[US Entertainment] Actor

Lynn has always been an optimist who is unwilling to admit defeat. In order to operate the leading male role in "The Pentium Era", he has privately negotiated with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks for a long time—not because he is so attached to the role itself , but he believes that based on the current development of Ebert, "The Pentium Era", which has an excellent plot and production, will send Ebert's career to another peak.

Even though the box office hit of "Spider-Man" released yesterday put Tobey Maguire directly into the ranks of first-line male stars, Lynn doesn't think Ebert is inferior to him in any way, at most he just started a little later. .

"It's not easy to be a superhero. After Spider-Man becomes popular, other film companies will definitely consider shooting Batman, Iron Man, and Superman... A swarm of investment rushes in, and the meaning of the character itself will be ignored instead." Toby · Once Maguire’s net worth soars and becomes a new generation of red stars, will he still be the original Tobey Maguire? Leonardo’s acting skills before "Titanic" were also praised by countless film critics. This kind of super The role of a hero can easily solidify an actor's style, who dares to let Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey play tragic and profound roles? The actors themselves don't have the courage."

"In addition, Maguire's net worth will inevitably increase significantly after "Spider-Man" goes offline. Is "The Pentium Age", a film that leads the way to Oscars, really willing to pay him tens of millions of dollars more? Maybe I'm exaggerating, but Eber, you are very popular, as long as your acting skills can keep up, you may not lose to Tobey Maguire."

Ebert was never afraid of competition, and Lynn's words gave him more courage.

At the drama film exhibition the next day, Ebert finally saw the finished film of "White Night Chase" for the first time. He wore a black peaked cap and walked into the theater with the crowd of moviegoers. It was pitch black, except for a faint light flickering on the screen.

Soon, the classic WB logo of Warner Bros. Pictures appeared on the dark screen. The curtain opened, and the white clouds rolled in the sky. A plane departed from Los Angeles to Alaska in the northwest of the United States.

The beginning of the movie was uneventful, until the dinner scene where there was a little twist. Seeing that scene, Ebert couldn't help thinking of the day when he NGed four times. At the beginning, he didn't know his original performance. What is the problem, but seeing the film at this moment, everything seems to be solved.

In the first four times, his emotions were not in place. He was interpreting Harp with his own understanding, but he forgot to consider the cohesion of the content of the script.Also, he didn't really understand why Harp was important.

Although the role of Harp only appeared in the movie for half an hour, it seems that there is not much playing time in the nearly 2-hour finished film.But if you count carefully, the number of appearances of Harp in the first half hour is actually not too small, even compared to the murderer Robin Williams who has been hiding his true face.

"Do you want to kill me? Go away, go away!" In the thick fog, Ebert watched the scene of Harp's painful struggle before his death, and a thoughtful expression slowly appeared in his eyes.This is his most striking scene in the entire movie, and one of his best, as Harp realizes he's been hit by Domo and still expects him, but the next For a moment, he realized that Domo wanted to kill him, and the fear of death and the struggle of being betrayed made him both confused and painful.

This scene has a strong ironic flavor.

In Harp's eyes, Domo is a pure white, upright policeman and a trustworthy comrade-in-arms, but it is Domo who personally sent him to Death for his own glory. The evil consequences of "insomnia" are brought into full play here, but what is even more ironic is the conflict between justice and power in the American police system.

The police are responsible for adjudicating cases and providing the truth, but the police have no power in their hands, and those in high positions are accustomed to using conspiracies and tricks. They lack justice.

Ebert watched the entire movie in the audience.Domo was discovered by the murderer Finch that he had killed Hap. He was threatened by Finch to give false testimony in the police station. She is willing to let Finch go unpunished, but at the same time, Ellie has also discovered the mistakes he made before and the truth about his killing Harp.

At the end of the movie, Domo fell to the ground and advised Ellie "don't make mistakes". He once dyed himself black, but in the end, he still interpreted the value of the police.

Ebert quietly watched the movie screen turn black, the lights in the exhibition hall came on, and the audience had already left, but he was still sitting there recalling the first movie in his life.Thinking about the finished film is completely different from filming in a studio. He feels the performance from the perspective of a bystander at the moment. Compared with the real performance, this process is very floating, but it also allows him to gain more understanding.

When he finally stood up and wanted to leave, he found that a man wearing a hat and slightly taller than him was slowly walking from the audience.

While he was looking at that person, that person was also looking at him.

Ebert greeted him subconsciously: "Hello, Mr. DiCaprio."

Leonardo adjusted his hat, which was similar in shape to Ebert's: "You can call me Leo, my friends call me that. The movie is very good, and your performance is very good."

It can even be said that it was excellent beyond his expectations.Leonardo DiCaprio thought that he could not perform such acting skills at the age of 21. In that year, he acted in "Total Eclipse of Love" and "Marvin's Room", and countless people praised him as a Hollywood actor. The acting representative of the new generation of male stars, he was even called "River Phoenix's successor", which was definitely a great title for young male actors at that time.

But now... Leonardo DiCaprio clenched his fingers. Four years have passed since "Titanic". The adjective I like to use for him is "excessive force".

For him who was nominated for an Oscar in 94, this is really a huge irony.

His first film since Titanic, The Beach, even earned him a Golden Raspberry nomination.Leonardo sighed silently, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at Ebert, thinking that the guy in front of him seems to have won a Golden Raspberry Award, it's really... miraculous.

In this "White Night Chasing Murder", although Ebert's appearance time is not long, the role of Harp is portrayed by him with flesh and blood, which is very eye-catching.Leonardo couldn't believe that an actor with this kind of acting skills would win a Golden Raspberry Award. Now he really wants to know how Ebert honed his acting skills, how he went from absolute adversity to the current prosperity, and whether he won the Golden Raspberry Award. The guidance of some mysterious power, or the favor of God.

In Leonardo's view, this is a radical transformation, only the Creator can have such a magical power.

"Thank you." Ebert smiled slightly, without any modesty: "I also think I played well, and Happ is a suitable role."

"My praise is definitely not perfunctory. When I saw this character, I only considered the movie itself, and I didn't deliberately think about who the actor was and how the performance was. Your performance is completely integrated into the movie. In short, you really Very, very good, I rarely see a young actor who can face Al and not fall behind. And Harp is at least 15 years older than you, such a big age difference can't be made up by top performances."

"It's an honor to receive your praise." Ebert asked, "Leo, you also participated in "Gangs of New York" this time? I like Daniel Day Lewis very much. How does it feel to act opposite him? I couldn’t be more fortunate to have the opportunity to watch the movie before it’s released.”

Leonardo touched his nose: "It feels great, I guess it should be similar to Al's feeling in the movie. You are welcome to watch my new movie."

Ebert then stayed in New York for another day and watched the new film "Gangs of New York" directed by Martin Scorsese. The film itself may not meet Martin Scorsese's usual level, but Daniel Day Lewis's The performance is absolutely at the best actor level. He is the kind of actor who thoroughly enjoys the performance. The audience has a strong sense of reality when watching it. There is no conflict.

New York is indeed a charming city, and Ebert has gained a lot here, but he misses Los Angeles, which gives him a sense of belonging, and bought a ticket from New York to Los Angeles in advance. He actually welcomed a group of fans who sent him off to the plane.

"Ebert! Ebert! Yesterday I went to the Tribeca Film Festival to see your new movie. Your performance is really great, it's phenomenal!" Before Ebert could speak, enthusiastic fans I stuffed a large bouquet of flowers into his arms, "Ebert, we believe that your development will get better and better, you don't even know how charming you are in "Saturday Night Live", I swear I haven't watched "Night Live" for three years, but I watched the episode with you five times!"

"I watched it six times!"

"Seven times! No one has more than me!"

Amid the noise, Ebert's arms were quickly filled with flowers, chocolates, and postcards. Considering that there was still some time before boarding the plane, and there were only a dozen or so fans, he simply sat down with these fans and chatted casually. Chat, of course, most of the time it is the fans who say he listens.

While signing autographs, he posed in various poses and took photos with fans. Although this feeling was not unfamiliar to him in his previous life, when he came to this world, he received far more criticism than praise. It was very important for him to communicate with fans. It's really a rare experience.

"Are there any new plans for this year besides "White Night Chaser"? "White Night Chase" will be released on the 24th. I will record the date in the memo, and I will take the whole family to see it then."

"There may be a new movie in the second half of the year, and two magazine covers."

"Magazine? Wow, I'm already looking forward to it. I bought ten copies of that magazine before, and I didn't even give away a single one. The price of that magazine on eBay has been raised by 5 times. By the way, Ebert, we have established a fan website for you, the address is here, can you ask your agent or assistant to contact the person in charge of the website, we will know as soon as you have any new developments in the future gone."

Ebert took the handwritten address: "Yes."

After chatting with the movie fans, it was time to board the plane. Holding flowers and chocolates, Ebert boarded the plane under the eyes of his peers.

He felt it was necessary to hire an assistant, even though he was still struggling to make ends meet.

Although his popularity has increased this year, he has not made any new movies. Most of the commercial activities that Lynn arranged for him are for the sake of improving his "style". In terms of money, he can actually get very little reward.

Ebert was still worrying about money, but he didn't know that Mr. Broker had been stunned by the pie falling from the sky at this moment: "Armani's endorsement?"