The scene in which Jiang Se made a stunning appearance in "Beijing Events" initially astounded this man in his forties for a long time. He was deeply impressed by her. When he knew that his movie would be shot by her, he felt worried and happy at the same time.
The reason for her joy is that Jiang Se is now famous and has many fans. As soon as she took on this movie, it created a lot of topics and attracted a certain amount of attention. This is almost the effect that many movies should have after spending a lot of money on publicity.
He is still a novice, and he wrote "Devils" out of passion. He attaches great importance to his first script that can be adapted and put on the screen.
Apart from the fact that this was his hard work and he didn't want it to be wasted, it would also have an impact on his future life.
He is already quite old, not good-looking, and from a poor family. He is nearly forty years old but still unmarried. His life is very difficult, and no woman is interested in him.
But once "The Devil" becomes popular, his life will be different in the future. Not only will this drama earn him super high popularity, but it will also be crucial to the sales of his future works.
Once "Devil" performs well after its release, there will be countless people asking him for movie scripts in the future, and his income will not be comparable to what it is now.
He was happy that the film had already received a huge investment and starred two big stars before it even started filming, which was almost a guarantee of box office success.
But at the same time, he was also worried that Jiang Se was too beautiful and too young, and she might not be able to portray the feeling of Zhang Yuqin in his play.
It is precisely because of this uncertainty that he actually felt mixed emotions after learning that Century Galaxy had already confirmed the main actors for the two male and female protagonists.
However, the complete copyright of this drama has been purchased by Century Galaxy, so he has no room to say more and naturally has no right to make any suggestions.
Fortunately, Zhao Rang valued him and allowed him to join the crew during the filming this time. He also asked for his opinions on some issues. Until he saw Jiang Se with his own eyes today, he finally put his heart at ease.
When he first saw Jiang Se, he couldn't believe his eyes.
Jiang Se was completely different from the image he saw on the big screen. She was just too thin!
The long skirt looked empty on her, and she looked so thin that she was just a bag of bones. She did not look at all like the stunning woman she had in "Beijing Grand Event". Later I heard that she lost 17 kilograms for "Devil" just to achieve the feeling of Zhang Yuqin.
From that moment on, no matter how the author named Yu Weizhong felt about Jiang Se's performance in this film, the fact that Jiang Se was willing to lose weight had already left a good impression on him.
In addition, although this was the first time they met, Jiang Se's attitude towards cooperation was different from what he had imagined a big star to be.
She doesn't say much and doesn't chat with others much, but she has a serious attitude when working. She works from three in the afternoon to after nine o'clock without any complaints.
"I thought most celebrities were delicate, but I didn't expect she could endure such hardship."
Yu Weizhong sighed a little, and the screenwriter beside him smiled and shook his head:
"This is the third time Jiang Se and Director Zhao have worked together. If they didn't know each other's personalities, the filming of this drama wouldn't have started so quickly."
He is an employee of Zhao Rang's studio and is no stranger to Jiang Se. He knows that Zhao Rang has a good impression of her. From the very beginning when the two of them collaborated on their first film "The Ninety-Ninth Love Letter", Zhao Rang intended to promote Jiang Se because of her character. However, she has now become famous, but her character has not changed, which is indeed rare.
After chatting for a while, Yu Weizhong looked at Jiang Se thoughtfully and rubbed his hands:
"After we finish working together on the movie, I wonder if I can take a photo with her later. I'm her fan..."
Seeing him like this, people around him all laughed.
The filming workload has been very heavy in recent days. After Jiang Se returned, he first sorted out today's movements in his mind. While Mo Anqi was applying skin care products on her body layer by layer, Jiang Se picked up the script lines for tomorrow's filming, confirmed them over and over again, and tried to figure out the mood of the character Zhang Yuqin in the play. He blew his hair dry, checked the time, and then got ready to go to bed.
No matter how late he goes to bed at night, Jiang Se always gets up on time at eight in the morning.
When I arrived at the crew, Zhao Rang had not arrived yet, but some staff members from the theater had already arrived and were moving props and other things.
Xia Chaoqun followed Jiang Se, and many people automatically retreated away when they saw her face and dared not to harass her.
The costume prepared for Jiang Se was hung on the rack. Because of the special nature of the role she played, this dress was just a black professional skirt. However, considering the economic situation of Zhang Yuqin in the play, the skirt was half new and half old, and some places on the edges were worn and frayed. The costume was a little bulky. The costume designer smiled and said:
"Other people try to make their costumes as exquisite as possible, but Director Zhao wants this dress to be as old as possible."
In order to make the fabric look old, the crew even rented a blender and blended it for a long time to achieve the texture of the fabric that looked really old.
"After all, it's not easy to find such old clothes these days."
The costume designer stuck out his tongue when he said this:
"Brother Liao also complained that this item cost a lot of money and he didn't know if the investment company would be angry after reporting it."
Renting a mixer every day is not a cheap expense, not to mention the various expenses for air tickets, food and accommodation, extras, actors, crew members, as well as the cost of renting space, vehicles, and building a studio. The daily expenses are like running water, and Zhao Rang has extremely strict requirements for this film, so the expenses are even greater.
The total expenditure on the costumes alone was nearly hundreds of thousands. The cost of making these "old clothes" was much more expensive than new clothes.
Mo Anqi laughed out loud, and the costume designer laughed a few times before accompanying Jiang Se into a separate dressing room.
This separate dressing room was specially cleared out by the crew from a row of bungalows for her use. She is now considered a first-line actress in the crew, while other extras and supporting roles are all in the makeshift dressing room outside.
The crew brought a fan for her, but the house was still stuffy. After changing into her costume, Jiang Se was sweating all over.
Zhang Yuqin's identity in the play is already a mother. According to Yu Weizhong, Zhuzhu is eight or nine years old, and she is about thirty-three or thirty-four years old.
Such a woman should be at her most beautiful age, but because of the hardships in life, she should appear tired.
She lives in a poor condition and does not take good care of her skin. In addition, she is a salesperson for an insurance company and has been traveling for many years. According to Zhao Rang's explanation yesterday, her skin is not very good. At the same time, because of the loss of her daughter, her complexion should be very bad and pale. (To be continued)