Chapter 131 Talking About Theater

The heavy rain came suddenly before the end of the crew rendezvous, all of them were trapped in another camp, from passive acceptance, to active catering, Charlize Theron and Lin Ming Yang finally exhausted all the energy in their bodies after some madness.

"Where are you going?"

"It's a bath sent by God, I can't miss it!" Lin Ming Yang kissed her on the forehead, then lifted the tent's curtain and walked into the pouring rain.

When Lin Ming Yang walked in, the rainwater on his body slid down his rigid muscles, Charlize Theron took a towel and was going to help him wipe it off, but he gently held his wrist.

"In a little while, the people over there should be back, put on your raincoat, I'll send you back!"

Charlize Theron obediently nodded her head, Lin Ming Yang himself was drenched in the rain and sent her back to his tent with an umbrella, the two of them lingered in the rain for a few moments while they parted, their bodies only then parted romantically.

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The continuous heavy rain delayed the crew's shooting schedule, and it wasn't just the local weather that was bad, it was also director Edward's mood. In today's shooting, he had already called for a timeout three times, but Denzel Washington had never been able to find his form in front of the camera.

Edward took great pains to explain to Denzel Washington, but the more anxious he was, the more unclear the things he wanted to express through the language, Denzel Washington listened to the clouds, finished or a face of overwhelm.

"Felix!"

Lin Mingyang was standing on the sidelines whispering with Charlize Theron when director Edward suddenly waved him over.

When Lin Mingyang walked over, Edward pushed him in front of Denzel Washington without a word.

"Denzel, Felix is the screenwriter for this movie, I think you guys can exchange ideas and listen more to his thoughts on the script and the characters, it'll help you understand your character."

Because they lived in two separate camps, Lin Ming Yang and this black movie star didn't have a lot of contact except for the usual filming.

Undoubtedly, there were a lot of good actors in this era, but only a few could be called "acting geniuses", and Denzel Washington in front of Lin Mingyang was one of the most deserving.

Denzel Washington has played countless types of roles, whether it's the heroic hero, or not too cold tender bodyguard, whether it's an inspiring black leader or to save his son at all costs of a loving father. He's even played a paralyzed police detective who communicates only with his eyes and dialogue, all in a bed, and even then, it's impossible to take the viewer's eyes off him for a moment. It was a lot of pressure for Lin Mingyang to give a speech to this well-deserved "acting magnet".

Among the black movie stars in Hollywood, only Will Smith can compete with Denzel Washington. Someone once commented on Denzel Washington that he was not a great black man, but a great man with black skin.

According to Lin Ming Yang's judgment, there was definitely no problem with Denzel Washington's acting skills, so the biggest possibility was that he hadn't fully understood his role yet, so he couldn't find the feeling in front of the camera.

Lin Ming Yang grabbed a handful of red soil from his feet and held it in front of Denzel Washington.

"There's a plot in this movie where the villain of the movie, Colonel Koch, grabs a handful of red soil and says that it's soaked in the blood of many generations of Africans. And the giant diamond that touches the fate of all the people in the whole movie is vaguely light red in color. The two protagonists in the movie, a former mercenary from Zimbabwe and an ordinary fisherman, have their destinies closely linked by this special diamond. In Africa, such diamonds can indeed change a person's fate ... or end a person's destiny. But in fact, the probability of colored diamonds appearing in diamonds produced in Sierra Leone is very low. By arranging it this way, the script is actually hinting at the bloodshed behind this diamond."

Seeing a thoughtful expression on Denzel Washington's face, Lin Mingyang continued, "Your role this time is a bit different from the previous ones, and if I guessed correctly, you didn't know very much about the living conditions of these African aborigines before you touched this script."

Lin Mingyang knew that Denzel Washington had appeared in the movie Scream for Freedom in his early years, but that was a political movie set in South Africa. Denzel Washington played a gentle and kind South African black civil rights leader in that movie, and because of that movie, he was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor that year.

But the situation in South Africa is different from most poor and backward African countries, and the themes of the movie "Cry for Freedom" and "Blood Diamond" are about two completely different concepts.

Denzel Washington nodded "Compared to them, blacks in America are living in paradise, where at least no one is starving to death!"

"But a lot of black people in America don't feel happy, much less have the realization of being in paradise, why do you think that is?"

Denzel Washington's eyes lit up as he caught something from Lin Mingyang's question and then fell into deep thought.

Seeing that such guidance was effective, Lin Ming Yang continued to analyze, "Although Sierra Leone and the United States are on the same planet, they are two completely different worlds. In the United States, happiness is having a well-paid job and a beautiful and happy family; while in Sierra Leone in the midst of a civil war, happiness is simply living. This view of happiness may seem humble to us, but your character in the movie is one who defies his fate in such a humble state. The experience of being different makes him unique, but in essence he is still a small man."

"Are you saying I didn't capture that little man mentality in Solomon?" The Oscar-winning actor's laurels are proof enough that Denzel Washington is an enlightened actor.

Lin Mingyang scattered the red soil in his hands, then clapped his hands, "The pain of survival of the little people is the most speechless and hopeless, and they often seem lonely, helpless, and small and pitiful because of their inability to grasp the status quo and change their destiny. Solomon in the script is such a character, as an ordinary fisherman, he has no room for resistance in front of the rebels, and his son was forced to become a child soldier. It's the struggle of such a small character that makes the story seem intriguing."