Yilanli looked at Paul in front of him, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. Is this the cycle of history?

In his previous life, Paul did not participate in the creation of this work in any form, but in this life, after going around and around, Paul still proposed the name "Edge of Tomorrow", and the film finally returned to the original point. Is it a coincidence, or is it fate? or is it ...... Butterfly effect?

"What's wrong, don't you like it?" Paul noticed Lan Li's surprise, he didn't think much about it, and chewed it carefully with his chin propped up, "Indeed, this name is a bit literary, not as crisp as commercial movies, and it doesn't seem to have the potential to be a big hit." However, I think the name is quite appropriate for what we just discussed. You don't like it?"

"Huh. Lan Li chuckled and shook his head, "No, I didn't mean that. I'm just thinking. Why don't you ask everyone's opinions?" Is the name "Edge of Tomorrow" one of the reasons for the box office failure of the movie in the previous life? Lan Li is not a market researcher, so naturally there is no way to know, so whether it should be used in this life, Lan Li decided to leave it to fate, "Guys, 'Edge of Tomorrow', what do you think?" ”

Everyone fell silent and chewed on the name.

Lucinda nodded, "I think it's pretty good." At the very least, I'll walk into the cinema out of curiosity, and the name sounds a bit Nolan. ”

Derek raised his right hand in the air, "I like it!" and looked at Billy excitedly, "What do you think?" ”

Billy shrugged, "That's not what I'm good at. But, it's not bad. ”

In the end, all eyes were on Tim. Tim didn't react, instead repeating, "Edge of Tomorrow." Edge of Tomorrow. Edge of Tomorrow. ”

The appearance of no one on the side, muttering to himself, really made people laugh, Paul poked his head out, "If you say your lines like this when you are performing in the West End of London, you will definitely be knocked off the stage, right?" The corners of Lan Li's slightly upturned mouth were greatly raised because of Paul's words.

As he spoke, Tim came back to his senses, and as soon as he looked up, he saw that he had become the focus of everyone, he blinked, for some reason, Lucinda reminded him, and Tim nodded repeatedly, "I think this name is very good." It has a sci-fi feel and fits our theme. That's it!"

Finally, all eyes turned to Lan Li again. At this moment, Lan Li felt the real feeling brought by the title of "executive producer".

"Well, it's up to Frank Marshall to mean. Lan Li's answer was unexpected but reasonable, the whole topic started because of Frank, and naturally returned to Frank in the end. What's more, everyone in the room is focused on the production of the film, and has little understanding of business and market considerations, and in the final analysis, it is up to Frank to make the decision.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Lucinda saw this and interjected at the right time, "So, the discussion of the script will come to a conclusion for the time being, I know that in order to recreate, you still need to keep discussing, but I need a little time." Lucinda's style suddenly became simple and straightforward, Derek and Tim both wanted to interject, but Lucinda's words did not pause at all, just stopped with her eyes, and then continued, "At present, there have been two rounds of auditions for each role, and I have selected some waitlists, you can give some opinions, and I will audition again according to the opinions." ”

As she spoke, Lucinda took out her laptop from the side, "Each actor has three videos, one is the interview video they shot themselves, and the first and second round videos, if you are interested, click on it to take a look and give me some advice." ”

Billy immediately waved his hand impatiently, "It's not my job again. As he spoke, he lowered his head and began to write and draw in his notebook, but Derek, who was sitting next to him, looked curious, but Billy didn't give him a chance, and bumped Derek on the shoulder, "Come back to your senses, what we just said, sort out an outline......"

Derek hung his head in frustration, but only for a moment, and then he got back to work.

Paul took the laptop and found the folder at Lucinda's instructions, and Tim stood up and walked behind Paul, and the two of them began to browse through the names of the various folders, which were the names of the actors.

Lucinda looked up and saw Lan Li who didn't move, "Aren't you going to give a little advice?"

Lan Li replied with a chuckle, "It feels a little strange that I was the one who was judged not long ago, and now I start judging other people. "Executive producer, now Lan Li has a real feeling, but there are still many places to adapt to the real implementation, and every aspect of film production is definitely not so simple.

"Let the decision be left to Paul. "If it's Tom Cruise, then he needs to check every actor and build the cast with him as the core, but for Lan Li, the movie as a whole is still more important, with Paul's opinion as the core, select the actors, and make sure that each actor's style can serve the movie. However, Lan Li can still make some comments, "Is there a list other than the video?"

"Yes. Lucinda looked at Lan Li in confusion, not quite understanding the meaning of Lan Li's action.

There are thousands of actors in Hollywood, and it's almost impossible to match an actor with a face just by name. As a casting director, Lucinda has gone through three rounds of selection, and now the actors on the list are relatively impressed, but Lan Li has never seen the audition video, and she asks for the list without a head, what's the use?

Despite this, Lucinda didn't ask too much, pulled out a list from the briefcase next to her, and handed it to Lan Li. This list is what she is going to do next, and she will briefly record her opinions to see if the director, screenwriter or producer has any special actors or special requirements.

Lan Li took it and seemed to sense Lucinda's doubts, but she didn't explain, but asked rhetorically, "How is it, are there many actors who come to audition?"

"Not much. But there are still some of them. "Lucinda is also a sincere person, telling the truth.

Without a big-name actor or big-name director, it is not an easy task for the crew to attract more excellent actors to join. However, every day in Hollywood, there are actors looking for work, so any crew can find actors to audition, even if it is a small independent crew like "buried alive".

Lan Li raised his eyebrows, "Whew, relieved." I thought the media curse was in effect. This made Lucinda feel uneasy.

The first part of the list is the actress candidate.

The heroine of "Edge of Tomorrow" is Rita Wolatarsky. This is a female warrior, after the aliens invaded the earth, they took over the entire European continent like a bamboo, and it is still spreading, in the Battle of Verdun, Rita was born, defeated the aliens, and achieved the first victory of mankind since the aliens. As a result, she was hailed as the "Angel of Verdun" and became a national hero.

In fact, Rita is the same as Cage. They all unexpectedly possess the ability to reincarnate in time and space, which is why Rita won the Battle of Verdun, but unfortunately, Rita then lost this ability, and now it is Cage's turn, and Rita hopes that Cage can replicate her original miracle and lead humanity to victory.

Corresponding to Cage, Rita is also a character with quite depth. She saw her lover die a hundred times but couldn't do anything about it, she experienced the torment of infinite killing reincarnation and was reborn, and she was more eager than anyone else to defeat the aliens, just for revenge - because she no longer had any relatives.

Compared to Cage's growth and development, the other characters in the story are relatively fixed, as they continue to cycle in the same day, and Rita is no exception. So, the spark between Rita and Cage, it depends on the actors.

First of all, the two have the friendship of fighting side by side, Rita can feel the vicissitudes of Cage's eyes, although she doesn't know how Cage was "a day ago", and she doesn't know what impact this repeated "day" has on Cage, because every time she restarts, her memory will also be reset to zero, but the two of them empathize, and the bond between Rita and Cage has also deepened invisibly.

Secondly, the sympathetic love between two people, people can complain that this is a common problem of Hollywood routine templates, the hero and heroine must have a spark of love, but in this work, the entanglement and intertwining of the fates of the two people really create a spark in different time and space but heart-to-heart.

In the end, Rita is not a vase, she is a warrior born from the ashes, iron-blooded and tough, but deep down there is vulnerability and sadness.

This is also the most special thing about the movie compared to the previous life, Cage and Rita are both typical action movie characters, from the beginning to the end, the pleasure/feeling brought by the action scenes is the main attraction, but both characters are burdened with their own connotations and depths, which fits the theme of reincarnation in the movie, telling the meaning of war, life and time.

Therefore, the role requirement must be an excellent action actor, and at the same time an excellent literary actor. There are really not many such actors in Hollywood.

And what should not be forgotten is the blue ceremony. As an actor, Lan Li met two requirements at the same time, which is undoubtedly lucky, but the problem is that he is only twenty-one years old, even if a man can grow a beard and increase his visual age, but the choice of actresses is still limited to under thirty years old, otherwise, the chemistry between the two protagonists is not convincing, then the so-called love line can only be nonsense, which is bad news for ambitious crew members, absolutely bad news.

As a result, the already stretched options are now even more valuable.

In the previous life, Emily Blunt did a brilliant job, and in this life, the script is likely to go further, so who can take such a heavy responsibility?