Actor: My Entertainment Era

It’s not that you can’t shoot love in flames of war.

It doesn’t mean that we can’t film the war-torn love between Chinese women and foreign soldiers.

However, the script of "Chinese Widow" felt very strange to Liu Yifei.

It's true that this is a co-production, but I don't know what the producer thought. The script sent to Liu Yifei was actually in English.

But this is another Chinese story.

When Liu Yifei read the script, she had to translate the script into Chinese in her mind in order to understand it.

The problem that arises is that the lines look awkward.

Liu Yifei didn't reject the script right away. She thought the awkwardness of the lines might be because the script was in English. If she translated it in her head, she would unconsciously lean toward the translator's accent.

So she immediately contacted the film studio and asked them to send another Chinese script.

The film crew responded quickly and said that Liu Yifei would ask for another Chinese script, which meant that she was interested in the film. Within two minutes, the Chinese script was sent to her work email.

The name is really a literal translation, it's called "Chinese Widow".

Liu Yifei reprinted and read the script again.

After reading only two pages, the unnatural feeling of the language appeared again.

The characters' lines do not conform to Chinese habits and are not Chinese logic and thinking.

Liu Yifei's brows tightened as she read more. She compared the Chinese and English drafts of the script and found that the Chinese script was just a blunt translation of the English script without language polish, let alone a second creation that was trustworthy and elegant.

But Liu Yifei was a little reluctant to give up, because the director of this drama is really awesome!
Billy August, winner of the Double Palme d'Or, is an absolute star in the international film industry. Going to the three majors is as easy as drinking water.

Being able to play his role will undoubtedly make him a big name in the art film industry.

But Liu Yifei was not stunned by such a great international director. She realized a question, why would such a great director come to make a co-production?
It’s not that I mean to say anything bad about co-productions, it’s just that for co-productions in recent years, if they are directed by foreign directors, then he is probably a third-rate director.

Can you imagine Haneke making a co-production? Can you imagine Martin Sr. doing a co-production?

Not to mention 80% of the directors who come to make co-productions, at least half enter the set with the mentality of "taking a job and making money".

Right, Director Zhang.

Liu Yifei had only heard of Billy August's name for a long time, but didn't know much about the director himself. Could it be that such a great director lost his family fortune by eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling, and now he had to make co-productions to make money?
It should cost a lot of money to hire such a director to film.

But just this script...

Liu Yifei decided to communicate with the film crew first to see if any changes could be made. The director should prepare the script well.

Liu Yifei made an appointment to meet with representatives from the film studio the next day, and the two people who showed up were one a producer and the other a deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Zhejiang Province.

After asking, I found out that the producer behind this film is a government unit of Zhejiang Province, and it was their mission to make this film.

Liu Yifei raised her doubts about the script. There were two main points. The plot was too bland and there were not enough dramatic conflicts. There were many conflicts to be explored in the Chinese widow saving the American soldier. In the end, the script really only said "Chinese widow saves the American soldier." Soldier"; the second point is the issue of line language.

"It's not like us Chinese people's speaking habits." Liu Yifei said very straightforwardly.

The other producer was very helpless and said: "We didn't write the script, he wrote it together with an American screenwriter. He doesn't use our script and says he won't shoot if it's written by someone else."

"It will be very difficult to shoot at that time." Liu Yifei said.

"Fortunately, we have a translator."

Liu Yifei also wanted the other party to change the script, but the producer said that changing the script must be discussed with the director. It seems that they really hope to persuade Liu Yifei to participate.

After a few people finished chatting about the show, Liu Yifei left. From another company, Liu Yifei didn't want to take on "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", but she didn't reply so quickly.

Ah Li was very persistent and kept in contact with Liu Yifei's agent and promised various conditions.

Naturally, the agent knew that Liu Yifei didn't want to take the role, and had already rejected Ahri a few days ago, saying that Liu Yifei's schedule was not suitable and she couldn't take the role.

But the other party hinted that they could accept Liu Yifei's participation in the scene, as long as Liu Yifei could come, any conditions would be easy to negotiate.

The agent asked Ahri: "The heroine invited us, who do you think is suitable for the hero?"

Looking for a male protagonist who can match Liu Yifei to star in an idol drama?

too difficult.

Nowadays, among these young actors, even the most popular ones like Li Yifeng and Wu Huan cannot match Liu Yifei on the big screen.

In other words, in the idol (drama) circle, no one is as good as Liu Yifei.

No matter how harsh it is to put it, they are not in the same circle, so why do they have to be in the same drama?

When you are an idol, traffic, and fanboy, don't drag "actor Liu Yifei" along with you.

In fact, Liu Yifei has really thought about this issue.

It is said that she has now obtained an A-class actress, and has worked with great directors such as Xu Ke and Zhang Yimou, so she is a fully capable actress, but why are these films that can be easily seen as following the idol traffic route still filmed? Will it be sent to myself?
Ah Li would never send "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" to Zhang Ziyi.

Or she is too young.

Her peers, whether they are actresses or actors, are either still in the drama industry, or they are playing the role of traffic idols and have not yet transformed.

Liu Yifei looked so strange standing among this group of people.

He is too young, debuted too early, has good grades, and has a high status as a celebrity.

He was also born with a protagonist's face.

Zhang Ziyi is like this too, but the difference between her and Zhang Ziyi is that her face is not as sharp as Zhang Ziyi, and her appearance is not as aggressive as Zhang Ziyi.

So this gave many people the illusion that "she is still young". She has obviously transformed and has great strength, but she still has an idol drama script handed to her.

She didn't know whether to be happy or depressed.

Ahri was very difficult to choose the male lead. They only saw that Liu Yifei had high votes and high traffic, but they didn't think about what kind of actor to choose to match Liu Yifei.

"Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" is a drama that highlights the female protagonist, so the male protagonist's status can be slightly lower than Liu Yifei's.

Ahri was looking for a leading actor to match Liu Yifei, but Liu Yifei's agent had already thought of an excuse for the next rejection. No matter who Ahri found, they all said they were not compatible with him.

Because it is impossible for Ah Li to find Zhang Yuanjun to play Ye Hua.

Liu Yifei wondered if she was unlucky because the notebook she was handed had problems here or there. None of them seemed good to her and she wanted to take the next step.

The accompanying staff couldn't stand it any longer: "It's easy to get cheap and be good, look at which actress takes the role, you are diligent and you are good." Li Bingbing's last movie with a female protagonist was "I Do" in 12, and Fan Bingbing They have all returned to the TV drama industry. After "Painted Skin 2", Zhao Yanzi has not played a leading heroine. "Painted Skin 2" still has the double heroine with Zhou Xun. "

"Does "Dear" not count?" Liu Yifei said.

"She is considered a heroine, but not a great heroine. Look at your performances. There are great heroines every year. You can have fun secretly."

After all, it was true that Liu Yifei got this advantage, smiled and stopped talking. (End of chapter)