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Superstar - Chapter 2113

Published at 31st of January 2024 08:32:52 AM


Chapter 2113: Super lineup

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Hugo is an actor and then a screenwriter. This can be felt in the two scripts "Before Sunrise" and "Perfectly Perfect". His depiction and sculpting of characters is indeed commendable. "Before Sunrise" won the first Oscar nomination for Charlize, and "Perfect" went a step further, allowing Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunter to both aspire to the Oscar statuettes.

This time the "beautiful mind" is no exception.

As the protagonist, John Nash, Hugo devoted almost all his efforts, not just John’s life, but Hugo also consulted a lot of psychological information and talked with several different psychologists in an effort to capture John’s image. Shape it completely three-dimensionally. The core content of the entire script is John's schizophrenia, which is unimaginable for the performance process.

In the process of creating the script, Hugo actually entered John's spiritual world step by step. This is also the reason why the script creation has not been able to accelerate. It took Hugo more than 60 days to complete the script. In fact, although he has not formally put into filming yet, Hugo has already begun to slowly find the rhythm of the performance. It's just that Hugo's ability to control acting is very good now, so this is not completely out of control.

In addition to John, Hugo spent a lot of energy on the research of a supporting role, and used a lot of pen and ink on the description of the supporting role. Due to the fact that there was too much content, Hugo had to spend more than ten days to delete the content and fine-tune the content of the script.

The character of Alicia Nash was actually recreated by Hugo—to be more precise, Hugo recreated the entire story. Because it is really too difficult to present the life of John Nash, and the background of the times is too grand, Hugo adopts John's life structure according to his own set of subjects-from genius to schizophrenia to Nobel Prize ——To construct a semi-fictional story. Therefore, Hugo rewrites Alicia.

Alicia in "Beautiful Mind" is actually more complicated, but also more real. Her mentality changes, psychological struggles, and emotional ups and downs are all the most real. It can be said that almost every normal person in real life can appear. But the only difference is that Alicia chose to stay, perhaps because of the power of love, perhaps the burden of responsibility, or the fetters of friendship... Hugo did not deliberately point out in the script, but left it to the audience to learn from himself To interpret from a different perspective. However, what is certain is that Alicia's persistence has become the key to John's improvement, just like a dawn in the dark.

The role of Alicia may not be as complicated as Irene Enos, but the difficulty of acting is by no means inferior. Because this character needs Charlize to show the softness and fragility that she does not want to show to others, the delicate and sensitive struggle, like a gentle sunrise, weak but tough, tearing the dark haze bit by bit, letting the sun shine Shrouded the earth again.

In fact, this character is somewhat similar to the fragility that Charlize showed in "The Devil's Advocate", but it is quite different. This places extremely high demands on Charlize's control.

Although Charlize is already in the hands of two performers, the road to performance is still very long. "Beautiful mind" can definitely be said to be a brand new challenge. Hugo hopes that Charlize will play Alicia. It is definitely more than a simple favor-because Hugo knows that Charlize is competent for this role and can interpret a completely different style. He also looks forward to another confrontation with Charlize. play.

The same is true for the other characters in "Beautiful Mind", Hugo is definitely not written for favors.

For example, William Pacher, Hugo hopes to be played by Leonardo. But in fact, at the very beginning of writing this role, Hugo conceived the object of Ed Harris, an actor who just played Christopher in "Trumen's World". But with the improvement and modification of the script, Hugo felt that Leonardo was more suitable for this role.

William Pacher is a fictional character in the course of John Nash's schizophrenia. In John's consciousness, William was a federal agent. He came to the door in the hope that John could help crack the enemy's password and maintain national security. This made him a hero behind the scenes of history.

The appearance of this character is definitely not Hugo's inexplicable setting. After studying John’s life, Hugo discovered that although John was a genius since childhood, he has always been a freak, always laughed at by people, and he has always been disdainful of those so-called social interactions, as if in his world. There is only mathematics. But in the depths of the subconscious—even in the depths of the subconscious that he didn't even realize, he still hoped to be recognized by the society.

Maybe not those ordinary people with "no knowledge, no culture, no insight", but those who can truly appreciate his abilities, his wisdom, and his talents. He hopes that he is not just a nerd studying mathematics. He hopes to be able to Recognized by the social elite, he hopes to truly create a career.

In fact, it is a sense of existence. Everyone needs a sense of existence. Even a small person needs their own sense of existence. Maybe it is the presence of the head of the family, maybe the presence of excellent grades, maybe the presence of the world in the eyes of the beloved... or the presence that is recognized in a certain field like John.

Therefore, Hugo set the role of William Pacher. In the midst of schizophrenia, John fictionalized William. Although he was forced to "work his life for the country" under William's compulsion, he actually enjoyed it. No matter how dangerous he was, he tried his best to "obey orders." Because in the depths of the subconscious, he is eager to prove his value in this way-which also complements John Nash's political fables in real life, burying the clues of reality into the story line in a metaphorical way. Even if people later told him that this was a fictional character, he refused to believe it.

So Pacher has very distinctive characteristics, mysterious, authoritative, powerful, rational, wise, clever, cunning, and can even perceive all conspiracy and tricks. This is the definition of "authority" deep down in John's heart.

Hugo originally wanted Ed Harris to play this role because Ed's image was positive, tall and serious, and at the same time he was very ruthless. However, it turned out later that Ed was actually too strong, especially his acting style was completely different. He can show the authoritative side of Pacher, but it is not enough to outline the entanglement between Pacher and Nash. Strictly speaking, Patcher is actually a projection of Nash's heart, which is part of Nash, and Ed is not the best choice to show this connection.

Later, Hugo considered Leonardo. Hugo was very hesitant at first. Firstly, Leonardo is too young and far away from the role; secondly, Leonardo's performance is more than delicate but not thick enough. In the case of the role lacking crutches, he can only rely on his acting talent to interpret, so The rhythm of the performance is good and bad, and it is difficult to maintain a stable average level.

Because of the role of William Pacher, Hugo repeatedly reimagined the manuscript several times, but he still didn't have a clear idea. Because when Hugo wrote the "Beautiful Mind" script, he planned and set John Nash's fantasy role. One was William Pacher, representing John's dream, and at the same time a colleague, who was loyal; the other was Charles and John. His roommate represents John’s friendship and at the same time is a friend and trust; one is Marcy, Charles’ niece, represents John’s affection, and at the same time is the spiritual maintenance of the same sickness, sympathy, softness and love.

Finally, there is Alicia in real life, representing John's love. She is not only John's soulmate, but also John's trust, loyalty and softness.

Therefore, the settings and personalities of each character are completely different, which is why Hugo needs to recreate the story of John Nash-in the virtual illusion part, John always refuses to talk directly with Hugo.

Later, after Charles, Marcy and other roles were perfected, Hugo suddenly realized that, in fact, Leonardo's disadvantages were also his advantages. Leonardo’s youth is incompatible with the character, but it also complements the fact that "William Pacher" is completely virtual, especially when John became famous at a young age-he created game theory when he was only 21 years old, so in In his subconscious mind, William Pacher, who is also an authority figure, shouldn't be a middle-aged person, but rather a top-notch existence who is close to him but has achieved fame, which makes John even more eager to be a person like William.

In addition Leonardo has always relied on crutches during the performance, but it was with Hugo's persuasion that he took the "Titanic". However, the "Titanic" left Leonardo's performance space is still limited, and James Cameron is not a director who will capture the performance of actors.

Now, William Pacher of "Beautiful Mind" is able to give him a perfect platform. Once Hugo was still worried about the "Titanic", Leonardo's acting exploration path will repeat the same mistakes, but now "Beautiful Mind" is a brand new opportunity to get Leonardo back on track. The only question is: Is Hugo willing to believe in Leonardo's talent?

The answer is yes.

From Charlize to Leonardo, although they are Hugo's close partners, this is definitely not an emotional matter, but the result of careful consideration. As a producer, Hugo hopes that the "beautiful heart" can succeed more than anyone, so he also pays more attention to details than anyone else.

As for Charles and Marcy, Hugo also had an idea. After a simple audition for the role of Charles, Heath Ledger successfully persuaded Hugo; and Marcy was played by the six-year-old Dakota Fanning (. ) Starred in. When the entire cast was determined, Hugo discovered that he had formed a dream team.




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