[US Entertainment] Actor

Judging from Leonardo's many years of film experience, "The Pentium Era" is definitely an above-average work.

Jeff Bridges played the image of a successful car salesman, and Chris Cooper's acting skills are also as old as ever. The superstars of the movie fate, but they are the hardcore faction in Hollywood, and they are the hard-working but outstanding green leaf roles that every director likes.

The performances of the two were excellent, but it was Ebert's performance that shocked Leonardo the most.

Leonardo has always been very clear about how suitable Ebert is as an actor. His appearance advantage is one aspect, but the most important thing is his acting skills and aura.

When playing the role of Harp in "White Night Chase", Ebert completely abandoned the advantages of appearance and deliberately made himself into a middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life. Sure enough, when the movie was released, the media praised it The Voice, professional film critics have praised Ebert for his mature acting skills that do not match his age.

Leonardo originally thought that this was a means for Ebert to try to gain recognition for his acting skills, just like Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and other actresses deliberately pretend to be ugly in order to win Oscar queens. But when Ebert's performance in "The Pentium Era" was fully presented in front of him, he realized that all "he thought" were just illusions.

A good performance can completely immerse the audience in it and forget the actor's appearance.

When he was young, Marlon Brando was the most handsome guy in Hollywood. His performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire" made countless girls go crazy, but it was him who really made Marlon Brando one of the greatest actors in film history. Excellent acting.

Marlon Brando has received 8 Oscar nominations and 2 awards in his life. During the four years from 1952 to 1955, he appeared on the nomination list of Oscar's best actor every year. At that time, he was about 30 years old. Ma Long is in the most handsome and charming stage of his life, cynical, romantic, and perverse. It stands to reason that he should be the least favored actor by the rigid and stubborn academy judges, but under his outstanding performance, the persistence of the academy did not last. For too long, in 1955, Malone won his first Oscar with "On the Waterfront".

He was only 31 years old that year.

In Leonardo's view, the academy did not inherently discriminate against actors with outstanding looks. They did not win awards just because their performances were not enough to beat their better opponents.

Appearance is the most precious gift God bestows on His people, not an excuse for some actors to hide their incompetence.

Although appearing on the list of the most unfavored actors selected by the major media all the year round, Leonardo knew very well in his heart that compared with those actors who were favored by the academy, his performance was still too immature.

He chose to abandon his heart-throb appearance not because the academy let him value his acting skills instead of his appearance, as the outside world speculates, but because he is clearly aware of the path he should take in the future.

He doesn't want to sleep on the huge achievement of "Titanic", the glory belongs to James Cameron, not Leonardo DiCaprio.

Actors who rely on appearance to win will always make the same mistakes.They are always more likely to be favored by the audience than those actors who are not outstanding in appearance, easier to become famous, and easier to become the leading actor in high-grossing movies...Success comes so easily, they will be stingy in their efforts, and their pursuit of acting skills and art It won't be too strong.

Tom Cruise has been nominated for three Academy Awards, and his opponents are Daniel Day Lewis, Geoffrey Rush and Kevin Spacey. In terms of fame, Tom is far better than these three, but The criterion for the academy judges to make the final decision is always Tom's undominated acting.

Leonardo has always believed that Ebert chose the most difficult path, but from "White Night Chase" and "The Pentium Era", he found that Ebert may be closer to success than he thought.

In "The Pentium Age", Rhett Pollard played by Ebert is a young jockey, rebellious, irritable, stubborn, lonely... There are too many adjectives that can be used to modify this character, And what kind of emotion and mentality this character is living with depends on the actor's interpretation.

Ebert's performance is surprisingly fleshy.

Not only in the irritability after losing the horse race, but also in the scene when he fell off the horse and was admitted to the hospital and learned that the race might be cancelled.

On the movie screen, Rhett Pollard was lying pale on the big bed even paler than him. There was no sadness or anger in his eyes, but a faint smile.

When Charles Howard said that the game was cancelled, he just shook his head quietly and said firmly, "Don't cancel."

His body is fragile, but his soul is like a burning flame.

When a full one-man shot carefully shows all his expressions, the most attentive viewer will find that there seems to be tears brewing in those stubborn blue eyes.

Ebert's performance was so nuanced that even every pore on his face interpreted the emotions that belonged to Rhett Pollard. At this moment, no one cared who Ebert Dawson was. The audience only knew this person It's Rhett Pollard.

There was even the sound of soft sobbing in the audience.

A well-dressed old man with a blue bow tie on his neckline and a brooch on his chest took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his tears.He was born in a wealthy family in 1923. He was only 1933 years old in 10. His father committed suicide by jumping off a building because of the stock market crash, and his mother became a laundryman from a well-off housewife. He lost his youngest son because of lack of food. My younger sister, just when she was sensible, had to work secretly in the factory and pick up food in the trash can. Fortunately, he survived the most difficult years.

Ryan Pollard's life after becoming the jockey of "Sea Biscuit" must be much happier than him, but in the eyes of this old man, Rhett Pollard's fate is very similar to his, and they both lost their support. , had to face the cruel side of life at a young age.

The old man later became a well-known industrialist, but he never entered the stock exchange or engaged in any stock trading during his lifetime, and the painful childhood experience is still very important to him. a shadow.

On the screen, Rhett Pollard explained the habits and advantages of "Sea Biscuit" to his replacement just like a few treasures. When he mentioned this horse, his mouth was slightly bent upwards, and his expression was as pious as a simple Child: "Don't whip the left side, it was always whipped on the left side when it was a baby."

When his substitute said "I hope you will play", there was no resentment or frustration in his eyes, but sincere encouragement: "Don't do this, I am with you."

He didn't make a lot of noise, was not disappointed, and wasn't crazy, but for several audiences at the scene, his calmness was even more tear-jerking.

Roger Ebert, a film critic of the "Chicago Sun-Times", wrote down the following content in his notebook: "This is undoubtedly the most moving scene in the "Rushing Years" movie, and Ebert Dawson's acting skills stand out here. A moment is played to the fullest, it is hard to imagine that an actor who is only 23 years old will have such an outstanding and sophisticated performance. It seems to let go, but in fact he is extremely reluctant, and his understanding of "Sea Biscuit" even surpasses himself - Not sparing his life, blind or lame, nothing could bring him down, Rhett Pollard was a true fighter."

Not even Ebert himself knew what he looked like under the lens of John Schwartzman.

The emotional outburst reaches its peak in an instant, and Rhett Pollard's eager eyes seem to speak.

The scars left marks on Rhett's face after falling from his horse, but when it comes to his horse, there seems to be infinite power brewing in his chest.

Ebert's eyes were also attracted by his own performance on the screen, and when the screen returned to the performances of Jeff Bridges and others, he finally had time to recall the footage he had just seen.

Undoubtedly, "The Pentium Era" is the work he has devoted the most energy to. When he played Rhett Pollard, he was a dozen or twenty pounds lighter than he is now, and he repeatedly performed muscle training and horse racing training every day. He even spent some time in the hospital for falling off his horse.

But when he saw the finished film, he felt that all his efforts were worthwhile.

When filming the scene where Rhett Pollard was hospitalized, he spent several days pondering Rhett Pollard's psychology carefully, imagining what it would be like when a person was in despair. He strives to be perfect in every look he presents. It can be said that "The Pentium Era" did not disappoint him in the end.

He contributed the best work of his acting career.

When the plot of the movie gradually moved forward, Ebert still had a satisfied smile on his mouth.

The moment "Sea Biscuits" defeated "Warlord" under the control of Rhett Pollard's replacement, George Woolf, Ebert also clenched his fists tightly. The next second, he let go of his fists, and he Biting his lip, he silently vented his emotions.

At this time, the audience gave the best response to the "Pentium Era" crew.In the not-so-large screening hall, the audience suddenly burst into warm applause. They not only applauded for "Sea Biscuit"'s victory over "Warrior", but also contributed such an excellent work to the crew And applause.

In the final 20 minutes of the film, the setting has a final climax when "Sea Biscuit" snaps his ligaments, leaving him, like his jockey Rhett Pollard, a crippled horse.

It has been 1 hour and 50 minutes since the movie was released. Adding the next 20 minutes, the movie will be shown for 130 minutes.

This is a feature of feature films in this era. After more than ten years, the average movie can be controlled within 2 hours. If a movie is not good enough, the audience is not willing to waste too much time. .

And now, the audience is obviously still patiently waiting for the follow-up development of the plot.

Everyone gave up on "Sea Biscuit", except Rhett. With his stubborn persistence, he finally boarded the final arena with "Sea Biscuit", even though this impulsiveness may cause him to be permanently disabled.

Red in the red racing suit and "Sea Biscuit" galloped wantonly on the track, the last one, the second last one, the third last one... This small, bad-tempered, Arabian pony finally overtook All opponents, every step it takes is creating a legend.

Rhett Pollard and "Sea Biscuit" end up saving each other.

When the movie finally came to an end, the applause in the screening hall was several times warmer than before, which instantly relieved Ebert's tense emotions - judging from the audience's feedback, the performance of this movie should have conquered them. It is undoubtedly good news for Universal Pictures, director Gary Rose and the actors.

The audience left with enthusiastic responses, but at the end of the premiere, there was inevitably a little riot.

Because for someone, the bad things are just beginning.

Almost at the moment when the audience exited the venue, Ebert saw a dozen ghostly shadows rushing to the door at the fastest speed, shouting loudly: "Search every corner carefully, don't let him slip Already!"

There were also more than a dozen reporters who rushed to the front of Elizabeth Banks who participated in the premiere. They held their microphones high and tried to draw any conclusions between Elizabeth Banks and Leonardo DiCaprio. Secret relationship.

This actress, who was a newcomer in the film industry, was almost taken aback!For this kind of innocent disaster, she tried to explain that she had almost no relationship with Leonardo. The most important thing was that she planned to marry her boyfriend this year. Her boyfriend was her classmate at the University of Pennsylvania. Their relationship had lasted for several years. In [-], even if the scandal with Leonardo could immediately raise her career to a higher level, she could only say "no" firmly.

But the media cannot easily let her go.

The media have done enough homework for this pursuit.They easily found the so-called evidence from the chronology of Elizabeth Banks' works: In 2001, Banks starred in Leonardo's "How to Get Away with Murder", and last year's "Spider-Man" Banks was also among them Played a role, and the protagonist of "Spider-Man" is Leonardo's good friend Tobey Maguire. Isn't this visual evidence that Banks and Leonardo have an affair?

Elizabeth Banks' headache was still going on, but a small group of reporters had already run to Ebert while there was no one around him: "Ebert, do you know about Leonardo DiCaprio? Any specifics about the breakup with Gisele Bundchen?"

It has become a well-known Hollywood secret that Ebert and Leonardo have a good relationship.

But Ebert is not one of those guys who are good at dealing with the media. Since he really became popular until now, he has not received a positive comment from a gossip tabloid.Facing the reporters' questions, he just spread his hands calmly: "Now is the premiere of "The Pentium Era", and I will not answer any topics that have nothing to do with the movie."

Reporters gradually fell into an uproar.A tall middle-aged reporter with curly hair suddenly squeezed into the crowd: "Ebert, why did Leonardo attend the premiere of "The Pentium Era"? Did the crew send him an invitation letter?"

"It's a project for the producers and the publicity department, I'm just an actor, I don't know their decision."

Ebert's reticent attitude made the reporters a little annoyed, they simply blocked Ebert's way out, and asked him loudly about the movie: "Some film critics on IMDb predicted that "The Pentium Era" It might not even make $5000 million at the box office because it’s not a movie for a competitive summer block. It’s said to cost over $8000 million. If you lose money, will that affect your career? "

Ebert glanced at the logo on the reporter's microphone with a half-smile - "News of the World", a newspaper owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch that is famous for fabricating fake news. In 2011, this newspaper It was about to go out of print due to the world-renowned "hacking scandal", but now, as the Sunday edition of The Sun, it is one of the world's best-selling supermarket tabloids.

"That's what the pros predicted when Pirates of the Caribbean came out. That's what the pros predicted when Titanic came out. The pros thought they were omnipotent, and they predicted every movie with impunity. Like Pele predicting every World Cup winner, they doomed a film that had a good chance of success."

Ebert looked directly at the reporter: "They are neither directors nor actors, and they have not personally participated in the production of any film, but as long as they talk about it, it seems that they know a certain film best in the world." Movie people, but their forecasts are wrong most of the time. The forecasters I trust most in this world are weather experts, at least they can predict some useful things in life.”

"Ebert, you didn't answer my question. How much do you think the film will eventually make? 1 million, 2 million or more?"

Ebert spread his hands helplessly: "Guys, I'm just an actor, not a so-called professional. Even Will Smith can't accurately predict the box office data of every movie he starred in, right? Wait until the movie is released You will know the answer when it is time, but it is only two or three days, why can't you give me a little breathing time?"

Although surrounded by a circle of reporters, Ebert squeezed through the gap between the two reporters by virtue of his physical strength and height advantage.

Shang felt that this was not enough to humiliate the reporters. He even patted one of them on the shoulder and said, "Man, step aside, you are blocking my way."