The construction of the underground city and space station cannot be completed in a day or two, so Han Fei and Jiang Qinghou began to prepare for the recruitment of actors.
Han Fei's new version of "The Wandering Earth" has added and deleted some characters due to plot changes. The first is the battle between the spaceship faction and the earth faction. Liu Peiqiang is naturally the representative of the earth faction, and his original good friend, the foreign astronaut
He can only serve as a representative of the spaceship.
In fact, Han Fei has always felt that this role is a bit too thin, and he is just a tool man. From the beginning, he gave Liu Peiqiang a bottle of alcohol as a prop, and then there was a conversation outside the space station, and he just received the lunch box in such a sloppy way.
So in Han Fei's new version, this American man became Liu Peiqiang's deadly rival, and he kept fighting against him until the ecological cycle system in the sealed glass ball was destroyed, making him understand that no matter how big the spaceship is, it is impossible to be as capable as the earth.
Carrying such a complex ecosystem, in the end, with his help, Liu Peiqiang drove the space station to ignite Jupiter and save the earth.
Regarding the candidate for this role, Han Fei decided to cast an actor who is relatively influential in North America. However, in fact, the Hollywood actors who are willing to come to China to make movies are unlikely to survive in Hollywood, not that they are popular movie stars.
They all look down on Chinese-language films, but the pay is hard to satisfy.
After all, the salary of many popular Hollywood movie stars is more than 20 million U.S. dollars plus dividends. Chinese-language films simply cannot afford such huge salary.
After taking a look at the prices of second- and third-tier actors, Han Fei gave up in the end. The more expensive ones were more than 10 million US dollars, while the cheap ones were several million US dollars. Not only were they expensive, but they were not cost-effective. In the end, Han Fei decided to specialize in the Chinese-speaking circle.
Choose one of the actors playing the foreigner.
After all, Hollywood's second- and third-tier actors have little box-office appeal, and it is difficult to provide much help in hitting the North American market in the future. However, they will occupy a large amount of investment budget. If this drags down the overall film quality, it will be worth the loss.
Han Fei originally wanted Qin Ming to play the role of Liu Peiqiang, but this guy has no schedule recently, so he has no choice but to take it on his own. For this reason, Jiang Qinghou asked him not to shave during this period.
Yes, it looks more masculine.
"Who are you going to let play this Han Beibei?" Jiang Qinghou frowned slightly.
In the original drama, her name should be Han Duoduo, but Han Fei resolutely used his sister's name instead. Well, there is no sense of violation.
Han Fei thought of a person in his mind: "Contact Zifeng, this little girl's acting skills are pretty good."
"Forget it, I'll call her directly." Han Fei hasn't contacted this little girl for a long time.
After the call was connected, it was the voice of a strange woman. Han Fei was stunned for a moment and thought he had dialed the wrong number. He thought it was his agent, so he reported his home address.
When he heard it was Han Fei's call, the hands of the man who answered the phone trembled. Everyone knew that Han Fei was preparing an unprecedented science fiction film, with an investment amount of up to 800 million, and he even uttered unlimited rhetoric.
At this time, Han Fei suddenly called Zifeng, could it be? How could Shengxia not be excited? What if Han Fei really asked Zifeng to film a movie, let alone any doubts from the outside world, in her opinion, as long as there is attention
, what’s wrong with being questioned? And don’t look down on Han Fei now. When his next movie is a box office hit in the future, what will this doubt mean?
As for this science fiction film? Sheng Xia didn’t think Han Fei could succeed at all.
"Hello?" Han Fei was a little confused.
Shengxia hurriedly said: "Oh, hello, I am Zifeng's current manager, Mr. Han. Zifeng is filming an advertisement. I will call her."
Zifeng received the call and was so happy when she heard it was Han Fei calling: "Hello."
"How are you doing recently? You should graduate this year, right?" Han Fei asked with a smile.
Zifeng smiled brightly: "Yes, will you come to my graduation ceremony?"
"I'm afraid you don't have time to attend the graduation ceremony. I have a role in a play here that is suitable for you, but it will be very hard. Do you want to come?" Han Fei said seriously.
Zifeng was stunned for a moment, and Shengxia quickly winked at her and mouthed: Oh, my aunt, you should agree quickly.
"Of course I do." Zifeng finally came back to his senses.
"Okay, I'll have someone send you the script later..." After a few more pleasantries, Han Fei hung up the phone.
Shengxia hugged Zifeng and kissed her hard on the cheek: "My little ancestor, you are really my lucky star."
Being able to get a role in Han Fei's movie means more to Zifeng and to herself than the movie itself.
On the other side, Jiang Qinghou was thinking hard about Han Ziang, the candidate for the role of the grandfather played by Wu Mengda in the original version.
Han Fei thought for a while: "I do have a candidate, but I don't know if this old man is willing to come out." After speaking, he picked up the phone again.
"Who is it?" Jiang Qinghou looked at him eagerly.
"Hey, why did you think of calling me?" Zhao Mengru's voice came out on the other end of the phone, and Jiang Qinghou slapped his forehead: Yes, why did I forget about this old man?
When Han Fei explained the general situation, Zhao Mengru didn't even think about it: "Then what else is there to say? Of course I have to support you."
"Old man, to tell you the truth, this film may be the most difficult film I have ever made. I am just worried that your body will not be able to bear it." Han Fei was moved.
Zhao Mengru was unhappy when he heard this: "What do you mean? Do you think the old man is about to die? Don't say that I look down on you young people. Physically, you are not necessarily better than me."
"Okay, then I'll send you the script, and you can take a look first." Han Fei stopped being pretentious, but thought in his heart that professional medical rescue personnel must be on standby at the filming site.
Zhao Mengru received the script via fax and was fascinated by it. He stayed until nine o'clock in the evening, only to find that the rest of the script came to an abrupt end. It turned out that the character Han Ziang was dead. What he had taken was a character script.
Of course it's gone here.
"Hey, you kid, send me a copy of the complete script. I really underestimate you guys. If this can be filmed, my life will be worth it. If you have any difficulties, just tell me.
"Zhao Mengru's voice was a little excited.
In addition to being moved, he was still moved. Han Fei quickly said: "I will send you the complete script right now. Master, don't worry about anything else. You still don't understand me? When have I ever fought a battle that I was not sure about?"
"That's right. You are always a thief when it comes to things. I can rest assured."
All of a sudden, two important roles were confirmed, and only the male lead was left.