Shinji Higuchi, a 50-year-old animator who is known for his superb visual performance at Ni Bang, was asked by the producers to direct the film, clearly because of his talent for shooting special effects blockbusters.

And a live-action movie like "Attack on Titan" must require a lot of computer special effects shots, which is what this director is good at.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Jun Watanabe met the director in a studio in the 1-chome Toho company building in Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

At the time, the director's expression stinks.

It's completely different from the attitude of seeing Nengnian Reina.

What Juni Watanabe didn't know was that because of Burning's involvement, as well as the investment of Watanabe Office, a property owned by the Watanabe family, and the joining of Reina Nengnian, the producer Toho reached a compromise with the director in various aspects.

Shooting special effects blockbusters, of course, the more money the better, the more money burned, the better the effect produced, which is already a consensus in the industry.

If Nengnian Rena can't star, she will be replaced by mixed-race actress Kiko Mizuhara, which is the second best thing for the director.

The abundance of production costs and the return of Nengnian became an opportunity for the director to change.

For this reason, he discussed with screenwriter Yusuke to revise the script, and set Alan and Captain Levi as the two male leads, so that Watanabe Jun naturally became the actor of the male protagonist Allen.

"Let's try to put on a show first. The director took a sip of tea, and his very stern expression made Jun Watanabe involuntarily a little nervous.

Students who bring capital into the group, and are not graduates of film and television majors, are newcomers with no experience at all, and it is natural that they are not welcomed.

Jun Watanabe's mentality is very peaceful, because the agent Takanomiya has already told him that his role is a certainty, so now this audition is actually not very meaningful.

No matter how bad his acting skills are, the crew has to use him.

It is estimated that the director has no bottom in his heart, after all, he has no film and television works before, so he wants to do some understanding and adjust his strategy before the start of filming.

For an experienced director, the crew has never seen any messy actors, and it is also one of their daily tasks to train a group performance that doesn't make sense.

"It's great that Nengnian-san can come, Mikasa's role is none other than you, when I heard that you had an accident before, I was really worried!"

Director Higuchi wears a pair of titanium glasses, a beard, single eyelids, and a slightly hooked nose, and he doesn't look like a good talker, but his attitude towards Nengnian is so gentle that he treats her like his own daughter.

On the other hand, Jun Watanabe was stunned and left out in the cold, if it weren't for Gao Gong accompanying him, it would be really embarrassing.

The director handed over a script and said casually, "Let's perform the part marked by the red line." ”

Jun Watanabe looked at it, and it was about 300 words in a plot.

After the city was broken, the giants frantically poured in, they had the same faces as humans, their eyes glazed over, their expressions cruel, the humans became wanton twisted toys in their hands, the stumps and severed arms mixed with the blood of the internal organs splashed everywhere, and the inhabitants of the outer city rushed inward in fear......

......

All in all, it is the expression and psychological state of the male protagonist Allen at that time when he saw the giant suddenly appear in front of him and chew humans like snacks.

There is only one line——— the giant is coming, run!"

"Okay, master point the camera, you come to perform a part, let's start!"

Director Higuchi, Reina Noen, and Takanomiya sat in chairs, while Junnori Watanabe stood in front of the camera lens to start his performance.

He began to brew emotions, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, ok, and started.

His expression became serious and serious, he suddenly raised his head, his pupils began to constrict, as if he had seen some huge incredible monster, his body took a few steps back, almost fell, his face showed a panicked expression, and then suddenly roared———The giant is coming, run!"

Hissing exhausted.

......

After watching this performance, the three of them reacted very differently.

The agent Gao Gong clapped his hands with a relieved smile on his face.

Director Higuchi's expression was grim, as if he had encountered a great test, like a student facing a difficult math problem.

Nengnian Lingna stroked her forehead with her hand and couldn't bear to look at it directly.

"Ahem———" The director coughed and got up from his seat, not knowing what to say. Although I have learned about his background before, I know that he is a newcomer without any experience in drama, but before launching a newcomer, don't all the firms let them undergo a period of acting training? At least they can only make their debut if they meet the standard?

Besides, this person brought money into the group, and burning also used his influence in the circle to help this teenager win the role, which is the male protagonist, and it looks like he should be a newcomer strongly promoted by the firm, how can it ......

He didn't know what to say, and all his previous expectations were nullified.

The sentence that I am most afraid of the sudden silence of the air perfectly interprets the stunned expression of Director Higuchi at this time.

Obviously a hysterical sentence of "The giant is coming, run", he was forced to perform as "The rainstorm is coming, quickly collect the clothes!"

He said something was wrong?

"Have you ever studied acting?"

I'm not afraid that you're rotten, but I've never seen you rotten like this, broken jars, and there's no hope anyway, in this state of mind, Director Higuchi has become calm.

"I've learned, my teacher is this ———" Watanabe Jun gestured to Reina Nengnian, and his face was also honored.

Although he knew that he didn't act well, he didn't realize how bad his acting skills were.

"Nengnian Sang, is that so?" Higuchi was a little curious, although Nengnian Reina's acting skills are not outstanding, but they are very fresh and natural, with their own pure temperament.

But she didn't expect the students she brought out to ......

Nengnian Lingna poked her head out from behind the high palace and said a little weakly: "I only taught him for two days, if it continues, there should be a lot of room for improvement." ”

"Two days?" Hearing this information, Director Higuchi breathed a sigh of relief.

If you measure Watanabe's acting skills by the extent of two days, it is actually remarkable.

No stage fright, serious and committed attitude, concentration, these are all good, and ——— he thought about it, walked over and played the part played by Jun Watanabe on the computer notebook and watched it, there was an unusual comedic effect and dramatic tension, and the newcomer's face looked very photogenic in the video, the kind of face that could be found at a glance if he was mixed in hundreds of group performances.

Movie face.

This movie is commonly known as the so-called special effects blockbuster, and the acting skills of the characters are actually not very important, Higuchi pauses the video, and finally looks at Jun Watanabe's face several times and finally comes to a conclusion.

Jun Watanabe, who was already very handsome, was filmed as a short film, and he in the video became even more handsome.

Director Shinji Higuchi has found a way to shoot Jun Watanabe.

That is to use the camera to magnify his handsomeness without limit, in order to cover up his weakness in acting skills.