This director only makes bad movies

After breaking up with Lin Ziyi, Xu Nan immediately started preparations for the movie "Three Thousand Spartans".

The original movie "300" will be released in about half a month, so Xu Nan needs to complete a series of preparations such as shooting, production and post-release within half a month.

This is an impossible task for other films, but for Xu Nan, there is still plenty of time.

He was able to complete the filming and production in just seven days, and the rest of the time was used to relax and exercise while practicing boxing.

Nanhai Film and Television has taken shape, and preparing a movie has become a simple matter. Xu Nan just briefly talked about how to shoot in the conference room, and George directed the employees to arrange most of the work.

The ability demonstrated by George, a veteran producer, also made Xu Nan determined.

"George, I see your performance, and I have decided that you will be in charge of the company's next movie."

In the United States, the director-centered system and the producer-centered system run parallel to each other. There is not much difference between a film with the director as the main director and the producer as the main director.

There are many classic movies that were shot under the command of producers. Sometimes the director is just a pure shooting tool.

Xu Nan's main purpose of coming to the United States is to make money. He cannot stay here for a long time. He needs to cultivate a successor.

George is very good. He is a veteran producer with rich experience.

Although he had some minor dissatisfaction with him before, he had been working very hard recently and his attitude towards Xu Nan was very respectful. He had long forgotten the minor dissatisfaction with him and decided to train George up.

As long as George performs well, he will be responsible for managing the company in the future, and he can even be given some shares to win him over.

George was stunned for a moment, feeling very surprised.

But he is also a veteran producer. Although he was responsible for shooting low-grade underground movies in the past, he has also had a lot of experience.

Being in charge of a movie as a whole surprised him, but it didn't make him lose his temper.

It's just a low-quality copycat, costing only a few hundred thousand dollars.

What he was happy about was the improvement in his status in the company and the recognition from the genius director Xu Nan.

George worked even harder. The cake drawn by Xu Nan gave him a hard work buff, and it lasted for a long time.

With George's efforts, the crew was almost ready soon, and the next step was the selection of actors.

Xu Nan encountered certain troubles at this stage.

The ancient Greek city-state Sparta was an iron-blooded city-state. The city-state had a rule that when a child was born, he needed to be examined. If he was physically disabled or sick, or even too weak, he would be abandoned directly.

Children who are not abandoned should start training from a young age and continue training until adulthood, because only in this way can the most powerful warriors be cultivated.

There is no doubt that this setting exists in the original "300 Spartans" because they filmed the story of the Spartan warriors defeating the Persian army.

Although "Three Thousand Spartans" is a pirated version, the basic settings cannot be changed, and the story is also the story of the Spartans defeating the Persian army.

This setting determines that the main actor in the movie must be a man, and he must also be a strong man, a tough man who can beat eight at a glance.

This kind of actor is not easy to find.

Moreover, in this kind of movie, Eliza, who has a slim waist and long legs, is destined not to be the protagonist and can only be a vase.

The protagonist of the movie must be a man, and a man who can be beaten at a glance.

How about choosing frail and skinny people to create a sense of contrast?

Xu Nan suddenly had an idea in his mind.

This idea is quite feasible. After all, it is a copycat movie, using a group of weak and thin men to play the famously powerful Spartan warriors. It is full of nonsense and contrast.

While the audience is speechless, they should also be very happy watching it.

But after thinking about it carefully, Xu Nan gave up this tempting idea.

It’s not that I think this is bad or anything, it’s just that the conditions are not met.

The actors in the entertainment industry are very homogeneous. There are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women. Just throw a brick and kill seven or eight handsome men and beautiful women.

It's a little hard to find actors with good physiques, but you can still find them if you try.

But it is difficult to find the frail and thin man.

Of course, if you search carefully and spend a certain amount of energy, you will definitely be able to find it.

But this is just a copycat to make money. Do you spend so much energy to make yourself uncomfortable?

After carefully considering the difficulty of finding both a thin actor and a toned actor, Xu Nan decided to find a toned actor.

If that doesn't work, the requirements can be relaxed a little.

In fact, Xu Nan still underestimated his appeal among the actors.

After he put out the casting request, a lot of muscular and muscular men flocked to the film, trying their best to get a role in the movie.

Hollywood is a vanity fair. Countless boys and girls chasing dreams come here every day, hoping to become a glamorous star and live in the spotlight.

But such people are often rare. If they want to become famous, strength, luck, and connections are all indispensable.

Xu Nan is a relatively well-known director in the United States. These actors also know that it is unstylish and embarrassing to appear in his movies, but for their dreams, they still come.

It is not difficult to go from one to two, and it is not difficult to go from two to three, but it is particularly difficult to go from zero to one. Many people just lack an opportunity. As long as there is an opportunity, they can get up.

It might be embarrassing to say that it is a copycat, but no matter what, this is a serious theater movie, not the kind of underground movie that can only be obtained through video tape channels.

Moreover, the minimum limit for copycat movies is guaranteed, and the popularity is not low. It is considered a significant achievement in terms of qualifications, and you can use this stepping stone to climb to a higher level.

Seeing a group of actors who could be bodybuilders playing tricks, and some even trying to do evil things to him, Xu Nan could only lament that Americans are also very curly, and in some places they are even curvier than in China.

Fortunately, Xu Nan easily found all the actors for The Three Thousand Spartans, especially the male protagonist Leonidas. He chose a very handsome man with eight-pack abs, whose name Called Butler.

This actor is not much worse than the protagonist of the original 300 Spartans, and he is even better in appearance.

But it's a pity that there is a big gap in reputation between the two. Fortunately, Xu Nan doesn't care about this.

The actors have been selected, the crew has been prepared, the staff are all ready, and the preparations for the film are complete.

The filming of 3,000 Spartans has officially begun!