Why are actors' acting paths fixed? Why are actors' performances becoming narrower and narrower?

This is a very interesting topic. It seems that every movie fan is curious about this issue, whether professional or amateur. Of course, many times it is because the actors are not strong enough to make breakthroughs. For example, famous vases such as Meghan Fox and Jessica Alba are eager to make breakthroughs, but unfortunately they are just powerless when trying it many times.

In addition, there is another possibility, just as Matthew McConaughey said, if an actor binds himself, the scripts that come to the door will become increasingly limited. When the entire Hollywood has formed a fixed image, it is not easy to break through this framework. Not everyone has the courage to break the constraints on themselves; not everyone has the courage to Matthew and have not taken up work for nearly two years.

Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp are typical representatives. Tom has gradually become a professional actor in action commercial films since 2005. Johnny has not escaped from the image of "Pirates of the Caribbean" since 2006. He has been on the eccentric performance road to a dead end. "Public Enemies", "Deadly Companionship", "Director Diary (the.m.diary) Dark Shadows", "The Lone.ranger", "Transcendence" and other works are all typical cases of box office and word of mouth failure.

Tom relied on "Mission Impossible" to support him, and Johnny continued on "Pirates of the Caribbean". The two people's situations were almost the same. In the ten years before 2014, except for their own representative works, all of them became box office poisons.

The situation like theirs is a two-way result. On the one hand, Hollywood believes that they have achieved great success in this type of film, so scripts with similar themes have been continuously approached. Johnny's "The Mavericks" is a typical case, almost a Western version of "Pirates of the Caribbean", which makes them less and less choices.

On the other hand, they have achieved success by relying on this type of film and do not want to take too much risk. They just hope to replicate the same success, which is simple and easy to continue the glory of their careers. So they and their agents have begun to become conservative and unwilling to try other types of films.

People are always like this. When they are young, they always break the rules and try to change, but after forming habits, the courage to change gradually disappears, thus losing their spirits, and they begin to learn to compromise. This is how Tom and Johnny are.

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, these four top actors who swept through the 1980s are another typical representative. They are keen on studying acting skills and have also contributed countless amazing performances. However, when they form their own performance style, they often form a fixed framework, and all performances will be limited to this framework and cannot make breakthroughs.

Since entering the 1990s, Al has been playing some roaring and irritable characters, and has never escaped the shadow of "smelling fragrance to know women"; Robert is walking all the way to the end of the role of a gangster, and even the media have already shouted impatiently, "Wow, the latest news, De Niro has played another gangster boss."

Jack and Dustin are both restricted by their own image, so it is not easy to make a breakthrough. Dustin has reached its peak in the image of a simple and honest ordinary man, but there has been no breakthrough since then. Relatively speaking, Jack's acting path is the widest, but his role always has more hostility and unruly.

This is a development trend that is difficult to resist, it is human inertia and human inertia. There are very few actors like Meryl Streep and Malone Brando who are brave enough to constantly challenge themselves and can successfully make breakthroughs.

Hugo couldn't help but wonder if he would be bound by the performance one day and would never be able to make a breakthrough. However, these are things in the future, and Hugo could not predict it. At least for now, he still has a long way to go before the peak of his acting skills. Compared to these old actors, he is still quite apart.

From this perspective, while I was young, I challenged more different types of works to enrich my resume and make the experience during the performance more diverse and realistic. For example, commercial blockbusters like "Mission Impossible" are indeed a good choice. Not everyone can still shoot action and martial arts movies like Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson when they were 60 years old.

Thinking of this, Hugo is more looking forward to playing "Mission Impossible". This is a different work from "life and death speed". There are many differences in shooting techniques, story pattern, and content focus.

"I think, maybe I should start to exercise again tomorrow, at least I have to show my sincerity to Paramount." The thoughts flashed through Hugo's mind, but the words in his mouth did not stop, and he chuckled and joked.

Steven smashed his mouth and said with a chuckling look, "Paramon would be happy to see this. Of course, if they don't know how to cherish it, I think you always have other places to go." Steven glanced at Hugo meaningfully, obviously saying that "Man in Black" was still waiting for him.

Hugo's lips raised slightly, "So, are you saying DreamWorks has a project that is being prepared now?" Hugo deliberately ignored the "man in black" and twisted Steven's eyes, which made Steven stunned, laugh helplessly, and shook his head, "No, not for the time being."

"Dreamworks has only been established for less than half a year, and everything is under preparation. Even if any works appear, it will be next year as soon as possible." Steven explained.

When Hugo lit his chin and wanted to change the topic, he suddenly remembered it and said, "Steven, I have always had a question that is very curious. Can you answer it for me?" When Steven heard that Hugo was so formal, he put down the knife and fork in his hand, raised his head and looked at Hugo seriously, "Why didn't DreamWorks set up its own distribution department? I think you and David should know more about the importance of the distribution department than me."

Steven was stunned. He didn't expect Hugo to raise this topic, but then he laughed. Hugo is no longer the new rising actor when he collaborated on "Schindler's List" two years ago. Hugo is already qualified to talk to Steven about these topics.

"Hugo, you know, the establishment of a distribution department is a very complicated process, requiring a lot of professional talents, experienced managers, and countless efforts. This is not that simple." Steven said simply, and shrugged, "I, David and Jeffrey, are essentially producers. We focus on the work itself and the production link, but we all know too little about distribution, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are laymen. Now that DreamWorks has just been established, we don't have the energy to take care of other things."

Steven made a lot of sense. First, they knew nothing about distribution, and second, even the production department did not manage it well, so where did they have the energy to manage the distribution department?

Hugo sighed slightly, which was similar to what he expected, "Steven, forgive me for being abrupt, but I think there is another important reason, because you think you have enough friends and you can always find a distribution partner after the works of DreamWorks are produced, right?"

Although Hugo and Steven are friends, the two are twenty-one years apart, and Steven is a long-standing qualification in Hollywood. Hugo is only a junior who has only risen strongly in the past three years. Therefore, it is actually a bit impolite to say this. Especially for Steven, Steven is actually a very strong and confident person in his heart, and this has never changed from beginning to end. So when DreamWorks was split and sold out in 2004, it was definitely a huge blow to Steven.

After Hugo said this, Steven's expression froze, but Hugo apologized first, so he was mentally prepared and was not too surprised. However, Steven did not speak, lowered his head and started to enjoy his lunch. He had no intention of taking care of Hugo, which immediately stiffened the atmosphere.

In fact, Hugo can shut up now and just pretend that this has not happened, but he and Steven were definitely not as harmonious as before. So, Hugo decided to continue talking, standing on the standpoint of his friend, "Steven, you have been in this circle for too long than me, so you should know better than me that in Hollywood, in the face of absolute interests, friendship will always be second."

"I just want to say that you, David, and Jeffrey want to build DreamWorks into a unique movie paradise. Here, all works do not need to worry about the consortium's profit-oriented jackal nature, leaving the movie with a pure land." Hugo said simply, which made Steven's movement pause, "So too." Hugo only said one sentence, and Steven looked up at Hugo.

Steven saw a faint smile in Hugo's amber eyes, generous and calm, calm and calm. This suddenly reminded Steven of the situation when Hugo tried to persuade him without knowing the height of the world.

"But I know very clearly that for a movie, distribution channels are crucial. Because there is a lack of distribution channels, a little bit of profit can become the bargaining chip for distribution companies to constrain production companies, and make production companies absolutely passive." Hugo didn't say much, because he knew that Steven knew much more than he did. "Not just theaters, with the development of technology, next cable TV channels, TV networks, and computer networks that are emerging now, these distribution channels will be the core link for production companies to determine competitiveness."

When Steven was still wondering what a computer network was, he heard Hugo continue, "We all see MGM's dilemma, and DreamWorks won't want to fall into the same situation."
Chapter completed!