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May On the 25th, the movie "Solo the Ranger" was released simultaneously in China and North America. On this day 41 years ago, "Star Wars" came out. This sci-fi movie, which was later classified as the fourth in the series, changed the world and turned it into What we know now.
"Range Solo"
"Range Solo" is a rumor of "Star Wars", Lucasfilm even deliberately reduced the influence of the "Star Wars" label during its promotion to avoid audiences who are not yet familiar with the series. Awe-inspiring—especially in China, cultivating audiences will be a long and painful process.
For the protagonist of this article, Tandy Newton, she has long been accustomed to such a long and painful process. During her growth, during the process of establishing her self-awareness, she worked hard for her career in the huge film industry. In the process, she experienced no less suffering than the displaced volunteers in "Star Wars." She often plays such a rebellious role, from the lingering black slave to the rising man, just as you have seen her in the American TV series "Western World" and "Range Solo"
"Western World" Fortunately, the second movie
, the black actress with no background, has persisted in the film industry with her temperament and love for acting. She bluntly criticized the unspoken rules and oppression of Hollywood. She said that she had already done it. Be prepared to fight forever.
"Western World" makes me feel free
Near the future, the rapid development of the entertainment industry may bring unprecedented enjoyment to mankind. As long as you have enough capital, you can experience the real "western world" in an immersive game. "World", all NPCs (non-role players) here are played by cyborgs, allowing players to play around. However, just as the rich were addicted to the fantasy world, the self-awareness of these NPCs awakened. They stood up and overthrew the ruler of this theme park. Among the rebels was the tavern bustard Maeve played by Tandy Newton.
" The first season of "Western World"
When people were shocked by this powerful and perfect-bodied actress in "Western World", they started to check her information and turned over her resume, only to find out, oh, the original Tan Dee Newton was also a rising star in the 1990s. It's just that she chose another less commercial path of acting.
And when people noticed her in "Westworld", it was more because of her bold naked performance. But Tandy didn't like people talking about her naked performance so much.
"The irony is that when I really take off all my clothes, I feel completely free. It's not because I am naked at the moment, but because all of this is my active choice, complete autonomy. On the set I have 70% of the time is naked, 70%! And this is the first time I feel that I am in complete control of my work." When
danced, the first time I found a sense of belonging
Tandy Newton’s mother was Africa Shao. A princess of the Na nationality whose father is a white artist, the name "Thandiwe" given to her by her parents means "beloved" in the languages of some African countries. But in the whole process of growing up, except for his parents, Tandy did not actually feel much "love".
It was Britain in the 1970s. A white man from Cornwall and a black man from Zimbabwe were genetically fused into a brown-skinned girl. In her own words, this is called "nature has an unexpected side." However, this kind of "naturalness" seemed out of place in the society at the time. In particular, Tandy was a black child who believed in atheism, but grew up in a Catholic school run by nuns.
"I am an alternative. My ego is constantly searching for definition and trying to fit myself in." Unfortunately, her skin color is wrong, her hair color is wrong, and her background is wrong. "My self is defined by others, which meansAt the meeting, I didn't really exist. "
's desire for belonging and self-certification has run through Tandy's first half of her life, and the first time she found her sense of belonging was when she was dancing. "The fear of self-entanglement, when dancing. Doesn't exist, I seem to have lost myself. And I am a very good dancer, I will put all my feelings into the dance, in the dance, I can complete the movements that I cannot do in reality. "
holds a Cambridge degree, but suffers from bulimia
. When she was 16 years old, she came into contact with acting. The peace she found during the performance was an indescribable happiness for her. "My incompleteness." The self, finally merged into another self that is not myself. It feels so good! That was the first time I existed in a functioning self, a self that I can control, manipulate, and give life to life. "
So when she was in college, in order to better understand herself, she applied for anthropology. At the interview, she understood that the so-called skin color and the so-called race are just concepts created by humans based on fear and ignorance. "There are blacks in different African countries. The genetic difference of s may be far greater than that between blacks and whites, because humans all came out of Africa, so genetic differences are most likely to occur in this land. "
, however, holds a degree in Cambridge Social Anthropology, and her acting career is booming, which is not enough for Tandy. She "desire to disappear is still very strong, and self is like a car accident." In the end she suffered from bulimia and was She was forced to undergo treatment. This serious illness made her understand that the self does not really exist, "it's just a scam created by our smart brains to save us from facing the reality of death."
Then she went to TED This is a stage where few artists appear to show their thoughts. With the elegance of a dancer and the self-confidence of an actor, she tore the illusion of "self" in front of the public. Tell us that there is no panic about nothingness. Necessary, the sense of belonging we desire exists naturally. When we embrace others, we also embrace ourselves.
because of her husband, gave up starring in "Charlie of the Thunder"
In 1991, Tandy Newton first starred in a romantic comedy starring. "Flirting" was released. In the story, she played a beautiful and stubborn Ugandan schoolgirl who was eager for knowledge and solutions. She had to leave school due to a coup in her hometown. The actresses in the film who were with her in the film later became popular. One is Nicole Kidman, one of them is Naomi Woz, I don’t know how many movie fans love the cinnabar mole and the white moonlight in front of the bed.
"Flirting"
After "Flirting", she and her face value peak Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise appeared together in "Interview with the Vampire", and later played the leading role in the second part of the "Mission Impossible" series that Tom Cruise reigned. Popcorn movie heroine, this can be described as a qualitative leap
"Mission Impossible 2"
, and then Tandy received the script of "Characters of the Thunder". At that time, the confirmed actors included Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, and it is still a rare popcorn movie supported by female characters. Such a script is given to any minority actress in Hollywood to scream with excitement. This is a time to change fate! But Tandy said, no.
because she wants to accompany her husband.
has a reduced sense of career, but gains the love of life
Tandy and Oliver Parker met during the filming of the BBC TV movie "In Your Dream", Oliver Parker was the screenwriter of the film. The two fell in love and got married shortly afterwards. At this time, Tandy was acting, while studying anthropology in Cambridge, and at the same time being in love with her husband. She really lacked the skills to do so.
Charlie’s Girl, turned into a low-cost comedy written by her husband, "An Accidental". It turned out that "Accidental" had a very low sense of existence, while "Charlie's Girl" became a classic. Liu Yuling also relied on Tandy’s original The role is gaining a foothold in Hollywood. But obviously what Tandy wanted at the time was not fame and wealth, but to relieve the panic of facing her distorted self after filming. She needed the support of her family.
"Interstellar Legend 2"
After this, Tandy's presence in the movie is also getting weaker and weaker, "Star Legend 2" is the home of Van Diesel, "Crash" was carried by Sandra Bullock, and the limelight of "When Happiness Knocked on the Door" was all taken away by Will Smith and his son... …Tandy began to become a frequent visitor to small and medium-cost movies. Except for "Rock Gang" and "2012", most of the movies she played in these years have never heard of it.
"When happiness comes knocking at the door"
"Rock Gangster"
But Tandy has her own gains, she has three lovely children, a husband who regards her as a "loved" person, and together form a happy and happy one Support her increasingly strong family. What's interesting is that over the years, Tandy's experience is basically: giving birth, filming; getting pregnant, finishing; giving birth, filming again, and so on.
"Be an eternal protester"
Tandy said that he wakes up every morning and feels that there are many irritating things happening. In a patriarchal Hollywood (recently being subverted by feminist trends but the final result is not clear), as a woman, as a black woman, she is inevitably subject to more discrimination.
"A part of Hollywood's organizational structure is to conceal all kinds of sexual assault and harassment scandals. Everything serves to cover up scandals, not to protect vulnerable groups. Crimes are everywhere, making you mistakenly think this is the norm in the film industry. If you want to get mixed up, you have to endure it.” In fact, when she described the sexual harassment during the audition when she was young, her tone was very calm.
The second season of "Western World"
has accumulated a little bit of resistance, just like the "faulty" artificial people in "Western World". Later, Tandy would no longer easily accept unreasonable requests from those in power, and even turned his back on his friends who disagreed. "I don't understand why refusal to follow blindly will become a negative label that actors can't tear off. If it weren't for "Westworld", I would almost have to give up any gifts from this industry. I have always thought that I have to interact with these rules Confrontation, be an eternal resistance."
In the sequel, Maeve broke out of the "Western World", but she also had a new identity; at the same time, Tandy was in another sci-fi movie "The Ranger Solo" The teammate who plays the protagonist in the game is also a strong image of a protester.
"Range Solo"
So when she talked about this movie, her focus was not on the performance itself. "As the first black female character in the movie history of'Star Wars', it feels great; but at the same time you feel regretful, why did a black female character keep us waiting so long?"
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