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Chapter 202 Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the strongest actors in film history

After releasing the news that filming would start on May 5, Li Yu immediately sent invitations to Bao Guoan and Hong Yuzhou to star in "Guandu".

In "The Three Kingdoms", young Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and Zhou Yu were both played by Hong Yuzhou.

His Yuan Shao is the most handsome Yuan Shao in all Three Kingdoms film and television works, bar none.

It is really a big regret for the audience that he was not able to play the role of the elderly Yuan Shao!
But there is a reason. Hong Yuzhou was born in 58, and he was only thirty-six or seventeen years old when he filmed "The Three Kingdoms".

The director thought he was too young, so the elderly Yuan Shao was replaced by another actor.

Li Yu recruited Hong Yuzhou to play the old Yuan Shao in the movie version, which can fulfill the dreams of many "Old Three Kingdoms" fans.

More importantly, Hong Yuzhou is now older, nearly 50 years old. Yuan Shao was 55 years old in the Battle of Guandu in history, which is a very suitable age.

According to Bao Guoan, he was already 60 years old, while Cao Cao was only 46 years old during the Battle of Guandu.

At Bao Guoan's current age, he is a bit too old to play Cao Cao in the Guandu period.

As a national first-class actor and a professor of Chinese Opera, his views and stance are very upright.

Because after playing Cao Cao, he could never play another role.

He was interviewed by a reporter wearing the clothes of a Shaolin abbot, but the reporter asked him how to play Cao Cao.

You can only invite us actors who are over fifty years old. "

Two years ago, he played the abbot in a TV series called "Legend of Shaolin Temple".

Hong Yuzhou sympathized with Li Yu and couldn't help but said: "Director Li, you must be feeling aggrieved now, right?
Except for a few of the most popular actors in the Mainland, no one from your company dares to take on your role.

However, he did not give up his job as an actor and occasionally participated in some TV series.

To sum up, plus Bao Guoan is the best candidate for Cao Cao, Li Yu has no reason not to choose him.

Li Yu asked someone to invite him, and he immediately agreed.

He asked Cui Yan, a well-known handsome guy at the time, to pretend to be him when meeting the Huns envoys. He pretended to be a soldier holding a knife and stood next door.

As for Hong Yuzhou, he has plans to move behind the scenes in recent years. This year, he served as the artistic director and host of the Spring Festival Gala in Xia Province during the Spring Festival.

Cao Cao himself felt that his appearance was really disappointing to the audience. At 46 years old, he looked more mature, and it made sense to look like someone in his 50s.

In fact, Bao Guoan himself was not very willing to Cao Cao.

Based on the above two points alone, he believed that he should play the role of Cao Cao and provide support to Li Yu, who is also a mainlander.

"Guandu" is a historical war blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan, and it was difficult for Li Yu to recruit currently popular actors because of Wu Baige's suppression.

A big movie with an investment of hundreds of millions! It was such an honor to be one of the leading actors, and he couldn't find a reason to turn it down.

As we all know, Cao Cao was six feet tall and ugly.

It was also a big regret for him that he could not finish playing Yuan Shao's life!
Bao Guoan and Hong Yuzhou came to Hualiu Company to sign a contract as scheduled.

If an ordinary crew asked him to play Cao Cao, he would definitely refuse.

When the Xiongnu envoy came to the palace to see him, he felt that his appearance was too shabby and not worthy of being a powerful country.

But it's not a big problem.

Bao Guoan, who was sitting next to Hong Yuzhou, was convinced and also sympathized with Li Yu's situation.

Wu Baige is really completely inappropriate and bullies people to death.

Obviously he has such a huge advantage, the investment he received is several times that of Li Yu, and he uses the most popular actors in Hong Kong and Taiwan or the mainland.

It's too bullying to suppress Li Yu even though he has such a huge advantage.

Li Yu said in confusion: "Mr. Hong, why are you so confused? In fact, from the beginning, I had no intention of using the most popular actors."

Hong Yuzhou was stunned: "..."

Bao Guoan also looked surprised.

Could it be that from the beginning, Li Yu's first choice was them, instead of choosing them as a last resort when he couldn't find popular actors.

This was something they didn't expect.

"Seriously, I want to thank Wu Baige, thank him for publicly saying that he will not use the actors who starred in "Guandu" in the future, and for helping me scare away a lot of actors. Your Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, I think they are the best actors in Chinese films. The best Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in history.

Your national popularity and popularity are too low.

If it weren't for Wu Baige who prevented me from using popular actors, if I wanted to use you, China Film Group, which invested tens of millions of dollars in investment for me, might have objections.

It is precisely because of Wu Baige that I can choose the actors I think are the best without being influenced by the outside world. "

Li Yu couldn't help laughing as he spoke.

“Now I can not be fettered by the outside world and serve quality wholeheartedly.

Apart from you two, the actors I want to hire next must be masculine, able to play tough guys, and have passable acting skills.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have many powerful generals under their command, so it is not appropriate to hire some young men. "

"..."

Hong Yuzhou was silent.

Li Yu's perspective on the problem was completely different from theirs.

Everyone thought that Li Yu had been wronged, but in fact Wu Baige's suppression made Li Yu enter his comfort zone?

Hong Yuzhou and Bao Guoan are already looking forward to "Guandu".

The reason why "Old Three Kingdoms" has become a classic is precisely because of the hard work of the production team and only the right actors were chosen.

At that time, the entire generation of male actors basically tried their hand at acting in "The Three Kingdoms".

Most of the actors failed to make the cut, and the remaining actors were all very good.

Li Yu only chooses the right actors, giving them a long-lost feeling of returning to the crew of "The Three Kingdoms", and that familiar feeling is back.

"Teacher Bao, you are the professor of Chinese Opera.

In order to play Cao Cao well, you studied the history of the Three Kingdoms in depth. After the performance, you wrote several papers related to the Three Kingdoms.

I would like to make an announcement to audition actors across the country. The actors are not required to be well-known, but only actors whose image is suitable for the role, who have strength and acting skills.

I plan to imitate the crew of "Old Three Kingdoms" back then and teach the actors a Three Kingdoms lesson so that they can have a deeper understanding of the role they want to play.

There are still more than two months before the filming starts on May 5. It is definitely enough to tell the actors about the history of Guandu.

I plan to let you serve as the class teacher and help me give lectures to the actors. I will pay you enough and I will never let you give free lectures. "

Professional counterpart, right?
Let Bao Guoan, a professor of Chinese opera, be the teacher to train the actors.

It can not only popularize the history of the Three Kingdoms to actors, but also teach actors how to act.

Bao Guoan's eyes sparkled.

Li Yu, a young director, is very serious! The movie "Guandu" really needs to be shot to extremely high standards.

He praised: "I want to personally witness the birth of a historical war blockbuster, and it is an even greater honor to be a part of it!"

One day later, Hualiu Company officially announced the criteria for selecting actors for "Guandu". They did not look at the actor's fame and popularity, but only whether the image fit the role and the actor's personal acting skills.

This news is very tempting for some actors who have good acting skills but cannot get ahead due to various reasons.

They see this as an opportunity.

They are all so cold. It is very difficult to find a good movie to film and get a role with more roles. Are they not afraid of Wu Baige at all?

This incident caused quite a shock in the circle.

But the first person to call Li Yu was Mr. Cai from Sugar Man.

"Director Li, I heard that your selection of actors for "Guandu" did not depend on fame, but only on image and acting skills.

I recommend to you an actor from Taiwan—Peng Yiyan.

He has grown from a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds to a muscular man, and he can definitely play a general well.

As for his acting skills, he is very hard-working and will do exactly what Director Li asks. "

(End of this chapter)