看过美剧的人都知道,不少美剧都有贯穿始终只闻其声,不见其人的重要人物,有的不给脸就算了,有的甚至连声音都不友情出演,剧组你们真的不是缺经费吗==

但正是这些角色吊足了观众胃口,这个“虚拟”配角的戏份还挺多,给观众带来了无数遐想和欢乐~

英语君只想说一句——剧组你赢了……

那么都有哪些美剧有这毛病呢?我们一部一部,一个路人一个路人的给乃们细数哈:

 

Mrs. Wolowitz

出处:《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)

Howard的妈妈Wolowitz可以说是本世纪最大的谜题了(当然她也是电视剧史上最出色的配角之一了)。我们对她的印象——永远只有高出常人八个分贝的尖叫和河东狮吼。

我们一直在苦苦等待:Howard的妈妈何时才会出镜呢?

第五季第24季中,Howard因为要上太空提前结婚,结果在这个航拍的镜头里,我们看到了一个身穿红装的庞大身躯,对,这就是Howard的妈……

第六季中我们也在Raj的背后快闪过一个大PP的肥硕(疑似?)女子……对,比起上次的航拍算是特写了……

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,我们(一直)听到这位大嗓门的女人压制着Howard,很显然她无法真正接受自己的小男孩长大了。她对儿子(大到不可思议的)嗓门让她在剧中变得非常特殊。因为她从没露过脸,他们总在不同房间互相喊叫。虽然我们从没见过她的脸——只闻其声,不见其人,但她依然在剧中存在感很强。

然而直到这名幕后演员去世,我们都没能等到她……

Carol Ann Susi就是Howard母亲的幕后配音,她本人是一名颇具表演天赋、经验丰富的女星,在《宋飞正传》、《丑女贝蒂》、《实习医生格蕾》、《犯罪现场调查:纽约》中都有过客串。

可惜她已于2014年因癌症去世,享年63岁。很多人是那时第一次见到Howard妈妈的“真面目”,却是在她的讣告上了……

 

Ugly Naked Guy

出处:《老友记》(Friends)

永恒的经典《老友记》,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一样,丑裸男也是《老友记》中精彩的小角色之一,充实这部喜剧片。丑裸男是经常出现但不曾露脸的角色。

丑裸男住在Monica和Rachel公寓的对面,从客厅窗户看过去,他的一举一动都在老友记六人行的“窥视”之下。他的众多壮举——比如坐个沙发把猫压扁了,比如邀请了丑裸女共进感恩节晚餐,都被大家津津乐道,剧里剧外都是相当经典的笑料。

后来Ross要租下了他的公寓(当然为了得到丑裸男的公寓,其中的羞耻play看剧的你们都懂得),他就再没出现过了……

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,丑裸男出现了,但是没有露脸,只有他宽阔裸露的后背。但是他的确火了……

注:这是DVD版本中才有的镜头,正式放送中并没有出现。

 

The Mother

出处:《老爸老妈浪漫史》(How I Met Your Mother)

盼星星盼月亮才盼到Ted孩子他妈!

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.
没错,咱知道第八季结尾和最后一整季,Ted孩子的妈妈终于露脸了,但是我们在八年时间里只了解到这位没露过脸的主要人物一丢丢花边新闻。

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约会完无数女士后,他选择了这位——这位非常特别的女人,她可以让泰德在与她约会的两周戒掉烟,住到纽约(我们猜测),放弃了在芝加哥的一个好机会,最后和她结婚还有生了两个孩子。现在,我们终于看到了她出现在荧幕上!

Cristin Milioti出演了Ted孩子的母亲,后成为《老爸老妈浪漫史》的常驻,这是她所接知名度最高的一个角色了。她还在小李子主演的《华尔街之狼》(The Wolf of Wall Street)中饰演Teresa Petrillo:

豆瓣该图底下的评论队形也是整齐到没sei了:

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

 

Maris Crane

出处:《欢乐一家亲》(Frasier)

算上前传《欢乐酒店》(Cheers),加上《欢乐一家亲》,这一系列作品已经带给全世界观众22个春秋的笑料和感动。被评为美剧史上最伟大的喜剧,它每一部在豆瓣上的评分都不下9哦!

该剧的主角Fraiser的弟弟Niles的妻子Maris就是一个活在众人叙述里的“黄金配角”——对Maris的想象持续到Niles和她离婚,我们也没等到真人上镜……

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.
《欢乐一家亲》的作者曾经坚持认为没有哪位女演员能够担当Maris Crane这个角色,因为坦白地说没有人能够符合观众(可能大不相同)的期待。Niles Crane的妻子(后来离婚了)Mairs从瘦如铅笔的身材变成超级肥胖。

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.
随着剧情的发展,我们在某些场合快要看到神秘的Maris时,每次作者都把我们拉回来,只是增加了更多的搞怪和给观众思考精彩的角色性格。向《欢乐一家亲》背后创造的从没露脸的角色致敬。

话说90年代的情境喜剧真是喜欢这种不露脸的配角啊……

 

Stan Walker

出处:《威尔与格蕾丝》(Will & Grace)

共8季的《威尔与格蕾丝》是一部豪不逊色《老友记》的经典情境喜剧。播出8年,这部剧集获得了16次艾美奖,83次艾美奖提名。其中四位主演均获得了艾美奖。不知道为啥到了国内就略冷门了==

该剧也是美国历史上第一部在黄金时段面向全国播出的以GAY为主角的美剧,在美国电视剧史上具有里程碑意义。奥巴马公开支持同性婚姻前夕,美国副总统拜登曾在接受专访时高度赞扬了该剧对美国社会的积极影响。

剧中四名主演都有着各自的魅力,其中毒舌的Karen人气逆天,她嫁给了亿万富翁Stan Walker——虽然是个胖子但是相当有钱……但是这个传说中的老公只在Karen的叙述里能一窥一二,从来没见过真人……

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是一个在《威尔与格蕾丝》前五季被我们熟知的角色,但是我们都没看到过他。当然,他的妻子Karen是整个故事的中心。作为所有这些剧情的中心喜剧人物,她的丈夫从来没有出现在荧幕上。像很多不露脸的角色,他留给我们许多想象空间。为什么Karen爱一个肥胖,秃顶的男人?只是因为他有钱还是有其他的什么?他和她的妻子一样有魅力吗?我想我们永远都不会知道了……

 

英语君给大家盘点了知名度比较高的几部美剧中的类似角色,你们看剧的时候还对哪个这样的角色印象深刻?来跟我们说说吧!

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