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The casting of the actors began in an eerie atmosphere, and "The Phantom of the Opera" involved many characters.

If it is filmed according to the original novel, no matter how big the stage is, it will not be able to accommodate it.

The charm of stage plays lies in the combination of music and performance, which can convey the content more intuitively.

Rather than restoring the truth in all aspects like in the movies.

When Li Yaoyang was casting, he also paid more attention to his expressive ability rather than his closeness to the original characters.

After all, on the other side of the Atlantic, not many people have read the original novel.

This is different from the Titanic, because he first serialized the novel in The Times.

Most of the audience had read the novel before watching the show, and the image of Jack and Rousi had formed in their minds.

If you find an actor who doesn't match their image, you will inevitably be scolded.

Don't reason with your ladies, they won't listen.

Originally, he also wanted to serialize the original novel of "The Phantom of the Opera", after all, this was a good means of publicity, but the copyist didn't take it seriously, so he had to change his thinking.

Of course, the actor of 'Phantom' has to focus on the choice, after all, this is the core character in the whole play.

In the original book, his appearance is described as "five holes", two eyes, two nostrils, and a mouth, large and black, like a skeleton.

However, before the interview, Li Yaoyang gathered all the actors who signed up for the competition and told them the story of the original novel.

So as to decide which role to audition for according to your own characteristics, it is more efficient to do so.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, for your long wait, on behalf of the Hudson Theatre, I would like to say sorry to everyone, at noon, the theatre will provide a free lunch, which is considered an apology."

Li Yaoyang's words dispelled the resentment of the audition actors, although even if they didn't do anything, they dared not speak out.

Lunch is still provided by the old people in Chinatown, and after parting ways with the Westin Theatre, the old people have lost the opportunity to make extra money.

But no one complained, after all, sending boxed lunches to the theater during this period of time has made them money that they don't necessarily earn in a year, and the simple Chinese are so easy to satisfy.

But Li Yaoyang couldn't bear it, he promised the blind old man to help the villagers, and he would definitely do it, at least within his ability, he would not slack off.

"Now, listen carefully, and I'm going to tell you a wonderful story."

Storytelling? Everyone is confused, how can they interview actors and listen to stories?

There are also brains that react quickly, and immediately realized that this was Li Yaoyang indirectly helping them understand the plot.

Li Yaoyang didn't care what they thought, leaned on his judges' table, and said:

"In the last century, the ugly 'ghost' Eric, who lived in the underground labyrinth of the Paris Opera, had a strange, white and ugly face.

Because he looks like a skeleton, he has been disgusted and abandoned since he was a child.

After that, he traveled with the circus in Europe, then across Asia, serving in the Persian royal court, and from Asia Minor to Turkey, where he served as a protégé to the king of the Sultan.

He is very knowledgeable and talented.

After traveling around the world, tired of the uncertain life, he finally chose to live in seclusion in the sewer system of Paris all year round, and built a large and complex, labyrinthine kingdom underground.

He often sat in the No. 5 box on the second floor of the opera house to watch the play, and through the game with the manager of the opera house, he had a strong ability to cause accidents, and controlled the entire opera house.

Together, the accident was like an evil curse.

This is also the source of the rumors of the 'haunted' of the opera house.

But one day, he falls in love with Christine, an unknown beautiful girl, who is just an unknown backup dancer.

However, Eric used his lifelong musical talent and attainments, perfect artistic soul, to discover her equally amazing musical talent.

Training day after day has given Christine unparalleled singing skills.

From a penniless rising star, he has become the leading actor in the field of Parisian musical theater that shocked everyone.

Originally, Eric only taught Christine carefully out of a spiritual love for music.

But as they got along for a long time, they discovered the kind and innocent side of Christine, coupled with her beautiful appearance, which gradually melted Eric's heart and transformed into a strong possessiveness.

The "ghost" who went crazy even wanted to start a family with Christine and stay together for the rest of his life.

Of course, he also took action and got rid of all the people who hindered Christine's singing career in a weird way.

Rumors of haunting are getting higher and higher, and Christine, who learns of all this, takes off his mask and sees his terrifying face, and all feelings come to naught, only horror.

During this period, Christine and her childhood sweetheart, Viscount Ulshani, reunited and fell in love, which made Eric even more jealous and crazy.

He intimidated and murdered several times, and kidnapped Christine to live forever in the sewers in despair.

Finally, in the midst of an underground scuffle, Eric finally realizes that although he is a person, he has long become a 'ghost'.

His love was destined to be twisted and hopeless, and never to be reciprocated.

So he freed Christine, and he freed himself, leaving behind his cloak and mask, and disappeared alone into the dimly lit underground labyrinth. ”

The words fell, and a dead silence like an underground labyrinth appeared in the background.

Everyone is immersed in this story that is not long, but it is bleak and tactful enough.

Several actresses even left tears, not only touched by Eric's miserable voice, but also lamented this extreme love that could not be sought.

On the contrary, few people care about the fairytale romance of Viscount Raulshani and Christine.

Li Yaoyang waited for a while, and then spoke again:

"The script that was actually brought to the stage was slightly changed to be more artistic, but the main characters did not change."

After a pause, he glanced at the audience:

"Now, please choose a more suitable role interview for yourself according to your own performance characteristics, save your time and save everyone's time, thank you for your cooperation~"

A girl raised her hand:

"Sir, there are only three main characters in your story, does that mean we can only choose one of these three characters for an interview?"

"Of course not, there are many characters, for this play, our boss Mrs. Hudson invested a lot of money to make more than 200 sets of exquisite costumes, how did the three characters wear them?"

With a chuckle, the girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment:

"But we don't know about other roles, how do we choose interviews?"

"Believe my eyes, if you don't fit Christine, but your acting and singing skills are good enough, I will personally pick a suitable role for you."

This answer reassures everyone, not that if a role is eliminated, the job opportunity will be completely lost.

"Still have questions? If there are no questions, please line up and come in for an interview one by one. ”

The actors bustled out of the backstage, leaving room for interviews.

Line up according to the staff's instructions and wait for your interview to begin.

"First place~"

First of all, it is necessary to select the actor of Eric, which is also the core of the whole play, rhythm-oriented, and must have enough acting skills and musical strength to control.

Of course, he needed a new face to play Eric, and the face of an old actor could easily make the audience play.

In fact, according to the description of the original novel, Eric is an out-and-out 'ghost', he is not a 'human' at all.

He is a creepy-sounding 'ghost', a mysterious grim reaper who looks like a skeleton.

several threatening letters to theater managers;

The scenographer hanged himself;

crystal lamps smash people;

The former principal actress performed with a toad jumping out of her throat;

These bizarre surprises run through the entire novel and are all Eric masterpieces.

He had five holes in his face, two hollow eyes, and a face like ashes, ugly, more terrifying than a real ghost.

Such a non-human and non-ghost guy actually fell in love with a beautiful girl who was the ultimate opposite of himself.

If it is in a fairy tale, it must have evolved into the direction of Beauty and the Beast.

However, ugliness and disability douse all of Eric's good fantasies.

What he brings to Christine is not the ultimate love, but the extreme to the point of distorted crazy possession, and it can even be said to be the ultimate greed for a person!

Just because his extremely ugly appearance is not worthy of a "fiery love".

In the novel, Christine is not only afraid of him, but also fearful.

In Christine's eyes, he is a brutal and crazy monster who has lost his mind in his relationships and seeks to destroy everything.

No, he is worse than a monster, and he doesn't have the slightest bit of truth, goodness and beauty in his heart.

If such an Eric is presented on the stage as described in the novel, "The Phantom of the Opera" may hardly become one of the four major operas.

Therefore, when Li Yaoyang wrote the script, he referred to the image of Eric in the stage play in his previous life, and portrayed him as a 'person' with low self-esteem as much as possible, rather than a perverted monster.

Moreover, he also has to join the bloody plot of the love triangle, which is a favorite of women.

It's all for the box office, not for the real restoration.

One after another 'Eric' came in, but none of them satisfied Li Yaoyang, either he was too serious or too weak.

An hour passed, and Sarah made a pause gesture to the staff: "Let's put the meal first and let everyone rest, and continue after half an hour~"

"Okay~Mrs. Hudson~"

Turning his head to look at Li Yaoyang: "Not satisfied?" ”

"You have read the script, you should know what kind of actor I want, just now these shrimp soldiers and crabs will be at most the level of accompanying dancers~" Li Yaoyang shook his head and said.

"It's actually hard to find such a special actor~"

"Then you have to look for it, you can't force it, and you don't want the investment of nearly 100,000 dollars to go down the drain, right?"

Sarah has some headaches:

"Can't you let Pete Hughes try? His acting skills are not bad. ”

"I almost shot him, are you sure you want to give him another chance?"

Sarah is colorful:

"As long as he doesn't terminate his contract, he'll still be a signed actor at Hudson Theatre!"