After Ding Xiu left without letting anyone in, Yuan Bing and Huang Jianzhong started discussing.
"Playing Lin Pingzhi is a bit confusing." Huang Jianzhong said with a hint of sadness, "It would be great if he graduated from a major, even if he didn't graduate in his junior year like Li Jie."
Yuan Bing retorted: "We are recruiting actors, not civil servants. Is academic qualifications that important? Isn't it enough if you have the ability?"
"How many of the people from TVB have academic qualifications? Andy Lau is a barber, Stephen Chow works in an electronics factory, Tony Leung is in sales, and Goo Jai has been in prison."
"My junior brothers Sammo Hung and Cheng Long are the jugglers in the troupe. They don't have any academic qualifications. I think young people should be given opportunities."
Huang Jianzhong smiled bitterly: "The mainland is different from Xiangjiang. Students with majors still have an advantage. Training pure people is very troublesome."
"The freshman frees his/her nature and learns about the history of domestic and foreign films. The sophomore goes on stage to learn sketches, the junior performs graduation dramas, and the senior gets an internship. Students in the majors spend one or two years in school, but only learn basic knowledge. In my opinion, it is different from college students.
Part of it is no different from an amateur."
Although he is from Xiangjiang, when it comes to film school, Yuan Bing is familiar with it.
After one or two years in film school, what I learned was limited, and it was not just basic knowledge. Li Jie and Ding Xiu were only half as good as each other.
Neither of them could convince the other, so Huang Jianzhong stopped arguing: "It doesn't matter who we choose, let's leave it to the boss to make the decision."
Yuan Bing nodded: "I believe Lao Zhang's vision is the same as mine."
The second male lead is not a small role. The two of them really can't make the decision, they can only make suggestions. The final decision was made by Zhang Jizhong.
Two days later, an interview list with award candidate resumes landed in front of Zhang Jizhong.
"The role of Lin Pingzhi is quite popular." Zhang Jizhong was surprised when he saw more than 70 candidates.
These are filtered out, and we don’t know how many there are before they are filtered out.
This shows how popular this drama is.
The two names at the top are Li Jie and Ding Xiu. Li Jie's job is very ordinary. He is a junior at Nortel and has acted in two dramas. In Zhang Jizhong's opinion, neither of them is an advantage.
"I have ten years of dance skills, and I look good in costume...is there a hint of sinisterness in my kind eyes?" Zhang Jizhong smiled when he saw Huang Jianzhong's comment.
I'm afraid this is also the reason why Li Jie's resume appeared in front of him.
There are many people who have acted in dramas at the age of 25, but not many have ten years of dancing skills, which is very important for martial arts dramas.
It is very difficult for ordinary actors to perform in scenes, their movements are stiff and unnatural, and many actions require a stand-in. Unlike those with dance skills, their postures are much more elegant and flexible.
I opened the second resume and it was Ding Xiu's.
The first half is very ordinary, there is nothing eye-catching about it, except that it looks handsome, and if you look closely, it looks like a dragon.
The latter professional expertise is too much. Fifteen years of martial arts skills, proficient in fists and kicks, swords, guns and sticks, as well as horseback riding and archery.
In the evaluation column, Yuan Bing wrote: "I have strong martial arts skills, especially swordsmanship. Although I have never studied acting professionally, I am very talented in acting and have a deep understanding of the characters. I highly recommend it."
To be honest, Zhang Jizhong was a little curious about Ding Xiu. He knew Yuan Bing's character. He usually didn't praise people easily, and most of them were scolding, especially if the actors couldn't meet his designed action requirements.
This will almost appear on Ding Xiu's resume.
Li Jie has ten years of dancing skills, while Ding Xiu has fifteen years of martial arts skills, and can also ride horses and archery. There is no comparison between the two. The latter turns the former into a scumbag in an instant.
Li Jie's acting experience is not an advantage. He set the age of the actors at 20 to 25 years old and does not expect advanced acting skills. He just needs to slowly train them after joining the group.
After thinking for a few seconds, Zhang Jizhong put Ding Xiu's resume aside.
He is not someone who chooses people based on academic qualifications. When he was filming Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, many actors had no academic qualifications. Some were Sanda athletes, some were canteen owners, some were models, and some were extras.
He only has one requirement for casting, which is to be suitable for the role.
If Ding Xiu is like Yuan Bing said, he doesn't mind giving young people a chance.
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After the interview, Ding Xiu waited in a rental house for three days. Three days later, he received a call from the crew at noon, asking him to go for an interview the next day. The meeting location was no longer the hotel.
Still wearing the same clothes, Ding Xiu took a taxi to the suburban racecourse.
The first person I saw was Yuan Bing, and the second one was Zhang Jizhong, with his iconic beard, wearing an old Peking sleeveless mandarin jacket and thousand-layer cloth shoes. This is the only one in the director world.
"Hello director, I am Ding Xiu."
"Hello, hello."
After shaking hands, Zhang Jizhong didn't stop looking at him. He was very satisfied with Ding Xiu's appearance. He was indeed a handsome guy.
"Director Yuan said that your swordsmanship is very high, can you show it to me?"
"No problem."
Seeing Ding Xiu turning around to look for something, Yuan Bing smiled and got him a sword that had been prepared in advance: "I don't have a broom to cause trouble for you today, so use this."
The sword is an unopened sports equipment standardized by the martial arts association, the kind used by old men and women in the park.
He drew his sword and held two sword flowers. After getting familiar with the feel, Ding Xiu performed a set of sword skills at will. Compared with the one he tried out a few days ago, this set is more ornamental and very handsome.
This was an afterthought for him. Some sword techniques are very lethal, but they may not be good-looking. Acting in a group is not about killing people, and the director may not know the ropes.
Still this kind of bells and whistles is more useful.
Stab, crack, tease, point, hang, collapse, intercept, jump and move, turn sideways 720 degrees in the air, a set of swordsmanship used by Ding Xiu to be light, fast, free and elegant, anyone can see
I have to give a thumbs up and say how beautiful it is.
After sheathing his sword, Ding Xiu cupped his hands and clasped his fists. Zhang Jizhong stepped forward and said, "It can be seen that your martial arts skills are indeed very high. Your resume says that you can also box and kick. Do you mind showing me?"
"You can show it, but director, please give me a call in advance. I left a few hundred yuan worth of scenes for one day and came over without filming. I came here to learn swordsmanship and boxing skills. If I don't pass the audition, I'll go back and forth."
Taxi fares and lost work expenses can be reimbursed.”
Yuan Bing turned his head to the side, really embarrassed to look at it.
Zhang Jizhong laughed loudly: "Don't worry, if you don't get selected, I will definitely reimburse you."
"Then I'll feel relieved."
The long sword was sheathed, and Ding Xiu immediately performed a set of punches. The punches were fierce and powerful, and the momentum was very strong. He could fool the swordsmanship, but it was difficult to make up the boxing skills, so he could only play it real.
Just like when Yuan Bing saw Ding Xiu wielding a sword for the first time, Zhang Jizhong unknowingly put away his smile and became serious.
He has worked with many actors who are good at martial arts. Ding Xiu has something extra in him that they don't have. He can't say what it is specifically. It's very unique and attractive. It's hard to forget after watching it.