Lan Li was surprised not to see Paul Walker, but surprised how the two actors who should have been in full swing on the set could appear in Telluride. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Good evening. Lan Li took Paul's right hand and tilted his head, with an inquisitive look between his eyebrows, "So, from then on, you were preparing for the filming of the movie?" Lan Li was referring to the last encounter at Verdon Canyon.

Paul's smile bloomed brightly, revealing a mouthful of white, neat teeth, "No, that's just a hobby of mine." But if it can be helpful when making a movie, it will be great. ”

"Paul, do you know?" Fan Cai was originally standing in front, but now he gave way of position, he patted Paul on the shoulder, his eyes looked back and forth between Lan Li and Andy, and finally landed on Lan Li's body, direct and frank, faintly with a hint of condescending scrutiny and scrutiny. That kind of big star posture was inadvertently revealed.

Paul looks more like a surfer in the wrong place, by contrast.

"I met unexpectedly when I was climbing freehand in Europe before. He was a very good climber and I watched him climb to a height of 50 meters above the ground without the help of any equipment. God, that's just amazing. With a smile on his eyebrows, Paul introduced Fan in amazement. Then he turned his head to look at Lan Li again, "I just didn't expect that meeting again would be such an occasion, so you are the actor everyone said?"

Lan Li showed a shallow smile and chuckled, "Although I don't know if those rumors are good or bad, I think, yes, I am the actor." ”

This ridiculous answer made everyone chuckle, "I can't see that you are still a good climber, you don't look like an athletic expert at all." Fan took the initiative to talk again, with a bright smile on his face, white teeth and conspicuous bald head, as well as strong muscles that could not be ignored in the eye of sight, full of ruffian/childly flavor and a silly honesty, which is also the characteristic of Fan that distinguishes him from other action actors, and has really won him a lot of audience popularity.

However, there was always a lingering scrutiny in his eyes. The inner sense of superiority is inadvertently revealed.

Lan Li's eyes flashed slightly, and a touch of banter slid faintly. In this Vanity Fair in Hollywood, it is the norm to step on the high and low, feel good about yourself is the basic, intrigue is the daily life, not for anyone, just a habit in the bones, but compared to the British aristocracy, it is like a children's playhouse.

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders lightly and said lightly, "You don't look like an actor either." One sentence immediately made the atmosphere a little condensed, and Lan Li could even clearly see that the smile on Fan's face was stiff, solidified, and cracked, as if the mask hidden on his cheeks had emerged. Such a scene, how interesting.

There was a deliberate pause for half a second, allowing the embarrassment and tension to spread, before Lan Li continued, "You look more like a wrestler, or a boxer. You know, Muhammad-Ali. ”

The atmosphere suddenly melted like ice and snow, and Fan's eyebrows could feel his joy and cheerfulness - known as the greatest boxing champion in history, this praise naturally made him happy, and there was a little shyness in his smile, "This is not the first time I've heard it." ”

"Are we going to continue to stand here, or are we going to have a place reserved for us?" Neil H. Moretz, who had been standing next to him but was smiling, and the other big bald head seized the moment, like a hot dinner knife cutting into butter, and let everyone sit down.

Neil's gaze paused meaningfully on Lan Li, who had thought it was just one of the many auditions, but he didn't expect it to bring an unexpected surprise.

In the short confrontation just now, Lan Li's words always maintained a gentle and humble tone, and at the same time carried a little light humor, and the calm tone did not detect the slightest abnormality, not to mention sarcasm, not even the feeling of ridicule. Despite this, Neil, the old fox, was not so easy to fool, he could smell the faint smell of gunpowder in the air, and in the blink of an eye, Fan had already lost the upper hand.

This calmness, this bearing, and tenacity, this is enough to make Neil's eyes shine, there are really many people who can suppress Fan in the face-to-face battle of momentum, but the other party is just a twenty-year-old pink rookie actor, which is too rare;

What's even more surprising is that from the brief conversation between Lan Li and Paul just now, we can know that Lan Li is still a good rock climber, which means that the motor nerves are good, even if it is filmed and played, there should not be much problem, anyway, the "Speed and Excitement/Emotion" series is not a fight-based work like "Spy", drag racing and explosions are.

In this way, Lan Li has the characteristics of courage and resourcefulness, and can become the last link of the iron triangle they expected, creating a wonderful "villain" role, even more suitable than Dwayne Johnson.

If Neil hadn't known that the temporary change of roles was a last resort, and it was definitely an emergency, he would almost have thought that all this was arranged by Lan Li in advance.

The crew of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5" actually didn't want to replace Dwayne Johnson, but just wanted to give Dwayne a warning.

During the negotiation phase, Dawn opened his mouth and asked for a salary of $3.5 million, which was unacceptable. For the crew, they have a budget of 125 million US dollars, Neil hopes to control the budget of the cast part to less than 30 million, of course, the real budget range can rise to 40 million, that is, they can't afford to pay the 3.5 million, but the question is, is it worth it?

Fan is an actor and producer, divided into 15 million, Paul's salary is 8 million, neither of them participate in the box office dividends, so the result is because the two people are the protagonists from the beginning of the series, after the third big change, which led to a box office fiasco, Universal Pictures spent a lot of money to bring the two people back, which led to the success of the fourth part, and now this salary figure is not a problem at all, and it can even be said to be inexpensive.

But what about Dawn? He is only the first time to appear in the series, and as the third protagonist, the role is not as heavy as Fan and Paul, and more importantly, Dawn's asking price for starring in a movie now fluctuates around 400, but now it costs 3.5 million to play the third protagonist, which is simply a lion's mouth.

Dawn made it clear the weakness of the "Fast and Thrill/Emotional 5" crew - although action actors are not valuable, there is a fault line of young action actors in Hollywood, and there is almost no option to compete with Fan. Dawn isn't the only option, but it's the best. That's why Dawn has no fear.

After several negotiations, Dawn has no intention of compromising at all, and even when the crew has already started pre-filming, Dawn still refuses to enter the crew, and the subtext is: I can afford to drag it, but you can't afford it. Dawn is now sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, waiting for the crew to hold back on their own, and then bow their heads and compromise.

The so-called pre-shooting, in fact, is because "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5" intends to complete the drag racing scene as much as possible with real shooting, they need to inspect the situation on the scene, and professional stand-ins will test it first to find the most suitable shooting plan, but for the smoothness of the official shooting, the actors will also join the crew to ensure the smooth progress of all links.

With a size and weight like Daun, it's hard to find an exact resemblance, even with a stand-in. Dawn was absent from the pre-filming, which really laid a lot of landmines for the crew.

What's more, after the pre-filming began, the crew's expenses began to be spent like water, renting the venue for money, renting equipment for money, and the crew for money, burning money almost every day. If Dawn drags on for one day, the crew loses one day. The crew really can't afford to wait.

Every Hollywood project is a game, a game of competing interests, and there are always people who have to back down, otherwise they will be shot in two. In a fit of rage, Neil suspended the crew's advance filming and brought the two leading actors to Telluride, ostensibly to participate in the film festival, but in fact to find the right actors-

It's an open and equal stage, any new actor can talk directly to big-name directors and big-name producers, all performance opportunities are fully open, and it's not far from Los Angeles, so countless actors have gathered in Telluride, not to mention those big-name agents. At this point in time, Telluride is better looking for actors than Los Angeles.

However, Neil also understands in his heart that finding a replacement actor for Dawn is almost an impossible task, unless the character setting is changed, which also means that the script needs to be revised again - the screenwriter also has to charge for rewriting the script and adjusting the script, and the setting data for pre-shooting also needs to be adjusted, not to mention the workload, the cost consumption is unbearable.

So, in this move, Neil is showing Dawn their tough gesture: no one is irreplaceable, not even Dawn. But after meeting Lan Li today, Neil couldn't help but have an idea: how much work does it take to completely replace the character of Hobbs from style to setting to actor?

However, this is just a face-to-face, and today's audition has just begun.

Neil immediately suppressed this idea for the time being, motioned for everyone to sit down, looked at Lan Li covertly, and paused slightly, but in this brief moment, Lan Li's gaze was raised, and he calmly faced each other, which startled Neil.

Immediately, I saw Lan Li smile indifferently, as if he didn't notice his gaze, and just inadvertently crossed his gaze, and nodded politely at Neil.

Neil's smile rose as well, and he nodded in response. Today's audition is getting more and more interesting.