Hugo has always found it interesting to read the script, especially after he tried to write the script himself, perhaps because Lancaster was born in classics, Hugo always had more of his own interpretation of the script, whether it was over-reading or not, but at least it made reading the script a pleasure.

In fact, a really good script, it will not deliberately preach, nor will it take the initiative to instill its own ideas into the audience, which is too simple and crude. If the screenwriter and director can stand in the position of a third party apart from the story, objectively explain the story, and then let the audience make their own judgment and slowly reminisce about it, it will make the story more exciting. Because there is no such thing as an absolute truth in this world - unless it is a scientific law, everyone will have their own different opinions on the same thing, and this is the reason why the whole world is colorful.

There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand spectators, that's the truth.

This is the case with Hugo when he created "Before Sunrise", the argument between Jesse and Selena is not about reaching a conclusion, but about exchanging ideas, and they need to accept each other's differences, but also trigger each other's inspirations, and the audience will have their own unique opinions after watching the movie. This is the biggest charm of the movie.

The same is true of the "Seven Deadly Sins." Hugo's understanding is a point of view, not necessarily correct, but a special point of view.

"So, in your opinion, the script is a tragedy, and all the ideas are sublimated at the end." David Geffen was very shocked, in fact, in the process of reading the script, there were countless thoughts in David's mind, and he could feel the excitement of his blood boiling. But he needed an opportunity to sort out his thoughts and summarize the thoughts that were coming out of his heart. Just like when he was filming "Alien 3", he was very ambitious and thoughtful, but after filming, it seemed to be very different from the idea in his mind.

Therefore, when he heard Hugo's remarks just now, David's head seemed to explode, and countless ideas rushed out, not only Hugo's views, but also his own understanding, like a volcano. This feeling made David excited again.

"It's meant to be a tragedy, isn't it?" Hugo chuckled a little, most crime movies are tragedies, especially those involving serial killers, "It's just a question of where do you look at this tragedy from a perspective, Mills?" Samose? Or Anonymous? ”

David Mills, Young Police Detective; William Samosey, veteran detective; Anonymous, serial killer. These are the three absolute core characters of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

David raised his head, did not speak, and looked at Hugo seriously, in the past two years, the media has reported on Hugo almost 360 degrees, and it can be said that Hugo is like a child of Chiguo who is judged by people. But at this moment, David really realized that maybe people could look at Hugo's appearance and Hugo's life thoroughly, but they never really understood Hugo, what kind of wisdom was hidden in Hugo's head behind Hugo's handsome face, and what kind of vicissitudes he had experienced, making his amber eyes look so attractive.

To be honest, before David came to dinner today, he had no interest in Hugo at all. He liked Brad Pitt more than Hugo, because he had heard about Brad's excellence from many of his friends, and Hugo's choice of works seemed too "commercial" - because people were always seen boasting about how strong Hugo's box office was. But now, there is a question mark over this view.

"You tell me again now that you've read the script three times, and I still don't believe it. Are you sure it's only three times? David finally relaxed his nerves and made a rare joke, "I can feel your enthusiasm for this script, but I'm not sure, which role do you want to play?" ”

Hugo couldn't help but chuckle and teased, "I can still choose?" ”

"Of course, you're Hugo Lancaster, and you have the ability, don't you?" David said vaguely, but he didn't say exactly what this ability meant, is it network ability or acting ability? “

Hugo thought about it seriously, if the three roles were really up to him, which role would he choose to play? Originally, when they received the script of "The Seven Deadly Sins", Rick and Joseph took it for granted that Hugo was going to play the role of the actor David Mills. Hugo's first consideration was naturally David Mills due to the fixed impression before the crossing, but now it is different.

David Mills' initial pick was Denzel Washington, while William Shamose's first choice turned out to be Al Pacino. So what's impossible?

The movie "Seven Deadly Sins" is actually based on the story, the plot and core ideas are the essence of the whole movie, relatively speaking, the three main characters naturally do not have so much room to play. But in fact, the test of acting skills for these three roles is very steep.

Mills is young, unruly, impulsive, but has a desperate drive for work. At the same time, he is also very competitive, eager to prove his ability to work to others, and the idea of heroism has not completely subsided. In fact, this is the image of a typical young man, who has just stepped out of society, has many dreams and expectations, wants to show his strength, is idealistic and energetic at the same time, and thinks that he can change the world by his own ability.

The setting of this character is relatively simple, but when Mills's thoughts are impacted, there is still a lot of room for inner changes and conflicts, and then evolution to the final outburst. It can be said that this role is a bit similar to Charlie played by Hugo in "Smelling a Woman", but Charlie is more angry, and Mills has been out of society.

In stark contrast to Mills, he has gone through so many trials and tribulations that he has become unfazed, he has seen too much of the dark side of society, and he has learned to handle cases tactfully - only in order to survive in society. When Anonymous's crime has begun to emerge, he realizes that it may be a serial crime, and his first reaction is to refuse to accept the case, because he is afraid of burning himself, although he still has a sense of justice, but he will prioritize himself over the illusory justice. So what comes out of the table is indifference and calmness.

The space for this role is very limited, but many times Samosei's inner struggle is very delicate, and there are very strict requirements for the actor's control. Although Samose armed himself with indifference, in fact, deep down he still had hope, he would not be as high-profile and arrogant as Mills, but he would use his own way to achieve the remaining justice in his heart. This kind of intricacies, contradictions, banters and ridicule is calm many times, but it cannot be ignored.

Anonymous is not long, and many of the clips about this character are glimpses, which are only shown in an extremely limited time and space, but they leave an extremely deep impression on the audience. He was a martyr who had done his own thing for God's punishment and redemption, and he didn't think he was at fault, even after ending several lives, he thought that those people were innocent and had nothing to sympathize with. So he is calm, calm, calm, and even cold-blooded.

But the reverse can also be seen as a person who pursues perfection, and his imaginary world must be perfect without a trace of flaw, so when this society, which can never be perfect, cannot satisfy his ultimate desire, he chooses extreme self-destruction - before self-destruction, he first destroys others even more extremely.

There is no doubt that the time left for this character in the film is very short, but the space left for imagination is infinitely wide. Like Dr. Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs", he is elegant but evil, and a few strokes make people shudder; And the evil and innocent, brutal and calm, ferocious and intelligent in the character of Anonymous have been perfectly embodied, and he has an evil self-confidence and elegant disdain, which can almost be said to determine the ultimate ideological height of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

Hugo couldn't help but fantasize about what it would be like if Denzel Washington played Mills and Al Pacino played Samose? Hugo suddenly discovered that perhaps the setting of Mills and Samose would deviate to a certain extent, because the performance styles of the two men were not the same as Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

Brad's version of Mills can only be said to be good, and the few scenes that broke out in the later period are okay, but on the whole, it is slightly conservative, and it can only be said to be decent. It can be seen from here that Brad at this stage knows how to act externally, but he doesn't know how to control it, so he can have a wonderful appearance when dealing with roles like "Twelve Monkeys", but it is a bit difficult for characters like "Seven Deadly Sins" to show inner transformation.

And Morgan's version of Samose is very wonderful, and his delicate and deep temperament gives the character more depth, and it can be said that he has done a great job. But objectively speaking, compared to "The Shawshank Redemption", the breakthrough is not big, but this is Morgan's performance style, lacking a little domineering publicity and wantonness, and showing more calm and calm control.

There is no doubt that Kevin Spacey's version of Anonymous is the film's biggest highlight, eerie and evil, calm but crazy, almost making the audience shudder at every gesture. However, Kevin's control in this role performance is still a little worse, and it is not as perfect as his presentation in "The Extraordinary Suspect", which also makes this character comparable to Dr. Hannibal a breath after all.

If Hugo had to choose on his own initiative, what would his decision be?

"Anonymous." Just by the thought that he might play this role, just by saying the name, Hugo had already begun to tremble uncontrollably, and the blood rushing in his body made his eyes shine brightly.