Chapter 476: Preliminary Preparations
In Zong Shuai's view, the role of Ah Xiang in Li Mo's new script "Detective Chinatown" was tailor-made for Tong Liya in order to disgust Cheng Sicheng, but Li Mo didn't admit that he had such dirty intentions.
Take Li Mo's words: If I am upright and stand upright, will I be the same as Cheng Sicheng, who is not right-minded and unscrupulous?
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In the more than 100 years of world film history, and even expanded to all film and television works, there must be a certain actor to play the role, so that the audience can experience the special charm, no matter how you calculate it, there must be very few.
From the perspective of the story structure of "Detective Chinatown 1", Ah Xiang's role is actually not very important.
In the final analysis, this role is just a vase that portrays Tang Ren's character and assumes part of the funny function.
However, Zong Shuai summed up the characteristics of this character very well: exotic characteristics that are outstanding from the local environment, as well as long-sleeved and good dancing, and exquisite scheming and style.
Things like character personality and way of dealing with the world can only be promoted through the plot and plot, so the first thing Li Mo needs to look for is an actor who can match the character setting in terms of appearance.
From this point of view, the role of Ah Xiang naturally cannot be Tong Liya.
There are two exotic actresses under Molong Media, but Fat Di's high-nosed and deep-eyed face is still more suitable for appearing in places such as Europe or North America, which is a bit out of place with South Asia, where the story takes place;
From the perspective of facial features, Gu Limena is not as obvious as Fat Di's exotic style, but her problem is that she is slightly younger, and her temperament is too cold, even when she is smiling, it is easy to give people a sense of alienation, not as affinity and playfulness as the dimples on Tong Liya's face and Xiaohuya in the original movie......
And the most important thing is that although the role of Ah Xiang is just a vase, the most basic acting skills are still needed.
At least judging from the current situation, although Gu Limena may not fail to complete such a role, it is certainly not as easy as the original Tong Liya......
…… Li Mo doesn't believe that Gu Limena will be able to usher in an explosion of acting skills just because she plays the heroine once.
However, in order to prevent accidents, Li Mo also asked Zong Shuai to release the news to the outside world, and sent audition invitations to a group of actresses, including Cheng Zihan, Jiang Xin and Liu Tao......
Although I don't have much hope that these people will be suitable for the role of Ah Xiang, maybe if you try it, you will find something?
Of course, if Tong Liya did not accept the invitation in the end, and other audition candidates were found to be not suitable for the role of Ah Xiang, then Li Mo could only modify Ah Xiang's character setting to make this role as suitable as possible for Gu Limena's appearance and personality.
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It has to be said that the power of money is indeed infinite.
Just a week later, the screenwriting team of Molong Media has already come up with the script for the new film project.
As we all know, the most brain-burning part of a suspense mystery movie like this is that the screenwriter has to consider the plot's plots and crime methods from multiple angles, although it is impossible to really complete a perfect crime, but at least it can't let the audience see clear flaws and loopholes.
In the process of writing the script this time, because Li Mo has already set the plot and story outline of the movie for them, the screenwriting team can be said to have directly skipped the most complex and most prone to loopholes, and the only thing left is the addition of funny plots and character dialogues.
If they can't even do this, these guys probably don't have the face to claim to be professional screenwriters, right?
With the basic completion of the script, the first candidates for the main roles such as Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran and Tong Liya will basically receive the script earlier than others...... and an invitation to appear.
Of course, because "Detective Chinatown 1" in this time and space was established earlier than the original time and space, Li Mo also plans to make some fine-tuning in some detailed roles.
The first thing to build is naturally the behind-the-scenes team of the crew.
Although Zong Shuai is always in the first place among the producers in the movies produced by Molong Media, in Xue Xiaolu's "Beijing Meets Seattle" and Deng Chao's "Breakup Master", Zong Shuai's signature is more to show an attitude, and the actual crew work is still in charge of Xue Xiaolu and Deng Chao themselves.
This "Detective Chinatown" is Li Mo's second time to pick up the guide after a year, and the theme of the movie also combines thriller reasoning and comedy elements for the first time, so Zong Shuai has become the real power of the crew from the nominal producer, he will be responsible for the management of the personnel and administrative aspects of the crew, and Zhong Lifang, who has just joined Molong Media, will also set up a special team to supervise the expenses of the crew of "Detective Chinatown".
As for the specific shooting team, this one is the easiest.
After many collaborations with Li Mo, the behind-the-scenes team of Molong Media has basically been formed, and with the support of key personnel, Molong Media can now ensure at least one large crew or two medium-sized crews to start at the same time.
And in terms of actors. The first thing Li Mo plans to adjust this time is another female character in the film, that is, the mastermind behind the murder - Si Nuo.
Zhang Zifeng's acting skills in the original movie are indeed good, but when it comes to appearance, it can only be regarded as ordinary, and when the plot is reversed in the end, the audience is not so much shocked by her acting skills, but because of the smile in the last shot......
In order to increase the shock to the audience when the plot is flipped, although Li Mo will still consider Zhang Zifeng, her priority will be placed in a lower place.
Song Zuge's appearance is well-behaved and cute, and she also has a certain audience base, but her acting skills don't know if she can support her to properly interpret this role, so Li Mo just plans to list her as one of the alternatives;
Then there is Wen Qi, who has worked with Li Mo in "Get Out, Tumor", her problems are similar to Zhang Zifeng, her appearance conditions are slightly worse, but her acting skills are guaranteed to a certain extent;
After weighing it again and again, Li Mo couldn't make a decision in the end, so he had to let Zong Shuai still follow the fixed process and send audition invitations to several candidate actors, guardians, or agents.
Police Detective Huang Langden, the original version of Cheng He acted quite well, and it just so happens that he is also an actor signed by Molong Media now, you can take a look at his schedule, and let him continue if there is no problem.
Other characters such as the Gold Thief Trio, Undercover Tony, and Kun Tai can use the original cast if there are no accidents......
Of course, if Zong Shuai or someone else needs to do favors with characters for various purposes, Li Mo can also meet their requirements.
Anyway, these characters are meant to be reserved for maneuvering......
The rest depends on how many people will respond to Molong Media's invitation in the end.