Renly read the two pages of the script three times, then put it down, slowly piecing together the entire blueprint in his head.
This is an excerpt from the middle of the movie, where Paul has been in touch with the FBI on his cell phone and is waiting for rescue. The kidnappers called and asked Paul to follow the note they left in the coffin to record a video, demand a million ransom from the US government, and send it to the kidnappers. But the Bureau of Investigation staff dissuaded Paul from recording the video, because that would only make things worse, and Paul did not record the video in the end.
The excerpt is in the next paragraph. The kidnappers didn't receive the video for a long time, so they sent a video of one of Paul's female colleagues, who was also kidnapped, but in a room similar to a warehouse. The kidnappers threatened to kill the female colleague. In an emergency, Paul was forced to agree to record the video.
Renly couldn't help thinking seriously. He had no way of knowing how it felt to be trapped in the coffin, but he knew that Paul's emotions at the moment were very complicated. On the one hand, he was waiting for the rescue of the FBI; on the other hand, he was worried that he would not be able to escape, so he called his mother living in the nursing home. The video of the kidnapper was sent at such an emotional moment.
Originally, Paul still held a glimmer of hope that he could escape, but then the crisis struck again, not only his life was at stake, but also the lives of his colleagues; even more angering, he was trapped in In the small coffin, even if you want to resist, you can only be beaten passively.
Looking left and right, they were sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the youth hostel. As the weather cleared again, the gathered crowd gradually dispersed to Ali, but at this time there were still seven or eight people scattered in the lobby chatting. The atmosphere seemed peaceful and peaceful.
"I'm ready." Renly gestured "OK" to Rodrigo, "Will you help me in this scene?"
Rodrigo didn't catch up with his reaction for a while, and was stunned, then nodded, "No problem." In this scene, Renly needs a kidnapper's opponent role, and there are not many lines, but there is a need for dialogue between the two sides.
This scene was chosen for the simple reason that Paul is in a dramatic moment when he is pushed off a cliff after a brief relaxation, an extreme change that tests the actor's emotional control and fits the first part of Renly's description; moreover, Paul witnesses A colleague is in a crisis and his heart is touched, and at the same time he must take into account the dissuasion of the Bureau of Investigation, Paul's inner change will be more special, in line with the second part of Renly's description.
Of course, Rodrigo also knew that in just a few minutes, the content of the investigation was limited, but he was still very curious about how the confident Renly would perform. Under his gaze, Rodrigo saw Renly lay down... and lay down just like that!
Renly adjusted his sitting position, stretched out his legs and lay on the sofa, then closed his eyes, letting the rhythm of his breathing gradually slow down, and sketching the feeling of being trapped in a narrow space in his mind, the darkness slowly faded. Falling down, surrounded him in groups, and began to shrink little by little.
For the time being, he didn't think about the probability of War Ryan Reynolds getting this role, or the possibility of breaking the age shackles to win the role, and at the same time, he didn't think about the noise of being in a public place, and he focused his thoughts on the role himself wholeheartedly. , so that the spirit is highly concentrated.
In the darkness, the noise in the ears began to get louder and louder, and it became more and more obvious with the contraction of the darkness, as if the whole world outside the darkness was experiencing a New Year's Eve party, further compressing the dark space. , almost surrounded Renly, and it was airtight; after the darkness was compressed to the extreme, it began to bounce out again, quickly swallowing up the noise like a tide, as if darkness was swallowing light, in the blink of an eye, all the surrounding The sound disappeared.
Rodrigo's eyes widened and he looked at it carefully, but found that Renly didn't move at all, as if he was completely asleep, which made Rodrigo completely confused, and he didn't know what to do for a while— Should he wake Renly
But at this moment, Renly's breathing began to speed up, and his chest rose and fell violently like a bellows. The violent movement almost made Rodrigo think that Renly's illness was onset, which was really scary. Then Renly's eyes opened.
Those deep eyes were hidden behind a hazy mist, and the lines of the face were tightened by the clenched teeth, a trace of forbearance and struggle was looming between the slightly frowning brows, and the heavy breathing was stuffy in the chest. The ground was surging, as if every breath was draining the brain's energy.
Even without the help of makeup, even if the face still looks young, and even without any language foreshadowing, the emotions are conveyed clearly and accurately. Rodrigo understood it almost immediately. After talking to his mother, Paul's Emotions fluctuated violently, and the split of family affection slowly spread between the teeth with a piercing pain.
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Paul picked up the phone, closed his eyes fiercely, endured great pain with all his strength, and put the phone to his ear, but his thumb was reluctant to press the call button, Yingting frowned slightly. As soon as it turned up, the bitterness rippled like this, and the breath was suffocated, as if all the emotions in the heart had stopped at this moment, but the ripples spread out in circles and could not be controlled. He pressed the call button.
There was no sound on the other end of the phone. Paul held the phone in front of him and glanced at it. Someone had actually sent a video. Paul's suffocated breath suddenly loosened, the tangled eyebrows couldn't suppress the panic in his heart, his pupils vibrated uncomfortably, his teeth were clenched but still to no avail, he raised his thumb again, and paused slightly. , In less than half a second, you can see the slightly trembling fingertips, and then the thumb presses the OK button.
"No." There was silence in the air, and without any other assistance, Rodrigo watched the one-man show in front of him, but his heart was immediately tangled. He knew that Paul saw the video of his colleague - the rapid vibration With a trace of confusion and confusion in his pupils, the desperate nightmare began to climb all the way up from his fingertips, "No no no no no no!"
The voice of denial began to tremble slightly, his eyes widened in disbelief, staring at the screen of his mobile phone, heart palsy passed out through his eyes, and his voice began to collapse, "No no no!"
He was breathing heavily, the light in his eyes was gradually disappearing, he quickly pressed the number, and the call was connected almost immediately, Rodrigue said in a low voice, "Did you record it?" God, he His performance is just shit/shit, pretentious, and he doesn't say anything in a line. He's really not suitable to be an actor.
"Please! No... no... don't hurt her!" Paul's voice was broken, and he could even hear the sound of teeth fighting, without any influence from Rodrigo, "Don't hurt her! Let her go!"
The panicked voice revealed the ashes of despair, as if even the darkness had become insignificant, and Rodrigo's emotions were aroused, and he said fiercely, "If I don't make a video, I will shoot!"
"No no no! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" Paul's earnest voice lost control, bursting like a blister - a fierce sound, but there was nothing but nothingness, and it quickly plunged into the bottomless abyss.
In an instant, the eyes of the entire youth hostel hall were focused, and people's eyes were worried, the noise disappeared, the muscles tightened, and the whole body was on guard, and then they heard Paul's urgent plea, "I Yes, I will! I promise!" The fragility in his voice seemed to fall apart with just a gust of wind, "I promise! Please, she's a mother and she has two children."
"Two children? I have five children, and now there is only one left!" Rodrigo couldn't help grinding his teeth fiercely, even he himself didn't know why he did it, the cruel voice was like a poisonous snake Spit out the letter, "You'll make a video right now!"
"Wait! Wait!" Paul was retreating steadily, he didn't even have the power to fight, let alone fight back, "No, wait!" The hard pleading did nothing at all. , "I don't know what you want me to say..." At the time of panic, he was still trying to mediate, as if he had fallen on the edge of a cliff, clinging to the last rope, unwilling to give up, but the other party obviously gave him no chance , "I'll give you three seconds, three, two..."
The death-like countdown grabbed Paul's throat. His muscles tightened, but he couldn't move. free. So, the hoarse roar began to vent the inner grievance, anger, helplessness and despair, "Okay! Okay!" The pupils began to expand outward, and it could clearly be seen that the vitality of the soul was disappearing, and the gray despair had begun to invade the brain "I can do video! I do video! I do video!"
The words were more hurried and painful, and this was his only weapon, but it was of no use. "Please! Please! Please!" The roar that tried his best to vent all the energy out, he let go of his hands and slowed down. Slowly fell into the dark abyss, the ear was finally quiet, and the countdown voice finally disappeared, "I have to hang up the phone now to make a video, okay?"
"You have three minutes!" Rodrigo's voice came from hell.
Paul hung up the phone, turned over immediately, and pointed at himself with the camera on the back of the phone. He even forgot to breathe, his pale lips were bloodless, and his soulless eyes stared at the camera numbly and vacantly. , the clenched teeth revealed a hint of determination - he knew that after making the video, it was like he cut off his own vitality, but he had to do it, because he had no choice.
Taking a deep breath, without any pause, he pressed the record button.