Chapter 84: Casting

"What's the matter, did Cheng Daoming agree?" On the way home, Gu Wenwu unexpectedly received a call from Wang Shicong. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Promised." Gu Wenwu said calmly.

"Really?" There was a surprise in Wang Shicong's tone that could not be concealed. Although there were speculations, when the prediction came true, I still couldn't suppress the joy in my heart. In contrast, Gu Wenwu, who had already calmed down, seemed much calmer.

"What am I lying to you for, by the way, I asked the process to be clear, and he said that he didn't have any suitable candidates for a while, so we had to get another actor to do it." Gu Wenwu said.

Deciding on the first actor does not mean that everything will be fine. Casting still has to go on as usual. Unlike "The Hangover", the core of "The Hangover" is the three male protagonists, and the other supporting roles are not so important in comparison, and more often they just play a role in driving the plot. In "The Great Detective", several main supporting roles are the key to the plot, so Gu Wenwu will not be so sloppy in the casting work this time.

Although the tentative investment of "The Great Detective" is 10 million, it has always been 20 million, and Gu Wenwu also said 20 million when he answered Cheng Daoming before, which is also a common situation in the industry. A movie with an investment of 20 million can barely be regarded as a big production, after all, movies like "Hero" and "Wu Ji" with an investment of more than 100 million yuan have only been released so far. Because the more you invest, the more you risk.

With a large investment and Gu Wenwu, the new director of the 100 million club, in charge, such a drama has been able to attract the attention of many people. To be reasonable, Gu Wenwu is now able to sit in the company and wait for the actors to come to audition.

In addition to Wanda Entertainment's own actors, some well-known performing arts companies in China have also received audition invitations from Wanda Entertainment. After listening to the news given by their agents, many actors were immediately moved.

This is a conference room of Banda Entertainment that is being used as an audition room today. Gu Wenwu is naturally one of the people in charge, and the other two are from Wanda Entertainment, and they will also be the assistant director and producer of the "Great Detective" crew. The producer's name is Wang Jie, who is an acquaintance, and he cooperated with Gu Wenwu when he was in "The Hangover". The assistant director is a new face, named Liu Xiangkai, who used to be a TV director, and now wants to transform into a movie, so he went to Gu Wenwu to mix up qualifications.

The three of them formed today's audition team, naturally, the other two are just here to be foils, and the real right to speak is still in the hands of Gu Wenwu.

Today's audition is mainly to select a few more important supporting roles, such as police chief Red, beautiful forensic doctor Lin Lin, smuggling leader Li Lian and so on. Although they are all supporting roles, people who come to audition are also eager to audition for this investment.

"How many people are here today?" The three of them walked in from the other side, Gu Wenwu glanced at the room where the auditioners were waiting, and found that there were quite a lot of people, so he asked casually.

"I don't know the exact number, there are about sixty or seventy people, but this is the first batch, and if there is no suitable candidate, there will be the next batch." Wang Jie said.

"Sixty or seventy people, that's enough to be busy." Gu Wenwu said.

As soon as the three of them sat down, the staff on the side handed over a stack of information sheets, all of which were the information of the actors who came to audition.

"Why don't we start now?" Gu Wenwu asked the opinions of the two of them, nodded to both of them, and then signaled to the staff, and the audition for "The Great Detective" officially began.

The first one to come in was an actor, and the audition was for the role of Police Chief Red. Gu Wenwu picked up his information and looked at it: Zhang Lun, a two-star actor, has starred in more than ten film and television dramas such as "The Story of Three Families", "Survival", and "Fengyun Battlefield", and is currently ranked as third-tier.

A two-star actor, and with so much experience in film and television dramas, it seems that he is an old actor. The first actor to audition had such a level, and Gu Wenwu suddenly perked up.

"Look at the script first, and be ready to say it." Gu Wenwu handed him the prepared script of Red.

The script is very short, with only one dialogue, a conversation between Red and Fu Mo, about the plot of the dispute between the two over whether the murder case is filed. This plot is one of the few plots carefully selected by Gu Wenwu that can reflect the character of Red.

Overall, Red is a bit arrogant, in his opinion, this is a suicide case, although Fu Mo's speculation is very reasonable, but he still insists on his own opinion.

"Alright." Zhang Lun put away the script, there were not many lines, and he had already memorized it for such a little time.

"Let's get started." Gu Wenwu said.

Performing without physical objects is quite a difficult kind of performance, especially now that you have to simulate a person talking to yourself. The control of tone, expression, and dialogue intervals all reflect an actor's acting skills. And Zhang Lun has done a good job of these.

"Fu Mo, this case is already very clear, according to the investigation of my subordinates, there is no condition for the murderer to commit the crime, what is it if it is not suicide?"

"I know you want to be smart, but what you're saying is just speculation, so I'm sorry."

"Alright, we're busy with work, you can go."

"Genius detective, so what?"

Four lines, four different tones, subtle changes in expression four times, eyes slightly raised, eyebrows frowned, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be raised, just in this short performance of dozens of seconds, Gu Wenwu seemed to see the proud and conceited police chief in the play appear in front of him.

"Wonderful, really wonderful." Gu Wenwu did not hesitate to applaud himself, and praised with a smile.

A two-star actor, as long as he is famous, he is a proper second-line. Zhang Lun does not lack strength, what he lacks is only opportunities. So he was willing to play a supporting role in Gu Wenwu's play, just to get an opportunity.

"Mr. Zhang, your performance is very exciting, leave your contact information, and someone will notify you when the time comes." Gu Wenwu said. His words were almost set for this role, Zhang Lun naturally knew this, a smile appeared on his face, and after thanking the three of them, he turned around and left.

"Next." The quality of the actors in the first audition was so high, which made Gu Wenwu can't help but start looking forward to the actors behind.

As soon as Zhang Lun went out, he saw his agent hurriedly coming over, and asked expectantly: "How is it, have you succeeded, tell me quickly." ”

"If nothing else, it should be stable." Zhang Lundao.

"Great, just take it." The broker was relieved.

"What's wrong with you, it's just a supporting role when you win it, there shouldn't be many scenes, I didn't see you so nervous just now." Zhang Lun said strangely.

"That was just now, not long after you went in, I got a message that the protagonist of this play has been determined, this is what you know, but do you know who is the actor who is this insider?"

"Who?"

"Cheng Daoming." The broker said word by word. Obviously, it's a bit unbelievable until now.

"What, Cheng Daoming." Zhang Lun was stunned. Thinking of the script I saw just now, I actually wanted to play against a character of Cheng Daoming's level, and the whole person began to be inexplicably excited.

At the same time, Gu Wenwu also ushered in the second actor who auditioned. Gu Wenwu saw the slightly familiar face, looked at the information again, and said with some surprise: "Your name, Jia Ling?" ”