访谈录 2014-10-05&10-07 《伸冤人》：影帝丹泽尔·华盛顿变特工

 Oscar winner Denzel Washington is back in “The Equalizer”. He is an all-too-human hero trying on the dark paths to defeat some very bad guys. Take a look.

 

“The men I killed, your men, I gave them a chance. They made their decision. I’m giving you the opportunity to make yours. (I’ve) done some bad things in my life. I promised someone that I loved very much that I would never go back to being that person. But for you, I'm gonna make an exception.”

 

And Denzel is here right now. And what we just saw there is the dark McCall in that scene.

 

That’s the dark McCall, yeah, he wasn’t deniable about his past. (He) didn’t want to go back to what circumstances dictate¹ that he, that he must.

 

He’s such a complicated character. When he's not being kind of a super hero, he's living this ordinary life alone, insomniac², lot of O.C.D.

 

Lot of O.C.D, yeah, yeah.

 

What was that about?

 

Well, you know, the script gave me certain clues. He kept checking his watch all the time. So that made me think about obsessive³ behavior. Then I started doing research and one night I decided⁴: okay, this is what he’s got. Opening and closing doors and…

 

Same tea bag very morning…

 

Same tea bag, folds in napkin in a certain way, you know, just like what we do at home.

 

Everyday. But boy, he’s a killer⁵ when he wants to be. And this is a throwback to show. I didn’t know about this back in the 80s, but I guess there’s a show called “The Equalizer.”

 

Equalizer, yeah. I didn’t watch it either.

 

Not at all.

 

No, no. 

 

Weren’t you curious?

 

Well, I was, but once, you know, I decided to do the movie, I didn’t want to see it, I didn’t want to pick up any…you know, I wanted my ideas to be original. If I tried something and then saw they had done it on the show, I might not do it. So…

 

You work with one of our best young actresses Chloe Grace. 

 

Right.

 

There’s a mark on the Instagram. Just wanted to know what the experience was like. What was special about her?

 

She’s a very talented and wise young lady, very professional, and just very good actor, very good actor.

 

And you work with one of your favorite directors Antoine?

 

Right, Fuqua. 

 

You have worked together before. 

 

Yeah. 

 

Now you're working on "Magnificent seven"?

 

Next year. We have sort of X in a couple of years. Western.

 

Western? See, you’ve got a lot of range. Anything else you want to do and you haven’t done?

 

Well, I have to start riding horses next week. That'll be fun. 

 

All right. Well, thank you for coming in. 

 

My pleasure.

 

Today, "The equalizer" is exciting, a lot going on. They are opening this Friday September 26th.

1 dictate   

v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令

参考例句：

• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？

2 insomniac   

n.失眠症患者

参考例句：

• She's an insomniac ; she only sleeps for two or three hours a night. 她患失眠症，每晚只睡两三个小时。 来自辞典例句
• The insomniac is habitually afflicted with wakefulness at times when he wishes to sleep. 失眠症患者，这种病人在他想睡觉时经常特别清醒。 来自互联网

3 obsessive   

adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的

参考例句：

• Some people are obsessive about cleanliness.有些人有洁癖。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.他对守时要求越来越过分了。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。