The joy of defeating Tom Cruise and getting the male lead in "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea" lasted less than two days, and Hugo was shot down into the real world. The so-called reality is that Hugo is two levels worse than Tom, and the power of the Golden Raspberry Award has not completely dissipated, and the next shooting is the real hard part.

"Hugo ......" Joseph looked at Hugo who was still sitting in his position worriedly, although Hugo has always been positive after the Golden Raspberry Award, as if he was a different person, but Joseph was still worried that Hugo, who was psychologically fragile before, would suddenly be crushed again in a certain moment.

But before Hugo turned his head, Kevin did walk to Hugo's opposite first, showed a familiar smile, and then gave Hugo a big hug, "I didn't expect to meet again on such an occasion." ”

Hugo stood up, a big smile on his face, "I'm looking forward to a friendlier picture than just now." In fact, Hugo only has some sporadic impressions of his predecessor and Kevin Bakken's collaboration, but as far as he is concerned, he still likes Kevin as an actor very much.

Although Kevin is not Hollywood's best actor, he has always held a special place in the hearts of many professional movie fans. Kevin has never been nominated for an Oscar, at least not in 2014 before Hugo crossed, but that doesn't affect Kevin's status in the hearts of fans. river。 wild), Apollo 13. 13), "Mystic. River), "Fox Talks to Nixon", "X-Men: First. class)" and other wonderful works, there is no doubt that he is a very outstanding actor.

Hugo first met Kevin before crossing over because of a set called "The Killer Believer" (the. following)", in this episode, Hugo really appreciated Kevin's unique, weird but awe-inspiring actor charm. An award is the best reward for an actor's work, but not winning an award doesn't mean that an actor is not a good actor, and Kevin is such a good actor.

Therefore, Hugo still felt very happy when he met Kevin, not to mention that Kevin released kindness to himself during the script practice just now, and Hugo suspected that Kevin might be the only actor in the crew who welcomed him.

In fact, there are many actors in "Yihai Xiongfeng" who are familiar to the future, such as Kiefer Sutherland (Kiefer. Sutherland), the actor who would make a name for himself in "Twenty-Four Hours (24)" as Colonel Jessup's subordinate, Captain Kendrick; Another example is the later "Mr. Sweetheart" (Jerry. maguire)" won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the Golden Man Cooper Gooding Jr. (cuba. gooding。 jr。 He played a witness in the movie, Corporal Hammaker.

But the only one of these actors who smiled at Hugo was Kevin. It can be seen that Kevin and Hugo had a very good relationship before, at least Kevin's smile is very sincere at the moment.

"I'm sure you can handle this situation." Kevin smiled and punched Hugo's arm, "You have such a talent, now it's up to you to work hard." ”

Hugo's debut film was with Kevin, who was only fifteen years old at the time, and Kevin, who was twenty-four years old, had already starred in several films, and he gave Hugo a lot of advice, and also watched Hugo shine in the work "Little Restaurant". Later, Kevin was amazed by several of Hugo's works, among which the 1986 "Silver Fast Hand" Kevin and Hugo were still competitors, but Hugo relied on his own strength to defeat Kevin and get this role, Kevin was not jealous, but more admired.

In Kevin's view, Hugo's decline in the past two years is just that he is squandering his talent, as long as Hugo is willing to put his attitude right and work hard again, it is only a matter of time before he returns to the public eye. Therefore, when Kevin heard that Hugo had become the protagonist of "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea", his first reaction was: Hugo is back!

So Kevin did not skimp on his kindness, and instead began to look forward to Hugo's future achievements.

Hugo picked up the script on the table and shook it in front of Kevin, "I'm ready." "What Hugo lacks most now is time, he must have enough time to read the script, not to mention understand the characters and understand the plot, at least he needs to be able to read the script briefly and then slowly integrate into the story.

The reason why Jack said to rest for half an hour in a fit of anger was actually to give Hugo enough time to read the script. Regardless of whether Jack is in good faith or in bad faith, his purpose is this, sharpening the knife and not cutting wood, in order not to drag down the quality of today's script practice, to give Hugo enough time, which is necessary.

Kevin also quickly understood what Hugo meant, and he took the script from Hugo's hand with a smile, "This morning's rehearsal is mainly around Jack, and we will practice the role of Jack first." Then Kevin marked Hugo in the script.

Kevin plays the role of the government's prosecutor Jack Ross in the play, in short, he is an actor who sings against Daniel, but Jack is friends with Daniel in private, and he is an opponent when he stands in France.

"Then in the afternoon, I have to practice the courtroom debate scenes, because these scenes are the most contradictory places, the largest number of lines, and the highest requirements for the explosion of the characters." After Kevin finished pointing Hugo, he patted Hugo on the shoulder, and then turned to leave. There's no need to be polite anymore, half an hour is not enough, so let's leave time for Hugo to work hard.

Hugo said to Kevin's departing back, "Thanks." Kevin waved his right hand and walked straight out of the room.

Hugo turned his head to look at Joseph, showed a helpless smile, and then let out a long breath, "It's time to work hard." ”

Although Hugo knows that the filming of "Yihai Xiongfeng" is estimated to be much more difficult than "Smelling Fragrance and Knowing Women", since he can rely on his own efforts to get the role of Daniel, then he must do his best, and even hope to make a breakthrough in acting, not only for the crew, but also for himself. Even if there are many obstacles ahead, so what? Break down these obstacles one by one, and use your excellent performance to win back the respect you deserve, this is the truth!

Joseph originally wanted to comfort Hugo, but seeing Hugo recover so quickly, his heart hanging in the air slowly fell, and now Hugo is obviously trustworthy.

As soon as Hugo sat down, he began to read the script.

In fact, Hugo has seen "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea", although I don't remember the details of the movie, but the general storyline is still impressive, the character of Daniel is a typical American hero, who achieves a reversal when everyone is not optimistic, defeats the evil forces, and achieves justice. Of course, the so-called "evil forces" in "Yihai Xiongfeng" are not very accurate, this is a story involving the tradition of the US military, and it will have different meanings when interpreted from different angles, but from the standpoint of the law and human rights, Daniel's insistence is correct.

In the process of reading the script, Hugo's memory of watching the movie was awakened little by little, and the most exciting part of the whole movie was the scene where Daniel and Colonel Jessup faced off in the courtroom at the end. That court duel was really hearty, and even made Hugo have a strong interest in legal dramas for a while.

But at the same time, Hugo also remembered the performances of the original two actors in that scene, Jack Nicholson is still vicious and sophisticated, which can be called perfect, and the image of Colonel Jessup as a stubborn, conservative, arrogant, and strong soldier is vividly outlined, worthy of being an actor-level actor; And Tom Cruise also gave a rare performance in his career.

There has always been a debate about Tom's acting skills, Tom has been nominated for three Oscars for acting, twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor, and he is indeed a very good actor. Hugo's performance is still most impressive for his performance in 1989, "Born on the Fourth of July", which was the first of Tom's three nominations.

However, Tom's acting skills are not excellent, at least in terms of Hugo's personal preferences, not his favorite genre. It's not that Tom's acting skills are bad, but that he doesn't have enough control and is often prone to losing control. In terms of "Yihai Xiongfeng", Hugo was most impressed by Tom's loss of control of Daniel's acting skills in France, Tom wanted to show Daniel's control as a lawyer through the change of priorities in his tone, but unfortunately failed.

First, Tom did not change his "urgency", his tone remained basically the same, and he could not distinguish the point in his words at all; The second is the strength of the lightness and weight, the soft part is too soft, so that people often think that this is Daniel talking to himself, and he can't hear it clearly, which is not allowed in the law; And the aggravated place turned into yelling, and Tom equated "loud" with "strong", but simply used the way of roaring to strengthen the momentum, which became a little hoarse.

This kind of situation does not only appear in the work "Yihai Xiongfeng", but can be felt in almost all of Tom's characters, either insufficient or excessive, and the grasp of strength is always lacking in three points of fire. Hugo always thought Tom's best performance was "Magnolia" in 1999, but that kind of precision was only once amazing.

Of course, this is just Hugo's personal opinion. In fact, Tom's acting skills in "Yihai Xiongfeng" have received a lot of praise, at least you can see Tom's control and grasp of the role, although the rhythm and strength are a little out of control, but the excavation and understanding of the role is still worthy of recognition.

And what about Hugo? How should Hugo play the role of Daniel? When you comment on others, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and when it's your turn to play the role, not to mention whether Hugo can be retracted freely and grasp it in place, it is very difficult to say that Hugo can interpret the essence of the role like Tom.