In Xu Hengzhou's memory, the original work of the movie "The Devotion of Suspect X" had two hot spots before it was broadcast.

The first is that this film is directed by Su Youpeng.

The second is that this movie is starring Wang Kai and Zhang Luyi.

When this movie was filmed in the original trajectory, Wang Kai became popular all over the country because of the two film and television dramas "Langya Bang" and "The Pretender".

And Zhang Luyi also won the Best Supporting Actor award for a low-cost suspense drama "He's Coming, Please Close Your Eyes", so he got out of the circle and was recognized for his acting strength inside and outside the industry.

Before the release of this movie, everyone's first impression was that Wang Kai was the absolute starring role in this movie.

And the role played by Zhang Luyi is very important in this movie.

But because it is not well-known compared to Wang Kai, everyone did not recognize it at the first time.

But when the film was released, the public's impression was turned upside down.

Most viewers think that the role played by Wang Kai in this movie is somewhat untenable, at least much weaker than the role played by Zhang Luyi.

Therefore, Wang Kai's acting skills are not as good as Zhang Luyi.

Xu Hengzhou also recognizes Zhang Luyi's acting skills, but he doesn't completely think that in this movie, Wang Kai's acting skills lag behind Zhang Luyi too much.

Because the character played by Wang Kai is Tang Chuan, a physics professor who works at the Criminal Police Academy.

And this character and the other male protagonist in the movie, Shi Hong, a middle school math teacher, that is, the character played by Zhang Luyi, cherished each other because of his interest in mathematics when he was young.

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This whole story revolves around the events of these two male protagonists.

Years later, while Tang Chuan was assisting the police in investigating a case, Shi Hong's neighbor Chen Jing was listed as a suspect by the police.

And Tang Chuan discovered an even greater secret in his investigation of this case.

This secret seems to point the suspect in the hanging eucalyptus to Shi Hong.

Tang Chuan and Shi Hong, who were forced to stand on opposite sides, launched a high-IQ duel.

thus pushing the story step by step to a shocking and suffocating ending.

Xu Hengzhou thinks that from the plot setting and overall structure of this story.

Shi Hong, who is ostensibly an ordinary math teacher, but is actually an accomplice, is more charismatic than Tang Chuan, a professor.

So if you want to play the role of Tang Chuan to the point where you can compete with the aura of Shi Hong's character, then I am afraid you will have to put more effort into your acting skills.

In the original work, Zhang Luyi, as a powerful actor who has been polished in the drama theater all the year round, is even more psychologically aware of the complex role of Shi Hong.

The performance is very smooth, and the character is easily established by him.

Wang Kai's acting skills have never been the best, but they are not bad.

But when he was playing against Zhang Luyi.

Due to the limitations of the role, as long as you can't do the extraordinary performance, you will be completely suppressed.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why this movie will be evaluated a little sloppily by some audiences.

is obviously very close to the original book, which is equivalent to directly putting the plot of the original book on the screen.

The whole logic line and details are also in place.

But the rivalry between the two important characters is out of balance.

When the aura is out of balance, the victory for one side becomes too simple.

The whole plot structure will seem very unreal, making people feel that they are acting for the sake of acting.

The original reality seemed to have been stripped of its cornerstone, and it became illusory and crumbling.

Xu Hengzhou's eyebrows frowned, and now the role originally played by Wang Kai is in his hands.

He has to be more realistic than the version of the character that Wang Kai starred in, and let the audience have a sense of substitution.

I'm afraid that I can act well when I play against Zhang Lu and one or two people.

can stabilize the cornerstone of the whole movie and make the credibility of this movie higher.

can make the plot really exciting and lively.

Xu Hengzhou exhaled, found Zhang Luyi's name on the actor primary audition list at hand, and drew a circle.

Although the film was filmed 5 or 6 years in advance, at this time, Zhang Luyi was still a lonely person in the entertainment industry.

But because of Shi Hong in "The Devotion of Suspect X", the description of this character is very, very detailed in the original work, especially the temperament of the characters, which is particularly distinct.

In today's entertainment industry, it is really impossible to find a popular actor with a similar temperament for a while.

So this first audition, the range of choices is very wide.

set his sights on some actors who are not well-known in the film and television industry, but are quite senior in the drama industry.

Basically, companies large and small in the entertainment industry have received this invitation to audition for the first time, and those who meet the image and suitable actors can be pushed over.

After the initial screening of the persona, there are no major problems, and the interviewer will be notified.

Therefore, Xu Hengzhou was able to find Zhang Luyi's name in a list of almost 30 people.

Because the 30-year-old Zhang Luyi is no different in momentum from 5 or 6 years later.

There is a little elegance and a sense of melancholy.

And the artistic or academic atmosphere is very strong.

Xu Hengzhou has always felt that Zhang Luyi, an actor, has a very special temperament.

But I haven't looked into it deeply, and I will see the other party's resume, and suddenly I will find a good support.

This person actually graduated from the 99-level directing department of the Central Academy of Drama, and he is also a master of art from BJ University.

Awesome, awesome.

Xu Hengzhou felt the breath of the king of the rolls.

Su Youpeng paid a large part of his attention to Xu Hengzhou's body, and when he saw that he drew a circle on this person's name, he asked him:

"Do you know this actor?"

Xu Hengzhou shook his head:

"I don't know, but it's normal for someone like us to learn acting and want to be a director, and it's relatively rare for this person to learn to be a director and squeeze into the actor's circle."

Su Youpeng smiled: "Entertainment is a circle, besides, being a director is not necessarily easier than being an actor." ”

He has been an actor for many years before he has the opportunity to be a director and make a movie of his own.

And those students who graduated directly from the directing department, many may not have the opportunity to get the investment to shoot their own movies independently in their lifetime.

Today's preliminary audition is mainly for Shi Hong and Shi Hong's neighbor Chen Jing, that is, the heroine, for the casting of these two characters.

The time is tight and the task is heavy, so the casting of Shi Hong will be carried out first in the morning.

There are two directors in total, one is Xu Hengzhou and the other is Su Youpeng.

As for the other assistant director who has not yet been decided, there is no need to participate in the casting.

Su Youpeng's positioning for the assistant director in his heart is more to assist him in controlling the crew and filming more smoothly.

And when it comes to things like casting, he wants to follow his wishes.

Of course, Xu Hengzhou's opinion is still very important.

And Huang Bo is completely an observer.

said that after it was ready, he directly asked the staff to call in the actor who auditioned for the No. 1 audition.

The basic process of this audition is very simple, that is, Xu Hengzhou and Su Youpeng randomly select a clip from the script, and then give the actor a few minutes to prepare, and then let the actor perform.

Because these actors actually know that the movie they audition for exists in the original.

So when I receive the audition notice, of course, I will carefully read the original book.

These auditioners should be very familiar with the plot in the original book.

And the audition clips selected at this time are also very similar to those in the original book, so they won't be given much time to prepare.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

And if the auditioner performs well, an additional test will be conducted.

At this time, Xu Hengzhou needs to come on the stage, cooperate with the audition actors, and play a rival scene.

So far, more than a dozen people have entered, and no actor has been recognized by Su Youpeng and Xu Hengzhou at the same time.

Most of the actors are not lost in acting.

Because it's just a scene, in fact, you can't see the level of the actor's peak acting skills.

At most, you can tell if his basic acting ability is passable.

And those peak acting skills basically need to be produced on the set and in the on-the-ground performance environment.

Most of the actors were excluded from this role by Xu Hengzhou and Su Youpeng almost as soon as they entered the performance state.

Without him, it is a mismatch in temperament.

Some actors may also be very down-to-earth in their performances, and the things that come from their performances are particularly convincing.

But if the temperament is not right, it is not right.

You may play another version of Shi Hong, but it is definitely not Shi Hong in the original book.

But the most important thing about their movies adapted from the original book is that the temperament of the protagonist must be completely consistent with the original book.

If the temperament of the protagonist changes, then what you shoot will also deviate from the original by 108,000 miles.

And actors who can show different temperaments according to different roles definitely have to be actor-level characters.

So far, Su Youpeng and Xu Hengzhou have never thought of finding an actor-level character to play this role.

Of course, Xu Hengzhou himself has won two actor awards, and in Su Youpeng's opinion, he is an actor-level actor.

But as for another actor, whether to invite an actor to play, Su Youpeng discussed it with Xu Hengzhou before, and reached an agreement.

No, you don't.

Or rather, it can't be achieved.

Because of the problem of role setting, the age limit is here, Shi Hong is a young man between 28 and 35 years old, and at this age, there are very few actors who can reach the actor-level performance.

There is no need to deliberately seek such an actor.

On the contrary, it is better to start from the temperament of this character and find an actor who is more consistent with the temperament of this character.

However, after interviewing more than 20 actors, Su Youpeng was somewhat tired, and he found it very difficult to find an actor with a similar temperament to Shi Hong's character.

This difficulty is probably no less than finding an actor-level actor who can perform this kind of temperament.

Because Shi Hong's temperament is indeed very special, it is not something that ordinary people can have.

Xu Hengzhou didn't have this kind of concern and worry at all, because he knew that Zhang Luyi had this kind of temperament.

And the next actor to come in and audition was Zhang Luyi.

He looked up at the door of the audition room.

After a second or two, a figure appeared in the doorway.

He wears a plain black shirt and a pair of soft-looking trousers on the lower half of his body.

With his hair slumped to the top of his head, and a pair of plain black-framed glasses, he knocked on the door and entered the audition room.

It can be seen that he was a little nervous, and after twisting the seam of his trousers with his fingers, he showed a somewhat shy smile in the direction of Xu Hengzhou and Su Youpeng.

And because it was too stiff, this smile lasted for three or five seconds, and it didn't take it away.

Xu Hengzhou was a little stunned, and at this moment, he instantly felt the feeling that the character of Shi Hong appeared in reality in the original movie he had seen.

And Su Youpeng sat up straight unconsciously, and slowly saw that the other party did not introduce himself, so he roughly guessed.

The other party should have been immersed in the role from the moment he entered the classroom to the moment he shot into the classroom.

So he didn't interrupt the other party's play, just thought about it, and briefly talked about a fragment of Shi Hong doing mathematical calculations when he was alone in the original book.

Xu Hengzhou also returned to reality from a trance and sat upright.

Then I saw that after Zhang Luyi heard Su Youpeng's words, the temperament of the whole person did not change much, but the feeling of Shi Hong was always the same.

Zhang Luyi performed a non-physical performance very naturally, very life-like, and very real.

The image of a single single man in his mid-30s is completely erected.

Especially when you can see the details of the other person's performance.

This single man has an introverted personality, calm, has a certain level of knowledge and culture, should not be low, and is very focused on doing things, etc.

These things are very important.

Because in the original book, Tang Chuan is the profile of the character portrait of the suspect, which is closely related to these details, which is a very important clue that runs through the whole movie.

After Zhang Luyi's performance was completed, Xu Hengzhou and Su Youpeng glanced at each other, and the two reached a certain tacit understanding at this moment.

This Zhang Luyi is very good, you can add a burden to him, and then weigh his level!

According to the rules they formulated before, Xu Hengzhou should step forward at this time to play a rival show for the other party.

Xu Hengzhou thought about it, and did not specify which scene would be the next scene.

He got up directly and walked out of his seat, then walked out of the audition room, closed the door, turned around again, closed his eyes, adjusted his state, and brought himself into Tang Chuan's role.

Then there was a knock on the door of the audition room.

Su Youpeng clasped his hands on his chest, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the scene in front of him with great interest.

Huang Bo, who has been an invisible person, also finds it very interesting, which means that he wants to make an impromptu opponent play.

He figured he could do a surprise attack later.