Best Actor

      back home. Of course, it's also possible that Sean will never bring a girl home. Who can say that kind of thing? He's a playboy. In high school, he had a few girls come to his door asking for answers, so I'll talk about it later. Bar.

    After Christmas Eve, Sean left San Francisco and returned to Los Angeles, not because he didn't want to stay longer, but mainly because the premiere of "Cold Mountain" was arranged on Christmas Day, as the leading actor Definitely going to be there.

    For this movie, relying on Sean's scandal with Nicole, Miramax hyped it up a lot, except for general publicity techniques, such as trailers and posters, like The news of "the movie that made Nicole Kidman and Sean Tang spark" and "the hero and heroine are fake dramas" circulated everywhere under Weinstein's arrangement. Although Mingella didn't like it, he had no say in the distribution and could only turn a blind eye.

    With this momentum, there will naturally be many people who like gossip who want to see the movie, especially in the first half of the year, the guy who was very curious by the scandal and wanted to know very much What the **** brought up Nicole and Sean. They are not the only ones who have this idea. The fans of the two are also full of curiosity and doubts, whether they think they should be together or not, so the movie has not been released yet, but the popularity is quite sufficient.

    But it's different when it's a critic. Many film critics who participated in the test screening did not give "Cold Mountain" a high score.

    "The rhythm is as slow as ever, although the scene is much bigger, Minghella has not gone out of his own way." A film critic said so.

    "Mingela wants to show the cruelty of war, but what the audience can see is only the emotional entanglement of the hero and heroine." A reporter said so.

    "It's too long, and although there are a few good paragraphs, it doesn't give me enough patience to read it." An ordinary person who attended the preview but left halfway thought so.

    Of course, some people think it's good. For example, Roger Ebert, who specially participated in the preview in the face of Weinstein, felt that although the plot is indeed a bit long, the overall quality It's still very high, not only the acting skills of Sean and Nicole are remarkable, but many of the supporting roles are eye-catching.

    "Although I can't reveal too many plots, as a literary and artistic film, Mingera still fulfilled his duty, the cruelty of war, the beauty of human nature, the yearning for hometown or hope, all The performance is vivid. And Sean and Nicole's performances are also very good, especially Sean, you can't feel it at all, he is a 22-year-old young man. But the dull rhythm is one of Minggla's old problems, It has not been properly resolved in this film, and the parallel description of the two lines of the male and female protagonists is not novel, and it must be said that this is a great pity." Albert wrote in his article, and added Finally gave it a three and a half star rating.

    In fact, his comments are fairly pertinent, and the public opinion after participating in the preview can be regarded as praise and depreciation, but the media that mainly attract attention are not interested in maintaining an objective position when reporting , even if it is relatively objective.

    "While many have been eagerly awaiting Cold Mountain, I have to remind them that with great hope comes great disappointment, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient and The Genius Rip Although "Lee" has achieved remarkable results, it does not mean that "Cold Mountain" can do the same. This film, which cost close to 80 million, is the largest investment since Miramax was established. It took four months to develop Virginia, Canada, and Romania went all over the place, but it's hard to say what the final result will be. Mingella is too obsessed with reality and big-name stars. According to reliable sources, Miramax spent 15 million to invite Nicole to play the heroine of "Cold Mountain", Sean Although there is no specific figure, it should not be too low, and his best movie, "The English Patient", has a global box office of only 230 million, and the last "Genius Ripley" is at least 1 less. 100 million, if 'Cold Mountain' does not make changes that will attract audiences, it is likely to fail." The tone of one newspaper was rather pessimistic.

    This is not bad, although the argument is a little far-fetched, at least there is something to be said, some tabloids without scruples have made a big statement: "From the invitation of Sean Tang as the male lead, this film It is inevitable to fail. Maybe he is a talented actor. Even if he successfully plays Tom Ripley, Inman and Ripley have essential differences, and this essential difference is doomed that Sean cannot control role."

    The so-called essential difference is nothing more than the fact that Inman is older than Ripley. As for why the older Inman is harder to play than Ripley, that's just nonsense.

    "Inman's inner world is richer."

    "Inman was in the war."

    "Inman has seen more ugliness."

      So at the back, even the reason "Inman loves Ada" comes out, because Sean is a playboy, he can't know how to love a woman deeply...

    In short, Minghella blindly using Sean is a huge mistake, and this huge mistake will ruin the film "Cold Mountain".

    "In other words, Martin Scorsese is also blind." Sean muttered.

    "Excuse me, what are you talking about?" the reporter holding the microphone outside the fence immediately asked loudly.

    "I'll say it again," Sean immediately restrained his emotions and showed a smile specially used on red carpets and premieres, "Tony is an excellent director, I am very happy to be with him Working together again, this film is bound to be another wonderful work.”

    He originally wanted to say that this movie may have some flaws, but it will still be a wonderful work, but on second thought, if he really said that, these guys might distort it into: the male protagonist I don't like the movie I starred in.

    This is something that greatly offends people. Although he is not very optimistic in his heart, it must be stupid to say it outright. These guys can even make up the reason that he is a playboy, so it is impossible to play the role of a soulful man. Who knows how they will play it after they catch this sentence?

    What's more, not long ago, he just figured out a way to clean up the "New York Post" a little bit, although the other party temporarily died down, but God knows if they will be ready to seize the opportunity to give themselves a hard time .

    At that time, even if you explain to Mingera and the others, they will inevitably have pimples in their hearts, so it is better not to give them a chance from the beginning.

    However, although Sean is not good at movies and keeps singing praises, it does not mean that the reporters have nothing to do.

    "Mr. Tang, why didn't you bring your girlfriend to participate?" a reporter asked suddenly.

      Didn't break up with Nicole, everything before, including dating Jessica, was just a smoke bomb?"

    The reporters around couldn't help but glanced at the person who asked the question with contempt. What's the problem? It's still a smoke bomb. Is there such a smoke bomb? And a good opportunity was wasted like this, so straightforward, without any skill, do you really think others are fools?

    Sean is a little surprised, this guy is really imaginative, although the role is reversed. Of course, this can't make up his words, but it's not enough to not speak or deny it directly. These guys must have seen his expression.

    "This gentleman's thinking is really detached," he first smiled, with a clear sense of ridicule, and then made a mysterious look, "As for the answer..."

    The group immediately craned their necks.

    "Take your time and guess." Sean laughed and immediately turned around and walked into the theater.

    There is this sentence, coupled with the previous sentence "thinking out of the way", it is equivalent to pinning his unexpected look on it, and no matter how they play afterwards, it will appear unconvincing.

    "Hey Sean, why are you here now." Entering the theater and finding Minggla and the others, Weinstein immediately smiled and slapped him on the shoulder.

    "Sorry for being pestered by several reporters." Sean responded with a smile, "To be honest, Harvey, they don't like this movie so much, can't you think of a way?"

    "When a movie is released, there will always be different voices. Do we need to suppress these different voices for publicity?" En had the urge to lift his fat body to see if there was someone else hiding in it.

    Of course, the fat man immediately returned to normal: "Don't forget, this is also a way of publicity, anyway, they all..."

    "Focus on me, right?" Sean snorted, "You actually planned this, Harvey?"

    "Who made you such a good target, Sean? Well, I'm joking, don't worry, it's easy to deal with these guys." Weinstein laughed. , then glanced not far away, "Besides, you can't..."

    He didn't finish speaking, but Sean knew what he meant later, because Nicole and Rachel were joking with others not far away.

    "Okay, ladies always have privilege." Sean sighed, then said hello to Minghella: "Hey Tony, how are you doing?"

    Then he frowned slightly: "You don't look in a good mood?"

    "It's nothing," Mingla, who was obviously thinking about things, recovered his thoughts and smiled perfunctorily, "Anyway, it will be officially released soon, so we will know how soon."

    There is no doubt that the not-so-great comments affected him, Sean didn't know what to say for a moment, and Minghella didn't articulate it, plus he didn't attend The test screening, the specific situation is not very clear, can only vaguely comfort a few words.

    "By the way, there is something I want to ask you, Sean." Weinstein greeted in a low voice, his eyes twinkling.