Chapter 356 Old Friend Sean Penn
Although Peng Yichen has never met so many actors, he handed him personal information and qualifications at the same time, begging for a role in the scene.
But he didn't panic, but kept watching and listening to all directions, constantly comparing the looks and voices of these actors around him in his heart, and comparing them with the expected roles in his next sci-fi movie in his heart.
I hope to find a few actors who are suitable to star in my own movies.
In the next sci-fi movie, he also plans to use a few Chinese protagonists according to the model of Double Treasure Fighting Demons, and then match a few supporting roles in the Star Flag Country.
But the problem is that he can't always let Hua Na or the legendary pictures he will work with in the future choose the actors of the Star Flag Country for him.
That wasn't what he wanted.
He wants full control of his films.
All directors or actors who love movies are people who have great control over their movies or characters.
Peng Yichen is no exception, he can accept the first film to land in North America, using the actors provided by Hua Na. But in future movies, he will never accept the actors arranged for him by others.
Therefore, he now hopes to gradually establish a set of information and cognition system for the actors of the Star Flag Country.
Not to mention, among these young actors on the scene, Peng Yichen quickly found three actors who are very suitable for his next movie.
Although it is impossible to be 100% sure whether the other party's acting skills are passing, at least he can be used as one of the alternative actors for the movie, which makes Peng Yichen quite happy.
He immediately arranged for the staff of Chen Jing Film Company to collect all the business cards or resumes of these young actors.
When the film starts in the future, these actors will be part of the casting database and invite suitable actors to accept Peng Yichen's own auditions.
After the group of young actors gradually dispersed, Peng Yichen found that Sean Penn and the Oscar judges from the New York faction walked slowly towards him.
Yu Jing subconsciously blocked in front of Peng Yichen, as if she wanted to protect Peng Yichen.
Peng Yichen smiled and took her hand, let her to his side, looked at Sean Penn and the others, and said with a smile: "Thank you for watching my movie." How's it going, how do you feel after reading it?"
Sean Penn didn't answer Peng's question, he just stared at the young director in front of him.
After a long time, he actually showed a shallow smile, slowly stretched out his hand, and whispered to Peng Yichen:
"Director Peng, I'm very sorry...... I did have a big prejudice against you and your films.
This kind of prejudice, just like what is shown in the Double Treasure Demon Fighting movie, is like a stubborn wooden thorn that pierces the hearts of each of us.
Thank you for making a classic movie that allowed me and my friends to enjoy such a wonderful two hours.
Again, I'm sorry, can you accept our apology? ”
Peng Yichen was slightly stunned, he thought that people like Sean Penn and the New York School would eventually admit that their movies were good because of their dedication and love for movies.
But he didn't expect Sean Penn to be such a person who picked up and put down.
I didn't expect that with Sean Penn's qualifications and influence in the film industry of the Star Flag Country, he would be able to apologize to himself so happily and directly.
This is almost an incredible thing for Chinese people who regard their face as bigger than the sky.
Even in the eyes of the Star Banner people, such as Denzel next to Peng Yichen, he was also moved by Sean Penn's generosity and infinite dedication to movies.
Peng Yichen raised a hand very seriously, shook it solemnly with Sean Pan, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I accept your apology, Mr. Pan." You certainly have the right to have your say. But I'm also going to defend the honor of my films. ”
"I understand that we are all people who have a huge love for movies. Of course, I still insist that the shocking black gold is a very ugly movie. This will not change my opinion just because of the classics of Double Treasure Fighting Demons. ”
"Hahahaha, that movie is more suitable for Chinese people to watch, and I didn't consider the cognition and aesthetics of Western audiences at that time. You know, there are some kinds of art that can only be seen in certain circumstances. Peng Yichen was not angry at Sean Penn's stubborn disparagement of shocking black gold, but he admired Sean Penn's insistence on his artistic judgment and evaluation.
The two of them began to chat, but after two or three sentences, they turned out to be like old friends for many years, quite a posture of meeting and sympathizing with each other.
In the theater, those who have not left the theater see two filmmakers who were originally full of contradictions, but because of a classic movie, they completely reconciled.
This can be passed on as a good story in the world film industry in the future, and everyone can't help but applaud these two real filmmakers.
This is the magic of the movie, and it can even turn hostilities into friendships, turning strange enemies into close friends.
Subsequently, the gray-haired old New York filmmakers brought by Pan also walked to Peng Yichen's side in turn and hugged him gently
and he exchanged knowledge and understanding of films.
Among them was a tall and chubby black man whom Peng Yichen did not know, and he was the only black man that Sean Penn brought with him today.
He looked at Peng Yichen's eyes, full of appreciation and friendliness, and Peng Yichen also hugged him.
The black man smiled at Peng Yichen and said:
"Mr. Peng, your film is pleasing to the eye, especially the satire on racism and identity bias. It's a classic black humor movie I haven't seen in years. It's just that in the movie, there may be a little more gore and violence, and it would be better if the relevant scenes could be changed to a blank space. ”
Peng Yichen smiled thoughtfully: "You are right, sir. But a film often also needs to be partially compromised commercially. After a few years, I have the right to create freely, and I may be able to contribute a film to you, which comes entirely from my own artistic aesthetics. ”
"Then you have to work harder, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the day I watched your movie......" The black man squinted and laughed, as if he had seen his life and death less than a classic movie.
"Don't worry, I'll let you see that movie. Peng Yichen replied with a smile.
"It would be an honor. The black man laughed, turned around and left the theater.
Didn't even wait for Sean Penn and the other New York-school filmmakers.
Few people noticed this black man, and in the film and television circle of the Star Flag Country, most black people did not have too many people willing to pay attention.
Sean Penn saw the black man walking away, so he walked up to Peng Yichen and whispered, "He's Steve McQueen, have you seen his movie?"
"It's him, and I love his movies so much. It's a pity that I don't know him personally. Peng Yichen was shocked to realize that this black man turned out to be the director who won the Oscar for Best Picture in his previous life for 13 years and 12 years as a slave.
"It's true that his films are very good. Looking at the back of the black man slowly leaving, Sean Penn whispered to Peng Yichen and smiled: "By the way, my performance in front of the media during this time is quite exciting." ”
"Everything else is great, but the look on your face when you shook my hand just after the movie was a little too pompous. The emotional shift is too great to be real. Peng Yichen laughed quietly.
"No...... That's not a show. Sean shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "I was really blown away by your acting skills and movies. I really didn't expect that it only took 7 or 8 years for you to return to Huaxia, and you have progressed to this level today, which is far beyond my imagination.
You must know that when you first joined the Red Hat Stage Troupe, your acting skills were still so lame and exaggerated. ”
When Peng Yichen was in middle school, he spent a long time in various stage troupes in New York, playing all kinds of bizarre roles.
He and a group of New York actors such as Sean Penn met at that time.
After returning to Huaxia to go to college, there was not much contact between them.
Later, Peng Yichen ran into walls everywhere at the Wuzhou Film Academy, which was also related to his exaggerated performance in the style of the Star Flag Country stage drama.
If the current Peng Yichen hadn't crossed over, maybe this young man would never have been able to become a top actor in his life, he didn't have that kind of talent.
But now Peng Yichen's acting skills are improving day by day relying on his decades of acting experience in his previous life and the help of the plug-in of the plot world of this life.
Of course, it is beyond the imagination of Sean Penn, who has seen Peng Yichen's clumsy acting skills.
"You know, when you called me earlier, I thought you just wanted me to help you promote the movie. I thought, it's a good thing that our little brother can break into Hollywood now.
So, I'll promise you right away.
But it wasn't until the end of the movie that I realized that it was possible for you to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, not a fantasy. Although I haven't watched that beautiful life, judging by the quality of the Double Treasure Fighting Demon. Your film should have a good chance of winning awards......" Sean Penn said with emotion.
"Why are you so confident in me?" asked Peng Yichen with a smile.
"The black director you just had a nice chat with, but Steve McQueen, do you understand?" Sean Penn looked at Peng Yichen with a mysterious smile.
"Yes, I know him, and I've seen his movies, and then?" asked Peng Yichen, puzzled.
New York sent so many people, and in the years he spent in New York, he only met a few famous actors. Most of the directors in it are not too familiar.
Sean Pan saw that Peng Yichen didn't understand what he meant, so he couldn't help whispering the doorway inside to Peng Yichen.
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