Chapter 525 The tangled director (seeking a silver ticket)
In the director's room, Zhang Dongjie was sitting on a chair with a frown on his face, and two other people were sitting on either side of him, one on the left and the other on the right.
Jia Xiaotong's audition just now gave them a good feeling, but Zhang Dongjie always felt that there was something wrong with it.
Logically speaking, it is just a supporting role in a movie. Even if it is his movie, a truly world-class production with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, if Jia Xiaotong is chosen to play a supporting role in it, regardless of acting skills or fame, Jia Xiaotong will
They are definitely up to standard.
If it were ten years ago, when Jia Xiaotong was the most popular, there would be no way he would be allowed to audition for a supporting actor.
Even if he is the leading actor, Jia Xiaotong has to choose a script based on salary. If it is not attractive enough, it is impossible to attract Jia Xiaotong to participate.
Even today, ten years later, Jia Xiaotong is already out of fashion, but he is still a famous star player, and he is still barely enough to be on the second line.
So no matter how you look at it, it seems that there is no problem in leaving this supporting role to Jia Xiaotong.
But Zhang Dongjie just couldn't make up his mind. After all, the temperament that Jia Xiaotong performed during the audition was quite different from the perfect picture he imagined.
Although this is only a supporting role and has much fewer roles than the male and female protagonists, it is an important clue throughout the entire movie!
As long as this supporting role is played well, it may even be more outstanding than the male protagonist!
So Zhang Dongjie really didn't want to mess around with the matter, so he just found something similar and decided on it directly.
If it can achieve the perfect state he imagined, Zhang Dongjie is very sure that this supporting role will definitely become the highlight of the entire movie and elevate the entire movie to another level!
"Hey... why is it so difficult to make a perfect movie that fully meets the concept..."
Zhang Dongjie sighed quietly and said helplessly.
"Director Zhang, this means that your requirements for movies are too high. Every actor and every scene is extremely demanding. Otherwise, if you change to another director, you may make a bad movie.
He said this was his sincere work."
The middle-aged man sitting on the left said with a smile.
"I think Jia Xiaotong is pretty good. The scenes in the audition just now basically showed the psychological state that the character should have. After all, he is an experienced actor who has been in the industry for 30 years. Although he has always been known for his fighting dramas, at least he
Her acting skills are still online."
The middle-aged woman sitting on the right spoke.
"Well, the acting is okay, but his agent has too many requirements. The standard of food, clothing, housing and transportation must be the same as that of the male and female protagonists. We need to provide a special RV, and he also needs to bring his makeup artist, assistants, etc.
There are more than a dozen accompanying people, and these expenses will also be borne by the crew."
"Although ours is a truly big production this time, the funds still have to be spent mainly on the production of the movie. Otherwise, Xiao Di will not be chosen as the heroine. Xiao Di's acting skills are incredible, but after all, he has never acted in
For a real movie, if Xiao Di is chosen as the heroine, in addition to Xiao Di’s acting skills meeting Director Zhang’s requirements, the most important thing is that the pay is cheap.”
The middle-aged man answered.
"I think we can continue to negotiate Jia Xiaotong's treatment. This is not when he was popular ten years ago. Compared to his current status, these demands are a bit excessive."
When mentioning Jia Xiaotong's manager's conditions just now, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but frown.
"It's hard to say, and Jia Xiaotong's manager is not easy to get along with at first glance. If Jia Xiaotong joins the crew, if something goes wrong, we will still lose."
The middle-aged man seemed to dislike Jia Xiaotong and his agent.
"Okay, let's not talk about Jia Xiaotong for now. Xiaodi didn't recommend anyone either. His name is Jiang Fan, right? It seems that he just won the gold medal at the National Games not long ago? He also broke the world record? Wait for that
After Jiang Fan’s audition, let’s see how it turns out.”
Zhang Dongjie waved his hand and said.
"I always feel that it's quite annoying. Although Jiang Fan's performance in the long shot that Director Zhang and Director Cheng came to watch before was indeed amazing. But in the end, that long shot only showed Jiang Fan's skills. Jiang Fan is in
There’s not much acting in it.”
The middle-aged man shook his head and continued: "If our character only has to act cool, then I support Jiang Fan 200%. His skills are indeed great, and he definitely has real kung fu. He is also handsome enough.
, among the handsome young men in the entire entertainment industry, no one can compare with him. But the problem is... our role requires acting skills."
"Although there are not many scenes, every shot that needs to show the inner drama is a key node in the movie. In a sense, the importance of this supporting role is not inferior to that of the protagonist. If he does not have acting skills, he will mess up the role.
Well, isn’t it our movie that is unlucky?”
The middle-aged woman also nodded and agreed: "That's the truth, but when Jiang Fan auditions later, as long as he shows that he can actually act, he can be trained. Even if he is worse than Jia Xiaotong, it doesn't matter.
"
"Our Director Zhang is outstanding in his ability to train actors. Of course, if he is really much worse than Jia Xiaotong, forget it. We can't lower the quality of the film just to save money. Jia Xiaotong's shortcomings
No matter how much it is, as long as it can make a good movie, it can be tolerated."
Listening to the discussion between the middle-aged woman and the middle-aged man, Zhang Dongjie sighed again and said helplessly: "But I always feel that Jia Xiaotong can't meet my requirements. I'm afraid that the money will be spent by then. Jia Xiaotong
I found it, but the result is still not good."
"This movie is going to hit Hollywood and the Oscars. There is no room for sloppiness. All links must be kept improving. So... let's take a look at Jiang Fan's performance first. I think Xiaodi thinks so highly of him, but it's not
It’s just too bad.”
"Then let him come in and start auditioning?"
The middle-aged woman asked.
"Wait a minute, Xiao Le, let's change the script. In Jia Xiaotong's previous script, he was mainly asked to show off some fighting skills, and there were only a few scenes of inner scenes. Just take a look and feel. But this Jiang Fan
...You don’t need to look at his skills, the long shot before is enough."
"So the scenes in the book were replaced with the character's personality and inner drama. Let's focus on seeing what Jiang Fan can do in this. As Sister Lin said, as long as Jiang Fan has acting skills,
Even if his acting skills are inferior, I still want to cast him. At worst, I can train him on the spot during filming."