[US Entertainment] Actor

On a sunny morning, Ebert met Michel Gondry, the director of "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" in a cafe near his home.

Michel Gondry is a French director who started shooting MTV videos. He is just 40 years old this year. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is his second work with screenwriter and producer Charlie Kaufman. The previous "Human Nature," released in 2001 and starring Nicolas Cage's ex-wife Patricia Arquette, didn't draw as much attention as Charlie Kaufman's previous works, but it did. It also laid the foundation for the continued cooperation between Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufmann.

As a Frenchman, Michel Gondry's English is not very fluent. On the one hand, this is due to the long-standing confrontation between France and the United Kingdom. The cultural pride of the French is at the forefront of the world; It is because the influence of French filmmakers in Hollywood is still slightly lower than that of English-speaking filmmakers.

Of course, France does not lack world-class movie stars.

For example, actresses such as Isabella Adjani, Sophie Marceau, Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, etc., they integrated the romantic style of French women into cold and hard Hollywood movies, and also Making French actors a unique landscape in Hollywood.

As many practitioners in Hollywood say, although Hollywood belongs to the United States, American actors always have a taste of luxury and lust. They stepped into Hollywood too early and were dyed dark by the big dye tank of Hollywood too early. , In comparison, actors from Western Europe and Northern Europe are more temperamental, but Hollywood has always been an exclusive place. No matter how good foreign actors are, they are still inferior to native American actors when it comes to development.

"To be honest, Ebert, I was a little surprised that you were finally chosen as the leading actor, because I didn't know you very well before that, but Steve and Charlie were convinced that you were a suitable candidate, and they showed me Your works, "White Night" and "The Pentium Age". Wow, you don't know how shocked I was when I watched those two movies!" Michelle Gondry waved his palms, "Watching After your performance, I can be sure that you are the only leading actor in the movie, no one can perform better than you!"

Seeing Mr. Director's extremely excited appearance, Ebert showed a bright smile: "Thank you, Mr. Gondry. I am also very much looking forward to working with you."

"The script has been distributed to every actor a few days ago, and I believe that every actor should be studying the script." Michelle Gang Ruining said, "This time I will meet you, apart from meeting the actor of the movie. In addition to the initial familiarity, I also want to hear your opinion on the actor Joel. This role is not so easy to perform, you know, Joel is a married man, a boring otaku, this role It should be challenging for you."

"Mr. Gondry, every role is challenging. I do have some opinions about the role of Joel, but they are only ideas in my brain for the time being, and it is difficult for me to announce them immediately."

"That's right, maybe after you cooperate with Kate, there will be a spark of inspiration."

Although he didn't fully express the thoughts in his mind, Ebert happily chatted with Michel Gondry about the plot of the whole movie.As an actor, his understanding of Kaufman's script is still focused on performance. Mr. Director has a more overall view, and communicating with him is very helpful for Ebert to broaden his thinking.

Starring in the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", Ebert is actually looking forward to working with Kate Winslet.

Nominated for two Oscars before the age of 25, Kate Winslet's acting skills are among the best among the new generation of actresses.At least when "Titanic" swept the Oscars that year, Winslet was nominated for a best actress, but Leonardo, who played the leading actor and made a breakthrough in his career, did not win a single award. Competitiveness has always been greater than the actress department, but at least this means that Kate's performance is indeed more impressing the staid academy judges.

Compared with Leonardo, who is suave but always alone, Kate married very early. When she became a first-line actress in Britain and the United States with "Titanic" in 98, Kate had already started her first marriage.

When she took over the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", Kate also started her second marriage with director Sam Mendes.

Ebert always suspects that British actresses tend to favor those talented men, such as Helena Bonham Carter married Tim Burton, from a beautiful and elegant British rose to a weirdo in various movies , Kate Winslet's first husband and second husband are both directors, and the other half of other actresses are often band singers, short film directors and even unknown actors.

Of course, Sam Mendes is definitely a successful director. In 2000, "American Beauty" directed by him shined at the Oscars, winning most awards including best picture. In the next few years, he will direct "Revolutionary Road" starring Kate and Leonardo, And two films of the 007 series.

Kate and Leonardo are two extremes, but they are unswerving friends.

There are even rumors that the failure of the marriage between Sam Mendes and Kate is also due to the tacit cooperation between Kate and Leonardo in "Road to Revolution".

As a friend of Leonardo, Ebert was still somewhat curious about Kate Winslet.

In Ebert's impression, Kate has won 7 Oscar nominations. Although Leonardo's popular voice for Oscar is high, he has only won 5 nominations. Only Meryl Streep, who has won 22 times, Peter Otto, who has won 3 nominations without a prize, and Richard Burton, who has lost all 8 nominations, is actually very lucky.

In general, Leonardo is definitely not as miserable as the crowd thinks.

Regarding the cooperation between Ebert and Kate Winslet, Leonardo also called early to express his envy and hatred: "Kate has not worked with me for 6 years, and she seems to be very fond of it in recent years." A small-budget movie produced in the UK, and even though I had a suitable script and wanted to invite her, she just said no."

Ebert sneered: "That's because Kate's ability to pick scripts is much better than yours."

Among other things, the romantic films that Kate picked that looked awkward to Leonardo helped Kate get several Oscar nominations, and she also took off "Titanic" earlier than Leonardo to give them heavy pressure.

Just like this "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" with an investment of only 2000 million US dollars, Leonardo would not even glance at it, but Kate would, so after the film was released, Kate's Oscar nominations also increased to 4 indivual.

"Hey, Ebert, did you eat explosives?" Leonardo frowned, "Why do I think your tone sounds strange?"

"That's because I thought of poor little Toby. It's so miserable to be alone on the wall and ignored, like a house-elf in Harry Potter."

"Dobby is Dobby, and Toby is Toby. I also want to ask you why Toby's attitude towards you changed after he went back. Did you add ecstasy to the black tea? Most importantly, why did you invite me to move?" I wasn't the first guest, you and I are the most familiar among the residents of Beverly Hills!"

Ebert raised his eyebrows: "Dear Leo, you seem to have leaked a secret. I guessed correctly, you must have organized a small gang that secretly complained about me."

The chatter on the other end of the phone suddenly stopped.

That's what Toby and David would do. I didn't say a word, I just listened secretly.To be honest, when he heard that Ebert, who was obviously much more proud than him recently, was complained behind his back, Leonardo was still secretly refreshed, even though the complaints were innocuous at all.

Ebert borrowed: "The content of the complaint should be related to me snatching Toby's "The Pentium Age", competing with you for "The Aviator", and cooperating with Kate in the new movie?"

Leonardo almost choked on his saliva, damn, is Ebert the roundworm in his stomach?

Hearing the sudden violent coughing on the other end of the phone, Ebert couldn't help pursing his lips. It seems that he was talking about someone's mind?

But Leo still looks a little stupid for expressing his emotions so bluntly!

It is indeed Leonardo DiCaprio who is wearing a thick baseball shirt and lurking in the high temperature of [-] degrees to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean"!

As for why Ebert knew, heh, did he drink the black tea he gave Toby for nothing?

Temptation + resentment at his little friend's reluctance to save him, Toby candidly revealed a lot of Leonardo's secrets!

Leonardo's coughing stopped, and when he was about to organize his words to say something, he heard Ebert repeat on the other end of the phone: "Did I guess it?"

"Of course, of course not, Ebert, you are my friend, how can I allow those gossip guys to belittle you at will? Your performance this year could not be better. It is said that the film critics in New York and Los Angeles have already planned to You have been included in the list of winners of this year's Association Awards, as well as the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globe Awards. Although it is still early, it is said that Universal has already started public relations."

Although Leonardo was trying to hide the fact that their small group complained about Ebert, what happened to the sour taste in his tone when he gave an example?

Ebert said he had seen it all.

In fact, not only Leonardo, but the Hollywood media have always been skeptical about Ebert's appearance in the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

He is too young and has too little acting experience. Even with the outstanding performance of "The Pentium Age", professionals do not think that Ebert can play the role written by Charlie Kaufman well.

In their view, "The Pentium Era" Ebert can be said to be playing in his true colors, but what about "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"?His role turned out to be playing a husband!

Some time ago, the "National Enquirer", which followed the "News of the World" frantically reprinted Ebert's homosexual rumors but did not receive a court summons, finally couldn't help but scream: "Ebert Dow, who has no hair yet Sen actually has the courage to take on the role of a husband with marital problems. Are the film companies and producers crazy? Don’t forget, Albert Dawson has only one "The Age of Pentium" to sell, but What does the success of a movie mean? If marriage problems can be handled well at the age of 23, neither the Donkey Party nor the Elephant Party will have to worry about the problem of girls getting pregnant out of wedlock in the next political party election. Leave it to Ebert Dawson go and solve it!"

"Maybe in the history of our country there will be the first Minister of Health under the age of 30!"

In addition to severely mocking Ebert's age, the newspaper also mercilessly ridiculed Ebert's acting skills.They thought that his performance in "The Pentium Age" that highlighted Ebert alone might be better, because he is the focus of the movie, but once his acting skills are put under the camera for an intuitive comparison with Kate Winslet If so, he will definitely reveal his true form soon.

Regarding the behavior of the "National Enquirer" who has been repeatedly slapped in the face but repeatedly provoked, Ebert just wants to say that the next time the face is slapped, it will be more swollen.

If he'd known any sleazy reporter for the National Enquirer, he wouldn't have hesitated to pack the sack in the dark.

Lynn was very annoyed by this: "They said that in "White Night", and they still say that in "The Pentium Era", and until now... oh, they have never been right, but these reporters always enjoy it .Don't they think it's too harsh for a 23-year-old actor? If your mental quality is not that strong, you may have already been destroyed by them."

Ebert smiled: "Maybe, but the reporters don't care if they ruined an actor or not, they will only say that the actor is 'not good', be optimistic, this at least proves that I am a topical actor actor."

But the manager didn't give up. He quickly contacted a familiar editor of "Entertainment Weekly", and said a lot of good things for Ebert in the magazine.

Ebert got far more than a positive press.

The "National Enquirer" is indeed a supermarket tabloid with high sales in North America, but they have been reporting fake news, celebrity politicians' privacy, and scandals all year round. There are many people in the media and the public who are dissatisfied with this newspaper.

On the night the report was printed, an influential local online forum in Los Angeles quickly posted a headline titled "Why is it always Albert Dawson being targeted?" "'s post, when the "National Enquirer" reacted, that post had accumulated tens of thousands of popularity, and there was a faint trend of breaking 10.

The answers of most netizens are very unreliable. Of course, among the netizens, there are also a few Copti who know Ebert relatively well. They paste all the reports that Ebert was criticized by the "National Enquirer" On the Internet, I finally came to the conclusion that Ebert was hacked by the "National Enquirer" unilaterally, and he himself rarely fought back.

Of course, his work has accomplished enough to counter all the skepticism, invective, and humiliation of the Enquirer.With his coolness and silence, the Enquirer looked more like a clown.

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"Because he's handsome."

Handsome is the only reason.