The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 272 "The Martian" Actor
Lei Jiayin watched the manager straighten his clothes against the smooth wall of the elevator, tugging at his tie, and couldn't help complaining, "You're not a woman, and Director Chen won't look at you any more."

"Isn't this nervous?"

"Are you an actor or am I an actor? Don't worry, I have worked with Director Chen twice. I understand his temper. If you call me directly, it must be settled. Unless there is a big accident, who can influence him?" opinion?" Lei Jiayin comforted.

He changed to a new company in the middle of last year, and his agent also changed, so he had no contact with Chen Jingxing.

Of course, times have changed. The weight and status of Chen Jingxing today are completely different compared to a year ago. The changes in DreamWorks are almost three times a year. Even Lei Jiayin is jumping up and down like a mouse in his heart. , but it was well covered up by him.

Lei Jiayin starred in Chen Jingxing's third movie "Signal" in 14, and later also acted in Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife II", and the space sci-fi masterpiece "Gravity". Last year, he also won the Golden Rooster Best Actor supporting role.

Starting from "Signal", Lei Jiayin's acting career is like a rocket under her buttocks, soaring into the sky.

Although it suffers from looks, it doesn't have as many resources as the top four middle school students, its appeal and number of fans are even more incomparable, and its commercial value is also lacking, but the acting skills are good, the protagonists and supporting roles can be played, and the popularity of the audience is not bad. So it can be regarded as a weak line among male actors.

Maybe because "Signal" had a really high start, and two films were shot in succession, so I was more cautious in accepting the film, or my horizons have also increased.

He has acted in three good movies in a row, and "Signal" alone has a domestic box office of 10 billion. This performance is definitely ranked among the top among male actors.

Unfortunately, domestic good film resources are not only scarce but also fiercely competitive, the competition among first-line male actors has reached a point where the top four middle school students, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, as well as Luo Chen and Hu Ge, who were single-handedly supported by DreamWorks They are all ranked ahead of him, and good scripts will be picked by these eight first-line actors at the first time, even if he is already the ninth person after these eight, he can only pick the rest.

And his image and age also doomed his competitors to be these first-line male actors. In the young field, traffic is now king. Trapped in an embarrassing situation.

He can't compete in the field of film, or the script in his hand is really not satisfactory to him. The most realistic choice is to give up his high spirits and make TV series. The market and projects of TV series are indeed much more than movies. With his position, There are still quite a lot of resources for star dramas.

Recently, he was approached by an S-level star drama produced in the Republic of China, and he has gradually accepted the current reality. Acting in TV dramas is not bad, the salary is high, and it can also cultivate nationality. There are indeed too few good resources for movies, so we can’t do it anymore. Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting to lose my popularity.

He is going to see if "Gravity" will bring him a turnaround after its release. After all, it is a huge space production that has attracted the attention of the Chinese people. It is known as the most expensive movie in China, and the box office is absolutely guaranteed.

Although he doesn't have many roles, after all, this movie can almost be said to be the heroine's one-man show, but it can be regarded as the leading actor. The presence of the first half of the movie is quite strong, and it should increase his commercial value a lot.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to take over the drama of the Republic of China, he received a call from Chen Jingxing.

As an old buddy who has worked with him twice, of course he has Chen Jingxing's WeChat, and he will say hello and chat during the holidays, but Chen Jingxing's films are highly confidential before the project is announced, and he has no way of knowing Chen Jingxing's choice. angular progress.

Actors who have Chen Jingxing's WeChat account and contact information also have a sense of proportion. Knowing that Chen Jingxing is a very assertive and decisive director, people will naturally "summon" you if they think you are suitable. Otherwise, it will only embarrass the relationship between the two parties and affect Chen Jingxing's perception of you, so the loss outweighs the gain.

Thinking that she might soon become the leading actor in Chen Jingxing's new movie, Lei Jiayin also felt a little fiery and uncontrollable excitement.

After all, the status of DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing has also undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when they took over the role of "Gravity" in early 15.

"Brother Lei? Why are you here so early?" The person who spoke was an old employee of DreamWorks, who was also Chen Jingxing's assistant and had dealt with Lei Jiayin.

Lei Jiayin patted him on the shoulder: "You must come early, and you can still let the leader wait for us? Is Director Chen here?"

"Come on, just after the meeting, the chairman is in the office now, and there is no one in it."

Lei Jiayin is very good at presenting things. Although DreamWorks does not have an artist brokerage business, and he definitely does not have any contractual relationship with DreamWorks, he still behaves like a contracted artist of DreamWorks.

"Here we go, sit down."

Chen Jingxing moved the signed documents to the side, and beckoned Lei Jiayin and his manager to sit down.

Chen Jingxing is going to go abroad soon. What he and Tang Xin are going to do is to travel and get married. In fact, they are traveling abroad, and they don't plan to invite any celebrities or bigwigs in the industry to the wedding. After returning, the two families will hold a small thank-you banquet to complete the process up.

Of course, I also went to America to follow up on the release of "Gravity" while traveling for the wedding.

It is estimated that it will take more than a month, so all the documents that can be signed and must be signed on paper must be processed in advance.

Fortunately, there is Xu Wenshen as the CEO, and he, the chairman, actually doesn't have too many things to deal with.

Of course, before he leaves, he has to finalize the casting of "The Martian", at least the protagonist, because the actors may need some time to prepare.

The hero of "The Martian" first needs to exercise his muscles, and he must carry out weight loss training with the help of a special trainer, so as to reach or approach the body size standard of an astronaut.

As for the leading actor in "The Martian", Chen Jingxing considered many domestic actors, and finally chose Lei Jiayin.

First of all, the age and image are quite suitable. As a botanist, he was also selected as an astronaut to explore Mars. The youngest age will not be less than 30 years old, otherwise the film will lose its real texture and become a sci-fi idol movie.

Moreover, Lei Jiayin is the kind of male actor who can be upright and harmonious, but he is not particularly humorous, that is, he was the image of a comedian in "The Golden Heist". Afterwards, especially after acting in "Signal", All the dramas I received were dramas, and I never acted in a comedy or a role with a sense of humor that is related to a comedy.

And "The Martian" does have a humorous and even comedic temperament, especially the male lead, who needs to be able to burst out optimistic and humorous emotions in a desperate situation, and to infect the audience, this is the male lead of "The Martian" unique charm, and even the charm of the movie itself.

This gives "The Martian" a completely different temperament from "Gravity" and "Interstellar".

It's not that the temperament of "Gravity" or "Interstellar" is not good, or that it is too bitter and bitter, but that each movie has its own unique charm. Chen Jingxing hopes that the space trilogy can be played in his Different colors and charms bloom in the hands.

The script of "The Martian" has not yet been formed. Of course, the general framework has been determined, but some key plot arrangements involving the aerospace industry still need to be confirmed by the expert consultants of the aerospace department, or to propose revisions.

Therefore, what Chen Jingxing produced was only a semi-finished script. The content of the movie's script itself was not much, and the semi-finished product was only a dozen pages.

After Lei Jiayin took over the script, she read it and was secretly excited. It was also a space sci-fi movie, so this movie must be a big production.

The most important thing is that it is still a leading male lead, perhaps not as big as the leading female lead in "Gravity". After all, it is almost a one-man show, but it is definitely a rare kind of leading male lead. When the news is released, the first- and second-tier actors are afraid that they will fight for their brains.

Maybe it was because I was too excited, or maybe I wanted to repay Chen Jingxing's "wisdom to know people". After reading the script and asking about the approximate shooting time and cycle, Lei Jiayin proposed an amazing shooting plan.

That is to spend more than two months to lose weight crazily, reducing to the skinny state of the male protagonist in the script when he was rescued, and then suspend shooting for a month or two after filming the thin scenes.

Let him regain weight and regain his health, and build up his muscles before continuing to film the first half of the scene.

Chen Jingxing was a little dumbfounded when he heard it, but it didn't mean that this would delay the construction period and increase the production cost.

His own schedule for the project "The Martian" is very sufficient, the budget is also very loose, and he is not in a hurry to release it. The first two works of "Gravity" and "Matrix" have not yet been released. Woolen cloth.

Delaying this little time is nothing, "The Martian" itself is a film that has been prepared and will not be released until at least next year.

It's just that Lei Jiayin's sudden ruthlessness was indeed a bit too ruthless, which can be called "Wolf Extermination".

He completely regarded himself as a balloon person, which is relatively rare in the domestic actor circle. Of course, Chen Jingxing rejected this proposal despite being moved.

He had indeed heard of such a balloon actor, and there were even more ruthless wolves in Hollywood. Getting thin and fat felt as simple as playing.

Chen Jingxing admired this kind of dedication, but he didn't think it was a good thing or something to be encouraged.

Although in the industry, Chen Jingxing's reputation is relatively strict with actors during filming, but his concept is to try not to damage the health of the actors when filming. Some are limited by budget or technology, and there is no way he can accept them. He can also accept these inevitable things.

But this kind of thin and fat is extremely harmful to the actor's body. Some Hollywood balloon people are very talented, and normal people are not easy to learn.

Especially when it is not necessary, Chen Jingxing thinks it is very boring for an actor to make such a big sacrifice just to gain a reputation for dedication.

In fact, Matt Damon, the actor who played the leading role in the original version of "The Martian", was not so cruel to himself. The bony shots in the later stage were realized by doubles, special effects makeup and computer special effects.

The main reason is that most of the shots of the hero in the movie are wearing space suits, and there are not many shots of being skinny in the later stage of "Potato Diet", which can be solved by technical means, and the cost is not high.

After finalizing the male lead of "The Martian", "Black Mirror" has already started broadcasting, and the announcement of "Mirage" is also progressing in an orderly manner. There is only one major issue that Chen Jingxing needs to solve before going abroad, and that is to cut out "The Center of the Earth". Gravity trailer.

(End of this chapter)