看過美劇的人都知道,不少美劇都有貫穿始終只聞其聲,不見其人的重要人物,有的不給臉就算了,有的甚至連聲音都不友情出演,劇組你們真的不是缺經費嗎==

但正是這些角色吊足了觀眾胃口,這個“虛擬”配角的戲份還挺多,給觀眾帶來了無數(shù)遐想和歡樂~

英語君只想說一句——劇組你贏了……

那么都有哪些美劇有這毛病呢?我們一部一部,一個路人一個路人的給乃們細數(shù)哈:

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Mrs. Wolowitz

出處:《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)

Howard的媽媽Wolowitz可以說是本世紀最大的謎題了(當然她也是電視劇史上最出色的配角之一了)。我們對她的印象——永遠只有高出常人八個分貝的尖叫和河東獅吼。

我們一直在苦苦等待:Howard的媽媽何時才會出鏡呢?

第五季第24季中,Howard因為要上太空提前結婚,結果在這個航拍的鏡頭里,我們看到了一個身穿紅裝的龐大身軀,對,這就是Howard的媽……

第六季中我們也在Raj的背后快閃過一個大PP的肥碩(疑似?)女子……對,比起上次的航拍算是特寫了……

For six years of The Big Bang Theory, we have listened to this very large woman continue to smother Howard, obviously never truly accepting that her little boy has grown up. It's her (incredibly loud) banter with Howard that makes her so special. Because she is never seen, they are always shouting at each other from different rooms. We never see her face though. Always heard, never seen, she none the less is a huge presence on the show.
在《生活大爆炸》播出的六年里,我們(一直)聽到這位大嗓門的女人壓制著Howard,很顯然她無法真正接受自己的小男孩長大了。她對兒子(大到不可思議的)嗓門讓她在劇中變得非常特殊。因為她從沒露過臉,他們總在不同房間互相喊叫。雖然我們從沒見過她的臉——只聞其聲,不見其人,但她依然在劇中存在感很強。

然而直到這名幕后演員去世,我們都沒能等到她……

Carol Ann Susi就是Howard母親的幕后配音,她本人是一名頗具表演天賦、經驗豐富的女星,在《宋飛正傳》、《丑女貝蒂》、《實習醫(yī)生格蕾》、《犯罪現(xiàn)場調查:紐約》中都有過客串。

可惜她已于2014年因癌癥去世,享年63歲。很多人是那時第一次見到Howard媽媽的“真面目”,卻是在她的訃告上了……

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Ugly Naked Guy

出處:《老友記》(Friends)

永恒的經典《老友記》,永恒的笑料“Ugly Naked Guy”:

Like Gunther or Janice, Ugly Naked Guy was one of those brilliant peripheral characters in Friends that fleshed out the world of this sitcom. Ugly Naked Guy was a man who made his presence known by not being on screen.
Gunther或者Janice一樣,丑裸男也是《老友記》中精彩的小角色之一,充實這部喜劇片。丑裸男是經常出現(xiàn)但不曾露臉的角色。

丑裸男住在Monica和Rachel公寓的對面,從客廳窗戶看過去,他的一舉一動都在老友記六人行的“窺視”之下。他的眾多壯舉——比如坐個沙發(fā)把貓壓扁了,比如邀請了丑裸女共進感恩節(jié)晚餐,都被大家津津樂道,劇里劇外都是相當經典的笑料。

后來Ross要租下了他的公寓(當然為了得到丑裸男的公寓,其中的羞恥play看劇的你們都懂得),他就再沒出現(xiàn)過了……

In the Poking device and final episode, the Ugly Naked Guy did make fleeting appearances... but we never saw his face, only his large naked back. But he certainly made his mark.
在《the Poking device》和最后一集,丑裸男出現(xiàn)了,但是沒有露臉,只有他寬闊裸露的后背。但是他的確火了……

注:這是DVD版本中才有的鏡頭,正式放送中并沒有出現(xiàn)。

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The Mother

出處:《老爸老媽浪漫史》(How I Met Your Mother)

盼星星盼月亮才盼到Ted孩子他媽!

Yes, we know that with the closing moments of season eight and the entirety of the final series, the mother of Ted Mosby's children is going to finally make her presence known, but we have had eight years to learn little tidbits about a major character that we haven't actually seen.
沒錯,咱知道第八季結尾和最后一整季,Ted孩子的媽媽終于露臉了,但是我們在八年時間里只了解到這位沒露過臉的主要人物一丟丟花邊新聞。

After all the woman Ted has dated it is this woman that he chooses, a woman so special he gives up smoking two weeks into dating her, stays in New York (we assume), giving up a great opportunity in Chicago, finally gets married and has two children with her. Now we're finally getting to see her on screen!
在Ted約會完無數(shù)女士后,他選擇了這位——這位非常特別的女人,她可以讓泰德在與她約會的兩周戒掉煙,住到紐約(我們猜測),放棄了在芝加哥的一個好機會,最后和她結婚還有生了兩個孩子?,F(xiàn)在,我們終于看到了她出現(xiàn)在熒幕上!

Cristin Milioti出演了Ted孩子的母親,后成為《老爸老媽浪漫史》的常駐,這是她所接知名度最高的一個角色了。她還在小李子主演的《華爾街之狼》(The Wolf of Wall Street)中飾演Teresa Petrillo:

豆瓣該圖底下的評論隊形也是整齊到沒sei了:

但是追劇的小伙伴都懂的:Finally there's someone be right here for Ted. She might be the perfect, but she's not Robin.

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Maris Crane

出處:《歡樂一家親》(Frasier)

算上前傳《歡樂酒店》(Cheers),加上《歡樂一家親》,這一系列作品已經帶給全世界觀眾22個春秋的笑料和感動。被評為美劇史上最偉大的喜劇,它每一部在豆瓣上的評分都不下9哦!

該劇的主角Fraiser的弟弟Niles的妻子Maris就是一個活在眾人敘述里的“黃金配角”——對Maris的想象持續(xù)到Niles和她離婚,我們也沒等到真人上鏡……

The writers of Frasier once insisted that no actress could ever be cast as Maris Crane because frankly no-one could live up to the viewers (probably wildly differing) expectations. Niles Crane's wife (and later ex-wife) Maris went from being pencil thin to excessively obese.
《歡樂一家親》的作者曾經堅持認為沒有哪位女演員能夠擔當Maris Crane這個角色,因為坦白地說沒有人能夠符合觀眾(可能大不相同)的期待。Niles Crane的妻子(后來離婚了)Mairs從瘦如鉛筆的身材變成超級肥胖。

As the series progressed we came close to seeing the elusive Maris on several occasions but each time the writers pulled back and merely added more weird and wonderful character traits for the viewer to ponder. Hats off to people behind Frasier for creating the ultimate unseen TV character.
隨著劇情的發(fā)展,我們在某些場合快要看到神秘的Maris時,每次作者都把我們拉回來,只是增加了更多的搞怪和給觀眾思考精彩的角色性格。向《歡樂一家親》背后創(chuàng)造的從沒露臉的角色致敬。

話說90年代的情境喜劇真是喜歡這種不露臉的配角啊……

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Stan Walker

出處:《威爾與格蕾絲》(Will & Grace)

共8季的《威爾與格蕾絲》是一部豪不遜色《老友記》的經典情境喜劇。播出8年,這部劇集獲得了16次艾美獎,83次艾美獎提名。其中四位主演均獲得了艾美獎。不知道為啥到了國內就略冷門了==

該劇也是美國歷史上第一部在黃金時段面向全國播出的以GAY為主角的美劇,在美國電視劇史上具有里程碑意義。奧巴馬公開支持同性婚姻前夕,美國副總統(tǒng)拜登曾在接受專訪時高度贊揚了該劇對美國社會的積極影響。

劇中四名主演都有著各自的魅力,其中毒舌的Karen人氣逆天,她嫁給了億萬富翁Stan Walker——雖然是個胖子但是相當有錢……但是這個傳說中的老公只在Karen的敘述里能一窺一二,從來沒見過真人……

Stan Walker was a character we got to know a lot during the first five seasons of Will & Grace but was never seen. His wife Karen, of course, was the highlight of the whole thing. All this drama for a central sitcom character, whose husband never had an onscreen appearance. Like many great unseen characters it was left up to the imagination. Why would Karen love an obese, balding man? Was it just his money or was it something more? Was he as charismatic as his wife? I guess we'll never know...
Stan Walker是一個在《威爾與格蕾絲》前五季被我們熟知的角色,但是我們都沒看到過他。當然,他的妻子Karen是整個故事的中心。作為所有這些劇情的中心喜劇人物,她的丈夫從來沒有出現(xiàn)在熒幕上。像很多不露臉的角色,他留給我們許多想象空間。為什么Karen愛一個肥胖,禿頂?shù)哪腥??只是因為他有錢還是有其他的什么?他和她的妻子一樣有魅力嗎?我想我們永遠都不會知道了……

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英語君給大家盤點了知名度比較高的幾部美劇中的類似角色,你們看劇的時候還對哪個這樣的角色印象深刻?來跟我們說說吧!

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