Chapter 107: Interview
In the second year of Xiao Yao's junior high school, the squad leader was very satisfactory to most people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoEveryone is not ready to change people after entering the third year of junior high school, and everyone decided to continue to nominate Xiao Yao as the class leader when the class cadre general election after the start of the third year of junior high school. There were even a few guys who were ready to meet on the first day of junior high school, and after meeting directly, they told Boss Xiao their plans directly, so that he could be mentally prepared. As a result, after the start of the third year of junior high school, everyone found that their class leader, Boss Xiao, did not come.
The school started, but the head of the class was nowhere to be seen, so the head teacher naturally had to explain a little to the students in the class. But the head teacher simply said: "Xiao Yao took a month's leave, and he will come to school after the National Day." During this month, the position of squad leader was temporarily replaced by the deputy squad leader. "Not much further information was revealed.
The teacher didn't say anything, and the students didn't dare to go to the teacher to ask.
So Chen Mingfei, who has the closest relationship with Xiao Yao, has become the object of everyone's inquiry. As soon as he got out of class, Chen Mingfei was surrounded by a bunch of people.
"What's wrong with Boss Xiao? Why did you take such a long time off? You must know it, right?" everyone asked around Chen Mingfei.
"What can happen to Boss Xiao? It's just more than a month, with his grades, let alone more than a month, even if he comes back after half a year of leave, he can still get the first believe it or not?" Chen Mingfei said lightly.
"Even if it's okay to study, I won't take such a long vacation for no reason, there must be a reason. You must know that, don't you? Tell me, don't sell it to your buddy. One of them had a good relationship with Chen Mingfei and said directly.
"I know, I know, but Boss Xiao told me that I can't say it. I don't want to be expelled from the school. Chen Mingfei said with a bitter face. Chen Mingfei really listened to Xiao Yao's words, and successfully lost weight with great perseverance, and Xiao Yao began to teach him kung fu as he said. Without the consent of Master Liu Zhongwen, Xiao Yao would definitely not dare to teach it casually, so he taught Chen Mingfei Shaolin Changquan, which is also good for physical fitness.
"Then tell me, is Xiao Yao sick with something?
"I'll answer you. Chen Mingfei shook his head, "Of course not, what kind of illness will Boss Xiao's body have?" He asked for personal leave, not sick leave. As for what it is, please don't ask me, I'll say everything I can. Anyway, it's only a little more than a month, and when he comes back, you can ask him yourself?" Chen Mingfei said.
So why did Xiao Yao go? The answer is: acting.
One day after the end of the final exams of the second semester of the second semester of junior high school and not long after the summer vacation, Ye Jiaying handed a script to Xiao Yao and said: "Bayi, I recently received a great TV drama script. I think there's a character in it that suits you perfectly, would you be interested in watching it?"
Ye Jiaying has moved from the small screen of TV dramas to the big screen of movies a few years ago, and she has done a very good job in the film industry, and she has won all the actresses. The quality of the TV series that can make her go back and agree to star in it must be very good, otherwise she would not let go of the status in the film industry that she has earned so hard, and will not continue to work hard in the film industry, but will come back to act in TV series.
In view of this, Xiao Yao took the script curiously and read it.
After reading it, Xiao Yao was messy. Because the script of the TV series called "Lingyunzhi" in my hand is clearly a story similar to "Langya Bang" in my previous life.
If she didn't guess wrong, Ye Jiaying must be the female number one, the "Caifeng County Lord" who is equivalent to the "Nihuang County Lord", and what she wants him to play is the "Chengying" equivalent to "Feiliu". However, unlike "Feiliu", "Chengying" did not run through the whole play, but was assassinated by the assassin in order to protect the male number one when there was about a fifth of the whole play.
Sure enough, seeing Xiao Yao read the script, Ye Jiaying began to introduce: "I took over the female number one in the play, "Lord Caifeng". I want to recommend you to play the personal guard of the male protagonist in it, which is also equivalent to the "Chengying" of his younger brother. This "Chengying" is a character who is only a teenager, and you are just the right age. There are a lot of fights in "Chengying", and you happen to be learning martial arts, so you are very suitable in terms of appearance.
In terms of personality, "Chengying" is a very simple and naïve person, because of his incomplete mind, so he is psychologically much more naïve than his peers. This aspect is a challenge for you, I wonder if you, a guy who is much more mature and stable than your peers, dare to challenge such a role?"
"Are you a radical?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes, but he was indeed tempted in his heart. Although he once decided not to act for a period of time after acting in a drama, after all, it has been almost six years, and he has long passed the period of boredom in his heart.
Of course, the main reason why he is so excited is because of this role.
The character of "Chengying" is not mentally complete, he doesn't talk much, and basically he hasn't said a complete sentence of more than five words, so in terms of performance, he mainly has to rely on movements, expressions, and eyes, which test his internal skills. It was a real challenge for him. And although this character is mentally incomplete and a little silly, he is very cute and likable. Thinking of the "Feiliu" in "Langya Bang" in his previous life, Xiao Yao really wanted to challenge it to see if he could do it to that extent.
"Isn't it just playing a teenager whose psychological age is much younger than it actually is, to put it bluntly, it's just pretending to be stupid and cute? I've been acting since I was three and a half years old, can't I still act well?" Xiao Yao encouraged himself in his heart.
"When will filming start?Do you need an interview?How long do you plan to shoot?" Xiao Yao asked a few questions in a row, which clearly meant that he agreed.
"Did you agree?" Ye Jiaying said happily, seeing Xiao Yao nodding, she immediately continued: "There is still about a week to leave the plane, and the preparations of the crew are almost done, but there are still a few actors who have not been finalized." Among them, the heaviest role and the most headache for producers and directors is the candidate for "Chengying", and they have never found a suitable one. That's why I thought of letting you try, and the interview is definitely needed, but I'm confident in you.
As for the filming schedule, it is about four months, but I will discuss with the director as much as possible to shoot your scenes first without affecting the quality and progress of the whole shooting, so that you can leave the group early after your own scenes are over. Of course, the two months of summer vacation will definitely not be completed, and you will probably have to take some time off. But with your academic performance, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Okay, then I'll try, you can help me arrange interviews with the producer and director. Anyway, I don't have an agent now, so I'll leave all my business to you. Xiao Yao smiled: "Who made you my mother and my recommender." ”
"No problem, you can rest assured that I will arrange it. Ye Jiaying packed the ticket.
"There is one more request," Xiao Yao continued: "If I really get this role, you have to treat me as a stranger after entering the crew, don't give me any help, guidance and care, I want to see how far I can go purely on my own." ”
Li Xin is a cutting-edge TV drama director who has become famous in recent years, he is a cameraman of TV dramas, and after several years of accumulation of many works, he became a director, and in the past two or three years, he has produced several TV series with good word-of-mouth ratings. This is his first time filming a costume TV series, and in order to continue his good reputation, he has strict requirements for all aspects, which is why there is less than a week left before the original start date, but there are still actors who have not been determined.
Looking at the young man standing in front of him, Li Xin was still very satisfied at first glance.
The first is height.
The "Chengying" in the play is a teenager, and he is the personal guard of the male number one "Wen Jun", responsible for protecting his safety, but the relationship between the two is like brothers, in life and psychology, it is "Wen Jun" who is taking care of this mentally imperfect younger brother, so the height of "Chengying" cannot be too high, at least not higher than the actor of "Wen Jun", otherwise there will be a sense of disobedience in the first feeling.
At the same time, "Chengying" can't be too short, "Chengying" in the play is a martial arts master, there are many fights, and the opponents are all adults. The fighting style in the play does not have the opportunistic and funny action style of children against adults, at least in appearance, it has to be performed by two evenly matched people, so the height of "Chengying" cannot be too short, at least it must be close to the height of adults.
Xiao Yao, who is still fifteen years old in a month, is about 1.7 meters tall, about 10 centimeters shorter than Chen Feng who plays "Wen Jun", and he is already the height of an adult, which is just right for "Chengying".
And then there's the figure.
Because there are a lot of scenes in "Chengying", Li Xin tends to find a teenager with a martial arts background, at least he must have a very good physical fitness, otherwise after so many scenes, plus he has to hang Weiya often, he is afraid that the little actor's body will not be able to bear it. At the same time, because "Chengying" is good at light skills, and martial arts take an elegant and agile path, the actor's appearance must also match his martial arts path, and those teenagers who practice martial arts are not in his consideration at all.
Xiao Yao's figure is the kind of "thin when dressed, and fleshy when undressed", although he is strong, but as soon as he wears ancient costumes, he looks thin without showing any muscles, and the elegant and agile feeling can be shown immediately.
Finally, there is the looks.
Fourteen or fifteen-year-old children rarely feel particularly ugly, plus Xiao Siqi and Chen Zilin are both high-value genetic blessings, even if Xiao Yao is not the kind of handsome person who looks amazing at a glance, he is also a handsome and very attractive little fresh meat.
However, Li Xin also has something dissatisfied, that is, Xiao Yao's eyes are too old and steady, and he looks more mature than children of the same age.
"Lingyunzhi" is a big production, even if it is a small actor in the play, it is not very easy to find an actor who has no acting experience at all, and Xiao Yao's acting experience makes Li Xin frown even more.
Xiao Yao's only acting experience was acting in a drama by Sun Zhihao when he was eight years old.
It is undeniable that actors who can act in dramas are very powerful, but in terms of performance style, the difference between dramas and film and television dramas is still relatively large. That exaggerated performance style is not suitable for film and television performance, can a child at this age grasp the difference?
Let people who can act in dramas act in film and television dramas, and the most reassuring thing is the lines. His skills in this regard should be very good, but "Chengying" is the one with the least lines among all the main actors, and there are no long sentences at all, and the requirements for lines are the smallest, and his advantage seems to have no room to play at all.
"Director, what do I need to do?" said it was an interview, but the producer and director in front of him didn't speak for a long time. It doesn't matter if the producer doesn't make a sound, but the director just frowns and looks at himself without speaking, Xiao Yao finally can't help but take the initiative to speak.
"Oh, in this way, try both literary and martial arts. "Since you're here, you have to examine it carefully. Li Xin finally spoke: "There is no need for a script for martial arts, I heard that you have practiced martial arts, just show us a hand and let us see your body." You should have read the script at least once yesterday, right? Pick a passage you remember and give us a live performance, let's see the effect. ”
"Then let's come to Wu first. Xiao Yao looked at the room where the interview was held, and the place was big enough. I didn't put on any Bajiquan or Changquan routines, and rushed directly against a wall.
"What is this for?" the producer and director were taken aback.
saw Xiao Yao rushing to the wall, soaring into the air, stepping on the wall with his left and right feet successively, and then exerting force with his right foot and waist and abdomen at the same time, and a backflip fell steadily to the ground. Then, Xiao Yao turned around and rushed to the other wall, but this time he jumped up with his right foot halfway through, kicked out with his left and right feet in the air, and came with two consecutive kicks in the air.
"Good!" the producer and director both applauded. Then the two looked at each other and read each other's meaning. That's saying: "Except for the shots of the cornices and the wall, the pure fighting scene, this guy doesn't have to hang Weiya." ”