Chapter 136: Casting!
"You haven't read the script yet?" Director Yang laughed for a while.
Liu Ying glanced at Li Mu resentfully, since she finished filming Crazy Stone, she has basically been isolated from the outside world, and it is only in the last two days that she has learned that the original Crazy Stone has actually staged a box office miracle, 840 million box office!
And her role seems to be liked by many people, and even her Weibo fans exceed 100,000, what is the concept of 100,000? In the past, her number of fans did not exceed three digits at all, and more than half of them were actors who knew her in the film and television city, and the other part was all zombie fans.
"Na, this is your script, go back and take a good look at it, and if you have time to read the original work, you still have to continue to take acting classes..........." Li Mu handed over a thick stack of scripts, as the female number one, Sang Sang still has a lot of scenes.
Liu Ying took the script and walked away with a smile, returned to the residence and opened the script, and was immediately confused, this, this is definitely the female number one?
What the hell is it that is pitch black as carbon, and is cold, silent, and extremely wealthy?
Anyway, is such a female number one really likable? I don't read much, don't lie to me!
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The casting of "Jiang Ye" has finally released the news, and after waiting for almost three months, the major entertainment companies are eager to see through it, and they are finally looking forward to it.
The main reason why the industry has attracted so much attention is that "Muzi Studio" is too small, there are no contracted actors at all, and there is no third-party investment in this play.
You must know that in the past, this kind of big production was basically jointly invested by several major entertainment companies, and the better roles were all digested internally, and only some less important supporting roles, or there were really no suitable candidates, would recruit actors externally!
And what about "Jiang Ye"? Except for the male and female protagonists, all the characters are all in the scope of recruitment, where can we find such a good thing? Many depressed and resourceless young actors are gearing up to participate in the audition.
There is no shortage of big-name stars, such a super A-level production is something that can be met but not sought, plus the attention to this drama on the Internet is also extraordinarily high, and there is a salary and attention, why not do it?
Even some amateurs who were not registered with the guild at all joined the ranks of submitting information.
It really smelled of the national audition, and Li Mu didn't stop it, wouldn't it be a waste if such a good publicity material didn't make a fuss?
Of course, in order to avoid wasting time, the audition and the primary selection are still necessary, after two layers of screening, basically ninety percent of the people are eliminated, and those who can really enter the third round basically have performance skills.
Acting is not the same as singing, singing is more about talent, and you can sing with a good voice.
There are too many emotional expressions and body language involved in acting, and without systematic learning, it is basically impossible to achieve success by oneself.
Or some people will take Wang Baoqiang's example to talk about things, but don't forget, Wang Baoqiang has acted in a lot of plays before starring in "No Thieves in the World", just look at his performance in "Mr. Tree", his acting skills were already very mature at that time.
And looking at the process of his later lawsuit with his ex-wife, this person's emotional intelligence is quite high, don't look at people looking stupid on the screen, in this society, if you treat others as fools, you are fools!
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"Director Yang, do you think we should start with those characters first?" Li Mu asked.
Director Yang groaned: "Let's start with the important supporting roles of Yan Se and Master!"
This idea coincides with Li Mu, because there are too many choices for roles such as senior brother, second senior brother, and Chen Pipi, anyway, there are many actors of the younger generation.
But the real old drama bones, there are not many choices to choose from, if you start slowly, you may be snatched away by other crews!
Several teachers who came to audition were not young, and Li Mu did not let the family wait in line, but rented a hall, and everyone sat around the sofa, chatting all the time, and did not announce it in public, politely sent people away, and only called to tell their agent the result when he turned around.
In the end, Yan Se, Wei Guangming, Master, and Guanzhu all had candidates for the important supporting roles of the older generation.
Speaking of the master, I have to mention Zheng Shaoqiu's performance in the original version, I have to say that Zheng Shaoqiu's acting skills are definitely superstar-level, and he vividly interprets the master's otherworldly temperament, but to be honest, that mouthful of Hong Kong Pu is really unbearable, of course, this pot is not in him, after all, Zheng Shaoqiu is seventy years old, it is not easy to speak Mandarin to this extent, it is the crew who really has to take the blame, knowing that it will make people play, is it so difficult to use a dubbing?
Fortunately, the actors selected by Li Mu are all old actors in the mainland, and Mandarin is no problem at all.
Huayi's Lu Cheng heard that the casting of "Jiang Ye" had begun, so he hurriedly ran over to set it up, making Li Mu cry and laugh.
"Mr. Lu, aren't you in charge of publicity, and you don't care about this artist's play, right?"
Lu Cheng said: "It's all the same company, what do you share with each other!"
Li Mu could hear the voiceover, and congratulated: "You are about to be promoted." ”
Lu Cheng was also happy, but he shirked and said: "Hey, it's a shadowless thing, the final appointment hasn't come down yet!"
"Look, who do you use this actor for? The friendship between our two families .............."
Li Mu thought about it, it is better to use raw than cooked, anyway, since the release of "Crazy Stone", he has been engraved with the label of Huayi, since this is the case, it is better to sell Huayi a face.
"Then please trouble Mr. Lu to arrange it, we will come directly to Huayi tomorrow to try the play, but I can make it clear in advance, the final decision is in the hands of Director Yang, whether the trial can be passed, I said it doesn't count!" Li Mu took a preventive injection in advance.
Lu Cheng didn't care: "Look at what you said, it's already good that you can give this face, and if you can't choose it, you can only blame them for their poor acting skills." ”
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Li Mu told Director Yang about the situation, but Director Yang didn't care, after all, Huayi is a big company, and the quality of the actors can still be guaranteed.
Lu Cheng brought the news back to Huayi, and the entire Huayi Artist Department was boiling, except for some who had no schedule for the play, no matter how high or low they were, they were all staring at this play.
The relationship that used to be able to meet and chat a few words is now completely strange, saying that it is a company, but in fact, there are fewer things competing for resources?
Especially for actresses, there are only a few female characters with many roles in "Jiang Ye", so you can imagine how fierce the competition is!
"Then let's get started, shall we?" Li Mu proposed, and Lu Cheng on the side hurriedly beckoned the staff to call outside.
Not long after, a beautiful woman with white skin and a graceful figure came in, bowed down and said, "Hello teachers............. The character I want to play is Princess Tang. ”
Director Yang nodded at Li Mu, this image is quite compatible with Princess Tang: "Then let's start." ”
The character decomposition script has long been dispersed, if there is no preparation for this, it means that people don't care at all, and there is no need to give it a chance! After all, Li Mu is Party A now!
The beauty played a scene where Princess Tang had a conversation with the elders of the Demon Sect, but Director Yang shook her head without a trace.
"It's okay, you go back first, we'll let you know when there's news!"
The beauty left a little disappointed, but Director Yang said to Li Mu: "What does Mr. Li think of her acting?"
Li Mule is going to test him!
"This person didn't look at the biography of the character at first glance, Princess Tang, as the saintess of the former Demon Sect, will definitely not be a good kind, even if the wolf puts away her minions, she is still a wolf, if she is really a weak person, how did she force the former Tang princess to die of depression and force Li Yuyuan to marry the grassland?"
Director Yang was slightly stunned, and then slapped his head and smiled bitterly: "I forgot, you are the author of the original work............."
Lu Cheng was stupid, Li Mu's analysis of the role was forgotten before, and suddenly it broke out again, this product is actually the original author of "Jiang Ye"?
In fact, Lu Cheng didn't say one thing, Huayi originally had the IP idea of "Jiang Ye", but unfortunately Origin Network didn't know what wind it had, and it never let go.
Now that I think about it, the co-authorship of Origin Network does not have the copyright of this book at all, and the copyright author is actually Li Mu!
In other words, spending 200 million yuan to shoot "Jiang Ye" was planned by Li Mu a year ago, and it was not a temporary idea?
After that, some actors came in one after another, and the role of the second senior brother was taken down, and he was a little-known young actor.
There are also a few less important supporting roles, but the main roles do not meet the requirements of Director Yang and Li Mu.
Li Mu glanced at the time, it was already half past nine in the evening, and proposed, "Let's finish this one, let's come back tomorrow?"
Not long after shouting, a man came in, about 1.8 meters tall, not burly, but at first glance he was the kind of person who often exercised, and the muscle lines on his body were very well-proportioned.
"Director Yang is good, Mr. Li is good, my name is An Jing, and the role I want to play is Xiahou!"
Director Yang glanced and nodded, and Li Mu glanced at the script: "You can start with the performance of Xiahou and Ning Que drinking in the barracks!"
The non-physical performance is the basis of the actor, and An Jing Da Ma Jindao sat cross-legged on the ground and began to perform.
But he was soon interrupted by Li Mu: "It's okay, let's get here first, the aura of Xiahou's character is quite domineering, even if he slaughters the entire General's Mansion, he can still be unhindered when facing Ning Que, even if Ning Que standing in front of him is already Mr. Thirteen of the Academy, your aura is a little worse!"
An Jing nodded frustrated when he heard this, this is already the best role he can strive for, as for some other more important supporting roles, it seems that they are inherently unrelated to him as a small person.
Just as he was about to get up and leave, he heard Li Mu say again: "However, I think there is a role that is very suitable for you, I don't know if you are interested?"