director of the millennium

Chapter 49 Audition (please follow up!)
Separated from the audition green room is the audition room.

Chen Yuan, Wu Yuan, and Director Han were all sitting in the audition room, chatting with their collected resumes.

The three giants of "The Embalmer" are still the same: Chen Yuan is the producer, Han Dong is the executive producer, and Wu Yuan is the chief director.

However, whether it is Director Han or Chen Yuan, Wu Yuan's opinion will be the main one when it comes to casting.

Although this movie is wholly owned by China Film Group, the two of them really have no way to influence Wu Yuan's movie casting.

"Director Wu, the audition actors are all here. Do you think we can start the audition?"

"let's start."

Putting down the pile of resumes in his hands, Wu Yuan showed a slight smile.

In fact, the movie "The Embalmer" only required large-scale casting for a few characters.

Most of the supporting roles in the movie, Wu Yuan can be used by people he is familiar with, that is, friends from the 96th grade of the Film Academy and Drama Academy.

Only four roles in the movie, namely the heroine Lin Mei, the hero's master Chen Jianjun, the secretary of the undertaker's company Xiao Wei, and the owner of a bathhouse in the hero's hometown, needed careful casting.

These four characters have different personalities, but each is responsible for the four emotional changes of the movie. They are very important to the male protagonist, and it is necessary to choose actors with suitable acting skills and image.

This is why there are so many actresses among the actors who auditioned today, and three of the four roles are female.

The heroine Lin Mei needs a 30-year-old actress with a gentle image and a sense of wife.
Secretary Xiao Wei needs a young actress who can perform a lively, enthusiastic and cheerful character.

The last bathhouse owner needs a "grandma" actress who is at least 50 years old.

Not to mention the last role, the first two roles are the focus of competition for these actresses who came to audition today.

The first person to come in for an audition was the actress Tranquility.

As a powerful actress who has won Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Hundred Flowers in China and St. Sebastian abroad, it goes without saying that Ning Jing's acting skills are outstanding.

In fact, the actors who can receive the audition invitation today don't have to worry about their acting skills, they will definitely be qualified for the movie "The Undertaker".

For them, auditions are more about trying out their own temperament or performance style to see if they are suitable for the character.

As soon as Ning Jing entered the door, Wu Yuan frowned.

Too strong.

Whether it is from the walking posture or the aura emanating from the whole body, Tranquility gives people a strong sense of oppression.

And she doesn't have the feeling of a "good wife and loving mother", only a strong woman's spirit, no wonder "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" chose her to play Da Yuer.

It's just that this kind of temperament doesn't match the image and temperament of the heroine in "The Embalmer" at all.

However, Wu Yuan still harbored a tinge of expectation. Actors are always changing. Wu Yuan has seen quite a few actors with completely different faces when they enter the play and when they leave the play.

"Hello, Teacher Jingjing."

"Hello director."

Wu Yuan got up and shook hands with Tranquility, and handed Tranquility a prepared audition script.

While he was looking at Tranquility, Tranquility was also looking at Wu Yuan.

Young, too young, and too handsome, with a dignified appearance, more like a young boy than a director!
Regardless of Wu Yuan's fame in the domestic film industry, everyone knows that he made "Juno" in Hollywood.

But to say how many people know what Wu Yuan looks like, there are really not many!

Except for Wu Yuan's actor friends, most of the other insiders only know his name and don't see him!
After all, the director is a behind-the-scenes worker. Wu Yuan's only two films did not hold premieres, and he did not accept any media interviews in China or the United States, so there are no photos or on-set photos of him exposed to the outside world!

Now that I have seen this director Wu Yuan, who has been "famous for a long time", Ning Jing has a deep understanding of how exaggerated this 19-year-old director is.

Everyone knows that Wu Yuan is very young, but no one has ever told her that Wu Yuan is still so handsome? !

Ning Jing, who has always dared to love and hate, felt moved in her heart for a moment, and then a sigh came from the bottom of her heart. It would be better if she were ten years younger.

Putting away the messy thoughts in my heart, nodding to Wu Yuan with a smile, Tranquility took the few audition scripts and began to ponder.

The script is very simple, just a short plot where the heroine welcomes the hero home. She needs to show the gentle, considerate, virtuous wife and loving mother of an Eastern woman.

After Ning Jing read through the script a few times, she confidently signaled that she could start auditioning.

No one plays for her, it's a completely non-physical performance.

Ning Jing stood at the "doorway" and greeted her returning husband with a smile on her face.

"Husband, you are back."

"Is your job search going well today?"

"Aunt Wang next door brought some pork head meat over, let me warm it up for you."

"..."

Watching Tranquility take out the slippers for her husband to change into, she led him to the dining table, opened the table carefully, greeted him to sit down, and served the meal...

Wu Yuan's brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes loosened.

In terms of performance alone, there is really no choice in the quiet performance. Even if there is no physical performance, it still shows the feeling of a wife waiting for her husband to return, and the busyness after the husband returns.

But, it's hard to explain. Wu Yuan just felt that Ning Jing lacked some temperament, which made this performance more superficial than sinking into the character.

"Tranquility is more suitable for a stronger character." Wu Yuan tilted his head and communicated with Han Dong in a low voice.

When he said this, Han Dong immediately understood, and interrupted Ning Jing's performance with his hand: "Xiao Jing, the performance was good, let's discuss and discuss, you should go back and wait for the announcement."

Ning Jing raised her eyebrows and kept her smile still, then turned around calmly and left the audition room. She knew that she was probably out of the competition.

"Next person!"

"Next person!"

"Next person!"

After the calm, mainland first-line actresses such as Zheng Shuang, Wang Yan, Jiang Qinqin, Gong Xue, He Qing, Xu Qing, etc. also tried their hand at acting.

Each of these beauties who are well-known from all over the world has their own advantages, but their shortcomings are also obvious. Some are too gorgeous, and some are too coquettish.

Teacher Da Zheng Shuang fits the definition of "a good wife and mother" in Wu Yuan's heart, but her performance is a bit too hearty, and it is a little bit less meaningful in terms of gentleness.

After auditioning more than ten actresses one after another, Wu Yuan recorded a lot of evaluations in his notebook, but none of them has been decided yet.

"Next person!"

Another actress opened the door and walked into the audition room.

Wu Yuan raised his head casually.

"Eh?!"

"Sister Ziyi, aren't you in the United States to promote "Rush Hour 2"? Why are you here too?"

Jiuzhang, who had a bright smile on his face from the moment he walked in, greeted Wu Yuan very familiarly, "Yuan'er, your new play, no matter how busy I am, I have to come over and give it a try!"

"Haha." Wu Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling quite uncomfortable.

This lady’s attitude is so weird and scary!

(End of this chapter)