China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 238 Casting
When it comes to the term "dream day trip", I believe most people are familiar with it.

From "The Unruly Lord" to "Party A and Party B", and then to "Private Customization" directed by Xiaogang that He Hua saw on the player, this idea seems to have become one of the representatives of Feng's comedy.

In fact, the structure of this type of story is very simple: consumers want to make up for their life regrets through the reenactment of a certain scene, and the organizers work hard to restore the scene to match the performance. The end of the story is often that both consumers and organizers are spiritually sublimated.

"One Day" did not break away from this shackles. It just handed it over to the French director who is best at playing romance, and he really came up with something different.

Different from director Xiaogang who likes to show humor and satire in the development context of multiple stories, the film "A Day Trip to Dreams" always focuses on one main story line, and this story line always revolves around one word, that is "love" ".

The protagonist Victor was an excellent satirical cartoonist when he was young. However, the advent of the Internet era has left him useless. Unwilling to keep up with the trend of the times, he is gradually abandoned by everything around him.

Those common "midlife crises" have also surfaced in this old man. Even his wife would rather wear a VR device to sleep than share the same bed with him.

After a quarrel, Victor was kicked out of the house by his wife. Confused and lost, he found the "Good Memories Company" founded by his son and his son's friends, hoping to restore the memory of the first time he met his wife in 1974. Scenes from time to time to reminisce and find the feeling of love.

The story up to this point can be said to be exactly the same as the traditional "One Day Tour with Dreams" story routine, but everything becomes complicated later:

On the one hand, Victor himself is caught in the contradictory situation of rediscovering new love and true love; on the other hand, there is the love-hate entanglement between the chief director of "Good Memories Company" and his girlfriend who is an actress. The two sets of character stories Interspersed with entanglements, it ultimately brought a completely different story experience to the audience.

He Hua watched this work repeatedly while adapting it into a script that suited the national conditions.

And at the beginning of the script creation, he had an actor candidate:
Victor can be played by Ge You, and his name is Yao Yuan. He is almost 53 now. This age is a bit young, but the impact will not be big. He can wear old age makeup by then.

The settings can be modified:
Yao Yuan had just been laid off at the age of 60. He had lost his job and his status as the breadwinner of the family. His temper was getting worse and worse, and his wife became increasingly unable to tolerate his stubbornness and rigidity. During the quarrel, she came up with the idea of ​​divorce.

The roles of wives, Liu Bei and Xu Fan, are both He Hua's favorites. They played lovers with Ge You in "Party A and Party B", "Big Sabbath" and "See You or Be Parted". I believe it will be difficult for viewers to forget after watching it. .

As for Shu Qi in "If You Are the One", I can only say that they really didn't match up at all.

The first choice is of course Liu Bei. After all, this film has some shadows of "Party A and Party B". It would be best if the two of them can continue to cooperate. It's just that I haven't heard Liu Bei's name for a long time. The last time I saw her was with Zhang Li. Divorced and remarried Zhang Jian, that is, when Zhang Ruoyun was his father.

After all these years, I don’t know if Liu Bei’s acting skills are still up to par.
There is no problem with Xu Fan's acting skills. Her performances in "Tangshan Earthquake" and "1942" were quite shocking. It's just a question of how to hire her. After getting married, she became more family-oriented, except for her husband Feng Xiaogang's. Movies rarely take on outside scenes.

Forget it, let’s finish writing the story first, and then we’ll figure it out.

In addition, I also want to say hello to Feng Xiaogang. After all, someone’s creativity is involved.

In mid-August, the roles in "Xiu Chun Knife" were gradually confirmed.

Lu Yang originally wanted to find a Hong Kong and Taiwan male star to play the role of the male lead Shen Lian, such as Zhang Zhen, Zhang Zhilin, and Zhang Zhiyao. After all, except for the older generation, there are only a few martial arts in their memory. A familiar face.

But later someone close to him told him the unspoken rule of Youhua's talent selection: use less or even no stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, especially for the protagonist.

I heard it’s because the boss was angry with that group of people in the past, so now he doesn’t tolerate them at all.Fortunately, He Hua didn't know, otherwise he would be angry to death.This group of people likes to speculate on the leader's preferences. When did he stop using Hong Kong and Taiwan artists?
Lu Yang now regards He Hua as his Bole, and doesn't know how much he appreciates and admires him. After hearing this, he immediately gave up his previous thoughts, and shared the same hatred with those people, resolutely not considering those people.

After many selections by the assistant director and director, Zhu Yawen's photo appeared on his desk.

Speaking of Zhu Yawen, he definitely has no problem with his acting skills. You can tell something just by looking at this person's resume. He was born in a major. He became famous for his role as "Zhu Chuanwu" in "Crossing Guandong", and then starred in a series of TV series, such as Zhang Jizhong "The Soldier" by Liu Jiacheng, "Highland" by Liu Jiacheng, and "Love in the Great Northern Wilderness" by Zhang Xinjian.

Last year's starring role in "Love in the Vast Land" was nominated for four awards including Best TV Series, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Most Charming Actor.He himself was shortlisted for the list of most attractive actors for his performance in the play.

It can be seen that this actor is still very capable. In the end, the only worry is whether his ancient costume is suitable for the big screen.

The protagonist was decided upon after someone came over and tried on the costume. Don't tell me, Zhu Yawen's ancient costume is much better than his modern costume.

After Shen Lian, actors for other roles were also released one after another:

The eldest brother Lu Jianxing - Wang Qianyuan.

This has not changed. "The Piano of Steel" has opened up Wang Qianyuan's reputation in the director circle. Who doesn't want to have a good actor at his disposal, which saves worry and effort.

The third brother Jin Yichuan - Huang Xuan.

In fact, there are many people suitable for this role, such as Zhu Yilong, Zhang Ruoyun, Song Yang, etc. In the end, Huang Xuan won the director's support with his superb acting skills.

The heroine Zhou Miaotong-Jingtian.

This character is actually a vase. After watching the movie, He Hua said that Liu Shishi was not as impressed as Zhu Dan.

However, this girl Jingtian’s costume appearance is still very beautiful, as long as she doesn’t become a Death Barbie fan and take crazy photos of her face!

The big villain Zhao Jingzhong-Zhao Wenzhuo.

Now he doesn't care about whether he is a celebrity or not, as long as he can film a movie, it will be good.

The roles of Wei Zhongxian and Ding Xiu have not been changed.

He Hua really doesn't mind using Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, as long as they can clearly understand their position and have excellent skills. Forget about those who ordinary people can't explain clearly.

The director team for the remaining small roles was not sloppy, and they all found capable actors to help.

Like Han Kuang, without Zhao, there are still many actors who are stronger than him. How about Mr. Zhang Zhijian?
(End of this chapter)