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Holt McCallany, a 52-year-old veteran actor, has been in Hollywood for nearly thirty years. He has never won his own shining moment, but he has gradually polished his skills over time. He can be said to be an indispensable backbone blue-collar actor in the film industry..
In the early years of his career, Holt was more active on the small screen of television, but even in TV series, he rarely won regular roles. Most of them were guest appearances or recurring acting opportunities, such as "Law and Order", "Criminal Minds", "Heroes" ", "CSI: Miami" and other series can be seen in his figure.
The reason can be seen in small details: most of the characters played by Holt are police detectives..
Because his facial features are too upright, he is considered to be "born with a law enforcement officer" face. The lack of characteristics means limitations, which limits Holt's career as an actor..
In fact, in the actor and model industry, handsome, beautiful and other exquisite looks are not dominant. Because of the lack of characteristics and the lack of the possibility to carve out the character, it is easy to cause the picture to be unbalanced because the appearance is too much to steal the show. These faces are also often Considered more suitable for the vase role.
After the golden age of Hollywood, those pretty faces are no longer in demand, such as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, etc.; on the contrary, May Personalized faces like Lil Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Robert De Niro have won more support and love..
Daniel Day-Lewis and Renly Hall should be very few exceptions, but even they are the type whose personal charm is greater than their good looks..
The same is true for Holt. His facial features lacked distinctiveness when he was young, which made him stumble through countless setbacks. From TV series to movies, he was unable to change his situation - he was either a police detective or an officer, which is basically the case for all characters..
“Holt can be seen in works such as "The King of Gold", "Gangster Legend", "Shock Effect", "Dark Night", "Jack Reacher" and other works, playing similar roles, just like "Harry- Like Potter's iron triangle, Holt was also constrained by this skin mask and could not escape from the breakthrough..
What makes people laugh or cry is that the same is true for "Mind Hunter" this time..
Hoult will play FBI agent Bill Tench, who was the first member to establish the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU). Horton and Wendy were both members he later recruited, and they truly established the crime The practical application system of psychology, and initially established the systematic application of criminal psychological portraits, and then changed the scientific system of modern criminal investigation - Bill, an out-and-out detective.
In fact, before "Mindhunter", Holt and David Fincher had collaborated many times. David can even be said to be one of Holt's noble people..
1992In 2006, David, who was once a music video director, directed the first work of his career, "Alien 3", in which Holt played one of the roles; later, Holt appeared in "Fight Club", continuing to It was fate. Unfortunately, David's own production volume was not high and he was not able to really help Holt's career as an actor. When they met again, it was already nearly twenty years later..
Like most directors, David has a certain conception of the character image in his mind. They will hope to put forward their own requirements and opinions, and then the casting director will find the corresponding actor according to the right medicine; and David has a certain idea for the protagonist. The requirements are very clear, because his works often put all the drama on the protagonist. The protagonist's temperament, charm and performance are crucial to the quality of the finished product..
“Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman of "Seven," Brad Pitt and Edward Norton of "Fight Club," Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield of "The Social Network," Jake Gyllenhaal from "Zodiac", Rooney Mara from "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", etc..
All the above-mentioned actors were personally selected by David. The same is true for "Mindhunter". Renly, Rooney and Holt were hand-picked by David..
Objectively speaking, Huot has been in the industry for nearly thirty years, and his image has basically been fixed. The possibility of breaking the deadlock is gradually disappearing; but on the other hand, Huot has already climbed above the roles of police detective and officer. Gun has developed his own set of principles, and his mature and steady aura can often suppress the formation..
Just like John Goodman.
It’s hard to imagine that in John Goodwin’s long acting career of nearly 40 years, he has never won an Oscar nomination, but this veteran actor is one of the most popular and popular actors in major Hollywood film projects. 1. His calm and effortless performances can always stabilize the situation. At the same time, he can also control a variety of works of different styles. There is no limit to the subject matter type regardless of business or art..
Renly collaborated with John on "The Ballad of the Drunken Country", and he could really feel John's stability from the inside out, and he made the adjustment quietly..
David hopes that Holt can become such a anchor, but whether Holt can shoulder such an important task can only be known after actual filming..
“"Mindhunter" is not a crime drama in the traditional sense, but a pseudo-documentary drama with crime as the background. Just like "Zodiac" shows the process of police detectives pursuing the Zodiac Killer, this series The core significance of this book is also to show the beginning of the practical application of criminal psychology and psychological profiling, and to find a combining point between theory and practice, hoping to open up a new field of crime investigation..
The so-called "psychological profiling", the most famous representative drama is "Criminal Minds", a BAU was established based on the BSU, the members use technology to assist the police in hunting down serial killers, but "Criminal Minds" presents psychological portraits The story of the mature stage of the system, while "Mind Hunter" presents the entrepreneurial history of the predecessors of "Criminal Minds".
“After "Criminal Minds" became a hit, more and more films and TV dramas about psychological profiling were made. "Lie to Me" even promoted this kind of "mind-reading" to the altar. To a certain extent, these film and television dramas brought the concept of psychological profiling to the forefront. Exploration is deified because in real life, this kind of investigation method can only provide a reference value, but in the absence of substantial evidence, it is difficult to convict the suspect and difficult to apply in court..
In the 1970s, criminal psychology was just emerging, and even the name "serial killer" did not exist. People still did not know how to deal with these persistent, long-term, and coherent violent crimes. Traditional investigative methods seem unable to track down the murderer.
The situation of strangers killing strangers makes it easy to make errors in the judgment of criminal motives, and even the suspects are not easy to locate. This also makes the investigation reach a deadlock, the number of unsolved cases begins to increase, and local investigators are scratching their heads. I don’t know how to start either.
It is against this background that the study of "criminal psychological profiling" slowly emerged under heavy resistance. "Mind Hunter" tells such a story.
“The two protagonists of "Mindhunter", Horton Ford and Bill Tench, have prototypes in real life. The entire story is adapted from the documentary novel by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. , "Mindhunter: FBI Crime Solving Series Revealed”.
Former FBI agent John Douglas is undoubtedly the core character. He has been used as the prototype in many film and television works. Jake Crawford in "The Silence of the Lambs" is a typical representative. Later, "Criminal Minds" also made reference to his experience and personality..
In the series, Horton Ford corresponds to John Douglas, which focuses more on the image of John when he was young, but changes were still made..
Compared with Bill Tench and Wendy Carr, who can find exact corresponding characters in real life, Holden's background and characteristics incorporate more of the FBI agent's image and personality, according to the needs of the work. , re-create, and build the entire story complementary to the main line and branch lines：
How to establish the entire system of "criminal psychological profiling"; how to blend psychology and criminology; how to use systematic alienation for positioning; how to generalize individualized behavior and then narrow it down to individualization again, so that the police can Make judgments based on different cases？
and so on.
Compared with the miraculous psychological profiles in "Criminal Minds" and "Lie to Me", "Mindhunter" focuses more on the early stages of groping in the dark, which also makes the three characters of Holden, Bill and Wendy The interaction and influence, growth and transformation between them have become the core content of the drama..
In other words, the characters are greater than the case, and the psychological exploration is greater than the suspense layout..
It is precisely because of this that "Mind Hunter" has been unable to find investors, because it completely does not meet the definition of a popular drama, just like a boring documentary; moreover, "Criminal Minds" can always make justice win, and "Mind Hunter" can always win. "Hunter" may keep making mistakes during the exploration process, which makes it even more difficult to please the audience..
It is also because of this that "Mindhunter" places strict demands on the actors of the three main characters. The chemical reaction between them will determine the quality of the entire series; and, as Rooney said before, the roles require actors Showing the delicate and rich changes in the psychological level, this is exactly what Renly is best at.
Now, everything is ready and all we need is the east wind. Next, it depends on whether Renly can rediscover the simple mentality of the "Pacific War" period, put aside all skills and burdens, let himself return to his original intention, and find the rhythm of performance step by step, and more The important thing is to find the joy of performing.
At least judging from the actors' first meeting, David's choice proved to be a wise one..
“Should we read the script now? Or should we talk about characters? "Rarely, it is not Renly who takes the initiative, but Holt..
He smiled at Renly and Rooney and opened the conversation with a questioning tone. The acting work in the TV series can begin now..
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