After starring in many commercial romantic comedies, Hollywood "sweet girl" Drew Blyth Barrymore ushered in his transformational work- "Grey Gardens". In order to play the reclusive woman with weird behavior in the film, Barrymore, who has always been active, gave himself "three chapters".
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The big Edie, who Lange starred in the film, is the aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy. She said: "The relationship between family members is the most puzzling, even if you are in it, it is difficult to understand. I think' The bond between Big and Small Edie is unique."
Makeup 5 hours a day
Due to the large time span of the film, Barrymore's daughter has been acting from the age of 18 to 61. For this reason, she spends 5 hours doing complicated makeup work before shooting every day, including the forehead, eyebrows, jaws, neck, mouth, nose, earlobes, etc., which must be carefully "processed".
"We want everything to be as realistic as possible," Barrymore said, "so when I played 18-year-old Edie, I also wore a fake nose."
Barrymore also watched the information video about Little Edie carefully, trying to imitate her accent. In the film, she will sing a few words. In response, she said humorously: "Singing is a bit difficult for me. After all, I am not a singer. Fortunately, Edie is not Pavalotti."
"Isolated from the world" after changing life for three months
Barrymore confessed that he felt stressed when he took over the filming of "Grey Gardens", "I know that many people like this documentary very much. In order to play a good role, I sometimes even get nervous and stomachache." Although the film and myself In the past, her acting style was completely different, but she said bluntly: “I want to take this opportunity to prove that I can also play this kind of more in-depth role.”
Barrymore revealed that in order to devote himself to filming, he had been "isolated" from the outside world for more than three months on the set. "I don't go out, don't bring my mobile phone, and don't communicate with friends." She said with a smile, "It's very difficult. However, after the filming, I found out that I can also be so'safeguarding myself'. This is really the greatest reward."
