Chen Hong.

Diao Chan in the 91 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The adult Taiping princess in "Daming Palace Ci".

The fairy Chang'e in "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie".

and has acted in many Qiong Yao dramas, and is one of the most well-known among Qiong Yao girls.

She is undoubtedly a well-known actress in the film and television industry, Qiong Yao plays grievances and grievances in dramas, looks beautiful in costume dramas, and is famous for her good temperament.

Putting aside her personal feelings, judging from her image and temperament alone, Chen Hong is undoubtedly very in line with the heroine of "The Undertaker" in Wu Yuan's mind.

In fact, after marrying Chen Kaige, she did become a good wife and mother.

In two years, she will fully transform into a producer, starting from "Wu Ji", as a virtuous assistant to director Kaigo, and fully support her husband's work in his career and family.

In fact, now she has focused her work on director Kaige, director Kaige's new movie "With You", Chen Hong became the producer and starring, and also sacrificed her image to play an escort girl.

This is why Wu Yuan was so surprised to see Chen Hong also come to audition.

In his memory, it seems that starting from "With You", Chen Hong will not take on external dramas in the next few years, and only make movies directed by Kaige.

Unexpectedly, she actually came to audition for "The Undertaker".

"Lao Chen's "With You" is almost finished, and my role has been completed."

Chen Hong smiled gently, and explained in a very gentle tone: "I heard that Director Wu's new movie is recruiting audition actors, so I wanted to give it a try, and Lao Chen also supported me." ”

Chen Hong's words are very appropriate, but the real situation is not the case.

In fact, she didn't plan to audition for "The Undertaker", it was Chen Kaige who suggested that she give it a try.

Director Kaige has a relatively arrogant personality.

Born in an intellectual family in Xicheng, Beijing, he was influenced by art since he was a child, and later was successfully admitted to the film academy, and his debut film "Yellow Earth" won a foreign award at the age of 28.

It can be said that his life is easy and difficult, and the life of a noble son.

So he doesn't look down on those directors who are about the same status as him, and he always feels that they are average in talent, and they all rely on hard work, and they can't compare to themselves.

He prefers geniuses like himself!

There is no doubt that Wu Yuan is such a genius that Chen Kaige admires very much.

Born in an intellectual family in Dongcheng, Beijing, he was admitted to the film academy when he was a teenager, and he is a direct junior brother!

The debut work won awards at foreign film festivals, although the artistry is not as good as "Yellow Earth", but it is also commendable, and he was only 18 years old when he made this movie!

In Chen Kaige's eyes, Wu Yuan is the second self!

Another genius director who became famous at a young age!

He admired Wu Yuan very much and felt that this subclass was me!

So when he heard that Wu Yuan's new movie was an art film that was going to win awards, and it lacked a heroine, he immediately said that he would move his wife to audition.

In Chen Kaige's view, his wife is naturally good anywhere, if she can play the heroine in her brother's movie, she will definitely be able to add a lot of color to her brother's movie, and it is a support for her brother!

In fact, Director Kaigo was indeed right.

At least the heroine of "The Undertaker" is really suitable for Chen Hong.

When Wu Yuan watched Chen Hong's audition performance, he slapped his thigh, which was called a satisfaction.

Chen Hong has both the gentle temperament of a Jiangnan woman and the tenacity of a northern girl, gentle but not cowardly, tough but not sharp.

And her face is also very compatible with the actor Zhang Guorong.

That is, the two of them will have a sense of CP when they stand together, and even have a little bit of husband and wife.

Because the faces of the two are very similar, they are both big at the top and small at the bottom, with a round chin and a goose egg face!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan asked with a smile: "Teacher Chen Hong, if you join the group, you will have to live with the group for two months and shoot for a month and a half, is there no problem with this schedule?" ”

"No problem, I don't have any work schedule for the next year." Chen Hong replied with a light smile.

Among so many actors who came to audition today, she is the most idle, after all, she is transforming into a producer and no longer acting.

"Okay, let's discuss it again, and we'll let you know as soon as there's any definite news."

"Okay."

Chen Hong still looked dignified and elegant, and left the audition room with a smile.

"What, you have a crush on her?" Han Dong smiled, and the admiration on Wu Yuan's face was undisguised.

Wu Yuan nodded: "Yes, Sister Chen Hong is indeed very suitable." ”

"Let's take a look at the rest of the other actors, if there is no more suitable than her, then Sister Chen Hong will be determined."

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The audition of the actors of the entire "Undertaker" lasted for three days.

In the end, the heroine Lin Mei still decided on Chen Hong, and among all the actors who came to audition, she was the most suitable.

Another secretary Xiaowei, who needs a young actor to play, is Sun Li, who is Huang Lei's future daughter-in-law.

In the case that there is no schedule in the weekly news, Sidan Shuangbing is not suitable for the role of secretary Xiaowei.

The positioning of this role is pistachio, and she is also a caring little sister, and it is under her persuasion that the male protagonist abandons his previous suspicions with his father.

Sun Li's appearance is more of the type of small jasper, and she is most suitable for playing this kind of intimate sister who is responsible for enlightening people.

And the boss of the actor, that is, the master who brought him into the undertaker industry, finally decided to be played by Mr. Li Xuejian.

There is nothing to say about the old drama bones, as long as the image is suitable, then you can definitely play this role well.

The only thing that is difficult to choose is the role of the bathhouse owner in the script.

This role needs to be played by an actress over 60 years old, who is alone in the affairs of the entire bathhouse, and gives the male protagonist a lot of encouragement and support when he is very confused and stumbling when he first comes into contact with the job of mortuary.

At the end of the movie, she passed away unexpectedly, and calmly accepted and understood the male protagonist of the job of mortuary, and sent her the last journey as a relative, which was also the most profound interpretation of this movie and the profession of mortuary.

The role is very good, but the actor is hard to find.

It's 2001, not 2020, there aren't so many "grandma professionals" on the market, and the first batch of popular film and television actors are only 40-50 years old.

If you want to find this kind of actress who is over 60 years old and has superb acting skills, you can't just cast a wide net of auditions.

If you want to find such an actor, you have to go to the major domestic drama troupes to find it.

With the help of Han Dong, Wu Yuan almost ran through several major domestic drama troupes before selecting two more satisfactory actresses.

One is Wu Yanshu from Shanxi Repertory Theatre, and the other is Lu Zhong, a teacher from Renyi.

The former has been a drama actor in the Shanxi Repertory Theatre for a lifetime, and will retire at the age of 65 in two years.

Wu Yuan actually watched some of her film and television works after retirement in her dreams, she was very powerful, and she only started acting in TV series at the age of 70, specializing in playing the image of a kind and kind grandmother.

Like Tang Xiuyi, who was favored by the grandfather in "BJ Meets Seattle", the country grandmother in "Love and Blind Date", Grandma Jiang in "The Golden Years", and Grandma Xie in "Going to a Windy Place" and other roles are all contributed by her.

And Mr. Lu Zhong is also an excellent actor, and later Wu Zetian in the "Detective Di Renjie" series was played by her, and her acting skills are very good.

However, after comprehensive consideration, Wu Yuan still chose Teacher Wu Yanshu, after all, the owner of the bathhouse is a kind and enthusiastic grandmother.

It took half a month of hard work to finally settle on the actors for the main roles.

After signing the contract with the actors, Zhang Guorong, who Wu Yuan had been waiting for a long time, also completed all the work in hand and vacated the schedule for the next six months.

picked up Zhang Guorong at Beijing International Airport and met the main actors of the crew, Wu Yuan immediately took them and started a national funeral home experience tour!