Hugo was laughing with Andrew with a relaxed face, when he heard the voice, and when he turned around, he saw David Fincher's worried face, and he couldn't help laughing, "David, don't worry, it's okay." ”

To be honest, in the three-acre field of Hollywood, it is almost impossible to have no negative news for the rest of your life like Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Because negative press itself is an integral part of Hollywood. What's more, even if there are no big-name rumors this time, the negative news about Hugo is indispensable, one more time will not be bad, and one less time will not necessarily make much difference.

Compared with Hugo, the rest of the crew looked worried, and even Andrew, who was laughing just now, couldn't help but cast his eyes at Hugo seriously. This made Hugo cry and laugh, and he still had to solemnly reiterate again, "Don't worry, I'm really fine." I've also discussed this matter with my agent, and there are no major problems. ”

When Hugo sued Sù Rick about this, Rick, after much consideration, unexpectedly supported and even encouraged Hugo to do so.

In fact, in the past few months, Rick has repeatedly felt that Hugo has initially experienced the situation of "unbearable cold", from the so-called concerns of the media after the release of "Before Sunrise", to the pressure on Endeavor elite brokerage companies by brokerage companies, and then to the recent reaction of the media in the process of the "Mission Impossible" and "Seven Deadly Sins" controversy, it can be perceived: many people are gloating and expecting Hugo to fall on his heels.

If this situation continues to develop, it will turn into stress. For example, the victories of "Sleepless in Seattle" or "Heroes of the Sea" have made people cry out in the past, but perhaps in the near future, the victories of "speed of life and death" and "pulp fiction" will not inspire more enthusiasm in the media, and people will take Hugo's victory for granted and demand more. And once Hugo fails, it is almost conceivable that kind of landslide and ground cracking.

So, Hugo needed to decompress.

After it was confirmed that he missed "Mission Impossible" on Oscar night, Rick's first reaction was not to remedy "Mission Impossible", but to quickly cut through the mess and choose the "Seven Deadly Sins", which may not mean to relieve pressure on Hugo, and let people see that Hugo is also at a disadvantage in the face of Tom Cruise's power. The New York Post's "concern" report after the incident was what Rick was happy to see, so he not only did not stop it, but also did not let the good newspaper refute it.

The big-name turmoil that came out this time is bound to arouse the supreme enthusiasm of the media, but for Rick, it is more convenient for him to control behind the scenes than for the media to fabricate facts out of nothing. What's more, to put it mildly, Hugo does have the qualifications to play a big name now, as long as the news report is not too outrageous, Rick will not stop it.

In Hollywood, a good agent is even more important than the talent of the artist himself, and that's not just talk.

The serious look on Hugo's face made David and Andrew a little more at ease, but Hugo also knew that this matter would not be able to relieve them for a while, so Hugo simply changed the topic, "David, do you think I should shave my head for the role?" ”

Hugo's sudden words made David stunned, "What? ”

Hugo chuckled and explained, "Didn't you say before that you wanted Michael Stape to play Anonymous?" Because you think his temperament is very similar to Anonymous. ”

David nodded unexpectedly, he didn't expect that Hugo remembered so clearly a thought when he was chatting with Hugo before.

"I've been thinking about what your so-called temperament is." Hugo went on to say, which made David smile a little awkwardly, "I later read the script again and again, and sketched in my mind an image of an anonymous man, you know, first of all he shouldn't be so prominent, he seems to be ordinary, without much sharp light, so he won't be noticed; Secondly, he is calm, polite, and even wise, but under these temperaments, he has some terrifying qualities. ”

David and Andrew were both attracted to Hugo's words, although one of them is a director and the other is a screenwriter, their understanding of the role is different from Hugo's, because what actors need is to get into the whole role, but they need the whole big picture. Therefore, Hugo's understanding of Anonymous is far deeper than the two of them, and even makes Andrew's eyes shine as a screenwriter.

Hugo has been carefully analyzing the character of Anonymous for some time now, and he has taken the original image of Kevin Spacey out of his mind and tried to reconstruct an Anonymous.

Anonymous's childhood was supposed to be dark, perhaps not the extreme pain, but full of negative thoughts. Maybe he is a single parent, his father is unwilling to take on the family responsibilities and runs away, and his mother is struggling to make ends meet, he lives in a dilapidated and simple house, looking at his mother's bed coldly. One after another hurried passers-by, secretly resentful of their grandfathers and grandmothers who didn't care about their mothers.

The ridicule and sarcasm of the other children at school made him try to explode, he may have been angry, confrontational, and fighting, but apparently his thin body could not form an effective confrontation, and each rebellion ended not only in suppression, but also in more indifference and ridicule.

So he decided to rely on his own power to change his life. Maybe he studied hard and wanted to use his knowledge to change his fate, and he did succeed - at least he was admitted to a top university, left his hometown town, and came to a big city, became a graduate of a first-class university, and found a white-collar job. In the eyes of many people, this is already very difficult. Not only did he not give up on himself and degenerate himself, but he also made a breakthrough and was reborn in Nirvana, living the life that his mother and his friends in his hometown had hoped for.

He has great expectations for himself, he wants to change his fate with his own strength, and he wants to change the world even more. He had succeeded once, so he believed he could succeed a second time. But the reality is cruel, the truth is that after coming to the big city, he is still an ordinary member of the crowd, and there is nothing special about it. Throw him into a sea of people, and no one will notice him at all.

Although he had a good position and salary, he also tried his best to mold himself into the type that everyone envied: a surplus of life, a bank deposit, a highly educated person, a well-spoken man, a well-mannered person, and a handsome gentleman. This mask fooled everyone, but in fact, it couldn't fool himself. Only he knows that this qiē is just an appearance, and in his bones, he is still not the most special one.

Even if he struggled to read more books and make himself erudite; Even if he learns the demeanor of the upper class and makes himself elegant; Even if he suppresses his personality and allows himself to become inclusive and optimistic; Even if he was devout in his belief in God, he made himself peaceful and faithful...... But the reality is that he is still a dispensable member of society, and he is always a loner in other people's lives and in his own life.

More importantly, he is still an ordinary person, he has no ability to change his life, let alone change this damn world - because this society is so disappointing, his family, his background, his environment are too disappointing. Therefore, Anonymous longs to succeed a second time, to rely on his own strength to change society, to make the world remember his name, and to be the savior of this society. Thus there are the "seven deadly sins".

Such an anonymous person is actually very complicated, his extreme inferiority complex makes him extremely proud, and his down-and-out background makes him hate the dirty things at the bottom of society, because these are the parts he wants to forget and want to eradicate. The darkness in his heart has been integrated into his blood, but it is seamlessly hidden by him, just like his ordinary, ordinary appearance, ordinary clothing, ordinary work, no one can detect his specialness. But he's smart, he's calm, he's paranoid, he's a gentleman, and that's all habits he developed growing up, and this qiē makes him a perfect killer.

Unobtrusive, but wise enough.

Hugo almost wrote an autobiography for Anonymous, and he also sketched in his mind the image of himself as Anonymous, an ordinary white shirt and black suit pants, but because he was too conservative, he added a white T-shirt as a base, which was decent, without any cut or design, and was the most ordinary image of an office worker; A pair of eyes are calm and open, there is always a humble and friendly smile on the corner of the mouth, the shoulders will be a little shrunken, looking a little humble, all the movements are unhurried, and even reveal some slowness, but the arrogance and invincibility in the bones can be glimpsed in that slow movement......

But Hugo found an important thing, he still lacks a temperament, which is not a defect in his acting skills, but an overall feeling, as if there is something more. Then Hugo realized: his hair.

Hugo's hair hadn't been cut in a while, and now it's on the long side. Generally speaking, long hair tends to appear feminine, while short hair is relatively strong, and although this is not a theorem, it is generally true. It's like when Hugo starred in "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea" and "Schindler's List", they were actually short-haired.

The styling itself is part of the acting, there's no denying it.

Hugo originally wanted to cut the board inch, but if you think about it carefully, the board inch will make his facial features appear more sharp, even if he has been precipitating his eyes, the effect is still not good. Because Anonymous is not the same as Amon Goss, Amon needs a sharp look, but Anonymous doesn't.

This reminds Hugo of David's earlier mention of Michael Staple, who is bald. Hugo suddenly realized that if he shaved his head, the circular curvature of his forehead would inevitably weaken the three-dimensional and sharp features of his facial features, and it would also be more in line with the image of Anonymous who usually does not pay attention to taking care of himself. The most important thing is that the inchhead is reminiscent of a soldier, but the bald head has a little more evil spirit. When Hugo can't use his eyes to reveal too much emotion, a bald head can help a lot.

No wonder David was impressed with Michael before, and in terms of temperament, it is indeed similar.

Therefore, Hugo had this idea, "I think I'm still too handsome, my facial features are too conspicuous, maybe after shaving my head, the whole temperament will be different." ”