- In order to select candidates to play Chaplin, Attenborough assessed more than two dozen actors and selected seven of them to audition. In the end, Downey met all the director's requirements .
- In order to play well the comedy master Chaplin, Downey worked hard, learned violin and tennis, and even had a special personal trainer to teach him to imitate Chaplin's posture and look .
- In the film, Chaplin's mother is played by Chaplin's daughter, Geradin Chaplin .
- The film was originally called "Charlie" because it was what Chaplin's friends and family called him, and it was later changed to "Chaplin" .
- During the filming process, the 26-year-old Downey needs to be made up into the 83-year-old Chaplin. Downey needs to get up at 1-3 in the morning every time. It takes 9 hours to put on makeup to start shooting, and another hour to remove makeup after shooting. .
Chaplin behind the scenes gags
2021-12-22 08:01
Extended Reading
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Celestine 2021-12-22 08:01:21
The full score is because this is about the works of the masters, which makes me excited. The story can be told in a more detailed manner. There are too many breaks, and many details are not in place. The overall quality of the film is on the high side, and Downey’s acting skills are very good.
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Chance 2022-03-26 09:01:07
Use Chaplin to interpret the fable of "the most hilarious clown is the loneliest", and scribble to show his life. It can be seen that those movies, including "The Spring and Autumn on the Stage", which are young and old, are his spiritual autobiography. Humanism is his background, Lolita complex is a mental illness, and taking him as a case fits Nabokov's theory of emotional frustration in adolescence. The same beautiful girl ended his emotional illness and accompanies happiness for the rest of his life, but Leaving Salinger with the same youthful ailment. . . Downey can really dance ballet, and it is so difficult to take off with crossed legs!
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Fred Karno: [on the train; remembering Charlie's early days in the theatre] You took a tail suit out of the wardrobe, tryin' to be a gent. Trying to impress that young dancer... Hetty, wasn't that 'er name?
Charlie Chaplin: Hetty Kelly.
Fred Karno: Yeah, I could see in your eyes you fancied her.
[chuckles to himself]
Fred Karno: Hmm. Sad.
Charlie Chaplin: Yes, I know all about it, Fred. She got married. Sent me a lovely note. I brought it with me; it's in my baggage.
Fred Karno: [looking worried] Oh, Charlie, Charlie. Charlie, don't you know? Has nobody told you? She's gone. The flu epidemic after the war carried her away.
[Charlie reels, unable to speak]
Fred Karno: I thought someone must have told you, must have written. Didn't nobody?
[Charlie leaves the compartment and goes into the corridor, leaning against the wall and trying to collect himself]
Stan Laurel: [following him and fixing his tie] What do we do, Charlie?
Charlie Chaplin: [sadly] Smile.
[they exit the train and are immediately swarmed by a crowd of fans]
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Mack Sennett: Jesus!
Rollie Totheroh: You told him to change, right?
Mack Sennett: What is he putting on? A suit of armor?