There is a Chinese New Year in China, but abroad, this traditional festival in China is not popular.

However, this year is different, at least for many actors in Hollywood, they are paying attention to this holiday, not to celebrate anything on this special day, but to wait for the end of the Chinese New Year.

Because at that time, it will also be the beginning of the official casting of Nie Weixin's movie.

This is a notice that Huayi and Max Films have long been unable to send, in addition to the heroine who has been selected for a long time, the other roles in Nie Weixin's movie "Interstellar" will all be determined by casting.

Today's Nie Wei is no longer the 'nameless' director who was difficult to find even a distribution company when he was filming "League of Assassins", three movies, one higher than the box office, and one higher than the other, making Nie Wei a well-known director all over the world.

If you run an active director in Hollywood, even if Nie Wei can't rank in the top three, he will definitely be in the top ten, after all, he not only has works, but also has a strong background and fascinating appearance, otherwise a magazine would not have selected Nie Wei as the top three most attractive men in the world for several consecutive years.

His new movie has touched the hearts of many people.

Some young newcomers hope to become popular overnight through Nie Wei's new movie, and some outdated artists also hope to regain their former glory through Nie Wei, of course, more are those popular movie stars, they also want to cooperate with Nie Wei, after all, who doesn't want to add more wonderful strokes to their resumes.

In a high-end fitness club in Los Angeles, a tall, handsome middle-aged white man is receiving guidance from a fitness instructor on the side.

At this moment, a black man who looked to be in his forties walked into the gym, and after entering the door, he looked around, and when he saw the middle-aged white man, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly walked over.

The black man walked to the middle-aged white man and stood still, although he obviously had something to say, but he didn't open his mouth until the middle-aged white man finished this group of exercises, and then took the initiative to take a towel from the side and handed it to the middle-aged white man, and then after the middle-aged white man wiped his sweat, he tacitly took the towel and handed over a bottle of soda.

"Keanu, your figure is getting better and better, I saw your chest muscles up and down just now, even I was a little moved. ”

"Michael, you're not funny at all, you know I only like women. ”

"Hahaha, I'm the same, I'm just complimenting your muscles, you're much better now than you were half a year ago. Michael, the black man, laughed and praised his employer.

And the middle-aged white man in front of him is officially the famous Keanu Reeves in Hollywood.

"Aren't you here today to see my fitness results?" Keanu put the water aside and asked Michael with a smile, his agent is also quite famous in Hollywood, and there are more than a dozen artists under him, although none of them are famous as him, but it is precisely because of this that Michael needs to take care of him more.

So on weekdays, as long as Keanu is not on a shooting mission, the two will basically only talk about things on the phone, unless something important happens, Michael will appear in person.

"Keanu, have you forgotten your purpose for fitness?" asked Michael.

When Keanu heard this, he immediately stood up and asked excitedly, "You mean ......?"

"That's right, Max Films announced that on March 1, Asia-wide auditions will be held at the headquarters of Huayi Group in Kyoto, China, and on March 6, they will come to Los Angeles, USA, and Max Films Building will audition for European and American actors. ”

"Keanu, get ready, you have a good chance this time. Because of his height, Michael patted Keanu on the back and encouraged.

As early as when the filming news was announced, the two main companies that co-filmed this time had already announced some requirements for the main characters.

For example, the male protagonist needs a man between forty and forty-five years old, with good facial features and a strong and tall body.

Keanu Levi was born in six or four years, a little older, but he was very well maintained, and he looked like he was in his early forties, not at all like a man close to fifty.

In fact, except for those actors who are born old, basically everyone in this circle is well maintained, and they all look younger than their actual age.

And the reason why Keanu works so hard to get fit is also related to this character.

Although there is no specific requirement for weight in the information about the actor in the announcement, just by virtue of the keyword 'strong', Keanu knows that what Nie Wei wants is definitely not a tall fat man.

But he was a tall fat man at that time.

Although Keanu Reeves is 1.85 meters tall, he has not filmed for a while, and his weight has skyrocketed, exceeding 100 kilograms, and the key is fat.

This made him look particularly bloated at that time, and he couldn't rely on Jian Shu at all, and it also made Michael sad at that time.

After all, Keanu Reeves is not famous for his acting skills, but for his beautiful appearance, and it is no joke to be fat and ruin everything, during that time, Keanu's personal fan club almost every day had fans wailing and quitting.

Fortunately, after Nie Wei announced the news of the new movie, Keanu became interested in the actor of Nie Wei's new movie, which also prompted him to finally start to make up his mind to fitness.

And Keanu is the kind of virgin (river crab) Virgo who will definitely achieve perfection as long as he makes up his mind, and after half a year, the results are remarkable, and now his figure is no longer bloated, the body fat rate is close to 12%, and the muscle lines on his body are very obvious.

"Michael, are you saying that Director Nie Wei is going to start auditioning on March 1st?" asked Keanu Reeves.

"That's right. Michael was surprised for a moment, thinking that Keanu hadn't heard his words clearly just now, so he emphasized again: "Keanu, that's an audition for Asian actors, and Director Nie Wei won't come to Los Angeles until March 6th." ”

"But did they make it clear that the auditions starting on March 1 were only for Asian actors?"

"Isn't it?" replied Michael, subconsciously, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was speechless, because the announcement really didn't say that, he just judged it based on previous experience.

But when Keanu Reeves heard it, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Michael, I think we can call and ask, and if I can, I feel like I need a plane ticket to Kyoto in late February, and I can't wait to get the audition and get the role. Keanu Reeves said with a scrappy expression.

Keanu is clear about his strengths.

He looks good, even if he is nearly fifty years old, but because of proper maintenance and remarkable fitness results, he still looks like a handsome uncle, and the "Matrix" he filmed at the beginning attracted a lot of fans in China.

The most important thing is that he still has one-eighth of Chinese ancestry, which is the main reason why he is very close to the Chinese market.

Of course, he is also very aware of his disadvantages, since "The Matrix", he has not had any works, and the best reputation is a "Untouchable Lover", but unfortunately, the box office of this movie is very high.

This has led to a serious decline in his popularity in recent years, coupled with the relaxation in the previous two years, which has led to a loss of shape, he is now empty of the title of Hollywood A-list actor, but he no longer has the popularity to match.

And his competitors are some of Hollywood's first-line male artists, such as Pete and Matthew......

And his acting skills have always been quite controversial, some people think that his acting skills are good, and some people think that he plays very badly, but one thing is certain, at least after so many years of filming, he has not won any convincing awards, which can be said to be a big regret for him.

So he knows very well that if he wants to get this role, he must show his sincerity.

For example, after all the competitors were still waiting for Nie Wei to come to Los Angeles on March 6, why didn't he go to Kyoto early and take the initiative to participate in the audition on March 1.

The early bird gets the worm, although Keanu Reeves doesn't know this Chinese proverb, but he also knows a lot of similar stories, especially since he has a lot of audition experience, how important it is to be able to impress the director early.

Just when Keanu Reeves had such an idea, there were actually many people who had the same idea.

For example, a girl who wanted to audition for the role of Murphy as a girl, when she got the punctual audition time announced by Huayi and Max Films, her brother, who was her agent, immediately suggested that her sister go to Huaxia to participate in the first wave of auditions.

"Moretz, listen to me, let's go to Kyoto, China in advance to participate in the audition on March 1, which is to convey to Director Nie Wei that we attach importance to this role, win his favor, and it will be of great help to you to run for this role. ”

"What's so fun there?" Moritz, who was born in '97, has just celebrated his sixteenth birthday, and he is still a fun-loving age.

Listening to Xiaomei's question, Duke thought for a while and replied: "There should be a lot of places of interest there, the Great Wall, Bauhinia City, by the way, there should be a lot of food, don't you like Chinese food very much, I believe that Huaxia should be more authentic and more diverse." ”

"Food?" Moritz's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Yes, the food in China is world-famous, but what I want to say is that you can't eat indiscriminately when you get there, you have gained five pounds recently, which is very dangerous, you must know that you are only one meter five eight, but your weight is almost more than one hundred pounds. Duke muttered with a headache.

Although my sister is still young, as an actress, it is not good not to control her weight.

This is even worse than those male actors' fattening, if an actress is fat, it is simply a joke about her career, and fans' tolerance for actresses is far lower than that of male actors.

"I've grown taller, I'm 1.6 meters now, it's 1.6 meters!"

"Moretz, don't kid yourself, the instrument still records your height measurement yesterday, 1.58.2 meters, you won't lose your memory overnight. Duke did not hesitate to expose his sister's lies.

Even he thinks it's better for Moritz to be shorter, after all, the age of the role she wants to play is between twelve and fourteen years old, Moritz is already overage, and the reason why Duke still wants Moritz to give it a try is that his sister has a baby face and looks very young.

But even so, if Moretz's height is too tall, it will obviously not be favored by the director, so this time I went to audition, and all of the ten pairs of shoes Duke prepared for Moretz were flats, just to make Moretz look shorter.

Moretz doesn't know her brother's good intentions, and is still a little angry that her brother has exposed the truth about her height, for the little girl, she prefers to be taller, more mature, and no longer treated as a child by her family.

Even for the role that her brother let her audition for, she was a little resistant, she didn't want to play anyone's childhood, she just wanted to play her own exclusive role.

Unlike Moretz, another little girl named Mackenzie Foy is very interested in the role.

Because she is a little fan of Nie Wei, in her words, she likes Nie Wei's movies very, very, very much, and must use three 'very' to emphasize this liking.

Her agent is her mother, which is also the most common cooperation model in Hollywood, although many child stars have a brokerage company, but the agent responsible for the daily work of child stars is generally the child's parents.

After all, the child is too young, and the parents will not be at ease when they are handed over to strangers, especially in a country like the United States where child protection is very in place, even if the parents originally intended to hand over the child to the company for management, the company is afraid of trouble.

For this trip to China, Foy's mother also attaches great importance to it.

Since the rise of the Chinese film market, Hollywood has also paid more and more attention to the Chinese film market, and many stars will put the first stop of overseas publicity in China.

And Foy's mother also hopes that her daughter can leave a good impression in the hearts of Chinese fans.

And she is so enthusiastic about Nie Wei's movies for this reason, Nie Wei's movies are not only very marketable in North America, in fact, there is more market in the mainland of China, and being able to participate in his movies is of great help to her daughter to open the Chinese market.

"Hello, thank you, you're welcome, my name is McKenzie Foy, I'm thirteen years old, I love Huaxia ......"

Listening to her daughter struggling to contact Chinese in her small bedroom, as a mother, she is also very pleased, she found that her daughter's greatest advantage is not inherited her beauty, but inherited her husband's hard-working quality.

Before you know it, it's the end of February, and it's still cold in Kyoto, but it can't stop the enthusiasm of journalists, and in recent days, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of reporters near Kyoto Airport.