Chapter 56: Intent
"Are Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei here in the afternoon?" In a certain room, Lin Yuquan sat in a row with Ning Hao, Xiao Yang, and He Liwen, facing the position of the door, at this time Lin Yuquan put down the script in his hand and said to He Liwen.
"Well, it seems that a few of their Hong Kong actors will come over together." He Liwen nodded.
"Together with Brother Zi Dan, this is true, the circle in Hong Kong is not big, and we are looking for well-known movie stars such as Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei, and it is normal for each other to ventilate with each other, by the way, have we arranged for staff to pick up the airport at the airport?" Lin Yuquan asked again.
"It was Mr. Ding who went in person, and said that sending employees to pick up the airport does not reflect our sincerity and respect for them."
Lin Yuquan no longer spoke, Ding Value is indeed more thoughtful than he thought, which is also reasonable, after all, Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua who were invited to audition this time are all superstars, even if they do not cooperate this time, there is also the possibility of cooperation in the future, and the company has more than one director of its own, but also Ning Hao, and there may be more directors in the future, so the company has a lot of cooperation opportunities with them, no wonder Ding Value will come out in person.
And not only Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua, but also the other actors who came to audition, except for Jiang Yan and Wang Luodan, are all first- and second-tier actors in the mainland entertainment industry.
"Yuquan, this time Yifei and Yawen are being tossed by you miserably, maybe they are scolding you now?" Ning Hao smiled evilly.
Can you not scold? Xiao Yang and He Liwen also mourned for Liu Yifei and Jiang Yan in their hearts, Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Zhen Zidan, Chen Daoming, Fan Binbin, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Jiang Qingqing and these big-name actors competed for roles together, not to mention a few of them, even for second-tier actors who have debuted for many years, it can be called a kind of destruction!
"Scold, scold!" Lin Yuquan just smiled faintly, when filming "Huo Yuanjia" last year, he and Shuguang Film Company were still unknown, and they were not qualified to make stars flock to them, so they could only select the role through the actor's film and television table, and then invite, but he could not specifically understand the strength of the actor, and it was difficult to have a better choice to compare.
But now the situation is different, the birth of "Huo Yuanjia" made him and Shuguang Film Company an instant hit, and became a fragrant bun in the entertainment industry, although the rise has not been long, but now he is a figure that cannot be ignored in the Chinese film industry, he can have more and better actors to choose from, and he has more opportunities to shoot better movies according to his heart.
Because of this, he auditioned for the roles of his favorite actors in this future office space that had just been rented and had not yet had time to be renovated.
Ning Hao was right, he did have the intention of tossing Liu Yifei and Jiang Yan, but he was not simply tossing just for the sake of tossing, but had deeper considerations.
Strictly speaking, the current Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, Liu Yifei, Wang Luodan, Jiang Yan actually do not have the qualifications to participate in the main roles of such a heavyweight movie, the reason why five people are allowed to participate in the casting, of course, is not to let a few people play soy sauce and make up the number of people to watch the fun, in fact, they want to figure out the direct competition between them and Fan Binbin, Zhou Xun and others, and feel the acting strength and aura of these famous celebrities, so as to understand what they still lack to compete with these people and win, so as to find the way forward. Grow better and faster.
This is a rare opportunity, because in ordinary times, they will not have direct competition with Fan Binbin and others, and what Lin Yuquan hopes they understand can only be more profound when the two sides compete directly, otherwise, from the perspective of bystanders, they will only feel the strength of others, but they will not realize their own problems.
For them, this is an opportunity to sharpen and exercise, become a dragon and become a worm, become a pheasant, and it is all up to them to grasp it.
"Okay, let's talk about the casting requirements for the movie and the idea in my mind!" Lin Yuquan is not going to talk about it, casting is the most important thing today, which is related to the success or failure of his movie.
The story of the Three Kingdoms, in which the main heroes of the Three Kingdoms of Cao Shu and Wu are definitely the most important, and the large number of heroes undoubtedly increases the difficulty of casting, and it is almost an impossible task to completely take into account dozens of main characters.
What Lin Yuquan is doing now can only be to minimize people's criticism while shooting the effect he wants to shoot, think about the more dull but still sensational scenes in "Hero", he has the memory of a cultivator to learn from, he is bound to bring unprecedented visual shock to people in the war scenes, for a commercial epic war movie, what is more important than this war scene?
In terms of character building, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang and others naturally follow the character images that have long been familiar to everyone in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Three Kingdoms", and there is no way to modify them in this regard, otherwise they will at least attract scolding in China.
"Dongfeng doesn't have to deal with Zhou Lang, and Tongque Chun locks Er Qiao." Speaking of the Battle of the Red Cliffs of the Three Kingdoms, how can there be no two stunning beauties, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao?
Of course, Lin Yuquan's conception is of course not idiotic to the point that Cao Cao is for the second Qiao to go south, the struggle for power and hegemony is the main theme of his movie, and it is also the main theme of the Three Kingdoms era.
In addition to Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, Lin Yuquan also increased Sun Shangxiang's role, as Sun Quan's younger sister, she married Liu Bei because of her political marriage, in this battle of Chibi, her role is irreplaceable, how can she be missing.
Of course, according to historical records, Sun Shangxiang married Liu Bei after the Battle of Chibi, so in "Red Cliff", her role is similar to that of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, both of which are to promote the plot and link Liu to resist Cao.
According to Lin Yuquan's conception, the three female characters in the movie will not be the focus of the plot, but to promote the development of the plot, and at the same time play a mediating role in the dark power struggle and bloody battlefield fighting, so the main characters of Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang are not only in line with their character characteristics, but what they need is to have the performance tension to impress the audience in a few scenes.
is like Xu Jinglei in "Huo Yuanjia", enriching the plot, but not being buried by the heroes.
In this regard, Lin Yuquan has more room to play, unlike the character image of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms has been fixed in people's hearts, Er Qiao and Sun Shangxiang are characters with only appearance positioning in people's minds, and there is no concept of what the specific character is, so he is completely shaped by his own ideas for Er Qiao and Sun Shangxiang.
First of all, it is pretty, and it must be extraordinarily pretty. In addition, in Lin Yuquan's conception, Da Qiao should be a virtuous female figure, but she will not be just virtuous, according to the history books, before Sun Quan was proclaimed emperor, she has been assisting him as a brother and sister-in-law to sit on the throne, naturally Da Qiao This character should also have superb political skills and the temperament of killing and decisiveness at critical moments.
Xiao Qiao is a gentle lady, a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.
As for Sun Shangxiang, she is a heroine in the war-torn period, and Sun Shangxiang is not only simple and heroic, according to historical records, when Sun Shangxiang heard the news of Liu Bei's death, she actually looked at the west and cried bitterly, threw herself into the river and died, although the news she heard about Liu Bei's death was false news, and she died a little unjustly, but it is not difficult to see from here that her personality is strong, and she is a vigorous and unswerving infatuated woman who loves and dies.
In "Red Cliff", Lin Yuquan followed this character image setting, and injected new elements according to his own understanding, Sun Shangxiang of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was taken back to Jiangdong by Sun Quan after the collapse of Sun-Liu cooperation, it can be said that her life has been controlled by Sun Quan.
This is something he doesn't like very much, so in his "Red Cliff", Sun Shangxiang will also show a strong personality of freedom and rebellion.
Let's see now, who in the audition is more in line with the image in her heart, then she is the person she is looking for in her movie.