The filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins" did not go well, on the one hand, because Brad often fell into a trance, and there was a little problem with the rhythm of the whole performance, and more often he needed the guidance of Morgan or Hugo, which had a great impact on the filming schedule; On the one hand, it is because after Hugo completed the first scene, he had a new understanding of the role of Anonymous, and he also tried to study some new things during the performance.

When starring in "Schindler's List", Hugo actually thought of Kevin Spacey's performance in "The Seven Deadly Sins", more accurately, Hugo borrowed Kevin's way of acting, but when Hugo actually entered the anonymous performance of "The Seven Deadly Sins", Hugo found that this role was very different from what he imagined.

Amun-Goss is a soul-like performance, and Hugo's part of himself is almost completely hidden when he is put into the performance, whether it is alcohol or smoking, it is actually a means for Hugo to completely become Amon Goss, because Amon's experience seems to be a process that Hugo does not understand and cannot go through, he needs to abandon himself to the maximum, and then put himself in Amun's position to think, this kind of performance is almost crazy, and Hugo is difficult to control, he can only passively follow the feelings and thoughts released.

After that, "Pulp Fiction" and "Before Sunrise" are completely different ways of acting, which can be said to be completely opposite to Amon Goss, compared to the character, Hugo is more engaged in the performance with his true colors, not his true colors, but with his own outlook on life, worldview and values as a framework, and then based on his own experience, the character is shaped, it can be said that Hugo's understanding of the character and any other person's perspective is completely different, more of his own, private experience.

One is to abandon oneself, and the other is to take oneself as the starting point. These are two completely different ways of acting.

Katharine Hepburn once told Hugo, "The overlap between personal experience and character experience is in a sense unnecessary, because personal experience can never catch up with the whimsy of the screenwriter." In fact, it is the so-called threefold realm of Zen meditation, at the beginning of Zen meditation, the mountains are mountains, and the water is water; When Zen is enlightened, the mountain is not a mountain, and the water is not water; Enlightenment in Zen, looking at the mountains is still the mountains, and the water is still the water.

Although Hugo's performance so far is very outstanding, and he has made great progress compared to when he "smelled the fragrance and knew the woman", he still stayed in the realm of "the beginning of Zen meditation", looking at the mountains and the water being water. He also truly understands what Catherine means, sometimes he can build a character based on his own experience, but sometimes he can't do it, so the overlap between personal experience and character experience is actually unnecessary, the important thing is his own understanding of the character and the integration of himself and the character.

But this time, the anonymous name of the "Seven Deadly Sins" made Hugo initially feel the realm of "Zen and enlightenment", looking at mountains is not mountains, and seeing water is not water.

The character of Anonymous is an unquestionable ****** who has an extreme and terrifying mind, who wants to prove his sense of existence by creating panic, and although he carries out the seven deadly sins under the guise of "God has chosen him", he never denies the inner pleasure in the process of carrying out the seven deadly sins. Therefore, he enjoyed the whole process very much, even the final death was a kind of enjoyment for him.

But Anonymous perfectly integrated this perversion into the blood, hidden under the appearance of a gentleman and a good education, and the sense of conflict created by this extreme contradiction further formed the cold-blooded and cruel in his bones, as if he was a demon in human skin.

Such a state of mind, such a mentality, such a feeling, is a level that Hugo could not touch, and it is also a feeling that Hugo has never experienced.

However, after careful exploration and analysis, Hugo constructed a very similar upbringing experience for Anonymous, from a single-parent family to the difficulties of childhood, to the intricacies of chasing dreams and realizing success, although Hugo's personal experience will be more positive and sunny, while Anonymous will be more negative and dark, but Hugo's biography of Anonymous is indeed conceived on his own experience.

Similar experiences lead to completely different lives, which is very common in real life.

Hugo extracted the life of Anonymous from his own experience, which was unlike any previous acting experience, as if he were looking for the young American Jesse in the personality of Amon Goss. Hugo found out the reasons for the mutation of Anonymous's personality and concept based on his own experience, interpreted and interpreted it with his understanding, and finally shaped Anonymous.

It's like...... It's like a split personality, but it's not completely independent of the two personalities, and the involvement and entanglement between each other are still constantly conflicting and arguing in Hugo's mind, which makes Hugo feel painful and stimulated, maybe this is the new bottleneck he is looking for, once it breaks through, it can open a new door.

Since joining the crew, Hugo has been writing a diary, and he has been detailing how Anonymous perfected the entire criminal process, including all the things he encountered in his life and work during the process, and even the brainstorming triggered by a conversation he heard on the subway.

Hugo writes every day, and the style of the diary is very complicated, sometimes leaning towards Hugo's personality, sometimes leaning towards the personality of a serial killer, and sometimes evolving into a mixed personality such as Anonymous, which plays a crucial role in Hugo's understanding of Anonymous.

Interestingly, David Fincher and Andrew Kevin Walker were shocked when they stumbled upon Hugo's diary for more than twenty days.

When Mills and Samosey found Anonymous's home, they found countless books and materials in Anonymous's home, and in order to present a sense of realism, David hired professionals to write books related to the film, all of which were real creations that fit Anonymous's personality, and they spent more than $10,000 and spent nearly two months still not finishing.

Now, David and Andrew have seen Hugo's diary, and their first thought is to add Hugo's diary to this batch of materials, because this is the real record of Anonymous's planning of the entire case. With Hugo's consent, David placed the thick diary on the desk of Anonymous's house, which became an important piece of evidence.

Although Hugo spent a lot of energy trying to find the point of connection between himself and Anonymous, he still felt that he still had not grasped the essence, and that Yiqiē was only superficial, because his mind was always clear. Sometimes, being too sober is not a good thing, because it means that Hugo is still not deeply committed to the two different personalities.

This is also the reason why Hugo has been very entangled in his performance process recently, and he has been looking for a balance between the performance - which part should be gentler and which part should be cold-blooded; which part should be a little gentleman, and which part should be a little cruel; Which part should be calmer and which part should be a little more violent......

This realm of seeing mountains not mountains and water not water made Hugo's brain very confused.

But at the same time, it also made Hugo realize one thing, why Kevin Spacey won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor The role of Little Golden Man is from the "Very Suspect" instead of the "Seven Deadly Sins", because the role of "Seven Deadly Sins" Anonymous still has too narrow space to play, not the number of roles, but the depth of the character's psychology, the depth of the role and the plot.

This is a new harvest for Hugo, he originally thought that the role of Anonymous was already very difficult, but after really going deeper and understanding, he realized that it was not as difficult as he imagined; At the same time, he also has a new understanding of the implication and depth of the script, which reminds Hugo of some evaluations of the script "Seven Deadly Sins" in later generations, the general opinion is that it is very exciting, but the most exciting thing is that the ending is bright, and the overall quality and thickness of the script are still not enough, so this script is relatively inferior in terms of status in major award ceremonies and in later generations.

This reminded Hugo of Ernst Lechmann, who expressed his opinion on the script of the "Seven Deadly Sins", and his character screenwriter was still too immature and narrow-minded, missing many parts worth excavating, and many times, a script can be improved by more than one notch with just a few details of the difference. "Pulp Fiction" is the most typical positive example.

Hugo suddenly began to be enthusiastic, he wanted to be further improved, he wanted to find a character that was more complex, more difficult and more challenging than Anonymous, he wanted to touch the realm of "seeing the mountain is not a mountain, seeing the water is not water", he wanted to stand in front of the camera and interpret the character according to his own understanding, and be able to integrate perfectly with the script.

This unprecedented desire for acting made Hugo full of energy.

However, now that the rest of the script is a matter of the future, Hugo still has to interpret Anonymous well, Hugo has been trying to find the best balance through many different interpretations and attempts, the scene where Anonymous surrendered himself was perfect, and Hugo hoped to be able to evolve the perfection of a scene into a part of his acting skills, and then become the norm.

Hugo's entanglement and struggle, coupled with Brad's trance and struggle, the filming progress of "The Seven Deadly Sins" slowed down, but David was originally a harsh and tricky person, everyone thought that a scene was perfect, but he still had to pick and choose to reshoot, and now with Hugo's strong support, it is natural for the crew to slow down.

After this scene was NG for the seventeenth time in a row, David had to stop and "take a break for a while", Brad walked to the side with a depressed look and covered his head to rest, while David walked to Hugo's side and began to discuss, "I just wanted to cut a shot from Mills's point of view, but it didn't work very well, what do you think?" ”

"I think Anonymous here needs a casual look, you know, with a little bit of provocative but more confident confidence, which angle do you think can capture such a look." Hugo spoke his understanding as an actor.

While speaking, a staff member next to him said, "Hugo, you have a visitor", but only halfway through the words, he automatically whispered down, stood aside in a regular manner, and quietly waited for the discussion between Hugo and David to end.