Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 171 - Actresses in airborne seats (seeking for further reading)

"Now it seems that it is quite difficult to insert Ana de Armas into "Knives Out" as the female lead."

Chen Yu exchanged views with Emanuel again over the phone in the VIP lounge of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.

Because at seven o'clock this morning, Lionsgate Pictures has officially sent a casting team to the 16th arrondissement of Paris to join the cast of "Knives Out" with Jodie Comer, who is currently filming the series "Killing Eve Season 1" matters, and conduct further and more detailed "interviews".

If both parties agree that they can enter the second stage after about three rounds of brief contacts, the director of "Knives Out", Ryan, the producer Leopold Hughes and the person in charge of casting, Ms. Marie Vernier, will Only then will an audition invitation be sent to Judy.

Of course, some audition invitations are sent out to selected actors first, and then the crew decides who to have detailed discussions with based on their performance and feelings on the scene.

But this situation generally applies to movies or series with relatively high overall production costs.

A medium-sized production like "Knives Out" with a budget of only 70 million US dollars will still choose to respect the actors a little bit.

Chen Yu smiled and took the warm water handed to him by the ground crew girl, and then asked with a hint of melancholy, "Do you have any good ideas to help Anna eliminate Judy?"

In fact, even if Judy is eliminated, there will still be Adelaide Kane competing with Anna for this role.

"Oh, it would be great if Judy was your fiancée. Then you can easily deal with her in bed." Emmanuel raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.

At present, he has no matching resources that he can exchange with Judy in private, and Judy Comeau is still a very pure and good girl.

This makes Emmanuel, who still has some conscience left, a little embarrassed to attack Judy.

Hearing that Emmanuel said such shameless words, Chen Yu immediately glanced diagonally downward and twitched the corners of his lips.

“I’m following a few movies, ‘Fast & Furious: Ops’ and ‘Men in Black’ plus the ‘John ​​Wick’ franchise, but none of those three have come close to Jodie’s worth. Matching role." Emmanuel tore open a bag of potato chips and poured himself a glass of juice.

Universal Pictures hopes that Chen Yu will join "Fast and Furious: Special Operations" to form: The Three Musketeers with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham.

But there were other hidden meanings in the invitation. For example, Universal Pictures couldn't stand the overt and covert fighting between Johnson and Jason.

Originally, the mutual disdain between Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Michelle Rodriguez had already caused Universal Pictures a headache.

It was hard to wait for the three veterans of the series to die one after another. As a result, Johnson and Jason, who had not been together for a long time, quickly passed their honeymoon period.

So this time Universal Pictures directly contacted Emanuel and then issued an audition invitation to Chen Yu just to warn Johnson and Jason to stop fucking around! Otherwise, Universal Pictures, which has almost reached the limit of its endurance, will once again reorganize its lineup.

In fact, in Universal Pictures' plan, "Fast and Furious IX", which will be launched in 2018, will not hire Johnson and Jason and other leading actors.

Instead, the two veterans Vin Diesel and Michelle, who have calmed down and realized their mistakes, return to push the "timeline" of the film forward.

At the same time, Johnson and Jason, who are always trying to overpower each other when their tempers get worse, take a break.

"Um, is it because I'm really good at fighting that Universal Pictures invited me to join the team to balance Johnson and Jason?"

When Chen Yu handed the empty cup back to the ground attendant, he signed her signature in a cursive script on the latter's exquisite notepad.

Emmanuel can't say much about this, but the weight difference between Chen Yu and Johnson is too big, so even if they fight, it will be difficult to gain an advantage.

Because Chen Yu's punches focus on penetrating power, Johnson's thick skin and thick flesh can slow down some of the damage caused by Chen Yu's blows to him.

As for ground skills, unless Chen Yu plans to kill Johnson directly, they won't be of much use.

Moreover, if you are a small person, you must be careful when using kicking skills or knee strikes. Never let your legs leave the ground if there is no absolute chance.

Flying kicks and rocket kicks are often used in movies, TV series and major wrestling leagues, just to add visual impact to the audience.

There is a saying in traditional Chinese martial arts, "The hands are two doors, and you have to rely on your legs to win." The emphasis here is on the strength and frequency of movement of the lower body, and it is by no means a matter of kicking randomly.

Because the masters will also say that in the second half of the battle, "the kick is half empty, the kick is eight points dangerous", but there are idiots who like to take it out of context.

"Chen, don't be so disdainful of traditional Chinese martial arts. After all, it is one of the [quintessences of the nation]. No matter how lonely you are, you must still be in awe of the glorious years it once had."

Emmanuel always wanted to have a good chat with Chen Yu about his contradictions and conflicts with the Chinese martial arts community.

Although Chen Yu has the strength, confidence and qualifications to point out or criticize and ridicule the Chinese martial arts community, doing so ultimately seems to corrupt his character.

And if they don't compete in a formal game, no matter how much the two sides yell at each other, it won't be convincing.

Therefore, Emmanuel wanted to advise Chen Yu not to pay attention to the group of flies that only buzzed around, and to play other "cleaner" games to kill time.

In addition, if Chen Yu takes on action movies in the future, he will inevitably have a larger-scale scolding war with the Chinese martial arts community, so he should save his energy for the future.

"It seems that I have to participate in the fourth part of "John Wick"?" Chen Yu's slender fingers lingered over the dragon fruit and figs for a while before picking up an apple.

The "John Wick" series and "Knives Out" are both projects of Lionsgate Pictures, so Emanuel directly "bundled" the two when negotiating the contract. Does Chen Yu think that Lionsgate Pictures can be persuaded to "parachute" Anna into the third film of "John Wick" as the female lead?

Emanuel feels it is very difficult because the third female lead in "John Wick" is "Black Beauty" Halle Berry.

This sister is both capable and the remuneration is very reasonable and quite affordable, so Anna seems to lack competitiveness in front of her.

"But in terms of appearance, I am on Anna's side," Chen Yu said while taking a bite of the apple, finding an advantage for Anna.

"Let's put this aside and talk about the [Charity Basketball Game]. A certain lady plans to exchange a ticket and sit from the third row to the first row."

To be honest, Emmanuel clearly remembers that he only sent five handwritten invitations to female artists in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Among them, Teacher Lu Zhong and Teacher Siqin Gaowa declined the invitation, so the invitation was cancelled.
The three teachers who were finally confirmed to attend were Gong Li, Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung.

As for other female artists who received tickets:
Either through invitations from cooperating brands;
Either make an appointment using the media that is in total contact;

Or accept reselling among friends.

For example, Yang Ying obtained tickets for the second row and third row through Dilraba and "Tiffany" respectively;
And this sister was very thoughtful about keeping the gift Reba gave her as a souvenir, and only planned to use the tickets provided by the brand, even if the position was in the third row to the left.

In addition, Yang Mi, who was concentrating on filming "Baby" in Jinling, also received a ticket given to her by Reba, and she was seated in the second row.

But Yang Mi, who wants to compete for a mainstream award, just posted her admission ticket on Weibo this time so as not to interrupt the rhythm of the performance or break away from the character's emotions and did not plan to go to Brazil.

Everyone in the "Baby" crew was surprised by Yang Mi's choice, and everyone was inspired to work enthusiastically.

But this only further exposed Yang Mi’s shortcomings in business capabilities.

One of Reba’s rivals, Yang Zi, got a ticket in the fifth row from Southern Metropolis Daily.

She originally didn't plan to attend, but she couldn't resist Happy Century's request, so she had no choice but to go to the venue to promote the new drama.

As Chen Yu's real girlfriend (fiancée) Reba chose not to go mainly because she wanted to highlight her "uniqueness".

Let those anti-fans and media who always ridicule her for "every red carpet must show up" find out who is always thinking about "beautiful pressure".

It is extremely difficult for Reba to understand that even though Reba has completely abandoned the sexy route, there are still marketing accounts and media deliberately hyping up the topic of her "beauty".

So this time Reba simply did not interfere with the "charity basketball game" jointly organized by her boyfriend and the capital she cooperated with.

But Dilraba Studio will send Li Yitong to Manaus as a representative, and Li Yitong's ticket is in the second row.

When Emmanuel first assigned seats, he actually assigned the left side of the front row vacated by Dilraba directly to Li Yitong.

But Reba felt that doing so would easily make Li Yitong the focus of fans' attacks, so she asked Chen Yu to be rearranged to the second row on the right.

And asking Li Yitong to stay away from his Chinese counterparts would make everyone uncomfortable.

"So who is the one who wants to change seats? You can move from the third row to the first row without worrying about breaking your eggs."

Chen Yu raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was still twenty-five minutes before he would leave the United States and transfer to Seoul, South Korea.

"As far as I know, it's a ticket from the brand and its current holder is [Ms. Liu Yifei]." Emmanuel looked through the records at hand to find the corresponding code.

There are now twelve empty seats in the second row to prepare for a similar situation, but with Dilraba's seat in the first row removed, there is no room for adjustment.

Chen Yu was not familiar with the fairy sister at all, so there was no need for him to interfere with Emmanuel's arrangements.

Emmanuel felt that if Liu Yifei accepted the final adjustment of sitting in the second row, she would still be welcome to participate in this event.

If the Chinese "fairy sister" thinks that she has been unfairly treated or discriminated against, Emmanuel will directly void the account voucher in her hand.

To be honest, Liu Yifei was worried about finding a reason to refuse to attend at this moment.

Liu Yifei's thoughts are very similar to Reba's.

In addition, she finds it boring to compete with European and American stars.

After all, the issue of her nationality has always been a point of contention among black fans and the media.

Therefore, Liu Yifei believes that she should go to less international events such as non-mainstream film festivals and large-scale fashion weeks.

Otherwise, whether you are "suppressed" or robbed of the limelight, it will only add to your anger.

　3088. I hope you can interact with each other more and ask for further reading.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)