At this time, Director Zhang and his assistant director came out together, greeted the two of them, and said to An Ning: "An Ning, we will still shoot your personal scenes in the afternoon. You go and touch up your makeup first."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."
Time passed quickly, and until An Ning stood in front of the camera, there was still no sign of Han Zhiyu and his entourage on the set.
But Director Zhang didn't care. He had decided to shoot all An Ning's personal scenes today. Even if the leading actor was not in place, he had to finish shooting An Ning's personal scenes as soon as possible.
The setting of the scene was really troublesome, because Director Zhang has a series of scenes in the movie, which depict An Ning working hard to practice his skills after his lover goes to the battlefield. Although this scene is short, the time span is very long. An Ning has to wear it for a year.
The four seasons' costumes embody these four styles as seamlessly as possible in a series of chic archery movements.
This is a bit troublesome. An Ning has to keep running between the dressing room and the set, changing different clothes and hairstyles, doing the same actions, and then handing it over to the staff to edit, and it turns into An Ning doing a set of actions.
Time spans four seasons.
It wasn't until An Ning put on her second set of clothes that Han Zhiyu arrived belatedly. By this time, an hour had passed since the time limit requested by Director Zhang.
As soon as Han Zhiyu arrived, he and his agent sat down in the rest area next to the set. Director Zhang just glanced at them and then got into filming again.
"Is Director Zhang angry?" Han Zhiyu asked the agent beside him in a low voice.
"You don't care if he is angry or not." The manager said with an unhappy look: "We can't always look at his face, right? When it's time to put up a show, you must put it up and hold it back!"
"Playing a big role?" Han Zhiyu asked in surprise: "Is this possible? It won't be counterproductive, right?"
"No." The agent said nonchalantly: "This matter is not something that Director Zhang can control now. Datang won't let you act, even if he wants you to act, it's useless; conversely, Datang will let you act.
If you want to act, Director Zhang must ask you to act. If that's the case, why should you save so much face for him! He just takes Datang's money to do things for Datang."
"Oh..." Han Zhiyu nodded. The experience in front of Director Zhang was something he had never experienced since his debut. Which director in Korea doesn't worship himself as a god? Let alone criticizing himself.
There are even parts of the script that he is dissatisfied with. Ninety percent of Korean directors will immediately ask the screenwriter to change the script for them. Now that Director Zhang is so unwelcome, Han Zhiyu feels very unhappy.
The two of them just sat next to each other, but slowly realized that the entire crew seemed to be as unkind to them as Director Zhang. The two of them had been sitting here for almost an hour, looking at the director and staff.
They were so busy outside and the studio was in full swing that no one else had the energy to even take a look at the two of them.
"Very good! An Ning, your performance just now was perfect!" Director Zhang was very satisfied with An Ning's performance. After all, he is a very talented professional actor. No set of shots failed more than three times, not even Zhang Youbin, who was sitting behind Director Zhang.
They all found An Ning's performance very attractive.
For the last set of four-season shots, the set was specially prepared with artificial snowflakes, and then the open area by the lake was arranged to make it even winterier than the current winter. An Ning also wore a suit of women's armor that was later thicker.
"It's the last group, let's take a break after shooting! All departments are ready, let's start!"
"Let me tell you." Han Zhiyu secretly poked the agent next to him with his arm and asked, "What do they mean by this? It's almost been an afternoon and no one has said a word to us."
"Damn it, I'll go ask him what he means." The agent couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and walked towards Director Zhang.
At this moment, Director Zhang was still watching An Ning's performance in front of the monitor. Han Zhiyu's manager walked up and suddenly tapped Director Zhang on the shoulder from behind, startling him.
"Are you okay?" Director Zhang glanced at him and asked, then turned his head back to the monitor.
The manager adjusted his mental state and pretended to be neither humble nor overbearing and asked: "What do you mean, you just let Zhiyu sit on the set all afternoon?"
"I'm waiting for the decision." Director Zhang said without looking back.
"What decision?" the agent asked hurriedly.
"I have applied to the investors to change the leading actor. You will know after their decision comes out," Director Zhang said.
"What?! What did you say?" Han Zhiyu's agent couldn't accept Director Zhang being so direct. You just want to change it? You really don't give him any face!
"Didn't you hear clearly?" Director Zhang turned his head and looked at him and said, "Then I will say it again. I have submitted an application to the investors to change the leading actor, and now I am waiting for them to make a decision. Before they make a decision,
, Han Zhiyu doesn’t have any scenes, we will wait until the decision is made.”
"Don't go too far!" The manager pointed at Director Zhang angrily and yelled: "You...you...don't forget how popular Han Zhiyu is now!"
Director Zhang frowned and asked, "This is a matter of acting skills. Does this have anything to do with popularity?"
"You've gone too far!" the manager yelled so loudly that the camera was startled by him, and even An Ning's movements were obviously hesitant and unnatural.
"Please keep quiet on the set. If you want to shout, please go outside the set!" Director Zhang said without even bothering to look at him.
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At this moment, Wang Yao was already sitting in the conference room of Datang Group, and the team in charge of starting the group discussed the issue of the male protagonist of the theme movie.
"Manager Wang." A staff member of the company asked: "You said that Director Zhang is very dissatisfied with Han Zhiyu? What is the reason?"
Wang Yao answered truthfully: "Director Zhang feels that Han Zhiyu's acting skills are too poor and he is not suitable to be the leading actor in this film."
"My acting skills are too bad?" The man frowned in surprise and asked, "I think he is pretty good. The actors in those Korean dramas are also very reasonable. Although his acting skills are not very good, they are not bad, right?
"
Wang Yao said helplessly: "Director Zhang feels that he is not suitable for this role, mainly because he is too weak and unable to show the heroism of the protagonist, and his acting skills are very poor. Apart from being cool, he basically doesn't do anything.
He can do it, but in terms of real strength, there is a huge gap with the heroine An Ning, and they are not on the same level at all..."
"What does Director Zhang mean now? He insists on replacing Han Zhiyu?"
Wang Yao explained: "Director Zhang didn't mean that. After all, our Datang Company invested in this film ourselves. Regarding the actors, he just made a suggestion, saying that it would be best for us to replace the male lead. In this way
If so, the overall effect of the film will be much better, because to be honest, although I don’t know much about filming, I can still understand that Han Zhiyu is really not suitable for this role."
"It's just a temporary change of actors. In this case, it must not be completed within the specified time, right?" another person asked.
Wang Yao nodded and said: "That's it. If we hurry up, it shouldn't take too long. Now we have to make a decision whether to replace Han Zhiyu."
"I don't think it's necessary to change, right? We are making a promotional video, not a movie to win the Oscar. As long as the star's popularity can be brought out and it plays a good publicity role, isn't it enough?" the director at the beginning said.
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"That's right." Another person nodded and said: "We are purely commercial. As long as the publicity effect can achieve the expected goal, nothing else matters. Besides, in today's movies, the audience is watching stars. As long as the stars
If your wrist is big, it’s no problem.”
The youngest person sitting here said: "I don't think so. The movie we made is the largest and largest publicity for "Glory". If we only care about the reputation of the actors, the effect will probably not be good."
How good it is."
He paused and then said: "It's like you asked Jay Chou to play Yang Guo, and the slurred voice called Aunt Xiao Longnu played by Wu Junru. Do you think such a work can be liked by the audience? Even if we invest more money,
Big, so what?”
"Perhaps what I said is a bit extreme. If you think about it from another angle, it is indeed the truth. If the acting skills and feelings are not in place, it will directly affect everyone's impression of our game."
"That makes sense." One person nodded and said: "If the actor and the character don't match, it will really make people feel very awkward, just like the Condor Heroes played by Ren Xianqi. Every time I see that smile on his face
The big mole makes me feel as sick as eating a fly. Although I like this singer myself, I have to say that the character creation was a complete failure."
The young man just now agreed immediately and said: "That's right! This is a failure caused by only focusing on the actor's reputation and ignoring the actor's own conditions. I have been opposed to Han Zhiyu playing our leading actor from the beginning.
In my opinion, the role of this protagonist must be full of masculinity and have an absolutely resolute character. From the beginning, I have recommended Hong Kong actor Zhang Yiuyang. He is really suitable for our role, although he has always played the villain.
"
"His reputation is not good and he has always been a villain. Suddenly he plays a positive hero role, and he plays opposite the young and beautiful An Ning. This is really inappropriate." A vice president of the company objected, saying: "We also
You can’t just focus on the actor’s quality and ignore the actor’s reputation, you must have both.”