This star is wrong

Chapter 390 "Hurricane" Casting, All Members Require Their Acting Skills to Explode
"Mr. Xu, I'm personally very satisfied with your performance. However, the role you want to play is a villain, the second male lead, and the role is not much different from the first male lead. I just don't know, do you mind playing the villain? "

After Fang Xing and Zhou Jitao exchanged views, they were very satisfied with Xu Zhiwen's performance.

Therefore, Fang Xing wanted to finalize Xu Zhiwen as the second male lead in the new drama.

It's just that the male number two of this anti-crime drama is a villain.

In the entertainment circle, some actors don't deal with villains, so make it clear in advance.

Xu Zhiwen smiled heartily, and replied: "It's okay, good villains need actors to create them. I have read the outline of the script sent by your assistant director. I can play the second male role, no problem."

in fact.

Although Xu Zhiwen is a professor at Donghai Film Academy and has appeared in some film and television dramas, there are no popular works.

In addition, he is a professor at the Film Academy, so he has higher requirements for scripts than many first-line actors.

Therefore, his film contracts are very few, his salary is not high, and his popularity is very average.

Of course, his job is a teacher, so it's normal even if he hasn't participated in film and television works.

This time, if Zhou Jitao, an old friend, had not invited him, he might not have participated in the audition.

"If Teacher Xu is willing to play the role, then I can go to Ark Culture to finalize the schedule, or I can ask the assistant director to come over." Fang Xing said.

"No, I'll go to the company to set a schedule." Xu Zhiwen was very easy-going, waved his hand and said he wanted to go by himself.

Fang Xing said that it was time to finalize the schedule, but in fact, the contract, schedule, and film salary will all be negotiated together.

Usually, this kind of thing is the responsibility of the broker.

However, Xu Zhiwen seldom accepts scripts, and spends most of his time in class, and there is no business cooperation such as endorsement, and he may not have an agent.

"Okay, that's it. This is the complete script. Teacher Xu will read it first."

As he spoke, Fang Xing took out a script printed on A4 paper from his briefcase and handed it over.

"Okay, I will definitely study it carefully."

Xu Zhiwen spoke very politely, took the script and glanced at the name on the cover: ""Hurricane"."

"Then have a good cooperation." Fang Xing stretched out his hand and shook it with him.

"Happy cooperation, happy cooperation." Xu Zhiwen tucked the script under his arm, and reached out to shake hands with both hands.

clap clap clap...

The classroom was full of film school students, seeing the professor's successful audition with their own eyes, they applauded excitedly.

The audition was over, the students rushed forward and surrounded Xu Zhiwen, Fang Xing and Zhou Jitao.

The few girls who squeezed in the front were excited and asked a series of questions in a delicate voice: "Director Zhou, Director Fang, are you preparing a new play? Is Professor Xu going to play a role in a new play?"

"What type of drama? Is it a TV series? Can we learn from the professor?"

"Is it okay to be a group performer? We bring our own dry food, no box lunch."

"Director Fang, I really like watching your dramas, especially "The Pretender". I love Mingtai the most."

the other side.

Xu Zhiwen was also surrounded by students and asked various questions:
"Teacher Xu is too good. I'm going to play Director Zhou and Director Fang. What kind of fairy combination is this?"

"Mr. Xu, can you organize us to study on the set?"

"Teacher, what drama is this time?"

"Didn't you see Teacher Xu's audition performance just now? Are you going to play a fish seller?"

"You really don't pay attention to the film and television industry. The new drama prepared by Ark Culture is about anti-crime. I heard that it is directed by a very powerful superior department to shoot."

"Isn't that the task of the superior department?"

When some students heard the theme of the new play, they guessed that it was a task issued by the superior department.

Many of the scenes that were filmed to complete the task were just coping.

In recent years, there have been very few film and television dramas that have completed their superior tasks, and "The Pretender" is a special case.

As a professor at the Film Academy, Xu Zhiwen really wanted to take his students to the film crew to study.

It's just that most of the crew were closed shooting during the filming period.

One is to keep it secret, and the other is to prevent entertainment reporters from mixing into the crew and affecting the work of the crew.

Therefore, Xu Zhiwen couldn't promise anything.

……

This time Fang Xing prepared an anti-crime script called "Hurricane".

In this drama on earth, every actor's acting skills exploded.

Many viewers even felt that among the main actors, Zhang Yi, who played the lead role, became the weak point of the whole play.

The acting strength of the main actors in this drama is so strong.

Among them, the role of Gao Qiqiang is the most important.

If it wasn't for the role of Gao Qiqiang as the villain, the early scenes would be no different from the male lead.

It was also for this reason that Fang Xing auditioned many actors for the role of "Gao Qiqiang", including many first-line actors.

However, in the entertainment circle, for first-line male actors, the face is usually more important, followed by acting skills.

The role of "Gao Qiqiang" does not need to be too handsome, but he must perform with a sense of hierarchy.

Throughout the play, the character "Gao Qiqiang" has a growth process.

From a bullied fish seller to a gangster step by step.

This kind of layered role requires an actor who can play the role of the fish seller and the black boss.

After the "Hurricane" project was announced, there were indeed many first-line actors' management teams approached, wanting to cooperate.

Fang Xing also auditioned many first-line actors, but none of them were satisfactory.

In the end, it was Zhou Jitao, who relied on his connections to find actors with solid acting skills to audition, and even found a professor at Donghai Film Academy to audition for the film along the way.

Only then did he find Xu Zhiwen.

……

After Xu Zhiwen got the script of "Hurricane", he went back to read it that night.

He has been working in acting for half his life, and he knows the script very well.

Therefore, he could see how important the role of Gao Qiqiang was in this script.

He liked the script very much, and his enthusiasm for acting was ignited just by reading the script.

However, he could also tell that this script was very sensitive and full of red lines. If it hadn't been endorsed by the superior department, it wouldn't have been able to be filmed at all.

If Fang Xing expected it, Xu Zhiwen didn't have a manager.

The next day, he personally took a taxi to Ark Culture, finalized the schedule with the deputy director of the crew, and signed the contract.

Since Xu Zhiwen's popularity is not high, the salary in the entertainment industry is basically a fraction of those traffic stars.

Therefore, Fang Xing offered him a very generous remuneration, without any counter-offer, and signed directly for 150 million.

In comparison, the appearance fees of those traffic stars cost two to three million yuan.

Therefore, Fang Xing has always been generous to actors who have acting skills but are not paid well.

After all, the dramas of Ark Culture never invite traffic stars, and the tens of millions of film salaries saved can invite many old drama stars like Xu Zhiwen.

……

After finalizing the actors of "Gao Qiqiang", the crew continued to audition for other roles.

Each of the main characters in this play has a high demand for acting skills.

Chen Shuting, Xu Jiang, Meng Dehai, Uncle Tai, and Li Youtian are all old actors.

Therefore, the pre-production time of the crew was very tight, and many actors were interviewed every day.

Moreover, even if the interviewed actors passed the casting director, they would be rejected by Fang Xing.

In order to invite actors, Fang Xing repeatedly went to the National Theater and Military Art Center to look for actors, and all he found were veteran actors.

If it weren't for the fact that this show has the backing of the superior department, it would not be qualified to choose actors like this.

With the preparations in the early stage, the roles were finalized one after another.

In this play, it is mainly male actors who require explosive acting skills.

Actresses are relatively less demanding.

Still, there was one female character that was in high demand.

It is the role of Chen Shuting, who has requirements for both image and acting skills.

Especially the image, it must conform to the image of a black boss, and it cannot be a vase.

Therefore, Chen Shuting also spent a lot of effort in casting.

Even during the audition, with a makeup artist, on-site makeup audition.

After auditioning for half a month, Fang Xing finally found an actor he was satisfied with.

During the period, Lin Yingxue also came to look for it several times, and even said that the film salary would be a fracture.

Fang Xing didn't agree, and it was not officially finalized until an actress named Ye Lan auditioned.

The audition actors have been auditioning for more than a month.

Fang Xing spent more than ten hours interviewing actors every day, and he was exhausted and thin.

And also intentionally skip rice to reduce carbohydrate intake.

In more than a month, the whole person has lost almost ten catties, and the cheekbones are protruding.

After finalizing all the main actors.

Zhou Jitao looked at Fang Xing's thin appearance, and said with a smile: "Okay, this time there is no need to interview the male number one. If you look so skinny, your image will be fine."

The other actors have been finalized. If we continue to interview the male lead, I don't know how long it will take.

Fang Xing looked at himself in the mirror at night. After losing weight, his image and character got a lot closer. He looked in the mirror to figure out the character's psychology, and finally decided to act in person.

……

After the main characters were finalized, the crew of "Hurricane" officially started.

On the first day of filming, Xu Zhiwen joined the group early.

The first scene was filmed on New Year's Eve, Gao Qiqiang entered the police station because of a fight, and An Xin helped deliver the meals.

This scene is a night scene, but it was filmed in the morning.

The doors and windows of the room are closed, and the lights are dimmed a little, which is the indoor night scene.

As soon as he arrived at the crew in the morning, Xu Zhiwen sat in the dressing room, and the makeup artist began to make up.

In this scene, Gao Qiqiang was arrested and taken to the police station after a fight, so his face was injured, and his makeup had to be turned into a bruised nose and swollen face.

When Fang woke up to the crew, Xu Zhiwen's injury makeup was half done.

It looked very realistic. If he didn't know that it was a makeup effect, he would have thought he was really beaten.

Fang Xing walked over and poked the corner of his mouth with his hand.

Xu Zhiwen was very excited about the performance, his whole body was excited, and he let out an "Aiyo".

For a moment, Fang Xing thought he was really hurt.

"Mr. Xu, this time the play is a dual-director system. I am mainly responsible for teaching the play to the actors. Although Mr. Xu should be my teacher, the style and method of performance still need to be communicated." Fang Xing said after sitting down .

Xu Zhiwen quickly waved his hands: "Don't dare, you have to listen to the director when you join the crew. Even the director said that actors have to act how they want."

This is the basic quality of an actor, and fulfilling the director's requirements comes first.

As for whether what the director said is right or not, that's not what actors should care about.

If the director's level is not good, no matter how good the acting skills of the actors are, they will not be able to save the play.

The most important thing about a crew is that everyone does their job.

As for actors wanting to express themselves, of course they can express themselves while fulfilling the director's requirements.

If you can't do it, it's a lack of acting ability.

Fang Xing took out the script and said, "Teacher Xu has read the script, right?"

Xu Zhiwen tapped his temple, and said, "It's all in my head."

"Okay, in today's scene, the Gao Qiqiang you want to play is still a fish seller, a small townsman, and he broke out into fights when he was wronged and couldn't bear it. So when you face the police later, lower your posture , and finally show the mentality of expecting sympathy." Fang Xing began to talk about the play.

Xu Zhiwen nodded as he listened. Although he had figured out the psychology of the character, everyone's understanding of the character would be biased.

The tone of the whole play must be consistent with that of the director.

So Xu Zhiwen adjusted his own psychology of the role while listening, occasionally interjecting:
"Gao Qiqiang is the elder brother of two younger siblings after all, and he brought up the younger siblings. I think he should be tough in his heart."

Fang Xing nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, Gao Qiqiang at this stage is weak and tough at the same time. Especially when he eats the dumplings brought by his younger siblings, he can show his vulnerable side."

"Yes, this is very important. Also bring gratitude."

Xu Zhiwen nodded in agreement, and began to think about how to act.

Especially when "Gao Qiqiang" ate the dumplings brought by his younger siblings, it was not easy to show that complex expression.

Even Xu Zhiwen felt the difficulty of this role.

He finally understood why Fang Xing and Zhou Jitao auditioned so many first-line actors and were not satisfied.

As for today's first scene, the scene of "Gao Qiqiang" eating dumplings, few male actors in the entertainment industry who rely on their faces to make a living can perform it.

At ten o'clock in the morning.

The crew has finished the set and the camera positions have been set up.

Assistant director Zhang Yigao quickly ran to the door of the dressing room and asked, "Teachers, are you ready? The arrangements have been made over there, and we can shoot now."

Fang Xing hurriedly stood up: "I'll change immediately."

This time, "An Xin" plays the role of a policeman.

Compared with Xu Zhiwen's bruised nose and swollen face, Fang Xing's makeup is very simple, it was put on very early, as long as he puts on his police uniform, he can start.

After changing his clothes and coming to the interrogation room, Zhou Jitao was already sitting in a chair, watching the monitor.

When Fang Xing and Xu Zhiwen arrived at the predetermined location, Zhou Jitao held the guide tube and shouted: "Everyone is there. Let's go through the first scene once. The scene will be recorded."

"The first shot of the first scene of "Hurricane", let's start!"

Snapped!
After the scene notes were played, the actors began to perform.

"Li Xiang" interrogated: "Let me explain. Did you do it first? When it's Chinese New Year, I went to someone's house and smashed their TV."

Xu Zhiwen, who played "Gao Qiqiang", defended loudly: "I didn't, that was my TV, and what I smashed was my TV!"

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(End of this chapter)