The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 236 Fast and Furious crew, audition!

Not long after Hong Chen had been shopping in Hollywood, he received a call from Robert.

Hong Chen glanced at his cell phone, thinking that the audition had finally come out, so he picked up the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Robert." Hong Chen spoke standard English.

"Hi, Mr. Hong Chen. I have a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Robert's voice sounded a bit hurried.

After hearing his words, Hong Chen frowned slightly.

good news?bad news?
There are two possible outcomes of the audition.

"Let's hear the bad news first." Hong Chen said in a calm voice. In fact, he had already prepared himself.

"The bad news is that the casting of "King's Secret Service" is finally finalized by Liu Chenglu." Robert's voice sounded a bit regretful.

He was worried about Hong Chen's loss, and comforted him: "Mr. Hong Chen, we all saw your performance in the audition. It was very exciting and powerful, and I will never forget it now. But casting is often not that simple."

"Mr. Robert, I see, it's nothing." Hong Chen sighed, but his emotions didn't fluctuate too much.

The competition for casting is already fierce, and there are many interests involved.

But what he didn't expect was that the final candidate would be Liu Chenglu.

Because in his heart, the biggest guess is that he or Li Bingxian will take this role.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Hong Chen, there is another good news, that is, I still have an audition here, and I need an Asian actor with good driving skills."

"Really? What script?" Hong Chen thought that it might be Robert comforting him, but he didn't expect much.

"It's an audition for the crew of "Fast and Furious 5". This is a big IP. I'll send you news about the audition and the director's contact information later." This time, Robert was a little anxious.

"Audition? "Fast and Furious 5?"

After hearing his words, Hong Chen's expression was filled with joy.

You know, "Fast and Furious 5" is much more powerful than "King's Secret Service". This is a real big IP, which is equivalent to a Hollywood sign!

"King's Secret Service" is a typical commercial film, and its quality is still unknown to a certain extent.

Although the proportion of bad movies in Hollywood is small, Hollywood has a large output and a large number of bad movies.

That may be the case with "King's Secret Service".

But "Fast and Furious" is different. Universal Pictures attaches great importance to this series, so it will arrange the best resources to serve this movie.

The Fast and the Furious series is very popular all over the world. The first one won a shockingly high box office, with an investment of 3600 million and a profit of [-] million US dollars.

You know, this is the box office of more than ten years ago, which is already very exaggerated.

After that, the box office and ratings of the second film were slightly bleak, but it still made a lot of money for Universal Pictures.

Later, when Universal Pictures made the third film, it constructed a brand new story: Tokyo Drift.The cast and lineup were all changed.

None of the protagonist team members were present, and big names like Diesel, Paul, and Michelle were not involved in the filming.The leading role was changed to a young American, telling the story of him being forced to come to Tokyo and racing on the streets with gangsters.

As a result, "Fast and Furious 3" hit the lowest point at the box office, and its reputation collapsed.

There is always a sense of disobedience when a group of Americans roams the streets of Tokyo.In fact, the IP "Initial D" was very popular in Tokyo and even in Asia at that time. The director considered this and decided to set the story of drag racing in Tokyo.

But the results were not as expected.

The protagonist group all disappeared, and the practice of selling dog meat as a sheep's trick made the old fans very disappointed.

Until "Fast and Furious 4", it returned to the story of the protagonist group.Diesel, Paul, Michelle, and Jordana all returned, and even joined the newcomer Gal Gadot.

This time, the box office swept away the previous decline, completed a counterattack, and gained countless fans all over the world!
The director and producer discovered that what everyone really loves to watch is the story of the protagonist group.

Therefore, Universal Pictures has increased its investment in "Fast and Furious 5", and it is bound to create a classic film!

In the list of actors this time, there are not only the big stars of the protagonist group, but also a top Hollywood movie star: Dwayne Johnson!
In addition, the protagonist team also needs the face of an Asian actor.

It can be said that if Hong Chen can win an important role in "Fast and Furious", it will be more important than winning the leading role in the crew of "King's Secret Service"!
"Mr. Robert, thank you very much." Hong Chen thanked him sincerely.

Just now he knew that he failed the audition and was a little depressed, but now that he knows that there is a new opportunity, the haze in his heart is swept away!

He is grateful for the audition.

It was because of this audition that he was discovered by Robert to get such a better opportunity.

"Haha, you don't have to thank me. There is a lack of an Asian actor who can really drive. I remember that you seem to be very good at driving, but you have the strength yourself." Robert laughed.

"Don't worry about that." Hong Chen smiled confidently.

For him, there is no better script than "Fast and Furious 5".

There are very few racing-themed movies, and such classic drag racing IPs are even rarer.

Only Hollywood, which has relatively complete capital, technology, and equipment, can shoot the effect of life and death speed of drag racing.

Moreover, according to Hong Chen's understanding, this movie also has high requirements for actors.

This is his chance.

Then, Hong Chen received a message from Robert that the audition was at a racing track not far from Universal Pictures.The Universal Studios building is originally in the suburbs, and it is a bit empty to go outside, which is very suitable for racing.

What he wants to audition for is the new character of "Fast and Furious 5", Han!
A taciturn, but first-class racing driver.

In the protagonist team, the strength is second only to Diesel and Paul.

When Hong Chen arrived at the audition location, there were quite a few people around. He notified his name and was led by his assistant to the racing track.

Hong Chen saw at a glance that the director Li Yibin was standing beside the track, looking at the racing cars in the field with a depressed face.

That's right, this movie was directed by an up-and-coming Chinese director.

In fact, there are many powerful Chinese directors in Hollywood, such as Wen Ziren who directed "Saw", "Latent" and "Aquaman", John Woo who directed "Mission: Impossible 2", and director "Life of Pi". Ang Lee.

Li Yibin became famous because of the "Fast and Furious" series, and it was because of his direction that the fourth part achieved remarkable success.

Hong Chen noticed that beside Li Yibin, Diesel and Gal Gadot were also there.

Diesel is a well-known tough guy in Hollywood and a real international celebrity. This series of movies is his representative work, so he cares very much.

Moreover, in Hollywood movies, in many cases, the actor's salary is linked to the box office. If the movie is well shot, his income may exceed hundreds of millions.

Huaxia HK actor and villain professional Zou Zhaolong said that many years have passed since he filmed "The Matrix 2" and "The Matrix 3", but he can receive dividends from this movie every year, and these dividends are enough to support him up.

It's also a superior system for Hollywood movies.

If the actor's salary is really linked to the box office, then the actor will naturally try his best to make this movie.

For example, Huaxia's Xiao Xianrou, the salary is sky-high when they come up, and they will get the money after the filming is over. They will not focus on filming at all, but will focus on how to improve their reputation, so as to get a higher film salary.

For example, a film and television drama "The King Behind the Scenes" some time ago had a total investment of 2.8 million, of which Zhou Dongyu received 1.1 million and Luo Jin received 7700 million.

The two people's salary alone accounted for two-thirds. If other people were counted, there was really not much money left for filming.

Therefore, China's film and television industry still has a long way to go.

Then, Hong Chen walked towards director Li Yibin.

(End of this chapter)