Chapter 174: Audition (I)
"Hey, Director Lin, didn't disturb your rest!"
When Zhou Xun called, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and Lin Yuquan was thinking about how to combine special effects to better complete the shooting.
"Of course not, it's so early, I haven't rested yet! But you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, say, what is the matter with me? Lin Yuquan smiled.
"Really, I seem to be quite powerful, but it's nothing, isn't your new film going to audition the day after tomorrow? In the afternoon, the staff called to inform me, saying, such a big thing, you didn't notify me in advance, to be honest, didn't you treat me as your own family? Zhou Xun said resentfully.
"It turns out that I came to Xingshi to ask for guilt!" Lin Yuquan smiled dumbly, he didn't expect Zhou Xun to call for this, and he also figured out why Zhou Xun made this call.
"Of course not, where do I dare to ask you, the great director Xingshi, I just feel wronged, although I haven't officially joined, but I'm still a member of the Yuquan family, but such a big thing, I didn't know until today that it's no different from outsiders, is this normal? As a family member, I don't think it's too much for me to know in advance about the works of my own company! The resentment in Zhou Xun's words could be clearly felt even through the phone, Lin Yuquan.
"It's not too much, it's not too much, okay, I admit that I was negligent, I forgot for a while that you haven't officially signed a contract yet, you don't have your own agent, in fact, after I decided to start the preparation of the film last week, I sent the situation of the film to the Yuquan family, but because you don't have an agent, I didn't get the news in advance." Lin Yuquan said with a smile, to be exact, he thought of this after inadvertently suing Wang Luodan and Jiang Yan.
"That's why! Okay, I'll forgive you this time, who let me not have my own agent, and I promised to join the Rain Spring Family in the first place! Now it is not taken seriously, and it can only be self-inflicted. Zhou Xun looked very aggrieved.
Lin Yuquan just smiled and didn't say anything, it was not a wise choice to compete with this "natural actor" recognized in the entertainment industry, not to mention, it was indeed he and Chang Jihong who were negligent.
"Big director, who are my competitors in this audition?" Lin Yuquan did not respond, and Zhou Xun did not continue to dwell on this topic, but directly asked her the main purpose of making this call.
"You have three opponents, two of them you are familiar with, Zhang Ziyi and Fan Binbin, and the other one, you will definitely not be unfamiliar, it is the heartthrob Cheng Hao." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, not to mention that Zhou Xun is her own family, anyway, she will know the audition the day after tomorrow.
Fan Binbin, hearing this name, Zhou Xun was slightly stunned, although she didn't mind, but when she encountered such a heavyweight audition competition again, the other party's attitude towards her would definitely be even colder.
Zhou Xun was silent for a while, and Lin Yuquan continued: "How is it?" Do you feel a lot of pressure, first of all, in the audition, I will not favor you because you are your own family, and if you want to win the role, it is all based on your strength, but I believe that you, a natural actor, will not let me down. ”
Lin Yuquan, who has worked with Zhou Xun, naturally knows Zhou Xun's acting strength, if she plays it, she will definitely be able to play the role of Xiao Wei well, and he also hesitated to directly set her as the starring role like Li Lianjie, but then gave up, because he was not sure whether Zhou Xun was the most suitable candidate.
Maybe this is the heart in his heart that pursues perfection, but as a director, who doesn't want their works to be perfect? George. Lucas is so, James. Cameron is like this, they each achieved their own perfect work, and the reason why many directors don't do it is not that they don't want to do it, but because they can't do it, but since they have the conditions, why don't they do it?
"Since you believe in me so much, don't worry, I won't disappoint you." Although Zhou Xun said it lightly, her eyes were extremely firm, she and Li Wan terminated the contract and joined the Yuquan family, isn't it just such an opportunity to pursue? For the role of Xiao Wei, she is inevitable.
"Hehe, that's good." Lin Yuquan chuckled, being played by Zhou Xun is of course the most ideal situation, provided that she can play better than the other three.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Xun hung up the phone, she filmed for a day and was ready to rest, while Lin Yuquan continued to think about filming
A day has passed in a flash, and today is the day of audition for "Painted Skin".
Lin Yuquan drove to the studio rented on the outskirts of the city for the audition of "Painted Skin" early in the morning, and a group of relevant staff of Shuguang Film Company, such as administration, makeup artists, costume artists, etc., came earlier than him, and were making preparations for the final stage before the audition.
"Boss, morning!" Seeing Lin Yuquan get out of the car, He Liwen and the two assistant directors in charge of casting hurriedly walked over to him.
"Morning!" Lin Yuquan greeted with a smile, and at the same time kept looking at the surrounding situation, he was also here for the first time, and he didn't know the specific situation of the studio.
He Liwen naturally knew this, and immediately introduced Lin Yuquan while taking Lin Yuquan to visit the studio, so that Lin Yuquan quickly understood the situation in the studio.
Among the many film and television studios in Kyoto, the area of this studio is not large, the total area of the whole studio is only 500 square meters, 10 meters high, can be used for general interior shooting, the studio is attached to two independent dressing rooms, the shooting equipment is fully equipped, all types of professional indoor photography flashing lights are available, although not large, but for the "Painted Skin" audition, such a studio is enough.
At the same time, next to the studio, there is also a 180-square-meter leisure activity center, which has an elegant environment and complete facilities, which can be used for guests to rest and entertain.
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Director He." Looking at the dressing room that was already full of costumes in "Painted Skin", Lin Yuquan said with satisfaction that the last time he auditioned for "Red Cliff", his biggest regret was that he couldn't bring makeup to audition, to know whether to wear makeup or not, what kind of clothing to wear, it feels completely different, and sometimes it can even be described as a world of difference, while auditions with makeup can avoid deviations to the greatest extent for the crew to select suitable actors.
"No, that's what I'm supposed to do." He Liwen shook his head and smiled.
Lin Yuquan didn't continue to say anything, and after visiting the studio, he immediately began to communicate with the three of them about the details of the casting to be held.
While Lin Yuquan and others were communicating, the actors who came one after another gathered in the leisure activity center.
"Ah Kun, you're auditioning too!"
is in the same crew of "Night Banquet", Zhou Xun came with Zhang Ziyi, and the two already knew that each other was competing for the same role with themselves, but because they had been filming together for a period of time, the two who initially established a friendship did not have that kind of tension, either you die or I die.
As soon as he entered the activity center, Zhou Xun saw a familiar figure, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly came behind him, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
The person she called Ah Kun was none other than Chen Kun, who had the same agent as her before, Li Wan.
Turning his head to see Zhou Xun, Chen Kun's face immediately showed a smile, although Zhou Xun terminated the contract, this did not affect the relationship between the two at all, it is too normal for an actor to leave the agency for greater development.
"Hey, long time no see, I didn't expect both of us to audition."
After that, he said hello to Zhang Ziyi with a smile.
"It's not that I didn't expect it, in fact, I just didn't think about it, "Painted Skin" is by no means an ordinary movie, and its starring role is not an ordinary actor, it must be the best of young actors in China, and such people are full of people, depending on the situation, they should all come today." Zhou Xun glanced at the activity center and said, in the process, he smiled at Liu Yifei, Liu Ye, Jiang Yan, Xu Jinglei and others who also came over.
"Yes, the opportunity is very rare, but if you want to succeed in acting, it is not ordinary." Chen Kun looked at Lu Yi and Liu Ye and sighed, knowing that both of them were competing with him for the role of Wang Sheng during the conversation.
Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi nodded sympathetically, and when they didn't care, they looked at each other deeply.
At the same moment, the minds of the others were not the same as the three of them, and everyone felt a deep pressure.
With the sound of slight footsteps, another person walked through the door into the activity center, and the few who noticed the situation took a look and withdrew their gaze.
Although there were not many eyes on her body, and they were fleeting and quickly moved away, the moment she stepped on the door, Liu Shishi still felt that her whole breath was suffocating, because just a quick glance, she had already seen a few faces she was very familiar with, these are all big stars!
Although she has starred in several plays, it is the first time for her to experience such an audition, and she only feels completely different, she has tried to imagine such a situation several times before she came, but when she really faced it, the tension in her heart suddenly came out irrepressibly.
Liu Shishi walked cautiously inside, along the way, for fear of alarming others, but when she really saw that other people's eyes were all touched, she felt very sad in her heart, as if she didn't have any sense of storage.
Liu Shishi knew that this situation was very normal, after all, she didn't have any popularity at all, and others didn't know her, so naturally no one paid attention to her, but she still felt uncomfortable and very, very uncomfortable.
And along the way, she also secretly observed these actors she was familiar with, eavesdropping on their sayings,
Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Kun, Xu Jinglei, Liu Yifei, Lu Yi, Liu Ye, Zhen Zidan, Wu Zhenyu, who are these people, and compete with them for roles, does she still have a chance?
After confirming that it was true that she was invited to audition for Lin Yuquan's new film, in the past two days, she and Gao Yue had thought about many scenarios of her successful audition, thinking about the future of beauty, but now, she was deflated, like a balloon with a needle's eye, and she couldn't raise the slightest confidence.
Is this the gap between super blockbusters and ordinary film and television dramas? Just a basic audition session, the two are already very different.
Looking at the fairy sister who was the same age as herself, she was even more frustrated, remembering her previous imaginations, and laughing at herself: Liu Shishi, Liu Shishi, you are so naïve, how can you compare with others!
Thinking so, she found an unobtrusive position and sat down silently.
"After receiving the script, everyone has half an hour to figure out the script, and after half an hour, according to the audition role, they will go to the studio in batches to make up and change clothes, and audition."
When two Dawning Film Company staff members came in with a thick stack of scripts, one of them clapped his hands and said, and then handed out the script.
After receiving the script, all the actors immediately seized the time to read the script and figure out the roles they were going to audition, and for a while, the huge activity center became very quiet. R1152