挺长的，但挺不错的。
Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody co-stars as Noah Percy, a mentally challenged man, in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," which opened in theaters everywhere last weekend. Set in 1897, the film tells the story of an isolated village in the middle of the woods. But a dark and deadly secret keeps the inhabits of this village within the town boundaries, as it is believed that there are evil and deadly creatures lurking in the surrounding forrest. The humans believe that there is a simple understanding between them and the creatures: do not bother us and we will not bother you. But when a curious inhabitant, Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix), decides to curiously venture into the woods, members of Covington, Pennsylvannia begin to fear for their lives, as a frightening terror has been unleashed after a truce for hundreds of years has been broken.
Q: I hate to make this sound bad, but you make a pretty good village idiot…
ADRIEN: Oh yeah? Thank you. Does that sound bad? It’s a complimen,t I guess. I mean it doesn’t bother me, that’s why I took the job. I did a lot of research for that. It’s a complicated role and its more than just playing a guy who’s...I felt like there was a number of elements to that character and I couldn’t just attribute it to being, you know mentally retarded, I think there were a combination of things. So I researched a lot of characters that didn’t adapt to society well. And then, created my own within that.
Q: Describe your experiences of Night's 19th century boot camp.
ADRIEN: Well it was really, really a lot of fun. I did a real boot camp once with "The Thin Red Line" which was nothing but MRE’s and learning military exercises. And this was far less strenuous. It was kind of refreshing to spend a week or so without my cell phone. You know, I really had a blast. I mean, we were all thrown into the woods and you know, we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted. And learn how to survive without anything. No matches. And because of the rebellious nature of my character, any excuse I could find I would go and like get into trouble and go steal food from the kitchen and wine and go out camping in the middle of the woods. They have to send a search party out for me in the morning [*laughs*], but it was all appropriate.
Q: You said it was refreshing not to have the cell phone, but what was almost maddening not to have?
ADRIEN: The cell phone [*chuckles*]. Uh what was maddening not to have? It was tough, you’d be surprised how difficult it is to relinquish a cell phone. But I think we really take for granted how just our meals are prepared or to be able to go to the super market and grab something we wanted, whether you were craving caffeine. Or if you want to start a fire, you better get to work and keep it lit. And learn how to make rope with a certain kind of tree bark. You fray it and bray it. It was amazing.
Q: What was Night like working with actors. Does he give you a lot of freedom?
ADRIEN: Yeah, I think, Night manages to do a remarkable thing. He makes most of his actors feel comfortable and free and yet maintains his vision quite specifically. I mean, he storyboards a lot. And when you have things that are storyboarded, you generally know how things are set up for the day, and then you can stray from that, but basically, you have a good sense as an actor, how things are gonna play out. And the way certain scenes will be set up, which I think is really helpful. Night gave me in particular a lot of freedom. We tried to, you know, the advantages we had from this boot camp period, where we had this kind of opportunity to rehearse and for the cast to get to know one another really well, which I think is invaluable. And then I think, um, within the rehearsal period, I think Night saw my character in a different way than I did, and we kind of figured out a way to, um, I think he trusted me, and we were thinking along the terms of, “if you could imagine slightly odder portrayal, and perhaps a little darker.” And he let me go, and I felt emotionally free place and overly joyous and sensitive.
Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody co-stars as Noah Percy, a mentally challenged man, in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," which opened in theaters everywhere last weekend. Set in 1897, the film tells the story of an isolated village in the middle of the woods. But a dark and deadly secret keeps the inhabits of this village within the town boundaries, as it is believed that there are evil and deadly creatures lurking in the surrounding forrest. The humans believe that there is a simple understanding between them and the creatures: do not bother us and we will not bother you. But when a curious inhabitant, Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix), decides to curiously venture into the woods, members of Covington, Pennsylvannia begin to fear for their lives, as a frightening terror has been unleashed after a truce for hundreds of years has been broken.
Q: I hate to make this sound bad, but you make a pretty good village idiot…
ADRIEN: Oh yeah? Thank you. Does that sound bad? It’s a complimen,t I guess. I mean it doesn’t bother me, that’s why I took the job. I did a lot of research for that. It’s a complicated role and its more than just playing a guy who’s...I felt like there was a number of elements to that character and I couldn’t just attribute it to being, you know mentally retarded, I think there were a combination of things. So I researched a lot of characters that didn’t adapt to society well. And then, created my own within that.
Q: Describe your experiences of Night's 19th century boot camp.
ADRIEN: Well it was really, really a lot of fun. I did a real boot camp once with "The Thin Red Line" which was nothing but MRE’s and learning military exercises. And this was far less strenuous. It was kind of refreshing to spend a week or so without my cell phone. You know, I really had a blast. I mean, we were all thrown into the woods and you know, we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted. And learn how to survive without anything. No matches. And because of the rebellious nature of my character, any excuse I could find I would go and like get into trouble and go steal food from the kitchen and wine and go out camping in the middle of the woods. They have to send a search party out for me in the morning [*laughs*], but it was all appropriate.
Q: You said it was refreshing not to have the cell phone, but what was almost maddening not to have?
ADRIEN: The cell phone [*chuckles*]. Uh what was maddening not to have? It was tough, you’d be surprised how difficult it is to relinquish a cell phone. But I think we really take for granted how just our meals are prepared or to be able to go to the super market and grab something we wanted, whether you were craving caffeine. Or if you want to start a fire, you better get to work and keep it lit. And learn how to make rope with a certain kind of tree bark. You fray it and bray it. It was amazing.
Q: What was Night like working with actors. Does he give you a lot of freedom?
ADRIEN: Yeah, I think, Night manages to do a remarkable thing. He makes most of his actors feel comfortable and free and yet maintains his vision quite specifically. I mean, he storyboards a lot. And when you have things that are storyboarded, you generally know how things are set up for the day, and then you can stray from that, but basically, you have a good sense as an actor, how things are gonna play out. And the way certain scenes will be set up, which I think is really helpful. Night gave me in particular a lot of freedom. We tried to, you know, the advantages we had from this boot camp period, where we had this kind of opportunity to rehearse and for the cast to get to know one another really well, which I think is invaluable. And then I think, um, within the rehearsal period, I think Night saw my character in a different way than I did, and we kind of figured out a way to, um, I think he trusted me, and we were thinking along the terms of, “if you could imagine slightly odder portrayal, and perhaps a little darker.” And he let me go, and I felt emotionally free place and overly joyous and sensitive.
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