章節 135: Crew
In this world, there are always some rumors; just listening to them makes people feel quite surprised or even unbelievable.
Levi's movies have his own ideas and perspectives, and he has his own standards and ideas when choosing actors. The things he chose have always been quite unique, but even so, when the news that he is using Jim Carrey as the protagonist for his third movie came out, it still made many media speechless.
"We all know that when Levi shoots movies, he likes to give close-up shots of an actor's face. Through the changes in the actor's facial expressions, he can deeply reflect the characters' emotions and the plot's progress. But, Nick, however much you like to shoot facial expressions, you can't find Jim Carrey! His movies can't reflect any profound thoughts; they can only reflect the comedy effect!"
After the media's astonishment, they all condemned Levi's approach almost simultaneously. Whether Levi's films are profound, realistic themes or frenzied fantasy-style stories, there are essentially deep thoughts behind the stories. However, some actors, their own names, already have a big gap with the profound movie theme, and Jim Carrey is undoubtedly such a person.
No one can deny Jim Carrey's achievements; as the best comedian in the world, any comedy he performs may be well received by people, which is undeniable. However, no matter how well received, he is also a comedian. It seems strange to let a comedian play a real drama and a comedian to act in a very thoughtful movie... To put it simply, this is simply a painting gone wrong! It is like using Tom and Jerry's fighting style to depict Batman and the Joker fight!
"Levi's shots are pursuing the use of long shots. The control of the beauty of the shots, as well as the restrained acting skills of the actors using small movements, especially facial expressions, to reflect the psychological changes of the characters. Jim Carrey's performance style is the craziest, the biggest action, with the best body language performance style. What kind of movie will appear when these two people work together? It is unimaginable; I need to wait and see."
Many media had expressed extremely pessimistic views on this, even more cynical than when Levi changed from a political film to a romantic comedy.
"The theme change is only a change of the outer shell. It is like a person who is used to wearing a suit and suddenly changes into a casual outfit. People may adapt; after all, it is still the same person. If there is really a model figure, you can be handsome in whatever you wear. However, hiring an inappropriate actor is like changing your soul. No matter how good director Levi is, he can't change all his director's shooting habits, right?"
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This comment from the media was quite incisive, but Levi smiled and put it on the table after reading this comment.
"My shooting habits, of course, won't change. In fact, even if it does, I have no intention of changing the crew. My shooting style is still the same as always, and I believe you can adapt to my shooting style, right, Mr. Carrey?"
"Just call me Jim."
Jim Carrey leaned on the chair, waved his hands casually, and showed a very stretched smile on his face, "I don't trust my own acting skills as much as you do. In fact, I do believe a little bit of what the media is saying. According to the media, if my acting skills are paired with your camera, will it really have a good effect?"
The comments in the media are not so much aimed at Levi but rather at Jim Carrey. Although these articles say that Levi's vision of selecting actors is not qualified, they are talking about Jim Carrey in the final analysis.
Jim Carrey knows that as a comedian, others don't think highly of him, but no matter who he is, he will not be pleased to see the media questioning himself like this. Especially saying he has no acting skills.
Jim Carrey does not like the media's comments, and he also thinks he is a good enough comedian. But as the media said, a good comedian is not necessarily a good drama actor.
"There is no doubt about this. "Levi nodded confidently, "Your acting skills are not bad; it's just because you often act in comedies, and comedies don't need too many details to show, so you don't pay much attention to these aspects. I've always thought that really superficial lunatics don't make good comedies. Optimism and superficiality are not the same; you must have self-confidence. As long as I am the director, I will let you overcome your problems and let you shoot the movie to the best effect."
Jim Carrey looked at the young man in front of him. This man is much younger than him, but he is already a top director in Hollywood. Perhaps, this man's confidence is really worthy of trust?
Anyway, nothing can be done now. He's already started the movie. During this time, he's already preparing for the scene and thinking about how to perform it. Moreover, Levi is also looking for other actors to accompany him. There is no room for backing down at this time.
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Levi is currently looking for other character roles in the movie.
The role of the director was Ed Harris in the original work, and Levi had no interest in changing it: he was originally a golden supporting role, and it was very suitable to play this role. As an actor who has been nominated for Oscars many times, and basically, all of them are supporting roles, his acting skills can be trusted. He can also easily play the role of such a behind-the-scenes black hand.
And the role of his first love is also very important in the play. This character's existence motivates Truman to go to Fiji, and she is also the first person who boldly confides the truth to Truman. The image of this character should be a person who is rational, brave, and has inner charm, and at the same time, can make people feel beautiful.
After thinking about it, Levi quickly found a new candidate.
"Truman's first love Lauren, I want Amy Adams to give it a try. Didn't she always want to become a movie actor when she was on the crew? Then we might as well give her a chance and let her try."
Amy Adams has been acting in the TV series CSI for over two years and has always performed exceptionally well in the movie. As her fame grows and more and more audiences recognize her as a good actor, she also begins to seek more remarkable development.
Levi knew that her acting skills were good and that keeping her from staying in the TV series was impossible. It is more in line with Levi's idea to let her leave peacefully like George Clooney was sent away in the ER, rather than letting her fall out with the crew until they are old and dead.
Amy Adams's appearance is not particularly beautiful, but she is very good at portraying herself as an understanding and sensible intellectual woman. This is a smart person; letting her play the role of Lauren is the best use of everything. If she can act well, Levi can naturally ask her to make other movies in the future, and if she can't perform well, then she can just go to film TV series in the future. Anyway, Levi will not suffer at all.
Of course, to play this role, she needs to lose weight, dye her hair, and design a new hairstyle, but these are not a problem for her, who is already a famous actress.
And then there is the role of his friend Marlon, and Levi chose Mark Wahlberg, who is now famous for his Boogie Nights.
His acting skills, as well as his looks, are more suitable for the needs of this movie. And after becoming famous with Boogie Nights, he also wanted to act in more types of films and broaden his acting career. The role of Marlon is not considered a positive role, but he can perform it very well, which also made him agree to play the role after consideration.
As for the role of his mother, Levi still found Holland Taylor, who played his mother in the original. It's also good to invite her to play the role of mother.
And after these roles are settled, what is left is the role of the actress who played Truman's wife in the film. In Levi's mind, she needs to behave naturally in most of the play, just like an ordinary wife, but, at certain times, she needs to show the professional qualities that an actor should have: that is, this is an actress who needs to act within a play, and because the play within a play is a reality show, she is required to be simple and natural on the one hand, and explosive on the other.
"You still think I'm not suitable for this movie, right?"
Theron asked for Levi's thoughts, but Levi's opinion is still the same, "You are too beautiful to be a heroine, and the heroine must be about 30 years old; you are too young. But if you want, you can play the second wife that the director arranged for Truman; that is, there is a five-second cameo..."
For Levi's arrangement, Theron just gave him a blank look.
However, for this role, Levi doesn't know who to choose: he spent a lot of budget on Jim Carrey and Ed Harris in the past, and Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, although the salary is not high, they have to consider that for this role, Levi can't afford to hire a big name.
Not to mention, he doesn't think it's good to use a big name. From the point of view of this movie, it may not be effective to find someone familiar to the audience as the heroine. If a female character wants to play an effective role, it is better to be a newcomer.
Therefore, the most crucial heroine of this movie still needs to be decided through auditions.
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