It turns out that Burton drinks real whiskey in this scene in "Berlin Spy"! The scene shows Burton's Limas negotiating with Robert Hardy's East German spy in a bar, where Burton is asked to drink whiskey. In order to reflect Limas' image of an alcoholic, he was asked to drink pure wine in a suffocating manner.
The props department brought in an alternative to Scotch whisky, which is often used in the movie, ginger ale, but Burton waved them away for the soda, "It's just a short scene, it doesn't take a few shots to finish, give me Get some real whiskey." The scene ended up being shot 47 times, and Burton drank 47 glasses of whiskey.
Judging from this shot, he was indeed suffocating and drinking cleanly.
I noticed that both his and Hardy's glasses were exactly half a glass of wine. This wine glass is 190 ml visually, and half a glass is 95 ml. Generally, whiskeys are mostly 750ml bottles, so a bottle can pour 8 glasses. He drank 47 glasses, that's 6 bottles of whisky.
This amount of alcohol scared me to death, but it broke the Guinness World Record, right?
Hardy, who is sitting opposite him, is probably about to collapse, right? Hardy must be drinking ginger ale! But, 47 glasses of ginger ale is about to blow his stomach, right?
I think he must have tried his best to play his part as well as possible to avoid NG again. If Burton drinks a few more drinks because of him, how can he bear it? best friend.
This section must be the result of the 47th shooting, and director Martin Ritter felt satisfied before it ended.
The first time he saw Burton, he hated Burton very much, because he didn't drink alcohol, and Burton kept smoking and drinking.
Later, during the filming, Burton was not very obedient. There were disagreements with him in terms of performance concepts, and there were frequent disputes. Later, Burton stopped acting for a time. It was not until the producer brought the original author John Le Carre to accompany Burton to drink, and it returned to normal.
I am a little suspicious now that the reason why he NG so many times may be that Ritter deliberately abused him - aren't you very good at drinking? It won't kill you this time.
He probably wanted to wait for Burton to beg him for mercy, or ask the props to give him back soda. After receiving this lesson, Burton didn't dare to care about his grandchildren.
However, what he didn't expect was that Burton was so tough and never bowed his head that he actually drank all the way. Of course, it's not the first time that Burton has been abused by a director for drinking too much.
As early as 51, when he was rehearsing "Henry IV" with make-up at the Stratford-upon-Avon Theatre, he once drank 20 beers in the dressing room because of the inconvenience of taking off his pants because of the full body armor. So he didn't go to the toilet before going to the stage.
Unexpectedly, Anthony Quill actually let them rehearse for 4 hours.
He couldn't hold it any longer, his bladder was about to explode, and he couldn't help begging for mercy, begging Quill to let him go to the bathroom.
Quill wanted to teach him a lesson, but he was resolute and asked everyone to continue acting.
Finally Burton peed his crotch in his place. The urine flowed down the trousers in so much volume that it ended up spilling out of the boots.
Quill has yet to find out that Burton, who is on the verge of collapse, can only bite the bullet and continue to play.
As he walked around, there were footprints of urine everywhere on the floor, even on the wooden steps. All the actors found it, they were all stunned, and they couldn't go on.
Quill then followed their line of sight to notice the urine stains on the stage. He shook his head helplessly, walked off the stage, and Burton was saved. What amazes me more than the amount of alcohol is how Burton can still perform well after 47 glasses of whisky? There was absolutely no sign of being drunk.
Figure 5 After he finished drinking, he frowned, with a painful expression on his face that was hard to swallow, and his eyes were watery. So much so that when I watched it for the first time last year, I suspected that he was drinking real wine, otherwise how could drinking soda have such a realistic effect.
It seems my guess was right. At that time, I also discussed with my friends that if there are too many NGs, wouldn't it mean that I would get drunk? I just didn't expect it to be so terrifying 47 times.
What's more, he can control his eyes in this situation.
Especially in Figure 6, his eyes turned slightly laterally from left to right, if it weren't for the flashing light in his eyes, it would be almost impossible to notice. Then he lowered his eyes and raised his eyes slightly, showing the protagonist's calculating and suspicious side to the fullest through his eyes. In contrast, although the eyes of Figure 7 Hardy are also bright, they are not as flexible as him. The color of the eyes is too deep, and the iris and pupil are almost integrated, which makes it appear much monotonous, without a sense of hierarchy, and the ability to express the emotions of the characters is weaker.
It can be seen that actors with light-colored eyes really have an innate advantage in front of the camera. The pupils are especially dark and deep under the embrace of the light-colored iris, which is a real window to the soul.
Born to be a performance genius is already a rare configuration, and even more rare voice, memory; more such a face, such a pair of eyes, such a powerful hardware.
Coupled with his special growth experience and unique personality, how can such a person not be popular?
He is crazy about self-destruction and self-destruction. In fact, his performance is not a bad thing. Therefore, he is generally considered by the West to be particularly good at portraying the image of a world-weary person with high IQ.
This makes him more suitable for performing artistic dramas and dramas, and makes him distinct from those commercial movie stars, so he has become a real performance master.
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