The American drama "The Crown" is a script that Will has conceived since his college days. The fierce struggle between theocratic power and royal power in the Middle Ages has always been talked about by latecomers. In the middle ages, due to various legends, such as vampires, witches, papal knights, etc., this period of history has added more mysterious colors.
What Will wants to make is not just a medieval documentary, he hopes to incorporate those legendary elements into this play, making his play look fantastic and magnificent. And the oriental businessman that Mei Zihan was going to interview, pinned on the medieval west's longing for the legendary country in the east.
Before Mei Zihan came to the audition, he heard Jiang Ying's various memories of his old classmate.
To be honest, when Jiang Ying talked about her college life, Mei Zihan was actually slightly jealous of the director.
At Jiang Ying's tender and green age, he had never met him. On the contrary, it was this director named Will who was able to make friends with Jiang Ying at that time, and he was really envious.
What's more, it's been so long, and the other party has to travel all the way here to find Jiang Ying to make a movie. It really can't allow Mei Zihan not to think about it.
When Mei Zihan arrived at the audition venue, Liu Tianyi was already waiting by the side.
"The time is up in three minutes, and you're too good at getting stuck." Liu Tianyi looked disgusted, "You should go out earlier."
"There is a traffic jam on the road, and I can't help it, and I can't fly." Mei Zihan retorted softly, "It's just an audition, you really don't have to be nervous."
"Why am I not nervous? I heard that besides you, there are several artists from Japan and South Korea who want to take this role." Liu Tianyi once again emphasized the importance of this opportunity, "Be more serious."
Mei Zihan was completely convinced. These days, instead of easing his mood, Liu Tianyi became more and more nervous. Nervous emotions are contagious, because Liu Tianyi's serious attitude made Mei Zihan almost unable to calm down now.
In fact, even if Liu Tianyi didn't say so, Mei Zihan would still value it very much, after all, Jiang Ying agreed to go with him. But the more Liu Tianyi urged him repeatedly, the more Mei Zihan couldn't help teasing him.
"Oops, I seem to have forgotten to practice speaking these days." Mei Zihan said in surprise.
"What?" Liu Tianyi couldn't help raising his voice, "Are you just eating dry food at home these days? I obviously told Jiang Ying to help you train well."
Look, as long as you say that, Liu Tianyi will explode immediately.
"I was just joking. Let's go when the time is up." Unexpectedly, Liu Tianyi couldn't afford to joke so much, and Mei Zihan had no intention of making a joke, so he could only quickly change the subject.
Will was already waiting at the hotel.
Because Will just came to take pictures this time, there were not many people with him. The only thing that Will can use as a reference for the judges' opinions is the photographer.
"Will, are you sure you want to use such a person? I checked, and this is Mei Zihan, a well-known young actor in the Rabbit Country entertainment circle. However, a movie he released in the past two days has not been well received. Not very good." And the other party is already so famous, the salary price is not low. With the current film market capacity of the Rabbit Country, he can definitely find a Hollywood commercial blockbuster as a supporting role.
"I know what you're worried about." Will smiled, "Those commercial blockbusters in Hollywood, there is no room for Chinese actors to play. Moreover, my old classmate is already one of the investors of my TV series, The other party is a student he taught, and I am actually looking forward to what kind of performance they will bring me. By the way, what is the box office of the movie you just mentioned that he released?"
"It has been released for less than a week now, and if converted into US dollars, the box office should be around 150 million."
"With a box office of 150 million US dollars in the first week, the movie market in Rabbit Country is really huge." Will couldn't help sighing. When the film market in Rabbit Country further increases and the competitiveness of domestic films rises, will Hollywood still treat these Chinese actors with the same attitude as it does now
Mei Zihan and Liu Tianyi went directly to a certain room in the hotel according to the information given earlier.
When the other party opened the door, Mei Zihan saw the director named Will.
When he saw the face of director Will, Mei Zihan's subtle jealousy towards this director disappeared without a trace.
This looks too anxious.
He is clearly a classmate with Jiang Ying, but he looks older than his father.
Mei Zihan greeted the director in fluent English, and the director and cameraman happily welcomed Mei Zihan in.
"Before the matter begins, let me introduce this character to you." Director Will felt a new level of satisfaction when he saw Mei Zihan in person.
The other party's figure is very good, and his face looks very young. There is a contradictory aura of youthfulness and maturity in his body. If you can dig it out, you will be very charming.
As expected of Jiang Ying's student, Will was glad that he didn't reject Jiang Ying's proposal outright.
"In "The Crown", you have to play a mysterious businessman from the East named Feng. Originally I wanted to call it Dragon, but there are already many well-known martial arts movie stars in Hollywood in China named Long, so I chose changed."
The phoenix is the male and the phoenix is the female, so it's not wrong to change it.
Mei Zihan nodded, indicating that he was satisfied with the name.
"Cheongsam may be the majority of clothing. I like the cheongsam in your country very much. There are all kinds of beautiful embroidery on it." Will talked about his love for cheongsam, "As for the specific design, I I will ask my good friend to do it. He is doing oriental-style clothing design recently, and he should be very inspired when he sees you."
Although Mei Zihan really wanted to interrupt Will and tell him that there were no cheongsams in the East in the Middle Ages, and there were only Hanfu. However, it is really impossible to expect a foreigner to understand the difference between cheongsam and Hanfu.
This is not a historical drama, but a fantasy drama that incorporates historical legends. It can be viewed as a fiction, so there is no need to worry about it so much.
Cheongsam is cheongsam, it is also acceptable. It's better than wearing the banner of the Rabbit Country while wearing Japanese and Korean clothes.
"Feng brought a large amount of silk, spices and gold to the country where the script is located. Because he is proficient in acupuncture, in the world of the script, he is regarded as an oriental priest who can drive away diseases. But he is a The businessman who was expelled was involved in the imperial struggle at that time. Therefore, in the script world, while thinking about the homeland he could not return to and wearing clothes unique to his homeland, he was slowly accepting the customs and habits of another country .” Will said his idea of the character design bit by bit.
When he was conceiving this character, he actually borrowed Jiang Ying's character image to a large extent. Jiang Ying's exquisite and beautiful appearance is also very suitable for wearing a cheongsam, and also very suitable for wearing that gorgeous ring.
Although Mei Zihan's appearance is different from Jiang Ying's, he may be able to present him with a more fresh Phoenix.
That's a challenge too, isn't it
Although I really don't feel any logic in terms of words, it sounds like the character design is very touching.
"Feng is proud, and he is also very mysterious. If it wasn't because the male lead rescued him by accident, he would not have helped the male lead. The male lead was born of a human witch and a vampire, and later became a king. The head of the knights has been fighting against the holy knights of the church. In the first part, Feng had to help the hero escape from the pursuit of the holy knights, and disguised his identity for him, using eastern potions to cover up the vampire on the hero breath."
This director must be a male supporting director!
Even before acting, Mei Zihan knew that this person was well-established to attract fans.
"Is it because Feng still has a little sympathy for the male protagonist?" Mei Zihan interjected, "Because they were not accepted by the world at that time. Feng's skin color and appearance are destined to stay away from him." The crowd. And the male protagonist had to seek Feng's protection because of his bloodline."
"Yes, yes!" Director Will nodded quickly, "The male lead will awaken the vampire blood in the later stage, and may need to suck blood, and may need Feng's help at that time."
Sounds gay gay.
Mei Zihan lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "What about the heroine of this TV series?"
"The heroine?" Will blinked, "The heroine died from the very beginning. About 1/5 of the time the filming took place, the heroine would be treated as a vampire by the church because she was contaminated with the vampire breath of the hero." The execution of the vampire has made the hero and the church completely opposed. Waiting for the next few episodes, you can try to resurrect the heroine as a vampire. Then slowly enter different racial struggles, but this will have to wait until I can get the investment for the next few seasons , to ensure that the ratings of the first season are sufficient."
So Feng is actually the heroine
After hearing the director's conception of the script, Mei Zihan had some doubts about the director's sexuality.
Although Jiang Ying has repeatedly explained to Mei Zihan that Director Will is definitely a straight man of steel, the school where the two of them are classmates, the rate of same-sex friends is almost 50 to 60%, and the rate of bisexual relationships is even 100%. 80/80. Will was the remaining twenty percent who were unwaveringly straight!
"Director, I probably understand what you mean, but don't you think the hero and Feng sound weird?" Mei Zihan kindly reminded.
"They are good brothers and they are of the same kind. Of course the relationship must be very good." Director Will replied earnestly, "Well, you first perform an inner monologue about Feng. I will write the lines with pen and paper, and you will tell him the lines yourself. Add more movements and demeanor, and let me see the phoenix you understand."
Mei Zihan didn't have anything to say, and what he reminded was enough to be benevolent and righteous.
The author has something to say: Mei Zihan: Director, don’t you really think that the character design and plot you mentioned are a bit too basic
Will: They're good buddies, you know