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Daniel published his "Declaration of the Roman Emperor" in the Colosseum, which opened up a wonderful realm for him to shoot this movie.

Through the ancient Colosseum, Daniel seems to travel through time, as if he was in the era when the Roman emperor ruled this land.

This even presents him with some important difficulties in playing Commodius as a prince.

"Daniel, I really don't know how to say it. You entered Emperor Commodius prematurely, but forgot Prince Commodius," Ridley was a little annoyed. Daniel was obviously captured by the Colosseum. It was so shocking that Commodius, who was completely in control of the supreme emperor's power, was so difficult to perform perfectly that he was still just a prince, an heir who waited and believed that his father would pass on to him. It is almost difficult to explain an important adaptation in the script, that is, he strangled Marcus, the great old emperor of the Roman Empire. You can't imagine that an emperor would murder his own father himself. The pride and self-esteem of the supreme power will Make such a design lose all the power to justify itself.

"You've done really well, really, really well, it's just that Ridley is asking too much."

In addition to the discussion between Ridley and Daniel about his performance, including Universal's producer Walter and Russell Crowe, etc., they were a little helpless. In their view, Daniel's performance is good enough, even perfect.

But Ridley insists there is a problem, and Daniel seems to approve of Ridley.

"Thank you," Daniel forced himself to smile, of course he knew of Crowe's kindness, but his performance couldn't satisfy Ridley, let alone himself.

Before coming to Rome, Daniel really didn't think that this would happen.

But he kept thinking about what Ridley said to him: "Daniel, you told me that Commodius should be more three-dimensional, more flesh and blood, more real and alive. But now, yes, you play It's very good, even I'm not sure if the audience can see the slightest thing wrong, but you and I both understand that this scene is not like this, it shouldn't be like this, if it's just because it's fake, it's true Yes. So, Daniel, what's the point of us insisting on a Commodius alive?"

As Ridley said, it is not the most urgent thing to deceive the audience, because first of all, these performances can pass themselves.

The work of the crew even had to be adjusted because of this.

Daniel first filmed the scene after the succession.

In the chamber of the palace, Senator Quiggs was chattering with Commodius about political affairs.

Commodius, who had just taken the throne of power, forcibly endured it. He sat jerky on the throne, listening to the self-righteous members of parliament "representing the people" put forward various demands and questions, and played with his hands pretending to be chic. A sword, this sword seems to be like the emperor's authority, giving him courage.

Then he couldn't bear it anymore, because he couldn't wait to show that he was an excellent emperor in his heart. If this excellence could negate his predecessor—the Marcus who was regarded as a god by the people, then It couldn't be better.

And he is already the emperor, he can say whatever he wants.

He interrupted Quiggs, rising from his throne, holding his sword.

He doesn't hesitate to accuse Marcus of being obsessed with the scrolls of the Senate instead of what the people really want. And he, the new and greater Commodius, will love his people with all his heart, not the so-called Senate that represents the people.

However, the new emperor had obviously not yet established his prestige, and Queggs was not afraid to interrupt him several times, and even taunted him.

Feeling good, but easily irritated, Commodius points the sword at Queggs...

There was almost no NG in this large part of the performance because of Daniel. In fact, Ridley only reshot once because of a certain background member who swayed his body drastically. The other scenes were almost all NG.

Daniel vividly interprets the game between a new emperor who has just sat on the throne and the old powerful ministers, and importantly, it is easy to see that this emperor feels good about himself and is extremely urgent He wanted to deny his predecessor, that is, his father. In addition, he lacked political skills. He used power recklessly, and finally even left in anger.

Throughout the process, Daniel used two designs throughout.

One is the sword, which symbolizes authority.

At first, he tapped the point of his sword on the ground and twirled it for fun, which shows that when he took the throne, he regarded power as a plaything in his hands.

After interrupting the congressman's discussion of political affairs, he took the sword in his hand and made a strike. Then he talked about his father's "faintness" in his later years - he only knew that he was addicted to the scrolls of the Senate, not what the "real" people thought. At this moment, the authority is in hand and the world is asserted.

And when Quiggs satirized him for not having experienced the sufferings of the world, but talking about the needs of the people, he put his power on his neck and began to talk about the topic of "love" and empty and imaginative governance ideas. At this time, Commodius has already somewhat realized the pressure brought by authority. This is not just a privilege for people to enjoy, but also means that you have to bear corresponding responsibilities. What's worse, he I began to realize that I didn't seem to have such ability.

Finally, after being interrupted again, he pointed the knife at Queggs, and his anger drew out the evil and brutality of authority, like a poisonous snake about to attack.

The sword in Daniel's hand changes a lot in different scenes, and these changes in Commodius' cognition of imperial power are shown to the audience in a concrete way. The reader is brought into the cognitive world of Commodius.

In addition to the sword of power, Daniel's eyes may be more attractive.

It is completely different from the numerous changes of the sword.

His eyes only go deep in degree.

As the scene progresses, his eyes keep getting deeper, darker and crazier.

But from beginning to end, the tone of the eyes remains the same.

The people of Commodius are also unchanged.

He is just more willful, crazier, more obsessed with power, and more deeply stuck in his stubbornness towards himself.

Such a wonderful performance made the previous performances out of place.

Walter, Crowe, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen... all endorse Ridley and Daniel's "dissatisfaction."

Daniel's play is getting better and better, but the actors in the same group, and even the staff are becoming more and more polite to him...and stay away from him.

Despite being self-sufficient, Daniel still showed some nerves that belonged to Commodius helplessly in his life. He would use those deep and secretive eyes to stare at the staff who did something wrong, and when other actors were on the scene, Showing irritable and intolerable emotions.

Of course, no one cares about these things with him, at least on the bright side. Especially because his characters are becoming more and more vivid and real. As long as Director Ridley calls out, all the people standing in front of him will always involuntarily enter that era and situation. Let me ask, if you believe that the people standing in front of you The most important is the emperor of the Roman Empire, it is obviously much easier to convince yourself that you are in this era.

Ridley was genuinely worried and excited.

What worries me is that Daniel's drama is getting deeper and deeper into his bone marrow. When the song is over, can he get out of the drama? people, that would be too bad.

But on the other hand, Daniel's entry into the play almost brought the performance of the entire crew to a higher level, even characters like Maximus, Marcus and Quiggs were sublimated in the process of playing with him Own. Ridley is in a state of hormone overproduction every day, because every day the actors put on an Oscar-level rivalry in front of him.

In the end, out of rational considerations, Ridley slowly reduced Daniel's workload. On the one hand, it was because the early stage was too smooth, so there was room for adjustment. The second aspect is to hope that Daniel can adjust, at least not to get closer to Commodius.

This is by no means a Hollywood director to consider things.

Even for those accomplished actors, directors often worry that their performances are too far away from the characters, and people can't feel the characters in the complete script through them. Ridley, however, was troubled by his actors getting too close to their characters.

For the director, this is really a happy trouble.

After the scene was reduced, Daniel stayed in the room for a longer period of time, and he was of course trying to adjust himself, but with little success.

Because there was no scene all day, Daniel had already stayed in the room all morning today. When he came out, assistant Andy didn't see Daniel before he came to Italy, and the shadow of Commodius still enveloped him.

Daniel himself was extremely puzzled by this deep-rooted involvement in the drama.

Maybe it was because he valued this role too much so that he prepared too much, and the filming location - the ancient Roman Colosseum gave him a preconceived spiritual shock, and even the 20 years of filming experience accumulated in his memory, all of these It caused him and Commodius to be inseparable.

"Daniel, do you want something to eat? Macaroni?" Andy raised the packing bag in his hand.

"Andy, I want to trouble you to go out again—"

"Oh, what do you want to eat? I'll go right away." Andy showed a rare pampering attitude and positivity. Daniel has been unable to eat for a long time.

Daniel waved his hand, "It's not food, I want you to help me buy some oil painting tools, drawing boards, canvases, oil paints, and pens."

Andy froze for a moment, but her good work quality still made her nod quickly, and then watched Daniel turn back to her room and close the door behind her backhand.

Andy was lucky, there were several shops dealing in painting materials not far from here, and it took less than an hour to purchase all of them.

After work started in the afternoon, Daniel sat in a corner of the Colosseum holding the oil paints and drawing boards he just bought.

This is the first time he came to the United States to hold a paintbrush. In his last life, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. Although he did not embark on the path of pure art in the end, painting has become a bridge for him to connect movies and reality. He will never be in movies. Deduce a painter, because as long as he holds a pen, he can get out of all kinds of lives and return to his own life, without being schizophrenic by deliberately created stories one after another.

When he drew the first stroke again, he did find the long-lost relaxation, and then the tight heartstrings were loosened, and this trick was still useful to him.

Commodius, momentarily, moved away from him.

That said, it might be a bit weird.

But for Daniel, this feeling was very distinct, similar to instinct, and came into this body along with his soul.

His paintbrush depicts a corner of the Colosseum, a section of dilapidated walls, and a few weather-beaten seats.

Daniel's Chinese painting was most influenced by Fu Baoshi, while his oil painting was taught by French Impressionist master Monet.

Of course, he still can't master the mastery, the combination of Chinese and Western, that is Xu Beihong. But in amateur or semi-professional terms, Daniel is already quite an accomplished painter.

This has a lot to do with his diligence in painting. He only acted in a dozen or so movies in his last 20 years, and has no other forms of works. Almost most of the time outside of this is spent on painting.

So it's not so incomprehensible that Nelson's eyes pop out of shock when he sees his drawing board.

Actors and producers who were not on the scene walked halfway around the Colosseum to stand behind Daniel.

The brushstrokes on the drawing board are simple and clumsy, but the colors are bold. This is an unforgettable oil painting.

"Daniel, you still have this hand?"

Crowe was the last one to run over. Not long after he arrived, Daniel put down his brush, and this small oil painting was completed.

"Unbelievable?" Daniel turned his head and smiled at everyone. Daniel, who had been hidden in the shadow of Commodius for several days, seemed to have returned to the sunlight at this moment, so that seeing his smile, everyone in the crew was shocked. Some stunned.