"Oh, you all know each other." When the Coen brothers arrived at the Pioneer Village, they could see the actors sitting next to the bar, gathering in a bustling manner, talking happily and happily. The atmosphere was so lively, and it looked like a normal night in a folk bar.

Thanks to the powerful appeal of the Coen brothers, the cast of "Drunk Country Folk" is indeed eye-catching. In addition to the three core starring Renly Hall, Justin Timberlake and Carrey Mulligan, many notable names have appeared in the supporting cast.

John Goodman, known as Hollywood's most popular golden supporting actor, will play the role of a rich squire Roland Turner, who loves jazz and despises folk songs, and takes Levien's road trip to Chicago.

Garnett Hedland will play Roland's driver Johnny. He became famous with the TV series "Midnight Light on the Weekend". Later, he also starred in works such as "Troy", "On the Road", "Creation: War Chronicle", etc., and is considered a representative of the new generation of tough guys.

f-murray-abraham will play the role of the owner of a small Chicago record company and own a bar. He became the last hope of Levien's career, and he personally killed this hope. This veteran actor won the Oscar for the "Legend of Mozart" as early as 1985. His career has been in a stagnant period in recent years, and he has been more in the field of TV dramas.

There is also Adam Driver, a new actor who just entered the industry in 2010 and 2011. He has a very special appearance and a very high recognition. This time he will play a folk singer. In order to make a living, he collaborated with Jim and Levien to have a commercial advertising song.

Adam's career trajectory is very interesting. He passed by in movies such as "Hoover", "Lincoln", "Francis Ha", etc., but he became more popular with the American drama "Strange Sisters", and later became famous as the villain of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". In the works of "Patterson" and "Thief League", they won the audience's love for their unique personal temperament.

It can be felt that the Coen brothers spent a lot of effort in the casting stage, and every actor in each role was carefully selected.

At this moment, all the actors gathered together, not only because this was the important day when the crew of "Drunk Village Folk" gathered for the first time, but also because this was the important day when the entire crew officially read the script and understood the role.

In fact, except for Renley, the scenes of other actors are relatively short-lived.

John Goodman, who was busy every day, only took three days to complete all the scenes, and Abraham, who had few scenes, only had one day of scenes, so it didn't matter if he didn't attend today's script reading meeting. However, on the first day of the crew, they still gave the Coen brothers enough face to attend.

Joel Cohen took a step forward, looked around the actors, and couldn't help but rub his hands excitedly, "Ha, now it seems that everyone has known each other. Hey, Renly, you have also appeared."

"Isn't this the most important thing?" John Goodman, who was sitting next to him, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, complaining indifferently, but the clever and gentle tone had a cold humorous style of his own, which seemed to imply that the entire crew was waiting for Renly to appear.

Then, everyone couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths.

Lan Li could feel that all his eyes fell on him. He did not panic and anxiously explain, but just said with a smile, "I thought money is." A clever and clever teasing instantly turned the rising smile into a cheerful chuckle.

Ethan Cohen, who came afterwards, clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention. "Now, the entire crew is already here, we should start preparing for filming. I asked about the weather forecasts for New York and Chicago. In the next three weeks, there will be forecasts for snow one after another. In other words, this is our shooting cycle."

While speaking, Ethan's eyes projected towards Lanli, and said with an apology expression, "Because we need you to walk through the wind and rain all the time. Sorry, this is not a shooting job in a studio. But now it's too late to regret it. We have set an amount that you can't breach the contract."

Amidst laughter, Lanli spread her hands and said calmly, "In my previous work, I was trapped in a steam sauna for more than ten hours every day, receiving the scorching sun. I think it's time to experience the biting cold working environment at all times."

In an instant, everyone in the entire Pioneer Village burst into laughter.

Immediately afterwards, the crew officially started reading the script.

Generally speaking, before a crew reads the script, the main actors and the main staff will briefly introduce themselves and determine their respective positions, especially the roles played by the actors, so that they can have a preliminary understanding of each other; some directors will go further and hope to communicate with the actors about the script and their views on the roles, so as to ensure that the actors are on the right path.

But the Coen brothers seem unique.

All these links were omitted. They arrived at the pioneer village in less than two minutes, and did not even warm up, and they started reading the script directly, demonstrating their decisive style of doing things, but also revealing the roughness and barbarity of an independent crew, growing wildly like an original plant.

Actors need to be familiar with and cooperate.

Simply put, Lan Li read a line aloud. He needs to know who his conversation is, then overlap the actor's personal image with the character bit by bit, and adjust the rhythm and tone of his lines and other details; more directly, he may need to look directly into the eyes of the opposite actor and read the lines aloud in the way of communicating dialogues.

But now, after the Coen brothers skipped the relevant links, the reading of the script became stumbling, as if they were playing and playing. Sometimes, some people snatch lines; sometimes, some people don’t agree with the lines; sometimes, they look in one direction, and the source of the lines is another direction.

The whole scene was a bit chaotic.

However, Lanli could feel that the Coen brothers enjoyed such chaos very much.

This reminds people of the basic lessons when they first started learning acting. Facing a group of people, strangers, and air, they come forward to perform regardless of the situation. The awkward and awkward performances often make people curl up their hands and feet, but this kind of presentation that breaks the barriers of strangeness can often achieve unexpected results.

Some are familiar, some are strange.

Gradually, Lanli also tasted the differences in details.

John and Abraham, who have few scenes, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, without much room for play, but they are always calm. In the relatively limited performance space, Carey and Adam both showed outstanding performance spirit. Whether they are outstanding still needs further tests in actual shooting, but at least they both have a strong personal style, which instantly brightens the role.

Justin is still Justin, and can basically be said to be a true performance. His acting skills are not very obvious, which is not much different from the style of "Saturday Night Live". The feeling of the whole line is relatively "irritable", especially in the chaos. Garnett's performance is more boring. After lacking control of facial expressions, the context of the performance disappears into the lines.

Everyone says that the Coen brothers are not good at tune/teaching actors.

Although the "furious" Francis McDormond and the "old and unrestrained" Javier Baden have won Oscars, their excellence comes from their understanding and interpretation of the role, rather than the director's capture of the performance details. Therefore, the Coen brothers always prefer to use actors with solid acting skills and temperaments that fit the role.

In this way, they can focus more on the use of the lens, the storytelling and the style transmission.

It now seems that the Coen brothers have their own understanding of actors, performances, and styles. They can find the most suitable actors based on their own style of their works, and explore the actors' unique temperament, which naturally integrates with the story to ensure the integrity of the work.

If the actor can find a fit between performance and style, then he can shine; but if it doesn't work, the actor will be completely submerged in the director's style and become a perfect part of this work.

Among the directors Renly has worked with so far, Paul Greengrass, Tony Kaye, and Alfonso Caron can all be regarded as artistic creators with distinct styles.

However, Paul's "Edge of Tomorrow" was originally a popcorn work, and his acting skills were not profound; while Tony and Alfonso both focused the camera on the actors, trusted the actors wholeheartedly, amplified the performances, and let them go. In a sense, their styles were directors who were more focused on the actors' performances.

It should be the first time for a guy like the Coen brothers.

Involuntarily, Renli was thinking in his mind that the previous life's Oscar Isaac was outstanding under the lens of the Coen brothers? Or was it overwhelmed? This is an interesting topic. He couldn't help but compare "Drunk Country Folk Song" with "Mechanical Girl" and "The Year of the Rape" and other Oscar Isaac's works.

"Lan Li?" A shout came from his ear. Lan Li raised his eyes, and then he noticed that all the actors' eyes were focused on him. He apologized and politely smiled, indicating that he was a little distracted just now, but did not apologize further. His calm appearance made everyone stunned.

Then, everyone showed different reactions.

Joel Cohen didn't care at all and repeated his words, "Is there any problem? We were just discussing how the music in the movie should be reorganized, which is more in line with the style of the whole story. You have heard of mastering before, what are your opinions now? Or, what opinions are you thinking about just now?"
Chapter completed!