The Greatest Showman

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"Oh, you all already know each other." When the Coen brothers arrived at the Pioneer Village, they could see the actors sitting around the bar at a glance. They were bustlingly gathered and talking happily and happily. The atmosphere was good. Lively, it looks like an ordinary night in a folk bar.

Thanks to the strong appeal of the Coen brothers, the cast of "Drunken Country Ballads" is indeed eye-catching. Except for the three core starring Renly Hall, Justin Timberlake, and Carey Mulligan, in the supporting cast There are also quite a few notable names.

John-Goodman, known as Hollywood's most popular "goodman" golden supporting actor, will play Roland-turner, a wealthy squire who loves jazz and despises ballads. On top of LeVine's road trip to Chicago, he was given a ride.

Garrett Hedlund will play Rowland's driver, Johnny, who rose to fame with the TV series "Weekend at Midnight," and later starred in "Troy," "On the Road," and "Tron: Legacy." , is a representative of the new generation of tough guys.

f-murray-abraham will play the owner of a small Chicago record label and bar who becomes LeVine's last hope for his career, and he kills it with his own hands. This old actor won the Oscar for best actor as early as 1985 with "The Biography of Mozart".

There is also Adam-driver, a rookie actor who just entered the industry in 2010 and 2011. He has a very special appearance and a high degree of recognition. This time he will play a folk singer. In order to make a living, he and Jim , Le Vern collaborated on a commercial song.

Adam's career trajectory is very interesting. He has passed by in movies such as "Hoover", "Lincoln", and "Frances-Ha", but more of it became popular with the American TV series "Bad Sisters", and later starred in "Planet". The Great War: The Force Awakens" became popular, and in the works of "Patterson" and "League of Thieves", he won the audience's love with his unique personal temperament.

It can be felt that the Coen brothers put a lot of effort into the casting stage, and every actor for every role has been carefully selected again and again.

At this moment, all the actors are gathered together, not only because this is the important day for the "Drunken Country Ballad" crew to gather for the first time, but also because it is the first time for the entire crew to officially read the script and understand the characters.

In fact, with the exception of Renly, the roles of the other actors were relatively short-lived.

The busy daily John Goodman only took three days to complete the shooting of all the scenes, and Abraham, who had few scenes, only had one day of scenes, even if he didn't attend today's script reading meeting, it didn't matter. However, on the first day the crew assembled, they still gave the Coen brothers enough face to attend.

Joel Cohen took a step forward, looked around the actor, couldn't help but rubbed his hands excitedly, "Ha, it looks like everyone knows it now. Hey, Renly, you too Appeared."

"Isn't this the most important thing?" John Goodman, who was sitting next to him, leaned lazily on the back of his chair, and complained indifferently, but his subtly soft tone had a kind of his own. The cold and humorous style seems to imply that the entire crew is waiting for Renly to appear.

Then, everyone couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths.

Renly could feel that all eyes were on him, and he didn't rush to explain in a panic, he just said with a smile, "I thought money was." A witty and ingenious joke instantly changed the upward smile. It became a cheerful chuckle.

Then Ethan Cohen clapped his hands and drew everyone's attention, "Now that the entire crew is here, we should start preparing for shooting. I asked the weather forecast for New York and Chicago. , In the next three weeks, there will be snow forecasts one after another, in other words, this is our shooting cycle."

While speaking, Ethan cast his gaze towards Renly, and said with an apologetic expression, "Because we need you to travel through the wind and rain all the time, sorry, this is not a job done in a studio. . But now it's too late to regret, we set an amount that you can't default."

In the midst of the roar of laughter, Ren Li spread out his hands and said calmly, "In the last work, I was trapped in a steam sauna room for an average of ten hours a day, being scorched like the sun, I think, Now is the time to experience a work environment that feels bitterly cold all the time.”

In an instant, everyone in the entire pioneer village burst into laughter.

Immediately afterwards, the crew officially began to read the script aloud.

Generally speaking, before a production crew reads the script, the main actors and the main staff will briefly introduce themselves, and determine their respective positions, especially the roles played by the actors, so that they can have a preliminary understanding of each other; some directors also I will go further, and I hope to communicate with the actors about the script and the characters, so as to ensure that the actors are on the right path.

But the Coen brothers were different.

All of these links were omitted. They arrived at the pioneer village in less than two minutes, and they didn't even warm up. They started reading the script directly, showing a sharp and serious

The popular style of doing things also reveals the roughness and savagery of the independent crew, like the original ecological plants, which grow recklessly.

Actors need to be familiar with and cooperate with each other.

To put it simply, Renly read a line aloud, he needed to know who he was talking to, and then overlapped the actor's personal image with the character a little bit, and adjusted the rhythm and intonation of his lines and other details; more directly, He may need to look the opposite actor in the eye and read the lines in a conversational way.

But now, the Coen brothers have skipped the relevant part, so that the reading of the script has become a stumbling, like a playful slapstick. Sometimes, someone grabs the line; sometimes, someone can't match the line; sometimes, looking in one direction, the source of the line is another direction.

The whole scene was a little chaotic.

But Renly could sense that the Coen brothers enjoyed the chaos.

This reminds me of the basic class when I just started learning acting. Facing a group of people, strangers, and the air, they stepped forward to perform regardless. The jerky and embarrassing performance often made people curl up, but the presentation of breaking the unfamiliar barriers often Can get unexpected results.

Some are familiar, some are unfamiliar.

Gradually, Renly also tasted the difference in details.

John and Abraham, who did not have a lot of roles, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, without much room to play, but they were always in a hurry; in the relatively limited performance space, Kerry and Adam both showed good performance spirituality, whether they are good or not, It still needs further testing in actual shooting, but at least they all have a strong personal style, which instantly brightens the characters.

Justin is still Justin. It can basically be said to be a true performance. The acting content is not very obvious. It is not much different from the style of "Saturday Night Live". The whole line feels more "impatient", especially in the chaos. ; and Garnett's performance is more boring, after the lack of control of facial expressions, the context of the performance disappeared in the lines.

Everyone says the Coen brothers are not good at tuning/teaching actors.

Although Francis McDormand of "Frozen" and Javier Bardem of "No Country for Old Men" have both won Oscars, their excellence comes from their own understanding and interpretation of the characters, not the director The capture of the details of the performance, so the Coen brothers always prefer to use actors with solid performance skills and temperament that fit the role.

This way, they can focus more on the use of the camera, the storytelling, and the delivery of style.

Now it seems that the Coen brothers have their own understanding of actors, performances, and styles. They can find the most suitable actors according to their own style of work, and excavate the unique temperament of the actors, so they can be integrated with the story. , to ensure the integrity of the work.

If the actor can find a fit between the performance and the style, then he can shine; but if not, the actor will be completely submerged in the director's style and become a perfect part of the work.

Among the directors Renly has collaborated with so far, Paul Greengrass, Tony Kaye, and Alfonso Cuaron can be regarded as artistic creators with distinctive styles.

However, Paul's "Edge of Tomorrow" is originally a popcorn work, and the exploration of acting skills is not deep; while Tony and Alfonso both focus on the actors, trust the actors wholeheartedly, magnify the performance, let the performance go, their In a sense, the style is more focused on the director of the actor's performance.

Like the Coen brothers, it should be the first time.

Involuntarily, Renly pondered in his mind, was Oscar Isaac in the last life considered outstanding under the lens of the Coen brothers? Or submerged? It's an interesting topic, and he can't help comparing "Drunken Country Ballad" to "Ex Machina" and "The Year of the Storm" and several other Oscar-Isaac works.

"Renly?" A shout came from his ear, Renly's eyes lifted, and then he noticed that all the actors were focused on him. He smiled apologetically and politely, expressing that He was a little distracted just now, but he didn't apologize further, but his calm appearance made everyone stunned slightly.

Then, everyone showed a different reaction.

Joel Cohen didn't care at all, and repeated his words, "What's the problem? We were just discussing how the music in the movie should be re-arranged to be more in line with the style of the whole story, you've heard it before Mastering, what is your opinion now? Or, what was your opinion just now?"

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