Best Actor

Life is like chocolate, you never know what the next one will taste like. Since the release of "Forrest Gump", this line has been spread all over the world. But I have to admit that this sentence is somewhat reasonable. The biggest fear in life is the unknown, and the biggest temptation in life is also the unknown. It is precisely because they do not know what will happen next moment, people will work hard in fear and expectation. forward.

Winston Groom should thank Robert Zemeckis and Paramount for making his novel unrecognizable, but leaving behind a classic line that is unforgettable.

After all, there are many unexpected situations in real life. For example, a very young actor, who has just entered Hollywood for a year, has become a TV actor and then a movie actor. . Then, he was favored by an Oscar best director as the leading actor in his work, and had an affair with the Oscar winner as one of the leading actresses.

This is not over yet. After the film was completed, countless media ridiculed it, laughing at the director for using a newcomer to play the leading role, and laughing at the actor for wanting to be the Oscar queen. However, when the movie was released, it gave these mocking people a slap in the face. The actor shined in it, won countless praises, won countless popularity, and even became a millennial because of his age. After the arrival, Hollywood's most talked about actor, because he was only 19 years old.

After the news first came out, many people didn't believe that the character in the movie was at least twenty-five or six years old, and the feeling he played was indeed the feeling of twenty-five or six. , Forbearance and impulsiveness, sophisticated and unscrupulous, how could it be possible for a young man who is only 19 years old to be an actor?

However, on the "Tonight Show" that followed, the actor personally confirmed this, which immediately caused a commotion. Actors who showed acting skills beyond their age in front of the camera were not absent but absolutely Not many, and it is even rarer to perform the feeling of twenty-five or six-year-old at the age of 19. It is no wonder that countless people are surprised and admired by him, and some film critics even call him an accidental death. The second of the famous young movie star River Phoenix.

So, he was called one of the youngest nominees for the Golden Globes, so "Genius Ripley" went upstream and finally sat at the top of the North American box office chart on the weekend.

In any case, this is a legend, from a rookie who is nothing to a dazzling movie star - and a movie star with outstanding acting skills, not an idol actor - just using For a year and a half, not even Tom Cruise could do it.

But if you think this is the end, you are wrong, just when everyone thought he was eye-catching enough, the Oscar nomination list was released, and his name was impressive at the most Best Actor nominations above.

The media lost their voices for a while, this is the Oscar, not the Golden Globe, not the union award, not the Film Critics Association Award, it is one of the highest honors in the North American and even world film circles.

No matter how much the European directors belittle the Oscars and Hollywood's film industry system, they can't avoid the fact that with the support of media groups, the world's film industry is now dominated by Hollywood. Although the three major film festivals in Europe are huge every time, they cannot hide the fact that they are going downhill. Maybe they can pretend to be in the so-called art, but in other aspects, they have basically been crushed by Hollywood.

So, for an actor, even being nominated for an Oscar is a very big honor, let alone an actor who is less than 20 years old.

The Oscar for Best Actor is not a precedent for being nominated without a teenager, even the youngest nomination record is 9 years old, and the second youngest nomination record is 19 years and 143 days, which is more than his even smaller.

But the problem is that there are only two cases, so he is now the third youngest in the ranking of the youngest nominees. What's more, the first two cases were decades ago, when the Oscars started.

At that time, the rules were not complete, and there were many loopholes to be exploited. For example, Mary Pickford invited the judges to eat at home, and then directly got the statuette. Similarly, the jury at that time was bolder and more aggressive, and all had the youngest nomination record.

However, with the development of time and the development of Hollywood, the whole system has gradually improved, and the ranking of seniority has also begun to rise. The nomination of the best actor at the age of teens has never happened again. .

So, it is not surprising that when this actor, who has only been acting for a year and a half, appeared on the Oscar nominee list. If he wins awards for it, it's the youngest award-winning actor who had a teenage nominee but never had a teenage winner.

"There is no doubt that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is showing their youthful determination with practical actions, and I believe there will be more Sean Tangs in the future." The Hollywood Reporter explained this way of this list.

However, compared to their praise for the film school, some other newspapers are much more direct. For example, the "Los Angeles Times" said that although Sean Tang's acting skills are excellent, there are more outstanding and more deserving awards Nominated, and the "Chicago Tribune" believes that the film school is bowing to public opinion and nominating based on popularity.

The big newspapers are like this, and the tabloids are even more reckless. The New York Post simply claimed that this was a public relations victory, and also alarmist that the film school is losing its independence.

However, if there are people who oppose it, there must be people who support it. Everything is always relative. Melanie Ha, the film critic who said that Sean Tang is likely to be the second River Phoenix Si said, the film school's decision is very wise.

"Sean is a very good actor, he has done what many people have not done, and he deserves this Oscar nomination." Haas wrote in his column.

And "Variety" magazine also believes that although this nomination is open to question, Sean Tang is not unqualified, and even gives an example, those who think that the film school's move is inappropriate, there are also a considerable number of Recognize his acting skills.

In short, after the 72nd Oscar nomination list came out, various media began to fight around Sean Tang, for a time, this only teenage, it only took a year Halfway from a newcomer to a movie actor, the actor who played the first movie role to be nominated for an Oscar has once again become the focus of attention.

Those who should have grabbed the headlines, such as Sam Mendes, the director of American Beauty, who was also nominated for his first-time film, or Tom Crewe, who once again attacked the Oscars , and the little-known Hilary Swank, who was nominated for Best Actress with an independent film, etc., all make way for him at this moment.

At least at this moment, Sean Tang has become a phenomenon in Hollywood, but he is not the happiest.

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humming the song, Frederick parked the car, took off his sunglasses, and got out of the car. He walked out of the parking lot and walked into the building he was going to. With a smug smile on his face, it seems that he will jump up at any time and perform a dance.

"Hello, this is Frederick Rogers of Endeavour, and I have an appointment with Mr. Regis Johnson." Outside the office on the destination floor, he greeted the man sitting there. The secretary said so.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Johnson is still meeting with another lady." The secretary nodded after checking the boss's schedule.

Frederick immediately sat down on the sofa outside the office, although he took a magazine from the shelf next to him and looked at it, but his mind was not on it.

If it wasn't a public place, he might have laughed out loud, in fact he'd been in this state for days. Understandable, because in just two days, he finally had his own independent office, a large and bright office.

Can't say it's all Sean's credit, after all, Frederick is not only his client, but Sean's achievements have undoubtedly played a considerable role in promoting.

I love you Sean, discovering you is the best deal I've ever made, let's do more miracles. Just when the agent was thinking excitedly in his heart, the office door opened, and then he was stunned and his eyes widened.

"Thank you, Mr. Johnson, this is a pleasant meeting." Anna Gordon shook hands with the middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties at the door.

"It's a pleasure to discuss things with you, Ms. Gordon." The other side smiled.

"Then I'll say goodbye." Anna said and walked out, giving Frederick a special look when she passed by, her eyes seemed a little provocative.

Why is she here? Frederick reacted at this time. At the same time, there was a bad feeling in his heart, so he got up and moved forward without waiting for the middle-aged man at the door to go back: "Mr. Johnson, I'm Frederick, nice to meet you."

"Um... ah, Fred, I'm also very happy to meet you." The other party was stunned for a while, then his face became slightly embarrassed, as if thinking of something. But it became normal after a few seconds, glanced at Anna who had walked away, and then made a gesture of invitation: "Come in."

After the two entered the office and sat down separately, before Frederick could speak, Johnson spoke first: "I'm sorry, Fred, I'm afraid the things we talked about before will be voided. already."

"Cancelled?" The agent looked at him in astonishment, but there were not too many surprises. When he saw Anna, he was already mentally equipped.

Rao so, he still cursed in his heart, and squeezed a hand under the desk into a fist.

"May I know why?" Frederick asked as calmly as possible.

"I don't deny that Sean has a good image, healthy, positive, mature, and even more famous than expected," Johnson said immediately, "but there is a problem, he is now So controversial..."