Birth of an actor

"How long has it been since I saw you, one year?" William hugged Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom, and several other young actors from the "Lord of the Rings" crew, and said with emotion: "Time flies! .”

"I see you every day." Elijah Frodo Wood paused, before adding: "From the papers."

"Yeah, time flies," said Orlando Fairy Prince Bloom, "but I don't mind the fact that you took us all to skydive in Queenstown and made Sean Austin, who is afraid of heights, almost cry. The memory is still fresh."

"Hey Orlando, I'm not afraid of heights." Sean Sam Austin protested, "That time I got on the plane just after eating, and I was just a little uncomfortable."

"Hi Will." Cate Blanchett also came over: "I was in Washington last week, too bad I didn't meet you."

Cate Blanchett seemed to want to have a kiss with William, but before that, William deliberately imitated the French man's habit and kissed the back of Blanchett's hand in a superficial way, and made a loud noise deliberately, It made Blanchett laugh out loud, and the elegant and cold image of just pursing her lips and smiling was lost.

Many actors couldn't hide the excitement on their faces. This was the first time the actors of the crew had the opportunity to get together since "The Lord of the Rings" was finished. Many of them, after finishing their role in New Zealand, all Picking up a new film, shooting The Lord of the Rings in Wellington or the South Island feels like it happened a long, long time ago.

In the whole world, there is probably no film that can be shot for a longer period than "Lord of the Rings", and the filming location is more isolated than New Zealand, especially during this time of distraction, everyone cultivates each other. There was a good friendship, which made this period of filming especially unforgettable, especially after the actors left the carefree New Zealand and integrated into the luxurious Hollywood, they missed the simple and happy days even more.

No matter how you look at it, today is like revisiting old dreams - the appearance of friends (or colleagues) who have been together for more than a year has not changed much, and everyone's feelings are the same, and the place where the party is held today is also amazing , is a French castle, and Willot spent a lot of money to transform it into the style of "Lord of the Rings". Familiar people and familiar environment, in a trance, everyone seems to be not in Cannes, France, but It's back to the New Zealand set.

Especially Orlando Bloom, he is the most excited of all the actors tonight - just after graduating from college, he was selected by Peter Jackson to play the role of Prince Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" because of his young personality Well, everyone is willing to take more care of him, especially Hugo Mortensen and William Bradley, one is like a mentor and the other is like a brother, who not only taught him acting, but also taught him a lot about how to survive in Hollywood. Orlando, who was ignored by many big-name actors and severely criticized by the director for his young acting skills, was a little uncomfortable in the new film "Black Hawk Down" after "The Lord of the Rings" was finished, and he missed his time in New Zealand. good times.

Now, though, Orlando Bloom is feeling happy again after being reunited with old friends.

"From one to ten, how nervous are you right now?"

Orlando Bloom turned around as if taken aback, and was relieved when he saw William coming: "About eight? A little more nervous than when I first appeared on stage in the West End of London, probably At that time, there were not so many reporters sitting in the audience." Still speaking different mother tongues, reporters from well-known media from all over the world.

At this time, Orlando really understood for the first time why everyone said that Hollywood is the center of world movies, why many European movie stars who do not want to be in Hollywood always take one or two American movies, because nearly 100 million US dollars of investment, Before it was released, more than [-] journalists from all over the world were invited to watch the film premiere. Such a large-scale battle, now that the European film industry has gradually declined, I am afraid that only big-budget Hollywood films can support it.

These more than 100 journalists and film critics from all over the world will soon watch a 25-minute film clip of "The Lord of the Rings" and interview all the actors. Orlando Bloom encountered the first time in his life. Such a large-scale interview team—he had also been interviewed by the media when he participated in dramas or filmed TV dramas before, but they were basically small newspapers or media from his hometown, which was far from being comparable to today—when he thought that it would take a while More than 100 reporters surrounded him asking questions, including media such as "The Times", "New York Times" and "Empire", and he was almost too nervous to speak.

William handed the water glass in his hand to Orlando Bloom: "Here, drink a little, don't be too nervous."

Orlande Bloom took a big sip, his throat was already burning before he could swallow it, his eyes widened in an instant, and after the burning sensation in his throat disappeared, he stammered, "This, this is not water. ?”

"It's just brandy." William looked at Orlando's face as if he was facing an enemy, and said with a smile: "Don't make drinking too scary, in fact, many actors are used to drinking a little wine before the award ceremony, which can actually help them Helps relieve tension. Better than being so nervous that you stutter or can't speak, right?"

"Talk from experience?"

"I usually don't drink alcohol when I'm interviewed by the media, but sometimes I drink a little before the award ceremony."

Orlando Bloom nodded, and took two consecutive gulps from his wine glass. When he was about to drink the rest of the wine in one go, William took the bottle away from him, and by the way Orlando put it on his tight neck. Cigarettes in jeans pocket: "It's too much, Orlando. As for the cigarettes, I confiscated them. Smoking in front of the media is not a good choice. Some reporters resent it, and there are many women today."

Cigarettes were originally reserved by Orlando for decompression, but now that he has drunk alcohol, cigarettes are not so important. At the same time, William's words also made him realize that there is a lot of homework to be done to create a good image in front of reporters : "Well, Will, I will pay more attention to the issue of smoking in front of the media in the future."

The producer beckoned everyone inside the house, and the screening room was ready.

Orlando Bloom took a deep breath, followed closely behind William, and walked into the French castle decorated like Rivendell.

……

"Has the 10 minutes finished? God, the picture is so shocking, I didn't even notice the passage of time!"

"How long is the release version of this movie, three hours? Hey Peter! We want to see more!"

"I've never seen such a beautiful movie! How the hell did they do it?"

"Peter Jackson really did it - I couldn't put those words in the paper without seeing the whole movie - but, in terms of the feeling I got from this 20+ minute clip, 'The most unlikely The novel that has been turned into a film and television work can take the title off the head of "Lord of the Rings!"

"I'm in love with elves, elves are the most beautiful creatures in the world."

"I can't imagine how beautiful these actors are under the lens of Peter Jackson! Of course, William Bradley and Cate Blanchett are not bad in themselves."

"I seem to see that the history of world cinema is turning a new page... The last time I felt this way was four years ago, when I was watching "Titanic"."

The screen had just gone dark, and the media were still sitting in the seats of the auditorium, and they couldn't wait to start discussing with their colleagues sitting next to them. In the past [-] minutes, they were really shocked and had too much experience. If you don't express your thoughts as soon as possible, you will be suffocated.

In fact, even in the screening process just now, the words "God" and "Jesus" and some other modal particles also appeared with high frequency, which made this group of people not look like professional media, but Like a group of excited movie fans.

Although only a little over 20 minutes, Peter Jackson has presented an epic journey in miniature, just like Tolkien did on letter paper. At this moment, fans of Tolkien's books or not are eagerly watching Looking forward to seeing the full movie.The clips that were just aired seemed to have tickled their hearts, and they would move from time to time.

"There are so many surprises in this year's Cannes. I'm really glad that I finally got a place from the editor-in-chief. If I can only read the report in New York, it will be too painful." Anthony Lane won the front row as soon as he expressed his emotion. Many reporters in the back seat agreed.

Anthony Lane is a professional film critic who has worked for "The New Yorker" magazine for eight years. He is widely welcomed by movie fans because of his wit and uniqueness. However, even if he has qualifications and fame, he won a business trip to Cannes from the editor-in-chief. , Anthony still spent a lot of effort-this year's Cannes is really too lively, the degree of starlight surpasses previous ones, and it often dominates the tabloid headlines in recent months. Nicole Kidman's first film after her divorce "Moulin Rouge" "Leaving aside, the Coen Brothers, Sean Penn, and William Bradley all have art films competing for the Palme d'Or, and "A Beautiful Mind" is amazing both commercially and artistically, and " The Lord of the Rings has whetted everyone's appetite for more than two years, and finally there is news that the trailer will be broadcast for the first time in Cannes.

To be honest, this is not only the first time that the always low-key "Lord of the Rings" actor has received the attention of the mainstream media, but also the first time that the mainstream media has focused their attention on this movie. , How much sensation the trailer caused, the official trailer didn't come out, the media didn't know anything about the quality of the film, and they didn't know what to write if they wanted to report on a large scale.

And this time, the first preview of "The Lord of the Rings" will not only be launched, but also a specially edited extended version will be shown to the global media in Cannes, together with William Brandley, Nicole Kidman and other Hollywood superstars. Temptation, the reporters of the major newspapers in the United States have become red-eyed in order to compete for the scarce business trips.

The American journalists who can appear in Cannes now are almost all victors of office politics, and Anthony Lane is certainly the same. When " was released, I did an exclusive interview with Baz Luhrmann, and also promised the editor-in-chief that at least one exclusive interview in Cannes that was more worthy of reporting than Baz Luhrmann.

Anthony Lane has his sights set on either Peter Jackson or William Bradley, and he has to get one.

But obviously, there are not many people who have the same idea as Anthony Lane. When the director and a group of actors appeared, at least two-thirds of the reporters seemed to be polite, but in fact they were full of gunpowder and robbed the powerful terrain. Rushing to William Bradley and Peter Jackson.

"Oh, damn it!" Anthony Lane's foot was stepped on by someone, and he missed the good opportunity to grab the first row position. He could only stand behind three reporters, and he almost couldn't see William Bran unless he stood on tiptoe. Deli, he couldn't help but scold the unscrupulous colleague who delayed him.

However, there are too many actors in the "Lord of the Rings" crew, and there are too many reporters today. It is obviously a waste of resources for more than half of the media to only revolve around two people. Fortunately, some staff have already come up with a perfect solution: "Mr. and ladies of the press, there is no collective media meeting. Today we will try a new way of interviewing—round table interviews. See those round tables in the lobby. Please sit at each table for [-] reporters. Give three or four seats, and Jackson and the cast will group up and spend enough time at each table, and everyone will get an equal chance, I promise."

Well, round table interviews, that's fair too.Anthony Lane might not be able to snag an interview spot in front of William Bradley, but a twentieth one?If he can't grab it again, it's called hell—the moment William just walked towards a certain table, Anthony Lane's ass was already glued to a stool next to that table, and he would never move again up.

William Bradley, Orlando Bloom, and Sean Austin were seated at this table. Anthony Lane took his breath away, surveyed the three with the sharp express of a reporter, and noticed that William was wearing a A slightly baggy peacock blue shirt and tight blue-gray jeans, which make him look like he is on vacation and can go in and out of Michelin restaurants at any time, especially the trousers, maybe it is a little too tight, but the effect it brings But it fully shows the perfect buttocks that every man wants to have.

'Stop staring at those pants, Anthony, you're not gay. 'Anthony Lane set his sights on Orlando Bloom. The combination of black shirt and short hairstyle made him look fresh and energetic. Another new star is about to rise in Hollywood.As for Sean Austin, he should be thankful that he is not well-known and Anthony is not a fashion policeman, otherwise he will definitely be awarded the title of "least dressed actor" by the world tomorrow.

"The pants are great, Will."

A French reporter from "Le Monde" snatched away the first chance of conversation by praising the clothes without paying attention. Anthony Lane concentrated his mind, and as soon as William Bradley finished answering the question, he spoke out to attract The other party's attention: "Will, you and Orlando are playing elves, right? Can you show us a few words of elf language?"

"Yeah! Not much was shown in the movie just now."

"Since reading the original book, we have been very curious about the various prophecies in it, elf language, dwarf language, half-orc language, etc."

"Are you pronouncing it strictly according to Tolkien's settings?"

"Did Peter Jackson specially hire an elf language tutor?"

See, there is no need to suppress other people and not allow others to speak out, as long as you ask questions that you want to know and everyone wants to ask, there will naturally be a lot of people who want to meet you.

"Qu—cough, I'm sorry." Maybe it's been a long time since Orlando Bloom spoke Elvish, but he forgot the following words just after he uttered a sound.

"Elensilalumennomentilmo." Remembering his tone when filming, William tried to pronounce clearly and standardly, and patted the back of Orlando's hand under the table by the way.

The eyes of the reporters all looked at William for a moment, and Orlando Bloom suddenly felt much less stressed, without excessive tension, and familiar memories were returning: "Aa'lasserenllecoiaornn'omentagurtha."

Tolkien is an excellent linguist. The Elvish language he designed not only combines with some ancient language systems in reality, but also has a very particular pronunciation. Both William and Orlando have a talent and appearance Zhengbi's good voice, when they pronounce this ancient and rhythmic language, it makes people's ears burn.

"so cool!"

"It's really amazing." The cheeks of some reporters turned pink, and they licked the handsome actor's eyes very explicitly, while typing on the notebook quickly: "What do these two sentences mean?"

"Will's words mean 'May the stars shine when we meet again.'"

"And what Orlando said was, 'May the leaves of your life never turn yellow.'" Orlando and William expressed each other's meanings one after another, and then gave each other high-fives: "You have a good memory, buddy."

"They couldn't translate Elvish so clearly when they were on the set." Sean Austin complained to twenty reporters: "The hobbits don't have their own language, and they don't know Elvish, so I don't understand it at all." Know what they're talking about. Orlando and Will are the most mischievous, they used to come up to us at lunchtime to whisper to us, and ended up talking a lot of Elvish, and then slipped away, and once they ranted on Elijah There were several assistant directors around, including Peter, who were all laughing, and Ilya was in a daze and didn't know what they were talking about. Later, Peter told us that he was reading a love poem..."

William and Orlando glanced at each other, covering their eyes and laughing embarrassingly while the other slapped their foreheads. However, the reporters laughed after Sean Austin finished speaking. Look here.

During the next 10 minutes of interview time, the reporters asked a lot of questions. The three of William also talked about a lot of interesting things during the filming. With so many internationally renowned movie stars filming together, I feel like I am dreaming every day, and I often hang a picture of "I finally made a big production! I participated in a movie worth hundreds of millions of dollars!" It took half a month for this excitement to pass.

William said that Ian McLean is the one who pays most attention to the quality of life in the crew. When other British actors eat three meals a day with the crew, only Sir McLean will bring his own afternoon tea every day. The combination of milk tea and small biscuits and cakes—but these delicious snacks are not in Sir McLean's mouth most of the time, because everyone will steal them.

The time passed by one minute and one second, and soon the 10-minute interview was over. The three actors needed to switch to another table. Anthony Lane got up before the other colleagues and stretched out his hand to William: "Anthony Lane, from The New Yorker. "Lord of the Rings" is incredible, I've never seen anything like it before, and the trailer will blow up Hollywood."

Hearing the words "The New Yorker", William, who had already turned to leave, turned around and shook hands with Anthony Lane: "Really? You think the preview is good?"

"Of course." The "New Yorker" film critic said sincerely: "Willot has dug a gold mine, and I believe that the whole of Hollywood will agree with this sentence before long."

"If the trailer is really as good as you said, after the movie is released at the end of the year, I will give an exclusive interview to The New Yorker."

Watched by William Bradley's eyes, Anthony Lane inexplicably thought of a "Lord of the Rings" filming clip he had seen on the Internet before, which was probably cut from a filmmaking documentary, Orlando Blue Tom and Viggo Mortensen were sitting by the lake fishing. The photographer asked them what impressed them most in the movie after taking pictures of them fishing for a while. As a result, the two said in unison: "Will's eyes. Then Pure color, not much worse than the most beautiful lake in New Zealand."

Now, Anthony Lane has the deepest sympathy for that statement.

Three actors, including Liv Tyler, soon came over, and the three of William also went to another table. Anthony Lane swallowed his request to make an appointment for a short interview with William in the next few days .

To be honest, I don't know if I will have good luck meeting William in Cannes in the next few days. He still has a lot of questions about "A Beautiful Mind" in his stomach

In all fairness, Anthony Lane prefers "A Beautiful Mind" a bit. He has watched too much "Lord of the Rings", and he is worried that he will change his base.

……

Anthony Lane is a very discerning and experienced professional film critic, so naturally he will not be aimless. Everything is like a prophecy. , The media who attended the crew party and watched the promotional clips of the film basically used words such as "epic masterpiece", "absolutely shocking" and "a miracle created by New Zealanders" to describe the film, which fully evoked Curiosity of all.

After the first official trailer of "The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings" was launched in theaters around the world after the Cannes Film Festival, it caused a widespread sensation. Book fans and movie fans were shocked by the fantastic pictures and epic soundtrack, as well as the flawless beauty of the elves. Excited, I started a big discussion about the movie and the original novel.

In addition, there is a third group of people who call themselves "brothers and sisters", who have bought a set of original works to study at home, kept Google actor data, and screamed with emoji on the Internet to express their complicated feelings. mental activity.

The trailer launched in the cinema is 128 seconds long, which is naturally incomparable with the super-long clips that were broadcast to the media in Cannes. Although the trailer basically exposed the appearance of all the main actors and the general context of the story, it is still popular among movie fans. It seems that this is not enough.

Therefore, after returning from Cannes, those reporters who participated in the "Lord of the Rings" party were forced by the editor-in-chief to write more topics related to "The Lord of the Rings" to break the news to fans in advance, but the movie was originally adapted from the novel, and Peter Jackson It cleverly cut out a lot of plots from the original work, and played them side-by-side with Xu Shichang's big scenes, so that these reporters knew no more of the crazy news than the movie fans who watched the trailer. He praised the pictures, scenes, and soundtracks, saying that Peter Jackson created an epoch-making visual effect for the film with the most meticulous thought and computer special effects at the forefront of the times, but he gave the film enough before it was released. gained a good name.

I think even fans who are not interested in the original work are interested in going to the cinema for the actors, pictures, scenes, etc. they are interested in.

——In fact, there is no need to wait until the movie is released. Now there are fans who buy tickets to watch a movie that they are not very interested in, just to check out the 3-minute "Lord of the Rings" trailer that was played before the movie opened.

Not long after the trailer was officially launched, in addition to William, who has always been in the top three of the IMDB actor attention list, two young actors, Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler, also parachuted to the second and No.3 positions. In addition, After the trailer was launched globally, "The Lord of the Rings" directly occupied the No.1 Google search popularity in the next few days. Silicon Valley otaku programmers always reacted slowly to Hollywood news. They almost thought it was their own server. problem.

……

The popularity of the "Lord of the Rings" trailer has lasted for a long time among the people, but the media has already turned their attention to the closing ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival after exhaustively counting the various movie clues in the trailer.

Because the film festival lasts for [-] days, not all stars will stay from the beginning to the end. The more famous the actor, the tighter the schedule. Most of them will leave after walking the opening red carpet and attending the premiere party, like Nicole Kidman flew back to the United States immediately after attending two parties that could not be rejected. William stayed for four full days after the opening ceremony before returning to London to participate in two "Harry Potter" A script discussion for Chamber of Secrets, and a producer meeting.

The day before the closing ceremony of the film festival, Brian Grazer, the producer of "A Beautiful Mind", called William and said that he had booked a direct flight from London to Nice, France, and asked him to come back immediately, and someone would be there by then. Nice airport pick up.

William was really not prepared to go back to Cannes at the beginning - although the flight was only more than an hour away - because there was some big news in the London crew, Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling had some disputes over the revision of the script, which he needed to mediate.

In fact, as early as during the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the two had disagreements over whether to keep the segment of the Sorting Hat singing and the role of Peeves in the movie. It was preserved, although it made the movie full of childlike fun, but to some extent it also slightly slowed down the narrative rhythm. At that time, Spielberg and Rowling were a little unhappy. Later, they shook hands and made peace. In the second part, it's back to its old ways.

There was a dispute between the director and the author and screenwriter of the original work, and there were not many people who were qualified to persuade them to fight, so William was really unwilling to leave the UK until the conflict subsided, but he made Brian Glazer urgently make three or four phone calls in a row. Ron Howard came to persuade him, coupled with the unambiguous hint that he blurted out in a hurry, William suddenly realized.

This is what it means that "A Beautiful Mind" is very likely to win at the closing awards ceremony.

——The three major European film festivals are held for more than ten days, and the participating films range from hundreds to thousands. Taking the Cannes International Film Festival as an example, dozens of films are shortlisted for the main competition unit every year , but there are only seven main awards in the film festival (Palme d'Or, Grand Jury Prize, Jury Prize, Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay), and some films may win several awards at the same time. Here's how you know your chances of winning.In addition, the main body of the film festival is actually the previous screenings. Many crews and actors left after promoting the film. In order to avoid the embarrassing scene of awards being presented but no one came to accept the awards during the closing ceremony, the organizers usually hold a screening before the closing ceremony. Inform the winning crew to come back for the awards ceremony.

Over time, the media has also figured out the rules of the film festival organizers. Every two days before the closing ceremony, there will always be a large number of reporters stationed at Nice Airport in France, which is the closest to Cannes. Every director, producer who appears at the airport at this time Filmmakers and actors will be regarded as the most likely winners of the awards.

The producer and director of "A Beautiful Mind" probably got hints from the organizers, so they hoped that William could return to Cannes. After all, he is the leading actor and the most critical soul of the film. The integrity of the event is very important, and the organizer will also feel that the face is more radiant.

This is also a very different point between the three major European film festivals and award ceremonies such as Oscars and Golden Globes. Once the Oscar trophy winner is leaked in advance, the Hollywood media will scramble to report this shocking scandal. The winner is confirmed, and if the winner of the Cannes Film Festival is leaked in advance... the organizers can probably only sigh that they are out of luck.

However, those who showed up at the airport before the closing ceremony may not necessarily be [-]% winners--journalists like to squat at the airport at this time of year to catch up with directors, actors and film festival organizers also know it, and they feel helpless about it, but also I don’t want all the cards to be exposed by the media in advance, so in order to put smoke bombs, the organizer will invite the whole crew even the winners of those insignificant awards. For example, there is only one winner of the Palme d’Or, but the organizer will also invite three or four at the same time. Popular contender, used to confuse the viewer.

As for whether the crew who received the invitation and thought they were going to win a big award, but ended up just accompanying them, would be disappointed and angry after the awards ceremony, that is not within the scope of the organizers who have completed their tasks.

The day before the closing ceremony, Cannes had been full of rumors, and all kinds of insider news came out. Although the organizers tried their best to keep it secret, as the number of stars appearing at Nice Airport on the day of the awards ceremony suddenly increased, they were still speculated by the media. Some clues.

When William appeared in the departure hall of Nice Airport a few hours before the red carpet of the closing ceremony, the reporters on the scene were going crazy. The sound of shutters and questions rang out endlessly, and the entire airport was crowded.

If it weren't for the airport security guards all the way, with only two bodyguards, whether William could catch the red carpet would be a problem.

The appearance of William became the last hot spot before the Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony, and "A Beautiful Mind" also became a big hit for the awards, becoming the local film together with the Austrian film "The Piano Teacher" and the Italian film "Son's Room". The three most popular candidates for the Cannes Palme d'Or.

American journalists were especially excited. They had already received news that neither Nicole Kidman nor Sean Penn would be returning to Cannes, which meant that "Moulin Rouge" and "Never Stop" had been struck out by the jury. Bradley has become a representative of Hollywood movies in Cannes at this moment. Apart from whether he won an award or not, every time he appears on the cover of a magazine, his sales will increase more than usual. If the media don't love him, who else will they love?

Having experienced the scenes at Nice Airport, William is no longer intimidated by the crowds on both sides of the movie palace. He wore a tuxedo and walked the red carpet with the crew of "A Beautiful Mind", waving to reporters on both sides, and occasionally answering questions from the media. A few questions, avoiding those related to the award ceremony for a while, after the 3-minute presentation time, quickly walked into the movie palace.

After losing those ubiquitous microphone shots, Ron Howard also let out a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and asked William: "How is your acceptance speech? A bit of a mouthful, isn't it?"

"what?"

"Ah, what do you mean—wait! Don't tell me you haven't prepared anything?"

"Uh...it should be."

"..."

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After the red carpet for the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, the filmmakers headed to the Lumiere Hall, where the awards ceremony will be held later, and journalists from all over the world will also go to the Debussy Hall after packing up their shooting equipment, here Simultaneously watch the live TV broadcast of the award ceremony one wall away.

After the awards ceremony, the members of the jury in the Lumiere Hall and the media in the Debussy Hall will gather in the press center, where a press conference will be held to conclude the film festival.

The official awards ceremony came very quickly. Compared with those in the Lumiere Hall who waited quietly for the awards to be announced, the performance of the many reporters in the Debussy Hall best reflected the filmmakers' experience and superb acting skills. An award is not what everyone expects.

The Best Screenplay Award, which was presented first, was quite an upset, but when the director of "Borderland" Dennis Tanovic came to accept the award, most of the reporters in the Debussy Hall looked at him silently. Watching the live broadcast scene, or bowing their heads to record, showed their lack of surprise and excitement.

Since the best actress belongs to the French actress Isabelle Huppert, the lead actor of "The Piano Teacher", the reporters began to discuss and applaud enthusiastically, especially the French-language media, with the most enthusiastic applause.However, there were discordant boos from several English-language reporters.

Before the Best Actor awards began, the reporters were already talking about it. The French-language media and the English-language media all favored each other, and everyone believed that the one they chose was the right one.

Finally came the moment when the award presenters opened the envelope.

"The best actor is—" the guest paused: "William Bradley! The work is "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Ron Howard!"

There was about a second of silence in the Debussy Hall, and a whistle sounded from somewhere, which immediately broke the original atmosphere, and the air suddenly became noisy and hot.

' Needless to say, it was the Yankees who whistled. ’ thought the French journalists, ‘But A Beautiful Mind is good, and William Bradley is fantastic—does he speak French when he speaks? '

Although many reporters are also interested in other actors, William Bradley is indeed an actor who they have considered whether they are worthy of Cannes Best Actor, and they generally affirmed it in the end. When the reporters argued with each other just now, but Not many people have called William Bradley's name.

"Papa-papa-papa-"

Applause from small to large, in the live TV screen