Chapter 3 Auditions

The actors who came to audition were mainly mainland actors, and they basically knew Huang Xiaoming, and when they saw him bring a handsome guy, they were very curious and talked in a whisper.

It's 2003, and the creature of rotten girls is still relatively rare, and no one will think about it, but guess that Cheng Peng is Huang Xiaoming's friend and wants to go through the back door.

Cheng Peng was a little uncomfortable being looked at by everyone, I'll go, what kind of eyes do you have, I'm a powerful faction, and I rely on my acting skills! He looked up and said to Huang Xiaoming: "Xiaoming, you go and do your job, don't worry about me, I have participated in countless auditions, and I am already an old fritter!" ”

Huang Xiaoming also felt that it was inappropriate for him to stay here all the time, so he patted Cheng Peng on the shoulder and said, "I won't accompany you, call me after the audition, and I'll invite you to dinner." ”

"I'm waiting for your words, I have to slaughter you today!" Cheng Peng nodded with a smile.

Not long after Huang Xiaoming left, the girl who received the materials stood at the door and shouted: "No. 66, Wu Jialong, please come in, No. 67 Chen Haiping prepares." ”

Wu Jialong stood up, unbuttoned the buttons on his chest, revealing the strong muscles in his chest, turned his head to look at Cheng Peng, and walked in.

A few minutes later, Wu Jialong walked out of the conference room, the buttons of his shirt on his chest were unbuttoned three, and he could faintly see his strong chest muscles, sunny and surnamed, and the whole person exuded a confident atmosphere, and several little girls who came to audition were stunned.

Wu Jialong's performance just now was very good, confident that he could win the role, and glanced at Cheng Peng with a flamboyant smile, leaving a back scratching and drifting away with arrogance.

I'll go, drag what, wait for Lao Tzu to take this role, I'll be angry with you! Cheng Peng raised eighty middle fingers to Wu Jialong in his heart, but his face was light, as if he hadn't seen Wu Jialong's provocation at all.

The other interviewers couldn't help but be in awe of Cheng Peng, this person is so calm, he seems to be very confident, he must be very powerful!

After waiting for an hour and a half, it was finally Cheng Peng's turn, he strode to the front of the room, took a light breath, showed a confident smile, and pushed the door in.

The layout of the room is relatively simple, three offices, some information is messily placed on the table, and there are three men sitting in the back, the one on the right Cheng Peng knows, it is the fat Hong Jingbao; In the middle is a man with glasses in his fifties, who should be director Li Jiongkai; On the left is a thin man in his forties, I don't know who it is.

Cheng Peng knows that the director of the crew has the highest position, and it is very important to leave an impression on the director, and this kind of moment is extremely humble: "The director is good, the two seniors are good, my name is Cheng Peng, I am a professional actor, I have participated in more than 30 films and TV series, and have played some important roles in them. ”

Li Jiongkai nodded, handed the information in his hand to Hong Jingbao next to him, raised his head to look at Cheng Peng, and said, "You turn half a circle to the left." ”

Cheng Peng knows that there are two main purposes of the audition, to see whether the actor's temperament and image are suitable for the role, and to see how the actor's acting skills are. During the audition, the director will ask the actor to turn in a circle, which is to see if the actor's facial features are flawed and whether there is a problem with the body. If an actor has Liu Dehua's face, but is hunchbacked, it will definitely not work. So Cheng Peng didn't think about it, and turned left half a circle according to the director's request.

Li Jiongkai said again: "Turn half a circle to the left again." ”

Cheng Peng doesn't have too many flaws in his appearance, he is sunny and handsome, very photogenic, and has a bit of the heroic spirit of a martial arts practitioner, Li Jiongkai is more satisfied, nodded, and said: "Okay, turn back, I look at your information, do you know kung fu?" ”

Cheng Peng replied without humility or arrogance: "Yes, I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, I have been a martial arts substitute before, and I have also participated in many martial arts films. ”

Li Jiongkai was a little surprised to hear Zhao Wenzhuo's admiration for Cheng Peng's skills, nodded his head, and said, "Oh, then do you know anything about karate?" ”

Cheng Peng had met people who practiced karate in the crew before, and he had a certain understanding of this: "The predecessor of karate was the ancient Ryukyu martial art 'Ryukyu hand', and after integrating the imported Chinese martial arts, it was revered by the Ryukyuan people as 'Tang hand'; It is characterized by hands and feet and is good at using hands, its boxing and palm changes are very different and fierce, its movements are simple and practical, the pursuit of a skill to kill the effect, it has no showmanship, every move, every style is directly applied to the actual combat, with a strong practical surname. ”

Li Jiongkai didn't expect Cheng Peng to really be able to say a little famous, and he was quite satisfied: "It seems that you know a lot about karate, so let's take a look at the moves that use two karate." ”

Cheng Peng has never practiced karate, but he has seen karate moves, put on a posture, punched two punches forward, and then jumped up, rotated in the air, and his right leg drew an extremely second-per-second arc in the air, landing steadily.

This is actually a volley backspin kick, all kinds of kung fu have this trick, it is more common, but Cheng Peng's physical condition is good, he jumps high enough, stays in the air for a long time, and looks very beautiful.

Li Jiongkai and the one next to him looked stupid directly, and they couldn't speak.

Even Hong Jingbao, who was leaning back on the chair and half-closed his eyes, sat up violently, his eyes were round, staring at Cheng Peng deadly, what a handsome kung fu!

Cheng Peng saw that the kung fu he showed shocked the three interviewers, showed a faint smile, and saluted the three of them with fists, meaning that the kung fu performance is over, and it is time to take the performance!

Li Jiongkai came back to his senses, looked at Hong Jingbao and the other interviewer, and saw that both of them nodded at him, and smiled: "Next, you will perform the content according to this line!" ”

"Okay, Director!"

Cheng Peng took the script and found that there was only one line in the script: I'm not unreasonable, if you are a man, accept my challenge, if you win me, I will quit and give Laura to you!

A line, how to act to show the character's surname, how to impress the interviewer, this is definitely a technical job.

If it was in the past, Cheng Peng would definitely read the lines out loud, add two actions and two hideous expressions in the process of reading the lines, and the performance would be completed. But now Cheng Peng has absorbed Chen Shaoyu's memories and mastered the performance skills of the methodological school, knowing that he needs to analyze the characters, and after understanding the characters, he will perform.

Although there is only one line, it also contains a lot of useful information that can reflect a certain surname characteristic of the character. This line is made up of several short sentences, "I'm not unreasonable", what does this sentence mean? It shows that Zheng Fuqiang is an unreasonable person, and a reasonable person will never say that; What does the phrase "accept my challenge if you are a man"? It shows that Zheng Fuqiang is very arrogant and completely self-centered; And "if you win me, I will quit and give Laura to you" shows that Zheng Fuqiang is very capable of fighting and is very confident in his kung fu, and it also shows that this person is extremely proud and does not put other people's in his heart at all, even for the woman he likes, women are not goods, how can they be used to gamble? In general, Zheng Fuqiang's biggest characteristic is arrogance and no one in his eyes.

Zheng Fuqiang's characteristic reminded Cheng Peng of Wu Jialong just now, of course, Wu Jialong may not be so arrogant, but the arrogance is somewhat similar.

Cheng Peng has analyzed the hidden information of this line, but he still doesn't have the confidence to interpret this role truly, this information is far from enough, and he can't create a complete character image at all.

In the past, he relied on feeling and had no skills, but now he has mastered orthodox methodological acting skills by integrating Chen Shaoyu's memory; And the problem lies in the method acting. Because method performance is based on observation, experience, and imagination as the core, when an actor plays a character, he needs to get as close as possible to the character's life, concentrate on observing a large number of the person's life conditions and details, record them, and then analyze the internal basis for the person's performance of these states and details in life, make a summary and choice, and then perform the character.

That is to say, the performance of the method school is based on a thorough understanding of the characters, including the characters' behavior, thinking, logic, etc., and then begins to perform, but now Zheng Fuqiang's information is too little, and a complete image cannot be formed in Cheng Peng's heart.

This dilemma is more common for method actors, Robert De Niro said: "I just can't play a fake play, I know that the film is an illusion, maybe the first rule of an actor is to pretend, but I can't do that, I need to deal with the personal experience of a character, fat or thin." ”

Christian Bale starred in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" There is a scene of repairing a car, and the actor is lying on the front of the car to repair the car. The camera gives a panoramic view, and Bell is lying on the car to repair, the audience can't see the specific actions of his car repair, Zhang Yimou feels that Bell only needs to make the appearance of repairing the car, but Bell insists on really repairing the car. For this few seconds of footage, Bell spent half a day learning to repair the old-fashioned car from the master of the crew, and he was really repairing the car during the filming.

It may seem completely unnecessary to many, but for methodist actors, it is necessary to ensure that the performance is real, otherwise they will not be able to perform accurately.

But now that the arrow is ready to be sent, the three interviewers are still waiting for Cheng Peng, it is impossible to wait like this, knowing that there may be problems with the performance, he can only perform hard!

Cheng Peng decided to grasp the point of arrogance to interpret, give up the inner emotions of the characters, and fight! He gritted his teeth, adjusted his breathing, and said arrogantly, "I'm not unreasonable. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Peng made a short pause, his facial expression became hideous, and he stared ahead and said, "If you are a man, accept my challenge." ”

Then there was another brief pause, pointing his finger at his imaginary opponent: "If you beat me, I'll quit and give Laura to you!" ”

At the moment when the lines were finished, Cheng Peng felt that his tone was not strong enough, his head was raised slightly, his eyes were forward, showing a contemptuous expression, and a very strong tone word was added: "En!" ”

The performance was over, Cheng Peng was not very satisfied with his performance, and felt that the performance was a bit fake and more contrived. However, it is the three interviewers who evaluate the actors, and it is up to them to decide what their performance is, Cheng Peng looked at the three of them with a trace of expectation.

Hong Jingbao looked serious and didn't see the slightest reaction, while the other two interviewers nodded and shook their heads slightly.

Cheng Peng breathed a sigh of relief, because the person who nodded was the director Li Jiongkai sitting in the center, and since the director nodded, it meant that there was still a chance.

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