Chapter 403: The kid who made 26 movies in two years
Li Yi finally chose to listen to Chen Wen's suggestion and put the role of the male protagonist David in Hollywood for casting.
After "A Dog's Purpose", Li Yi is no longer the famous director in China, but has already gained a certain reputation in Hollywood.
Especially in the category of pet movies, Li Yi can be said to be famous.
Therefore, although this time "Artificial Intelligence" is still not considered a major A-level production, when the casting of "Artificial Intelligence" opened, it still attracted many Hollywood child stars to participate in the competition.
As mentioned before, many child stars in Hollywood are actually in need of love. This is true, but not all of them.
In fact, whether it is domestic or Hollywood, if a child star wants to make a debut or become famous, he must have access to film and television resources. Therefore, many child stars are mostly second-generation stars, or their parents have close connections with the entertainment industry.
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During their childhood, their family conditions were generally good.
Of course, just because the family conditions are good does not mean that you will be happy.
Because, here, there is a saying that is very applicable to Hollywood child stars: in front of others, they are beautiful child stars, but in the back, they are just their parents' money-making tool.
In fact, to put it simply, how can a normal family allow their children to work from such a young age?
How can you become a popular child star without working?
So, this is doomed in itself.
In his hand, Li Yi was holding a stack of names for this audition and information about the child actors. Among them, Li Yi paid special attention to the family conditions of the other actors.
Stephen Carr, who is seven years old this year, has filmed two movies as the leading actor, and both movies have achieved good box office success.
Li Yi has watched the highlights of Stephen Carr's appearance and found that this child is indeed very spiritual.
Moreover, unlike Li Yi's imagination, although Stephen Carl's mother was miserable in one way or another, she did regard Stephen Carl as a money-making tool. However, precisely because his mother did not have a stable income,
He has always regarded Stephen Carl as a cash cow, so he is very kind to Stephen Carl. Although his mother often uses his salary to spend money and squander it, but according to the information, Stephen Carl’s mother treats him very well.
not bad!
Of course, although David in "Artificial Intelligence" is a robot that longs for maternal love, and Chen Wen said that Hollywood's love-starved child stars can be shown in their true colors, this is just an idea, and it does not necessarily mean that it needs to be used.
Such an actor.
If the acting skills are not good, it will be difficult to meet the requirements no matter how authentic the performance is.
The key is that child actors are actually different from adults. They usually rely more on talent to make a living. After all, they are not like adult actors. If they want to play a role well, they can use many methods. Such as experientialism, such as observation
Wait.
For example, in order for Chen Wen to play the role of a drug dealer well, he can visit the prison and communicate with real drug dealers, but is it okay for children?
Definitely not!
Of course, it is impossible for children to play such a role.
However, it is definitely impossible to use this method for child actors, so most of the time, it is quite troublesome to shoot scenes involving minors, especially young children.
Li Yi looked at the second piece of information, Jason Kaplan. He is six years old this year.
But his resume amazed Li Yidu.
As a child actor, Jason Kaplan debuted at the age of 4, but as you can imagine, he is only 6 years old and has already acted in more than 20 Hollywood movies.
And this is just a movie, he has also shot a lot of commercials.
To be honest, it was hard for Li Yi to imagine that a big child, who was supposed to be naughty and caressed by his parents, actually had a heavier workload than an adult.
I have to say that in Hollywood, the collection of information about actors is indeed exhaustive.
For example, Jason Kaplan is different from the previous Stephen Carr. The biggest difference is that he is somewhat sadder than Stephen Carr.
Although Stephen Carr's mother regarded him as a cash cow, she still knew how to give false love.
At least, let the childhood Stephen Carr be protected in his ignorance.
Even if it is false! But at least it exists.
Jason Kaplan is different. Her mother comes from a wealthy businessman family and has been pampered since she was a child.
But the only fly in the ointment was that her dream of becoming a star never came true. Later, she married a bank accountant and lived an ordinary life as her husband and child.
From then on, she earnestly hoped that the baby in her belly would fulfill her lifelong wish.
Jason Kaplan really lived up to his mother's expectations. He was very good-looking after he was born, and her mother began to implement her grand plan. Jason Kaplan already received music enlightenment education when he was 2 years old. When he was 3 years old, he was
Sent to acting school to study.
Thanks to his mother's good intentions, Jason Kaplan relied on his extraordinary talent and appearance to successfully enter the entertainment industry.
As film appointments came one after another, Jason Kaplan, who was not yet literate, had to memorize many lengthy lines and cooperate with various interpretation tasks. He was extremely busy every day.
After being rigorously trained by his mother, Jason Kaplan's temperament is indeed one in a million. He is a very elegant little gentleman and is favored by well-known directors in Hollywood.
This is why Jason Caplan can star in so many movies in less than three years.
But for a child, this is obviously not happiness.
"This Jason Kaplan has such an exaggerated workload and no one cares about him?" Li Yi was quite curious.
You know, this is North America, and the Teachers and Parents Federation is a very powerful organization.
Carlos shook his head and said: "Yes, but it's of no use. Jason Kaplan's mother is very smart. She hired a complete team for Jason Kaplan and strictly followed the regulations, including working hours, study time, etc.
,etc!"
"Don't take the Teachers and Parents Association too seriously! They can limit the working hours of child actors and require study time, but they can't require parents to let their children play, can they?" Carlos shook his head.
said.
Li Yi nodded, but he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
He also didn't expect that behind the glory of Hollywood child stars, there would be such... roughness.
If you were in China, you would simply not be able to imagine such a thing.
But here, looking at Carlos's appearance, it seems that he has long been accustomed to strange things.
Of course, in China, there are also many parents who over-expect their children to become successful, so that their children don't even have time to play since they were young.
Li Yi had also seen the news earlier. Parents with children signed up for more than a dozen extracurricular training courses for their children. As a result, the children did not want to take a holiday at all, because not only did they not have time to play during the holiday, but they also had to learn more things than at school.
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From this point of view, it seems that there is not much difference between the two.
