Best Actor

    "...In short, according to the information obtained by this reporter from San Francisco, Sean Tang only graduated from high school in May last year, that is to say, the "Genius Ripley" shot And the red young actor is only 19 years old now, and during the filming of the film, he was only 18. It is amazing that Anthony Minghella has such a good eye to pick an 18-year-old young people to play the leading role..."

    This is part of a New York Post story about The Genius Ripley after the New Year, and they seem to meet Sean, who was photographed with Gwen Niss had a meal together, and the photos of sending her home were nothing more than that. Later, he even said that he had hooked up with Jennifer in the "Friends" crew, so Sean didn't even dare to contact Matt, for fear that one day Jennifer would meet. Bring Lisa and Courteney to find yourself with knives.

    Not only that, they also made a fuss about the relationship between Mingella and Sean. When the conflict between Mingella and Weinstein, the words always implied that the director would use such a newcomer as the male lead There must be a problem. If Miramax and Paramount hadn't extended the topic and took this opportunity to start promoting the movie, I don't know what the situation would have turned into.

    After the release of "Genius Ripley", the "New York Post" almost immediately turned up the previous scandal and continued to hype, but this time they did not take much advantage, this time Readers are all attracted by Shawnna's novel-like experience, scandals and so on, they have been tired of reading for two months, and there is no news that they are continuing to date during this time.

    Sean didn't take it too seriously, Frederick told him that it would be absolutely impossible without this kind of gossip in the tabloids at times like this. What I didn't expect was that these guys actually sent people to San Francisco, so they dug up such a heavy news. And I don't know if they think the style of this news is not in line with the style of the newspaper, or they simply feel that it is not enough. They continue to question the relationship between Mingella and Sean, and Sean's performance in the school's troupe is more than a word. Did not mention.

    Different from Jordana, Sean with Frederick by his side knows better that a 19-year-old or 18-year-old will play the leading role in such a movie and be well received How many sensations and doubts it has caused.

    Young actors between the ages of 16 and 22 are rarely able to find suitable roles. It is a theorem that makes many people a headache. As I said before, if actors at this stage play some young roles, So it is easy to be confined to this type. Babyface is very popular in life, but it is a huge disadvantage in the entertainment industry. When producers and directors need an actor who looks very mature, they will never consider the role of babyface, and most of the movies with high reputation are mature character.

    However, actors at this stage are also unable to get mature roles. In the eyes of producers and directors, they are young and have not accumulated enough to be competent for the role. Maybe try your luck, under 20 it's almost impossible. So, when the "New York Post" broke out that he was only 19 years old now and 18 when he was filming, there was bound to be an uproar.

    With Albert and Haas taking the lead, the overwhelming majority thought Sean's performance was a success, similarly, the vast majority, including Albert and Haas and the "Genius Rip" Including the crew of "Lee", they never thought that he was less than 20 years old. Sean looks both energetic and sophisticated both on screen and in private. He is exactly what a 23- to 25-year-old youth should look like. How can you think of a teenager?

    In fact, it is precisely because of this that Frederick thought of changing his age in the first place, and he used it very successfully.

    In short, the current situation is that a young man who is only 19 years old successfully plays the role of a young man of 24 or 5 years old, who has a strong vanity and is eager to climb up. No one questioned the "New York Post". Although they are only a tabloid, they will not come up with this kind of subversive news without concrete evidence.

    Many people lost their voices for a while, Roger Albert said that he didn't expect it when asked about it, and Melanie Haas was very happy after being surprised. After all, when River Phoenix became famous, he was only three to four years older than Sean now, and he was not as sensational as he was, successfully playing a role in his twenties as a teenager. So, if Haas claimed that Sean might become the second River Raven, it was just an encouraging compliment, then after Sean's age was revealed, these words became a prophetic affirmation.

    This is the case with two well-known film critics, not to mention the media, so the reporters outside Sean's house were about to start leaving after a few days, but this news came out Not only did it not decrease, but it also increased a lot. In this regard, Sean can only resort to the tricks he used to deal with reporters when the scandal came out before, and run away from home to other places, even if Frederick repeatedly guarantees that there will be no major problems.

    "I admit, I didn't expect the New York Post to find this out this way, but it's no big deal, and even without them, I'd have a plan to post this at some point. Get out, don't forget, you're famous," Frederick said over the phone, "As long as you don't say the wrong thing, don't say it's premeditated, you'll be fine."

    "You said before that "Genius Ripley" has the potential to top the North American box office chart." Sean's reaction was to roll his eyes.

    Frederick said that day that "Ripley the Genius", which was chosen to be released on Christmas Eve on Friday, took in 15 million at the box office in two days over the weekend, which was the end of the year , the Christmas season is coming to an end, and the New Year's season has not yet begun. If you are lucky, it is very possible to sit at the top of the North American box office list this weekend.

    However, unfortunately, sitting in this position is "Challenge Sunday", which was released for three days and received 20 million box office, while "Genius Ripley" came to the bottom with a box office of nearly 16 million second. Then in the second week, although it still maintained a good momentum, as the New Year's schedule approached, family-friendly movies were sought after again. "Toy Story 2" remained at No. 2, but the first "Little Mouse", which was released for three weeks, took it with 16 million.

    Of course, Sean knew it had nothing to do with Frederick, if he could manipulate or predict the box office, how could he still be a broker. It's just that it's not easy to say the wrong thing. No matter how calm he is, he can't make himself comfortable with reporters, not to mention that there are many people waiting for him to make mistakes.

    Some people like him and some people hate him. Although the movie was well received after its release, there are also some people who are nitpicking and critical people everywhere, and no work can be perfect No shortage of. When he couldn't be picky elsewhere, some people aimed at him, either here or there, in short—

    "As a rookie actor, Sean Tang didn't play his due role, if Minghella had used a more experienced actor, the movie would not be what it is now ." A column in a newspaper commented.

    Therefore, when his real age was revealed, these guys were naturally overjoyed, and mastered a powerful weapon of criticism.

      the problem," someone declared.

      For a while, it really attracted a lot of people with doubts.

    This is one of the concerns, in addition to the phone calls from Minghella et al., is another reason why Sean decided to avoid the media.

    "So, are you really under 20 years old?" After the report came out, Mingla was the first to call Sean for confirmation, and the movie "Genius Ripley" related people.

    "I'm sorry, Anthony." Sean replied, which was tantamount to admitting that he had cheated.

    Of course he can fool the past vaguely, and even push the manager with a thicker skin, but Minghella can be regarded as a kindness to him.

    "You are such an excellent actor, Sean." After a long silence, the other party said this on the phone, some seemed to be joking, some seemed to be self-deprecating, and at the same time faintly sigh.

    Sean didn't know what he was thinking, but his intuition told himself that Minghella didn't care too much. After all, he saw his efforts in his eyes, and the movie was highly praised.

    After that, other people also called, Jude, Hoffman, and Davenport were not lost, and Gwyneth was the most surprised.

    "Are you really only 19 years old?" Her tone was full of disbelief, knowing that she and him had been in Italy for several days, no matter what Sean Not even 18 or 9 years old, it was probably a rather unexpectedly interesting and impressive experience for Gwyneth.

    Interestingly, Naomi also called to express surprise: "When you went to the audition, you said you were 23 years old?!"

    "Hmm... yes." Sean just wanted to laugh bitterly, I really don't know what she was thinking, with Naomi's experience, I don't need to think about it to know that the 19-year-old rookie actor didn't fight for it at all How could the possibility of such a role be so latent.

    But then again, it doesn't count as her feelings for him... Anyway, because of these, Sean was worried about what he said in front of reporters, so he temporarily left his Beverly Hills residence , Just as Jordana was going back to New York, she wanted to spend two days at her home in Santa Monica.

    The reason why I don't go to the hotel is that I'm worried about being recognized and then being sold to the paparazzi by waiters and the like. Sean is not the same as it was a few months ago. Two days after the movie was released, he was recognized when he went to the convenience store to buy something, and he hadn't ridiculed a few words, let alone appeared on the media entertainment page every day.