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Maybe the words husband and wife made Liu Yifei embarrassed.

During the rest of the trip, she didn't talk too much to Wu Yuan. She lowered her head and was either sleeping or reading the novel she brought with her.

But after they landed in the capital, Liu Yifei became energetic again.

Brother, when will the filming of Love Letter start?

What, can't wait?

While carrying the specialties brought back from Jiangcheng, Wu Yuan joked: You'd better work hard to film Young You first.

This movie is more likely to help you win awards.

My film, which is a commercial romance film, cannot reach the heights of The Hawthorn Tree directed by Zhang Yimou.

What do you mean? Liu Yifei snorted: Am I worse than that little girl who played Jingqiu?

I am worse than director Yimou. Wu Yuan shook his head: The depth of the script of Love Letter is definitely not as high as that of Hawthorn Tree Love.

Director Yimou is definitely the best among our Chinese directors when it comes to love feature films.

I have a hunch that Zhou Dongyu, a newcomer, may be too soft on the prize this time.

I heard that when director Yimou was planning to film Hawthorn Tree Love, he also thought about asking you to play the heroine?

Yeah. Liu Yifei waved her hands and said regretfully: Director Yimou did contact me at the beginning and said that he has a very innocent character in his new movie. Maybe I can give it a try.

I just waited and waited. I didn't even wait for the audition invitation from director Yimou. Instead, I waited for the news of the open casting call for Hawthorn Tree Love and the audition for amateurs.

Later, Director Yimou called me to apologize, saying that after careful consideration, he still wanted to find a newcomer who was acting for the first time to interpret the role of Jingqiu.

I was so flattered that the great director from China called me personally to apologize.

Don't even look at whose face it is. Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said proudly.

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him, Yes, yes, it's all because of your pride, senior brother.

But it's really a pity that I haven't even seen the script. If I had seen the script, I would have gone to director Yimou to ask for the role. I really can't bring you along to ask him for the role.

I think I can do the job for Jingqiu.

Eh. Wu Yuan stretched out an index finger and shook it: You really can't.

Director Yimou's Jingqiu doesn't require any acting skills, all it needs is the confusion of a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl's first love.

Maybe you were competent when filming Your Name back then, but you are definitely not able to do it now.

No, it might not have been possible back then. You were too beautiful, and you didn't have that ordinary, ordinary feeling about you like Zhou Dongyu.

No matter where you stop, even if you are naked and only wearing a white shirt, you won't look like a rural girl at all.

The audience can't get into the drama at all.

In the film and television industry, I really can't find another actor like Zhou Dongyu who has a lot of facial defects, but can be pure and full of flavor under certain circumstances.

Hmph. Liu Yifei puffed her lips and snorted: Have you ever said that about a little girl? I think Jingqiu is quite pretty.

You didn't even call her by her given name, Zhou Dongyu. This time it was Wu Yuan who rolled his eyes.

Okay, let's not talk about them anymore.

After picking up the luggage, Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei and left the airport, Go back and rest for a few days, and then I will send you to join the group.

This time when filming Young You, I have more free time, and I often visit the crew.

Anyway, this movie was shot in Beijing.

Preparations for the movie Young You began after Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei returned to China in October.

The director is Li Yang, who has read the script and is very happy to direct this excellent work.

In other words, as long as it is a script written by Wu Yuan, no director in China will refuse it.

As for the male protagonist, after Li Yang took over the preparatory work of the crew, it can be said that he searched all over the Chinese male actors and carefully selected for several months before finally finding one that he thought was suitable.

And this actor's name is Zhang Yishan.

Yes, it is Liu Xing from Family with Children, who is five years younger than Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei, who has always been the youngest in the crew, can be the eldest sister this time.

The reason why Li Yang chose Zhang Yishan is also very simple.

In the entire Chinese entertainment industry, among the actors under the age of 20, only Zhang Yishan has that innate ruthlessness.

The male protagonist Liu Beishan of Young You is set up as a gangster who has been on the streets since he was a child, living in the mud at the bottom of society, fighting all day long.

While other peers were still in high school, he was already an old gangster living on the streets.

When Li Yang was casting, he held several large-scale auditions. Almost all mainland actors who heard that the screenwriter of this movie was Wu Yuan came to audition.

After auditioning hundreds of actors, he finally saw the shadow of Liu Beishan in Zhang Yishan.

Regardless of whether they are inside or outside the industry, media netizens have always said that Zhang Yishan and Xia Yu look very similar, as if they were carved from the same mold.

But in terms of temperament, there is really a big gap between the two.

Coincidentally, Zhang Yishan had just been admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in 2010 and became an alumnus of Wu Yuan, Liu Yifei, and Li Yang.

He is no longer the cute and naughty Liu Xing in 2004. He has grown into a big boy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He is the right age to play the role of Liu Beishan.

So this role was decided like this.

As for the other characters.

The role of police officer Zheng Yi was internally digested and given to company artist Yuan Hong.

Sun Honglei was invited to play the role of Zheng Yi's master. In the past few years, he has played the roles of gangsters and gangsters. It's time for him to try what it's like to be a policeman.

The mother of the heroine Chen Nian was invited to play the role of Chen Hong.

Chen Hong had already completely transitioned behind the scenes and concentrated on being a producer for Chen Kaige, but for Wu Yuan's sake, she still agreed to take the role.

As for the vicious female classmate who pushed Chen Nian downstairs, Zhou Ye is still a baby now and is definitely out of the question.

Zhang Zifeng, who can also play this contrasting sense of viciousness, is even younger. He has just become a child star through Earthquake.

In the end, this role was given to Yang Niao, who also just entered the Beijing Film Academy last year and has changed his name to Yang Zi, to guest star.

Female transformation.

Back then she could only play Liu Yifei's sister, but now she can play her classmate.

This leads to the fact that in the Young You crew, among the high school student protagonists, Liu Yifei is the oldest, five years older than Zhang Yishan and Yang Niao.

This is not bad, Zhou Dongyu is 8 years older than Yi Yang Qianqian.

The cast that Li Yang put together is not much worse than the original version!

Wu Yuandu is full of expectations for Liu Yifei's version of Young You!