Yesterday, Uncle Meat took you to know Roger Deakins, who was nominated for the Oscar 14 times, and finally won the little gold man yesterday. (Poke here for review)
Let's introduce one again today.
Unlike Deakins, who never showed his face and only used the picture to communicate with the audience, this cattle man showed his "face" countless times, but 99% of the audience could not call his name.
Guess what?
It was yesterday at the award ceremony that Salma Hayek was disgusted by a fishy "fish man".
He's also —and he's also—
Shepherds and Eyeless Monsters in Pan's Labyrinth:
Abe Sapien, the fishman in Hellboy:
Lady Sharpe, the female ghost in Crimson Peak:
Saru's first mate in Star Trek (2017):
Isn't it all ugly and scary?
In fact, his true face looks like this: (58 years old this year, can't see it)
A lively and curious man who is keen to do broadcast gymnastics on the red carpet.
"The most famous unknown actor" -
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
In January 2014, Doug Jones walked into the office of director Gilmour del Toro ("Gyro")," stationed in the "haunted house" on the set of Crimson Peak.
He's here to discuss Gyro's next new film, The Shape of Water.
The two have worked together in "Hellboy 1 &2", "Pan's Labyrinth", and "Crimson Peak". Gyro told him that The Shape of Water was a less-big, more intimate film.
Jones was very happy to hear it: Ah, we are going back to the days of Pan God again.
Really happy to touch? ↑
Unexpectedly, the bad gyro quickly "dropped a bomb" on him.
"I know you're a very devout Catholic, but the mermaid in this film will have a love story. So, uh... There will be a snapping scene. ”
Although he has been an actor for 30 years, Jones's task has always been to make people have nightmares, and he has never made an erotic scene.
"So... be...... Dog-on-the-go- ”
This was his first reaction.
Thankfully not...
Despite the fear that the performance would not be good, Jones always agreed unconditionally in the face of the gyro director.
"I trust him."
That trust began with Gyro's 1997 "Mutant DNA" (Mimic), in which Jones played a giant "mother worm."
One day at lunch on the set, Gyro sat down across from Jones with a plate on his butt: "Can you tell me about all the monsters you've played before?!" ”
Jones suddenly fell in love with the "fan" with glowing eyes on the other side.
After eating the meal, Gyro asked Jones for a business card.
Jones probably didn't expect it at the time, but it was this business card that gave him the first iconic role of his acting career five years later:
Hellboy, Fishman Abe Sapien.
The posture is noble, the posture is elegant, and there is a sense of flow in every move.
This is the result of him sitting in front of the fish tank every day to observe the goldfish.
The next thing you know is that Jones became the "royal monster" of the gyroscope.
In "Pan's Labyrinth", one person plays two roles: the shepherd god and the eyeless monster.
He was the only American actor on the entire crew and had to learn Spanish lines.
When playing the shepherd, in order to reach a height of 7 feet, he stepped on a "stilt" under his feet, and he should be especially careful when walking, especially when there is a monologue.
In "Crimson Peak", he played a ghost covered in blood, with a dry and droopy chest and an axe stuck in his head.
Sex is not sexy?
30 years, 150+ monsters.
But now, before playing a new role, Jones still asks himself: How is he different from the previous ones?
In Jones's opinion, each monster has its own personality.
For example, they are all mermaids, and the one in "The Shape of Water" is different from "Hellboy".
The latter are highly intelligent creatures that behave no differently than humans. But the mermaid man in "The Shape of Water" still retains his original animality.
When he first faced the heroine, he first floated half his head and secretly observed:
Will imitate her sign language and make a cry in response:
Isn't it still a bit cute?
But at the same time he has a "kingly dignity" and is fearless.
The moment you see him chained and standing up from the pool, did he have a feeling that the gods had descended?
Seriously, the Oscars are going to have a "Best Monster Award," and Doug Jones is going to take it.
In order to play these monsters well, Jones would go to the dance class every time to find inspiration.
Walk back and forth in the full-length mirror, look at yourself from different angles, adjust your posture – shoulders, neck, back, hips, knees, until every joint, every muscle enters the role.
Finding the right feeling, he continued to study how to crawl, jump, and make other movements.
But in general, when Jones put on his special effects makeup and actually transformed into a character, these actions had to be adjusted in view of the strange protrusions on those huge hoods and special effects suits.
Different monsters, makeup time is not the same.
Short, two hours is pretty easy — like Saru's first mate in Star Trek.
Long, like the fishman in Hellboy, it takes seven hours to paint it all over his body and put on a prop suit.
"Quarantine Zone" is the most "miserable", he plays a festering infected person, has to put on 11 hours of makeup, and finally appeared twice, a total of 6 seconds.
(The picture is a little scary, so I thoughtfully don't put it)
After putting on makeup on the set, he basically had to maintain this look for more than 10 hours or even a whole day.
"Usually I either have webs between my fingers or it's completely clawed, so I can't look at my phone during the set break, I can't even eat a snack
。 ”
The most tragic thing is...
Ding Ri is trapped in clothes, and you can't pee at any time
Translation @ Gu Da Vernacular
When performing "The Shape of Water", in order to highlight the sexiness of the mermaid, Gyro deliberately designed a tight hip, which ended in Doug Jones.
The solution can be solved by the hidden door on the front of the costume, but there is no gap in the back, and fighting with has become his biggest problem every day...
But for Jones, physical "torture" was no big deal.
"When the director shouts to turn on the camera, you must forget the suffocation in the hood and the sweat in the rubber coat, and enter a state of natural and natural growth."
Doug Jones was indeed born to eat this bowl of rice.
He is 192 tall and weighs only 63 kg.
He is also a master of jiu-jitsu and his body can be folded at all sorts of strange angles.
Because of his thin and tall, Jones was ridiculed by his peers as a child, including his three brothers.
After watching a lot of sitcoms, Jones learned to protect himself with a sense of humor.
When he was in college, he became interested in pantomime.
This highly visual way of acting, which does not rely on facial expressions and language, but only uses eyes and limbs, has played a considerable role in Jones's subsequent career as an actor.
In 1985, he came to Los Angeles to look for a job.
Because he could fold his body at will, he was stuffed into a small glass box to shoot a jeans advertisement (to reflect the firmness and elasticity of the jeans);
It was also tucked into the Porsche back seat (to highlight the spaciousness of the back seat)...
Later, he starred in the "banana head" in the McDonald's commercial, and also played the dancing mummy in the Southwest Airlines advertisement.
Jones said that his experience of being ridiculed as a child also allowed him to better play the mermaid in "The Shape of Water":
For me, this movie is a story about how ugly and weird you are, you can be loved.
When I was a child, I was ridiculed for looking different from others, and I felt that no one around me understood me, and no one could love me.
Now, I'm thankful I had that experience. When I'm playing monsters, I'm playing myself.
As computer effects become more realistic, Doug Jones is often asked a question:
Why spend 7 hours wearing makeup and uncomfortable prop costumes? Wouldn't it be nice to use special effects directly?
He always answered:
Although computer special effects can also be done, the interpretation and performance of real people make it easier for the audience to empathize.
Because of the look in the eyes, never lie.