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Daniel made his own "Declaration of the Roman Emperor" at the Colosseum, which opened up a fantastic realm for him to make this film.

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

This even caused him to encounter some important difficulties in his role as Commodius was a prince.

"Daniel, I really don't know how to say it, you entered Emperor Commendius prematurely and forgot Prince Commendius," Ridley was a little annoyed, Daniel was obviously taken by the Colosseum It was so impacted that Commodius, who was completely engulfed in the power of the supreme emperor, was so difficult to perfectly represent that he was still just a prince, an heir who waited and believed that his father would pass on to him. It is almost impossible 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-confidence of the supreme power will make Such a design loses its power to justify itself.

"You've done very well, really, very well, but 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., are a little helpless. In their opinion, Daniel's performance is good enough, even perfect.

But Ridley insisted there was something wrong, and Daniel seemed to approve of Ridley.

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

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

But he kept thinking about what Ridley told him: "Daniel, you told me that Commodius should be more three-dimensional, more flesh, more real. But now, yes, you play It's very good, even I'm not sure if the audience can see anything 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, just treat it as real Yes. So, Daniel, what's the point of us insisting on a living Commodius?"

As Ridley said, it's not the most urgent thing to fool the audience, because first of all these performances have to pass themselves.

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

Daniel first filmed the scenes after he succeeded to the throne.

In the council chamber of the palace, Senator Quiggs of the Senate was chattering about politics with Commodius.

Commodius, who had just taken the throne of the king, forcibly endured it. He sat on the throne jerky, listening to the self-righteous members of the parliament who "represented the people" put forward various demands and questions, and pretended to play a chick in his hand. The sword, which seems to be the emperor's authority, gives him courage.

Then he couldn't bear it anymore, because he couldn't wait in his heart to show that he was an excellent emperor. If this excellence could be negated by his predecessor, the Marcus, who was worshipped as a **** by the people, so much the better. However.

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

He interrupted Quiggs, rose from the throne, and took his sword.

He didn't hesitate to accuse Marcus of indulging in the scrolls of the senate rather than what the real people needed. And he, the new and greater Commodius, will love his people with all his heart, not the so-called senate representing the people.

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

The feel-good, but easily irritated Commodius pointed his sword at Quiggs...

In this large section of the performance, there was almost no NG because of Daniel. In fact, Ridley was only retaken once because a certain background senator swayed his body too much. Almost all other scenes were passed.

Daniel vividly interprets the game between a new emperor who has just taken the throne and an old powerful minister, and importantly, it is easy to see that this emperor feels good about himself and is extremely urgent. He desperately wanted to deny his ex, his father. In addition, he lacked political skills. He recklessly used his authority and even left in a fit of anger.

In this whole process, Daniel used two designs throughout.

One is the sword, the sword that symbolizes authority.

In the beginning, he pointed the point of his sword on the ground and spun it for fun, which shows that when he took over the throne, he regarded authority as a plaything in his hand.

After interrupting the congressman talking about political affairs, he took the sword in his hand and made a sort of attack. Then he talked about his father's "stupor" in his later years - only knowing that he was obsessed with the scrolls of the senate, not what the "real" people thought, at this moment, the authority was in hand, and the world was asserted.

And when Quiggs satirized that he had not experienced human suffering, but was talking about what the people needed, he carried the authority around his neck and began to talk about the topic of "love" and the empty and imaginative concept of governance. At this time, Commodius has already recognized the pressure brought about by authority. This is not just a privilege for people to enjoy, but also means that you have to bear the same responsibility, and what is even worse is that he Begin to realize that I don't seem to have the ability to do so.

Finally, after being interrupted again, he pointed the knife at Quiggs, 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 in different scenes, and these changes are shown to the audience in a figurative way. into the cognitive world of Commodius.

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

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

His eyes only went deep in degree.

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

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

The people of Commodius are also unchanged.

He's just more capricious, crazier, more power-obsessed, and more engrossed in his own stubbornness.

Such a wonderful performance set the previous performance in an inopportune setting.

Walter, Crowe, Richard Harris, Connie Nelson... all recognized Ridley and Daniel's "dissatisfaction".

Daniel's plays are getting better and better, but the actors and even the staff in the same group are becoming more and more polite to him...and keep them away.

Despite his self-restraint, Daniel has no choice but to show some neuroticism belonging to Commodius in his life. He will stare at the staff who have done wrong with those dark and mysterious eyes, and also when other actors are on the show, Showing irritable and unbearable emotions.

Of course, no one cares about this with him, at least on the bright side. Especially because his characters are getting more and more vivid and real, as long as Director Ridley shouts to start, all the people standing in front of him always involuntarily enter that era and situation. It's the emperor of the Roman Empire, and convincing yourself that you're in this era is, obviously, much easier.

Ridley was really worried and excited.

The worry is that Daniel's play is getting deeper and deeper into the bone marrow. When the song ends, can he come out of the play? If the sunny, humble, hard-working and pragmatic Daniel becomes a spoiled by power like Commodius people, that would be too bad.

But on the other hand, Daniel's entry into the play has almost brought the performance of the entire crew to a higher level. Even the roles of Maximus, Marcus and Quiggs have been sublimated in the process of playing against him. Own. Ridley was in a hormonal overshoot every day, because every day the actors put on Oscar-quality counterparts in front of him.

In the end, out of rational consideration, Ridley gradually reduced Daniel's workload. This aspect 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 move closer to Commodius.

This is by no means something for a Hollywood director to consider.

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

For the director, this is really a happy trouble.

Daniel spent more time in the room after his role was reduced, of course he was trying to adjust himself, but with little success.

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

Daniel himself was extremely puzzled by this deep-rooted entry into the play.

Perhaps he valued the role so much that he was too well prepared, and the filming location, the Colosseum, gave him a preconceived shock, and even the twenty years of filming that he had accumulated in his memory. The inextricability between him and Commodius.

"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 indulgent attitude and positivity. Daniel has been eating for a long time.

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

Andy was stunned for a while, but her good work quality made her nod quickly, then watched Daniel turn back to her room and closed the door with her backhand.

Andy was lucky. Not far from here, there are several shops dealing with painting materials. It only took less than an hour to purchase all of them.

After work started in the afternoon, Daniel sat in a corner of the Colosseum with 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 the last life, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. Although he did not embark on a pure art road, painting has become a bridge for him to connect film and reality. He will never be in film. Interpreting a painter, because as long as he holds the pen, he can come out of various lives and return to his own life, and will not be schizophrenic by a series of deliberately created stories.

When he repainted the first stroke, he did find the long-lost ease, and then the tense heartstrings were loosened, which was still useful to him.

Commodius temporarily left him.

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

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

Daniel's Chinese paintings were most influenced by Fu Baoshi, while his oil paintings were taught by the French Impressionist master Monet.

Of course, he still can't master it. He can combine Chinese and Western. That is Xu Beihong. But as an amateur or semi-professional, Daniel is already quite an accomplished painter.

This has a lot to do with his diligence in painting. In the last 20 years of his life, he only acted in a dozen movies, and he did not have any other forms of work. Most of the time outside this was spent on painting.

So when Nelson saw his drawing board, it wasn't so hard to understand that his eyes popped out in shock.

Actors and producers who were not on the show walked halfway around the Colosseum and stood behind Daniel.

The brush strokes on the drawing board are crude, but the colors are bold. This is an unforgettable oil painting.

"Daniel, do you still have this skill?"

Crowe was the last one to run over. Daniel put down his brush not long after he arrived. This small oil painting has been completed.

"Unbelievable?" Daniel turned his head and gave everyone a charming smile. Daniel, who had been hiding in the shadow of Commodius for several days, seemed to be back in the sun at this moment, so much so that when they saw his smile, everyone in the crew was shocked. Some were stunned.