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Tim Ross Tim Roth
Marvel's Invincible Hulk is a very strange movie. Two main actors, a protagonist, a big villain, they are all actors who claim to be disgusted with commercial films, but at the same time play a well-known popcorn.
The protagonist, Edward Norton, is notoriously paranoid and on the front lines of Hollywood, but has few box office hits because he has rejected so-called big productions for many years.
Tim Rose, who plays the villain "Hate", is also a guy who disdains making commercial films.
In 1981, Alan Clarke, a British director who specializes in revealing the dark side of society and focusing on life at the bottom, dug into 20-year-old Tim Rose to make a 76-minute film, Made in Britain.
Compared with the bald-headed shape and arrogant angry youth image of Uncle Norton in "American X-Files", Tim Rose, who was the absolute protagonist of the first filming, is slightly green, but at least he can convey the meaning of the director and meet the basic requirements of a professional actor.
In 1984, two feature films in which he starred were released. He appeared at the same time as Gary Oldman in "Meanwhile"; "Strike on Horror" helped him nominate him for the British Academy Award for Outstanding Newcomer Award.
He was already obsessed with movies and wanted the purest films. Perhaps because he was young and vigorous, he was determined not to make any commercial films and made a lot of money in the name of movies.
For this, he paid the price.
Truly suitable new dramas can be sought, and even if there are, the benefits of small-cost independent production are far less than commercial films. Then Tim Rose, who was in his 20s, had to work as a handyman to earn extra money, in order to be able to eat enough. The worst experience was sleeping on the street and sleeping in the sewers of Amsterdam.
The ideal is very full, the reality is very bone. Once an outstanding British newcomer actor, he was reduced to mostly playing only some small supporting roles. It wasn't until one day, when he was discovered by another director, Peter Greenaway, that things took a turn for the worse after playing a gangster's follow-up in The Chef, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
He was given the opportunity to play the famous painter Van Gogh, starring in the biopic Van Gogh and Theo.
Another movie released in the same year, met the "dog daddy" Gary Oldman, "The Son of the King", a great success. The name Tim Ross once again sparkles in the British film industry. Or in the form of a literary film.
After experiencing such a dilemma and still insisting on not making commercial films, why did he later take "Invincible Hulk"?
The situation is similar to that of Edward Norton, who is also a die-hard fan of Hulk Comics. In addition, if you can play a role in a comic book movie, you can also please your children.
Legend has it that Tim Rose was also offered to star in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in the predetermined role of Professor Snape.
As we all know, in the end, the author of the novel, Rowling, personally selected Alan Rickman to play, and the latter became a huge number of fans around the world.
Maybe Tim Rose's kid wasn't interested in Harry Potter, and he chose to act in Tim Burton's Showdown with Apes. This is also a commercial film, with more than 300 million US dollars at the global box office, but the word of mouth is similar to that of "Invincible Hulk", and at most it can only be regarded as a qualified popcorn level.
He played a fierce villain in the film, and if you don't look at the credits, you can't recognize it.
Probably, Tim Rose doesn't quite know how to make a production in Hollywood. Working with a talented director is the right way for him.
In his acting career, ghost director Quentin Tarantino had to mention.
In the 1990s, Tim Ross traveled to the United States to develop, and by chance, he met Quentin, who was working hard to write a screenplay and seek to enter the film industry.
Before that, Tim Ross had a "black history."
It is said that in 1990, he cooperated with Dog Daddy in "The Son of a Gentleman", which made him regain his foothold in the British film industry, and just when the future was bright, he publicly accused the British Prime Minister At that time, Thatcher, and said something very ugly, which led to his controversy.
Many sources on the Internet have written that he was expelled from the UK because of this, the description is not necessarily accurate, in short, he can not stay in the UK, whether it is the real reason is public opinion pressure or personal choice.
Fortunately, his years of hard work in Britain were not in vain, and Quentin admired his performances after seeing his works, and he had the intention of working together.
After some "bargaining" over the character, Tim Ross decided to play Mr. Orange in "Falling Dogs".
The story officially begins with the unfortunate egg who was shot, and Tim Rose shouts out the character's inner cowardice and helplessness with a hoarse cry. Only under the lens of a director like Quentin who dares to play and dare to shoot can Tim Rose's wild acting skills be completely released.
Quentin, who stunned the film industry, began to prepare for his next personal film, Pulp Fiction. This time he had more money and bigger actors, and John Travolta and Bruce Willis were already Hollywood A-list actors by then.
None of the guys in "Falling Dogs" were able to star, but Tim Rose was able to work with Quentin again.
This time Tim is going to play a complete little, exuding a smirk from head to toe. The confrontation with Samuel Jackson is the most brilliant, and his wonderful expression presents the complicated thoughts of the little bastard, who is unhappy and afraid to admit it, and leaves uncertainly after being "educated". This performance is definitely worthy of the grotesque ending of this film history classic.
The success of "Pulp Fiction" has won Quentin and also won the popularity of many starring actors. Uma Thurman and Samuel Jackson both chose to take on commercial films and grew into Hollywood superstars. Tim Rose is different, he is more inclined to independent films, and quickly proved that his choice also pays off.
In 1995, United American Pictures produced and released "Red Courage", he played a prodigal swordsman, it was this "mother in the wife" villain, helped him get oscar and Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actor.
It can be seen that for the villain role, he must have more potential to be tapped.
With a charlatan status in Hollywood, Tim Ross has more big directors to work with. Then he successively filmed the works of Woody Allen, Wim Wenders, Roland Joffe and other industry giants, the most eye-catching of which was the combination with the famous Italian director Giuseppe Tornadore.
"The Pianist at Sea", the second work of the "Time Trilogy", outlines the vicissitudes of an era in a grand timeline. The protagonist, 1900, is set as a legendary figure, lonely and mysterious, who is not like a human being, but like a musical messenger sent by God.
There is a threshold for interpreting this role, first of all, the piano. Since you are a piano master, the actor knows how to play the piano is naturally the best, and if he does not understand it, he must also have the literary temperament of a pianist, if you call a muscle man like Dwayne Johnson to play, it is not OK.
In order to be able to act better, Tim Ross, who originally has a literary temperament, has conducted about half a year of piano devil training, and the degree of dedication can be seen.
Then there's the harder point, the eye play.
1900 is the core driving force to convey the theme of the film, it is not enough to rely on the lines alone, and whether the actor's performance can reveal the inner emotions is an important indicator to distinguish between "good films" and "classics".
The so-called eyes are the window of the soul, and the eye drama is very important.
Tim Rose's natural temperament helped him present his innocent side in 1900s, far from the world's musical genius, and thus was shaped.
1900 can accurately read the inner world of the ship passengers through observation, he has never been ashore, but like a traveler, he can see thousands of ways of the world.
And from Tim Ross's curious and dazed eyes, the audience seems to be able to see the whole world.
In addition, the murderous spirit when he was provoked in the Douqin bridge section, and the spring heart when he saw the girl, he told the audience the change of 1900's inner emotions only through the eye play.
Curiously, Tim Ross didn't get any awards or nominations for the show, but there's no doubt that his performance brought the finishing touch to the classic.
It is such an excellent actor, who does not work for fame and fortune, and only when the films he participates in have a certain degree of topic, or participate in awards ceremonies and film festivals, he will appear in the public's vision.
Especially when working with Quentin, fans can always notice him more easily. In 2015's "Eight Evil Men", his treacherous role gave fans a little surprise.
In 2019, Quentin's ninth work found him again, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", all the spotlight was on the popular superstars such as Little Plum and Pete, and his role is estimated not to be too much, but most audiences who are accustomed to watching independent movies will definitely be able to notice the emergence of 1900.
Those familiar with Tim Ross find some reasons why Giuseppe Tornadore chose him to play 1900.
1900 didn't want to get out of that ship, didn't want to go out of his own world; Tim Ross was probably such a person, unwilling to get out of the big ship of art films, and it didn't matter whether the world applauded him or not.
In 1900 loyal to pure musical art, Tim Ross was loyal to pure cinematic art.
Certainly, Tim Rose is not as "perfect" as it was set in 1900, but in the hearts of many people, one thing is certain.
He was forever 1900, Tim Ross.
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Endless city, everything. There is no end in it. - "The Pianist at Sea"