Since the hero of 02, Zhang Yimou has become the most market-appealing director in the mainland.

The casting of his new movie is naturally a sensational event in the entertainment industry.

After talking to Mu Rong last time, Zhang Yimou has already begun to look for the heroine of this movie.

Zhang Yimou prefers to use familiar actors.

Since "Red Sorghum", he has been using Gong Li as his heroine, and he has been using it for seven or eight years.

But since '99, he has begun to favor cleaner and more primitive actors.

From "No One is Missing" to "My Father and Mother", he uses newcomers.

"Hero" is his attempt at commercial cinema.

In that film, he invited the most commercially valuable actors, and also created unprecedented commercial returns.

He tasted the sweetness, and he also planned to concoct this "Ambush on All Sides".

The two male protagonists of this movie, he invited the first brother of literary films who are popular all over the Taiwan Strait, superstar Leslie Cheung.

There is also Mu Rong, the charity boxing champion who has sprung up this year and is in the limelight.

But the choice of the heroine of this movie, Zhang Yimou made a difficulty.

Gong Li is already old, so she is not suitable for the role of little sister.

And for such a commercial movie, it is obviously impossible to use newcomers, so he can only choose among the actresses who have become famous.

In addition to the stars of Hong Kong and Taiwan, among the mainland actresses, the ones who can afford the box office are Sidan Shuangbing.

However, in terms of appearance conditions alone, in fact, Zhang Yimou's favorite candidate is Zhou Xun.

But Zhou Xun is negotiating with the company recently because of contract problems, and it is unlikely that he will come to star.

Among the remaining ones, Xu Jinglei's ancient costumes are not very good, so they are all urban emotional dramas, which are not very suitable.

The image of Xiaoyanzi is too fixed and relatively jumpy, which is easy for the audience to play, and it is not very suitable.

In the two ices, Li Bingbing's image is more heroic, and it is more suitable to play a chivalrous girl, and the weak Qinglou woman is not a good match for her.

Fan Bingbing's ancient costume is not bad, beautiful enough, but Zhang Yimou has watched her play, and her acting skills are really poor, and she still needs to polish it.

Therefore, among the four Dan double ices, only Zhang Ziyi is left who is more suitable.

But Zhang Yimou is not a person who likes to repeat himself.

The little sister in this play, the character design is a bit of a collision with Ruyue in "Hero".

Ruyue in "Hero" is a woman who dares to love and hate, and is willing to sacrifice herself for loyalty and love.

And the little sister in this play is also a woman who dares to love and hate, and is desperate for love.

If Zhang Ziyi is allowed to act, Zhang Yimou always feels a little weird, as if he has played a string of plays.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou simply expanded the scope of casting, and sent audition notices to many actresses in the circle, inviting them to participate in casting.

Mu Rong, as the action director of the movie, was also pulled to the scene by Zhang Yimou and participated in the casting, because he had to judge whether the actor could complete the content that the movie needed to present from the perspective of the actor's physical fitness.

Zhang Yimou's audition location was New Picture Pictures in Beiping, which was a film and television company he and Zhang Weiping co-founded to run his films, which was actually his studio.

Previously, his five films, "If You Have Something to Say", "No One is Missing", "My Father and Mother", "Happy Times", and "Hero", were all produced by New Picture Pictures.

It's not the first time Mu Rong has come to Xinhua, and the staff here are already familiar with him.

After coming to the new picture early in the morning, Mu Rong chatted with them.

He is understanding the operation mode and management methods of New Picture Pictures.

If he wants to be his own director in the future, he will definitely pull up a team of his own, just like Zhang Yimou.

So, it's good to know a little bit about it in advance.

After waiting in the company for more than an hour, Zhang Yimou was late.

He exchanged a few words with Mu Rong, then came to the conference room and signaled for the interview to begin.

Mu Rong was surprised, he had been here for so long, and he hadn't even seen an actress, why did he start the interview?

Zhang Yimou's assistant director Lihong sat beside Mu Rong, and when she saw him surprised, she explained with a smile: "The people who came to interview today are all well-known actresses, they all know each other, and there may have been conflicts.

If they meet here, both parties will inevitably be embarrassed, so they are all waiting outside the company, and they will come up to audition after receiving a call. ”

"I see."

Mu Rong was stunned.

To put it bluntly, it's still a matter of face.

Lihong was right, not long after a few people sat down, an actress came in for an interview.

"Hello director, my name is Yin Tao, I graduated from the School of Military Culture of the National Defense University, and I acted in the drama "I'm Waiting for You in Heaven", playing the role of young Bai Xuemei..."

"Good director, good interview teachers, my name is Chen Zihan, graduated from the Performance Department of Beiping Film Academy, acted in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", played the role of Blue Phoenix, and also acted in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", as Yin Li..."

"Hello director, my name is Zeng Li..."

"I'm actor Haiqing..."

"I'm Wang Yan..."

"My name is Zuo Xiaoqing, and I have acted in "The Way of Heaven"..."

"Hello everyone, my name is Hu Jing..."

"I'm Hao Lei..."

Looking at the actresses who came for the interview, Mu Rong quietly examined and made judgments.

I have to say that the level of the actresses who Zhang Yimou issued the notice is not low, but their business level is uneven.

Zhang Yimou specially requested that he should prepare a dance to show his body when he auditioned.

But except for Chen Zihan's folk dance and Zuo Xiaoqing's gymnastics, the dances of other actors can only be said to be slightly stronger than the amateur level.

Although Zhang Yimou said that stand-ins can be used in the play, if you can't even turn a few times in a circle and can't kick your legs straight, the difficulty of filming will obviously increase greatly.

What a general!

Mu Rong shook his head secretly.

The shape of these ones is not even as good as Sissi, how can you choose?

Forget it, actors mainly look at their acting skills, and it's almost as good as picking a body to make a living.

After facing another actor, Lihong flipped through the actor's resume and shouted, "Next." ”

Two minutes later, the door to the conference room was pushed open again.

A head poked in through the crack in the door and looked at it, and then quickly retracted.

"Huh?"

Mu Rong was shocked, almost thinking that he had read it wrong.

"Liu Yifei? Why don't you come in? ”

Lihong shouted at the door in confusion.

The door of the conference room was pushed open again, Liu Yifei's face was slightly red, and she walked in nervously.

Looking at her, Mu Rong was a little confused.

In the morning, he had breakfast with Liu Yifei at home.

At that time, Liu Yifei didn't say that she was going to audition for "Ambush on All Sides"!

Nervously came to stand in front of everyone, Liu Yifei didn't look up, and she could feel Mu Rong's scorching gaze.

She didn't dare to raise her head, lowered her eyes, pinched her water sleeves, and said in a low voice: "Hello director, hello teachers, my name is Liu Yifei, I am studying in the Performance Department of Peking Film Academy, and I am a sophomore.

I have acted in "The Family of Gold Powder", in which I played Bai Xiuzhu; also acted in "Dragon Babu", and played Wang Yuyan in the play; There is also a movie "New Police Story", which has not yet been released, and I play the policewoman Sissi in the play. ”

Listening to her self-introduction, Lihong glanced at Mu Rong and asked with a smile: "Have you acted with you?" Your friend? ”

"Hmm."

Mu Rong responded casually, his eyes did not move, and always fell on Liu Yifei's body.

Sissi has been hiding from him?

What does she want to do?

If you want to act in this play, why don't you tell him?