[US Entertainment] Actor

The dream life of Howard Hughes can be called a legend. He is a successful producer, a great film businessman, and even a madman obsessed with the sky all his life.He is rich, slutty, weird, and genius. He is a witness of the golden age of Hollywood and a permanent legend in Hollywood history.

Numerous female stars who once shined in black-and-white silent films and color films were Hughes' lovers, such as Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis... These actresses are all The brilliant characters of Hollywood's golden age have fascinated countless movie fans, but they all bow to Hughes' money and gentle offensive, and Hughes is therefore called "the greatest womanizer in the world".

"The Aviator" is about the legendary life of this Hollywood tycoon.For a long time, Howard Hughes's life experience has been talked about by historians and movie lovers. In 1977, "The Amazing Howard Jones" about his life experience was released, starring Tommy Lee · Jones, after more than 30 years, another director in Hollywood hopes to bring the deeds of this legendary filmmaker to the screen. This person is Martin Scorsese.

In fact, Christopher Nolan was also interested in the legendary experience of Howard Hughes and tried to shoot a biographical movie related to this Hollywood tycoon, but it was a pity that Martin Scorsese made it first.

The reason why Ebert did not believe that the crew of "The Aviator" sent him an invitation was because the movie was starred by Leonardo DiCaprio in his previous life, Leonardo and Martin Scotch Seth has formed an indissoluble bond since cooperating with "Gangs of New York", and the two later collaborated on "The Aviator", "The Departed", "Shutter Island" and "The Wolf of Wall Street", looking at the entire Hollywood, so The frequency of cooperation is also amazing.

Ebert can't believe that Martin Scorsese will give up Leonardo DiCaprio for a newcomer with no roots. Besides, the film is said to have Leonardo's production company AppianWay participated in the production, and Leonardo himself could not give up easily.

"I can't believe it either, but the truth is I did get an invitation email for The Aviator, and Martin Scorsese is considering giving you an audition for Hughes."

Ebert was still full of doubts: "But it sounds very... amazing. It's not unusual for a director to give an actor an audition opportunity, but that's Martin Scorsese!"

Although he briefly met Martin Scorsese at New York's Tribeca Film Festival, Ebert didn't think he had anything worthy of the director's attention.

After all, he is Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, who is known as the "Four Talented Directors of Hollywood" along with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.Unlike the other three, this director always focuses his lens on the dark side of the bottom of society. The film contains countless thoughts on life and society. The characters under his lens are always swearing and always struggling.Perhaps because of his strong personal style, compared with the other three directors who have already won awards, although Martin Scorsese has been nominated for several Oscars, he has never won the most valuable trophy in the film industry.

But no one can deny the excellence of "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "Goodfellas" and other films. Until the age of 73, this director has always been struggling in the front line of the film industry. Over the past ten years, this director has been nominated for a total of five Oscars for best director, which is simply a typical example of high productivity and high quality.

"Didn't he invite Leonardo DiCaprio this time?"

"Leonardo? It's also possible, but can Leonardo act like Howard Hughes? After all, he is only 28 years old. The crew seems to be more interested in Jim Carrey at the moment. Maybe they feel that playing "The Truman" The World" and the success of King could have done Howard Hughes, but I don't think so."

Ebert couldn't help sighing: "Dear Lynn, don't forget that I'm only 21 years old."

"Of course I remember it very well, and in fact when I think about it now, I think I got a little too excited. Martin Scorsese's movies are a huge temptation for young people in their early 20s. , Even those actors in their 30s and 40s are hard to resist, they call it a kind of 'lucky' to participate in it. Even if you are lucky enough to play the role, the probability of you getting the leading actor is almost zero. "

"I know this very well." Ebert said with a straight face and a serious expression, "I have some doubts whether Al recommended me to Martin Scorsese, or whether Warner Bros. is optimistic about my role in "White Night". Performance has a hand in it, but neither explanation seems particularly plausible."

"Don't worry about that, as long as you appear on the audition list, you will have the opportunity to show your strength to this great director. We don't need to focus on the present, but we must look to the future."

"Lynn, I think you're becoming more and more of a philosopher."

With doubts in his heart, Ebert simply called Al Pacino, and Al Pacino admitted the matter simply and neatly: "Yes, I recommended you to Martin, that is a Great script, I think you can fit in that role."

"But that's Martin Scorsese's..."

Al Pacino on the other end of the phone coughed heavily, and his tone became a little bit colder. Ebert could almost imagine Al Pacino's serious expression on the other end of the phone—in the crew of "White Night Chasing Murder", he heard Al Pacino When Bert was not confident, the old man would show an angry look.

Many people in the film industry think that Al Pacino's face is a bit fierce. Whether it is the "Godfather" series he shot when he was young, or "Scent of a Beauty" when he was old, his face is not kind. .

Ebert was still afraid of Al's cold face when he was filming opposite him, but after getting along with him, he will find out how stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat this old man who was born for movies is, so in the future During the cooperation process, Ebert could only feel admiration from the bottom of his heart when he saw Al's cold and serious face.

"Listen, young man, anything is possible, and if you don't have the courage to take the first step, you'll never get the part you want. Hap you're so good, you forget that part is How did you get there? On the day we auditioned you, you were the biggest underdog, but you ended up taking the role from 9 others. If you like it, go ahead and do it without thinking about Martin Who Scorsese doesn’t care about the scale of the movie or anything.”

"Doing what you want is the greatest freedom."

Ebert was silent for a few seconds, his lips were slightly pursed first, then a slight arc was revealed, and finally he smiled happily: "Thank you Al, I am really, very lucky to have your guidance. "

"Don't rush to flatter me, prepare for the movie audition, I will go to the movie theater to check your progress in person."

"I promise you won't be disappointed."

"I'm waiting, kid!" Al snorted lightly, and before Ebert could say anything, the grumpy old man hung up the phone directly.

Ebert stared at the darkened phone screen for a few seconds before throwing it on the bed.

The mood that had been on the verge of depression and restlessness during this period of time seemed to calm down at this moment, and his spirit was refilled with abundant strength. Although he had always maintained a confident and upward mental outlook in front of other people, Ebert I know that he is actually a little nervous.

After thinking about it, Ebert simply took a piece of paper from the desk, wrote more familiar Chinese characters horizontally and vertically, and copied the poems of the great ancient poets over and over again. The text is in English, but it is a bit rusty to write, and it always looks round.

Although in the eyes of fans, the idol's imperfection is cute, but Ebert would rather make his words look more masculine.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to audition for "The Pentium Era".The crew sent part of the script related to the audition content to Lynn's mailbox in advance. After studying it several times, Ebert also had a certain understanding of the plot of the movie, and he also had a general idea of ​​the performance during the audition. sense of proportion.

Many crews like to test the performance of actors on the spot. Before the audition, they will not provide any written materials for the actors. When it comes to the audition, they will temporarily provide a scene to ask the actors to perform. This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is very easy. It reflects the real acting skills of the actors. The downside is that the on-the-spot performances are more often derived from the flashes of inspiration of the actors. The excellent performance this time does not mean that the actors can always remain stable. It is too arbitrary to judge only once.

Of course, these are not problems for those well-known actors. Only the crew whose leading roles are completely newcomers will fall into such a dilemma. At this time, the crew often chooses to audition multiple times.

Ebert wasn't shy about auditioning.

All his fears have been completely dispelled by a phone call from Al Pacino.At this moment, he even recalled every detail of the audition for "White Night Chase", and his mood at that time seemed to be similar to now.Although compared to last year, he has a higher status and reputation, and has received a lot of recognition for his acting skills, but he cherishes every audition very much.

Walking into the audition location arranged by Universal Pictures, when entering through the revolving glass door, Ebert just passed Tobey Maguire.

Tobey Maguire stopped and turned around: "Audit? You should be next."

Ebert glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was 09:30 in the morning. If he guessed correctly, Tobey Maguire should be the first audition today, so he is the second.

Judging from the audition sequence, Universal Pictures should still pay more attention to him.

Ebert's 50% self-confidence immediately rose to 70%.