Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1287 Change or not?
After Leslie Cheung read the script, he thought about it, and still expressed his worries.

"The novel "Swordsman" is too classic, but not only is there no Ren Yingying in this drama, Dongfang Bubai has directly changed it to a daughter, which is not appropriate."

Leslie Cheung was worried that when he finished acting in this play, he would be scolded so badly by those book fans, which might also arouse Mr. Jin Yong's dissatisfaction.

If this is the case, then Leslie Cheung would rather lose this opportunity to cooperate with Brigitte Lin than make such a thing happen.

"Young Master Rong, don't worry. We have revised the script of this drama many times. There will never be any problems. If anyone wants to find trouble, just ask them to find me and Director Hu. Rong Shao no need to worry."

Tsui Hark asked Leslie Cheung to push everything on him very generously.

But the problem is that even if Tsui Hark wants to take the blame, it is impossible for Leslie Cheung to get involved in everything, and he will definitely be affected by it.

"No, no, I can't take this drama. I'm really sorry, but you should find someone else."

Originally, Leslie Cheung didn't really want to play Linghu Chong. After reading the script, he found that the plot in it was too nonsense, and the revisions were too large. I'm afraid it would cause some unnecessary disturbances.

If this is the case, then Leslie Cheung would rather give up this opportunity than cause these troubles.

"Young Master Rong, you are thinking about it. This drama is actually not what you imagined."

Tsui Hark didn't expect Leslie Cheung to refuse, so he hurriedly tried to persuade him.

But Leslie Cheung is a very assertive person, unless he really likes the role of Linghu Chong, or he has never played Li Xiaoyao before.

Maybe only in that way can he be persuaded by Tsui Hark, but it is obviously impossible now.

After chatting for a while, Leslie Cheung still insisted on his own point of view, Tsui Hark saw that there was no way to convince the other party, so he had to give up temporarily.

After Leslie Cheung left, Tsui Hark looked a little depressed. After all, he had decided that Leslie Cheung would play the role of Linghu Chong at the beginning.

But he didn't expect such a situation to appear now, which was obviously beyond his expectation.

"It's normal for Young Master Rong to have such worries. After all, the adaptation of this drama is really too big, and the pressure that the protagonist must face is really not small."

Shi Nansheng can understand why Leslie Cheung rejected this role, after all, the adaptation of this play is indeed quite controversial.

"Unless you are willing to modify the plot, only then may Rong Shao be invited to play Linghu Chong."

It is not difficult for Tsui Hark to invite Leslie Cheung to play Linghu Chong, as long as Ren Yingying is added, and Dongfang Invincible is changed to a male, then there will be no controversy in this drama.

However, if such a change is to be made, it obviously does not conform to Tsui Hark's original intention. He feels that the current script is already very good, and there is no need to modify it at all.

If it is to be filmed according to the original work, wouldn't the previous efforts of him and Hu Jinquan be in vain.

"There is nothing wrong with the script. I don't plan to revise it. If it really doesn't work, then replace it with someone else."

Tsui Hark wants to make some innovations for martial arts movies. If he has to modify the script because of a little difficulty, wouldn't he have to go back to the old road.

Tsui Hark will definitely not change the role of Dongfang Invincible, because in his opinion, one of the biggest selling points of this drama is the emotional drama between Dongfang Invincible and Linghu Chong.

The foreshadowing of the emotional line buried in the first part will not be revealed until the second part.

"If you really don't plan to change the script, you can only give up Rong Shao and find another person to act."

Tsui Hark nodded as he listened, but in Xiangjiang at this time, there are very few people who are suitable to play Linghu Chong, at least Tsui Hark thinks so.

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"Master Rong rejected Tsui Hark?"

Fang Jinsheng came to report to Lin Daoqiu immediately after hearing the news.

As for this result, Lin Daoqiu actually already had a premonition. After all, judging from what he knew about Leslie Cheung, it was not so difficult for him to take on this role.

"It is said that Young Master Rong declined Tsui Hark because he felt that the plot of this drama was too controversial."

Lin Daoqiu nodded while listening.

At first, Lin Daoqiu was surprised that Tsui Hark wanted to invite Leslie Cheung, but on the other hand he also felt that Tsui Hark's idea was very good.

But it is a pity that it was not achieved in the end, which has to be said to be a pity.

Lin Daoqiu is very curious now, is Tsui Hark planning to find Xu Guanjie to play the role in the previous life, or are there other candidates?
If he can find another actor who is suitable to play Linghu Chong from Xiangjiang at this time, Lin Daoqiu really admires him a little bit.

If Lin Daoqiu was asked to look for it, it might really take a lot of effort.

The matter of "Swordsman" has been put aside for the time being. After all, this drama is still in the preparation stage. Although the script has been written, it is stuck on the level of actors.

Lin Daoqiu felt that it was almost impossible for Tsui Hark to get the cast of "Swordsman" within at least one month.

So his focus now, apart from writing "An Embroidered Shoe", the rest is the play "The Meeting of Heroes".

Because of Lin Daoqiu's relationship, the actor's makeup and costumes have all been readjusted.

After all, this was what Lin Daoqiu meant, so Mai Jia and Wang Jing naturally didn't dare to be careless.

Fortunately, costumes and makeup are not too big of a problem, and they were quickly dealt with, and "The Meeting of Heroes" entered the stage of official shooting.

As the producer of this drama, Lin Daoqiu would come to the crew to stay for a while from time to time.

However, he did not interfere with the directing work of Mai Jia and Wang Jing, but stood aside and watched silently, and handed over the filming to Mai Jia and their director team.

With Lin Daoqiu on hand to oversee the work, Mai Jia and Wang Jing could concentrate on filming the film.

Lin Daoqiu took over all the communication issues that I was worried about before, and Lin Daoqiu was also responsible for all the arrangements for the actors.

Because of this, the shooting progress of "The Meeting of Heroes" has been greatly advanced, and several leading actors are getting more and more into the state.

For this play, Lin Daoqiu didn't expect to help them earn much money. After all, all the income from this play will be used to build the building of the Performing Arts Association.

Just as Lin Daoqiu was thinking about something, a gust of fragrant wind drifted by, and then a timid voice came from behind him.

"Mr. Lin, good afternoon."

Lin Daoqiu heard someone calling him, he looked back and found that the person calling him was a beautiful woman.

(End of this chapter)