Chapter 54: My Father and Mother
Overnight, the song "Always Go Home to See" was sung throughout the land of China, and the one who benefited the most was undoubtedly Lin Zhimo, the singer of the song.
Although the next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Zhimo still needed to work - reshoot the advertisement.
The faces of those corporate representatives have always been smiling when they reshoot, after all, they started early, and they had already signed the contract when Lin Zhimo's reputation was not fully up, and now if you want to sign the contract again, it can be said that you will definitely not be able to take Lin Zhimo without paying double the fee.
On this day, Lin Zhimo was filming an advertisement for green tea, Huo Xiwen hurriedly walked in, and then pulled Lin Zhimo over, and said with some excitement: "Zhimo, good news!" Director Zhang Yimou wants you to join his crew! ”
Lin Zhimo was blinded all of a sudden, Zhang Yimou? How did he find himself?
Zhang Yimou is known as the representative of China's fifth generation of directors, he has grown from a photographer to an excellent actor, when he was an actor, he won the Golden Rooster Film Award for Best Actor with a "Old Well", the most popular actor in the Hundred Flowers Award, and then became the first actor in China to win the Best Actor at the A-level International Film Festival - Best Actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival!
However, he resolutely transformed into a director at the peak of his career as an actor, and in the eyes of the public's suspicion, he won China's first international film festival director award - the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival with a "Red Sorghum".
"Now Zhang Yimou, an internationally famous director, actually wants to ask me to film?" Lin Zhimo only felt as if he was floating in the clouds.
After a long time, Lin Zhimo took a deep breath and asked, "Sister Wen, what's the specific situation?" ”
It turned out that Zhang Yimou had been filming a movie about love, family, and family since a few years ago, but he was unable to make the trip due to various reasons, and it was not until last year that he finally started filming after a long period of preparation.
However, one of the actors who had already joined during the filming could no longer participate due to physical reasons, and his original filming scene had to be deleted, so the crew began to look for a replacement.
Originally, Zhang Yimou didn't notice Lin Zhimo, but while a song in the Spring Festival Gala brought Lin Zhimo great popularity, it also made Lao Mouzi notice this young actor, so he contacted Huo Xiwen at this time.
When Lin Zhimo heard Huo Xiwen's explanation of the film, he realized that this is not a simple commercial film, or more precisely, an art film, and what art film means, it means awards!
The reason why there are so many actors, especially those who are not yet famous, has been happy to shoot all kinds of literary movies, is because literary films can bring them awards, and as long as they have an award, then when they take over the drama in the future, it means that they have the capital to bargain, and winning awards will also bring them huge popularity.
Lin Zhimo's current popularity is not huge, but Lin Zhimo does not have any awards, whether it is music, TV series or movies, Lin Zhimo does not have any awards in hand except for fame.
Now Zhang Yimou's invitation can be said to be a relief for Lin Zhimo, so Lin Zhimo did not hesitate at all, and said directly: "Sister Wen, take it, and put my other work on hold for the time being." ”
Huo Xiwen was a little hesitant when he heard this, and said: "Zhimo, if you push it now, it can be said that you are putting all the treasure on this play, if you succeed, it's nothing, if you fail......"
Lin Zhimo figured it out and said: "Sister Wen, no matter how popular I am now, it is nothing compared to Lao Mouzi, as long as I can associate my name with his name, no matter whether this film can win awards or not, it will not hurt me!" ”
Another reason why Huo Xiwen hesitated is that although the name of this play is "My Father and Mother", the "I" that Lin Zhimo wants to play is really not a major role, and even the "father" is not an important role, it is mainly about the role of "mother", so Huo Xiwen hesitated, after all, Lin Zhimo can be said to be an absolute big name in the field of TV dramas.
If Lin Zhimo wants to participate in the filming of a TV series now, he will definitely be the leading actor, and what he is invited to participate in at this time will never be a small-scale TV series, it can only be a big production by a famous director, but if he steps into the field of film, it is basically no different from starting from scratch, and he can only start from a supporting role and slowly boil up.
But Lin Zhimo thought more far-reaching, since he wanted to join a film crew when he was filming Huanzhu Gege last year, and now there is an opportunity to cooperate with Zhang Yimou, and he will not let go of it no matter what.
Working with a big director is not only a way to enhance your fame, but also a good improvement for your acting skills. And since returning to Zhu Gege, Lin Zhimo has begun to realize that his acting skills are now stuck in a bottleneck, and if he wants to improve, he must either jump out of the trap of his current "idol" and change to a role with a challenging surname; Either it's to work with experienced directors and break through from their strict requirements for themselves.
Participating in Zhang Yimou's crew is a huge opportunity in front of Lin Zhimo.
After filming this advertisement, Lin Zhimo went north to Fengning grassland again. Why do you say it again, because Lin Zhimo has been to Fengning several times in the past few years. I have to say that the natural scenery of Fengning is really beautiful, and even Zhang Yimou, an international director, has chosen this place as a filming location.
After entering the crew, Lin Zhimo first found Zhang Yimou.
Now Zhang Yimou is about to be fifty years old, his face is wrinkled, and his temples are a little gray, but his eyes are still bright, as if they can see through your heart when you are stared at by him.
Zhang Yimou has been staring at Lin Zhimo with his compelling gaze since Lin Zhimo came in, and Lin Zhimo didn't care, knowing that this could be regarded as a kind of investigation of Zhang Yimou himself.
After a while, Zhang Yimou showed a smile on his face and said, "Yes, the image is okay, but the eyes are too bright." ”
Lin Zhimo was stunned when he heard this, he just got the script and didn't have time to read it carefully, so he didn't know what Zhang Yimou's specific requirements for the role he was going to play, so he had to say curtly: "Director Zhang, I haven't read the script carefully......"
Zhang Yimou waved his hand, interrupted Lin Zhimo's words, and said, "It's okay, there are still a few days before the snow, and you still have time to think about it carefully." ”
Lin Zhimo really doesn't know if he has time to do with the snow, could it be that his scenes are all snowy days?
After waiting for Zhang Yimou's tent, Lin Zhimo came to the small tent assigned to him to have the opportunity to analyze the script in his hand.
The play "My Father and Mother" mainly describes the "birth of a son" starring Lin Zhimo, who went home to do a funeral for his father because of his father's death, and then unfolded a memory of his father's and mother's love.
After carefully analyzing the script, Lin Zhimo was a little frustrated and found that his play seemed to be a little "wrong", not that Lin Zhimo's role was not heavy, on the contrary, judging from Lin Zhimo's role alone, he can be regarded as a real actor, but from the context of the whole movie, Lin Zhimo's role of "giving birth to a child" seems to be somewhat dispensable.
With questions, Lin Zhimo found Zhang Yimou: "Director Zhang, ...... you Can you tell me about your requirements for the role of having a child? ”
Zhang Yimou glanced at Lin Zhimo with interest and said, "What, do you think there is a gap between the characters in the play and what you imagined?" ”
Lin Zhimo nodded calmly and admitted: "Yes, to be honest, I didn't expect that my character belonged to this kind of surname at all, and it seemed dispensable, just like other actors with their true colors." ”
The so-called true character actor refers to an actor with the same professional surname as in reality, such as Zhang Yimou's last film "No One is Missing" is such a movie, in which the main actors are all played by real people.
Zhang Yimou didn't expect Lin Zhimo to admit his thoughts so frankly, and his original impression of Lin Zhimo changed, and asked, "Then tell me what you think of this role first?" ”
Lin Zhimo thought for a while and said, "Shengzi is an ordinary person, an unpretentious ordinary person. ”
Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but glance at Lin Zhimo again, but he didn't expect Lin Zhimo to have touched his requirements for the role after so many hours of speculation: "You are right, the actor before you said this to him, if after you finish this play, someone on the street asks you for an autograph, it proves that you have failed." ”
Lin Zhimo was silent for a while, nodded and said, "I understand." ”
ps: Hachi doesn't want to make excuses, Kavin is Kavin...... Originally, I heard people talk about Kavin Kavin or something, but I didn't expect that I would have such a day...... But don't worry, there will be a change later. Finally, for the sake of Xiaoba Kawen who is still working hard to code words, I will use recommendations and collections to encourage me!
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