Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 551 Joining the Group

The three-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday is a short period that is not favored by blockbusters. In fact, it is very suitable for some small-budget movies to make a big impact with a small amount, but this year "Captain America 2" will be released.

It achieved a good result of 6000 million on the first day.

Some people will complain that the General Administration puts such a blockbuster in a small schedule to squeeze out the schedule of other movies.

But the movie market has never been a zero-sum game. It doesn't mean that "Captain America 2" won't be released, and its hundreds of millions in box office will be divided among other movies.

Without "Captain America 2", many people would not go to the cinema during the long holiday!

What the domestic market is now thinking about is growth. Whether it is an American film or a domestic film, as long as it can attract audiences into theaters and cultivate the audience's movie-watching habits, it will get certain support.

As soon as the short holiday was over, Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei went to Shanghai.

The scene in the studio of "Pieces of a Woman" has been set up, and the two need to join the set in advance to rehearse the 25-minute long shot.

Joining the group with the two of them is teacher He Saifei, who plays the midwifery doctor in the movie.

He Saifei is very talkative in private. You are right to say that she is talkative. As soon as the three of them met in the shed, He Saifei held Liu Yifei's hand and kept chatting.

It can be seen that she was very surprised to be cast in Zhang Yimou's role again.

Speaking of this, He Saifei couldn't stop laughing.

"It's not too early, I got married when I was 25." Liu Yifei said.

After reading this, both actresses burst into tears and could not read any more.

"You got married young enough."

It can be seen that He Saifei likes Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu very much.

"Everyone is here." Zhang Yimou looked at the set and gestured for everyone to sit down, "Let's read the script first."

"Don't sleep, child, you must not sleep."

"Give her to me, she's turning blue." He Saifei muttered. In the film, she was about to perform first aid on the newborn. "Come on, come on, don't sleep, don't sleep. Baby, look at me , look at mom, ah, crying."

The three of them chatted like this and quickly became familiar with each other, which was conducive to cultivating a tacit understanding between the rival actors.

Reading around the script, Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei haven't read around the script for a long time, with familiar and unfamiliar words.

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "Xiao Liu's play is indeed okay."

Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei sat on one side of the table, and He Saifei sat opposite. The three of them read the script line by line.

He Saifei continued: "He also said that the male lead is Zhang Yuanjun, the female lead is Liu Yifei, and you play an obstetrician and gynecologist, the second female lead. I said, the scene between Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu is pretty good, you play Send me the script and filming date, and I'll check with my agent about the schedule."

"I really didn't expect to work with director Yimou again. The last time we worked together was in 91 when we were filming "Raise the Red Lantern"," He Saifei's joy was beyond words. "When the casting director called me, I still didn’t believe it. I asked you to tell me again, whose role it was. He mentioned Zhang Yimou three times before I believed that director Yimou really wanted to film with me. But I couldn’t act too eager on the phone. I had to To show my attitude, I said, this is a play directed by Yimou, and I want to check with my agent about the schedule. I pretended to be very calm and said, who are the leading actors and actresses in your play? I don’t care if the opposite actor doesn’t play well. It’s something to think about.”

"Yeah, we are the same. I got married at the age of 25." He Saifei felt closer to Liu Yifei.

Zhang Yimou took the lead in applauding the three actors: "It's great, it's really good."

It's so fun to hear He Saifei tell this kind of story.

Liu Yifei cooperated with her, breathing rapidly, showing nervousness and uneasiness.

Zhang Yimou was probably late on purpose, just to allow the actors to meet and get familiar with each other in advance.

Except for the cries of He Saifei and Liu Yifei, there was no other sound in the entire set.

It was easy to get involved in the script reading. Liu Yifei took a tissue and wiped her tears, bursting into laughter and said, "I didn't even cry when we were reading this at home."

Zhang Yimou said: "So we talk about classic scenes. Sitting on the set, the scene is there and the emotion is there."

He Saifei twitched and said, "Who wrote this script?" The staff pointed at Zhang Yuanjun: "He."

Zhang Yuanjun pointed to Li Qiang standing aside: "I'll just come up with an idea, and he actually wrote it."

Li Qiang quit: "Have you left yourself alone now?"

Everyone laughed.

The first day of reading was obviously a success.

Both actors burst into tears, and Zhang Yimou gave them time to recover: "We will rehearse in half an hour." After that, he went to set up the set.

Liu Yifei sat on the prop box and drank water: "It's a bit embarrassing. It's not a real act. I could cry while reading the script."

"This shows that you are invested. As the father of the child, I didn't cry. I was looking for my own reasons."

"That's because you are heartless, haha." Liu Yifei said, "Are you going to wear a prosthetic belly later?"

"Just put a pillow on it and I'll put it on your belly when the filming officially starts."

The whole long shot starts from when Zhou Ning has a big pregnancy reaction and feels like she is about to give birth, and ends when she gives birth to the baby. The script specifically states that this scene is "about 27 minutes long."

Liu Yifei thought that her rich drama experience would help her rehearsals, but she still overestimated the difficulty of this long shot.

The space is only so big, so you have to be very particular about your positioning.

The actors' movements are not written out in the script, so Zhang Yimou's first job on the set was to work with the photographer to guide the three actors how to move.

"You started to react from the side of the stove," Zhang Yimou first taught Liu Yifei, "Go from here to the table and sit down."

Liu Yifei followed the director's instructions and walked from the stove to the table and sat down. Zhang Yimou looked at the picture on the handheld monitor: "That's wrong." The director bit his lower lip.

"Director, what's wrong?" Liu Yifei asked.

Zhang Yimou shook his head: "You have no problem, but there is no focus in the whole picture." Zhang Yimou looked at the picture just now, and then discussed with the photographer, "Put a bottle on the table."

"How tall?" asked the photographer.

"Seventeen or eighteen centimeters, long-necked." Zhang Yimou gestured.

"Okay, just ask the props to get a wine bottle."

I went to get the bottle with the props, and continued to practice positioning on the set.

On the first day they joined the group, the three of them only practiced their moves. It was already past 10 o'clock at night when they finished practicing their basic moves.

The actors can go back to the hotel to rest, but Zhang Yimou still has to drag the photography and props team to the meeting.

"Ah————" Liu Yifei stretched, "You wash it, I'll change clothes and go for a run."

"Stop going to hot pot restaurants and food stalls." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"I am a professional actor, and body management is my job." Liu Yifei took out her sports and leisure wear.

"Just change it here, it's not like I haven't seen it before." But Liu Yifei still entered the bathroom.

Liu Yifei changed her clothes and went for a run, leaving Zhang Yuanjun alone in the room.

(End of this chapter)