In the new version of "Source Code", in terms of the male lead, Wu Xiang naturally still uses Jake Gyllenhaal, and in terms of the heroine, he confirmed Amanda Seyfried, one of the future Hollywood Four Little Flowers.

Now Amanda is not very famous, she just has a good performance in "Mean Girl", and the next few dramas, "Nine Lives", "Leading Dog", etc., are all very small roles, and in terms of TV, they are basically cameos, which also gives Wu Xiang the opportunity to 'dig' her.

In fact, there are many stories about the reason why Amanda was found.

The role of Goodwin in the new version of "Source Code" naturally still needs Vera Farmiga to play, and her performance in the original version left a deep impression on Wu Xiang, so he told Sam Mendes early on that this role was going to find this woman.

As the casting director of this film, that is, the assistant director, Sam Mendes was quite strange at first, but after trying the play, he sighed that Wu Xiang had a vision, and he was more serious about his own work, because he suddenly found that Wu Xiang was a director who knew Hollywood very well, and basically couldn't fool Wu Xiang.

That's right, Wu Xiang is reborn, so he naturally knows a lot about Hollywood.

In terms of casting, the real problem is the heroine, the original version of the heroine is Michelle Monaghan, but this woman is more difficult to deal with now.

It should be said that the price is too high.

Michelle Monaghan, in general, she has not become a very well-known actress. But now this time period is not good, it is 06 years, and Michelle has just starred in "Mission Impossible 3". and also made a cameo appearance in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and his previous works also included "Detective Hell", and the year before last, he also acted in "Northern Vice", which is all blockbusters and big productions, so after Sam Mendes found her. That's a lot of money.

If it was 2010, Michelle would never have offered such a high price, but now. People have this capital.

Given that the cost is too high, Wu Xiang has to find another actress. I have to say that Wu Xiang is really good at saving costs, a fat man surnamed Luo once said. People who will save costs. to be the boss. In other words, the capitalists are all iron roosters......

Sam Mendes proposed a good choice, and that is the actress of "Titanic", Kate Winslet!

This British actress, that is really not small, and there is nothing to say about people's acting skills, plus, this time starring in "Source Code" can be said to be a friendship price. Oh, no. It's not a friendship price, it's an internal price.

Why do you say that? It's because Kate Winslet, she's actually Sam Mendes' wife now!

Everyone is their own people, and the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.

This is a very good proposition, however, there are two points that make this proposal bankrupt.

First, Jack and Kate tried two plays, and neither of them felt it.

Jack was born in 80, Kate was born in 75, besides, the heroine is still the wife of the assistant director, which seems to be a bit difficult to feel.

Second, Kate Winslet just gave birth to a baby for that Sam guy, and then the child's father let the child come out to work, which is too irresponsible, right?

Sam explained, and they said, 'We don't have maternity leave here.'" ’

The habits of the East and the West are different, and the confinement culture is also different. But Wu Xiang has to talk about human rights, forget it, let's find someone else, find a young and beautiful one.

In fact, there is no way, Gyllenhaal at this time is really a young handsome guy, you find him a married, that person feels weird.

So, assistant director Sam Mendes began his work, sending out an invitation to audition and waiting for the actress to arrive.

Naturally, the appeal of the Oscar for Best Director is still very large, and soon many actresses came to audition, including Amanda Seyfried.

Wu Xiang took a fancy to her at a glance, of course, the key is that the actress's current offer is still very low, very low.

Well, as far as Seyfried's own audition experience is concerned, no director has ever asked what she thinks of her salary, and she casually said a number, perhaps, this is the characteristic of the Oscar for Best Director.

If Seyfried thought so, Sam would have kicked Wu Xiang's ass hard, because it was all his idea.

It's really suitable to be the boss, but the last thing is to come to the East to film, which makes Seyfried a little hesitant, and Wu Xiang dispelled her doubts.

Wu Xiang personally made a transatlantic phone call to Seyfried, and on the phone, the two of them talked about it like this.

"I'm Wu Xiang, and I hope you can play this role. "Wu Xiang is straight to the point.

"Yes, but can't it be done in Hollywood?" said Seyfried.

"This, I can't help it. Wu Xiang directly refused.

"Then I want to ask...... Seyfried actually wants this role, she has no other good choice, "can you guarantee my personal safety?" if you can, you can rest assured, even if you need me to go to CHUANG with you, it's no problem, and I don't think that your thing is relatively small, believe me, I don't have any discrimination about this." ”

"UP, ON CHUANG? THAT THING, SMALL?" WU XIANG REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT THE OTHER PARTY TO BE SO OPEN, HE WAS REALLY TAKEN ABACK. "Well, at least I don't need it. ”

"Oh, are you a G-AY?" Seyfried's tone was very calm, very calm, as if it wasn't a big deal at all.

"......" Wu Xiang was silent for a long time, he was about to collapse at this time, we don't understand the world of Hollywood.

After the last, Wu Xiang finally thought that this transoceanic phone was very expensive, so. He had no choice but to say, "Miss Seyfried, I'm just a director, and I'm not going to ask you to follow me to CHUANG." Please trust me. Also, I'm not a G-AY, I don't like daisies, and that thing of mine, the size is enough, you can rest assured. Is that enough? Can you come and act now?"

"Oh, you really don't have to go to Chuang, that's great!" added Seyfried at the end. "I've never seen a director like you, and of course, you have to trust me. I'm not something that any kind of director can accept. To be honest, if it's you, you can ...... it."

After this phone call. Wu Xiang's face was covered with sweat. It seems that it is really understandable that my subordinates couldn't get along with those Hollywood professionals before, and the gap between everyone's world is too big, and we really don't have people so open.

In fact, Wu Xiang is prepared for what Hollywood is. But there are some things that can only be touched in person. You can see how crazy it is.

The heroine is Amanda, which allowed Wu Xiang to save costs again, but Wu Xiang didn't realize at that time that this cost-saving work habit would bring him huge troubles later......

Anyway, "Source Code" is now starting filming, and according to Wu Xiang's vision, Gyllenhaal and Seyfried are both mature in terms of makeup, fortunately, white people sometimes look older, even if Seyfried is very young and beautiful now.

Gyllenhaal saw that there was a beautiful chick in front of him, this guy was in a good mood, and he naturally didn't say anything when he started filming, relaxed.

And Seyfried found that the crew was much cleaner than he had imagined, and, although she was in a foreign land, she was not alone, there were many of her fellow villagers in the crew, so that they would not be lonely, and the crew itself was also very professional, no different from the ones she was exposed to when she was in Hollywood. The acting is also very natural and quite in place.

To be honest, in terms of the source code of this movie, it's really hard to say who the heroine is, Goodwin's role is also very heavy, Farmiga's performance is still quite good, and her understanding of Goodwin is also in place.

In this way, there is no problem with the male protagonist and the heroine, then there is nothing to say about this scene, and the filming will naturally go smoothly.

In the entire crew, the main actors are directly from Hollywood, but among the passengers in the carriage, Wu Xiang added a few Asian faces, and these soy sauce characters are all 'returnees' in the capital, anyway, they still have a lot of habits in language, and they can still integrate into this movie.

In addition, that is, after the filming started, Wu Xiang asked that all people should speak English, this is not that Wu Xiang admires foreign flattery, but the movie itself takes place in Chicago, and it has to create a context for these guys from the United States, which is a better performance.

Basically, Wu Xiang requires everything to be Hollywood's standard, pay attention to an original taste, but there are some things, then there is no need for originality.

"Wow, this stuff is really delicious, I found that all I used to eat was garbage. Seyfried was there with a boxed lunch, feasting on it.

"I'm in love with eating now, really, I really didn't think about it before, and eating is also a kind of happiness. "Jack also thinks the lunch box is a treat.

"Well, it makes me feel like we all used to grow up eating. "Well, Donnie Pudding is more direct.

That's right, a group of old beauties tasted the boxed lunch in the capital, and they all said that this authentic Chinese food was really delicious, although it was just a boxed lunch.

Wu Xiang is rich now, and this time he is still filming in his own building, so he is more generous in terms of this box lunch and ordered it in a nearby big hotel.

Wu Xiang, this guy has changed sexuality, and he is not so iron anymore?

Of course not, the reason why Wu Xiang ordered a boxed lunch in a big hotel was not because the boxed lunches in this hotel tasted good and the price was low, but because she could issue invoices.

Invoices? That's right!

The filming time of a crew's box lunch is almost two months, so it basically costs more than 500,000 yuan, of course, if the filming time is long, then the lunch box money will increase. However, Wu Xiang has a special requirement for the hotel.

"Don't you want 500,000? Okay, I'll give you 1 million, but give me an invoice for 3 million!"

Don't doubt it, this is not talking about cross talk, Wu Xiang really said so!(To be continued......)

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