這場試映會，看來很符合美國觀眾的口味，口碑似乎還不錯，對於 Bale 的表現大家也頗稱讚。嗯，跟去年還是一樣啦，只要他有機會可以出席典禮讓我們追，他能夠提名也很好，可以得獎更棒，因為照片會更多，他也得講更多的話。:D
喔，這場試映會中，『頭號公敵』Public Enemies 的導演 Michael Mann 爺爺也到場囉。我相信 Mann 爺爺不只是為了看看張藝謀的新片，也是因為他頗欣賞 Bale 的關係啦。真好真好～這個對媒體不理不睬的演員其實都被導演們喜愛著呢！
現場的 Q & A 我還沒辦法翻譯，大家先來這邊快樂的讀英文吧。（點一點 Read More 練習英文吧！）
Source: MP CHIRONI
The Flowers of War - Q&A with Christian Bale
Two words to describe Christian on stage: respectful and humble.
He spoke with a soft, low voice, with a great sense of humor and a good timing delivering all the jokes.
The director needed the translator next to him, who I believe it’s his daughter.
Since she was sitting too far from Yimou, Christian got up and gave her his chair, next to her father, so she could translate for him.
Christian also offered a bottle of water to the main actress, Ni Ni.
Yes, Christian was making sure everybody was comfortable on stage.
I wrote down some of the questions and Christian’s answers, please keep in mind it’s not verbatim. We weren’t allowed to record the event in any way—audio, video, pictures, nothing.
Q: Was it a challenge for you to make this movie, because of the language and everything else?
A: Not so challenging. I liked the idea when Yimou sent me the script and I liked the story. I enjoy the adventures of filmmaking and the traveling. I’ve been to China when I was 13 years old but in that case it was for an American movie. This time I was there to make a Chinese movie.As for the language, I think you create a communication that goes beyond the language barrier, so I would say there were no challenges whatsoever.
Q: How did you prepare for the role? Did you do research?
A: I like to research a lot and I leave no rock unturned when I’m preparing for a character. So I met with a mortician (it’s a very intriguing profession *laughs*) and priests.
The director Yimou added at this point that he developed the character together with Christian, they talked about it a lot and shared ideas in the hotel room, as he wanted to have a western actor totally invested in the movie, not just standing there as a scenery, like it happened in the past with other westerns actors.
Christian adds: Yimou said to me: “You make it up each and every day and you change everything every day.” Yimou was concerned about me adapting to this progressive change but I told him right away that I like that a lot, I always like the sense of discovery. Something that you still find in low budget movies. So we were brainstorming ideas for the role in the hotel room with Yimou and Ni Ni. I honestly think Yimou could be a great actor. (*laughs*) Yimou liked some of my ideas but he didn’t like some others (*impersonation of Yimou shaking his head when the idea was bad and being all happy when he liked Christian’s suggestions*—hilarious)
It was a very creatively satisfying experience for me.
The other Chinese actors did a great job with their English, especially because I was throwing lines at them that weren’t in the script so I wasn’t sure they were understanding what I was saying! (*laughs*)
Q: What about you, Ni Ni?
A: What Christian just said. :D Christian made English very easy for me, thank you!
Q: After the Oscar for The Fighter (*big applause*) … you come out with a surprise like this movie. Do you consciously set out to surprise?
A: I like to keep things interesting for myself. There are a lot of opportunities when you have so many choices. I want to have adventures in movies and I enjoyed making this one. It was irresistible to try something like this. I also like to get into a movie with non actors. You always get an honest response from them.
The casting of the kids in the movie took 2 years, they’re all between 12 and 13 years old and they were required to speak the local Chinese dialect, as well as some English.
Talking about the kids, Christian adds: Many of the kids reminded me of myself, as I started very young in my career. Most of them weren’t interesting in doing movies again and I remember I used to say the same thing at their age so I told them: “Watch out, because you’ll end up at 37 still doing it!”
He then describes a scene where the children were crying for over 5 minutes. Christian felt awful, it was so intense and they were doing another take and he was worried they were all going to be exhausted. Then one of the kids winked at him and he realized they were all method actors right there. They fooled him completely.
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