Jesse Eisenberg, affectionately known as "Curly West" by Chinese audiences for his natural curly hair, has finally arrived in Shanghai. In fact, Jesse is very close to China, in 2005, he spent 45 days in China, as a vegetarian he learned a Chinese - "no meat"; starring in "Amazing Monster 2" has a lot of Chinese elements, and cooperated with Jay Chou. On June 24, Jesse continued his relationship with China and participated in the Golden Jue Creation Forum of the Shanghai International Film Festival, sharing with fans about acting, life, and writing books.
In 2010, Jesse, who was well known as Mark Zuckerberg, the fast-talking founder of "Facebook" in "Social Network", mostly participated in small-budget independent films such as "Shocking Sex Education" and "Squid and Whale" in his early years, and later audiences can also see his thin figure in blockbusters such as "Amazing Gang", "Batman vs Superman" and "Justice League".
In addition to being a good actor, he also writes his own novel collection "Eating Sea bream makes me hiccup", writes drama scripts such as "Booty", "Revisionist", etc., and has long contributed to the American literary magazines Maxwelly and The New Yorker.
Neuroticism is the characteristic, acting should have enthusiasm
Zach Schneider, the director of Batman v Superman, once described Jesse's version of Lex Luthor as "elusive and incredibly sophisticated", and some people think it is not impossible to describe Jesse himself. For the most part, he lives a striking resemblance to Zuckerberg in The Social Network — also Jewish, with shirts, jeans and sneakers as standard, flying fingers and wandering eyes when speaking, looking anxious and focused. In different ways, he laughs at himself as a shy person, not smart enough, and not as successful as the real Zuckerberg, so he often plays some roles with the same traits, but from childhood to adulthood, shy people always have some whimsical ideas in his head, "I can understand shy people, I understand shy people better than extroverts, because I am such a person, so I can play these people." 」 ”
It has been questioned that all of his roles are too similar, which is not unrelated to his childhood experiences: he was very shy and quiet as a child, and when he grew up, he had severe anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, so that he had some low self-esteem, fast speech and nervousness. However, in terms of speed, he rarely boasts, "My thinking jumps too fast, and I may not be able to pay attention to one thing for so long." In fact, there are a lot of stupid people who speak fast, but the key is the quality of the content he wants to say, and I think it is definitely not as interesting as I said. ”
When asked if he was more and more confident after acting in so many successful films, he replied that every actor felt that it was a good movie at the beginning of the performance, but when he came out, the audience told you that it was not like this, without this movie, history can go on very well, so he can only do that he has enthusiasm and excitement when shooting, otherwise he can't bring emotion into the role at all.
As for whether there will be "Amazing Thieves 3", "Social Network 2" and whether he will continue to participate in DC movies, Jesse said with a sly smile: "I am more popular in China than in the United States, maybe there will be?" Maybe this movie is being made. I don't know, I think DC Comics is a very popular brand, there must be a lot of fans on the scene who are more familiar with DC Comics than those of us who have acted in DC Comics movies, right? Will There be a sequel to Social Network 2? You have to talk to your lawyer because it's very complicated. ”
It doesn't matter if he wins an award, he just wants to make a good scene
For Jesse, the real turning point in his acting career was the independent film "Shocking Education" starring him when he was 18 years old, "The impact of this film on me, like the difference between day and night, I can't say that it is soaring behind me, but there have been huge changes, many directors have recommended me to other movies after watching this movie, before I could only shoot some commercials." 」 Jesse described making movies in the United States as "winning the lottery, and the odds of getting favored by movies with good characters are low. In 2010, Jesse got the coveted role of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, and he still doesn't know why David Fincher, the director of The Social Network, chose him, saying that he never watches his own movies and doesn't ask anything.
With the opportunity, it was also rewarded, and his outstanding performance in the film earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor that year, but in the end it was "Uncle Face" Colin Feith who won back the little golden man. Although Jesse missed the award, he did not care when the next nomination or award would be, and his advice to people who wanted to act was not to be an actor if you wanted to pursue fame and profit; if there was no audience at the bottom and you were willing to act, then act. "If everyone has awards in mind at the beginning, they will not focus on their work, and people who look forward to winning awards all day long often do not get awards." But he also looks at this thing that exists in hollywood and domestic showbiz circles relatively objectively, "A really good actor is to think about the story, want to perform, and really hone his skills, which is a process of pursuing art, but if you work in the show business with such a pursuit, many times you will miss a lot of good films." "He knew a great actor in New York, but he was just performing in a small theater that could hold 200 people.
Making a film provides inspiration for writing
Anyone familiar with Jesse must know that he also has a status as a writer. At the age of 16, he began to write screenplays until 2016, when he published his first collection of short stories, "Eating Snapper Makes Me Burp", and in 2017, the People's Literature Publishing House introduced translations, and achieved an 8-point score in Douban Reading. His writing style is often sharp and mean, with the characteristic cold humor of the scroll, thinking about revealing one strange and thought-provoking event after another in society.
He also used a tongue-in-cheek tone to satirize those who tried to attack him with mean film reviews, although the end result was still judged by unbearable comments, and he would also respond with "you're so fucked up" when going through anti-gay community propaganda to counter questions that felt that his mind was closed.
These became his inspiration for writing screenplays and novels, and of course most importantly when making films. The experience of shooting "The End of the Journey" made him have a very depressed period, during which he always wrote some harsh, despicable words to reflect his depression, "If someone reads my book, if you read some information that feels bad or very mean, it may not be mean, it may be something that can release everyone's stress, because I am influenced by the film, because shooting movies is a more depressive process, and I draw inspiration from it." 」 It may be a bit like I went to copy something from a movie, but I had my own idea and created something new through the inspiration of the movie. ”
I don't know Zhang Yimou, I think Jay Chou is the American version of "Justin Timberlake"
Jesse Eisenberg still does not know why the "Amazing Demon Bandits" series has so much more box office in China than in the United States (the domestic box office of the second part is 630 million yuan, and the North American box office is 410 million yuan), he feels that it is the charm of magic, but the fans below answered his doubts with a voice of "because of you", which also made him thank him with humility and gratitude, and his face was red.
When asked about his collaboration with Jay Chou in this film, he constantly praised him as a good actor. Someone once told jay Chou before filming that he was the American version of "Justin Timberlake" Timberlake", it just so happens that the latter has worked with him on "The Social Network", although he has not heard of Jay Chou, but he thinks that Jay Chou will be a very good actor, in his opinion, the truth is also true. "Jay Chou has some interesting ideas here, and they didn't ask us for advice. It's not that he's a newcomer, he's also an old actor. Jay Chou himself has a lot of interesting ideas, our American performance style is not the same, Jay Chou's style is interesting to me, because I am not familiar with this style. ”
Jesse did not know that Jay Chou is also excusable, as the actor of mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the famous Social Networking Site in the United States, he himself does not have any social accounts, the only account was opened when filming "Social Network", he also laughed at himself at the time, no one added him, the only friend was the trumpet of Andrew Garfield, who played Eduardo in the film, and then the account disappeared. The point is that he rarely watches TV and surfs the Internet, and his only hobby is reading. So many Hollywood actors are flocking to the Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who he wants to work with, who he says "doesn't know." However, he is very eager to cooperate with Chinese filmmakers, "I also hope to be able to make films in China, so I will come to China." ”
I want to communicate with the locals, and WeChat is also open
Attending the Shanghai International Film Festival this time, rather than meeting with some filmmakers, the unique Jesse said that in the next time, he would like to meet the locals. Jesse arrived in Shanghai on the 22nd, on the afternoon of the 23rd, when he was hanging out on the Bund with his sister and brother-in-law, he accidentally met three homeless, newly born kittens, who loved cats as fate, he immediately went to buy milk, took the kittens away and sent them to the foster care center, with the help of friends, now the kittens have all been adopted by well-wishers.
This is just one of the small interesting things after he arrived in Shanghai, and he also shared another one at the forum site. As a Jew, he visited the Jewish Refugee Memorial in Shanghai and met a girl born and raised in Shanghai, Jesse was surprised that this girl was more familiar with jewish history than he was a real Jew, "I am most interested in communicating with ordinary people, and she is also going to Israel to study feminism, which makes me feel so interesting, there are nearly 1.4 billion people in China, there must be many such outstanding people among all sentient beings, I am very fortunate to meet these people." 」 There are such people in the United States, but in the United States it is not so surprising to me, but I am very interested in seeing such people in China, which has a completely different culture. ”
As for WeChat, a Chinese social software with many users, Jesse has naturally become one of them. He also had a conversation with the host on the spot about "scan the code later", and said with a smile in a rolled tone that with WeChat, he was more like a Chinese citizen.
Jesse Eisenberg, who is only 35 years old this year, is known as the "young version of Woody Allen" and is like a little old man, nagging and helpless to express everything about himself. When asked how to deal with all the comments that were not friendly to him, he said, "What else can I do?" I can't imagine others to guide me what to do, I have my own way of thinking, as long as I do my thing carefully, what else can I do? Do you want to remake the movie and send it to them? "This is Jesse Eisenberg, the hair is indeed very curly, self-deprecating and never tired.