An old actor left, and the entire film circle left a sigh in its heart.
According to foreign media reports, two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, the oldest Oscar winner, the male protagonist of "The Sound of Music" and the veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, accidentally fell at home, suffered a serious injury to the head, and died peacefully on February 5, US time, at the age of 91.
(Stills from The Sound of Music)
In today's star-studded Hollywood, being shortlisted and winning Oscars no longer seems as amazing as it was decades ago.
Under the media momentum, labels such as "the youngest nominee" and "the youngest film queen" increasingly symbolize the most competitive aura, full of hope and bright future.
In contrast, behind the glorious title of "the oldest Oscar winner", there is more of a heroic sigh. Because the shortness of the stars in front of us is already visible to the naked eye.
"American team" Chris Evans and "Marta" Anna de Armas, who have collaborated with Christopher Plummer on the film "Blade Out of the Sheath", have expressed their heavy condolences on their personal social pages, which is a huge loss for the film industry.
Christopher's longtime friend and agent made a statement: Christopher Plummer is a wonderful man with classical manners, self-deprecating humor and touching language, and loves and respects his profession.
I think this sentence is the most appropriate footnote in the life of the old man.
His acting career spanned 75 years and he starred in more than 100 films. For young audiences now, the 2019 black humor comedy "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" may be the movie they have the most impression of the old man.
He played the bizarre suicide of the rich novelist Harlan Sloomby in the film, although the role is not much, but the 90-year-old star still impressed the audience.
In addition, he voiced Charles Munds, the villain of the animated film The Flying House, and together they made this classic.
The old man once said that acting is his job and profession, he loves and respects acting, and feels sorry for those who complain about "not wanting to work and want to retire" at every turn, on the contrary, he never thought of retiring, if allowed, he would rather die on the stage.
How admirable and touching.
Of course, for many veteran fans, Christopher's most deeply rooted role is always the handsome and handsome Austrian colonel Trapp in "The Sound of Music".
The scene of the colonel holding the guitar and singing exudes infinite charm and deeply touches the hearts of the audience.
Shortly after the old man's death, old partner Julie Andrews also issued a statement of condolences: "I cherish the memories of our work together, as well as the humor and joy we have shared over the years." ”
As we all know, "The Sound of Music" is adapted from the musical of the same name, and Christopher Plummer can sing, dance and act, which is inseparable from the obscure tempering before he became famous.
Born in Canada in 1929, he studied acting at an amateur theatre company in Canada in his early years. In 1954, he went to Broadway to perform stage plays, and later to England to appear in Shakespeare's famous plays.
In 1958, at the age of 29, Christopher officially entered the film industry through "Warring States Spring and Autumn", and after working hard for many years, in 1965 he finally became famous overnight with "The Sound of Music" and became internationally famous.
Unfortunately, he should have become a big hit, but did not become a first-line male star, but played a supporting role in many works.
"Beautiful Mind", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Twelve Monkeys", "National Treasure"... Both are popular films, and he portrays a series of vivid characters.
But it wasn't until 2010, with the great writer Lev Tolstoy in "The Last Stop" who knocked on the Oscar door for the first time, and Christopher was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award.
In 2012, Christopher was again nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his father in "Beginners" and successfully won the Little Golden Man. At the age of 82, he became the oldest Oscar winner in history.
At the 84th Academy Awards, the old man laughed at himself in his acceptance speech: "You are only two years older than me, dear, where have you been in this life?" There was a burst of laughter in the audience, but now it sounds hard to laugh.
In 2018, the old man was nominated for the Oscar for the third time with "Money World", breaking his previous record and becoming the oldest finalist.
It is worth mentioning that this movie is still the old man temporarily came to the rescue!
The film's original protagonist was Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), but in 2017 Spacey was accused of sexual assault by multiple people, and the director Ridley Scott, who has always had zero tolerance for such things, quickly replaced him.
Because of the tight time and the film has already begun, Director Lei only gave 10 days to make up. The 88-year-old Christopher not only needs to memorize a lot of lines, but also has to play the 60-year-old "young version" of the richest man, Getty, with less than two weeks to prepare.
In the end, he worked hard with Lei And completed the reshoot of 22 scenes in only 9 days. The most shocking thing is that Christopher interpreted the complex multi-faceted interpretation of the world's richest man almost perfectly, and was nominated for the Oscar three times!
Christopher confessed that he didn't have time to study it carefully, that he had only met Getty himself at a party 50 years ago, and that the character could only be presented through the script, the director, and his own imagination.
It is no wonder that the hollywood juniors all admire him very much, the US team calls him a "legendary genius", and this rescue story will still be praised by people many years later.
There is also news that Christopher was originally the candidate of Director Lei's original choice, but due to the pressure of the film company, he had to find a more popular actor, if this news is true, the final role is also doomed to return to the hands of the old man.
For Christopher, who is professional and dedicated, he does not mind coming to the rescue, he said, the actor is to be able to constantly accept various challenges and make various reactions, which is also the place where acting is always interesting. After a lifetime of acting, the vision and mind of the old man are not something that ordinary people can achieve.
Because he has dedicated his life to the acting career, the professional ability of the old man no longer needs to be obsessed with the proof of the Oscars. It should be said that it is also the honor of the Oscars to be able to catch up and award the award to the old man in the end.
The 91-year-old Christopher Plummer is gone, and now he sees that he has taken away more than just a movie era.
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