First Actor [Rebirth]

Among the actors who auditioned for the male lead, Lu Yang was the last to start acting.

He also saw the screenwriter Yan Shu and director Jiao Yang of the play.

Teacher Yan Shu is a very gentle-looking woman with a bit of a literary style. She wears a pair of black-framed glasses. She doesn't look like a person who is nearly forty years old, but looks like a female student who has just graduated.

Director Jiao Yang next to her was different from Lu Yang's imagination, with a smile on his face, although not as "loving" as Director Lu, but still kind.

Lu Yang came in and said hello to them.

Jiao Yang noticed that Yan Shu who was beside him had turned the pen on the table [-] degrees so that the tip of the pen pointed forward.

Although he has never cooperated with Yan Shu, Jiao Yang is very good at observing people.

By combining the performances of the previous audition actors and Yan Shu's reaction at the time, he can deduce that the subconscious movement of the big screenwriter seems to indicate that the screenwriter is interested in someone, and may even have produced a creation because of it. inspiration.

Because after the actors performed, Yan Shu would write something in the notebook.

Although "Biography of Xiuying" is an adaptation of a novel on a well-known online platform, due to various reasons such as the lack of depth of the original work, only the main story setting is retained, and the rest will be fully authorized by Yan Shu to modify, even the original author who sold the authorization. Will not be involved in the screenwriting process.

In other words, only under the general framework background, Yan Shu wants to create a more grand story.

So far, the male actors who can be named are all for the male lead, but the audition results show that there can only be one male lead.

Actors audition, sometimes they try, sometimes they fail... But most of the time, the casting party feels that this actor seems to be more suitable for another role, so the actor is adopted.

Of course, there are also actors who come for other roles from the beginning.

For example, a special supporting role, especially the big villain boss, or a character that fits well with his personal image.

Gan Rong, who came to audition before, expressed that he was more interested in the villain, the little boss male five.

Of course, although this role is tentatively designated as the "Male Five", in terms of roles, it should actually be considered the second male.

It's just because this drama is based on the heroine "Xiuying" as the core, so the villain little boss who has no relationship with her will be ranked after the first to fourth males who have a relationship with her.

Gan Rong's previous works were mostly modern dramas, and he won the best supporting actor role of Magnolia for his image of a "problem boy" in a family ethics drama.

But he has many years of "practical experience", and he also has his own interpretation of other types of roles, and this self-contained performance mode is generally very expressive during auditions.

So when Yan Shu saw Gan Rong, a lot of plots immediately appeared in her mind. In order to fear that the inspiration would be fleeting, she bowed her head and began to write quickly before Gan Rong left completely.

After two days and several rounds of selection, the heroine and the most important female lead have also been decided, and some of the main supporting roles have also been preliminarily decided. However, the male lead has not yet been decided.

Before Lu Yang, although Yan Shu had replaced Gan Rong as an important villain in his novels, Jiao Yang felt that currently only Gan Rong has the strength to play a proton hero who has a miserable life experience but a strong heart.

Both Jiao Yang's father and Gan Rong's father are well-known directors. The former is older and became famous earlier. They are both in the same circle and know each other more or less.

Because of the very different shooting styles and anthology preferences, there is no major conflict.

This time Jiao Yang's casting for the new play, he is also focusing on Gan Rong.

Although Gan Rong's audition was not for the male lead, Jiao Yang felt that these could be discussed again. The important thing was whether someone could hold back this important role!

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One of the representatives of the producer was He Ping's "relationship household", and he had already said hello to him, so he naturally tried his best to help Wei Hexi get votes.

It's a pity that although he tried to get Wei Hexi to play first in order to take advantage of "preconceived ideas", and after Wei Hexi's audition, he was full of praise.

However, not only the director, screenwriter, but also other persons in charge of the production side all responded flatly and did not buy it.

"The appearance is not bad, but the acting skills still need to be honed. Although the male actors in costume dramas must be handsome, but they always play handsome and cool in a routine. The audience will get tired of watching it, and it is easy to have a sense of disobedience."

Jiao Yang has no prejudice against purely idol dramas. In fact, his father's movies have also chosen popular young actors and even singers to play important roles in the past two years.

But that can only be used if there is a suitable role.

Wei Hexi is already one of the most popular niches in the domestic TV drama circle. He mainly takes the elite route, and has played domineering presidents, musicians, school grassroots, doctors and policemen. Each role has a different identity.

But in Jiao Yang's view, there is not much difference between acting in ten such plays and acting in one.

In fact, Wei Hexi just acted in a spy movie as a stepping stone to transformation.

But as soon as Jiao Yang heard about the configuration of the crew, he knew that it was a matter of "changing the soup but not the medicine"-it said it was a spy war, but in fact it was mostly an idol drama dressed in a spy war cloak.

In contrast, Lu Yang, who played Director Lu's "Chasing", is more reliable in Jiao Yang.

After all, Director Lu's vision is well-known in the industry. He made Tan Jingchuan popular a few years ago, and the facts have proved that he is really good.

Therefore, Lu Yang was able to successfully complete "Chasing", and he was also supported by Director Lu when he encountered a crisis of spreading rumors, which is enough to show that his character and acting skills are good.

Of course, from the perspective of ordinary people, Lu Yang's problem is also very serious - that is, he is too young and has too little experience.

But Jiao Yang is a person who is used to "seeing is believing". He has to see Lu Yang's level for himself before making a decision.

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The scene that Lu Yang wants to perform on the spot is that after the assassination of the Prince of Liang, the Emperor of Daliang no longer trusts the remaining four sons around him, so he recalls the six sons who are far away in neighboring countries. fragment.

The reason why such a difficult stage is set up to audition actors is because both the director and the screenwriter value the overall strength of the auditioners more.

If the acting skills can't meet their requirements, no matter how good they are, it doesn't make any sense.

Acting with the actors is the assistant casting director of "Biography of Xiuying". He will act as the herald of King Liang and convey His Majesty's instructions to the sixth prince.

I saw Lu Yang kneeling to receive the order and listening to the herald read the will of King Liang.

In fact, according to the setting, this decree-delivering process occurs every year.

It's just that most of the content in previous years was King Liang's admonition and warning to his son, asking him to restrain himself and be cautious in neighboring countries, and not to cause trouble for no reason.

In other words, let him stay outside as a good hostage, and don't cause trouble for Liang Guo!

From the beginning I missed my homeland and hoped to be comforted and cared by my father, and then I gradually felt disappointed when my wishes failed every year, until I became disheartened...

No matter how painful and depressed Gao Jingcheng felt, he wanted to go back to Liang Country and prove himself to his father.

At this time, Gao Jingcheng had already learned the news of the prince's assassination through the spies he had buried in Daliang, and knowing the will this time might allow him to get what he wanted!

Jiao Yang found that although Lu Yang's face was calm and his attitude was respectful and submissive, there seemed to be sparks of anticipation in his eyes.

If this year is the same as previous years...Jiao Yang thought, maybe he could see the faint light in Lu Yang's eyes dissipate bit by bit.

But the content of the decree is completely different from previous years!

Gao Jingcheng's father expressed his longing for his youngest son in the will, and hoped to hold a crowning ceremony for him in Daliang, so he wanted to take the sixth son back to his homeland temporarily!

What a joy it will be for Gao Jingcheng who has been waiting for many years to get this exact news.

Before that, almost all the actors showed this kind of joy...with a slight level, they would show a kind of joy in depression to express Gao Jingcheng's character traits and identity limitations.

Just when Jiao Yang thought that Lu Yang would express like Wei Hexi and the others, Lu Yang made a very unexpected move.

He actually closed his eyes!

As the saying goes, the eyes are the windows to the soul. When an actor is performing, the most expressive part of his face is his eyes.

Therefore, ordinary actors will try their best to use their eyes to express their emotions, so that it is easy for the audience to feel the emotional changes of the characters.

But now Lu Yang suddenly "closed" this important window!

It makes people feel that he is refusing to express his emotions.

——Wait... That's right, it is a refusal to express!

Jiao Yang soon realized that Lu Yang's closing his eyes at this time was actually the action he understood Gao Jingcheng should do at this time.

Close your eyes, don't let your emotions show out, let all the turmoil be hidden deep in your heart, even Gao Jingcheng's confidantes have no way of knowing, let alone the herald who came to observe the sixth son with a "secret decree"? !

The timing of this eye-closing movement is very cleverly controlled.

It will not be too short, so short that it is not noticeable; but it will not be too long, which will produce that kind of deliberate sense of disobedience.

Jiao Yang secretly praised in his heart, whether Lu Yang was born with talent or honed in two months in "Chasing", this kind of acting skills is already considered outstanding among the new generation of actors.

Even if Lu Yang's age is not taken into account, it is very rare - who would have thought that a young man under the age of [-] would study the characters so meticulously and deeply, and deal with them so naturally and deeply.

Of course, what attracted Jiao Yang completely was not just a gesture of closing his eyes. In fact, when Lu Yang opened his eyes and finally began to express his "ecstasy" emotions, Jiao Yang was really interested in him from the beginning!

His eyes and expressions contain too much information!

The joy and sincerity of longing to see the father can make people feel both sad and moved.

But his movements and expressions were very restrained, with royal reservedness and nobility, as if unwilling to reveal his emotions.This kind of restraint comes from the blood, and it is very different from ordinary depression, so it looks more natural and has more depth.

The casting director who played with him at close range felt especially obvious.

He felt that Lu Yang in front of him was more dazzling than any auditioner before him!