少年苏拉·沙玛的梦幻经历.docVIP

少年苏拉·沙玛的梦幻经历 　　2010年，年仅17岁的印度男孩苏拉·沙玛（Suraj Sharma）被李安导演选中担任电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》的主角。历经两年的拍摄时间，该片终于于2012年上映，引起全球影迷的热捧。而影片的主角苏拉·沙玛也因此一炮走红，从一个无名小卒变成一位炙手可热的影视新星。有人羡慕他，觉得他第一次演戏就有幸担纲如此重要的角色；也有人质疑他，认为从未拍过戏的他未必经得起挑战。羡慕也好，质疑也罢，苏拉·沙玛最终用实际行动向世人证明了自己。 　　It would be an exaggeration， says Suraj Sharma with a laugh， to describe what he did in the adaptation of Life of Pi1） as acting， despite the admiration he is swiftly accumulating for his role as Piscine Patel， the boy stranded2） on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days. 　　In fact， Suraj is wonderful in the film. Its partly the luxury of seeing an unknown teenage actor in such a big role that makes him so believable as Pi， but mainly because he is so good. 　　It was his younger brother who convinced Suraj to go along to the casting call. At first he says he didnt want the role， But by the time I reached the fourth round of auditions3）， I really， really wanted it. I hadnt really done anything in my life， and I thought， Maybe I can finally do something and accomplish something. 　　By then， Suraj knew what the film was， knew Ang Lee was directing. At the final audition he met Lee. And I was so nervous I forgot my lines. I thought， OK， now Ive lost it. [Lee] gave me another chance. He talked to me， directed me. In less than five minutes—I dont even know how—its just the way he looks at you and how he talks， it becomes very real. The second time， I read my piece and I started crying. 　　The Life of Pi， which was published in 2001， was widely considered to be unfilmable—Piscine Patels months at sea， with only a tiger named Richard Parker for company. Its success would rest on its young lead. It must have been daunting4）. For much of the film， Suraj had to act alone against a blue screen—the tiger， and endless ocean， were put in digitally in post-production. He got to see the tigers that were used as models for Richard Parker being trained， and I would use them as reference， but I never got to be on the boat with a tiger. Was it diffic