随着更多令人震惊的真相被揭露以及奇异的心理游戏,这部很黑很牛很难忘的电视剧Hannibal现已进入第二季,Hugh Dancy 在其中饰演了基于红龙(适度)改编的角色(TH著)Will Graham.
HD在接受LIFE&Times的电话采访时说:”为了更好的理解角色,我去读了原作小说,只有在我了解他(指角色)之后我才会答应饰演Will Graham。同时我也读了其它关于Harris塑造人物时如何取材的文章。“
不过这些准备工作是不够的。
”而现实则是,让Will Graham在荧幕上‘活起来’是一个更让人沮丧的工作。我得依靠TV版本的编剧Bryan Fuller,他对这部电视剧有着完整的构思。“他补充道。
第二季紧跟着第一季Will Graham被指控犯下了(实际上是Hannibal的)罪行并因为精神失常被关进了巴尔的摩的精神病院。
而现在,Will看到了Hannibal的本性,他开始证明自身并没有精神失常并且努力让与他亲近的人相信他是无罪的。
Q:不管它多么迷人,Hannibal有让你觉得在饰演角色方面有困难,或者过于压抑吗?
A:我并没有发现这点。我认为这部剧精彩之处在于铁三角。对我来说被邀请(饰演角色)是一件好事,尽管在书中并没有像TV版这样描写Will Graham这个角色。对我来说,饰演Will Graham这个角色最让我喜欢的一点就是他从第一季到现在经历了这么多的变化。
Q:你的角色在第一季经历了这么多第二季又这么惨,他现在精神状况怎么样?
A:他在一个非常孤立的位置——在精神上,同时他在现实(剧情)中也在牢房里。而当他到达这个地方所做的唯一一件事就是认清了Hannibal这个人。他同时也认识到他所有的朋友不支持他。最开始,这是个令人绝望的情境,不过随着剧情发展,他会找到新的、他从来没有有过的决心。
Q:第二季将会几乎只看到你在牢房里扮演角色。这会是个很困难的转变吗?你有转变方式来扮演角色吗?
A:是啊,当然啦。我的很多镜头都是在栏杆后面,而且牢房比一个儿童卧房还小。作为一个演员,(它会让你)很快就把能做的都做了,你只能站起来,坐下,或走或停,所以这几乎是个对我的考验。我得找到一个不同的方式来交流。我挺享受这个过程,不过同时,我也挺怀念在外面。不过Fuller非常聪明,他让我在‘想象’里去到了外界,我想你们会在剧集里看到这部分。
Q:第二季对你个人有啥影响吗?
A:我可勤奋了。基本上来说,为了确保剧集的成功,每个人都很投入而且我们合作的很好。不过在一天的末尾,我并不是带着Will Graham那样的负担回家的。我不是那种入戏太深出不来的演员。我通常伴随着愉快的心情回家——因为我得以与一个出色的团队合作——基本上我(回家)只是直接躺平睡觉。【笑】
Q:Will Graham 有着与Hannibal这么纠♂缠的关系,你觉得他还有能力去拥有正常健康的人际关系吗?
A:我不觉得他没有这种能力了。他们(指两大主角)有着非常深的相互联系。然而问题在于,在第一季里,Hannibal并没有完全的展现他自己给Will。不过在第二季,Graham对Hannibal将会更加诚实。
Q:你回头看第一季的时候,会觉得你已经完成了所有你要做的事情了吗?
A:当我回溯的时候,我非常自豪于幸存——你得在一个非常快节奏的电视剧集里工作。事实是,我有能力维持角色,并且维持了(他)和Hannibal的关系,这真的是一个让我骄傲的成就。
Q:剧集这么快就抓住了这么多粉丝基础,你觉得吃惊吗?
A:这对我来说是个让人不太敢相信的,同时也是崭新的经验。我喜欢这种被观众支持且喜爱的感觉。同时我也很喜欢观众们如此热衷于这部电视剧,我希望我们不会让他们失望。我希望我们朝着让角色成长的方向发展。
Q:当他们(剧组)邀请你饰演的时候,你挑吗?
A:我并没有什么特别的个人规则。我知道我的强项,不过我并没有那种这个角色我该演或者不该演的规则感。我并不过多的考量,我只是顺其自然。
Hugh Dancy talks about his character development in the second season of the hit series Hannibal in a phone interview with Nur Aqidah Azizi
THE dark and haunting series Hannibal returns for a second season, with more shocking revelations and bizarre psychological games.
Hugh Dancy reprises his role as Will Graham in the series, which is based on characters and elements from the novel Red Dragon, written by Thomas Harris.
“I read the novel to understand Graham better, and only agreed to play the role after I understood it. I also read books of other writers who focused on Harris’ journeys and interviews with the people he talked to, when he was creating the character,” says Dancy during a phone interview with Life&Times.
But no amount of preparation is enough.
“The reality is that giving life to Graham on screen is much more depressing. I have to rely on what Bryan Fuller, the writer of the series has in mind,” he adds.
The second season picks up from the show’s last season when Graham is incarcerated in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, accused of Hannibal’s (Mads Mikkelsen) crimes.
Now that Graham sees Hannibal for what he truly is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him he is innocent of murder.
The show also stars Laurence Fishburne, Gillian Anderson and Caroline Dhavernas, Dancy shares more:
Is it difficult to play a character that, no matter how intriguing, it is always overshadowed by Hannibal?
I haven’t found that. The reason why the show works is that it has three leading men. For me, it’s nice to come on the radar, whereas in the book, Graham is not pictured the same way. What I like about playing Graham is that he undergoes a massive shift from season to season.
Your character went through much in the first season and things are dire for him now. Where is he at psychologically?
He is at a very isolated place — psychologically and he’s in a cell. The only thing that he has going on for him is that for the first time, he realises who Hannibal is. He also realises that all his friends have turned their backs on him. Initially it is a desperate situation, but as the series moves forward, he finds a new determination that he has never found before.
The second season will only see you playing the role in the cell. Is it a difficult transition? Did you have to change the way you play the character?
Yes, certainly. Many of my scenes are behind bars, in a room smaller than a child’s bedroom. As an actor, very quickly you run out of things to do, you only stand up, sit down, walk up and down, so it is almost like an exercise for me. I have to find a way to communicate differently. I enjoy that but at the same time, I miss being out in the world. But Bryan (writer) is very clever. He ‘takes’ me out through imaginations which you will see in the series.
Now that you’re into the second season of the show, how has it affected you personally?
I am working hard for the show. Basically, everyone is very involved and we cooperate well to ensure its success. But at the end of the day, I don’t go home carrying the burden Graham has to carry. I am not that kind of actor. Usually, I go home feeling happy that I got to work with a fantastic team and basically I just go straight to bed! (laughs)
Graham has this twisted dynamic with Hannibal. Do you think he’s capable of a normal, healthy relationship?
I don’t think so. They have deep connection with each other. The problem is that, in the first season, Hannibal’s not revealing all of himself to Graham. But Graham will be more honest with Hannibal in the second season.
When you look back at the first season, do you feel like you have accomplished everything you set out to do?
When I looked back, I am very proud of surviving — you worked at a high speed series. The fact that I was able to maintain the character and make the relationship with Hannibal believable was truly a proud achievement for me.
Are you surprised at how quickly Hannibal has acquired a dedicated fanbase?
It’s been an incredible and new experience for me. I love the sense of support and love the viewers have towards the show. I also love that people are engaged to the series and I hope we don’t let them down. I hope we are going towards the direction that will keep them (the characters) growing.
Are you selective when accepting acting offers?
I don’t have any particular rules. I know what my strengths are but I don’t have a sense of any particular rules of characters that I should or shouldn’t do. I don’t examine too much and I just let it all happen.
Hannibal airs every Tuesday on AXN (Astro Ch701) and AXN HD (Astro B.yond Ch721) at 10pm.
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