艾米莉亚·克拉克:从“龙母”到现代故事女主角

2016-11-09 09:17byJojoMoyes
疯狂英语·初中天地 2016年9期
关键词:路易莎龙母路缘

by Jojo Moyes

翻译:德孟

艾米莉亚·克拉克:从“龙母”到现代故事女主角

by Jojo Moyes

翻译:德孟

出演电视剧《权力的游戏》(Game of Thrones)让英国女演员艾米莉亚·克拉克红透了半边天,而如今她又在英国畅销小说《遇见你之前》(Me Before You,又译《我就要你好好的》)翻拍的电影里大放异彩。在下文中,《遇见你之前》的作者乔乔·莫伊斯(Jojo Moyes)以其优美的文笔娓娓叙述了她眼中的艾米莉亚·克拉克那令人惊叹的品格。

The first time I talk to Emilia Clarke is at Pinewood Studios注1, where we have just begun shooting the film of my book, Me Before You. She is a tiny,1)gorgeous presence.

Paris. Our last day of filming. Emilia has been diagnosed with a2)fractured hip, following a3)treadmill accident that resulted in weeks of intense pain. One of our final scenes involves her reading a letter in a café, weeping, then walking across Parisian4)cobbles in five-inch heels.She completes each5)take beautifully, but every time the word “cut” echoes across the Place Dauphine注2,her face6)drains of colour and the7)crew rush over with8)crutches. The pain is such, she tells me later, that it makes her want to9)throw up. By the end of the day,when we exchange gifts and tears, she can no longer stand, and receives hers sitting on a10)kerb. Hours later, she will fly off to11)promote Terminator Genisys, in which she plays the female lead. She will complete that worldwide tour on crutches,12)immaculately made up,the smile in place.

“Nothing grinds my gears like people not turning up or not being ready to work,” she says. “The show must go on. This is13)ingrained in me.” Emilia Clarke is old-school.

Louisa Clark, the heroine of Me Before You, is a14)quirky girl from a small town, who is given the job of helping care for Will Traynor, an angry,15)paralysed man, and manages to change his mind-set—and her own life—in the process. The story is romantic, funny and sad, and in16)casting the film, MGM注3wanted someone who could make an audience laugh and cry;an ordinary girl who manages to17)convey something extraordinary.

1) gorgeous ['gɔːdʒəs] adj. 美丽的,耀眼的

2) fractured ['fræktʃəd] adj. 断裂的

3) treadmill ['tredmɪl] n. 跑步机

4) cobble ['kɒbəl] n. 大鹅卵石,圆石

5) take [teɪk] n.(中途未停顿的)一个镜头

6) drain [dreɪn] v. 流干,耗尽

7) crew [kruː] n. 全体工作人员

8) crutch [krʌtʃ] n. 拐杖

9) throw up 呕吐

10) kerb [kʒːb] n.(由路缘石砌的)路缘

11) promote [prə'məJt] v. 宣传

12) immaculately [ɪ'mækjJlətlɪ] adv. 完美地,精确地

13) ingrain [ɪn'greɪn] v. 使根深蒂固

14) quirky ['kwʒːkɪ] adj. 行事古怪的

15) paralysed ['pærəlaɪzd] adj. 瘫痪的

16) cast [kɑːst] v.(为戏剧、角色)选派演员

17) convey [kən'veɪ] v. 传达

注1:即松林制片厂,英国著名的电影制片厂。

注2:法语,指位于巴黎西岱岛西端的太子广场。

注3:全称为Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios,即米高梅电影公司,美国好莱坞的八大电影公司之一。

I had18)assumed the actress who played Daenerys in Game of Thrones注4would be too19)glacial, too20)poised, too blonde (it turns out it’s a wig). But Clarke, in person, is quite different: a21)brunette with a22)palpable warmth and a23)megawatt smile, a girl who swears like a trooper and has a keen sense of the absurd注5. She has that rare ability to look quite ordinary one moment, and24)incandescent the next. After an endless25)audition process, the studio asked me to rate my top three Louisas. I had to tell them that I only had one. I had never pictured Louisa Clark fully in my head as I wrote her, but I did now.

“Lou is definitely the character closest to me in real life,” says Clarke. “I spent my time on Game of Thrones growing into an adult,but Louisa shows my more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed side. On a personal level, it’s been really nice to allow myself to just be me, and she is a26)heightened version of that.” Later, she will joke that it’s a pleasure to finally play a part where nobody is trying to kill her.

Game of Thrones has made her famous,yet thanks to the blonde wig she wears on the show, she’s preserved an ongoing level of27)anonymity. She says she has learned to take success day by day.

“It will go away, without a shadow of a doubt. Everyone goes in peaks and troughs. The28)balance is having the confidence to go‘OK, I’m going to take that good thing, and try and believe two per cent of it and just be in that moment. Just being present, instead of looking over your shoulder.’” Emilia laughs. “For now I’m in a lovely spot.”

18) assume [ə'sjuːm] v. 想当然地认为,臆断

19) glacial ['gleɪʃəl] adj. 冷漠的,冷淡的

20) poised [pɔɪzd] adj. 泰然自若的,冷静沉着的

21) brunette [bruː'net] n. 黑色或褐色头发的女子

22) palpable ['pælpəbl] adj. 明显可知的

23) megawatt ['megəwɒt] n. 百万瓦特

24) incandescent [,ɪnkæn'desənt] adj. 光辉的,闪耀的

25) audition [ɔː'dɪʃən] n. 试演

26) heightened ['haɪtənd] adj. 夸张的,更鲜明的

27) anonymity [,ænə'nɪmɪtɪ] n. 匿名状态,默默无闻

28) balance ['bæləns] n. 镇静,沉着

注4:2011年至2016年期间,艾米莉亚·克拉克在美国的战争奇幻电视剧《权力的游戏》中饰演“龙之母”丹妮莉丝·坦

格利安(Daenerys Targaryen)一角。

注5:或the Absurd,即荒诞派,或荒诞、悖理—一种从存在主义出发的文学或哲学观点,指“人生无意义”“人世无理性”等。

第一次和艾米莉亚·克拉克聊天是在松林制片厂,当时由我的小说《遇见你之前》改编的电影刚在那儿开机拍摄。艾米莉亚身材小巧,楚楚动人。

巴黎。拍摄的最后一天。在那之前,一次跑步机意外令艾米莉亚的臀部剧痛了几个星期,随后她被诊断出髋部骨折。我们拍摄的最后几幕之中,有一幕她要在一家咖啡馆里流着泪读完一封信,然后踏着五英寸(约13厘米)高的高跟鞋走过巴黎的鹅卵石路面。她以美丽的姿态完成了每一个镜头的拍摄,但每当“停拍”的声音在太子广场上响起时,她脸上的血色就会瞬间流失,而剧组工作人员会带着拐杖向她冲过去。后来她跟我说,当时的疼痛剧烈到令她想呕吐。那天结束的时候,我们眼里含着泪花,交换着礼物,而艾米莉亚却已经站不住了,坐在了路缘上。几个小时之后,她还将乘飞机去为自己担纲女主角的电影《终结者:创世纪》造势。她会完美地伪装出恰到好处的笑容,拄着拐杖完成世界巡回宣传之旅。

“没有什么比缺席或没准备好工作更能惹毛我了,”艾米莉亚说道,“戏必须得继续演下去,这种想法在我脑海中已经根深蒂固了。”她有着老派演员的作风。

《遇见你之前》的女主角路易莎·克拉克是一个小城镇出身的奇葩女孩。她得到了一份给威尔·特雷纳这个脾气暴躁的瘫痪男人做看护的工作。路易莎设法改变了威尔的心境,同时也改变了自己的生活。这个故事浪漫、有趣又伤感。给电影选角的时候,米高梅公司想找一位能让观众又哭又笑、外表很普通但又能够传达出非凡思想内涵的女孩。

我想当然地以为,在《权力的游戏》中饰演丹妮莉丝的这个女演员会过于冷若冰霜、过于冷静沉着,也太金发碧眼了(结果发现只是戴假发)。但艾米莉亚本人很不一样:她是个一头褐发、热情洋溢、笑起来电力十足的女孩,动不动就会破口大骂,有着一种强烈的荒诞派气质。她有那种罕见的能力,能够一会儿看起来平凡无奇,一会儿又变得光芒四射。经过无数演员的试镜,制片厂让我列举出我心目中的前三名路易莎。我只能告诉他们我仅选出了一位。在创作路易莎·克拉克这个人物的时候,我脑海中从未对她有过完整的想象,但在那一刻已经有了。

“小露绝对是在现实中与我本人最相似的角色,”艾米莉亚说道。“在《权力的游戏》中,我的角色是逐渐成长的,而路易莎更多地展现出了我摩拳擦掌、跃跃欲试的一面。从个人的层面来说,能够以本色出演感觉真的很好,她就是我本人的夸张版。”过一会儿,她又会打趣说终于能愉快地演一个没人追杀的角色了。

《权力的游戏》让她成名,不过多亏她在戏里戴了假发,现在她还可以保持默默无闻的状态。她说她学会了一天天地适应成名。

“毫无疑问,名声总会淡去。每个人都会登上高峰,也会落入低谷。沉着就是能够自信地说:‘好,我准备接受这桩幸事,但会试着只相信它的百分之二,并且享受它的过程。只享受当下,不去回头看。’”艾米莉亚笑着说道。“因为现在我正身处佳境。”

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