director of the millennium
Chapter 785 The long-awaited "Mulan"
When the topic shifted to the TV and film industries, Liu Yifei had little say.
As an actor, she really doesn't think about things on a macro level that involve the future development of the industry.
But she was not a fool. After Wu Yuan pointed it out, she suddenly realized, "In recent years, the film industry and the TV drama industry have indeed become increasingly separated."
She thought about it briefly and found that the actors she could remember who were box office draws in the film industry were almost all those who could not achieve success in the field of TV dramas.
For example, Wu Jing, whose several movies have sold billions of box office, although he made his debut in TV series in his early years, he has not acted in TV series in the past ten years. Even though his movies are selling so well now, he actually has no market in the field of TV series.
Do you expect the young girls who like to watch various fantasy idol dramas to appreciate the TV series starring Wu Jing?
Do not make jokes.
Is Wu Jing as handsome as Yang Yang?
Is sewing cool?
Even Chen Kaige's son Chen Feiyu cannot compare to him, not to mention those top male stars in TV dramas. Any one of them has far more influence on the Internet and number of fans than Wu Jing.
But when it comes to the film industry, all these so-called top young actors, even if put together, do not have as much box office appeal as Wu Jing alone, let alone the billions in box office. The movies starring these young actors can only have hundreds of millions in box office, all thanks to the support of their fans. Apart from their fans, no one else goes to watch their movies.
In the past two years, there have been many confused production companies in the film industry that have invited young and handsome actors to act in movies, thinking that these young and handsome actors are so popular on the Internet and have so many fans that they will be able to make a lot of money easily.
As a result, none of the movies, whether they were comedies or romances, were box office hits, and the share of the box office was not enough to pay the film remuneration, which shocked the industry and immediately cooled the film industry's interest in young actors. No producer would invite these young actors to act in movies this year.
Of course, if movie stars like Wu Jing and Shen Teng were really asked to act in TV dramas, they would not be likely to be popular in the TV drama circle.
The degree of separation between these two circles is indeed very high, which is completely different from the situation 20 years ago when actors first became famous in the field of TV dramas and then switched to making movies.
In today's film and television circles, the possibility for a TV actor to transform into a movie actor is basically zero, and if a movie actor condescends to act in a TV series, it is basically impossible to get good ratings.
"Not absolutely." When Wu Yuan mentioned this, he put down his phone and looked at Liu Yifei with a smile: "You are the exception. You are very popular in both TV dramas and movies."
"If you return to the TV drama industry now and take on a TV drama, the ratings will definitely be high, and you won't end up in disgrace like Zhang Ziyi did."
This is true. Wu Yuan knows very well that if it weren't for his appearance that brought about changes, Liu Yifei would actually be more suitable for development in the field of TV dramas.
In the original time and space, her influence in the film industry for ten years was not as great as the effect of the two TV series she filmed after returning to the field of TV dramas.
At least after she returned to TV in 2020, "Where the Wind Goes" and "Dream of Hualu" became the most popular TV series at the same time when they were broadcast, and the discussion and topic on the Internet were also very high, which directly made her rejuvenate. This also makes her ten years in the film industry seem to be in vain.
However, in this life, because of Wu Yuan's help, her influence in the film industry is not much inferior to Zhang Ziyi. In terms of box office, she is even the number one actress in China. Naturally, her work in the film industry has not been in vain.
If she still plans to return to the TV drama industry, she will only move from one success to another.
"Acting in a TV series," Liu Yifei rested her hands on her chin, looked up at the ceiling and fancied, "It's been a long time since I last acted in a TV series. If there's a suitable script, I can take it."
"Actually, I miss the days when I was filming TV series. I was young at that time and didn't know anything. I felt it was very interesting to film every day."
"Besides, the feeling of filming a TV series is different from that of filming a movie. The former is relatively easier, less nitpicking, and less psychologically stressful."
"However, I heard from Xiao Zhang a few days ago that Hollywood sent me an audition invitation. Disney plans to make a live-action movie of Mulan and wants to invite me to play Mulan. I am also very interested in this project."
"Disney?" Wu Yuan was stunned and asked in surprise: "Mulan?!"
He thought that due to his butterfly effect, Disney would not even plan to film "Mulan".
Because in the original time and space, the film was already in preparation for the project in 2017, and Wu Yuan clearly remembered that Disney made a big splash in the casting of this film, claiming it was a global audition, but it was mainly conducted in Asia, and the director and the creative team actually came to Asia for several large-scale auditions.
At that time, almost all the actresses of the right age in the domestic entertainment industry went to audition, but in the end the role was won by Liu Yifei.
He had heard some true and false insider information back then, saying that the audition seemed to be very sensational, but in fact it was just a marketing campaign by Disney. The heroine Mulan had already been chosen by Liu Yifei, and her appearance during the audition was just a formality.
After all, "Mulan" is indeed a Chinese story, and it is impossible to find a white person to play the heroine. If an Asian is to be chosen, China, the world's largest film market, will definitely get this spot.
Liu Yifei has an American agency behind her. It makes sense that instead of choosing an actor backed by China Fortune Capital, it would be better to choose an actor signed to an American agency. At least this will make the best use of the talent and is also a profit-maximizing choice for Disney.
However, in 2017, Wu Yuan did not hear that Disney was going to make a live-action movie of "Mulan". Instead, it was studying a live-action movie of "The Mermaid". He thought that under his butterfly effect, Hollywood took the "Chinese threat" more seriously, so they gave up on this princess film, which would have starred mainly Chinese actors if it was approved, for fear of further increasing the international influence of Chinese filmmakers.
But unexpectedly, a year later, Disney finally launched the "Mulan" project, and did not hold the princess audition that caused a sensation in Asia, but directly handed the audition invitation to Liu Yifei.
This means that if she passes the audition, she can get the role directly without the need for further selection.
But thinking about the final outcome of Disney's live-action film "Mulan", Wu Yuan asked cautiously: "Has Disney sent the script?"
"Compared to the original animated film, have the scripts been significantly changed?" (End of this chapter)
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