Facts have proved that as long as you don't audition for free, other roles are easy to choose.
There is indeed no shortage of good actors in the Dragon Kingdom.
But Bai Qi couldn't get around it after all.
After all, according to the setting, Bai Qi is one of the protagonists of the group drama, and he is the strongest commander of the Xian Qin Empire. He proves his way by killing, and has a strong sense of presence.
Such a role must not be played casually.
Yue Guan and Zhang Yimou quickly settled on all the other characters one by one. Even if some characters did not make the final decision, he and Zhang Yimou all delineated the range of choices. When the time comes, it will be nothing more than choosing one from two or three. It is not difficult. select.
Except Bai Qi.
For this role, Yue Guan and Zhang Yimou have not even narrowed down their choices. Until now, they have not even found a particularly satisfactory candidate.
Not really.
"Yue Guan, I feel like I have no choice."
After another audition, Zhang Yimou gave up.
"Some celebrities are not qualified enough, some are not famous enough, some have insufficient acting skills, and some cannot show the murderous intent that Bai Qi should have. It is indeed not easy for a group of young actors to play the role of Bai Qi. If it doesn't work, we should change it." Age."
Yue Guan shook his head: "I said before, if the age is changed again, the Immortal Qin will really become the Immortal Qin of a group of old people. What other immortality is there? The five great emperors in the heaven and Huang Xiaoming and I are neutralizing our age. Immortal Qin must not be all old people."
No disrespect intended.
But in the name of immortals, a group of old people are really downgraded.
"Then let's use special effects." Zhang Yimou suggested: "How about we restore Li Youbin to his youth and let him play Bai Qi? I'm sure he can hold up. How about that?"
Yue Guan directly complained: "Director Zhang, you really have an idea. I have no doubt about Teacher Li's acting skills. Putting aside the cost of special effects, don't you think Teacher Li's Li Yunlong is too popular among people? Li Yunlong and Bai Qi … These two characters are completely incompatible.”
"I believe that Li Youbin can perform the difference and will not let the audience cheat on the performance." Zhang Yimou said.
Instead of trusting these young actors outside the door, Zhang Yimou felt that he might as well trust Li Youbin.
In fact, Yue Guan also believed that Li Youbin could perform the difference between Li Yunlong and Bai Qi.
But again, yes, but not necessary.
We haven’t reached that point yet, so there’s no need to think of this method now.
Previously, Yue Guan interacted with netizens watching the live broadcast and asked who in today's entertainment industry is most suitable to play Bai Qi.
There are two names nominated the most by netizens.
One is Jiao Enjun, who has been rejected by Yue Guan and Zhang Yimou.
But the other one is actually not within the scope of today’s audition.
Let alone the audition, Yue Guan had never thought of him before.
However, the reminder from netizens did open up an idea for Yue Guan.
"Director Zhang, let me send you a scarf and ask netizens for their opinions."
Yue Guan quickly issued a scarf:
"Who among the male celebrities in the entertainment industry do you think is the most suitable to play Bai Qi? I want the contrast between being handsome and killing gods and immortals in white clothes."
Yue Guan's scarf fans have exceeded 100 million, and today's audition live broadcast of "Immortal Qin Empire" attracted many netizens. After seeing Yue Guan's scarf, many netizens came to leave messages.
Yue Guan simply refreshed and found tens of thousands of messages.
That familiar name once again opened the book and filled the screen.
Yue Guan raised his eyebrows.
"Director Zhang, it seems we didn't consider the candidates comprehensively enough."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Yimou didn't understand.
Just when Yue Guan was about to explain to Zhang Yimou, his cell phone rang.
It's Mo Xiangwan calling.
"Sister Xiang Wan, what's going on?"
“Do you pay attention to Hollywood?”
"Yes, not much. Is there anything related to me that happened?"
"Almost, someone contacted me just now. I had a brief chat with him. He wanted to take on the role of Bai Qi, but he has never interacted with you before, so he doesn't know how to contact you."
"Hollywood? Chinese?"
"right."
"Zunlong?"
"Did you guess it?" Mo Xiangwan's tone was a little surprised.
Yue Guan raised his eyebrows: "Among the Chinese celebrities, he is the best in Hollywood. It's not difficult to guess, and he was mentioned to me in previous barrages and Weibo comments. I did neglect foreign celebrities before. , only domestic actors were considered.”
Thoughts are imprisoned.
And the main reason is that Yue Guan really doesn't pay much attention to Hollywood.
He knew about Zun Long, but Yue Guan's deepest impression of Zun Long was all from his past life memories: he had acted in "The Last Emperor" in his previous life, and the leading actor in "Farewell My Concubine" was originally him, but later became Leslie Cheung.
Of course, this is not Zunlong’s fault.
In order to accept "Farewell My Concubine", Zun Lung has already reduced his salary by US$300,000, and also turned down invitations to "Lover" starring Liang Jiahui, as well as other commercials and stage plays. His sincerity cannot be said to be insufficient.
It's just that he was very popular at the time. Even if he cut his salary by US$300,000, it was still too expensive compared with Leslie Cheung. It just so happened that Zunlong asked for a pet dog to accompany him. The crew of "Farewell My Concubine" took advantage of this reason and directly kicked him out of his role as a big-name dominator, and also made a free hype.
When it comes to acting like a big name, Leslie Cheung is indeed a humble gentleman and can only give thumbs up. However, during the same period, there were not so many big stars from Hong Kong who came to the mainland to film and play as big names. Not to mention the stars, the same crew was composed of people from Hong Kong and mainland China. The food that people eat is of two standards.
Zunlong was a Hollywood star at that time, and he was already famous, so he became a big name with a dog... This was an insult to Hong Guoguo's IQ.
In the era when Hong Kong stars were making all the difference in the Mainland, Chen Kaige often collaborated with them. Can he tolerate them, but not a dragon with a dog
Zunlong was obviously kicked, and it happened that he was made a god in "Farewell My Concubine", so he has been ridiculed, which is actually quite unfair to be honest.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Yue Guan, so Yue Guan just ate the melon and had no intention of upholding justice, not to mention that this matter has never happened in this life.
Zunlong in this life is much younger than in his previous life.
In terms of age, this World Honored Dragon should only be five years older than Yue Guan.
After ending the call with Mo Xiangwan, Yue Guan checked the information about Zun Long on the Internet.
In the past, he mainly paid attention to domestic celebrities and didn't know much about foreign celebrities.
After a brief check, his eyes lit up.
Zunlong's life experience is still similar to that of his previous life. He was an outcast. Later, by chance, he went to the country of Chou, learned acting, and joined Hollywood.
Zunlong grew up acting in primary school, and later studied acting. His acting skills are also good. After all, he was severely beaten by life from childhood to adulthood. The most important thing is that he is very handsome. Before Yue Guan appeared, he was once called the most handsome man in Asia by the West.
Now he is one of the best Chinese-American celebrities in Hollywood. Regardless of his age or status, he seems to be very suitable for playing Bai Qi.
The only drawback is that Yue Guan is not familiar with him.
Just as Yue Guan thought of this, his cell phone rang again.
An unknown number.
But Yue Guan had just met him from Mo Xiangwan.
This is Zunlong’s number.