Zuo Le didn't worry about Xian'er's cast for long.
After learning that Zuo Le's new drama lacked an important female role, someone immediately recommended suitable actors to him, and there were two at once.
The person who recommended the two actors to Zuo Le was none other than his fiancée Tian Yan.
Tian Yan has hosted "Happy Dream Show" for almost five years. As a weekly flagship program, Tian Yan gets to know many celebrities through the recording of the program every year.
Apart from some who are indifferent or disgusted, Tian Yan also made many friends from it.
In terms of celebrity connections in the entertainment industry, Zuo Lezhen is no match for Tian Yan, the first sister from Dongshan.
The two actresses Tian Yan recommended to Zuo Le now are named Song Jia and Wan Qian. They are both friends she met on the show and are considered friends.
Among them, Wan Qian and Tian Yan have a very good relationship, and they are Tian Yan's rare best friends in the industry.
Zuo Le has heard of these two actresses, especially Song Jia, who started her career in TV dramas in her early years and later went to the film industry. She has achieved good results and is now considered a slightly famous film star.
In the past two years, she was nominated for the Golden Dragon Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, but she never won the award. She is considered a second-tier actress in the industry.
Compared to Song Jia, Wan Qian is slightly less well-known. She mainly works in TV dramas. Most of her works have received average response. There are a few that are okay, but it has nothing to do with her. She is a drama star but not a star.
Moreover, Wan Qian's female lead role doesn't appear in many roles. She usually plays a supporting role, a general star, and can barely be considered as one of the third tier actors in the industry.
If it weren't for her relationship with Tian Yan, Zuo Le might not know who Wan Qian is.
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For these two actors, Tian Yan naturally supports her best friend Wan Qian, but she also knows that Wan Qian is too low-profile and may not meet Zuo Le's casting conditions, otherwise Tian Yan would not bother to add Song Jia.
Tian Yan's idea was half right, Zuo Le was indeed more inclined to play Song Jia as Xian'er, but it was not because Wan Qian was not well-known.
Fame has never been the main factor in Zuo Le's selection of actors. The previous TV series he filmed also used a lot of newcomers, so Wan Qian's reputation is meager, which is not a problem at all for Zuo Le.
The real reason that made Zuo Le choose Song over Wan was because Wan Qian herself was not suitable for the role of Xian'er.
Indeed, Zuo Le was looking for several characteristics of the Xian'er actor - beauty, gentle temperament with heroic spirit, and men would like her at first sight.
Wan Qian meets all of these, but at the same time, Wan Qian himself has one more trait.
That is because Wan Qian's overall image and temperament are intellectual. Relatively speaking, her acting style is more suitable for ancient ladies, modern intellectual women and professional elites.
The role of Xian'er is set as a daughter of a farmer who wandered all the way, especially in the later period when she was added with hairpins and became a female gangster, which is somewhat contrary to Wan Qian's more intellectual image and temperament.
How should I put it? It’s not that Wan Qian couldn’t play this role, but compared to Song Jia, Zuo Le felt that the latter was more suitable.
Tian Yan was a little disappointed, but it was understandable, and Zuo Le comforted her.
"Actually, if I think about it carefully, Ji Jie from "Case Six" was quite suitable for Wan Qian. It's a pity that you didn't tell me and I didn't think of it, otherwise I would have found her for that role."
Zuo Le's words were not comforting, but Tian Yan felt even more uncomfortable when he comforted her. That night, someone was almost kicked out of the guest room.
But then again, after researching the candidate for "Xian'er" this time, Zuo Le watched some of Wan Qian's major works and felt that this "daughter-in-law's best friend" is quite good in terms of image, temperament and acting skills.
I'm not in the spotlight right now. It's probably a matter of chance and luck. If I can get a good role, I won't say that I will skyrocket, but I'll have a great chance of becoming famous.
If there is a chance in the future, I can cooperate with her to make my wife happy and earn some favors.
Zuo Le took out a small notebook and wrote down Wan Qian's name. What was recorded in the notebook were the actors that Zuo Le admired and liked. In the future, he or Shanhe would have roles in new plays. The names of the actors in this small notebook were
It's all about choosing priorities.
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After it was confirmed that Song Jia would play Xian'er, Zuo Le immediately asked the crew to get in touch with him.
Although Song Jia has been taking the film route in recent years, it is not that he has not accepted TV series, especially new dramas from top TV series directors like Zuo Le.
To show their solemnity, after receiving the invitation, Song Jia and her agent personally flew to Quancheng to discuss the script with Zuo Le.
Song Jia is not a newbie in the industry, and she still has experience in script estimation. After reading the script outline of "Crossing Guandong" and part of Xian'er's script, she agreed to star without much hesitation.
After Xian'er was cast as an actor, the main cast of "Crossing Guandong" was complete, and the other supporting roles were also cast.
At this time, the time has also arrived in November. Some of the real-life scenes of "Crossing Guandong" have been completed. Zuo Le and the crew rushed to Heilongjiang and held a grand opening ceremony.
In fact, according to Zuo Le's idea, there is no need to have such a grand opening ceremony. Just find some media to take photos and issue a press release. In the past, he almost always did this when launching new dramas.
The reason for such a big battle this time is mainly because of the wishes of Dongshan Province and Heilongjiang Province.
The word "Chuang Guandong" is not unfamiliar to people from Dongshan Province and the three provinces outside Guan Guan. Many people outside Guan Guan are descendants of Dongshan people who came to Guandong. Therefore, it is often said that Dongshan outside Guan is the same family.
Due to his close cooperation with Dongshan Television over the years, Zuo Le has a strong Dongshan official aura, and with the strong support given by Dongshan executives to Sunward Pictures, Zuo Le's aura is getting stronger and stronger.
Under such a background, Zuo Le made a TV series about Dongshan people's invasion of Guandong. How could others not think more about it?
Not only others thought too much, but even Dongshan executives thought that Zuo Le was filming this drama to promote the history of Dongshan, so they paid great attention to the crew of "Enter Guandong".
Official mouthpieces such as Dongshan Satellite TV and Dongshan Paper Media have mentioned the crew of "Enter Guandong" many times and cheered for them.
Dongshan Province did this, which further confirmed other people's suspicions. Hei Province followed suit and began to pay attention to the crew of "Crossing Guandong".
After all, breaking through Guandong connects Dongshan and the outside world, and promotes not only the history of Dongshan, but also the history and culture of their black province.
With the two provinces attaching great importance to it, the opening ceremony of the "Guandong" crew must not be held quietly, but must be done with great fanfare and a full display of cards.
Although it was a bit troublesome and formalistic, Zuo Le was still very happy.
The last time he was filming "Seven Swords" on location, he was in a mess. He was very angry and suffered a lot of mental pressure. It took him a while to recover after the incident.
This time "Crossing Guandong" was shot on location again. Zuo Le originally thought he would have to worry about these chores again, but now that the crew has registered, he can breathe a sigh of relief.
With such two big backers blocking the way, not to mention sideways, at least no monsters would dare to run over and act wild...
