Chapter 48 Casting
In the conference room of China Film Group, more than a dozen celebrities and artists were sitting on chairs with different expressions.
They also received news from their own company’s agent in the past few days, coming to China Film to audition for a movie.
Chen He and Xiao Pan were also included.
The male-female ratio of the artists who come to audition is half and half, but the interesting thing is that the male ones are basically crooked, and there are many special types of actors.
The women are uniformly beautiful.
[Detective Chinatown] is a detective comedy. When selecting actors, the producers naturally followed the characteristics of the characters. Most of the people who were selected for the audition were comedians. The roles auditioned for also varied.
Actresses come here for the heroine.
Some of them were invited by the producers, and some came to them on their own initiative after receiving information.
After all, besides Gu Wei, there are three investors in the film. They just want a chance to audition, and if they find connections, Gu Wei has to give them face.
The heroine with a huge investment of 70 million, no matter how the film is finally made, is regarded as a high-quality resource in the eyes of actresses in the industry.
Wang Baoqiang’s side Chen Zhixi has already reached an agreement and can join the group before the filming starts.
After all, Producer Chen is the producer of [Thailand], and they are also acquaintances. Wang Baoqiang still has to give her face.
And Gu Wei is not stingy either. He has added 20% to his normal salary at this stage. With how greedy his current agent is, he will probably take the role even if there is no personal connection involved.
Although Chen He and Xiao Pan asked them to come over for an audition, they did not scout anyone else for their roles. The main reason they were asked to come over was to let Gu Wei check his status.
Chen He was the first to enter the venue for the audition
Gu Wei, Lu Yang and Chen Zhixi sat behind the table respectively, leaving a space for the actors to audition and perform.
"Hello, director, my name is Chen He. I'm here to audition for the role of Huang Langdeng today."
Gu Wei handed her a piece of paper with the paragraphs to be auditioned on.
No surprise, Chen He's acting skills don't need to be thought about, he always looks cheap in everything he does.
But his performance is quite suitable for the role of Langdon Huang.
After Chen He performed, Gu Wei whispered a few words to Lu Yang.
"You performed very well. Go back and discuss with your agent and come over to sign the contract. Save the schedule. Our movie will start production in about two years."
Gu Wei said with a smile.
"Thank you, director, thank you!" Chen He quickly thanked him, bowed, and went out.
Chen He has only played the role of Zeng Xiaoxian in "Love Apartment" so far, and has never acted in a movie before Running Man became popular.
No one is looking for him no matter how marginal the supporting role is. This may also be the backlash of [Love Apartment], which not only brings him fame but also limits his development.
The next person who came in was Xiao Pan.
Xiao Pan was very nervous. He was wearing a suit today, his hair was shiny, and his face was also shiny, making him look particularly greasy.
Xiao Pan has a movie dream. His purpose in entering the film and television industry is to make movies. Unfortunately, his songs are very popular, but he only stops at being popular.
With his image, no one approached him for filming. Now that such a big production suddenly came to his door, he still cherished it very much. He didn't know that Gu Wei had already appointed him.
"Hello directors, my name is Xiao Pan, I am an actor."
"Don't be nervous." Gu Wei saw his nervousness and comforted him
"You play the character The introduction has been sent to you before, please read it.”
“Look! Look! I’ve been studying it since it was sent to me.”
Xiao Pan said quickly.
"Your audition today is very simple. Come on, say this sentence again." As he spoke, Gu Wei brought him a piece of paper.
"Director, let me think about it for a few minutes." Xiao Shang said after looking at the paper for a few times.
Xiao Pan's expression became nervous and excited, he stretched out his finger and looked at the dot in front of him
"I'm warning you not to talk nonsense! I'm suing you for defamation, do you know that?
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I'm suing you for defamation!
He slandered me! ! "
After saying a few simple words, he calmed down again, grinned and said, "Director, I have finished my performance. ”
Although the accent is not added, it already has the flavor of the original version.
"Very good, this role is yours. Is there a schedule after the Chinese New Year?"
"Yes, director, thank you, director, thank you director!"
Xiao Pan was very excited after hearing this , thanked and bowed.
It can be seen that he cherishes this opportunity very much. It has been two years since "Old Boy" became popular, and he finally has the opportunity to act in movies.
Little Shenyang didn’t come. Gu Wei asked the producer to send him an audition for the original robber, but it seemed that he didn't like it.
But this is normal. Xiao Shenyang has become very popular in the past two years. After becoming popular during the Spring Festival Gala, she starred in the movie "Three Guns Surprise" directed by Zhang Yimou. The next year, she starred in the action comedy movie "Laughing in the River". It can be said that He is one of the hottest stars in the past two years.
The crew sent him an audition for a supporting role as a villain, and his team naturally disliked him.
"Hello, director, my name is Lei Jiayin, and I'm here to audition for the role of Langdon Huang."
Another audition actor came in. Gu Wei looked up and saw, wasn't this Lei Datou?
“Who introduced you?” Gu Wei asked
"Oh, I was introduced here by Director Ning Hao." Lei Jiayin said a little naively.
"It's Xu Zheng who pushed me over. I can't refuse." Chen Zhixi whispered from the side.
That's right, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao have a very good relationship. Lei Jiayin has been following Ning Hao and is considered Ning Hao's little brother.
The "Golden Robbery" released by Ning Hao last year starred Lei Jiayin.
Originally I wanted to praise my favorite little brother, but who would have thought that this movie was a flop, and the Lei family returned to obscurity because it was not praised.
Two years later, in Ning Hao's movie "Heart Blossom Road", Lei Jia played a small gangster, and the whole movie only had one line: "Oh my God!" ’
“The role of Huang Langdeng has been decided.” Gu Wei said to him.
"Ah, okay, please director." Lei Jiayin looked sad after hearing this, lowered his head slightly, turned around and left.
"Do you want to play other roles?" Gu Wei suddenly asked.
"Acting, director, as long as you can act." Lei Jiayin replied immediately after hearing this.
"Try to be the kidnapper boss, Brother Bei."
As he said this, he handed over a page of lines.
Lei Jiayin thought for a while and then started to perform.
He looked nervously and fiercely, facing the air in front of him.
“Where are the things?
You're still pretending to be with me, right?
It seems that my hint is not obvious enough.
Let me ask you where is the gold!
What a broken dragon with stripes, nothing special. What I’m asking about is not this broken chain. I’m asking you, where did the gold go after you killed Sompa? ”
Because there was no one to act with him, Lei Jiayin could only imagine the other person’s response and act out the kidnapping scene at his own pace.
Lei Jiayin is a drama actor. It is said that he was admitted to the Shanghai Drama Center with first place. Years of drama performances have polished his acting skills. This kind of non-physical performance is not suitable for him. difficulty.
"Senior Brother Lu, what do you think?" Gu Wei turned around and asked Lu Yang.
"The performance is very good, and it can be seen that the basic skills are solid and the foundation is deep." Lu Yang praised.
"If you don't mind that this role is small, then he is yours." Gu Wei said to Lei Jiayin.
"Thank you, director, thank you, director Lu." Lei Jiayin didn't have high hopes when he came, just because there had been no filming recently, and he knew that this big production in the circle was casting actors, and Director Tuo Ninghao had a relationship Come and try the show.
Although it was not the role he auditioned for, he was very happy to have a supporting role.
(End of this chapter)