Chapter 255: An Unexpected Choice for the Leading Actor
In fact, in several recent movies, Chen Xi has basically been violating some unspoken rules, such as saying that he will not meet with actors in private......
But the boundaries of these things are actually quite blurred, and Chen Xi is doing some relatively unobnoying things.
In the matter of Liu Yifei, there are not too many such things, because now Liu Yifei's de facto agent, who is also her mother Liu Xiaoli, has arrived at the scene.
One door and two stars is also one of the characteristics of this family, the mother and daughter are very good-looking, of course, for Chen Xi, now he doesn't feel too much about these.
In fact, from the perspective of Liu Xiaoli and even Liu Yifei, Chen Xi, a director, has risen rapidly, and he has commercial achievements, literary and artistic achievements, and some influence overseas......
These things are not big or small.
However, people who can really see the general trend now basically know that with the diversification of film capital, as the market of the Chinese market is getting higher and higher, and with the initial rise of the fan economy in some places, everyone can see clearly that the next is no longer the era when traditional Chinese directors control the market, and the future belongs to directors like Chen Xi.
So it shouldn't be too difficult to talk about now.
"Hello, Mr. Chen."
"Hello Mr. Chen." The two shook hands with Chen Xi respectively.
Chen Xi was particularly helpless about this title of Chen Laoshi in his heart......
"You don't have to be so polite." Chen Xi said: "Just call me Director Chen." β
Liu Yifei wants to laugh but is not embarrassed to laugh - I'll take it, Director Chen's name is much more polite than Chen Laoshi?
"We're straight to the point." Chen Xi said: "We have communicated before guΓ², I hope you can participate in the filming of my new film, you are the first heroine. β
Chen Xi has actually considered a lot of similar things during this time, and his mentality should not have been a dick for a long time. Director Si's mentality, in fact, has reached his current Cheng dΓΉ, even if the four major flowers are in front of him, although it is not enough for the four major flowers to beg him. But at least, there is no need for Chen Xi to beg them...... Because Chen Xi is now the box office champion of domestic films, he already has a total box office of nearly one billion.
These are real hardware, super powerful hardware.
So a lot of things, just get straight to the point, simply and rudely show some things.
Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei glanced at each other, and the two of them were a little strange and straightforward.
Seriously, originally they all thought that Chen Xi would go around and around for a long time before saying his request, but they didn't expect this guy to come directly.
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Xiaoli said, "Director Chen." What kind of scenes are involved in this movie? β
Chen Xi knew that this should be asking about the scale of the movie.
Chen Xi said: "There is a kiss scene, which is very short, a few seconds. β
This kiss scene is actually quite short, just like a dragonfly in the water, because it is at the end, but this scene is also very important, and the whole movie should be frozen here into a beautiful picture......
That's why Chen Xi said that now.
Since Chen Xi said so, it should be impossible for a director of his identity to lie, so Liu Yifei's mother and daughter don't particularly care about this. After all, an actor is not himself when he is performing, and all his actions are just performances.
In fact, if you really talk about professionalism, even if it's AV or even GAY movies. It's the same for some straight men to shoot GAY movies, because these are actors, just acting.
There is obviously nothing wrong with this scale.
"And who's the male lead?"
Chen Xi said: "It's not decided for the time being, but this is a commercial film. We will be more cautious in the selection of actors. Chen Xi said.
Liu Xiaoli's mother and daughter both fell into hesitation...... At this time, Liu Yifei said to Chen Xi: "Director Chen, can I read the script?" β
Chen Xi felt a little sore when she heard this. Because he almost forgot about it.
In the past, if Chen Xi wanted to attract actors, he basically needed to use a relatively good script to attract them, but now he is really different from the original, Chen Xi with this kind of hardware, at the beginning, he directly used his own fame to attract people...... And there is another problem, that is, in Chen Xi's impression, Liu Yifei basically has never made any movies with a good reputation, and this concept has influenced some of Chen Xi's stereotyped thinking, making him feel that Liu Yifei does not need to read the script.
It's a bit of a no-brainer, but it's a bit problematic that something has been formed and then changed.
Fortunately, Chen Xi's script also comes with him, this is not that Chen Xi thought about it in advance, but his assistant has long been prepared to put it in his bag, so that Chen Xi can take out some things directly.
Chen Xi gave two copies of one-third of the script to these two people.
The third of the script is still very reasonable.,This Cheng dΓΉ's script,The main thing is that you don't have to reveal all the plot to the actors.,Reduce some risks.,But one-third of the time is usually a time when the book turns around.,This will also allow the actor to grasp the level of the book or something.γ
After taking the book, after reading this, Liu Yifei raised his head directly and said, "Okay!" Director Chen, I agree! β
Liu Xiaoli glanced at her but didn't say anything, anyway, in front of outsiders, it is impossible to dismantle the other party's stage, but Liu Yifei's liking for this script is still easy to express, of course, there is also a reason for Chen Xi's extra points: every movie he shot before is no problem in the plot, and the score is particularly good on the Chinese side.
So, today's Chen Xi's goals have been completed, and the next step is the negotiation of details, at this point, Chen Xi only needs to explain some details, and let others talk about it specifically.
Sure enough, in the next time, many things can be handed over to others to do.
On Liu Yifei's side, there are still a lot of requirements, a separate makeup car, an independent lounge...... These things are all things that must be done.
But in this way, Chen Xi will have more things to pay on it, of course, compared to the total investment in the whole movie, although this investment is not as negligible as Cheng DΓΉ, it is indeed not too much.
However, the next actor has become a big problem, Chen Xi looked for Ye Dongnan, and Chen Xi used the casting director Wu Hanchuan, who had a tacit understanding a few times on their side, and they came to talk, they all saw this script, and they also knew what it was like to be in it.
There are really too few and too few good acting skills of the new generation of Chinese actors, and if you ask for another look-a-like or something, you will have to brush off a large number of them......
So after a new round of chatting, Chen Xi found that on the whole, there was still not much to talk about.
Suddenly, Ye Dongnan looked at Chen Xi, his eyes were a little vicious, and he looked up and down.
"Hey, what are you doing...... I don't like men, you don't have a chance......" Chen Xi was a little hairy and said.
Ye Dongnan: "Get out...... Don't they all say that homosexuality is more face-watching than heterosexuals? How could I possibly look for you. β
Chen Xi: "Then what else are you watching?" β
Ye Dongnan touched his chin and said, "Director Chen, Chen Laoshi, haven't you ever thought about acting yourself?" Anyway, in the film "Source Code", acting skills or anything don't necessarily have to look for Liang Chaowei and others. β
Of course, Chen Xi knew that he was joking, so he said: "No, my face is not suitable for acting in a movie." β
However, when Chen Xi said this, he found that there was one more person who was infatuated with him, Wu Hanchuan, and this thing was now looking at Chen Xi.
Hearing what Chen Xi said, Wu Hanchuan also blurted out a word: "Why is it not suitable?" β
Chen Xi is still in the rhythm of jokes: "After all, I am so handsome, I will make everyone ignore the plot of the movie and patronize me." β
Wu Hanchuan shook his head: "No...... Just right. β
Chen Xi and Ye Dongnan glanced at each other, Chen Xi was a little strange, because this Wu Hanchuan usually likes to joke, why is he very confused tonight?
But he found that Ye Dongnan was still looking at him.
"Hey, what's going on with you two?" Chen Xi spread his hands helplessly.
Wu Hanchuan stopped circling around Chen Xi and said: "Director Chen, I really think that you can play it yourself, I was really dark before, and I didn't find you so suitable, Director Chen, no, let's try the play tomorrow, I think you can definitely do it!" β
Chen Xi smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be joking, let's talk about it." β
Wu Hanchuan: "What I said is true! β
Ye Dongnan: "I also think it's really okay." β
Chen Xi felt that these two people didn't seem to be joking......
As if they were telling the truth......
At this moment, including Chen Xi himself, he also looked at himself, his appearance is indeed no problem, as for the performance......
In fact, Chen Xi has also studied acting, after all, art schools are like that many times, acting is the broadest, the acting department has to learn, but the directing department has to learn, and the drama has to be learned......
Chen Xi's performance class at that time was also quite good, and he also had Chen Xi's experience...... In addition, in fact, when every director is talking about the play, it is more or less a kind of honing of himself.
Now, including Chen Xi, do you feel that you can really try? Otherwise, it would be a great loss to train a male star who is influential all over the world for others for free.
Chen Xi was a little eager to indulge and said, "Really try? β
Wu Hanchuan and Ye Dongnan both saw Chen Xi's trick that he wanted to try but was embarrassed to try, and straightened their faces: "We just kidd." β
Chen Xi's face darkened: "Tomorrow morning, Lao Wu, I'll go to your place to try out!" After making this decision, Chen Xi also prepared a little, in fact, if he was to be the starring role, he would indeed have an advantage, because he was the person who knew the story best now. (To be continued......)