superstar director

Chapter 353 Auditions
The identity of No. [-] is still a mystery. Many singers who misled people before have been confirmed as fakes by everyone. Although it has been so long since No. [-]’s identity has not been found, it makes people feel uncomfortable and a little irritable. Some people simply don’t bother I don't care who it is anymore, as long as there are good music to listen to.

However, there are also some persistent people who are still speculating on the identity of No. [-] with like-minded netizens on the Internet with all kinds of reasoning and guessing. However, with the beginning of the summer vacation, the mass media has focused their attention on the movie box office, and On various film and television stars, reports on the identity of No. [-] have passed the statute of limitations, and gradually disappeared in the news of various celebrity gossip and film reports.

After Ning Sheng revised the script of "Face Changing", he began to contact the actors he liked. First of all, he contacted Liang Chaowei. Mr. Liang's acting skills needless to say. Sheng first chose him because the other party's temperament and appearance are very suitable for a good JC, and he looks very kind. If you let him play the original FBI police officer, it will be very interesting to play a bad guy by changing his face. This contrast effect will be better.

Because Mr. Liang seldom showed up at banquets, and Ning Cheng seldom participated, so the two of them didn't have the opportunity to exchange personal contact information. Ning Cheng could only find the phone number of the other party's manager and call.

"Hello, are you Mr. Sun, Mr. Liang's manager?"

"I am, who are you?"

"I'm Ning Sheng. I have a new play here and I want to invite Mr. Liang to join. I wonder if Mr. Liang is interested?"

"Ning Cheng? Are you director Ning who filmed "Swordsman"?"

"Yes, it's me. I don't know if it's convenient for Mr. Liang to answer the phone?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, he's filming, may I ask when Director Ning's filming will start?"

"I guess it will be after July, around August."

"Oh, that's unlucky, we will be filming "2046" directed by Wong Kar-wai in August. You know, Sunglasses Wang is very good at filming. In just a few months, half a year can't finish the filming. You see, if you are not in a hurry, can you take it easy? I estimate that the filming will be finished by the end of the year at the latest. If the filming goes well, it may be possible a month or two in advance. Mr. Liang and I have both seen your film For the two parts of "Swordsman", Mr. Liang also wants to cooperate with you—"

For Ning Sheng, a great director who has created many miracles at the box office, no actor wants to cooperate with him. Even if he is an actor, he has made many literary films, but he still wants to make commercial films. After all, ordinary audiences watch commercial films the most. , not a literary film that is destined to fail at the box office, not to mention, there is a huge gap between the salary of a commercial film and a literary film for the same actor. If you want to have more commercial income, sometimes A successful commercial film is much more important than an award-winning literary film.

"I also very much hope to cooperate with Mr. Liang, but my time this year is not loose, and the schedule cannot be adjusted. It seems that I cannot cooperate this time. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate next time."

"This is really a pity. How about it? I'll talk to Mr. Liang later to see if the schedule of "2046" can be adjusted."

"Well, let's do it first. If Mr. Liang can adjust the schedule, please give me a call before tonight."

"sure no problem--"

After hanging up the phone here, Ning Cheng sighed, looked at the candidates on the list and crossed Liang Chaowei off. Although the manager said it was polite just now, Ning Cheng knew that there was no chance to cooperate with Mr. Liang this time. The seriousness of acting is still what King of Sunglasses requires of actors, and the schedule cannot be adjusted at all.

Then who should I contact next? First of all, Brother Fa and Brother Fa were excluded. Although these two have great acting skills, Ning Cheng has carefully thought about it. In this "Face Changing", there is a male protagonist who can be said to have a very obvious personality. And they all need a kind of crazy ruthlessness in their bones, so the temperament of brother and brother Fa is not suitable.

Then there is another candidate for the role of JC in the movie, besides Liang Chaowei, there is another Mr. Liang, Liang Jiahui.But let's not make this call for the time being, Ning Cheng has agreed with others that he will wait for another Mr. Liang's call before tonight, so even if he knows that there is nothing going on, it's better to wait to avoid accidents.

So, look at another character played by Nicolas Cage in the original version, a crazy drug lord, this character started out as a drug lord, but because of the change of face, he played a good guy almost most of the time in the play So this is a guy who needs to look like a bad guy to play a good guy role.

Ning Cheng listed a long list of actors under this role, all of whom are famous for their villains, including Wu Zhengyu, Li Zixiong, Xu Shaoqiang, Zhang Yaoyang, Long Fang, etc., who are the most successful villains in recent years, but it seems that These villains have been so successful that their play has been greatly restricted, and now they have almost no other roles to play except villains.

As for Ning Sheng, like other directors, he was worried that they would not be able to play a good guy because they were used to playing villains.Especially this "Face Changing" also has a character change plot, which requires strong control and strong acting skills.

Speaking of this movie, the most outstanding of the two male protagonists is the role of the drug lord. A character who looks like a bad guy but has a good heart is more liked by everyone, and it is easier to perform wonderfully.Therefore, the choice of this role can be said to determine the success of this play to a certain extent.

The original version was the Oscar winner-Nicolas Cage's wonderful performance, which made this movie astonishing to the world. However, there is no such actor as Cage in China. After much deliberation, Ning Sheng finally decided to call them all according to this list. Come to try out a mirror whenever you have a schedule, and then choose from it slowly.

Starting from Wu Zhengyu, Ning Sheng called their managers one by one, and then told them about the schedule, asking them to audition if they have a schedule.

The next day, the five people Ning Sheng notified arrived at the studio early. Although they can be said to be some of the most popular second-line actors because of their villain roles, as a villain, you will never be able to become the protagonist in the movie. In particular, many villains don't have all the roles, which limits their performance even more.

And this time, Ning Cheng's audition invitation was no less than a miracle for them, because before they came, they already knew that Ning Cheng's character in this play could not be called a villain, but was more inclined to be a villain. The positive protagonist, think about it, can finally change from a villain with limited roles to the core male lead of a movie, who can't be excited!

Not to mention that there is a schedule, even if there is no schedule, there must be a schedule. As long as this side is selected by Ning Cheng, all the work there will be rejected immediately, and all my energy will be put on this future-related project. In the movie, this is the voice of all of them.

After a while, people from the studio came out and called, "Mr. Wu Zhengyu, Director Ning invites you to come in for an audition!"

Wearing a new suit, Wu Zhengyu nodded to the staff, and then said to the other four, "I'll go in first, see you later!"

The other four smiled and cheered for him, and then watched him enter the office. The other four sat outside and were quiet for a while. Long Fang sighed, "What do you think Director Ning will audition for? I didn't even hear Script, do you have character information?"

Li Zixiong said, "None of us have a script, but we only heard about the general background of this role. The audition must be based on acting skills, as well as the fit between the actor and the role!"

Zhang Yaoyang said, "For our manpower, Brother Zhengyu and Brother Fang are the most suitable for the roles of drug lords. The rest of us seem to be either gangsters or killers. There is a gap with this role."

Xu Shaoqiang laughed and said, "Yeah, the few of us are naturally in a weak position like this, or Yao Yang, you can go back first, anyway, there is not much hope, hahaha——"

The others were also laughing and joking. Although everyone is playing villains, they seem to be bad, but in reality they are still ordinary people. As many people usually say, sometimes people who look like bad guys are actually good guys. , and sometimes what looks like a good guy is actually a bad guy!
Several people were teasing and relaxing each other, while in the office, Ning Sheng had already started auditioning for Wu Zhengyu.

Ning Cheng directly removed the performance question, "If you wake up and suddenly find that your face has changed into the face of a murderer, what kind of emotional changes will you have, please express it to us."

"Okay." Wu Zhengyu nodded, took a deep breath, and then looked at the camera, his eyes were full of horror, his hands touched his face, and his lips trembled.

Ning Cheng looked at the camera screen, nodded and said, "Okay, let's act again——"

For the audition of five people, Ning Sheng spent the whole morning, and then asked them to go back and wait for the announcement. Ning Cheng watched the audition video and carefully considered who should be hired.

In the evening, Ning Cheng received a call from Mr. Liang Chaowei. The other party first thanked him for the invitation, and then apologized, because the schedule really couldn't be adjusted, and the two of them were not good at chatting, so the other party said what he meant. After expressing clearly, he said a polite sentence and hung up the phone.

The next day, Ning Cheng called Mr. Liang Jiahui, because he had exchanged phone numbers during the filming of "Dragon Inn", so this time Ning Cheng directly dialed the other party's private number.

However, Ning Cheng's phone call was not connected, and no one answered it. Ning Cheng checked the time. Could it be that the other party was sleeping, so he put down the phone temporarily and asked Lin Ling to notify Wu Zhengyu to come and sign the contract.

After careful consideration, Ning Sheng finally decided to let Wu Zhengyu play this role. Of course, during filming, in order to make Wu Zhengyu perform better, Ning Sheng will not be soft-hearted, and I am afraid that he will get stuck many times.

In a shooting location in Xiangjiang, the crew of the movie "Black Gold" is busy here. Liang Jiahui has just finished filming a scene, and there is no scene for him in the next scene, so he went to the side to take a rest.

This movie has been filmed for more than half, and it is nearing the end, so his agent didn't follow him, and only one assistant was sent by him to buy lunch for him, so when he sat down, he took it out of his assistant's bag next to him. I checked my phone and found that there was a missed call.

When he saw that it was Ning Sheng's phone, he immediately got up and went to a distance to call back.

Although he and Ning Cheng have rarely seen each other since the filming of "Dragon Inn", he has a good impression of Ning Cheng, firstly because of his talent, secondly because the cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant, and thirdly, That is, Ning Sheng would never call him if he had nothing to do, which made him very satisfied.

So, since the other party called this time, there must be something wrong.And if a director has something to do with finding an actor, then nine times out of ten there will be a new play.

"Hey, Director Ning, I'm sorry, I was filming just now, so I didn't receive your call." Liang Jiahui said first after the call was made.

Ning Cheng immediately smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, oh yes, when will your drama finish?"

"Well, I guess it will be over in half a month. Why, do you have a new play to find me?"

"Yeah, you also know that I can't chat, so I have nothing else to talk to you except filming."

"Haha, what kind of drama is this time? Is it still martial arts?"

"No, this time it's a feature film. It can be said to be a bit of a horror police film. How about it? Are you interested?"

"Hahaha, yes, but please send me the script first so I can read it."

"No problem, I will send it to your email in a while, and reply to me as soon as possible after reading it."

"Okay, no problem, I will give you an answer within a week at the latest!"

"Okay, that's it, I won't disturb your work."

"Okay, bye!"

Liang Jiahui hung up the phone with a happy expression on his face. Since he finished the box office hit "Dragon Inn", he has taken on several literary films and won several domestic and foreign awards. I am a little annoyed, and I am planning to make a few more commercial films. This "Black Gold" is the first commercial film he has taken in these years.

Liang Jiahui is also looking forward to being able to cooperate with Ning Sheng again. He thinks that Ning Sheng's movies are always novel. To use the current popular words, they are full of ideas, very strange, and very interesting.And as an actor, in addition to awards, movie box office is also an important honor, and an indicator directly related to income.

Therefore, for this cooperation, like other actors, he is very concerned.

When he returned to the hotel at night, after washing up, he immediately turned on the computer and began to read the script sent by Ning Cheng. When he saw the title of the script "Face Changing", he thought it would be a very interesting story, but when he After reading the script, I started to do a detailed background analysis of my role and think about how to play this role.

When the assistant came to wake him up the next day, he realized that he was too excited last night, slept too late, and didn't even wake up!

Therefore, during the filming of this day, after he was "stuck" many times, he had to apologize repeatedly, and after refreshing himself with strong tea, he finally finished filming his own scenes, and then hurried back to catch up on sleep!

(End of this chapter)