The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 523 True State

The amount of information is too great!

For a while, Gus didn't know where to start. Shock and shock, surprise and expectation, etc., all came flooding in.

My brain is a little stuck.

then.

The last thing that came out of my mouth was what my eyes saw:

Blonde hair.

Anson raised his eyes following Gus' line of sight and glanced at his hair.

"Ha, this is a wig."

As he spoke, Anson took off the wig with a calm expression——

Gus was there stunned, his jaw dislocated, and he might not be able to return for a while.

"Isn't it like this in movies? Agents need a little disguise. Maybe James Bond is the exception."

After leaving Los Angeles quietly and arriving in Portland quietly, Anson would naturally not be so naive and trust the paparazzi wholeheartedly. On the one hand, he would make a deal with him, and on the other hand, he would be prepared for both.

Who would have thought that Anson not only failed to keep a low profile, but also had a light bulb on his head?

Anyway, no one recognized Anson along the way.

Oh, Jack! Jack should be first.

Of course, that's not all.

"At the same time, I am also trying to go back to my middle school days and re-experience the mentality of young people."

Gus:…

After a pause, Gus still couldn't hold it back, "You are under twenty now, and middle school was only two years ago, right?"

"Ah", Anson opened his mouth. In fact, the memory of middle school is really very far away, but it doesn't matter. "Look, in your world, two years is one-twenty-fifth. God, it's just a short moment." That's all; but in our world, two years is a tenth, a long and difficult tenth, as if it was last century."

last century--

Strictly speaking, Anson was right, as his high school career was indeed stuck in the twentieth century.

Double entendre.

Gus couldn't hold back his laughter and said, "So, where's the hair?"

Anson shrugged slightly, "You know, we always make some stupid choices in adolescence to prove that we are different."

"For example, leaving an ugly tattoo, dressing up weirdly in graduation photos, or leaving some chicken soup for the soul in the graduation album because you think you are cool."

"Another example is getting a haircut that's so ugly that it explodes."

Anson tossed up his wig.

"Sometimes, we know why we do what we do; but more often than not, we have no idea at all. Maybe a friend instigates it, or maybe we have a whim, and then it happens."

"God, we have so much to figure out in adolescence, right?"

From Los Angeles to Portland, Anson has been trying to figure out the psychology of characters——

Although he is also a middle school student, this character is completely different from "Princess Diaries" and "Spider-Man". The ordinaryness of the latter two characters is relative, while the ordinaryness in "Elephant" is real.

In this character, there is no protagonist aura, everything is ordinary.

Just like...Jack.

Therefore, when shaping the first two characters, Anson was able to find the arc of the character and the foothold of the character. This is also the norm in movies; but this time it is different.

In movies, characters always have an arc, and they grow and transform.

In reality, characters do not have an arc. They may not necessarily grow. They may be stuck in circles, they may not progress but retreat, and they may fail all the way to the end.

This also means that in "Elephant", Anson's performance should not be looking for an arc or a context, but should be looking for a state -

A true state. This is not an easy task.

People often think that "being yourself" is the simplest and easiest thing; but this is not the case. In real life, people often put on layer after layer of masks to strictly hide their true nature.

Because authenticity often means vulnerability.

The same is true for actors. They are used to acting, in movies, shows, and in daily life. Over time, even they themselves cannot take off the mask and cannot confirm where their true selves are hidden.

It is the most difficult when an actor needs to take off his mask and show his true self on stage or in front of the camera.

No mask, no armor, a state of defenseless nakedness.

Anson thought carefully about what those years were like when the young man didn't know how to feel sad. The dust of time had so tightly covered the original appearance of the memory that he could not determine whether the memory was true or false.

He thought that those years were all happy. His father's career had not been hit by thunder, and his parents' marriage had not had any problems. His steps walking back and forth in the classroom corridor were dancing wantonly in the sunshine.

However, this is not the case.

When you calm down, what comes to mind is not the happiness and beauty, but the trivial worries and indescribable confusion——

Operation. teacher. classmate. girl. Pocket money.

Troubles filled every corner of my life. I was upset because I didn’t eat a popsicle during recess, but I was gloating because I saw my best friend deserting in class and was discovered by the teacher. On the way home from get out of class, I received a love letter from a girl confessing to him. The object of booing from a group of friends.

It wasn't until I grew up that I realized that those troubles are also sweet.

The wig gave Anson an inspiration——

"I'm not sure, maybe I saw a performance by Justin Timberlake, or maybe Nick Carter, and I dyed my hair blond on impulse."

"I thought that after dyeing my hair, I would be able to change my situation in school and talk to the girl I had a crush on; or maybe it was just a form of rebellion because I was dissatisfied with my father's alcoholism but was unable to resist."

"I, uh, I just want to change something and look forward to some changes in my life."

"But now, I realize I was wrong."

"Right?"

Confused, confused, sensitive.

In just a few words, Anson sketched a vivid image of a young boy in front of Gus——

Who said Anson is a vase?

Who said that!
Gus couldn't believe it. Could things be any more perfect?

What he was worried about didn't happen, and Anson's fit with the character was far beyond imagination, and the camera's visual sense overflowed.

Gus was a little excited.

Gus asked curiously, "Did you think all of this yourself?"

Anson smiled and said, "Without the help of the script, I can only rely on myself. However, this is just an idea and not mature. After reading the script, we can slowly adjust it according to the role..."

"There's no script," Gus interrupted Anson.

Anson was stunned, "Huh?"

He told the truth, even though the memory of watching "Elephant" in his previous life still lingered in his mind, but since Gus wanted to choose ordinary students to perform, this also meant that the actor needed to bring a part of himself into the movie.

Anson is Anson. Naturally, this time the "elephant" will be different.

But Anson was counting on the script, and the result——

Gus repeated again, "There's no script."

"This is also the reason why I choose ordinary students here as much as possible. I can just use the camera to record what you are saying and doing."

"No script required."

"Oh, by the way, all your characters in the movie also use your real names."

(End of this chapter)