China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 333: Needing a supporting role, a bunch of stars came

"I can play this role!" Hu Jun preached in Chairman Hua Shang's office holding a small character.

Today is the day when Li Mu invites Hu Jun to audition. The progress of "Edge of Tomorrow" after the new year has obviously accelerated - by the way, Li Mu intends for Hu Jun to play the role of the Master Chief in the film.

Hearing this, Li Mu joked: "Of course you can play it. The battle scenes of this character are all on the beach. I immediately thought of the scene where you, Qiao Feng, used the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon to defeat an army of flying sand and dust."

Hu Jun's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this. To be honest, he really likes the role of Master Chief, but why has the entire entertainment industry regarded him as a martial arts actor since he played Qiao Feng?He is actually a very good literary and opera actor, okay?

"The character that impressed everyone most about you is probably Qiao Feng. He is domineering and arrogant, as good as the Hong Kong version of Huang Yat-hua. But the character that impressed me the most is actually Leung Chi-yuan. I have watched "Years" many times, and the more I watch it, the more I like it. "Li Mu then said again.

Hu Jun felt relieved when he heard this. Li Mu had scratched his itch this time. Compared to martial arts roles, characters like Liang Zhiyuan that focused on literary drama were his favorite.

"Look, let me just say that we two have the same temper, right?" Hu Jun slapped his thigh, "Liang Zhiyuan is also a character that I like very much. This is my strength. Director, if you have similar roles in the future, can you You must think of me.”

"Good to say."

"A word is settled!"

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

After this meeting, the role of the Master Chief in the film was finally confirmed. In the next few days, Li Mu met with Liang Guanhua and Liu Yijun respectively.Liang and Liu certainly had nothing to say about their acting skills. In addition, as the roles were suitable, the two roles of general and scientist in the film were finally confirmed.

As for the role of the only female warrior in the protagonist team, Li Mu initially advocated inviting Xin Zhilei to play the role. After learning that Xin Zhilei had a filming appointment and could not come, Li Mu simply told Chen Zhixi to directly choose one from the group. Forget it, firstly, the character does not have many roles and is of average importance; secondly, the character has very few lines and the performance is not difficult; thirdly, the character is the most basic soldier, dealing with all kinds of male soldiers all day long, so he must have a little bit of Gangsterism, a sense of bottom, and an aura similar to that of a too-girly girl. Many famous actors cannot play these things.

Leaving the matter to Chen Zhixi, Li Mu felt relieved.

During this period, "Shameful Iron Fist" continued to gain momentum in the domestic market. Within ten days of its release, the cumulative box office exceeded the 22 billion yuan mark. After 20 days of release, the cumulative box office exceeded the 29 billion yuan mark. The media have predicted that the film will be released No. It officially exceeded the 20 billion mark on the 30th.

Another domestic film with a box office of over 30 billion is about to be born, and it seems that all the films with a domestic box office of over 30 billion are from the Huashang genre?

The success of "The Shy Iron Fist" has aroused heated discussions among domestic netizens. However, unlike the famous Happy Twist in the original time and space, the Happy Twist in this time and space somewhat lives under the shadow of Li Mu.

The script of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was conceived by Li Mu, and "The Shameful Iron Fist" was directly determined by Li Mu's script outline!

Happy Twist's most popular drama is "Charlotte's Trouble", and the script of this drama was completely written by Li Mu himself!

So, is Happy Twist's success the success of Happy Twist itself, or is it just a coincidence that it fell into Li Mu's lap?

Most netizens in China think it is the latter.

The popularity of "Shameful Iron Fist" successfully brought Mary out of the entertainment industry, but Elen, who is also the protagonist, is slightly less popular. The biggest change for the two of them is that they have become more confident.

Especially Mary, although she has always played the role of Ma Dongmei in the play "Charlotte", no one can say for sure whether she will still get the role of Ma Dongmei when the movie version is actually made.

Even many people within the Happy Twist team were not optimistic about Mary before.

Her image as a heroine?
It seems that the conditions are indeed a bit worse!
Mary was very worried about this matter in the past. After playing Ma Dongmei for so many years, she has already had some special connection with this character. If the filming of the movie starts in the future and the heroine is really hired by someone else, she will estimate that by then He may even collapse.

But now it seems that the problem should not be big. The box office of "Shameful Iron Fist" starring her will definitely exceed 30 billion. With this solid result, she will be almost invincible when fighting for the role of Ma Dongmei in the future. .

……

On the 20th day after its release, the cumulative box office of Brother Cheng Long's "Heroes" has exceeded the 7 million mark, and it still firmly occupies the second position in the spring season. However, currently, the film's chance of finally breaking the 8 million box office is Not big anymore.

With an investment of 4 million yuan and a mainland box office of less than 8 million yuan, "Heroes" is definitely a flop.

On the other hand, "Wolf Totem", which was originally very lagging in the box office rankings, now performed well at the box office due to its good reputation. It actually had a total box office of close to 20 million within 7 days of its release.

……

Let's talk about Chen Zhixi. After she announced that Li Mu would cast a female warrior role among the extras in the new film, many female stars in the domestic entertainment industry couldn't sit still.

Like Li Chun, she decided to audition as soon as she heard the news.

She really doesn't have much experience in fighting scenes, but as long as she is willing to endure hardships, is she still afraid that she won't be able to film fighting scenes?

As for the issue of her acting skills not being recognized by Director Li Mu, she doesn't think it's a big problem. Her performance in "Celebrating More Than Years" was recognized by Li Mu before. Besides, if Director Li Mu doesn't recognize her acting skills, then she won't be able to do it later. Can she be cast in "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" again?
There is also the question of whether she can get this role. She thinks the same problem is not big. The crew just wants to find an extra. She is better than the extra, right?

Finally, with her current popularity, it is a question of whether it is worthwhile to play such a role that should not have many roles.

She thinks it should still be worth it, even if she gets kicked off in the end!

I heard that Director Li Mu will personally participate in the audition this time. There is no harm in being able to show his face in front of Li Mu and increase his impression on Director Li Mu, right?
Maybe Director Li will have a new project in the future, but this audition may have deepened his impression and made him think of himself.

Then when the day of the audition actually came, she realized how wrong she was, because looking around, she saw that the entire waiting area was filled with familiar people.

Wang Ou, Wan Qian, Zhang Jiani, Gao Lu, Gao Ye, Zhang Xiaofei, Wang Zhi...

Did you agree to choose among the group performers?Li Mu, who came to the scene, was also very surprised. He turned to ask Chen Zhixi next to him. Chen Zhixi spread his hands and said, "All the extras can come. I can't say that you are famous, so you don't meet the audition requirements? Besides, you don't I didn’t say there was such a requirement!”

Li Mu thought the same thing. Since you've come here, let's give it a try!

……

In fact, the audition for the role of the female warrior was very simple. Just say a few lines and see how it felt. It was not an important role in the first place, but the actors who came to audition today made Li Mu more interested.

For example, Li Chun had previously collaborated with Huashang Media on two dramas, "Celebrating More Than Years" and "A Thousand Bones of Flowers." However, the company didn't have many interactions with her after that. Now that I saw her, she also came to audition. Li Mu couldn't help but search in his mind and found that the company would have few interactions with her in the future.

The copyright of the movie "Psychological Crime" starring her in the original time and space is in the hands of Hua Shang, but the review of that movie was too low. It brought together such good actors as Liao Fan and Wan Qian. As a result, the Douban score did not exceed 5. Therefore, Hua Shang had no plan to launch this movie project at all. The reason why Li Mu won the copyright was actually because of its web drama version.

But since the original version of the online drama has a good reputation, it is unlikely that Li Mu will replace those actors with Li Chun in this time and space. The conclusion is that there will not be many opportunities for the two companies to cooperate in the future.

As for the role of the female warrior this time, it’s not completely impossible. Let’s use it as a backup. If there’s no better one later, then she will be the one.

Wang Ou came in behind.

She is just the opposite of Li Chun. Li Chun has collaborated on two dramas with Huashang Media before, but there may not be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. Wang Ou has not cooperated with Huashang Media before, but the two have since There are many cooperation opportunities.

For example, in the spy drama "The Pretender" where she co-starred with Hu Ge, Jin Dong and others, Wang Ou played Wang Manchun in the drama and performed quite well. For this role, she won the 19th Huading Award for China's 1 Best Actresses. Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series.In this time and space, Huashang Media will definitely be filming "The Pretender", and Wang Ou is naturally Wang Manchun's No. [-] choice in this version of "The Pretender".

In addition, there is "Nirvana in Fire", the benchmark of ancient costume conspiracy dramas, in which Wang Ou plays the role of Qin Banruo, the counselor of the respected king. Of course, Li Mu will not let "Nirvana in Fire" go.

So today's audition, on the surface, was an audition for an insignificant role as a female warrior, but in fact, it unknowingly became Li Mu's audition for an important role in a series of important film and television dramas in the future?

Calculating the time, it is indeed time for "The Pretender" to be launched.

As for Gao Ye later, she is really not famous now, but Hua Shang will definitely film "I Am Yu Huanshui" and "Crazy" in the future, so I might as well know more about Gao Ye in advance today, and therefore During the audition process, Li Mu and Gao Ye also chatted happily.

Okay, of the above three audition actors, Li Chun is an old acquaintance of Hua Shang, and it stands to reason that he has the greatest hope. Wang Ou has been in it for a long time, and he looked good when he came out. It seems that he performed well in it, and he is very good. Maybe get a role?

Now Gao Ye came out and seemed to be in a good mood as well.

This time, the people waiting outside were confused.

"Why does it seem like everyone who came out of today's audition has a chance to win?"

Then Wan Qian went in. Li Mu had always had a good impression of Wan Qian, and she would be indispensable in many films and TV dramas he would copy in the future, so Li Mu also took advantage of today's opportunity to chat with her a little more. Then Wan Qian also seemed to be in a very good mood after going out, and it seemed that the audition went well.

So how many roles are you auditioning for today?

Why do almost every actor who enters the show behave like this when they come out?
Next is Zhang Jiani. In this time and space, Li Mu gave her the roles in "Story of Yanxi Palace" and "Palace Lock Bead Curtain" to her own actor Song Yi. It is said that this time she took away part of her popularity. Lucky?

Normally he didn't feel much, but now that he was standing in front of him, Li Mu felt a little regretful and thought to himself: "I can make up for it appropriately if I have the opportunity in the future."

As for Zhang Xiaofei, Li Mu still likes this actor, and there is no reason for Li Mu to let go of a movie of the level of "Hello Li Huanying", so it was natural for him to chat with her a little more during today's audition. At this time, Zhang Xiaofei It is also really bitter. In such a realistic place in the entertainment industry, almost everyone can bully an unknown little actor like her, and then face a director of Li Mu's level for the first time - it turns out that the more capable the person, the better the quality. High right?
Or are you saying that the role you auditioned for today is safe?

When it was Wang Zhi's turn, she didn't even want to try. Before she came, she thought that she would still have some advantages in competing with ordinary extras. The role required being able to fight. Although she had never filmed a fighting scene, she had practiced martial arts seriously. Yeah, so I still have high hopes for getting this role, right?

Unexpectedly, it was just a supporting role, but so many well-known actors came to the scene, and everyone came out with almost the same expression of winning. Is there any point in going to the audition under such circumstances?
It probably doesn't mean much anymore, but since you've come here, let's go in and give it a try.

"Hello director, hello teachers, I am Wang Zhi..."

"Looking at the information, have you ever practiced martial arts?"

"Well, I have been practicing martial arts since I was seven years old. I once won the Liao Province Junior Martial Arts Women's Swordsmanship Championship. At that time, my ideal was to become a female star like Yang Ziqiong."

Li Mu nodded: "The audition hasn't finished yet, but I can give you a thorough explanation first. The role is yours. If there is no problem, come over tomorrow to sign the contract."

"what?"

"By the way, there is a character in "The Wandering Earth" directed by Guo Fan. He has very few scenes and basically passes by in a flash. His main appearance is through photos, because the character is already dead at the beginning of the story. No objection. If so, this role will be given to you."

The role played by Wang Zhi in "The Wandering Earth 1" is of course insignificant, but in the prequel "The Wandering Earth 2", the same character becomes the heroine of the story.

If nothing else, Wang Zhi, the heroine of "The Wandering Earth 2" in this time and space, is still one of the important options, but this may be a few years later, and there may be variables, but there is no need to tell her so far in advance.

……

When she walked out of the audition room, Wang Zhi couldn't hide the joy on her face. She didn't expect that she had any mental preparations, but director Li Mu immediately cast her. And she auditioned for one role and got two roles directly?

Although the director has repeatedly said that the role is not important, would Director Li Mu attach so much importance to an insignificant role?
Then while walking, Wang Zhi suddenly thought, isn't the look on her face exactly the same as the one she had in the previous auditions?

It’s impossible for everyone who auditions to have the director tell them that the role is yours, right?

(End of this chapter)