In conversation, she seamlessly slips in and out of that singular voice — a little breathy, a little squeaky, a little lispy, a little New York — that made her “Little Shop of Horrors” heroine an instant icon.
交谈之间,她自如地游走于那独一无二的嗓音之中——略带气声,略带尖细,略带齿音,略带纽约腔——正是这嗓音令她在《恐怖小店》中的女主角一举成为不朽的偶像。
It wasn’t a register she’d planned on hitting at the audition.
那并非她在试镜时蓄意为之的音域。
It just came out of her in the moment, and it stuck.
它不过是于那一刻自她体内自然流露,而后便挥之不去。
“I hadn’t given it any consideration,” Greene, 75, remarked during a recent conversation with Reporters.
“我从未对此有过任何考量,”现年75岁的格林在近期与记者的一次交谈中如此表示。
“It was peculiar—frankly, I’m at a loss as to the provenance of half of that material.”
“这着实蹊跷——坦率而言,我对那半数素材的出处感到茫然无措。”
Throughout her extensive and distinguished career across both stage and screen, Audrey stands as perhaps Greene's quintessential role.
在她横跨舞台与银幕的漫长而卓越的职业生涯中,奥黛丽或许堪称格林最具代表性的角色。
Her poignant yet comedic portrayal of a skid-row shopgirl captivated audiences, first captivating them off-Broadway in 1982, and subsequently in Frank Oz's 1986 film alongside Rick Moranis.
她以哀婉而不失诙谐的笔触塑造了贫民区女店员这一形象,先于1982年在外百老汇令观众为之倾倒,继而又在弗兰克·奥兹1986年的影片中与里克·莫拉尼斯联袂,再度征服人心。
The perennially irresistible musical about that carnivorous flora never lingers too far in the rearview mirror.
那部关于食人植物的永恒魅力音乐剧,从未在记忆的后视镜中渐行渐远。
Every few years, it seems, she is summoned for a triumphant return.
每隔数年,她似乎便被召唤,迎来一次凯旋般的回归。
In 2015, she once again assumed the role for three consecutive sell-out performances, with Jake Gyllenhaal cast as Seymour.
2015年,她再度担纲此角,连续三场演出座无虚席,由杰克·吉伦哈尔饰演西摩。
Commencing this weekend, she will embark upon a nationwide tour spanning the ensuing several months, dedicated to screenings commemorating the 40th anniversary, traversing from Seattle (Aug. 18) to Atlanta (Nov. 13).
自本周末起,她将开启一场为期数月的全国巡演,专为纪念四十周年而设的放映活动,行程自西雅图(8月18日)延伸至亚特兰大(11月13日)。
Performances of “Somewhere That’s Green” have likewise been pledged.
《绿色之地》的演出亦已承诺献上。
That aching ballad about yearning for more, apart from standing as one of the production's principal showstoppers, occupies a singularly cherished position in Greene's affections.
那首关于渴求更多的心碎歌谣,除了作为该剧的主要亮点之一外,在格林心中占据着独一无二的珍爱位置。
She recollects her initial encounter with it while queuing at the unemployment office, awaiting her benefit disbursement, and murmuring the lyrics softly to herself.
她回忆起初次邂逅这首歌的情景——彼时她正于失业救济办公室排队等候救济金发放,低声喃喃自语着歌词。
She bore that sensation into the audition, where composer Alan Menken spontaneously joined at the keyboard while lyricist Howard Ashman—already her intimate confidant—looked on.
她将那种感觉带入了试镜,作曲家艾伦·曼肯即兴坐到琴键旁,而词作者霍华德·阿什曼——早已是她亲密无间的知己——在旁凝望。
Upon her conclusion, the entire room was moved to tears.
当她唱毕,满室之人无不为之动容,潸然泪下。
The acquisition of the role hardly constituted an immediate windfall either.
获得这一角色亦非即刻的意外之财。
Upon commencing their engagement at the WPA Theatre in New York, her remuneration stood at a mere $50 per week, covering a month of rehearsals followed by two months of off-Broadway performances.
在纽约WPA剧院开始演出时,她的报酬仅为每周50美元,涵盖一个月的排练及随后两个月的外百老汇演出。
Yet the production proved to be a resounding success.
然而,该制作最终证明是一次巨大的成功。
On one particular evening, Steve Martin—who would subsequently portray Audrey’s abusive dentist boyfriend in the cinematic adaptation—attended the performance in the company of Mary Tyler Moore.
某个特定的夜晚,史蒂夫·马丁——他后来在电影改编中饰演奥黛丽那虐待狂的牙医男友——在玛丽·泰勒·摩尔的陪同下观看了演出。
Upon the stage, she delivered “Somewhere That’s Green” while perched atop a refuse receptacle.
在舞台上,她栖身于一个垃圾容器之上,演绎了《绿色之地》。
For the cinematic adaptation, Ashman conceived the number to be choreographed in the manner of the Leslie Caron and Cyd Charisse sequences they both revered, wherein a character enters a room and is instantaneously transformed into an entirely different ensemble for the duration of the song.
针对电影改编,阿什曼构想该曲目应按照他们二人所崇敬的莱斯利·卡伦与赛德·查里斯式的段落进行编舞,即角色步入房间,旋即换上一套截然不同的装束,贯穿整首歌曲的始终。
One might reasonably assume that I would have been utterly overwhelmed and beside myself with elation upon receiving such a gift from him, she remarked.
人们或许会合理地推断,在收到他如此馈赠之时,我理应欣喜若狂、难以自持,她如是说道。
Instead, I telephone him, and I am weeping profusely.
然而,我拨通了他的电话,泪如泉涌,难以自已。
And I say to him, brace yourself for this, Where is my refuse receptacle?
我对他说道,你且做好心理准备——我的垃圾桶究竟在何处?
Ashman, she said, merely laughed and reassured her that they would elicit the identical response once the camera pulls back to reveal she remains on skid row.
她说道,阿什曼只是笑了笑,并向她保证,一旦镜头拉远,揭示她仍身处贫民窟时,他们便会引发完全相同的反应。
Ironically, this entire exchange transpired before she had even been formally cast in the film.
颇具讽刺意味的是,这整段对话竟发生在她尚未正式获选出演该片之前。
The production history of the film was protracted and fraught with vicissitudes; John Landis was initially slated to direct, followed briefly by Martin Scorsese, before the project ultimately found its way to Oz.
该片的制作历程旷日持久,充满波折;约翰·兰迪斯最初被指定执导,随后马丁·斯科塞斯短暂接手,最终该项目才辗转落入奥兹之手。
Greene’s involvement was likewise never assured, as producer David Geffen sought to secure a “bigger name,” such as Cyndi Lauper, for the screen.
格林参演一事同样从未板上钉钉,因为制片人大卫·格芬力图网罗一位更具号召力的明星,如辛迪·劳帕,来担纲银幕主演。
Yet it is difficult to conceive of any other performer delivering so singular a portrayal.
然而,很难想象还有哪位表演者能呈现出如此独一无二的演绎。
So profoundly did test audiences embrace her Audrey that they categorically rejected any conclusion in which she met her demise.
试映观众对奥黛丽的认同如此之深,以至于他们断然否决了任何她遭遇不测的结局。
"I find that death scene profoundly compelling, personally," Greene remarked.
"我个人觉得那场死亡戏份极具感染力,"格林评论道。
"Yet I harbored a suspicion, you see, because Frank directed the Audrey for the screen with a more heroine-like portrayal."
"然而,我心中存有一丝疑虑,你瞧,因为弗兰克执导银幕上的奥黛丽时,赋予了她更具女主角气质的演绎。"
He had excised from the play such lines as “you don’t meet nice boys when you live on skid row,” she articulated in her characteristic Audrey-esque cadence.
他已从剧中删除了诸如“住在贫民窟里是遇不到好男孩的”这样的台词,她以她标志性的奥黛丽式语调娓娓道来。
She contends that this afforded her a somewhat distinct positioning.
她坚称,这赋予了她一种颇为独特的定位。
Subsequently, toward the conclusion, there emerges the line “when I die, which should be very shortly.”
随后,在接近尾声之处,出现了“当我死去,那想必已为期不远”这样的台词。
On the stage, she delivered it directly to the audience; in the cinematic rendition, however, she addresses it to Seymour, rendering the moment markedly more intimate and somber in tone.
在舞台上,她将这句台词直接倾诉给观众;然而在电影版本中,她却是对西摩所言,使得那一刻在氛围上显得愈发亲密而沉郁。
Frank attributes it to our failure to take a bow, as one would in a theatrical performance, whereas I suspect the divergence stems from the line being susceptible to two distinct interpretations—one framing the situation as inherently absurd, in which case I am perfectly at ease, and the other rendering it as profoundly genuine and emotionally resonant, she remarked.
弗兰克将其归因于我们未能如戏剧演出般鞠躬谢幕,而我则怀疑这一分歧源于该台词可作两种截然不同的解读——其一将情境框定为本质上的荒诞,如此我便全然自在;其二则将其呈现为深切真挚且情感共鸣,她如是评述道。
Oz ultimately capitulated, and they proceeded to shoot a more sanguine denouement.
奥兹最终让步了,他们继而拍摄了一个更为乐观的结局。
Greene, for her part, now simply appreciates that both iterations coexist—the original preserved in a director’s cut.
至于格林,她如今只是欣然接受两种版本并存——原版保留在导演剪辑版中。
Recalling *Little Shop* also serves as a means of commemorating Ashman, who succumbed to complications arising from AIDS in 1991.
追忆《恐怖小店》亦是对阿什曼的缅怀,他于1991年因艾滋病引发的并发症而辞世。
Their bond was characterized by an abundance of laughter, song, and escapades; indeed, he was the one who introduced her to Paris on her inaugural visit.
他们之间的情谊充盈着欢笑、歌声与奇遇;事实上,正是他引领她首次踏足巴黎。
“We retired to my quarters, and he drew a bath infused with aromatic bubbles, mindful of my fondness for such indulgence.
“我们退至我的居所,他为我放了一缸浸润着芳香泡沫的浴水,深知我对这般奢享的偏爱。
I immersed myself, and he presented me with Champagne and caviar, while the strains of Piaf filled the air,” she recounted.
我浸入水中,他奉上香槟与鱼子酱,而皮雅芙的旋律萦绕于空气之中,”她追忆道。
“We maintained separate chambers, naturally, yet our proximity rendered that a mere formality—what could one do?
“我们自然分室而居,然而彼此近在咫尺,使那不过沦为一种形式——又能奈何?
And hailing from the theatrical world, I am scarcely afflicted with prudishness.”
况且我出身于戏剧界,鲜少为拘谨之态所困。”
He also kept a watchful eye over her.
他也对她悉心照拂。
As they were drafting the contracts for the London staging of “Little Shop,” her sole preoccupation was securing the city’s inclusion.
当他们为《恐怖小店》的伦敦演出起草合同时,她唯一的牵挂便是确保这座城市被纳入其中。
What she did not realize was that Ashman had, unbeknownst to her, also allotted her half a point of the profits, “because I created Audrey,” she recounted.
她未曾察觉的是,阿什曼在她不知情的情况下,还分给了她半个百分点的利润,“因为我创造了奥黛丽,”她回忆道。
“Such was the depth of his generosity and affection, and the magnitude of his love for me,” she reflected.
“他的慷慨与深情之深,以及他对我的爱之重,竟至于此,”她追忆道。
“The universal adoration for Audrey stems from the fact that we—I—cherished her before anyone else.
“世人对奥黛丽的普遍钟爱,源于我们——我——在他人之前便已珍视她。
Likewise, the enduring acclaim for ‘Little Shop’ is a testament to the profound devotion we infused into it…
同样,《恐怖小店》经久不衰的赞誉,正是我们倾注其中那份深沉挚爱的明证……
I remain profoundly grateful and deeply humbled, for in their affection for ‘Little Shop,’ they perpetuate its vitality and, in doing so, keep the spirit of Howard Ashman eternally alive.”
我始终心怀深切感激与无比谦卑,因为他们在对《恐怖小店》的钟爱中,延续了它的生命力,并以此令霍华德·阿什曼的精神永存不朽。”