The BBC, which is good at doing big things, recently moved out a jaw-dropping documentary -
Impressions of the Baroness
(The English name is nothing like a dame—not a bit like a baroness.) ）
This cast is simply invincible, and the famous old girlfriend Joan Prewright + Judy Dench + Maggie Smith + Irene Atkins joined.
Isn't it that the 6-year Bond "boss" meets the headmaster of Hogwarts School, and Grandma Irene meets the housekeeper Nuny?
These four people can be big, to introduce you to ah~
Let's start with Judy Dench, the real "Bond Girl", 10 BAFTA Awards, 7 Olivier Awards, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards, 1 Academy Award, 2 Golden Globes and Tony Awards...
This is the real multi-habitat talent, film and television drama in full bloom, and it is also the actor who won the most awards in the history of the British Theatre Awards. In 1988 she was knighted as a British Empire Lady and in 2005 she was knighted of honour. (Everyone present is a baroness, and the "impression of a baroness" is like this)
Let's talk about Grandma Irene, behind the acting skills, there is a rare hint of sharpness.
She is one of the uk's best-known stage actresses. Starring as Woolf several times, she boldly criticized the West End for not being aggressive, (it was better to be a screenwriter herself) and adapted "Mrs. Deloway" into a movie. (Really beautiful and handsome)
There is no rich family background, the father is a gas meter reader, and the mother is a bar waitress, but Irene, an actress with unlimited prospects, should "never give in" during the dormant period. She said: "I know it's hard, it's very hard, I didn't really make a name for myself when I was 32 years old. ”
Joan Prewright, now 90 years old, is the widow of Lawrence Oliver (the name given to Vivien Leigh's famous ex-husband for british theatre and musical theatre). The meeting was at her estate.
She won two Golden Globes in a year and was later appointed Honorary President with her husband at the National Theatre. Childhood memories of "101 Real Dogs" (101 Spotted Dogs) Familiar with it, the housekeeper in it is played by her.
Finally, let's talk about the most familiar Maggie Smith (a professor McGonagall has already shouted out). During the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and eventually wore a hood to finish filming.
Of course, there is also the most intelligent and interesting poisonous grandmother in our Tang family tun.
One of britain's most outstanding actresses, she has won numerous awards in her lifetime and is still active on the screen. 2 Academy Awards, 7 BAFTA Awards, 3 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 1 Tony Award... She was even inducted into the World Cinema Celebrity Memorial.
Despite receiving so many awards, she is famous for: I don't like to accept awards. Emmy nomination n times, she didn't go once.
These actresses, whose acting careers span 60 years, casually talk about the memories of a British stage play + film history.
Today, they often gather in a country house in Sussex, England, to chat and drink afternoon tea. With their permission, the director was finally able to walk into the manor with a camera, giving us a glimpse of what the four people really looked like under the stage and after taking off their costumes.
This lineup, coupled with the famous poisonous tongue temperament of the British old lady. All live to this, what else can not be said!
As a result, the four female jazz who opened the yellow cavity, swear words and spit mode gave us the following high-energy content.
As soon as they sat down in the garden, the four old drama bones began to "bury" the staff.
Grunting and complaining, comparing who has the best angle of light to each other... He also "questioned" the director: "Are you a newcomer?" ”
"This is so unfair to us old ladies", all four of them are over 300 years old, and they are playing a "big card" in situ.
After letting go of the staff, Grandma Maggie stared at Judy next to her.
The women of Hogwarts will never concede defeat.
I'm going to put one in place too.-
Grandma Judy grinned and immediately—
"I'm not going to talk to you anymore, we're not friends anymore, mark."
300 years old, I'm afraid you guys here are only three years old....
In the midst of the noise, finally, the positive film began
From the scene of their acquaintance with each other, they talk about their respective growth, and then talk about their acting careers. There is no logic in the language, most of it is about where to go.
Judy, for example, said that she and Mags met on "Two-Faced Pie", when the two went to the Edinburgh Arts Festival together. Mags didn't remember it at all, and Judy didn't give any face.
Their words are all major events in the development of British theater, talking in a timely manner but without a little pride, all of them are jokes of 4 people, and the golden sentences and jokes are continuous.
When it comes to the beginning of a British stage play, actresses need to put makeup on themselves. The color numbers commonly used at that time were 5 and 9.
(A color that is more suitable for men)
A red dot in the corner of my eye made me return to the fear of being dominated by the "eyebrow heart a little red" in childhood.
When it comes to joining a troupe, you need to rent a house locally during the rotation.
The four of them began to laugh at their landlord at the time.
Judy began to break the news: Some people... If you meet a landlord you don't like, you will nail a pickled fish under her table before leaving. (Fan's hobby??) ）
Not to be outdone, Grandma Irene, began to talk about the story of pickled fish.
Once, when the male actors of the same crew went home, they actually found something indescribable.
They also spoke of their frustrations before they became famous.
Judy was afraid of the director at the time, while Joan was defined as "she can't play the Queen".
(Later the filming location was transferred to the house)
Grandma Maggie suddenly began to sing and found that everyone present resonated.
Speaking of stage plays, when Maggie first arrived at the National Theatre, she was very afraid of Joan's husband, Lawrence Oliver, prince of drama.
It's hard to imagine that the venomous Maggie had been unilaterally ridiculed by Lawrence Oliver in her youth.
"Your vowels are so out of standard"
"You act too slowly, I'm bored on stage"
The two fell in love (crossed out) and killed each other until Maggie refused to act in Nine Dead Lives, which completely annoyed Lawrence Oliver. He announces his personal vendetta on stage (?) ), slapped Maggie hard.
Since talking about the husband, the director proposes:
"Why don't you talk about your experience working with your husband?"
The sudden dead silence at the scene completely poked my laughter.
The clever Maggie finally stopped speaking at this moment.
With such a funny attitude, the four people laughed and talked about past embarrassments and setbacks, interspersed with precious performance clips and memories. Following their thinking, we seem to have traveled through the past and present lives of British stage plays.
But in fact, the most touching thing about this documentary is actually the "unchanged" of the four who have rarely been there for so many years. Until now, every time the four stand in front of the camera, they are still afraid, nervous, and practicing tongue twisters.
Even when it comes to the honor of "jazz", they are still joking.
On the topic of "aging", which actresses avoid, Judy talks about being stung by a horse bee last year, and the young nurse at the hospital asks if she remembers her name. She felt insulted, which completely annoyed her.
She yelled "get out of the way" to the nurses, just as she did about age and aging.
Two of the four grandmothers (Joan Prewright and Judy Dench) have decreased vision from macular degeneration, and Joan is even close to blindness, but still lives so openly and comfortably.
"Face it, deal with it, and then keep doing what I can."
Grandma Irene's role as Queen Mary in "The Crown" is unforgettable, and Maggie also took over the "Downton Abbey" film. They do what they love to do, and as long as they can do it, they will continue to do it.
The end of the film ends with a line from Shakespeare's The Tempest, which is somewhat sentimental, but also beautiful and romantic.
Live your life, this memory is worth remembering.
our revels now are ended. Our revelry is over these our actors. These actors of ours as i foretold you, were all spirits. I told you once that it was a group of elves are melted into air, into thin air They have all dissipated into light smoke the cloud capped towers Like this illusory illusion the gorgeous palaces. Lofts in the clouds, magnificent palaces the solemn temples,the great globe itself， A solemn temple, and even the earth itself yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And everything on Earth will dissipate in the same way and like this insubstantial pageant faded, leave not a rack behind . Just like this illusion, not even a trace of smoke and clouds will be left we are such stuff. as dreams are made on The materials that make us up are the materials that make up the dream and our little life. is rounded with a sleep. Our short lives have been surrounded by a deep sleep