Birth of an actor

Chapter 171 Oscar Nomination Luncheon and Golden Globe Oolong

There are still 71 days before the 20st Academy Awards Ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as usual, held the nomination luncheon for this year’s Oscars at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. All 20 nominees in attendance, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett , Edward Norton... No one brushed Oscar's face in the most critical voting stage before the awards, if they want to be nominated by the academy in the future.

Of course William attended the luncheon, with fresh wounds from the fight club set, but thanks to the advanced makeup technology these days, they are all well covered by foundation, and the camera lens of the reporters is not high-definition Otherwise, he will probably fall into the vortex of public opinion about whether he has found an overly violent girlfriend.

It was the same last time. William was beaten and injured on the set, and was photographed by a reporter from the "National Enquirer" and fabricated a story about "William Bradley Was Domestically Violated—Who Did It?" News, in the end, David Fincher helped him clarify in time that "it was an accidental injury during filming, and Will is a very dedicated actor." Only then did most readers stop guessing, but because Brad Pitt also later With a bruised face being photographed by paparazzi, the public began to speculate that William and Brad Pitt were not on set.Although they guessed right, they will never be able to discover the truth, at least not before the movie is released.

It is not as long and hard as the formal awards ceremony, and the Oscar nomination luncheon is relatively relaxed. Although there are more flash lights gathered here-the formal awards night, because of the restrictions on the red carpet and various regulations, it is not easy for the media to get in touch with the stars. But at the nomination luncheon, if you are lucky, the media will be able to interview any star they want to interview-most of the stars are dressed casually, although there are also more formal ones, but they will never be meticulous A solid black three-piece suit and gown dress would have been too dramatic for a luncheon.

William is not the biggest coffee or the highest status here, but he is definitely one of the most popular and media-favored stars at the nomination luncheon, especially in this awards season, when other actors frequently appear in various receptions and parties , During interviews, William held three nominations for Best Actor in the Oscars and Golden Globes, but he almost disappeared in public relations activities. Not only did his unique style not make the media temporarily forget him, but instead paid more attention to him Even William just went out to buy a book at BookSoup in West Hollywood, which can be written into at least three types of reports: daily newspapers will pay attention to which author William bought, and entertainment newspapers will analyze William’s expression and body changes. For his recent sleep, emotional and fitness status, fashion magazines pay attention to clothing styles, and then give heartfelt praise or bitter irony.

"Is the script for the sequel of "Blood Together" being written? When will the filming start?"

"Someone broke the news that you receive a large bouquet of flowers every day on the set, Will, and your dressing room is almost turning into a sea of ​​flowers. Is it the masterpiece of some suitor? Or another crazy movie fan?"

"This is your first competition for Best Actor, but this is your second Oscar nomination. Do you have confidence in the award ceremony?"

"Please, Will, please tell us that you have a girlfriend on the red carpet this year? We don't want to see the famous 'three happy bachelors' group again."

As soon as the words "three happy bachelors" came out, not only William was a little dumbfounded, but even the stars around who were busy taking their seats for the Oscar-nominated family portrait, as well as the many media reporters below the stage, burst into laughter, some of whom were familiar with William The actor even winked at him narrowly.

"Three Happy Bachelors" originally came from the "New York Times" biting satire, because William has rarely invited female companions to film premieres or red carpet events for more than a year, but chose to be with his agent Or friends appearing together, and often in threes, so the "New York Times" chose this name to insinuate, trying to suggest to readers that William was "abnormal"-the "New York Post" undoubtedly wanted readers to refer to "three people". The Happy Bachelor" is linked to Christopher Isherwood's 1964 "A Bachelor" for its creation of a homosexual "minority" hero in an age of discrimination of all kinds However, it has been controversial. I don’t know when the word “bachelor” has become so rich in English-speaking countries. It symbolizes both emotional state and education level. Now it can also be used to imply sexual orientation. As can be imagined, Christopher Isherwood's book certainly contributed to the development of this culture of suggestion.

But unfortunately, the "New York Post" did not get what they wanted. There was no real evidence, not even a fake photo, and the public did not understand the deep hint of "three happy bachelors". Think of it as a kind of joke about the purebred playboy Leonardo DiCaprio and his ever-secretly busy best friend who occasionally adds a zero to his account One of William Bradley's never-settling jokes is the envy and envy of the lavish, extravagant and happy lives of Hollywood's youngest stars.

"Now I can tell you that this year's Oscar night, I do have a female companion." William answered the "USA Today" reporter's question.

"what?!"

"Tell us who she is!"

"Name! Will, give us her name!"

The lower stage was boiling, and the reporters' eyes were full of thirst for knowledge.

"She's—"

"It's me," Judi Dench said, holding up her hands two seats away.

The expressions of the reporters were as if they had received the news that Tom Cruise would have a secret tryst with a mysterious girl in the middle of the night, and when they rushed to the scene carrying cameras, cameras, infrared probes and even helicopters, they found that the mysterious girl was Nicole Key Same as Deman.

"They look like my St. Bernard that got kicked without a bone," Judi Dench said in a low voice.The 65-year-old British woman is lilting, playful and pleased with the sensational effect her words have caused.

"Hahahaha!" The would-be Oscar winners and actresses on the stage laughed wantonly. Since entering the industry, each of them has suffered a lot from reporters, but few of them can make the media collectively suffer.

"That's it, I invited Ms. Judi Dench to be my female companion." William looked at the group of reporters in front of him, as if to say, "You want me to find a female companion, I do, and you still What are you dissatisfied with?" In fact, the media are dissatisfied, very dissatisfied, but for William, they feel both dumbfounded and helpless.

There has never been a star who has been loved and hated by Hollywood media practitioners like William Bradley. He is like a gossip and topic maker. Just a little action is enough for a week of newspaper headlines, but he But they don't give them what they want most. This subtle feeling is called "secret love" by "New Yorker". In the words of "New Yorker": "The best relationship between media and celebrities is 'secret love' , not 'love' nor 'marriage', 'love' is easy to bring over exposure, which will have a bad impact on the normal life of celebrities, but 'marriage' is worse, quarrels, enemies and even hatred, all bad Everything can happen in marriage, but 'secret love' is the best, the media in 'secret love' will pay attention, speculate, report, and discuss heatedly, but it has a moderate boundary, it will not be overly heated or offensive."

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When William, who has been entangled with the media for too long, returns to the lineup of Oscar nominees, the only place left for him is the one in the middle-yes, in the 20s Mexican actor Emily In front of the Oscar trophy sculpture made by O. Fernandez nude as the prototype, when William sat down, it happened to cover the position below the thigh of the enlarged version of the trophy sculpture. From the front, it looks like William is lying on the side of the sculpture. Like the lower body.

Regarding the Oscar-nominated family portrait, there was a saying in Hollywood that the position of the family portrait implied whether the nominee could win the award. favor.

William can now jokingly say "It's just a rumor!", because at last year's nomination luncheon, he stood very prominently in the group photo, but it is well known that "Titanic" did not receive a performance award at the Oscars At this year's nomination luncheon, William was simply pulled to sit in the middle, right in front of the glittering Oscar statuette model that was placed in the center of the group photo, but everyone seemed to think that he was absolutely perfect this year. No chance of winning.

"I think the Academy didn't nominate you as the best actor with 'Truman', but chose 'Shakespeare', just to prevent you from winning the award. After all, a 22-year-old Oscar winner is a bit too shocking." "The Truman" World" director Peter Weir is also on the nomination list for this year's Oscars. He will compete with Steven Spielberg and others for the best director award. : "I think your performance in "The Truman Show" is better than in "Shakespeare in Love", but they turned a blind eye to it. This must be intentional." He said somewhat conspiratorially.

"Although I'm likely to lose to Steven Spielberg, you probably won't be able to beat Roberto Bernini, but don't lose heart, Will, we are so young, we still have chances in the future." John Madden, the director of Weng in Love, also received a nomination, patted William on the shoulder and said.

It is not only Peter Weir and John Madden who bad-mouthed William, but also some other people, such as "Elizabeth" producer Tim Bevan expressed regret to William: "Too young Well, Will, you are still too young. If you are 32 years old now, I bet you will be the biggest actor favorite in this awards season. But you are only 22 years old this year, let alone the Oscars, even the Golden Globes There has never been a 22-year-old actor in the award - I heard that you have more than one nomination tomorrow night? Best actor in a drama and actor in a musical comedy? Oh, that's even more hopeless."

——The Golden Globe Awards Ceremony originally scheduled to be held last month, because the nomination rules have changed since this year, the number of nominations for some mini-series has increased, resulting in an increase in the workload of the judges, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the end of last year. Due to the re-election of the chairman of the association and other reasons, the date was changed to the beginning of this month, and that's right, it happened to be tomorrow night.

William also knows that whether it is from his own age or from his lack of enthusiasm for public relations activities, it is very difficult to become the youngest actor in history-won the best actor honor at the age of 22, in the history of the Golden Globe Awards and Oscar There has never been a precedent in history-it is already a remarkable achievement for an actor his age to have the best actor nominations for three important awards in one awards season, but he himself can It's one thing to be clearly aware of reality, it's quite another to be emphasized over and over again by others.

It's really annoying, really.

However, being cared and comforted by so many people in advance also gave William an illusion, that is—whether the answer to the mystery is leaked in advance, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have a general voting consensus. Well, although he has contributed a few satisfactory movies in the past year, unfortunately, this is another year of running with him.

This delusion had a profound impact on William, so deep that when he sat in the International Ballroom of the same hotel the next day—the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony and the Oscar Nomination Luncheon were held in the same hotel, both of which were Beverly Hills. Hilton Hotel in Lishan - When Judi Dench, the last Golden Globe winner, read her name, she thought it was another joke.

In fact, William can't be blamed, because Judi Dench did have a big oolong because of the organizer's prank when presenting the awards.

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"The winner of the six Golden Globe Awards for Best Drama is—" Judi Dench glanced at the envelope in her hand, and decided that it would be more convenient to look at the electronic prompter (without wearing an old Huajing made her feel uncomfortable reading any text on the piece of paper), so she stared at the LCD prompter in front of her, and read aloud: "Ian McKellen, "Gods and Beasts"!"

The staff of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were really surprised and delighted. They never thought that their prank would be successful. It is different from the serious and serious Oscar Awards Ceremony in that it has a strong entertainment atmosphere From time to time, the Golden Globe awards ceremony will come up with some pranks, such as arranging two actors and actresses who are having a scandal to present awards together, or deliberately displaying the wrong actor’s name and movie name on the line prompter, see if the award presenters will Hiring and the like, what Judi Dench encountered today was the latter.

Judi Dench is not the first guest to mispronounce the name of an actor during the award presentation, but she is definitely the No.1 who made a mistake when awarding the best actor in a drama category, but the Golden Globes have long been prepared for this ——

When the British actor Ian McKellen really stood up from his seat and was about to accept the award, the lights suddenly started to flicker on the stage, and the background music became the answer of the challenger in the reality show "Who Can Be a Millionaire" With the warning sound when the question is wrong, more experienced actors who have participated in several awards ceremonies immediately realized: Someone is making an own mistake again!

Tom Hanks immediately grabbed Ian McLean, and said to him half with a smile and half sympathy: "Mr. McLean, wait a minute, I think Ms. Judi Dench won the organizer's prize It's a prank."

The distinctive lighting and music made Judi Dench feel that something was wrong. She stood in front of the microphone with an inexplicable face, until the host hurried out from the backstage and whispered a few words to her, she covered her face and yelled "Oh my god" a few times, then moved his palms and said into the microphone: "Sorry, I'm very sorry to tell you that I was just tricked by the Foreign Press Association and became the first actor in history to present the Best Actor award. The award presenter who made a mess—"

Surprise, laughter, and even applause came out from the audience.

Judi Dench took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, you reminded me that I should not blindly trust the line prompter when encountering such occasions. Read the content on the card, even if you have to wear reading glasses-sorry, Ian, the trophy is not yours, if you want to hate it, hate the Hollywood Foreign Press Association."

Although she was hit by a prank trick, the responsive Judi Dench wittily resolved the embarrassment of the scene with self-deprecating, and successfully enlivened the atmosphere. Now in the banquet hall, every table is full of laughter.

Actor Ian McLean should have been embarrassed, thinking that the trophy belonged to him, but it was declared not, but when he saw Judi Dench, who has always been bright and sharp, standing on the stage blushing, He also laughed with the others, and waved to Judi Dench and the friends around him, indicating that he didn't mind.

"Okay, now I'm going to announce the real winner." Judi Dench vowed that she would never look at the prompter this time, she opened the envelope with the final result, stretched her arms and raised her hands , amidst the hearty laughter of the guests in the audience, read word by word: "The winner is——William Bradley, "The Truman Show"!"