What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 77 You Are Amusing Me

The script of "Love Letters from the Kingdom of Heaven" was finished during the May [-]st period, and the Poplar Project was filed and approved after the festival, so it started to establish a list of main creative personnel.

According to the regulations, not only the plot outline must be submitted, but also the list of all the main creators from producer, director, screenwriter, photography to starring, etc., cannot be changed at will, and once changed, it must be re-filed for approval.

In the original play of "Love Letter", the fiancée looks very similar to the female classmate with the same name who the protagonist had a crush on in his school days, and the original play was played by the same actress.

When Yang Shu rewrote it, he made an adaptation, planning Jiang Shiyu to play the fiancée and Liu Man to play the female classmate.

At that time, Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu were not blindly happy because they were about to star in a movie. As partners of the studio, they considered it from a business point of view and suggested inviting popular actresses to star in it to ensure the box office.

At that time, Yang Shu did not agree and insisted on cultivating stars by himself.

In fact, there are very few actresses with box office appeal in China, and even fewer are suitable for this movie. Zhou Xun is one of them, and she has a baby face. Even if she is in her early forties playing a high school student, she should still be able to watch it.

Last year, she played the role of Jiu'er in "Red Sorghum" co-starring with Qin Hailu, and the collagen on her face was still sufficient.

But she is 41 after all, and the price is very expensive, the salary for a movie is 500 million.

In comparison, Liu Tao's salary for filming TV series is similar to Zhou Xun's, which is 8000 million, but only 500 million for a movie.

Now it was time to report to the main creator, and when it came time to make a final decision, Yang Shu hesitated.

He thought of an idea, if the original design of "Love Letter" is still used, the fiancée and the female classmate look very similar, can Liu Tao play the fiancée and the adult female classmate, and Liu Man play the young crush in high school Woolen cloth?

This seems to be a good idea, which shows that the male protagonist always likes this one, and is determined to find a girlfriend who looks similar.

This contradicts Yang Shu's previous thinking. He once thought that it was too much for two women to look the same. The fiancée seemed to be a substitute. Empathy instead of true love was unfair to the fiancée. More self taste.

But this is just a possibility, it is his personal judgment, maybe the audience doesn't care about it.

It is undoubtedly a good gimmick for two sisters to star in a movie, but Liu Tao has not made much achievements in movies. If the gimmick is too much, the audience may understand this work as a self-proclaimed work of a relative. I rushed before it was released.

The key is in terms of values. As a director, Yang Shu tends to dig into corners, and his taste is too heavy, so sometimes he may not be able to judge accurately.

Liu Tao has finished filming the TV series "Dear Marriage". He returned to the capital on April NO.20 and is currently participating in the casting of "British Showdown".

"British Showdown" is an action movie based on the novel "The Chinese" by the famous writer Stephen Lesser. The story of revenge road to terrorist organization.

Yang Shu has never read the original novel, so he is a bit suspicious that the hero’s identity has been changed. The novel is called "Chinese". However, strictly speaking, the identity label of Vietnamese Chinese can no longer be considered Chinese. It would be more appropriate if he turned out to be a veteran from the mainland Pass.

But if this movie wants to be released in the mainland, it is best not to have a soldier king bombard London, which is too sensitive.

At present, the two male leads have been confirmed, starring Jackie Chan and 007 actor Pierce Brosnan. These days, the crew is in the capital to choose the female lead, and Liu Tao is invited to audition.

This is Brother Cheng's transformational work. Yang Shu has seen it in his previous life, and his impression is not bad.

However, although there are still explosions and fierce fighting, it lacks Jackie Chan's characteristic humor and humor. It is a somewhat gloomy and crazy revenge film, and it is also the most serious one among his works, with a box office of more than 5 million yuan.

Two days ago, Liu Tao and Yang Shu communicated about this matter. She said that the director is Martin Campbell, who has directed the "Zorro" series, "007: Golden Eye", "007: Casino Royale", and cooperated with two generations of 007 actors Pass.

Liu Tao said that there are not many heroine roles in the play. She is a simple and unpretentious woman, the confidante of Brother Cheng, who has been by his side after he lost his daughter, giving him support and warmth. Although he loves him silently in his heart, he never No love was shown.

There are quite a lot of actors competing for the heroine this time, including Li Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and several first-line actresses are competing.

This is normal, regardless of whether it is a Jackie Chan movie, just being directed by an international famous director and starring 007 Pierce Brosnan is already attractive enough.

It is a pity that the director is not very optimistic about Liu Tao, and has made it clear that she is too young for this role.

Liu Tao was very disappointed: "It's really inexplicable. I am obviously about the same age as Bingbing and Ziyi, so why do you say that I am too young?"

Liu Tao and Zhang Ziyi are really about the same age, only six months apart, but they are five years younger than Bingbing, who is in her early forties. They all say that foreigners can't tell the age of East Asian women, but this director is an exception, and his vision is quite poisonous.

In addition, competitiveness is also a problem. Bingbing starred in "Transformers 4" and "Resident Evil 5" only last year, and has developed smoothly in the international market in the past two years.

In addition, "British Showdown" is a joint production of China, the United States and Britain. The Chinese production companies are Yaolai Films and Wanda Films. Among them, Yaolai Films has invested in the production of films such as "Heavenly Lion", "Zodiac" and "Little Soldier" in recent years. They are both starring Jackie Chan, and both Bingbing and Jackie Chan are shareholders of Yaolai Film and Television. Not only do they have a close personal relationship, making "British Showdown" is equivalent to making their own movie.

Needless to say, the international chapter, "Hero", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" have brought her a lot of international reputation, especially the cooperation with Cheng Dage on "Rush Hour", which is also a huge competitive advantage.

In comparison, Liu Tao is the weakest. There are not many film works in the first place, and so far there is not one film that is an international cooperation film.

Yang Shu knew that the director was Martin Campbell, and Liu Tao missed an important film of his, "Vertical Limits", which is a mountaineering film about a brother rescuing his sister in distress in a snowy mountain. Film.

He knew that Liu Tao was finally chosen for the film, the reason is very simple, because he has seen it.

In fact, it makes sense to choose Liu Tao. The images of Bing Bing and International Zhang are sharp-edged. It is okay to play female killers and female thugs, but Liu Tao is undoubtedly more suitable for the image of a warm and affectionate confidante. .

But she is indeed too young, and she will have to wear old-age makeup by then.

The characters in the film are over 50 years old. Of course there are outstanding actresses in this age group in mainland China. Pan Hong, Siqin Gaowa, Liu Xiaoqing, and Song Dandan are all good, but they don’t seem to be suitable for the international market, especially because they don’t match Jackie Chan’s image. nondescript.

Yang Shu did not analyze it with Liu Tao from a professional point of view, but joked on WeChat: "Don't worry, this movie belongs to you, pack your bags and get ready to go to London to shoot."

Liu Tao was just getting annoyed, how could he be in the mood to listen to him comforting him for no reason like this: "You are entertaining me, if you can't get it, I will settle the score with you."

Yang Shu was obviously inexperienced, so he didn't take advantage of the situation to ask if he could settle the score with her if he got it, which was only fair.

On May [-]th, Liu Tao received a notice that the crew of "The British Showdown" invited her to act as the heroine. The filming started in London in early October, and the contract will be formally signed soon.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when she received the notification. She was very happy and called Yang Shu to report the good news: "I didn't expect you to be so accurate in your judgment. Are you free? Let's go out for a stroll together?"

(End of this chapter)