從超模到演員：卡拉·迪瓦伊的好萊塢進軍之路

Ara Delevingne， a confident tangle of lanky limbs and messy hair， tattoos and ripped black jeans， arched her eyebrows and popped her eyes wide as she excitedly described her habit of filming her meteoric， globe-trotting rise. “Watching Lars Ulrich play a Metallica show from behind the drum kit！ Or doing tequila shots with Whitney Houston just before she died！ When I get older， Im going to go through that footage and have the best time， because I probably wont remember much of it.”

For her next adventure， the unfiltered Ms. Delevingne， at 22 the Brit supermodel， is planting her Union Jack in Hollywood with a much-coveted part in Paper Towns， the second film based on a novel by John Green， whose The Fault in Our Stars became a$300 million hit worldwide and helped make Shailene Woodley a star.

You dont have to be one of Ms. Delevingnes more than 15 million Instagram followers to see why she was a good fit for the role of the rebellious teenager Margo Roth Spiegelman.

But Ms. Delevingne is hardly the only attractive young woman in Hollywood， and she is certainly one of the least experienced.

The director Jake Schreier said that 150 to 200 actresses vied for the part of Margo and that like many of them， Ms. Delevingne had to audition.

In her tryout scene， Quentin， the neighbor played by Nat Wolff， confesses that he has loved Margo for years， even though he has primarily observed her escapades from across the street. “You love me？” Margo answers. “You dont even know me.”

Mr. Schreier asked Ms. Delevingne to deliver that line， but then improvise the rest of the scenario as herself， and the actresss knowing ad-libbed performance struck such a nerve that both she and Mr. Wolff left the audition crying. Ms. Delevingne won the job in part because of her chemistry with Mr. Wolff， but largely because of her deep-rooted empathy for the character.

“Obviously， in some outsized global way， Caras lived a lot of what Margos going through，” Mr. Schreier said.

Already， the Variety critic Justin Chang has raved that Ms. Delevingne is “the real find of the film” and that “on the evidence of her work here， this striking actress is here to stay.”

Margos creator， John Green， wrote via email that the actress “captured the disconnect” between Quentins image of Margo and her image of herself.“She understands better than anyone Ive ever known what its like to have people look at you and think they know you when in fact almost no one is actually listening to you，” he said. “I do think Cara and Margo both deflect and distract. Maybe this is a response to the pressures they both feel from the outside world—pressures to live up to other peoples expectations or constructions—and maybe it is also a response to something from within： Pain that feels too overwhelming or terrifying to lay bare.”

Ms. Delevingne was raised in a privileged but hardly picture-perfect family in London. Joan Collins is her godmother. Her father， Charles， is a successful real estate developer. Her mother， Pandora， is working on a memoir about her long-term heroin addiction.

“I went through so much therapy as a kid， and I hated it， and because you get so used to saying the same thing over and over again， it just becomes a story，” she said， adding later： “I always wanted to act， from when I was 4 years old. When I was younger， I hated myself， so I preferred being other people.”

Ms. Delevingne made her modeling debut in a Vogue Italia shoot with Bruce Weber at the age of 10 in 2003， signed with the prestigious Storm Model Management in 2009 and took home Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014.

“Modeling was never a dream of mine，”Ms. Delevingne said， noting that besides acting， making music was a long-term goal. “But when I start something， I want to prove people wrong. I thought： Im going to smash this as hard as I can.”

Her first screen role， as a princess in Anna Karenina（2012）， was the equivalent of playing the tree in the school play.“I didnt speak and spent hours getting into hair and makeup for this big wide shot，” she said. “I got so nervous. Then the director comes up and says： ‘Stop modeling. And stop trying to look pretty.”

Ms. Delevingne was so thrilled to record an audition for a gritty role in an adaptation of Martin Amiss novel London Fields that she cried when she got the call. Then， right before taping， Ms. Delevingne said a studio technician told her， “ ‘Theyre just going for a name so they can sell the movie. It completely tripped me up， because thats my worst fear，” she said， adding， “If thats the only reason， Id rather not get the part.”

Ms. Delevingne did get that part， along with supporting roles in Pan， The Face of an Angel， Tulip Fever and Kids in Love. Ms. Delevingne has booked her next lead in Luc Bessons big-budget science-fiction Valerian and has recently been playing the supervillain Enchantress in David Ayers DC Comics 2016 tent pole Suicide Squad， for which she has prepared by silently imagining ways to kill her friends.

Ms. Delevingne said she hoped to follow in the footsteps of Charlize Theron， who also began her career as a model. “People can put you in whatever box： model， whatever，” she said. “But if I just keep going and actually do it well， which I hope I can， then I hope people will give me more movies—and Ill win an Oscar！”

With that， Ms. Delevingne smiled serenely.

Then she leaned back on the couch， rolled her eyes， and stuck out her tongue.

修長的四肢、蓬亂的頭發(fā)、身上的文身和破爛的黑色牛仔褲，卡拉·迪瓦伊的這副外表無不彰顯著她的自信張揚。她正揚起眉毛，睜大雙眼，激動地訴說著她用影片記錄下自己在全球內(nèi)迅速走紅的習(xí)慣?！翱粗瓲査埂鯛柪锵Ｔ凇敖饘贅逢牎钡难莩獣献诠淖蛹芎竺姹硌荨＞驮诨菽荨ば菟诡D去世前不久，我曾與她共飲龍舌蘭酒！等我老了，我要回顧這些影片，感受最美好的時光，因為到那時我可能記不得這么多事情了?！?/p>

卡拉·迪瓦伊，這位個性直率的22歲英國超級名模的下一個征程是好萊塢。她在電影《紙鎮(zhèn)》中取得了一個備受垂涎的角色，她正憑此以英國人的身份在好萊塢爭奪一席之位，《紙鎮(zhèn)》是第二部由約翰·格林的小說改編成的電影，而由他的小說《星運里的錯》改編成的電影已在全球取得了三億美元的高票房，并使女主角謝琳·伍德蕾成為了一顆璀璨的新星。

你不用成為迪瓦伊在Instagram上那超過1500萬的粉絲之一，也能看出為什么她適合出演叛逆少女瑪戈·羅斯·斯皮格爾曼這個角色。

但是迪瓦伊并不是好萊塢中唯一一個有魅力的年輕女星，而且她無疑是資歷最淺的一員。

導(dǎo)演杰克·斯萊爾說有150到200名女演員爭奪瑪戈這個角色，和她們一樣，迪瓦伊也要參加試鏡。

迪瓦伊試演了這一幕，由奈特·沃爾夫扮演的昆汀是瑪戈的鄰居，他向瑪戈告白，說他已經(jīng)愛了她很多年，即使他早就從街對面觀察過她的斑斑劣跡?！澳銗畚遥俊爆敻昊卮?。“你甚至都不認識我。”

斯萊爾先生讓迪瓦伊說完那句臺詞后自己即興發(fā)揮接下來的場景。迪瓦伊的即場表演極具感染力，她和沃爾夫的表演讓試鏡的那一幕變得催人淚下。迪瓦伊贏得這個角色的一個原因是她與沃爾夫產(chǎn)生的化學(xué)作用，但最大的原因還是她對這個角色有著深切的共鳴。

“顯然，在不同的世界里，卡拉和瑪戈的經(jīng)歷有著許多相似之處。”斯萊爾先生說。

《綜藝》雜志的評論家賈斯汀·張對迪瓦伊贊不絕口，稱她是“這部電影的一大亮點”，“從她在這部影片中的優(yōu)秀表現(xiàn)來看，這位出色的女演員已經(jīng)成功打入了電影圈?！?/p>

瑪戈的創(chuàng)作者約翰·格林通過電子郵件寫道，迪瓦伊這位女演員“抓住了”昆汀對瑪戈的認知和瑪戈的自我認知之間的脫節(jié)之處?！皠e人看著你，自以為了解你，但事實上幾乎沒人真正聽過你的心聲， 她比我認識的任何人都更明白這是怎樣一種感覺?！彼f道?！拔掖_實認為卡拉和瑪戈都偏離了正常的人生軌道。也許這是她們對外界施予的壓力所作出的反應(yīng)——不能辜負別人的期望或者付出所帶來的壓力，也許這也是她們對內(nèi)心深處的痛苦所作出的反應(yīng)——痛苦太過強烈，太過可怕，她們無法將這種痛苦示于人前?！?/p>

迪瓦伊成長在倫敦一個優(yōu)渥但并不完美的家庭里。她的教母是瓊·考琳斯。她父親查爾斯是一位成功的房地產(chǎn)商。她的母親潘多拉正在寫一部關(guān)于她的海洛因成癮史回憶錄。

“我小時候做過很多心理治療，我非常討厭，而且因為你習(xí)慣了重復(fù)講述同一件事，這件事就變成了故事?！彼f，之后又補充說：“從我4歲起，我就一直想演戲。在我年紀小點的時候，我討厭自己，所以我更想變成別人。”

2003年，10歲的迪瓦伊與攝影師布魯斯·韋伯合作，為雜志《時尚·意大利版》拍攝照片而在模特圈出道。2009年，迪瓦伊與業(yè)內(nèi)聞名的風(fēng)暴模特經(jīng)紀公司簽約，并拿下了2012年以及2014年的英國時尚大獎的最佳模特獎。

“我從未夢想過當(dāng)模特。”迪瓦伊說，并表示除了演戲外，創(chuàng)作音樂也是她的長期目標(biāo)?！暗?dāng)我開始做某件事情的時候，我想證明他們錯了。我想：我要盡全力打破他們的看法?！?/p>

迪瓦伊的首個銀幕角色是在《安娜·卡列尼娜》（2012）里飾演一位公主，這與在學(xué)校的話劇里扮演一棵樹無異?！盀榱伺倪@部電影，我沒有開口講話，花了幾個小時弄頭發(fā)和上妝?！彼f。“我非常緊張。然后導(dǎo)演過來說：‘別再當(dāng)花瓶了。也別再想著把自己弄得很漂亮?！?/p>

當(dāng)?shù)贤咭两拥诫娫捦ㄖ屗秊橛神R丁·埃米斯的小說改編的電影《倫敦場地》里一個性格堅毅的角色試音時，她非常激動，還哭了出來。然而，就在開始錄音前，迪瓦伊說錄音室的一名音效師告訴她，“‘他們只是想掛上你的名字，好增加電影的票房號召力。這讓我大受打擊，因為這是我最擔(dān)心會發(fā)生的事?！彼f，并接著說道，“如果這是唯一的原因，那我寧愿不要這個角色。”

迪瓦伊確實拿到了這個角色，還得以在電影《彼得·潘》《天使面龐》《郁金香狂熱》《熱戀中的孩子》中擔(dān)任配角。她將在呂克·貝松的高成本科幻電影《瓦來里安》中再次擔(dān)綱主演，最近則在由大衛(wèi)·艾亞執(zhí)導(dǎo)的改編自DC漫畫的2016年主打電影《自殺小隊》中扮演超級大反派魅惑魔女，為了演好這個角色，她悄悄地想象過殺死她朋友的各式方法。

迪瓦伊說她希望能追隨查理茲·塞隆的腳步，從模特轉(zhuǎn)型為演員?！叭藗兛梢噪S意給你扣上一個名號：模特，什么都行?！彼f?！暗绻依^續(xù)堅持，并且表現(xiàn)出色——我希望能做到，那么我希望人們能讓我出演更多的電影——然后我將獲得奧斯卡獎！”

說完，迪瓦伊露出了一個平靜的微笑。

然后她便往身后的沙發(fā)靠去，翻了個白眼，吐了吐舌頭。