Hollywood legendary director

Late at night, the living room.

Heath Ledger sat on the sofa with a script in his hand, but stared at the "A Clockwork Orange" played on the DVD player.

As an actor with more experience in acting, when he knew he was going to be a clown, he consciously cultivated this feeling.

In other words, he is an experiential school of "wild roads". If he can't take on the role, can he expect the audience to have a sense of substitution?

While watching director Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" directly rejected by the more conservative British market because of his naked violence, Heath Ledger kept pondering and deducing in his heart.

Let him speak, he thinks the Joker is very similar to the protagonist Alex on the screen.

A character who is also full of evil thoughts.

If you only compare thought forms, the clown is obviously more extreme, crazy, and more purposeful and methodical.

However, Alex has two major hobbies, one is listening to Beethoven, and the other is doing no evil. When he listens to Beethoven while raping his sex, that kind of joyful expression from the heart... it's simply .

Of course, Heath Ledger has not studied similar social topics.

The main theme of "A Clockwork Orange" is actually to question people's sense of freedom.

If everyone must live according to fixed ways and principles.When the right to choose the good or the bad is deprived, do people still enjoy human rights?

The spearhead of the film is directed at social ideology, expressing both free will and social ideology to extremes—for dramatic conflict.

Like Alex’s naked pursuit of violence and pornography, it is indeed disgusting or even hateful. This is why the theaters at the time were reluctant to play "A Clockwork Orange", especially the government could not accept this naked and extreme Catharsis.

But precisely because of extremes, the opposing government's brainwashing method of destroying human nature will also make the audience extremely uncomfortable. In fact, whether it is personal violence or social violence, it should be rejected by a mature and civilized society.

But having said that, Burgess' novels are not first-rate novels, but Kubrick's films are definitely first-rate movies.

What Heath Ledger wants to experience and learn is only the expression and body of the actor when he is performing similar desires under the tutelage of Master Kubrick, in order to better substitute for the other extreme role clown.

After all, he is just thinking about the role and does not need to know what social ideology, that is what director Nolan needs to be responsible for.

In short, this role made him very interested, he also likes to play this kind of very challenging, rather than a mentally handicapped supporting role, brainless male second.

It is not easy for an actor to meet a character he likes.

The same is true. Heath Ledger attaches great importance to this shooting and wants to play in the best condition.

Even after he delved into the role of the clown, he sincerely thanked Lehmann for choosing him to play.

Looking at it, I felt suddenly upset.

Heath-Ledger knew that this was because of the emotional fluctuations caused by the excessive violence and the tempting of inner negatives.

If you want to be a clown, you don’t just rely on acting, at least for him.

Just thinking about taking tranquilizers, Heath Ledger suddenly remembered what Lyman had said to him a few days ago, “If you feel uncomfortable, let go of the role to cushion yourself. Forcing your body too hard, one day it will collapse. You don’t want to be a person who relies on drugs to stabilize your emotions, you still have a daughter, you still have a career, and blindly squeezing will not last long...

Then he turned off the TV and went back to the room to listen to soothing music.

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In the original time and space, Heath Ledger died after taking a variety of mental and tranquilizing drugs, but it was not all because of the clown.

You know, from 2003 to 2006, his career almost stagnated.

No good characters, no reputation; no reputation, no good characters...This is almost a cycle of decline.

Before 2003, he was just a newcomer actor. Whether he spends a few years polishing his acting skills or being familiar with acting, he can accept it in his heart, because many actors come here and there is no too much burden.

But after 2003?

He has already won the newcomer award. It is a sprint stage that needs to rise up. If he can't come up yet-at least he must have a certain audience popularity and performance qualifications. What awaits him will only be forgotten by the circle.

When you are a newcomer, it's okay to be a little bit down, but if you've been down and down, you must have a heavy burden on your heart.

In those few years, the only thing that gained recognition was the literary film Brokeback Mountain. As a result, because of the sensitive subject matter, many benefits were not fed back to the actor. Some people even rudely thought he was that.

These days, there are always audiences who characterize the role image as the private image of the actor himself. How is this possible?

Is it possible to play a nobleman, he is a real nobleman, and when he plays a nerd, he is really dumb?

In addition, his thoughts are delicate and his path is the experiential school who is most likely to fall into emotional chaos. When he encounters a character clown who spans a large space, is anti-social, and combines knowledge and action, it will inevitably deepen his spirit. Burden.

Moreover, he started taking drugs before that, because sometimes he was inexplicably depressed and irritable. This is the effect of many drugs, the deeper the sinking, but the reason is still because of the bad career. , The inner goal of the whole person is always different and cannot be pursued.

To be honest, even if he does not play a clown, one day he will have a drug abuse accident.

The reason why the topic of dying for the clown is formed is because Warner wants to eat money from people.

Similar things, you should be able to understand "Fast and Furious 7".

After all, most people in this world tend to sympathize with the deceased. With some guidance, such sympathy can become a marketing case that maximizes profits and can be written into the lesson plan.

You can only say that the role of the clown brought him mental pressure, but you can't say that he died for a role.

An actor, or an actor who loves acting, cannot do anything for a role that is only one-sided.

However, from the perspective of future generations, this wave of Warner operations is indeed an extremely operative means of conforming to public opinion.

Of course, this is not to say that Warner is a black heart.

People don't kill an actor just after making a movie, it's a relatively cold treatment after the incident.

But now?

Heath Ledger has gained a broader stage than his previous life.

"Buried Alive", "Bad Guys", "Old Nowhere to Live" plus many independent works he has taken.

In the past few years, he has not been short of filming, but there are not many big dramas and it is difficult to meet characters with performance space, but his career is still developing very smoothly.

"Entertainment Weekly" commented that Heath Ledger is the most outstanding actor under the age of 30. Such comments can explain the problem.

To be vulgar, if he calculates the pay, he is also an actor who steadily touches the ceiling of the second line, much better than his previous life.

The reason why he can't break through is only his image.

Heath Ledger's acting skills are very good for his peers, but he is not handsome enough, and he is not an action movie star, so it is difficult to take the lead.

In other words, if you want to become a superstar, you must either follow the path of idols and have high commercial value, or have unparalleled appeal in a certain subject area.

As for acting.

There are more acting skills, Meryl Streep is still an Oscar nail home, and the pay is still low.

This is where Heath Ledger is now.

In terms of value return, he is obviously not high, but he is also better than most actors, because he already has certain qualifications.

Therefore, at this time and space, his mentality is good.

Because I can receive the show and have a job, I don't have to stay at home for a long time to get moldy.

Of course, it hasn't been pressured enough to require psychotropic drugs to maintain the usual mood.

Of course, because of his own method of entering the play, it will definitely have an impact, but as long as the impact is controlled within a certain range, the experiential school will definitely not be able to get out of the role.

In addition, Lehman greeted his life from time to time, and he didn't feel that he was going in a bad direction.

Looking at it now, he himself has walked out of the cycle of decline, and his heart is still strong and stable enough.

The next day.

Heath Ledger received a call from Lehman just after breakfast.

There is only one thing to be notified, to determine the character's dress and style, and to create a specific image of the clown in the play.