interesting, Belfort himself is also a very interesting person, That's why I decided to make this movie. He needs to play a character with a little confidence and optimism on the outside, only in this way, he can try new breakthroughs himself."

This scene is in a bar.

Belfort and Dhoney were talking about Dhoney himself.

It turned out that Doni married his cousin: "I approach her as a cousin, and I will not allow other people to fuck my cousin at will, unless it is out of respect for me."

Ebert silently approached the director: "...Is this the line that Terence came up with?"

Martin Scorsese nodded silently.

Ebert fell down.He knew very well that although these lines may have been written by the screenwriter Terrence Winter, they would never appear on the big screen without the approval of Mr. Director.He seems to have forgotten one thing. Although the director has always been wearing black-rimmed glasses and looks kindly, he actually became famous through violent movies. Most of his movies are full of violence and dirty words. The style is similar to that of the director himself. The images are in stark contrast.

This "Wolf of Wall Street" focuses on a protagonist who commits crimes with his mind, which is very inconsistent with the image of the protagonist in Mr. Director's previous works, but one thing has survived completely, that is, countless swear words .

In the script, the word fuck appears 5 times.

It may be that Leonardo memorized his lines too diligently, or he was too devoted to his performance. In short, when chatting, he occasionally used a few words of "fuck". Ebert remembered that one day he and Leon Leonardo quarreled for some unknown reason, Leonardo spit out five or six "fuck" in a row, the frequency was so high that Ebert was also angry, he was very upset, and immediately grabbed this guy and gnawed, Stripped off his clothes, and personally told him what is the real "dry".

Since then, Ebert has rarely heard the word "fuck" out of his mouth.But to be honest, words like "fuck" and "asshole" in "The Wolf of Wall Street" appear too frequently, and I'm afraid it will be insulated from the youth group after it is released.

The Leonardo-Jonah Hill rivalry continues.

"Aren't you afraid of having an accident with her?"

Duny was smoking a cigarette: "What? Have a baby with her?"

"Yes."

"We've already had two children."

"You know, it's not a personal attack, but are they okay?"

"No, they're not mentally handicapped or something."

"But it's very possible..."

"Yeah, about a 60% chance, a 60% to 65% chance of being mentally handicapped."

"I'm scared to death, man."

"Whether it's a cousin or not, having a baby is risky." Duni spread his hands and said nonchalantly.

"What if your child is really retarded?"

"Basically, if it's really retarded, I'll just drive into the middle of nowhere, open the door and say 'you're free', 'run free' or whatever..."

But in the end, Duny still said that if the child was really mentally retarded, he would send the child to a place like a special institution.

In this scene of dialogue, Belfort behaved very sincerely, as if he was really worried about Doni, but in this way, he quickly understood what kind of person Doni was.

Doni invited Belfort to take drugs together. Belfort disagreed at first, and later agreed to take a sip under Doni's strong invitation, but soon, he felt an extraordinary excitement. He screamed and ran desperately , The drugs aroused the mania in Belfort.

"How was my performance?" After the filming, Leonardo smiled and gave Ebert a high-five.

Ebert smiled at him: "Looks like a real junkie."

"But it's still difficult to fantasize about drug use with vitamin B alone."

"In Hollywood, there are not many actors who dare to touch drug movies nowadays. Everyone remembers the ending of River Phoenix." Leonardo sighed. Things. At that time, I hated others to think of me as the successor of Phoenix. I always believed that I was the unique DiCaprio, and I thought my acting skills were not inferior to him. But I found out that at that time Of course, my current state is similar to that at that time, Ebert, I have a hunch that I am not far from success."

"Do I need to congratulate you in advance?"

Leonardo raised his eyebrows: "I won't take it seriously if I don't congratulate you sincerely."

After filming, the two didn't go anywhere, staying in a hotel conference room to work on the script, sometimes joined by Jonah Hill.

In addition to studying the script of "The Wolf of Wall Street", Ebert will also take a look at the script sent to him by the agent.He rested for too long. According to the manager's words: "Except for infants, no one is more relaxed than you. Even elementary school students are busier than you with their homework."

Amidst the chattering condemnation of Mr. Broker, Ebert finally succumbed.

"Wow, these are some excellent scripts, damn it, Ebert, you are almost leaving me with no way out!"

"Huh?" Albert turned his head and looked at him suspiciously.

"Well, the whole world knows that you and I are together. Now half of the people on the Internet think that I and you are a couple. Last year, the proportion was only 20%." Leonardo sighed and buried his head. He got under the table, but he didn't think about it. If he didn't pay attention, his head almost got stuck in the belly of the table, and it took a lot of effort to get out.

Albert laughed.

Brushing the ashes off his head, Leonardo glared at Ebert angrily: "Then everyone knows that you didn't accept the script because you were with me. In the eyes of your stupid agent, I have already become The sinner who hinders your career development, God knows, if I don't win the Oscar again this time, I will not forgive myself."

"Count it, Nolan's "Inception" was originally planning to invite you, and David Fincher's "Social Network", I also saw Spielberg's invitation in your mailbox, and Brother Weinstein..." Leonardo scratched his hair, "I don't even know what you're thinking, if you weren't with me, your third Oscar is almost here!"

Albert stood up at this moment.

When Leonardo was wondering what Ebert was going to do, he saw this guy walking straight ahead, walked to the door, and locked the meeting room with a "click".

Leonardo found himself in a hot embrace.

"What are you thinking? Do you think the statuettes can be wholesaled? There are many excellent scripts every year. I have to accept every one. I can only choose one of them. It is impossible for every script. Everything will follow." Ebert gently rubbed Leonardo's hair, "I'm not wasting time. I want to try to work as a director in the future. Learning from an excellent director like Martin is far better than acting in a complete movie. The movie is more interesting... Leo, you seem to have completely forgotten that we are lovers, don't care about the so-called responsibilities and work when you are in love, they can't be measured at all."

"Although you say that, I'm still under a lot of pressure." Leonardo tried to break free from Ebert's arms, but he hugged him even harder.Gently kissing his lover on the cheek, Ebert was satisfied, "It's actually very simple to win an award, you just have to trust me and Martin."

"Let go of me, Ebert." Leonardo rolled his eyes at him with aggrieved eyes, "Are you teaching the secret of your success?"

"It can be said that." Ebert put his arms around his shoulders and breathed in his ear, "Think about it, you have studied the script thoroughly, you have done well enough and reached the limit, then the next step What more can you ask for?"

Just do your best to obey the destiny.

Ebert pondered for a moment: "Thinking about things at night is not good for brain development, how about... sleep together?"

"Get lost! Ebert, you pervert!"