In early 1965, in Dublin, Ireland, Burton, holding the script of "Berlin Spy", walked beside Taylor with a melancholy expression on his face.
Burton's melancholy at this time is actually in the play. He told Kenneth Tynan in 1963 that whatever role he played, he would enter the state ahead of time and live as this character all the time outside the play. He would let himself finish the shooting period according to different roles Completely changed into a different person, irascible or sad or lively, no longer himself at all.
In the original book of "Berlin Spy", "Limas gave full play to his imagination and gained recognition in the world he imagined. Therefore, the characteristics he showed to Federer: restless restlessness, arrogance to hide shame, almost all It became an expression of his nature, including many details: procrastination in walking, inattentiveness to personal appearance, indifference to food, and increasing addiction to tobacco and alcohol.
He maintains these habits even when he is alone. Sometimes he would act a little bit, complaining to himself about the unfair treatment he had received in his previous job.
Only on rare occasions did he wake himself up for a while before going to bed to make himself realize that it was all acting. "
Limas, though a spy, is an actor on a hidden front, like Burton. Burton played Limas, and let himself live and think as Limas all the time, smoking and drinking, depression and depression. Burton is a talented actor. He has not received any performance training. He has to figure it out on his own. He has always been in the role outside the play, so that it is very labor-saving during the official performance and can enter the plot at any time.
In the words of one critic when he first debuted, "He has photogenic beauty, the skill and the brains to get the best results with the least amount of effort."
Indeed, he is very skilled in acting and doesn't bother at all. In the eyes of the directors who have worked with him, he is quite professional, and they don't need to worry about it at all. He thinks it's funny how the Methodist actors brew for a long time before each performance, and he doesn't need to brew at all.
It's just that Burton's immersion into a role-like approach has done him a lot of mental damage.
In 1965, he played the tragic roles in the two plays "Berlin Spy" and "Spiritual Night" in succession, especially the latter, because he was always beaten and scolded by Taylor on the set, and he witnessed Taylor's derailment according to the needs of the plot. , he tortured himself to the point of being heartbroken, and the director said that he was desperate every day, which made his depression worse.
In 1967, during the filming of "Nie Hai You Long", his depression recurred. Even if he no longer intentionally let himself into the play, he could not control his emotions. Because it was a disease, he could only use alcohol to suppress it. In the years after his marriage, his color faded rapidly, and he was inseparable from alcoholism.
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