Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 121 This is the feeling I want
In Cao Yang's new play "Despicable Milk", the characters have hardly changed, so the future stars chosen before still have the same parts.

Milk's lover, who was also his campaign assistant, had a much larger role and was almost considered a vase-like heroine.

When it came to the selection of this role, Cao Yang initially considered whether to choose a domestic actress to play the role. San Francisco's Chinatown is so famous and is also one of the places where the largest Chinese people gather in the United States.

It makes sense that Milk had a Chinese lover.

Although there are a lot of passionate scenes, domestic actresses will definitely fight hard for this role.

But then I thought, bullshit, why should Milk have a Chinese lover? Even if some banana people are very willing, it is not allowed.

Isn't this tarnishing the image of Chinese people? We absolutely cannot do this.

Then let’s have an audition and let those who dare to take off their clothes come.

Cao Yang explained to the casting company that this is the male protagonist's lover. Although she is not the female protagonist, she is the female character with the most screen time in the whole film.

There are passionate scenes.

There is dew.

Come audition if you are brave enough to try.

As soon as the casting company released the news, many Hollywood actresses rushed to inquire about the role.

That was Cao Yang, the man who had produced three of Europe's top three film queens. For a female star, having a good relationship with such a director was more important than anything else.

Even if it is a Hollywood actress, if she can win the three major European film actress awards, her value and salary will increase rapidly. How can people not be excited?

However, the information obtained was that she was not the heroine, but a vase role with not much screen time, which made many actresses who have been famous for a long time and are rising rapidly hesitate.

Passionate scenes are acceptable, but if there is exposure, it’s a bit not worth it.

If there was a chance to win an Oscar or one of the three major European awards, I would show up, but forget about playing a role that is so obviously not going to win an award.

Therefore, only some people who want to become famous quickly or who don’t see the hope of rising star want to audition.

Even so, after screening by the casting company, Cao Yang still received a list of more than a dozen names.

Cao Yang took a look and crossed out the unknown ones. When only five names were left, he asked the casting company to notify these people to come for auditions.

Keira Knightley, coincidentally, is the heroine of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but the movie hasn't started yet.

Rachel Weisz is quite famous in later generations, but she is not very famous now. She starred in "The Mummy" and is also a female star who dares to expose herself.

Eva Green starred in "The Piano Teacher", which won the Cannes Jury Prize, but she was not the female lead. She must have just arrived in Hollywood and wanted to become famous quickly.

As for French actresses, they may not have many other advantages, but they are really brave to take off their clothes. She performed well in the French movie "The Dreamers".

Naomi Watts, who is probably the most famous among the five, has starred in the famous movie "Mulholland Drive".

In two years, this girl will let that awesome gorilla jerk off for her on top of the Empire State Building, a classic scene.

The last one is not very famous now, but will be very famous in the future.

Anne Hathaway is also a female star who dares to take off her clothes and will star in many large-scale movies in the future.

Among them, the performance in "Love and Other Drugs" is still very exciting.

In "Brokeback Mountain", the two-minute car scene is also worth watching.

The role Cao Yang was auditioning for was not important, a vase role, so he could choose any one. In that case, why not choose the one who would be the most famous in the future?

So, Anne Hathaway was chosen. In fact, before the actress was chosen, several actresses who auditioned contacted Cao Yang and said they wanted to sit in Cao Yang's office in the evening to ask for advice on acting.

Cao Yang couldn't help but think of one thing: who was the initiator of the famous "red sofa" incident that Harvey Weinstein would later expose?

Anyway, the actresses who broke the news all said that it was Harvey Weinstein who called them to discuss work, and then harassed them, and they swore to die and refused to obey...

Cao Yang rejected several people. There was no need to use any of them.

As for the roles that have been decided, it's not a bad idea to just play them according to the circumstances.

The filming officially started in early September.

To be honest, Depp is indeed a bit evil. If you ask him to play a neurotic or gloomy role, he will definitely play it to perfection and perform very well.

But the more sunny and upright characters always feel unsatisfactory.

In "Despicable Milk", the protagonist is a character who appears to be sunny and passionate on the surface, but secretly he is gloomy, dark and slightly perverted.

So he can play the other side of himself that is not in front of the public very well, but when he is required to be sunny and passionate, it’s a little lacking.

When filming Milk's campaign speech, Depp kept NGing and couldn't pass it.

Fortunately, what we are going to film today is his speech in the neighborhood. Only two or three people are needed at the beginning, and then more and more people will gather because they are attracted by the speech.

The scene with more and more people gathering will not be shot today. That scene will be shot together with other scenes that require a large number of extras. When the time comes, we only need to change clothes. It’s still the same people, but they appear in different scenes.

Cao Yang was not in a hurry despite the constant NGs, as he still had time to get into the role for Depp.

So Cao Yang called Depp over and patiently taught him how to perform here.

Starting over again, Depp performed better, but still couldn't achieve the desired effect.

Cao Yang called him over again and continued to explain to him how to portray the character, the character's psychological activities and so on.

Depp was obviously touched; he didn't expect Cao Yang to be so patient.

After another NG, even though Depp was in a bad mood and upset, he kept apologizing to the staff. In the past, this was something he would never have done.

It was because of Cao Yang's patience and repeated guidance that he could empathize with him.

"I'm sorry, director. I still can't perform the effect you want." Depp apologized to Cao Yang.

Cao Yang smiled and waved his hands, "It's okay, Depp, you have made great progress. Your speech is already full of passion, but it still lacks a little bit of a kind expression."

After hearing what Cao Yang said, Gu Changwei was stunned. Is what Director Cao said true? Why don't I feel that this guy has made any progress?

Well, there is one thing, at least the lines are spoken more fluently.

However, Director Cao may have asked too much of him this time. This guy sometimes performs quite well.

The filming lasted for three days. Cao Yang was very patient in explaining the scenes to Depp. Depp was so exhausted from all the NGs that he began to doubt his life.

Sometimes he felt that he had performed well, but he just couldn't get through.

If Cao Yang had not been so gentle and patient in explaining the play and coaching him, he would have suspected that Cao Yang was deliberately targeting him.

Seeing that the time was almost right, the entire crew knew that Cao Yang had been explaining the play and giving guidance to Depp. After returning home in the evening, Cao Yang did not hesitate to give Depp an immersive experience.

After hesitating for a while, since this movie is determined to compete for the Palme d'Or in Cannes and also wants to make a mark in Hollywood, let's give Depp another one. Only if his performance is good can the whole movie be more exciting.

(End of this chapter)