Chapter 998: Casting Issues
Zhang Ran laughed when he heard this: "What are you kidding." I'm old, and I'm not suitable to play a young man like Zhuang Yu at all, otherwise people will say that my old cucumber is painted green and pretending to be tender!"
Wu Erqi said seriously: "I am five years older than you, I didn't say how old I am, and Zhuang Yu and Lin Yun are not young, both of them have doctorates, according to the normal age, doctoral graduation is almost 26 years old; Both of them should be over 30 years old, and you are playing the right role! The actor is too young to fit the personality!"
Ulti paused, and said with a hippie smile: ""Full-Band Blocking Interference" is a Chinese-language film, and Chinese-language films are difficult to sell in the European and American markets, and such a high cost requires big stars to support the scene. Although you are not a star, you have a lot of supporters in Europe and the United States, and you will play Zhuang Yu, which will greatly improve the box office. As a sequel, "Full-Band Blocking Interference" will definitely be compared to "Future Apocalypse", as long as it is not done well, it will be magnified. Therefore, I hope to do my best to make this drama a good one, whether it is acting or shooting. You are the most suitable candidate for Zhuang Yu, and you don't want your students to be scolded by thousands of people and ruin their future!"
Zhang Ran couldn't help but say: "I kindly let you come to shoot "Full Band Blocking Interference", you still rely on me!"
Zhang Jingchu also smiled: "This is the student you taught, you have your demeanor!"
Zhang Ran glared at Zhang Jingchu, looked at Wu Erji, and asked, "What about Chang Jirong, have you tried it?"
Wu Erqi nodded and said: "I tried, he does have something in his eyes, but his image and temperament are far from Zhuang Yu." Zhuang Yu is an astronomer, a doctor, and is more elegant, and he must have the feeling of being poetic and bookish. Chang Jirong's family is from a Peking Opera family, and he is from a bronze hammer face, and he has the feeling of being a martial artist, and his temperament is completely different, or you are more suitable!"
Zhang Jingchu also read the script of "Full Band Blocking Interference", and felt that it was really suitable for Zhuang Yu to be played by Zhang Ran, so she persuaded: "This scene is very good, and the role is suitable, why postpone it, I think you can play it!"
Zhang Ran explained: "It's no problem to act, the main thing is that I plan to start Zhang Chunru's film at the end of next year, and the conditions for that play are relatively mature in all aspects." If you're not pregnant, it will probably be filmed early next year, and it will be released on the tenth anniversary of Zhang Chunru's death. ”
Wu Eryi didn't remember who Zhang Chunru was for a while, and Liu Cixin asked, "Is it Zhang Chunru who wrote about the Nanjing Massacre?"
Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Yes, when Zhang Chunru died, I happened to be in the United States and attended her funeral. I spoke to her mother, Ms. Zhang Yingying, and she told me that Zhang Chunru's greatest wish was to make "The Nanjing Massacre" a world-class film. At that time, I said to myself that I would put her story into a movie in the future. It's just that this subject matter is too serious to tolerate a little sloppiness, and I haven't been sure enough to shoot it well. Now I'm ready and confident to do this well. ”
Liu Cixin nodded and said: "It should indeed be filmed, some people and some things should not be forgotten!"
Urti asked, "Will this drama start filming at the end of next year?"
Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "Although the movie is a biopic, there is a lot of preparation, and the requirements for the actors are also high, and it takes a lot of time to prepare, and it is expected to start at the end of the next year." ”
Urti breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was turned on at the end of the year: "Filming "Full Band Blocking Interference" will not delay you too much. As soon as the movie starts, we will focus on filming your drama, and your drama is originally a literary drama, which is not very difficult, and it will not take too much time, at most it can be completed in a month!"
Zhang Ran thought for a while and said, "That's okay, then I'll play Zhuang Yu!"
Seeing Zhang Ran nodding, Wu Erqi smiled, and then looked at Zhang Jingchu: "Master, Teacher Zhang has played Zhuang Yu, there is no more suitable role for Lin Yun than you!"
Zhang Jingchu smiled and shook her head: "If Zhang Ran wants to act, then I definitely can't act, and I must leave one person at home to take care of the children." If the parents are not there, how pitiful the baby is, definitely not!"
Wu Erqi felt the same, so he didn't persuade again: "If I take away the little junior brother or the little junior sister's parents, he will definitely be angry with me." Actress, then look for it again, you should be able to find the right person!"
Zhang Ran glanced at the "Zhijiang Daily" on the coffee table, and the headline of the entertainment edition read, "The drama "Donkey Gets Water" landed in Lin'an, and word of mouth and box office flew together", and said: "I have a suitable candidate for the role of Lin Yun!"
Ulti immediately asked, "Who?"
Zhang Ran looked at the newspaper and said: "You definitely don't know, she is not from the film and television industry, she is from the drama industry, basically she has never acted in film and television dramas, they have a performance today at night, I will take you to meet her." ”
Urti nodded, "Okay!"
The performance time of the drama "Donkey Gets Water" is half past 7 in the evening, and many audiences arrive an hour in advance, and the hall of the Lin'an Grand Theater is very lively. Zhang Ran, Wu Erqi and Liu Cixin arrived at 7:25, so it can be said that they arrived in time. There is no way, Zhang Ran can't watch the drama too early, otherwise after being recognized by the audience, the entire theater will be blocked, affecting the audience's entry.
Zhang Ran: Soon after they walked into the box of the theater, the performance began.
There are three major commercial troupes in Beiping City, Meng Jinghui Studio, Happy Twist, and the Dream Troupe run by Zhang Ran's students. Meng Jinghui's studio's dramas are more avant-garde, Happy Twist's dramas are more comedy, and Dream Theatre's dramas are known for their satire and black humor. "Donkey Gets Water" is a drama launched by the Dream Theatre Troupe last year, which caused a sensation in Beiping after the performance, setting off a drama boom, and there was a scene where it was difficult to find a ticket, and was praised by the audience as the Thai embarrassment in the drama circle.
At the beginning of the play, the four teachers of Sanmin Primary School sat together, and you discussed the use of the salaries of the teachers of "Donkey Gets Water" word by word. The actors handed over and threw over the funny baggage, causing the audience to laugh constantly.
As the plot progresses, the original story gradually unfolds: it turns out that the "donkey gets water" teacher is just a fake identity, in this poor and water-scarce village, the teachers set up a primary school with the ideal of education to change the backwardness and ignorance of the countryside. In the case of making ends meet and without financial support, a donkey pulling water in the school was declared by the principal as an English teacher and received a salary to solve the school's financial embarrassment. One day, officials from the education department came to inspect the school, and in desperation, they decided to let a blacksmith pretend to be a "donkey to get water". Unexpectedly, although he hid it from his superiors, his superiors admired this "donkey" teacher quite much and decided to promote him. The development of the incident is more and more beyond the expectations of the principal and the teachers, between lying and liing, hypocrisy and truth, the contradictions between the teacher and the villagers, the superiors and the school, and so on......
After watching it for a while, Wu Erqi looked at Zhang Yiman, who slapped himself wildly on the stage, and asked, "Teacher Zhang, the actress you are talking about is the one who plays Zhang Yiman, and she is also your student?"
Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "No, I originally wanted to accept her as an apprentice, but I didn't accept her for various reasons." After she entered the Dream Troupe, she learned from Zhang Zichen and them, and then practiced it herself!"
Wu Erqi was a little surprised when he heard this, this actor's timbre, sound quality, pronunciation, and breath use are extremely high, and there is no microphone, it is definitely the top level in China, I didn't expect it to be practiced by myself, I couldn't help but say: "I can practice to this extent, this actor is not simple!"
Zhang Ran looked at the girl on the stage and nodded slightly: "Yes, because of this, I think she is suitable to play Lin Yun." ”
Wu Erqi nodded, and said: "Her temperament is relatively cold, and she is indeed more suitable for acting in the clouds, but her performance is more outward, and drama actors are prone to use too much force in movies, and the movie uses 6K shooting, the picture is very clear, and the slightest change in expression can be captured." If the performance is a little harder, it will appear too the big screen! Can she take back her outward performance?"
Zhang Ran said: "Drama actors are indeed prone to the problem of overexerting force in movies, but excellent actors have strong control, as long as they find the degree of performance, they will soon be able to adjust it." She's very controlling, and that's not a problem. ”
Zhang Ran is an expert in acting, and since he said that there is no problem, then there must be no problem. Urti said: "Then I'll rest assured!"
In the 120-minute performance, the story has no foreshadowing, the narrative is clean and neat, and the plot transition is not muddy, and it is spicy. In the first half, many viewers simply laughed, and in the second half, watching the ideals and beliefs of the people in the play become distorted in the face of reality, the audience had a heavy and heart-wrenching feeling, with sighs, tears and contemplation.
At the end of the 120-minute performance, the actors took the stage for a curtain call, and all the audience stood up, applauding and cheering. When Zhang Yiman's actors came on stage, the applause of the whole scene was even louder as if a tsunami had occurred.
When the audience left, Zhang Ran and his party walked out of the box and walked to the backstage. There are a lot of flowers in the backstage, including flower baskets from the organizers and bouquets from ordinary visitors, with congratulatory cards from the flower givers. There are also a few audience members waiting with flowers, it seems that they are theater fans, ready to deliver the flowers to the actors in person.
At the entrance, two young men tried to break into the backstage but were stopped by the staff. One of them yelled at the staff: "I don't want to do it, you dare to stop me, do you know who I am?"
Zhang Ran frowned when he heard this, looking at this posture, it should be that the rich second generation fell in love with the actors of the crew and chased him to the backstage of the theater. This kind of thing is very common, and when Nortel reports on the performance every year, it will know by looking at the flower baskets and luxury cars at the entrance of the theater. It's just that it's rare to run backstage and make a lot of noise! He frowned and said, "What's the matter? Noisy and blocked at the door, like something! This is the backstage of the theater, not the vegetable market!"
When the young man heard Zhang Ran say this, he knew that he was talking about himself, his face sank at that time, he turned around, pointed at Zhang Ran and scolded: "Wocao, your mother! What the fuck are you, Lao Tzu's business is not your turn to come BB!"
When Wu Erqi heard that the other party dared to scold his teacher, he suddenly became a little angry: "What the are you talking about!"
The young man took two steps forward, and looking at the posture, he wanted to pull out his fist and beat Urti. However, he noticed that Zhang Ran and there were many of them, and there were two strong men who looked like bodyguards, so he held back. He refused to admit it: "I said what's wrong with you, it's not your turn to come to BB!"
Zhang Ran patted Wu Erqi on the shoulder, signaled him not to make noise, looked at the young man next to the scolder, and said coldly: "You are also a big person, can you be more mature and make less trouble for your father." He's dozens of years old, in order to wipe your ass, he came to the scene to compensate people, don't you think it's good-looking?"