The hottest acting newcomer at the moment, after "Burst Drummer", will bring "Fantastic Four", Miles Teller's interview from the Peach Translation Team, translation proofreader: Bing Tong Fei Ya Lab
Drummer Punch: Interview with Miles Teller – Sweat in the locker room, don't bring it to the set
I was discussing rugby with Miles Teller at his table. He was born in Philadelphia, I'm from Dallas, and we're old enemies on the pitch. "I want to talk about the Eagles [Philadelphia] and the Cowboys [Dallas]," I forced the stubble.
"Well, you know you can stay at the Eagles' house right now." Teller responded.
"I could probably jump over the fence and escape... Almost. ”
"God, that fence is not low, my dog can stop you."
"You have a dog?"
"Oh no, my girlfriend has one, but she's running fast."
I don't know if he was talking about his girlfriend or her dog, but I concluded, "Well, I guess I can't get out." ”
I was knocking on his door just 30 minutes ago, no doubt disturbing his dreams. He opened the door to see me sleepily, but as soon as he saw the half dozen beers in my left hand, he became energetic [Editor's note: Don't come empty-handed]. Teller went out crazy yesterday, laughing at himself that he had forgotten the exhausting consequences of a short trip, "for the first time in such a long time." ”
Recently, the 28-year-old newcomer has been focusing on his work, spending 16 hours a day in the "Arms Dealer" scene with Jonah Hill. They played as a pair of Jewish arms dealers, supplying weapons to U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
"You've recently had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 six films that have either just finished or are already in post-production, and now you're making Arms Dealer?
"Yes, I'm shooting arms dealers." He responded.
"And the director of 'Single Men's Club'?"
"That's right, Todd Phillips."
"I always think of scenes like this: I'm a gang here."
"He's still the one who licks his feet on the bus in Harrah's On the Road."
"How much comedy does it have? Or is it Phillips' transformation since the Hangover series? ”
Todd set out to shoot TaxiCab Confessions. That's right. He also made a documentary called Frat House, which won two Sundance Awards but was accused of being a post-mortem remake of the Brotherhood's bullying ceremony, rather than a real record of the moment, which caused controversy), and many people did not see it because it was banned, and parents had to sue him for the film. It is a documentary about fraternity bullying. Todd was a true filmmaker in every sense. The Hangover, it was a big project, bigger than anyone expected. He took time to make three films. This one is more like "Good Guys"."
"Darker?"
"Yes, there is a little. It's not just a flat comedy. It is a true story about two 24-year-old children who became the biggest international arms dealers. They were originally just two Jewish children in Miami, who took advantage of loopholes in the auction system to win a large amount of winning contracts. ”
I opened a can of beer; Teller chose to drink green juice and coffee. He looked very relaxed — in his own home, of course — but was clearly too relaxed to meet with a strange media person who was drinking a beer at his house for only 10 minutes. Miles Teller makes no secret of himself, nor does he have the mechanical demeanor of many young actors being interviewed.
I think Teller is generally relaxed — a big contrast to the intense role he played in Burst Drummer. The film cost only $3.3 million to produce, in which Teller plays a young jazz drum wizard who breaks through under the abusive guidance of Fletcher, a professor at jazz school. The role of Fletcher earned J.K. Simmons an Oscar.
Everyone noticed that Teller actually played his own drums in the play, eliminating the need for a lot of post-editing and musical doubles. A lot of sweat, blood, and anger was indeed his own.
He's not a self-absorbed person, and he also starred in the first two films of The Divergent, the second of which, Rebel, grossed $52 million when it premiered in March. He also played Mr. Fantastic's Reed Richards in the Marvel series Of Fantastic Four, which is about to make a comeback in August.
Teller's play path is very broad, and his work can fully cover all styles of contemporary film, in which he has played roles with very different personalities and artistic categories. So I'm curious about his view of acting as a craft: How easy is it to get out of the role after filming? Does he see acting as an art form?
"I'm an Anthony Hopkins, a Welsh film actor who advocates preparing well before performing to get a natural style of acting— Hopkins said, 'Don't take your acting work home, oh my God, don't even get into the dressing room.'" You want to live your life well and try not to think about it (at work). You wish you could sit down for breakfast... I think the more you do this, the more you get used to it.
"You'll find that on set, a lot of time is wasted. The more you shoot, the more you understand where you really need to release energy, so you have to reserve it. ”
Essentially, acting is a manual work, and an actor's body is both a painter's brush and a canvas. Teller is now practicing for a character – going from a talented drummer to a world-class boxer in a year. The film is Bleed for This, a biopic about the extraordinary career of boxer Winnie Pasienza. Teller was a drummer before making Burst Drummer, but this time I was curious:
"Miles, have you ever punched?"
"I've never punched before. I remember when I read the script, I thought, 'This is amazing. Then my agent told me, 'You can meet the director of this movie,' and I said, 'Well, that's great.' When I read the script, I didn't think I could play this boxer. I looked like a toddler in size and size. I was even surprised that the director would want to see me.
"I started exercising at 188 pounds, 19 percent body fat, and I needed to shoot two movies in between... I have two weeks of boxing training to attend... It was like being pregnant in August... I ended up losing to 168 pounds, 6 percent body fat. I was practicing boxing for four hours a day, two hours of strength training; one hour of aerobics; one and a half hours of dialect accent practice; and then an hour of physical therapy. Basically quite with a nine-to-five job. ”
We talked about boxing, acting, health, age, and we kept changing the subject until the end of the interview. Leaving aside the manneristic, conceited scene of "a magazine editor-in-chief and a famous actor talking about the nature of drama"; and leaving aside our labels of "visitors and interviewees" and "East Coasters and Southerners"; our conversations always involuntarily return to a more simple level, simple and casual — that is, two buddies talking about football.
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