China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 73 Casting for "Detective Di Renjie"! (Please read more!)

After resting at home for two days, Lin Xuan finally received a call from Qian Yanqiu.

As early as half a month ago, he attracted 500 million investment from Yangma.

Although the funds are relatively tight for a costume drama, it is still better than nothing.

After receiving the investment, Qian Yanqiu set up a crew and selected locations across the country.

After more than half a month of busy work, the preliminary work is almost ready.

Then he called Lin Xuan to come over and discuss the casting together.

After all, he also has the name of screenwriter on his head.

In order to facilitate the audition, Qian Yanqiu rented several rooms in a hotel in Beijing.

Lin Xuan drove to the hotel, where Qian Yanqiu was discussing things with the crew.

"Come on, sit down."

Lin Xuan greeted the others, sat down and asked:
"Director Qian, you can be responsible for the casting. Why do you want me to come to you?"

"You are also a screenwriter, so of course I need to take your opinion into account when choosing roles."

"Haha, tell the truth."

The mainland film and television industry is a director-centered system, and the screenwriter has the lowest status among the crew.

Casting matters need only be discussed between the director and the producer, and it is not the screenwriter's turn to intervene at all.

Qian Yanqiu knew what he meant and explained with a smile:
"You are different from other screenwriters, you are still the starring role. However, I do have a little thing to ask you for help with."

"what's up?"

Qian Yanqiu smiled but said nothing, waved his hand and said:
"This is really a small matter. We'll talk about it later. You first look at the list of characters I made."

Lin Xuan looked at the first line of the character list.

Di Renjie - Liang Guanhua!

Qian Yanqiu was afraid that he would have objections, so he explained: "I want to change Di Renjie's inherent image.

In previous TV shows, Dee Renjie was always a thin and handsome guy. I wanted to use a fat guy to play him this time. "

Lin Xuan nodded and had no opinion on this.

Liang Guanhua graduated from the Human Art Training Class in 84 and joined the Human Art Theater after graduation.

He has been acting in plays for 15 years and occasionally filming, but he has always been tepid.

It wasn't until last year that he became popular with the movie "The Happy Life of Poor-tongued Li Damin".

He also won the Beijing Chunyan Award and the TV Series Feitian Award for Best Actor with this TV series.

Liang Guanhua, who is a drama actor, is excellent in both lines and acting skills.

And the Di Renjie he played is even more of a classic screen image.

It's so classic that whenever I see the thin Di Renjie, I always feel a little distorted.

Perhaps subconsciously, the audience has already acquiesced that Di Renjie is a fat man.

"Well, I think Teacher Liang Guanhua is quite suitable, and his drama last year was also very popular."

Lin Xuan gave his advice truthfully.

Qian Yanqiu was very happy after hearing this. He had been arguing with the producer about this matter for several days.

He continued: "Wu Zetian! I would like to invite Teacher Lu Zhong from Renyi, you may not know this person.

Like Liang Guanhua, she is a popular drama actor. She has performed in "Teahouse" and "Thunderstorm". I have watched her drama performances, which are very exciting. "

Lin Xuan also had no objection: "I don't know this person, so I'll just listen to you."

Qian Yanqiu nodded and took out another piece of paper: "Then the starring lineup is decided.

Liang Guanhua plays Di Renjie, Lu Zhong plays Wu Zetian, and you play Li Yuanfang.

Below you can take a look at the supporting actors in the three cases. "

"Detective Di Renjie" is divided into three story units.

They are "The Mission", "The Legend of the Blue Shirt" and "The Bleeding Eagle".

The three story units require a lot of supporting roles, especially those major supporting roles that have a lot of roles. The casting must be carefully selected.

"The big villain in the first story, Hu Jinghui, I want to cast my old classmate Zhang Zijian. Have you heard of him?"

I have, of course I have.

Lin Xuan smiled slightly awkwardly.

He took over the role of Li Yuanfang and stole his classic screen image.

But he also has another classic image - half human, half ghost, swallow and two eagles.

Well, I won’t snatch this role from you.

"I have an impression. I have watched "The White Eyebrow Hero" before, and I have no objection to this."

"Okay!" Qian Yanqiu continued to read:

"Then Hu Jinghui is decided, the rest are small roles, and we will just have a unified open audition when the time comes.

By the way, if you have a friend who needs a role, remember to tell me in advance. "

Lin Xuan smiled, just waiting for your words.

"I have a friend who is very interested in Princess Li Qingxia of Yiyang County."

Female character!
Qian Yanqiu was stunned at first, looked at him with a strange smile and said, "Has your friend ever acted?"

He guessed in his heart that Lin Xuan must have asked for this role for his little girlfriend.

If she was an insider and had studied acting, it wouldn't be a big problem.

If you are an outsider, it will be a little more troublesome.

Although Li Qingxia doesn't have many scenes, as the boss behind the scenes, she still needs some acting skills in some scenes.

"Of course I have acted!"

Lin Xuan heard his voice-over and felt a little ridiculous:

"Director Qian, who do you think I am? Although I recommend my friends, I won't recommend them blindly."

Qian Yanqiu knew that he had gone astray, so he quickly apologized and then asked: "After talking for a long time, who is your friend?"

"Pang Fan! Jin Suo in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", Xing Er in "Little Li Fei Dao"."

Qian Yanqiu suddenly realized: "Oh, it's her. I've watched "Little Li Fei Dao", you two played a couple."

As Lin Xuan's popularity increased during this period, Qian Yanqiu also began to pay attention to his dramas.

Lin Xuan is the second male lead in "Detective Di Renjie". As his popularity increases, he will be able to sell dramas at higher prices in the future.

"Okay, then this role will be given to her."

"Thank you, director." "Don't worry, thank you. I have something to ask you for help."

Lin Xuan asked: "It took me a long time to say mysteriously, what's going on?"

Qian Yanqiu whispered: "I heard that you have a good relationship with Chen Hong, the wife of director Chen Kaige, and I would like to ask her to guest star as Princess Taiping.

Didn't she play the role of Princess Taiping in "Ci of Daming Palace"? It was a little surprise for the audience, and the scene only lasted for one day. "

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "What do I mean? I have been grinding for a long time. I will ask her later. As long as she has a schedule, it will be fine."

Hearing this, Qian Yanqiu was overjoyed, patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you, I knew you could do it."

The two reorganized the cast, and after confirming that it was correct, Qian Yanqiu handed the list to the producer.

Ask him to send invitation notices to confirmed actors and open audition invitations to other roles.

After everything was settled, Lin Xuan said goodbye and left.

Qian Yanqiu also reminded him to come on time on the day of the audition.

Having been an actor for almost a year, Lin Xuan has always stood in the audience.

He will definitely not miss this opportunity to become an audition officer.

After returning home, Lin Xuan called Chen Hong to make an appointment with her.

The guest appearance only takes one day, but including the time spent traveling back and forth, you should allow at least two or three days.

Chen Hong had no problem and readily agreed.

He also praised him for being capable now and could help him get roles.

Then Lin Xuan called Fan Xiaopang and told her that she had got the role.

When the shooting schedules for both sides come out, she has to adjust the time to avoid delaying the shooting.

…………

If the public audition for Lao Mouzi's movie is a nuclear bomb explosion.

The public audition for "Detective Di Renjie" was like a stone falling into the lake at best.

It can only cause ripples in the mainland film and television circles.

The main credit goes to Lin Xuan, because he has become very popular recently, and many people want to follow his popularity.

The veteran actors don’t care, they are all supporting roles and there is no need to audition.

But this news has attracted the attention of many newcomers in the industry, especially students from several major art schools.

Many students made appointments to go to the audition together in the car.

A few days later, Lin Xuan drove to a hotel room.

"Our great screenwriter is here."

Qian Yanqiu saw him and pointed to the sign on the table.

Lin Xuan looked up and saw that the ID card in front of Qian Yanqiu's desk only had the word "director" written on it, and he only had the title of screenwriter.

"Welcome to the writers."

"Screenwriter, please take a seat."

Several crew chiefs also followed suit.

Lin Xuan waved his hand quickly and said modestly: "Director Qian is making fun of me. The main reason is that the brand is too small and can only write one job title."

Qian Yanqiu pulled him to his seat, patted his shoulder hard and said:
"Stop being modest. You will also be the interviewer later. Be serious where you should be."

Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Then don't worry, I will tell the truth."

…………

At nine o'clock in the morning, the audition begins.

Because the filming took place four years in advance, it was impossible for many actors to find the original version.

Therefore, Lin Xuan has no dogma, but carefully observes the performances and images of these people based on the characteristics of the characters, and gives serious comments.

On the first day of auditions, the crew auditioned for nine roles and more than fifty actors.

Only two people were finally confirmed, Di Chun and Zeng Tai.

Of course, neither of them is the original version.

The next day, two more roles were confirmed.

Ji Li Khan and Liu Jin/Fang Qian.

Fang Qian was not confirmed through an audition, but was recommended by Liang Guanhua, a colleague of the People's Arts, who was also an actor in the original version.

The male lead must be given some face, so this role was decided.

There are many male characters in this drama, but the only female character is Yingyu, who is in the second story unit.

As a result, there were relatively few women coming to audition, and it was not until the third day that I met Lin Xuan.

"Are you here in a group?"

Lin Xuan asked, pointing to the Yingying Yanyan outside.

"Yes."

The girl who came to the audition said sheepishly.

"It's okay, you can start."

The role of Yingyu was originally played by Jiang Xin, the empress of China.

But now Jiang Xin is only 17 years old and obviously can't act.

On the surface, Yingyu is the top brothel, but her true identity is the prince's maid.

Therefore, actors must be good-looking. After all, they are the top names in brothels.

In addition to good looks, Lin Xuan believes that actors' faces should be rounder and their facial features should not be too aggressive.

In this way, there will be a visual contrast when it is finally reversed.

If you find a beautiful girl who is full of aggression and will kill someone with just one click of her eyes, the big twist in the ending will lack impact.

On the contrary, the audience felt that the characters in the play were blind, and they couldn't tell the difference between "bad guy" and "bad guy" when they were written on their foreheads.

The first few girls who auditioned all had small, oval-shaped faces.

Although it is exquisite and beautiful, it does not meet the requirements.

Lin Xuan passed them all for this reason, and several other main creators also agreed with his thinking.

Just then, a girl with baby fat on her face walked into the room.

Qian Yanqiu leaned his head over and whispered:

"Here comes the mellow one."

(End of this chapter)