The Greatest Showman

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Nathan stared at Renly in front of him. He sat on the chair, his fingers lightly rubbing the paper of the script. The focus and focal distance were slightly scattered, and he fell into his own thinking about the characters and the script. His attention was obviously already gone. left their conversation. This made Nathan a little helpless.

At other times, Nathan would quietly get up and leave, leaving a quiet environment for Renly to think about; but not now, Renly has other work to do. So Nathan had to cough twice, "Renly. Renly!"

Renly raised his head sharply, his brows furrowed slightly, but the focus of his eyes was still wandering. Nathan reminded aloud, "Renly, phone interview. That's what we're sitting here for, remember?"

Renly regained his senses and regained his focus. He nodded repeatedly to show his understanding, "What is the subject of the interview? Tell me again."

"...'Les Miserables'." Nathan repeated, and at this moment, the phone rang. He glanced down and saw that it was the call from "Empire" magazine reporter Ned Mullan. He quickly Quickly explained, "The film version of 'Les Miserables' had its world premiere in London the day before yesterday."

After speaking, Nathan answered the phone quickly, and after a few simple greetings, handed the receiver to Renly.

"Why?" Renly's first sentence caught Ned on the other end of the phone, "I mean, the movie version of 'Les Miserables,' why are you calling me? If I remember correctly, I But not in this work.”

Ned's words got stuck in his throat, he could say, because Renly was in the theatrical version; he could say, because Renly had auditioned for the film version; he could say, because two works were premiering Above is the focus of attention. But Ned knew Renly, and these were excuses, excuses Renly wouldn't care.

So, after the words swirled around on the tip of his tongue, Ned gave his answer, "Because you are the most popular actor, any topic involving you seems to be able to increase sales, I want to try my luck ."

Such a slanted answer successfully made Renly chuckle, "I can't refute. As long as it's not about the presidential election, I think I can offer some help."

In 2012, a four-yearly election year, and now the election has entered the final stage, only the results are announced. This time, Hollywood has also repeatedly become a hot topic in the election, including women's groups, black ethnic groups. As well as gay groups, their votes are decisive for the eventual president.

Many Hollywood members have joined this electoral tide. As an Englishman, though, none of this has anything to do with Renly; let alone the West End and Broadway, and then the Surrey studio, Renly's schedule is always so full that he never has time to focus on other topics.

In an instant, Ned understood the ridicule in Renly's words, and he couldn't help chuckling, "Are you interested in the evaluation and feedback of the movie version of 'Les Miserables'?"

"Not really," Renly said honestly, "I have a personal respect for Cameron McIntosh and would love to be a part of the show if I could. , that's why I auditioned in the first place. But McIntosh wanted to move the whole stage into the camera, I didn't think it was a good idea, lost the sense of the camera and the film, personally, then the film The charm is no longer there.”

A movie is a movie, and a drama is a drama. Simply placing the drama in the movie is no different from the videotape of the drama stage, then this is completely unnecessary, because these are two completely different art forms, the expression methods and creative concepts are different, and should not be Confuse.

That was the case with 2016's "Fences," which Renly personally resisted. Movies are not like movies, and dramas are not like dramas. They have completely lost the soul of the two art forms.

"Is that why you chose the Almeida version?" Ned asked, immediately capturing the deeper meaning of Renly's words.

"I'm not going to deny it. But here, I have to make it clear that I never got a formal offer from the film crew, I chose the drama before they made a decision. So, there's no such thing as I turned them down, or They rejected my situation," Renly explained briskly.

It was a bonus, but Ned knew that the general public wasn't interested in learning about it because it wasn't "hard-hitting" enough.

"Les Miserables, which just wrapped up its premiere, was unsatisfactory in terms of media word-of-mouth performance. What do you think about that?" Ned offered his thoughts in a relatively soft way.

"Ha, I'm not surprised." Ned's eyes lit up at Renly's answer, but then Renly changed his tone, "I mean, you wouldn't call me if the word of mouth was great. ."

Ned immediately realized that Renly saw through his intentions, which made him a little embarrassed. "Renly, you know what? Many times, I have the illusion that you know everything about the reporter's every move." Further, it seems that Renly is a good reporter himself.

Renly chuckled, "Your routine is not difficult to guess, it is simpler than the routine of Hollywood superheroes."

This joke made Ned laugh, "So, about this movie, about Hugh Jackman, can you express your opinion?

point? "

"Of course, personally, I think people underestimate the actor Hugh, everyone knows he's Wolverine, but very few people know that he once won a Tony, he's a very good stage player. Actor, have you seen his 'Oklahoma'? It's a masterpiece. I have no doubts that Hugh's Jean Valjean will be very good..."

"What about yourself?"

"I think we are two different styles."

"On the one hand, the direction of the play itself is different. For the John Codd version, Jean Valjean is just a member of the society, and we need to restrain our edge; for the Cameron Mackintosh version, In other words, he is the absolute protagonist and has to be tougher and carry the burden of the narrative, so the acting style is bound to be different."

As Ned expected, when it comes to professional knowledge, Renly is very talkative, open-minded, sharing his thoughts without reservation, sincere and focused.

"On the other hand, the two of us are different actors, I mean other than age." Occasionally, there is a little humor, "Actually, I am quite looking forward to Jackman's version of Jean Valjean, he The performance is atmospheric and full, with great tension, especially the power injected into the aria, which is bound to make the characters more surging. This will be a very interesting performance."

Sitting on the other end of the phone, Ned couldn't help savoring Renly's point of view.

Obviously, for the reporters, everyone is destined to be disappointed, and Renly has no plan to confront each other, and there is no way to fabricate conflicts; but for people in the industry or drama lovers, Renly's opinions are very valuable .

The premiere came to mind, Hugh Jackman's pursuit of Renly, the tacit understanding between the two actors was really interesting, and Ned couldn't help but chuckle, "What about the movie?"

"I haven't watched the movie yet, so I don't have the right to express my opinion." Renly said honestly, "But, they have a group of very good actors, actors from stage plays, and there is absolutely no problem with solid acting skills. So , maybe this is a Queen's version of the play on the big screen? I guess."

Although there are some reservations in the words, the ridicule and banter between the lines can capture Renly's true views, Ned can't hold back, and the laughter is passed through the receiver, "I just want to tell you, without comparison, No harm, the calls from reporters are bound to be very busy for some time to come."

Renly raised his eyebrows noncommittally, but didn't respond.

Ned added again, "Also, Renly, you're a very good actor. I'm so thankful now that I went to the Almeida to watch Les Miserables, and six hours was obviously worth it. Finally , thank you for the interview time today, then I won't disturb your work."

Then Ned hung up the phone.

Renly played with the phone, savored it for a while, and handed it over to Nathan, "Any subsequent interviews about the movie version of 'Les Miserables' have been rejected. The official answer is... I'm busy right now. At work, I don't have time to go to the cinema to watch this movie, but I have a high respect for Hugh Jackman."

"That's all?" Nathan has gradually become more comfortable now. Even if he doesn't understand what happened, his brain quickly records everything. "No need to say, if there is a chance in the future, will you definitely go to the cinema to watch this work?"

"Yes, that's all." Renly nodded in affirmation, "No need for extra expressions." As if thinking of something, the corners of Renly's mouth rose slightly, "Also, for John Cord, Emma Fielding just make a phone call and tell them what they just said, they know how to do it."

For Almeida Theater, this is actually a good thing. The free publicity, the contrast between the theatrical version and the film version is bound to attract more audiences. Anyway, whether they like it or not, the media will not easily let go of such a focus, and the discussion will only get louder.

But as to whether to take advantage of the situation and how to take advantage of it, it depends on the decision of the Almeida Theater, and has nothing to do with Renly.

As Renly expected, and as Ned said, after the release of the "Les Miserables" movie version, everyone put the two works side by side and compared them, even professional film critics in the industry. Nor can it be exempted. This seems to have become one of the hottest topics of the year-end awards season.

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