[出走地平線：年齡歧視]
Flattening the Curve: Ageism
很多時，我在片場是最年老的一個。
但在電影《從不一漾》中，柄本明（Akira Emoto）才是年紀最大，他比我還大三歲。
他在片中有一幕戲，要從水底拯救遇溺的年輕女演員。
我們在一個奧運會標準泳池內拍攝這場戲。時夕冬天，池水又沒有加熱，看上去像沒人在意這位演員的死活。
當然，現場有潛水員待命，也有救生圏備用。即使我三歲已懂游水，也不其然很緊張。
我完全感受到柄本明的焦慮，他的心情都寫在面上。
他要游到三米以下，在女孩身邊游一圏，再把她帶上水面。完成整個過程將會是創舉。
但柄本明是專業演員。我相信在他漫長的演藝生涯，面對無數挑戰，都會抱持相同的堅忍態度：他熟讀劇本，把自己融於故事當中，在答應參演角色的那一刻，便願意接受角色帶來的任何挑戰。
他躍進水裏，我們開機拍攝。他又再跳一次，在水底逗留更長的時間，我們不斷地捕捉這一幕。但我實在很擔心，不斷拍攝那麼多次，柄本明的體力能否真的支持得住。
慶幸六次左右，我們順利拍完這一幕。當柄本明離開泳池，他立時衝往浴室淋熱水。我大聲鼓掌，又向他大叫「ganbatte （加油）﹗」，此時我才發現，只有我在拍掌：全場都沒有人稱讚Akira的勇敢表現。想起來，我的反應實在太不像日本人。整支攝製隊已忙碌地設下一幕景。
演員之路，從來都是孤獨的道路。
Usually I am the oldest person on set.
In this film “They Say Nothing Stays The Same”, Akira Emoto is. He is three years older than me.
He has an extend underwater sequence where he saves the young leading actress from drowning.
We set up the scene in an Olympic swimming pool. It was winter and the pool wasn’t heated and it seemed no one had checked with the actor if he could actually survive or not.
Of course there were safety divers and life-rings and such. Even though I have been swimming since I was three, I was nervous.
I could totally feel his anxiety. You could read it on his face.
He had to go down three meters and swim around the girl and then bring her up to the surface. It was no mean feat.
But Akira-san is a professional. I am sure in his long career, he has faced similar challenges with the same stoic attitude: he had read the script and his was in the script, so by agreeing to the role, he had also agreed to meet this challenge.
He jumped. We shot. He jumped again. He stayed under longer this time. We were getting the scene. Though I was worried if we took too many takes he would be too exhausted to go on.
Luckily after six takes or so we were done. He got out of the water and rushed off to a hot bath. I clapped and shouted a “Ganbatte” but then I realized I was the only one clapping: no one else was celebrating Akira-san’s brave effort. Very un-Japanese, I thought. The crew were all too busy setting up the next scene.
An actor’s journey is such a lonely road.
攝於拍攝《從不一漾》（2018）
Photo was taken in shooting “They Say Nothing Stays The Same” (2018)
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