Chapter 157 Project Initiation
When Xu Song was writing the script at home, there was good news outside.
First of all, in addition to the broadcast rights of "Gambling Apocalypse" was bought by more than 20 countries in Yangzhou, a TV station in Eagle Country also bought it. They have always loved this kind of realistic film and television dramas.
And the scheduling rate of "Chainsaw" has been squeezed to two shows a day, but now the total box office is close to 3 billion, which can be regarded as exceeding expectations.
Of course, the biggest victory was to rush out of the country.
As for "You Are Not Really Happy", it surpassed He Xiangrong the next day and now firmly occupies the position on the August New Song Chart.
After Xu Song finished writing the script, he began to think about which actors to choose for the five main characters in "The Hangover", one woman and four men.
Comedy movies may not require superb acting skills, but they are very dependent on actors, even some actors with the best acting skills may not be suitable for acting in comedy. And some ordinary actors, even if they just stand there stupidly and do nothing, can make the audience laugh out loud. And this kind of "joyful" actor is the director's first choice.
Xu Song is most impressed by the comedians There are only two people.
One is Shen Feifei, a new generation of comedy superstar, with a sense of joy in his appearance, and his own personality also likes to be funny.
And the other person is Zou Yu, a depressed patient, an artist whose appearance and personality are not funny at all, but he is recognized as the king of comedy.
He used to act in dramas and tragedies, and he has always been unpopular, but after acting in two comedies in a row, his popularity began to explode. Anyway, I don't know why, he has a very serious face, and the audience wants to laugh when they see him. This kind of talent is a player, private
The next point is not funny, as soon as I face the camera, the joy suddenly comes up.
It's a pity that he has retired now and has become a director.
But obviously, "The Hangover" can't invite Shen Feifei, because this is a multi-role play, unless another character is similar to Shen Feifei's coffee position, otherwise he is unwilling to take this kind of play.
What's more, this is still an R-rated comedy.
So in the end, I thought about it, and just like "Gambling Apocalypse", I left the matter of choosing a role to Fukushima.
Early the next morning, the Fukushima Film and Television Department was a little surprised to get Xu Song's script, after all, there was a meeting yesterday morning, and Xu Song said that there was no script, and it was only one night, and it was written?
When the editor read the script, he was even more surprised.
This is a very interesting story, and it was designed by Xu Song to be R-class?
However, if it doesn't seem to be R-rated, the comedy effect of this movie is indeed greatly reduced, at least the crazy and evil energy can't be expressed at all.
For example, if the big fat man tries on a suit and takes off his pants, he is not wearing a thong, but briefs, which is basically not funny;
On the way to the destination, the excited big fat man yelled at the little girl in the opposite car, and the cute and quiet little girl suddenly gave him a firm middle finger, if the little girl didn't react, the shot would be ruined.
There is also the big fat man who went to the toilet in the morning to put water, and when he saw the tiger, he didn't rush out with his bare buttocks, and the jokes were half less.
And then there is the gang boss who jumps out of the trunk naked and beats people, which is completely incompatible with this absurd comedy style.
And so on.
Even "Chainsaw", which is not optimistic about the film and television department, has achieved such excellent results, and it is impossible for this "Hangover" not to be approved.
The project was established in the afternoon of the same day.
And as said at the meeting yesterday morning, Xu Song has two films that have been successful in small fights, and they have become well-known in the film industry, and many investors who have friendships with Fukushima have come to the door.
For the sake of money, don't say anything embarrassing. What's more, the movie results in Fukushima were not good before, they just endured hardships, and they haven't tasted much sweetness, and now there are opportunities to make money in front of them, and it is impossible not to rush.
And Fukushima also knows that there are many people who can do things, and there are also debts in the past, so he chose three companies that suffered the most losses in the past. As for the investment amount, we will wait until before the start of filming.
Because of Fukushima, which has a weak film and television foundation, it can only look for actors from the outside world. And Xu Song's request is to make it bigger this time, four male roles, at least three of which cannot be lower than the second line. So what the overall budget is, we have to wait for the salary to be determined.
Wu Peng can book the role of a teacher, he is handsome, and he doesn't need to be too funny, anyway, other directors think he has a talent for comedy.
Wu Peng heard that it was Xu Song's film, although he was told that it was R-grade, he didn't ask if he wanted to show it, so he agreed.
And this time, the reaction from the outside world was much better than in "Chainsaw". Although it is also R-rated, because it is a comedy, many second-tier movie stars with schedules have responded to the announcement.
For the first time, Fukushima had happy troubles, picking left and right, and finally decided ten candidates to audition.
Xu Song must be present on this occasion.
Ten second-tier male movie stars were more respectful when they saw Xu Song, after all, this director has achieved a box office of almost 8 billion with only 70 million. Even if there are only two of them
The newcomers of big movies, with their coffee positions, can only look up.
Nine out of ten people are competing for the roles of dentist and groom, and only one is competing for brother-in-law. Because Xu Song requires this role to look stupid, short and fat, and preferably second-line, this kind of special actor is too difficult to find.
Xu Song first compared his appearance with several actors in the original work, especially the two important roles of the dentist and brother-in-law. Because they bear most of the laughter of the movie, one seems to be honest; One looked like he was mentally retarded.
Fortunately, the only special actor is very consistent in appearance, and there are three people in the dentist who look right. Fukushima is still attentive in this regard.
Then it's time for the audition.
Competing for the groom, the script for the audition is the scene when he finally marries the bride.
Xu Song wants to see the acting skills of yearning for a peaceful life after "going through hardships and having palpitations";
The competition for the dentist was at the supermarket, and the teacher said that his girlfriend had slept with a waiter, and he refuted the scene.
This is to see if you can perform a hard mouth, but at the same time, you are actually self-hypnosis.
As for the brother-in-law, it was the scene where the three of them were asked to go out and sing "Let the Dog Go Out of the Mountain".
This is, of course, the sense of joy.
I have to say that the actors in the era of big entertainment are really powerful, at least in Xu Song's opinion, at least eight of the ten actors here are qualified. Of course, what satisfies him the most is that this also includes the special actor named Xu Xingyi.
So who does the dentist and the groom choose?
Xu Song thought about it, and then came up with a question, that is, "If you get drunk and bring someone else's domestic tiger home."
When you're sober, how are you going to send it back? ”
Then, in addition to Xu Xingyi, let the other seven qualified people write down the answers on paper and hand them in.
Since they are all good, let's choose the one that best fits the movie.
"Caven."