Being harassed by people in the circle was so overwhelming that Ning Hao couldn't help but call Li Mu. He first complained about his experiences in the past few days, and then asked him when he could return to Beijing, or when he could return to Beijing. Confirm the casting of "Flying Tigers".
Li Mu did not hide his secrets from Ning Hao and told him that he would return to Beijing in the next two days. However, regarding the casting of "Flying Tigers", he only confirmed one female lead among the Chinese actors, which was his usual The doting little girl, Du Wei.
Ning Hao had read the script of "Flying Tigers", so he recognized Du Wei's image of playing the Chinese heroine. He smiled and said: "I knew you would definitely give this role to Du Wei. To be honest, Du Wei is me too." The best actor imaginable."
"Heroes see the same thing." Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Despite her young age, this little girl Du Wei has really good acting skills. The most important thing is that she has never studied acting at all, but she has that kind of acting skills. It’s just confidence.”
"Confidence?" Ning Hao asked him: "Shouldn't it be said that it's acting skills?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "It's not about acting, it's about confidence."
In Li Mu's view, confidence is the foundation of acting.
People without self-confidence cannot even control their expressions well when in front of the camera, and they have to think about where to place their hands for a long time, let alone acting.
Only those who are confident enough and can face the camera calmly or those who are not affected by the camera at all can have the soil to cultivate acting skills.
The prerequisite for acting like anything is to not have any fear or nervousness about acting at all. First of all, you can ensure that you act well in front of the camera. If you don't have confidence, you won't even be able to play your role well in front of the camera.
In fact, Li Mu had already discovered this problem through some tiny details.
Regardless of whether it is a Western country or an Eastern country, TV stations will often conduct some street interviews. However, it can be clearly found that ordinary people in Eastern countries, mainly China, will most likely reveal an obvious nervousness when facing the camera. However, When ordinary people in Western countries are interviewed, most of them can talk freely in front of the camera. Whether it is conversation, expression, or behavior, they are all very natural, and there is no trace of nervousness. This is the importance of self-confidence.
Li Mu feels that people in Eastern countries generally lack self-confidence. In fact, this is mainly because for so many years in modern times, Eastern countries, especially the Chinese nation, have been bullied by all countries in the world and have been in constant war. Even in peaceful times, they have experienced After a long period of difficulty and a period of complacency, after the reform and opening up, the living conditions of the Chinese people gradually improved, and the people's self-confidence began to be regained.
Chinese people in the 21st century are far more confident than they were at the end of the last century. However, it will take a long time to fully regain the self-confidence in the bone marrow of a nation.
Looking back at Western countries, most of them are old imperialist countries. They have established colonies around the world since the Age of Discovery and have led the development of world industry, technology and economy since the Industrial Revolution. People in other countries are still oppressed and While they were still working hard to fill their stomachs, they had already gotten rid of their worries about food and turned to pursue a higher material and spiritual world.
Precisely because Westerners have been at the forefront of the world since modern times, the citizens of Western countries have had self-confidence that far exceeds that of Easterners throughout modern times. This difference in self-confidence will subtly lead to many extraordinary consequences. Special social phenomenon, for example, in developed Western countries, Chinese people often suffer some discrimination or unfair treatment, but in China, Westerners always receive more generous courtesy.
In addition, the acting skills of the people will also be deeply affected by this lack of confidence, so that 95% of the extras have no acting skills at all, and will bring a deep sense of dissonance when they appear in front of the camera. Actors who come out of professional schools are not much better than ordinary people. 80% of their acting skills are below the passing line. If they have enough confidence in their bones, their overall level of acting skills will rise by more than one level.
Looking at Du Wei again, this girl always carries a kind of calm self-confidence, which is related to her family conditions and her growing environment. The theory that the economic base determines the superstructure has been greatly reflected in her. The biggest proof is that children from wealthy families are more confident than the average person since they were young. However, those children who have lived in an environment where they have been worried about food, rice, oil and salt since childhood, and worried about what to eat and wear tomorrow, find it difficult to see the aura of self-confidence in them. .
Having lived in two lifetimes, Li Mutai can feel how huge a change the economic foundation can bring to a person.
If it weren't for his rebirth, if it weren't for the advanced thinking in his mind that has surpassed this world for more than ten years, it would be difficult for Li Mu to truly have confidence.
In fact, Li Mu himself has always been a typical young man who lacked self-confidence in his previous life. His family conditions were relatively tight, so that he developed a cautious character since he was a child.
Too good a thing is too good to bear to eat, too expensive clothes too hard to bear to buy;
Going to a high-end restaurant will make you feel cramped, and going to a high-end shopping mall will make you feel like you have a light on your back;
When chatting with good friends, he is very eloquent and often talks at length, but when asked by the teacher to recite a text in class, his voice trembles with nervousness;
It’s not easy for me to travel abroad. When I land and go through customs, I feel inexplicably nervous. When I speak English to a foreigner, even a simple “excuse-me” has to brew in my heart for a long time before I can say it...
These are the subtle effects of the economic foundation on the self in the previous life.
When thinking about this, Li Mu especially hopes that young people in China can grow up with more confidence and less inferiority complex. He also hopes that in the next twenty or thirty years, when the post-00s generation grow up, they can have As confident as a Westerner.
Regarding self-confidence, Li Mu had many feelings, but Ning Hao did not have such a deep understanding. In contrast, he was more interested in Li Mu's choice of the male protagonist. He asked Li Mu whether he had thought about who should play the role of the male protagonist. Come and act.
Li Mu replied: "To be honest, I still haven't thought about who should play the leading role, because the definition of this role requires that its actors should be played by Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio and Anne Hathaway. In rival scenes, if the acting skills are too different, it will definitely give the audience a very strong sense of dissonance. But in my impression, actors with this kind of ability are basically artists of the older generation and younger generations. It’s really hard to find him among the actors.”
Ning Hao hummed and said, "This role is really not easy to find. His requirements are too high. On the other hand, the heroine's requirements will be lower. After all, she only needs to play opposite Leonardo well." "
Speaking of this, Ning Hao suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, boss, "The Golden Family" will be broadcast soon. I heard that the quality of this TV series is still very high. You seem to be familiar with the leading actor Chen Kun. What do you think of this person?"
"Chen Kun..." Li Mu smacked his lips. He had worked with him before. He was originally cast as the second male lead in "Oldboy". The whole cooperation was very smooth. Moreover, Chen Kun is relatively humble and cooperative. His cooperation is also very high, but Li Mu always feels that his acting skills are almost boring.
In Li Mu's impression, Chen Kun at this age seems to be deliberately energetic no matter what role he plays, which makes his acting style look a bit unnatural. To put it more bluntly, in fact, his acting skills are not yet good enough. in place.
When Ning Hao heard that Li Mu didn't say anything, he knew that Li Mu might not be very satisfied with Chen Kun. He smiled and said: "If you think Chen Kun is not suitable, you can also consider Lu Yi. He debuted earlier than Chen Kun." It was already a hit when "Never Close Eyes" was released."
Li Mu thought about Lu Yi's image, shook his head and said, "Lu Yi is not suitable. He is too young and does not have the temperament to play an Anti-Japanese War pilot."
Ning Hao then mentioned several popular young actors, but Li Mu rejected them all without exception. This made Ning Hao helpless and held it in for a long time: "I think it's better to let Huang Bo play! His acting skills are very, very good, this guy acts like anything!"
"No." Li Mu immediately objected: "Huang Bo's acting skills are okay, but his image is a bit apologetic. If you let him play this role and play with Anne Hathaway, don't you think that style of painting will be very strange? ? Like Erniu, a bachelor in the village, suddenly one day married a woman like Wang Zuxian... "
"Where's Xia Yu? He's an actor!"
"No, the theater is too narrow! And to be honest, the appearance conditions are not much better than Huang Bo!"
"Oh!" Ning Hao sighed anxiously and said, "Why don't you see if there are any suitable actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan? How about Edison Chen? He was still outstanding in "Infernal Affairs". He is young, handsome and has great acting skills. That’s OK.”
"Sun!" Li Mu cursed subconsciously: "You want to trick me to death!"
Ning Hao asked in surprise: "What's wrong, boss? I was helping you with advice, why did I trick you..."
Only then did Li Mu come to his senses. Ning Hao must not have known about the tragedy that occurred while repairing a computer a few years later. Edison Chen was very good-looking and had good acting skills, but when he thought about repairing computers, Li Mu felt a little shy. What's more, Li Mu really doesn't want to use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in this movie. He feels that this is an unprecedented cooperation between him and Hollywood on behalf of the mainland film industry. He should ensure the purity of this cooperation. This movie, He is not planning to invite actors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign Chinese.
So, Li Mu said to Ning Hao: "For this movie, in China, I want an all-mainland cast, both in front of the stage and behind the scenes."
Ning Hao sighed and said, "Okay, I'll look for you carefully."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu also felt a little melancholy. Spielberg had already started preparing to start filming in the United States. He would come to China as soon as the filming in the United States was over, but he had never thought about the Chinese male protagonist in the script. Who to use? This matter is really difficult to handle.
Wei Lan, who was on the side, listened to Li Mu's phone call the whole time. Seeing the melancholy look on his face, she cautiously asked: "Dear, have you ever seen a movie called "That Man and That Dog in the Mountain"?"
(End of chapter)