Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 136: Female Lead Selection

Cao Yang hugged Li Xiaoran and watched TV for a while, then his hand unconsciously slipped into her shoulder.

Li Xiaoran patted Cao Yang's moving hands and said coquettishly, "Don't move. You broke it."

Cao Yang smiled and said nothing.

"By the way, Zhang Weiping also said something about you, and the reporters reported his words verbatim." Li Xiaoran's bad taste came back and she said to Cao Yang with a smile.

"What did he say about me?" Cao Yang squeezed his hands and replied absentmindedly.

"He said that making commercial films is not playing house, and asked you to go back to making your heroine-led movies. Hehe, it really made me laugh to death."

Li Xiaoran laughed as she spoke, and did not forget to roll her eyes at Cao Yang.

Can't you keep your hands still?
Cao Yang became interested. Although Zhang Weiping had a big mouth, he was like a small cannon and would not bite anyone he caught. At least he had to have a certain purpose.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it become a mad dog?

"He said this to me directly. Isn't he afraid of offending me? Lao Mouzi and I are on the same line. If he offends me, Lao Zhang will also be unhappy."

"Zhang Weiping is not a fool. He even added that you don't know how to shoot a man's movie. The reporter reminded him that your film Milk, which just won the Palme d'Or, is a man's movie. Guess what he said?"

"How to say?"

"He said that since you didn't win the Best Actor award for that movie, you just can't act in a man's movie. It really made me laugh to death. You made a movie that won the Palme d'Or, and you still said that you can't act in a man's movie."

Li Xiaoran smiled so charmingly that Cao Yang could feel his hands trembling.

"He exposed his weaknesses, allowed people to attack him, gave others something to hold against him, and made himself look like a clown... It wasn't easy for Zhang Weiping either," Cao Yang commented.

"Yeah, in order not to offend you, I made myself look like a clown." Li Xiaoran curled her lips.

"He wants to interact with me, talk nonsense, and work together to promote the movie?" Cao Yang whispered to himself.

"Boom..."

Li Xiaoran kissed Cao Yang and praised him, "Director Cao is really smart. He saw through Zhang Weiping's big mouth at once."

"Then fry it, it will benefit everyone."

Cao Yang thought for a moment and said, "Neither Hou Keming nor President Han are suitable to leave the court. I will let Cheng Jianye confront him and have some verbal battles."

"hit what?"

Li Xiaoran asked softly in Cao Yang's ear.

Cao Yang's hands were not honest, and Li Xiaoran became angry.

Cao Yang is professional.

"This is the living room, shall we go back to the room?"

"The living room is nice. I like the living room."

a long time.

"Cao Yang, ...ah..."

……

Cao Yang was a little hesitant about the choice of the heroine Xiao Wei.

The heroine Xiao Wei is a vixen who came down from the mountain. She fell in love with Wang Sheng because of his various behaviors. Knowing that Wang Sheng already has a wife, she wanted to snatch Wang Sheng away from another heroine, Peirong.

In a way, Xiao Wei is the third party, a mistress. As for the selection of Xiao Wei, Cao Yang's initial idea was to let Li Xiaoran play this role.

Li Xiaoran's famous work "A Night Alone at the Beach" plays the role of a third party, a mistress, so it should be an easy role for her to play.

But then I thought, Xiao Wei, the mistress, is a little different.

It was her first time coming down the mountain and into the world. She was ignorant about everything and had no idea of ​​what was good and evil.

Before she fell madly in love with Wang Sheng, she should have been ignorant and innocent. It was a process from a demon to a human, but she was not yet a human.

After a series of changes, Xiao Wei finally acquired "humanity". This transformation process required the support of acting skills and an outburst of emotions.

Cao Yang didn't know if Li Xiaoran could act out Xiao Wei's naivety when she first entered the world. Sometimes acting skills alone are not enough, and some roles also depend on appearance.

As for saying that Xiao Wei is a vixen, we should have found a charming actress, such as Pang Bing. This is purely a stereotype. Who says that vixen must be charming?

Cao Yang couldn't help but think of Xun Ge'er.

Xun Ge'er's performance was not charming, and he performed the emotional outburst in the later part very well, but his performance of the ignorance in the beginning was a little lacking.

Maybe it’s because of the different positioning of the role, or the director at that time had different requirements for the role.

Cao Yang originally thought that since this movie had two best actresses, Gao Yuanyuan, after her experience in Secret Sunshine, should have no problem playing the role of Peirong, a good wife and mother. Or Yu Feihong could also play this role.

The question now is, can Li Xiaoran play Xiao Wei? This role is actually the most important role in the whole movie. If this role is not played well, the movie will not be outstanding.

Rather than saying that this movie has two male and two female protagonists, the one with the most screen time is actually Xiao Wei.

However, Gao Yuanyuan's appearance can play the role of innocence and innocence. Why not let Gao Yuanyuan play this role? Thinking about it this way, Gao Yuanyuan is quite suitable.

There is also another female character who also has an important role, that is the demon catcher Xia Bing, but this role has nothing special to offer, so it could be given to anyone.

Cao Yang was thinking about giving it to Dong Xuan, but then he thought, if there were three women who had relationships with him in a crew, it would be a headache just to think about it, so he decided to find someone else.

Cao Yang decided on several characters in the movie. Lizard selected Zhou Yiwei, the leader of the Sand Bandits, the one who was betrayed by Xiao Wei in the beginning. The role was given to old acquaintance Wang Jinsong.

A few characters had to be left for the school. Cao Yang kept the maid in Wang Sheng's mansion, the deputy general Gao Xiang, and a female guest who was hypnotized by Xiao Wei to buy things. These three characters were enough.

Gao Xiang has quite a few parts in this film, so he asked two assistant directors, Liu Shan and Li Mingyi, plus assistant director Ning Hao, to go to the school for an audition.

"Mr. Hou, do you want to reserve a role for Mr. Han?" Cao Yang asked Hou Keming. China Film Corporation had invested 40% of the capital, which meant it had the right to designate a leading role.

But this is Cao Yang's movie, a movie directed by a big director. Unless it is for the market, ordinary investors cannot interfere with the selection of the leading role. Of course, if you spend money, sometimes you can make the big director change his mind.

However, the insignificant supporting roles can still be left to them.

As a producer, Hou Keming knew the script and the roles of several characters.

He pondered for a moment and said in a negotiating tone: "How about leaving the role of deputy general Xiahou Xiang to China Film? Xiahou Xiang has quite a few scenes, so it will be fine as long as everyone can save face."

"Okay." Cao Yang agreed.

As a result, the main characters left are the male protagonist Wang Sheng and Pang Yong, and an important female supporting role, the monster catcher Xia Bing, has not been decided yet.

The role of Xia Bing depends on who plays it. If it is a famous actress, she will be the third female lead, and if it is a less famous actress, she will be an important female supporting role.

Although the character of Wang Sheng is the leader of the Wang family army, there are not many fighting scenes, and the main focus is on literary drama.

Peirong will use Yu Feihong or Li Xiaoran, and then see who performs better...whoever performs better in acting will be chosen.

Although Pang Yong is the film's martial arts star, the actual fighting scenes are limited, so it is not necessary to cast a martial arts star, as long as there is a suitable one.

(End of this chapter)