China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 407 What kind of female lead?

DreamWorks office building.

Zhao Jinmai opened the door and walked out in a daze. Her manager Fu Yan quickly stepped forward and asked: "How is it? Is there any drama?"

Although Zhao Jinmai is young, he has actually filmed a lot of movies. He can be regarded as a "veteran actor" who has been in the industry for many years. His personality is relatively stable and precocious. When he came back to his senses, his eyes could not help but narrow into crescent moons. He was a little excited.

Nodding: "It should be no problem. Director Guo said it was good, and Director Chen also said it was okay."

Fu Yan murmured Amitabha, and his heart dropped into his stomach: "Let me just say, for a role like this recommended by Director Chen, the audition is just a formality."

Even so, she could not hide the excitement on her face.

Zhao Jinmai is not the most famous person in Fu Yan's agency, but she is indeed the most optimistic about this little girl.

First of all, the age advantage lies here. Chinese actresses often have to work hard to act young when they are in their thirties or forties. Why? The market positioning is like this, and the role restrictions are like this.

Although leading heroines are popular, the leading heroines in the Chinese film and television industry are actually love drama heroines.

You need to fall in love on campus, you need to fall in love in ancient costumes, you need to fall in love in the workplace, and you need to fall in love in all walks of life.

Audiences don't mind if middle-aged men fall in love with little girls on screen, and there is even a market for it, but there is no market for middle-aged women falling in love.

Wasn't Yin Fang, the leading actor of "The Walking Dead", recommended to "Operation Red Sea" by Director Chen? This lucky guy who has just been made famous by "The Walking Dead" will soon meet the audience during the Spring Festival.

Among the young flowers born in the 2000s, Zhang Jifeng, who shined in "Tang Detective", is still ahead.

After Zhao Jinmai's excitement gradually subsided, he began to pretend to be indifferent: "The female lead!"

But compared with Yin Fang and Zhao Jinmai's sudden leap to the sky, they naturally looked embarrassed and overshadowed.

A child star like Zhao Jinmai naturally has such an age advantage. She is only 16 years old right now. She doesn't have to act young. She has at least ten years to bloom.

Ever since Zhao Jinmai became popular, film appointments have been coming in like a flurry. For a normal film appointment, Fu Yan has to screen and inspect everything from the script to the cast and the production team.

This leads to actresses either trying their best to play the role of a romantic heroine, or becoming a mother-in-law, or being reduced to a supporting role, or starting to act in family dramas.

Of course, audience tastes and the themes of film and television dramas are changing, and there are more and more roles for middle-aged actresses who do not have to play young. However, this change is slow and uncertain, so youth is an advantage.

"The Walking Dead" is so popular that it has such a "little" number of views. Where did your 30 to 40 billion views come from?

The TV series has become extremely popular at home and abroad, and the leading actors have naturally become more popular.

"Did Director Guo say what role it was?"

Ye Shunan is still climbing up the film and television drama resources of Beijing Film Store step by step.

It far surpasses Ye Shunan, who was once the leading female lead in "The Walking Dead". This child star who was dubbed the little princess in Beijing has now become the object of ridicule by netizens.

Of course, this is just the advantage of objective conditions. People with two legs in the entertainment industry are so easy to find, and opportunities are the most important.

In short, it is best for the heroine to be in her teens or 20s, as even thirty is too old.

Although "The Walking Dead" is also curious, it is very exciting. Not only does it drive a car to crush zombies, the protagonist group arrives in Jiangcheng, but also obtains guns from the police station. Killing zombies with headshots is simply not that exciting.

Moreover, Director Guo also has another film "Operation Red Sea" that has been scheduled for the Spring Festival next year. There are precedents for "Mekong" and "Spike II". No one is saying that the atmosphere of fighting and killing is not suitable for the Spring Festival.

"Operation Red Sea" is the well-deserved No. 1 seed, and the box office predicted by the media and netizens is 3 billion.

Moreover, zombie culture originally originated from Europe and the United States, but DreamWorks packaged it and placed it in an apocalyptic urban background. There is simply no barrier to acceptance for European and American audiences.

DreamWorks' current film and television drama projects have an increasingly high demand for confidentiality, and generally do not send scripts to actors who are notified of auditions.

A heavyweight film project by a director of this caliber would probably have to be fought over in the outside world.

The contract turmoil more than a year ago has long been forgotten by netizens. The two protagonists of DreamWorks who once teased each other on Weibo, and Li Hanjun, who was originally a candidate for the male lead of "The Walking Dead", also played a domineering president in a self-made sweet drama on the video platform.

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The reason why we attach so much importance is naturally because the audition project is not simple. It is a heavyweight project of DreamWorks, the new movie "The Wandering Earth" directed by Guo Fan.

One "Operation Mekong" was worth 2.5 billion, and the other "Edge of Tomorrow" was just over 2 billion. If you add in "My Deskmate" before joining DreamWorks, the cumulative box office of the three movies has reached 5 billion. Even

Chen Sicheng is inferior to others.

Since "The Walking Dead" became popular, Li Hanjun and Ye Shunan have kept a low profile and haven't updated their Weibo posts for several months - even fans can't suppress the weird comments from passers-by and the ridicule from DreamWorks fans.

The reason why Fu Yan knows about this "big pie" is because the audition notice was sent directly to her by DreamWorks. As Zhao Jinmai's real agent, she is only the top artist in the company.

She took it personally, and all the drama appointments for Zhao Jinmai came to her first.

Although Director Chen seemed to have a harsh attitude towards the actors in the interview, he was actually quite nostalgic. This kind of personality has been discovered by many people. Otherwise, why would a top star like Chen Kun play a male character who doesn't have many roles?

What about the supporting characters? Aren’t they just going to be Director Chen’s “old person”?

It is said that it is a science fiction blockbuster with an investment of more than 500 million, and its ranking within DreamWorks is quite high, on the same level as "Inception" that Chen Jingxing is preparing.

DreamWorks loves to hire old people. As long as you join the circle of DreamWorks, you will most likely receive another role from DreamWorks in the future.

This is the fundamental reason why Fu Yan, a gold medal manager who has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, values ​​Zhao Jinmai very much.

The so-called audition at DreamWorks actually means that the actor puts on a costume, gives the actor a one-page script, and asks her to say her lines in front of the camera, or to make a certain state, expression or action at the director's request, and then the director will

Check whether the actor's image and temperament in the camera match the role in the script.

It should be said that both of them are doing well.

Because of the "contract turmoil", Zhao Jinmai was selected by DreamWorks and became the female lead in "The Walking Dead". This was an opportunity that came from heaven.

In the past two years, this kind of audition has rarely been eliminated, especially the audition that only involves one person. After all, the actors used are actors who know everything about the audition.

And the popularity of "The Walking Dead" is simply beyond imagination, especially overseas.

Domestic drama watchers are still mainly women. Even if it is an online drama, many female viewers who are used to watching sweet love dramas will indeed feel that it is too scary and heavy-handed after watching one or two episodes. This is mainly domestic.

The scale of television is very tight, and viewers who often watch TV programs will naturally have to adapt.

"Black Mirror" is far inferior.

In fact, although this film has been approved within DreamWorks, there has been no leakage to the outside world. Otherwise, Zhao Jinmai would not have been able to audition for it so easily.

Naturally, she wouldn't be "queuing up" for DreamWorks film appointments. She didn't even ask for a script before dragging Zhao Jinmai to audition at DreamWorks.

Although "Black Mirror" has higher ratings than "The Walking Dead" and has many loyal fans overseas, the darkness, curiosity and depression of the content have put it in a situation where it is neither well-received nor popular. The appeal is very high, but the audience is really not that interested.

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With this role model in front of him, Fu Yan naturally looked forward to the day when Zhao Jinmai would be "flopped" again, but he didn't expect happiness to come so soon.

But even so, the domestic broadcast volume of "The Walking Dead" has set a record for DreamWorks dramas. Of course, it is still far behind other water-filled dramas. This is mainly because DreamWorks did not purchase the broadcast volume, and also because of this

This point has also triggered doubts among netizens and public opinion about the falsification of online click-to-play data.

Zhao Jinmai has also officially become Fu Yan's most important artist. When Zhao Jinmai came to DreamWorks to audition, Fu Yan, the company boss, had to accompany her personally, unlike other artists under her who were accompanied by assistant managers.

Although Zhao Jinmai is not the kind of female lead who falls in love, she and the male protagonist are teammates and siblings in the drama, but her role is still sufficient. In the second episode, zombies broke out on the train, and there are highlights in several subsequent episodes.

With her dazzling performance, coupled with her sweet appearance, innocence and good looks, she has become a new generation of national sister.

Actors who have worked with them and enjoyed the cooperation process will naturally become the first choice when directors such as Chen Jingxing select actors. If they are well suited to the role, there will be no surprises.

Guo Fan is currently recognized as the commercial blockbuster director second only to Chen Jingxing in China.

Compared to Lei Jiayin from "The Martian", middle-aged actors like Wu Yue naturally attract more fans as young actors.

Exciting, curious, tough, and refreshing to fight zombies, "The Walking Dead" exploded on social media as soon as it was released on Netflix, creating a sensation that spread from person to person.

This is normal. There are so many actors in the world that they are countless. Directors such as Chen Jingxing are so busy with so many things to do. Where can I find the time to get to know an unfamiliar actor in depth and give you a chance to show yourself.

The number of viewers on Netflix exceeded 72 million, making it the most watched series in its history. Compared with many domestic netizens who think it is a bit heavy-handed, the response of this drama abroad is even more enthusiastic.

In order to avoid being asked embarrassing questions by reporters, he remained silent even during film and television promotions.

On the Netflix platform, almost all program sections in Asia, Europe and North America top the list.

I don’t have the energy to get along with unfamiliar actors.

The Instagram accounts of Yin Fang, who plays the male lead, and Zhao Jinmai, who plays the female lead, have skyrocketed from a few hundred followers to tens of millions of followers.

"...What kind of female lead is she?" Fu Yan is a senior agent after all and has a lot to think about.

There are many atypical female leads in DreamWorks movies, including the female lead in "Gravity", the female lead in "The Martian", and of course the male lead in "Gravity"

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The difference is quite big.

"Forget it, even the leading female lead in "Mars" is a real achievement." Fu Yan looked at Zhao Jinmai who looked a little confused and sighed: ""The Wandering Earth", the name is

The atmosphere is probably no smaller than that of "The Martian". If a production of this level can match it, it is a victory!"

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