Cheng Hu's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard Li Yi talking about the uncle male protagonist.
He can be said to be an international kung fu superstar. His biggest characteristic is that he can fight and go into battle himself.
But now the problem is obvious, that is, he is really old.
Those difficult movements, those dangerous movements, are simply impossible to do.
Moreover, he is getting older, and it is obvious that the public is tired of him if he continues to do the same thing in the past.
"Director Li, what do you think of me?" Cheng Hu directly recommended himself.
But Li Yi shook his head and said: "Brother Hu, your label is too obvious, and your style is too outstanding. Almost all of your past films were humorous action films!"
Li Yi didn't say much, mainly because it was inappropriate!
It’s not that Cheng Hu can’t change his style. In fact, if Cheng Hu plays the role, it’s not impossible. But as long as Cheng Hu is the leading actor in a movie, the movie will eventually become Cheng Hu’s movie.
Of course, Li Yi is not talking nonsense. Cheng Hu is indeed not particularly suitable. Firstly, it is because of style issues. Secondly, it is also because although "Hurricane Rescue" does not have many difficult action scenes, to be honest, it is not that difficult.
Easy to do.
Cheng Hu couldn't help but frown.
As a big brother-level superstar in the film industry, it can be said that he rarely takes the initiative to ask for roles. Unexpectedly, he was directly rejected by Li Yi.
In fact, I don’t have any particularly bad impressions of Cheng Hu and Li Yi.
To be honest, if Cheng Hu participates, it will indeed be helpful to the movie. After all, overseas, he can be said to be the one with the highest appeal among domestic stars.
But again, he is a double-edged sword, because movie fans have a deep-rooted impression of his style. After all, his style has hardly changed in more than 20 years.
For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became a little awkward.
It was difficult for other directors to speak. On the one hand, Cheng Hu was indeed the big brother, but although Li Yi was a rising star, this guy was so good. There were two people present, and it was impossible for them to succeed in front of Li Yi, including
The same goes for Cheng Hu.
"So Director Li has someone chosen? Isn't it difficult to find such an actor?" Tang Lu interjected.
Li Yi nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's true. After all, the actor I want should not be too young. At least he should give people the feeling of an older man. He must also be able to play. It is indeed not easy to find."
In fact, if it had been ten or eight years earlier, it would have been really easy, but now, the group of capable actors in Hong Kong are almost all old. Although Li Yi wants "old" actors, he can't.
Really too old.
In the movie "Taken", the male protagonist is a middle-aged uncle and a tough guy. It can be said that this movie is the kind of movie that neatly responds to violence with violence.
Moreover, there is almost nothing humorous about it.
This is why Li Yi thinks Cheng Hu is not suitable.
To be blunt, whenever Cheng Hu's face appears on the big screen, the first reaction of many movie fans is that this will be a witty Kung Fu movie.
Moreover, Li Yi did not say anything yet: "The Rescue" can be said to be a very suitable film to be made into a series of movies.
Therefore, the choice for the starring role naturally cannot be Cheng Hu.
On the other hand, Cheng Hu is too expensive! The key is that the price/performance ratio is not that high.
With or without Cheng Hu, cost control is much different.
To put it simply, even if Cheng Hu is willing to reduce his salary, it is definitely very limited. Another thing is that he is too old.
The key is that although Li Yi still admires Cheng Hu's achievements, to be honest, he really doesn't like his personality.
After all, this is a player who can immediately get excited on the set and clear the room to play cards.
Li Yi's crew, he would never want this situation to happen.
Cheng Hu's face didn't look so good in the second half of the seminar, mainly because he couldn't live with it.
Thinking about Cheng Hu, had he ever been rejected so neatly?
But on the other hand, he really hopes to star in Li Yi's new film.
Although he has a great name and high reputation, only he knows that his current situation is really embarrassing.
He also tried to change his style before, but after all he couldn't impress him. However, after the movie came out, although he didn't say it was a hit, it basically didn't make any splash.
...
"Wouldn't it be bad if you refused so directly?" Some things cannot be hidden at all. As soon as the seminar ended, the news about Li Yi's rejection of Cheng Hu on the spot spread.
Mu Qing couldn't help but asked worriedly.
"What's wrong? If it's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!" Li Yi said calmly.
"Then do you have any suitable candidates? If you reject Cheng Hu like this, I'm worried that it will be even harder for you to find a suitable actor next!" Mu Qing said.
Because of Cheng Hu's current identity and status, it can be said that he is unique among actors. If the role he is interested in is rejected, should others also consider it?
But Li Yi didn't care at all.
"Haha, what's the matter? If you're afraid of this or that in Li Yi's movie, then don't act in it." Li Yi said calmly.
He was telling the truth. No matter how good Cheng Hu was, he was just an actor, and he, Li Yi, was the director and the first director, so he was even more capital.
"It's actually not as difficult as you think! Although "Hurricane Rescue" is said to need an actor who can "act", it doesn't necessarily need to be a star!" Li Yi said with a smile.
There is a saying that the actions of the male protagonist in "Taken" are clean and straightforward, but in fact, the difficulty is not that high.
Of course, it is definitely better if you have the foundation. If not, you can also achieve it through training.
As a result, what Li Yi didn't expect was that Cheng Hu still refused to give up.
He also approached Li Yi's father to intercede.
"Cheng Hu is really not suitable?" Li Zhenye called and asked.
"It's really not suitable. It's not like you don't know, dad, that the movies he participated in ended up being Cheng Hu's movies, not the works directed by me, Li Yi! His domineering attitude on the crew, others don't know, you
Don’t know yet? Rather than working together and then parting ways, it’s better not to cooperate in the first place,” Li Yi said.
"That's true! Forget it, I've brought it up, you can do whatever you want, haha!" Li Zhenye was indeed just a small role in front of Cheng Hu back then, but now that the father is more important than the son, he really doesn't care.
Cheng Hu needs to be given more face.
But what Li Yi didn't expect was that when Cheng Hu failed to star in the movie, he actually made another detour.
"Director Li, if it's not suitable, forget it. However, your idea has given me some inspiration. At my age, it should be more suitable to play the role of a father. So, I want to learn from it. Of course
, it must be different from your story, do you mind?" Cheng Hu called and said.
Li Yi couldn't help but feel happy.
How do you say something?
Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will die!
The plot of the movie "Taken" is very simple, but the selling point of this movie is not the plot at all, but the style!
Although Li Yi mentioned the story line, in fact, in this kind of movie, the story is a story and the movie is a movie!
Naturally, he wouldn't say anything that bothered him. After all, it wasn't to that extent.
And, to be honest, Cheng Hu is old and there is nothing wrong with always being dissatisfied, but he must also seek truth from facts!
"Of course I don't mind! Mr. Cheng can do whatever you want!" Li Yi said calmly.
Cheng Hu's speed was not bad. Li Yi's thoughts made him feel like he had found a new way, so he released the news the next day.
He even flirted with Li Yi during an interview with the media.
"Yes, it is inspired by the story of Director Li Yi's new movie. Of course, there are definitely differences between the two, and I have also communicated with Director Li. In short, everyone will see a different Cheng Hu!"
Cheng Hu stood in front of media reporters and talked.
Li Yi really didn't care about this.
As for Li Yi, the script of "Hurricane Rescue" was also released quickly.
In fact, the fighting style of "Taken" is not unusual. It has been popular in Hollywood for a period of more than ten years ago.
Therefore, action guides are actually not difficult to find.
What Li Yi didn't expect was that this guy Chen Wen actually came to recommend himself.
"How is it? I should be fine, right?" Chen Wen found Li Yi and said directly.
"You?" Li Yi couldn't laugh or cry.
"Yes, to be honest, I am indeed quite interested. Think about it, I have never made any movies, but I have never acted in such a fierce action scene, so I am very interested!" Chen asked
said.
Li Yi looked Chen Wen up and down. To be honest, is Chen Wen suitable?
Definitely not the most suitable candidate!
But, he can indeed act!
In terms of acting skills, he definitely has no problem. As for fighting, it can be completed through training.
Although he is not an action star, he has never acted in action scenes, so he may not be bad at it.
However, looking at his somewhat fat figure, Li Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes!
"Are you sure you want to act?" Li Yi suddenly looked at Chen seriously and asked.
"Of course! What?" For some reason, Chen Wen always had a bad premonition.
"The male protagonist is a retired special forces soldier, do you understand?" Li Yi asked.
"Of course!" Chen Wen nodded.
"Although he is not young, his figure..." Li Yi stopped here.
Chen Wen couldn't help but blush and said, "I can lose weight!"
"That's what you said! And I prepared this movie very quickly! You only have a little more than a month at most. Not only do you need to lose weight, but you also need to receive special training. Are you sure you can handle it?" No.
Li Yi underestimated Chen Wen, but he was really pressed for time!
"You are looking down on me! So that's it? I promise to achieve the effect you want!" Chen Wen said seriously.
"It's not necessary. Ask me, didn't you change your career to become a director? Why bother?" Li Yi wanted to persuade him again.
"Director? Forget it. I think it would be better for me to be an actor. I have never acted in this type of film. Of course I have to give it a try!" Chen Wen said seriously.
"How much do you weigh now?" Li Yi stopped persuading and asked.
"It's less than eighty kilograms! Don't look at me like this. In fact, I just have a little belly. Tell me what you want." Chen Wen patted his belly and said.
"Standard figure, a bit thinner, especially the face!" Li Yi thought for a while and said.
"OJBK! Don't worry, it's guaranteed to be safe!" Chen Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
In fact, he can only be said to be slightly fat. Li Yi's requirements are for a standard figure, a little on the thin side, so he doesn't need to go out of his way to lose weight. He only needs to go through special training. In fact, he can meet the requirements by about the same amount.
Li Yi actually had some tangles with "Hurricane Rescue".
That is, should this movie take a global route, or only an Asian route?
The original "Taken" had a white male protagonist, so there was no need to worry about this problem, but Li Yi has a Chinese male protagonist here. Although he doesn't want to admit it, he has to say that this is indeed a problem.
"What do you mean, we want to take a global route?" Chen Wen couldn't help but ask after hearing Li Yi talk about the problem he was struggling with.
He didn't expect Li Yi to have such great ambitions for the film "Hurricane Rescue".
To put it simply, although the market size of the Chinese film industry is not weaker than that of Hollywood.
But in fact, it can be said that so far, there are only a few movies starring Chinese actors, especially action movies, that can truly kill people all over the world.
Although the original "Once Upon a Time" series seemed to do well at the box office overseas, in reality, it was still unsatisfactory.
The biggest difference between "Taken" and "Once Upon a Time" is that "Taken" is a modern film!
This is still very important.
"What did you originally think?" Chen Wen asked.
"If we only take the Asian route, then I will place the main location in Siam. After all, the environment there is indeed suitable. If we take the global route, then I will place it in Europe." Li Yi said.
The original version was placed in Paris!
"Actually, I think, why not consider Asia first, then Europe?" Chen Wen said suddenly.
"First Asia, then Europe?" Li Yi was startled.
Then his eyes lit up, yes!
In fact, if we talk about domestic audiences, Asia first, for example, my daughter first traveled to Siam, was kidnapped, and then was sent to Paris to a transnational criminal organization. This is normal.
"Okay, that's it! But if you want to take a global route, you have to cooperate with Hollywood." Li Yi thought for a while and said.
Although the male protagonist is determined to be Chen Wen, who is Chinese, we can try to change the other characters.
"How about having an international family?" Chen Wen suggested.
"It's not a good setting! After all, the male protagonist is set to be a retired agent..."
"Hey, isn't this better? Because of this, it makes sense to have an international family! Agents and special forces often perform tasks abroad, so isn't it normal to have contact with foreign women? And in this case, wouldn't it be better?
Can we take the international route?" Chen Wen said with a smile.
