The adaptation of "A Song of Ice and Fire" into a TV series was originally a project of Warner Entertainment, which many people know. But now it has become a project of Beauty Company.
This puzzled many people in the industry, and many people asked about it. This matter is not a secret. It turned out that Warner gave this adaptation project to Beauty Beauty, and the price is not expensive, only 20 million US dollars.
Transferred. This price can only be said to be a sincere price. Because when Warner acquired the film and television adaptation rights of this novel, it cost 16 million U.S. dollars. It only added 4 million U.S. dollars to hand over the adaptation rights of this big IP to Beautiful Beauty.
Here, it can really only be said to be conscience.
Many people were very curious and puzzled as to why Warner would agree to transfer this big IP to Beautiful Beauty at such a price. In this regard, some people with connections quickly found out that this was Warner President Martin E.
Richie decided it himself. For this reason, HBO was very angry and annoyed, but there was nothing they could do. The contract was signed and it was a done deal. HBO had no choice but to find another suitable adaptation script.
As for Meili Beauty Company, after this announcement was issued, the company's external contact phone number has never been idle. The employee who answered the phone picked up the phone from the beginning to answer the first call, and then started to answer the second one continuously.
The third……
These calls were all made to inquire about the actors and crew needed by the TV series "Game of Thrones". Some of them wanted to apply for the crew, and there were also actors who wanted to audition.
There were so many people asking that one telephone operator was clearly too busy to handle.
After feedback on the situation, Lisa and Teralon discussed it and temporarily added two external contact numbers and two email addresses for the company's external contact to the homepage announcement of the company's official website.
In this way, it took three days of continuous work to end this external recruitment activity. In this way, even the number of people applying for the job as crew chores was as high as fifty or sixty. The number of other technical positions was smaller, but every basic
There were several people competing on the Internet. As for the actors, the competition was even more intense. Especially for the role of the male protagonist Snow, more than 30 people came to request an audition. This was the result of Tre Laurent and Lisa passing their resumes.
At least 50 people were registered, or maybe 80 people came to audition.
Even so, with so many people coming for interviews and auditions, the workload is quite heavy.
When Chen Feng got the information of the people to be interviewed, he was speechless for a while. There were more than 30 people waiting for the leading role, and there were nearly 20 other supporting roles. Among them, the number of candidates for the more important supporting roles was
Basically several people.
Therefore, the total number of actors coming to audition is as many as two hundred. If the crew of the film is added, the number will be even greater.
Chen Feng didn't have such great skills, so he only chose to personally host the auditions of those actors. If he didn't need to personally check the selection of actors, otherwise he wouldn't have been in such trouble. There were nearly two hundred people.
As for the crew, except for the two more important positions of director and photographer, which Chen Feng had to interview in person, the rest of the interviews were handed over to Laurent and Lisa.
On the day when the interviews started, even though Meili Beauty Company chose to conduct them in batches, the entrance of the company was still quite lively. Many of them were reporters, as well as some other applicants who came to try their luck after hearing the news.
The scene was so heated that it was beyond everyone's expectation.
This is of course due to the popularity and charm of the novel "A Song of Ice and Fire". This series of novels has been published since 20 years ago. It has not yet ended, but its influence is still very great. Many people are interested in it.
Even those who have not read this book have heard of it.
Secondly, of course, Beauty Beauty Company has successfully launched two dramas, "The Big Bang Theory" and "Lost", which have made a lot of actors and actresses famous. It can be said that they became famous overnight and gained both fame and fortune. Therefore, everyone
I am very optimistic about the third TV series to be produced by Meijiaren Company.
And compared with the two original dramas "The Big Bang Theory" and "Lost", this "Game of Thrones" seems to be more successful because it has the bonus of readers of the original novels. In addition, the investment budget for this TV series is even more
Up to 60 million US dollars, this is posted on the announcement on the official website of Meijiaren Company.
Such a large-scale production, coupled with the good reputation of Meili Jiaren Company in the industry, naturally makes people flock to it.
In order to seize the time, the interview started on Chen Feng's side at 8:30 in the morning, because Laurent and Lisa had to interview other crew members, and Chen Feng was alone.
The interview took place in his own office, while Lisa and Teralon were interviewed in the company conference room.
The first thing Chen Feng interviewed was the candidate for the male lead. In order to speed up the process and for comparison, Chen Feng interviewed two people at a time. The two people came into the office together.
These male actors who have been screened by Lisa and Trelawen all have some common characteristics. First of all, they must be white, and cannot be black, yellow or mixed race. There are definitely requirements in terms of skin color and race; secondly, they must be white.
That is, the height must be above 1.8 meters and below 1.9 meters. Unless other conditions are very good, the height regulations will be relaxed. The male protagonist Snow in the original work is obviously a little short, only a little over 1.7 meters tall.
The protagonist is actually too short, less than 1.6 meters tall. Chen Feng feels that this is not in line with the character design of the original work.
Therefore, Aaliya, who plays the heroine now, is about 1.7 meters tall, so the male protagonist must be at least 1.8 meters. Otherwise, if the male and female protagonists stand together, the height ratio will be uncoordinated. It will also not match the character design of the original work.
In addition, the character of the male protagonist is of course handsome, he must be handsome, he must look masculine, and he must not be too girly.
As for age, Chen Feng has no hard and fast rules. Because some people do look younger, and there are people who look like they are in their twenties even when they are forty years old. Especially in the actor industry, you need to put on makeup later to look like someone.
Pretending to be young is definitely not a problem.
The first two male actors who came in were both handsome, but one was obviously a little thinner, which was obviously not good. The other was blond and blue-eyed. Although this could be changed with makeup, there are ready-made ones.
Does it require extra effort?
After Chen Feng saw them for the first time when they came in, he had already killed them in his heart. It's just that they rushed here so early in the morning to line up, and wasted a lot of effort. He couldn't give them a chance to show off.
"You don't need to introduce yourselves, just start the performance. It starts with you." Chen Feng was quite kind, and finally gave them a chance to audition and named the tall and lanky guy to start first.
When they were queuing up, Chen Feng asked the staff to give them some randomly printed scripts. Some people's scripts were the same, and some people's scripts were different. It was all random.
The tall and thin man agreed and started the performance first. Chen Feng took a pen and wrote in a notebook, pretending to be watching his performance seriously.
The two people performed separately, which lasted only five minutes.
"Not bad. It can be seen that you still have acting skills. However, your personal characteristics are not very suitable for the male lead's character. So I'm sorry. I hope we can work together next time if we have a chance."
Although Chen Feng refused tactfully, the expressions of both of them were still frozen. There was nothing I could do about it, it was always uncomfortable to be rejected.
The two of them were still somewhat restrained. After expressing their gratitude verbally, they both left angrily.
After that, the interview continued. After more than an hour, Chen Feng didn't like any of the more than 30 candidates to play the leading role, which made him a little depressed. Of course, there were still a few who were barely acceptable, and Chen Feng asked
They went back to wait for the notification, but no one refused.
In the end, if there is really no better one, Chen Feng can only choose from a few of them. But now Chen Feng still wants to find the best.
Therefore, we still have to continue looking for a candidate for the male lead.
Although the recruitment of the male protagonist was not smooth, the recruitment of the supporting roles was quite smooth. Several of the main supporting roles, Chen Feng, were decided on the spot. Because their appearance, acting skills and dialogue skills were all relatively good, Chen Feng did not
Nothing to hesitate about.
At noon, Chen Feng ate lunch directly in the company and continued the interview in the afternoon.
At the end of the day's work, Chen Feng basically decided on the roles of several main supporting roles.
The next day continued again. This time there were new audition candidates for the male lead, and there were quite a few of them. They were all electronic resumes that had just been submitted yesterday. Chen Feng personally selected two of them. They both had black hair and white skin.
He is about three meters tall and looks very handsome.
This time, Chen Feng interviewed them individually.
The first one came in, Chen Feng asked them to perform a line performance first, and they performed well. Chen Feng then asked: "Do you have a contract with a company now?"
The other party replied: "Yes, I am now a contracted artist of ** company."
"Okay. Just go back and wait for the notification. If we choose you, we will notify you within three days."
"Okay, sir." Although the other party was a little disappointed, he nodded in agreement.
The second one came in, and his appearance was not much different from the first one. Chen Feng had seen their photos on the other person’s electronic resume. There was no difference between the real person and the photo.
There was also a live performance first, and then the same question was asked. This time the young man named Dirk Gorton answered no.
"I just graduated from college this year. My major is hydropower engineering. I originally wanted to take the postgraduate entrance examination, but my grades were not very good and my family did not support me. In addition, I had to repay student loans, which was quite stressful, so I decided to become a graduate student.
Actors make some money to pay off their student loans."
Although Chen Feng had already seen his resume and knew that he graduated in hydropower engineering, he didn't expect that he became an actor to repay his student loan. He thought he had always loved acting.
"So, you don't have any long-term plans to be an actor?" Chen Feng frowned and looked at him and asked.
Dirk Gorton was not stupid, and quickly denied: "Of course not. In fact, I have loved acting since I was a child. Over the years, I have been a member and activist of the school drama club. In fact, I have been performing for more than ten years.
stage performance experience.”
"Okay. If I give you this role, you must first sign a contract with our Beautiful Beauty Company. If you agree, we will notify you to come and sign a contract later."
"Signing with your company?" Dirk Gorton's eyes suddenly widened.
"Yes. I am very optimistic about your potential. I can tell you responsibly that if you take over the role of Snow, you will become a big star and become famous all over the world. Because our show is destined to be
Popular all over the world. You must be mentally prepared for this."
"Is this... is this true?" Dirk's face showed some doubts, but more of it was admiration. Young people, who doesn't like to be a big star."
Chen Feng smiled and said: "Have you watched "The Big Bang Theory" and "Lost"? These two dramas were produced by our company, and the actors in them were basically...
They are not famous, but now they are all famous and have both fame and fortune. Therefore, the same is true for this "Game of Thrones", and it is even more popular than these two dramas. As long as you play this TV series seriously,
If you play the role of Snow well, you will be more famous than them. Trust me."
Looking at Chen Feng's extremely serious and confident eyes, Dirk immediately trembled and said quickly: "Okay, sir. I definitely believe you. I know you are a genius, a billionaire director in the Tang Dynasty, and a singer.
It’s a screenwriter. As long as it’s a work written by you, there hasn’t been a bad movie so far. I definitely believe you.”
It can be heard that this guy did some homework before coming for the interview. At least he checked online the background information of the owner of the beauty company.
"Okay. Then go out. Someone will call you later. Let the interviewers for other roles behind you come in."
"Okay, sir."
After deciding on the candidate for the male lead, Chen Feng felt relaxed. The subsequent interviews for other supporting actors also became much smoother. As long as the appearance, lines and acting skills were acceptable, Chen Feng would let them go through the motions. Basically
Everything will be determined.
Therefore, at around three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Feng decided on most of the actors who would appear in the first season, and only a few of them needed to be considered for a while before being confirmed.
The next step is to recruit the crew. In the past two days, Trelawen and Lisa roughly organized the personnel of the makeup team, props team, costume team, scenery team, drama team, art team, recording team, and lighting team.
All are ready for recruitment.
What is lacking now is the manpower of the photography team, director team and production team.
If you invest in an ordinary TV series, you don’t need so many groups. However, the investment in the first season of "Game of Thrones" is as high as 60 million US dollars, and it will be filmed for at least eight seasons. Therefore, it is necessary to start with
It is necessary to lay a good foundation for the crew and have a clear division of labor.
As for the production team, Chen Feng takes on the role of head of the production team and producer, and Lisa serves as on-site producer. Currently, there are still shortages of on-site production, external production, coordination, finance, and other positions.