Chapter 783 - Two Terrifying Love Stories

In fact, it was Director Martin who first noticed the change that Laila did not get to enjoy.

After the end of the holiday, when the entire crew returned, he found that Roy seemed to have changed a bit from before in the filming. This change wasn't very obvious, and most of the crew probably didn't notice it, but as a renowned director, Martin could see it. According to Roy's acting, when captured through the lens, it could give the audience a deeper sense of immersion.

It was a feeling, one that even the audience sitting in front of the big screen might not necessarily know exactly what was happening, but they could be drawn into the movie, unwilling to waste even a moment to go to the bathroom.

"How did you do it?" After a shoot ended, Martin couldn't help but call him over.

"What do you mean, 'how did I do it'?" Roy was puzzled.

Martin waved his hands, a bit excited, "Just now, how did you do it? Your performance was excellent!"

Before Roy could answer, Leonardo came over, slapped his hand on Roy's shoulder, and asked with a grin, "What's up? What's up? What are you guys talking about?"

"Just now, Roy's performance was excellent, come over here." He led the two to the side and had someone play back the scene just now. "Did you see that? His expression, it's amazing. If he had performed like this from the beginning, I believe you could have won another Oscar with this performance!"

Unfortunately, scenes that had already been shot couldn't be reshot just because of an actor's improved performance. If they did that, the production company and investors would have to go all out to find him. This made Martin very regretful. Why didn't he have such a great performance from the beginning?

Clearly, he had broken through the original barrier at some point, allowing his acting to be sublimated. Many excellent actors would have such situations. Although the reasons were different, the final result was the same—they entered a new realm.

However, he had only encountered breakthroughs in small actors before. A situation like Roy's, who was at the Oscar-winning Best Actor level, was the first time he had encountered it, so he urgently wanted to know what had happened to make him have this "enlightenment."

"Is it really that amazing?!" Leonardo looked at the screen of the small monitor, and as he watched, his smile disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression.

He was on the verge of becoming an Oscar-level figure, just one step away from seeing a broader path as an actor. So he could see exactly where Roy's performance had improved, although he couldn't describe the shock in his heart in words, he could clearly feel that it was indeed different from before!

After watching, Leonardo also became excited, pulling on Roy's sleeve and shouting excitedly, "Brother, how did you do it?" If he could learn it too, could he win an Oscar?

Roy had originally just used some acting techniques he came up with himself, never expecting that the playback would show such a brilliant effect. His heart was also not calm at this moment because he knew that the reason for this change was all due to Laila's guidance.

"I watched two movies with Laila and gained some insights."

"What movies did you watch that were so amazing?" Not only Leonardo but even Martin was very curious. If just watching two movies could greatly improve acting, he would make all the other actors in the crew watch and learn, so as not to cause any trouble during filming.

Roy didn't hide it either, "Director Ang Lee's 'Brokeback Mountain' and Director Jackson's 'King Kong.'"

Leonardo's mouth twitched, "You actually went to watch those two."

"What's with the 'actually'? They're actually pretty good movies." Roy gave a fair evaluation.

Even if Leonardo hadn't watched the movies, he knew what type of movies they were through the media.

"Haven't you read the newspapers the past few days?" He went off for a moment, then immediately fetched the newspapers that had been left lying around after he had finished reading them a few days ago, "Take a look."

Roy found the article he mentioned, and a line with enlarged and bolded text made it easy for him to find the body of the article.

"Two Movies, Two Terrifying Love Stories"

The article pointed out 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'King Kong,' stating that the directors had made them too terrifying. A story of love between two men, and a story of a beauty and a beast, it was simply too much of a challenge to common sense.

The newspaper used very sharp words to criticize the movies, saying that such movies that subvert human nature should be destroyed humanely!

"Men with men, women with beasts, since when did the world's most beautiful love need to be reflected from these alternative places? Since the advent of movies, countless films praising love have emerged, from 'The Bridges of Madison County' to 'Titanic,' 'Roman Holiday' to 'Ghost,' 'Brief Encounter' to 'Sleepless in Seattle,' which one did not create a century of romance?"

"But what about now? Apart from screens full of flying superheroes and wars exploding everywhere, even the last pure land—love movies—have been shrouded in shadows!"

"Why did God create men and women, not men and men? It's because the combination of men and women is the most perfect. But now? With same-sex relationships, with beasts, will the next step be even more disgusting things appearing?"

I don't know if the author of the article is a homophobe, but the words used make it seem like the end of the world will come because of the existence of same-sex love. As for 'King Kong,' it was probably just 'incidentally' brought up so as not to be criticized as homophobic.

Roy looked at the words above, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. He didn't even have the mood to finish reading the newspaper before tearing it into several pieces, "This kind of thing without substance hurts the eyes. Don't read it again in the future."

"..." Leonardo looked at the newspaper, which had turned into pieces. With it being like this, how else could he read it? "I think what it says makes sense. Women are so lovely, hugging them is fragrant and soft, much better than rough guys!"

Martin coughed beside him, reminding him that he was off-topic. If he didn't remind him, he might just run straight off to outer space. Actually, his acting was good, but his mentality was not yet mature enough. If he could be like Roy, he might have already won an Oscar, right?

"As for 'King Kong,' I won't comment. But Director Ang Lee's 'Brokeback Mountain' is worth watching." Roy sincerely recommended it to him. At first, he was also put off by the intimate scenes between the two men in the movie, but as the plot progresses, he had forgotten about gender, forgotten about the male-male love that he found hard to accept. In his eyes, he only saw love, a tragic story that made people cry.