Sally Hawkins is the lead actress in The Shape of Water, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, while Sally was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the first time. In fact, this is not her first Oscar nomination, as early as 2013 she was nominated for the 86th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for "Blue Jasmine" with Kate Blanchett. Although Sally failed to win the Oscar, she also won 11 post-film trophies for this film.
The appearance of actresses is always a topic of frequent discussion, some viewers feel that Sally is not beautiful enough, and some viewers think that her beauty is very special. But who says "beauty" is the standard for an actress? Anyone who knows Sally knows that she is an actress with a very pure heart.
The director of The Shape of Water, Gilmour del Toro, was inspired by Sally when he first wrote the screenplay for the film. In 2013, he sent sally a text message. The text message is probably: I am creating a special character for you.
When the director talked about why Sally was asked to play the mute girl, the director said: "I need to be able to evoke the kind of happy person who can express every color without a word." And Sally has such a special ability, she is the purest and most real person, as long as it is the role she plays, she must have sincere emotions. ”
Facing the director's olive branch, Sally was overjoyed. She felt that the role of The Shape of Water was a gift of her dreams. At first she thought That Guillermo del Toro had found the wrong person to look for her in the movie. But when she saw the script, she seemed to be acquainted with this mute woman, and she was very happy.
Déjà vu, yes, Sally's words are the truest expression. Sally suffered from dyslexia as a child, and her parents relied on dolls to teach her to read, as well as the meaning and meaning of words. As a result, she fell in love with reading and became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts and Drama, the world's most famous drama school.
Sally once confessed that she knew that she would not be a popular star, and acting was the happiest thing she had ever done in her life. She didn't care much about winning the award. Although she has held at least 26 post-film trophies, including the Berlin Film Festival's post-film trophies.
As the director said, Sally is a very pure and sincere person. From her work, perhaps we can get a glimpse or two.
In 2008, she played a humorous and optimistic primary school teacher in the comedy film "Carefree", her performance is natural and smooth, making people feel warm and full of happiness. For this film, she won 14 post-film trophies, including the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival and the Best Actress in the Musical Comedy Award for Film at the 66th Golden Globe Awards for Film.
At that time, the New York Times once commented on Sally's performance: Sally Hawkins' smile illuminated the entire film. And the film is so close to the pulse of social life that it depicts the lives of most people and looks intimate and natural.
Kindness and nature are the most iconic impressions that Sally gives people. Whether it's The Shape of Water, Or Carefree, or a red carpet photo. Her smile is always filled with a rare sense of intimacy.
Look at another film that shows Sally's super high acting skills, "Mo Di", which was released in 2016. Based on a true story, Sally plays Modi Lewis, a Canadian folk artist with arthritis. In the film, Mo Di, played by Sally, is simple and ordinary. Even if her life with her husband is poor, she can paint beautiful works in desperate situations. Use optimism, happiness and good heart to reverse the already tragic fate, so as to live a happy and ordinary life.
Of course, Sally also won the Best Actress Award at the 22nd San Diego Film Critics Association Awards for her wonderful performance in the film. This is the charm of Sally in the mouth of the director of "The Shape of Water": real and able to bring happiness to everyone around her.
If you think that Sally will only play characters who are good, good, and beautiful, you are dead wrong.
She collaborated on a film with cate Blanchett in 2013. The film made Kate a success after the Oscar, and also made Sally nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress that year. This film is "Blue Jasmine" directed by Woody Allen. In the film, she played the dissatisfaction and complaint about her sister (Kate) and finally the big quarrel and break with her sister, which was unanimously recognized by the film critics. Her performance was shortlisted for many authoritative awards for Best Supporting Actress, but she met Pattesy, who had just graduated from Yale to star as a black female slave in "Twelve Years of Slavery".
But as Sally once said, she knew she wasn't a big hit, and it didn't matter if she won an award or not. It is also such a person who truly loves acting that can have such a state of mind. Only such an actor can successfully play the dumb girl in "The Shape of Water", thus evoking the good wishes of people's mermaid love.
Speaking of which, do you still think she is not beautiful enough? Her beauty is the real high-level beauty.