Chapter 54 Jiang Wen Plays Die Yi? My Lord, Please Watch Me Rush Out and Capture that Little Liu Bang Alive!

At the Capital Art Theater, auditions continue.

At almost ten o'clock, all three roles were confirmed.

After seeing off the veteran actors, the crew moved to the casting room on the second floor and began auditioning the actors one by one.

This morning, we still have to decide on the candidates for Duan Xiaolou, Cheng Dieyi and Juxian.

Chen Xiao put the document on the seat and glanced at the clock on the wall.

In 10 minutes, Duan Xiaolou's audition will begin.

Take a break.

Boom!

The director's assistant knocked on the door and walked in, saying in a low voice: "Director Chen, Teacher Jiang Wen is also in the theater today. I don't know who saw the script from an experienced actor, and I really want to audition for the leading role."

"Jiang Wen? The one who is both a director and an actor?"

"Yes."

Chen Xiao touched his chin.

He is over 1.8 meters tall and can play Duan Xiaolou.

The temperament is quite consistent.

Since you really want to, then give him a chance.

"Okay, I will arrange an audition for him later, but it must be on a first-come, first-served basis. His last audition will be in the small building."

After saying that, Chen Xiao turned his head and continued to look at the actor information in his hand.

"Director Chen..."

"Huh? Is there anything else?" Chen Xiao did not raise his head and continued to read the information.

The assistant hesitated and said: "The person Teacher Jiang wants to audition is...Cheng Dieyi."

Chen Xiao paused while turning over the documents, frowned and looked at the assistant, "Who?"

"Cheng Dieyi."

Chen Xiao: "..."

A tall man over 1.8 meters tall, playing Cheng Dieyi?

Wouldn't that be...

On the stage.

Overlord: Yu Ji, do you have any regrets?

Concubine Yu, who is 1.9 meters tall in her outfit, said: "Your Majesty, let's see how I kill the general and capture Liu Bang's child alive!"

Farewell My Concubine What? Just slash back with the knife.

Chen Xiao shook his head, trying to shake off the messy scene.

But immediately another scene popped into my mind.

Theater backstage.

Cheng Dieyi, who was over 1.8 meters tall, hugged the back of the stool, looked down at Duan Xiaolou and said, "No, I've been talking about it for a lifetime. The difference between a year, a month, a day and an hour is not a lifetime."

split……

Chen Xiao covered his forehead with his right hand and waved quickly with his left hand.

"Refuse, reject him quickly. Let him give up!"

"Okay, I'll get back to him right away." The assistant nodded, and just after taking two steps, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He took out his cell phone and looked at it, then turned around and said with a wry smile: "Director Chen, Teacher Jiang sent me the makeup photos."

"dont see!"

Chen Xiao decisively refused.

You don’t even need to look at the photo to know that it must be outside the Three Realms and not among the Five Elements.

Chen Xiao sighed and added: "Inform the casting director that they will come over and the audition will start in five minutes."

"OK."

…

The audition for the lead role went well.

Two hours later, the list of adult protagonists was released.

Cheng Dieyi: Zhang Guorong

Duan Xiaolou: Zhang Fengyi

Chrysanthemum Fairy: Gong Li

After deciding on the list, Chen Xiao, Fang Rong and others finished their morning work and sat down to eat lunch together.

Everyone was eating and chatting.

Chen Xiao swallowed a mouthful of fish and asked, "Director Fang, how are you preparing for the training?"

Training will begin on the 27th, the day after tomorrow.

Most of the casting candidates have drama skills.

The main content of the training is to interpret history and understand the characters to help actors get into the role.

Then let the actors practice the operas they will use in the film.

Fang Rong took a sip of water and sighed: "It's basically done. The history professors and drama experts have been contacted. But there is a small problem. In the split-shot script of "The Drunken Concubine", the falling state is quite beautiful, but how can it be related to the opera? The combination, whether it looks good or how beautiful it is, is a question.”

He worried about this matter for several days and consulted three opera masters, but could not find a suitable solution.

Chen Xiao was silent for a moment.

I can't explain this matter clearly in a sentence or two.

You have to demonstrate it yourself.

"Leave this to me, and you can do other things first."

Fang Rong nodded.

Secretly whispering in my heart

Shoot a section of Shu Guang's sleeve dance and a section of Woyu. Can they be edited together?

As a director, this is probably the solution he can come up with.

…

After lunch, the crew continued the audition.

The time soon came to four o'clock in the afternoon.

In the casting room.

A young girl in her twenties, with a pink flower pinned to the back of her head, sat sideways and winked at Chen Xiao.

"As long as you accept him, you can do whatever you want. Don't dislike us."

After saying that, he slid from the stool to kneel on the ground, staring at Chen Xiao like a fox.

Chen Xiao's face was expressionless, and he tried hard to suppress the urge to roll his eyes.

What are these performances?

Let them play the role of prostitutes who are oppressed at the bottom, and they suddenly become vixens.

It's really terrible that everyone has to throw them at him.

Isn’t it okay to throw it at other directors?

split.

The casting director said in routine: "OK, you can go out on the 4th."

The girl stood up, raised the corners of her mouth, and turned around to leave.

She is the beauty of the acting department of Capital Film Academy.

It took another three days to learn how to act like a brothel girl in front of a popular film and television drama.

This role must be hers!

She exited the casting room and was about to close the door when she suddenly heard the sound of conversation in the room.

"Director Chen, is No. 4 good?"

"No, among the four, she is the least suitable, No. 2..."

The girl was startled.

Least appropriate? ? ?

She spent three whole days studying the performance method.

It has only been five days since the notice!

How could anyone be better than her?

Did she get in through a backdoor?

Her family background is not bad, who would get in through a backdoor?

The girl felt her blood rushing up, and when she thought of Chen Xiao's face, which was about the same age as her, she instantly became bolder and pushed the door open.

"Director Chen, I'm sorry, you said I am the least suitable, can you please give me a detailed review? I also want to reflect on it and make progress in the future. Please give me some advice."

Chen Xiao glanced at her, turned his head and looked at the assistant, "Please bring in the other three."

Then he looked at the girl again, "This actor, please wait a moment."

He called four people in, not because number four asked him to comment.

These four actors were selected by him personally, and they were the most suitable among many actors in their early twenties.

They have classical looks, round faces, big eyes, and decent acting skills.

Unfortunately, the four people had deviations in their understanding of the roles, resulting in none of the performances being right.

So, he wanted to briefly explain the play to the four people and let them re-act it.

Soon, the four people stood in a row.

Chen Xiao looked calm, and his eyes swept over the four people.

"Everyone has some problems with understanding this role. I will explain it to you again, and we will re-cast."

The four people nodded, "Okay, thank you Director Chen."

Chen Xiao pointed at the script on the table with a pen and explained:

"Yanhong is a prostitute and a mother. You can all see this."

"But when you acted, there were two problems."

"First, you split the role. In the first half, you played a bitter mother, and in the second half, you played a prostitute."

"The second, and most serious problem, you didn't play a prostitute, but a vixen, Daji."