Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 481 The dust has settled

It took a long time for Anita Mui to join the cast, and with Anita Mui's status, there was no reason to cast her as a co-star. For this reason, the director made significant modifications based on the original third version of the script "Wind, Leaf, Sword, Knife", making the eldest sister of "Flying Sword Sect" the first protagonist, and she is the final master of the overall situation.

In this case, other characters will naturally become foils. Now that he heard that Anita Mui can no longer come, and the role of the eldest sister has been replaced by Song Dandan, Xiao Zhang couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

"Isn't Liu Dehua here?" Li Tang approached Zhang Ziyi and asked.

"I'm not here. I heard there's no way to adjust the schedule." Zhang Ziyi said.

After all, Andy Lau is a big star, and now that Brother Cheng Long has shifted his focus to Hollywood, Zhou Xingxing's film output is gradually decreasing, and Andy Lau has become a leading figure in Hong Kong movies. Now he is not only acting and singing, but also has his own film company, participating in film investment, including signing many actors under the company.

Let's put it this way, Li Tang today is equivalent to a simplified version of Andy Lau.

"Is your TV series almost finished filming?"

"It's almost there, it will take another month at most." Li Tang said.

It can be seen that Zhang Ziyi always has an unconcealable sense of superiority when talking about TV series.

Of course, Li Tang wanted to satisfy her as he pleased: "What about you? How is the filming of the movie directed by Wang Jiawei going?"

Xiao Zhang has been filming "2046" directed by Wang Jiawei in the past few years. This movie was launched as early as 99. It was a sensation when it was first launched. On the one hand, Wang Jiawei won international awards with "In the Mood for Love" at that time. Winning a series of awards, it was a time of unlimited glory; on the other hand, it was also because this film brought together a large number of celebrities.

In addition to Tony Leung, who had just won the Cannes Best Actor at the time, as the male lead, there was also Japanese boy Takuya Kimura who was popular in Asia; in terms of female stars, there were Gong Li, Zhang Manyu, Wang Fei, and two newly rising career girls Zhang Ziyi and Dong Jie.

Moreover, during the filming period, a lot of gossip news came out, such as the scandal between Tony Leung and Dong Jie. It was precisely because of this that Carina Lau later volunteered to join the crew.

Just talking about this movie, classmate Xiao Zhang shook his head in confusion and said: "I don't know yet. It took half a month to shoot this time, and there were just a few shots... Well, you might not believe it if I tell you. , even I can’t tell what I’ve been shooting in the past half month.”

There are rumors in the world that director Wang Jiawei has serious procrastination and demanding requirements when filming. It is said that all the actors who work with him are tortured to death by him, but the fact that his movies can win awards makes those big stars can't stop.

Li Tang was quite interested in this, because among the directors he had worked with, such as Lou Ye, it was already difficult to work with him. It was a little hard for him to imagine how difficult it would be for Wang Jiawei to work?

"No, what exactly did you film in the past half month? You can't even have a script, right?" Li Tang asked curiously.

As a result, classmate Xiao Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "You guessed it right, there really is no script!"

"That……"

"Director Wang's filming is different from other directors' filming. He pays more attention to inner scenes and emphasizes artistic conception. He likes to play music on the set, and then let you act according to the rhythm of the music in front of the camera... Let's put it this way, he makes you Find the inspiration space in the music, and then let the characters wander in this space. In short, it is a very mysterious thing. If you don’t find the feeling, you don’t know what to act or how to act, and you can only act NG over and over again. .”

"..."

Li Tang was also speechless listening to classmate Xiao Zhang's complaints. He has experienced that the director did not give him a script beforehand. This was how "Suzhou River" was originally shot, but at least the director will tell him what to shoot before each scene starts. After all, this actually has a script, but what the director needs is your first reaction or freshness.

You can play music on site and let you perform the so-called artistic conception in the music. What the hell is this?

Of course, every director will always have his own style. Wang Jiawei has made so many excellent movies, so there must be something special about him. Speaking of music, I have to say that music is always an important component that cannot be ignored in Wang Jiawei's movies.

I remember that when Li Tang watched Wang Jiawei's "Ashes of Time" for the first time, when the famous interlude "The Solitary Shadow in the World Is My Way" played, he still clearly remembered that he had goosebumps all over his body.

Compared with Wang Jiawei, director Zhang Yimou has a completely different style. He tries to convey his intentions to the actors as clearly and completely as possible, and express them through the actors' performances. Such a performance may not seem difficult, but the actor's freedom of expression will be greatly reduced. The more ridiculous what Xiao Zhang said, the more Li Tang felt in his heart that he was looking forward to cooperating with director Wang Jiawei if he had the opportunity in the future. There is always a strong curiosity about certain unknown things, and I always want to experience it myself.

Song Dandan's audition took a bit long. In addition to chatting, Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi naturally also talked about the scripts they had read. Compared with the second version of "People in Jianghu" that Li Tang had read, Xiao Zhang had read everything from the first version of "Mingyue Flying Knife" to the third version of "Wind, Leaves, Sword, Knife".

The Li Putou played by Li Tang is just as the director said, this character has basically established himself and there will not be much adjustment. The main adjustments are the younger sister played by Xiao Zhang and the clue of the "Flying Knife Sect" to which the younger sister belongs.

Especially the third edition of "Wind, Leaves, Sword, Knife" has a bit more of an Infernal Affairs meaning. Li Putou, played by Li Tang, is an undercover agent of the imperial court, while Liu Baotou, played by Andy Lau, is an undercover agent of the "Flying Knife Sect" in the imperial court.

But the most classic thing is that every character in this third version of the script has a dual identity. At the same time, there are also emotional entanglements between the younger sister and Li and Liu. It is more like a super seamless movie that embodies love and hatred. road.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, I finally heard a burst of noisy footsteps in the corridor, and then the door to the lounge was pushed open.

It can be said that laughter arrives first before people arrive.

"Hahaha, Ziyi, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Song Dandan, with neat short hair, walked in from the outside and greeted Li Tang enthusiastically: "Hey, Li Tang is here too, hello, hello!"

"Hello, Teacher Song!" Li Tang stood up and shook her hand politely.

Zhang Ziyi hugged her very affectionately.

Song Dandan used to be remembered by Li Tang as a sketch actor. At first, I thought she was from the Northeast, but later I found out that she was not only a native of Beijing, but also an actor in Beijing People's Arts.

Moreover, his background is also very strong. His parents were both literary and artistic workers who came to the city with the army in their early years, and his father is the top leader of the Capital Literary Association and a proper elder brother.

No wonder Zhang Ziyi was so enthusiastic. After hugging her, she asked hurriedly: "Sister Dandan, how was your trial?"

Song Dandan pursed her lips and smiled and said: "It's not bad, anyway, I will ask you to take care of me when the time comes!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Tang specifically.

"Wow, that's great! Sister Dandan, I have always hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate with you! As for taking care of me, you are the only one who takes care of me. How can I dare to take care of you!"

Zhang Ziyi is really happy. The success of Song Dandan's audition means that Anita Mui is completely eliminated, which means that her role as the first leading role is finally settled.

"Teacher Song, congratulations! Please take care of me!" Li Tang naturally congratulated Song Dandan in a fun way.

Having been in the industry for so many years, he also knows the art of relationships. Especially when developing in the capital, building relationships is an unavoidable hurdle. Especially for people like Song Dandan, who comes from a literary and artistic family with a profound background, they cannot be offended.

People may not necessarily help you, but if they want to harm you, they will definitely be able to do it right.

　Sorry for taking so long. I will sort out my thoughts today and update normally from tomorrow on. In the past few days, the high fever had been recurring. Today, the fever has subsided. The cough is severe, and the loss of taste and smell is particularly uncomfortable. It may take another week to fully recover.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)