Section 1473 Before departure
The Fin.k.l foursome, as well as Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Ji-dong, Kim Jong-min, and Yin Ji-won, have all confirmed that they are willing to star in the new version of "You from the Star". Among these eight people, only Sung You-ri and Cha Tae-hyun have guaranteed acting skills, even if they are like Lee Jin and Ok Joo-hyun, they can only be regarded as semi-actors, and as for the other four, they are not actors at all.
Although the appearance of these people can add a lot of topicality to the TV series, on the contrary, it is very likely to affect the quality of the TV series itself. At this time, it is very important to consider whether the director is willing to accept this situation.
After getting in touch with Cha Tae-hyun, Lee Kyung-won found Kwak Jae-yong, who had just completed a job in the Celestial Empire and had just returned to South Korea.
I wanted to take a break, but I didn't have much interest in filming TV dramas. However, after listening to Li Jingyuan's condition of 'no need to rush the schedule, no need to save money, and shoot the TV series as a movie', Guo Zairong was still somewhat moved.
However, just when we began to discuss how to choose actors, the problem arose.
First up is the starring role. Li Jingyuan and Jessica played the male and female leads, which made Guo Zairong hesitate a little. Li Jingyuan is okay, but he has also acted in the two movies "Resident Evil" and "Zodiac", and also acted in the TV series "IRIS", although he has always been active in the variety show circle, if you can count it, you can also be regarded as a relatively professional actor.
Jessica, on the other hand, is a different story entirely. She has always appeared in front of the public as an idol singer. Even if there is a little bit of acting skills, it is also practiced in commercials and musicals, and it is obvious that the shortcomings are not suitable for filming TV dramas. So. In Guo Zairong's opinion, Jessica's role as the heroine is somewhat inappropriate, and if he were to be selected, he would definitely not give such an important role to Jessica, who is completely inexperienced.
Secondly, there are many cameos from non-actor artists. Just like what he was worried about before, after hearing Li Jingyuan say that many friends wanted to make cameos, Guo Zairong still had some doubts about 'whether it will affect the quality of the film'.
Actually. It's not going to be hard to make sense of this.
As far as the actual situation is concerned, although Li Jingyuan invited so many non-actors and artists to participate in the filming, he did not go too far.
Among those eight. The only people who have won more important roles are Sung You-ri and Cha Tae-hyun, one of them will play the first female supporting role in the play, and the other will play the only insider who wants to play the male lead, which will also play a more important role.
With the acting skills of Sung You-ri and Cha Tae-hyun. It's no problem at all to digest these two characters. And. When arranging roles for them, Li Jingyuan also deliberately considered the fit between themselves and the character image, and let them play those two roles, which was originally very in line with temperament and image.
It is impossible for Sung Yoo-ri and Cha Tae-hyun to mess things up, and the other few people, even if they make cameos, don't have the ability to mess things up. The reason is simple, because the characters they play don't carry much weight in the plot. Belong to the kind of dispensable role. It's inconspicuous, and it won't have much impact on the direction of the storyline. Then, whether these roles are played well or not, it is unlikely to affect the quality of the entire film.
To put it bluntly, the key reason why Guo Zairong hesitated was because he felt a little awkward in his heart - he himself may not be aware of it, but subconsciously there will be a little 'You have ordered so many people to make cameos without saying hello, am I, the director, being ignored too much'?
Since this is the case, it is easy to solve it, as long as Guo Zairong's voice in the crew is more reflected, so that he can feel more respect.
This is also Li Jingyuan's original attitude. In fact, Li Jingyuan did not take his identity as an investor to heart, even if he was a screenwriter, he didn't attach much importance to it. As long as he enters the crew, he will position himself as an actor, and he never thought of competing with Guo Zairong for the right to speak.
Moreover, the formation of the crew also depends on Guo Zairong to take the lead. After all, this time's filming is not led by the TV station, so it is naturally difficult to go to the TV station to transfer staff when forming the crew. From the drama work of doing chores to the assistant director who helped control the whole scene, all the staff had to be remobilized.
K.w and S.m were able to find some people, but because these two companies were only entertainment agencies, their staff did not have enough professional ability to let them help with chores, but it would be somewhat unqualified for them to serve as the pillars of the crew.
On the contrary, Guo Zairong has enough connections in this area. Although the filmed works have not won any awards at various film festivals, as a director who has shot a lot of works, Guo Zairong still has a group of companions who often work with him. As long as they are contacted by phone, these people will definitely gather again and follow Guo Zairong into the crew of "You from the Star".
There are also some people who have not been in contact with much, but they are also working in the film industry. If you just let Li Jingyuan come to the door with a check, maybe you may not be able to invite these people, after all, the tempers of the masters are a little weird, and their abilities are there, there will be no situation where there is nothing to do, the same is work, the same can get income, where not to do? Why did they have to accept Li Jingyuan's invitation? However, if Guo Zairong is allowed to go, with his face and fame and no less than the remuneration he will get when filming the movie, the possibility of these people refusing again will not be too great.
Guo Zairong is the director, and the staff in other key positions in the crew are also found by him, and the S.m company and K.w company related to Li Jingyuan only provide some miscellaneous drama work in the crew. In a crew formed in this way, does Guo Zairong still have to worry about his right to speak?
can not only make Guo Zairong fully feel the control of the entire crew. is also because he can't do it in the first place, in such a situation, Li Jingyuan did not hesitate at all to throw the work of forming the crew to Guo Zairong. I just played the role of an 'ATM' behind the scenes.
Even, even the ATM does not need Li Jingyuan to be the one himself, as long as he sends an accounting team and tells him to 'calculate according to the treatment when making the movie, and then promise a bonus if the quick shot is good', the accounting team will take over the last bit of 'taking money', and Li Jingyuan himself can be completely relaxed. Then, just wait for the crew to be formed, and enter the venue as an actor on the day of the start of filming.
Seems a little free?
Not really.
Although the preparation of "You from the Star" does not have to worry about Li Jingyuan. But he wasn't completely out of things to do. In addition to participating in the filming of "Infinite Challenge" and "RunningMan" on time, in the last few days, he has to go to the United States.
The script for "Transformers 4" has been handed to Michael Bay for more than a week, which is long enough time for him and Paramount to review the script. Because the crew is an old team that has been formed during the filming of the first three films. So after deciding on the script. The preparations for "Transformers 4" immediately entered an important stage of selecting actors.
Even if it may not play a decisive role, Li Jingyuan, as a screenwriter, still has to take a time to go to the United States, and together with Michael Bay and Paramount's senior management, he has to conduct interviews with the actors who came to sign up. What's more, he made a lot of changes to the original script this time, and thought about pushing Xiao T forward to play the heroine in the film, even if it was just to increase the possibility of Xiao T being selected, how could he not be there?
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"Knock knock~~!" It's only five o'clock in the morning. There is still about an hour before Li Jingyuan's usual wake-up time. It was at the height of his sleep when there was a sudden knock on the door of his room.
As a warrior with a sensitive sense. Even if Li Jingyuan's consciousness is still asleep, his body will still subconsciously make some reactions. The knock on the door was not too loud, but Li Jingyuan still woke up because of the movements of his hands and feet.
Because he usually wakes up very early, he doesn't have to worry about the morning sun affecting his sleep, so unless Jessica sleeps with him, Li Jingyuan rarely closes the curtains in his room when he sleeps. opened his sleepy eyes and looked out the window, it was still dark and dreary, and Li Jingyuan couldn't help muttering: "Who~, come knocking on the door so early in the morning." ”
“OPPA~! Are you up? It seems that he heard the little movement in the room, or maybe he saw the light from the crack in the door below after Li Jingyuan turned on the light, and after the people outside the door got the reminder, the voice unconsciously amplified a little.
"It's coming, it's coming~." I walked to the door step by step, and twisted the anti-lock mechanism on the door lock. In the next second, the door was pushed open, and Li Jingyuan also saw the girl standing outside the door.
It's none other than Little T. It's only five o'clock now, and at this point, Xiao T definitely hasn't gotten up, and even if he does, he will be wearing home-style pajamas at most.
Today's little T is obviously different, not only is he already dressed for going out, but even his makeup has been sorted out. Although it is not as delicate as it is made in the beauty salon, it is already very good. Obviously, for the sake of the current makeup, Xiao T must have spent a lot of time taking care of it.
"......, you're ready? It's still early, you can spare me~! This day is the day to set off for the United States, and Li Jingyuan can also understand Xiao T's excitement, after all, is he going to participate in the interview for a super blockbuster like "Transformers 4", and it is natural for Xiao T to feel nervous. However, seeing that Xiao T came to call the door so early, he couldn't help but hold his forehead and scream sadly.
"It's not early, isn't it an eight-o'clock plane? Now get up, freshen up and have breakfast, and count the time to go to the airport ....... "It was quite loud at first, but it became quieter and quieter later. As a member of Girls' Generation, Little T has caught too many planes to count. Naturally, you don't know if time is tight. Before, she didn't think about it because she was nervous and excited, but now that she calculated, she finally discovered the fact that she was indeed too positive.
"Gurrah~." It was at this time. The door of another room a few meters away was also opened, and then I saw Jessica walking out with her pillow in her arms, squeezing into Li Jingyuan's room, and complaining to the two of them in a half-asleep tone: "Can you still let people sleep well~." ”
In order to wish Xiao T a successful interview, the girls of Girls' Generation came to Li Jingyuan's villa the night before and held a farewell party for her, and after that, they naturally stayed here. Because the little crystal also came. After drinking a little wine, Jessica strongly asked to sleep with her sister, so Jessica didn't sleep in Li Jingyuan's bedroom as usual, but adjusted it with the other sisters. took up Taeyeon's bed with his younger sister. As for Taeyeon herself, she was driven to sleep with Little T.
Probably because she was tossed too hard by her drunken sister, Jessica didn't sleep well all night. So. When the little T next door started to clean up early. She heard the slightest movement. Although he has not been fully woken up, he is already in a half-asleep state.
In a daze, he heard the movement of Li Jingyuan's side, knew that he had gotten up and opened the door. With the idea of sleeping for a while, Jessica broke free from being entangled by Xiao Jing's hands and feet, and went out with her pillow, ready to occupy the big bed vacated after Li Jingyuan got up.
I was already familiar with Li Jingyuan's villa to the point that I couldn't be more familiar, and I felt that I could find the big bed even if I closed my eyes. So Jessica didn't take a closer look at the path under her feet after squeezing into the room.
"Bang~!" If you don't look at the road when you walk, you will have to wrestle nine times out of ten. Jessica is now a testament to the reliability of this statement. Because I pulled the quilt a little when I got up. Half of the quilt had already been dragged to the floor, and as a result, Jessica kicked the corner of the quilt that was dragging on the floor when she went to bed. As soon as she stumbled under her feet, she fell straight to the bed like a pillar.
Although it didn't hurt, because it was an unexpected situation, Jessica couldn't help but exclaim. And at this moment, she slammed face down on the bed again, so that exclamation, which should have been innocent, was muffled because of the obstruction of the futon.
"Are you here to be funny?" Jessica's set of actions looks like a situation that only appears in cartoons, even if she has just gotten up and her mind is not very clear, Li Jingyuan still can't help but complain after seeing it. As for Xiao T, who was already in a normal state, he couldn't hold back his laughter directly.
"Still laughing, it's all you, you are not honest in the middle of the night, so I haven't slept all night, otherwise how would I have found this place? Otherwise, how could I have fallen like this? After being fallen, Jessica's drowsiness was also lost, and getting out of that very comfortable state of confusion already made her a little depressed, and when she heard Little T's laughter, she was even more angry.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not excited." There was a mistake in the first place, and it really should be apologized. And although he was nervous at this time, he was still in a good mood, so Xiao T apologized a few words. In order to express her apology, she also stopped by the bed and tidied up the quilt for Jessica, who had already climbed onto the bed.
"I'm going to sleep a little longer, too." I hadn't thought about continuing to sleep before, but after returning to the bed, I saw Jessica lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her nose gently fanning a few times, and Li Jingyuan's mind changed again.
"No~!" Li Jingyuan ripped off the quilt and was about to go to bed, Jessica unconsciously stretched out her hand to hug Li Jingyuan, who was about to lie down. Seeing such a natural ** action of the two of them, it may be too exciting, Xiao T couldn't help shouting on the side.
"......, I promise not to fall asleep, right? Just sit and lean for a while. You can sit down, let's talk for a while, it's still early. Even if Xiao T shouted no, Li Jingyuan still didn't stop, and still sat on the bed. Pointing to the single sofa placed by the window, Li Jingyuan gave another order to Xiao T.
Jessica had already hugged Li Jingyuan's legs when he was sitting, and the picture was so beautiful that Xiao T was embarrassed to come forward and destroy it. Helpless and a little flustered, she had no choice but to sit down on the sofa according to Li Jingyuan's instructions, forgetting the fact that she could choose to leave the room first.
"OPPA, where do we stay when we get to LA? Is it to my house? Still is....... It's a little embarrassing, always looking for something to say, I don't know what to say, Xiao T unconsciously asked such a question, maybe she also subconsciously wanted to go to Hollywood to participate in the interview at the same time, and take the opportunity to get together with the family members who still live in LA in the United States. (To be continued......)