Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 106 Not sexy enough
This score is already a very high score for him who has strict requirements.

"What do you think of Director Nolan?"

"It's very good. The image and temperament are very consistent with the setting of Valentine in my mind," Nolan first commented sincerely, and then praised: "Mr. Anderson's vision is indeed very unique!"

Although part of this compliment is true, most of it is sincere.

The information sheet in his hand contained a photo of Eva Green when she didn't wear smoky makeup, and she looked completely different from what she looks like now.

Susan smiled when she heard this and didn't say much, because she herself felt that the sexy and sassy Eva Green was indeed very suitable for the role of Valentine.

But when Zhang Ziyi walked in next, she and Nolan frowned slightly in unison.

Zhang Ziyi, who also received the character script and setting in advance, also deliberately prepared a red dress and black silk today, and her makeup was also painted in a direction that accentuates the X-ness.

But this not only caused her to lose her "mysterious oriental charm", but also highlighted a fatal flaw in her, which is that her figure is really average.

Although the fighting scenes are indeed quite good, but...
"It doesn't give me any sexy feeling at all." These are Nolan's original words, which can also be regarded as his evaluation of Zhang Ziyi.

Susan looked down at the information in her hand and felt the same way, so after a moment of silence, she picked up another character script and handed it to Zhang Ziyi.

"Miss Zhang, please try this scene. You have 5 minutes to prepare."

Zhang Ziyi was not stupid. She immediately felt bad after hearing this, but she knew she couldn't refuse, so she took the script with a smile and quickly read it.

Just as she guessed, the script in her hand was the role of the female reporter in "Resident Evil 2". Her role was actually not that small. Although it was not as good as Alice and Valentine, and it was offline midway, but Horizontal comparison, in fact, it is not much less than the scenes of Ada Wang in the first film.

It's just that the gap in rank is a little hard for her to accept.

However, her mental quality was pretty good, and she quickly suppressed all her emotions temporarily and began to concentrate on remembering her lines.

Five minutes later, Zhang Ziyi started her second performance.

Although this time it was not as smooth as before, Nolan and Susan felt much better.This is the difference brought about by image setting.

"Okay Miss Zhang, you can go out first. We will notify your agent of the results of the audition as soon as possible."

After Zhang Ziyi politely thanked her, she walked out with heavy steps.As soon as he left the audition room, his face couldn't help but darken.

"Would you like to call Wayne?"

Zhang Ziyi was a little confused.

The results haven't come out yet, and auditions are still in progress. Is it too early for her to call Wayne now?
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Ziyi decided to wait.

However, what she didn't know was that after she left the audition room, Susan greeted Nolan and Yuan Baye, picked up the phone and walked to the dressing room nearby.

A moment later, Wayne received a call from Susan and learned from her about the audition just now, as well as her and Nolan's evaluation of Zhang Ziyi.

But after hearing this, Wayne smiled and said, "Isn't this great?"

Susan couldn't help but be startled when she heard this, and asked doubtfully: "What do you mean?"

"Alice is enough for a sexy character. How can Alice be highlighted as the protagonist if her traits are repeated?" Wayne explained. "In addition, there are too few Asian actresses with the kind of body and modern makeup you want to find."

As he spoke, Wayne's mind flashed unconsciously, Qiu Shuzhen's classic look in "God of Gamblers 2" wearing a red outfit and holding a poker in her mouth.

It's a pity that Qiu Shuzhen got married last year and passed away.

As for the original version of Li Bingbing, he had no chance to have in-depth communication with Li Bingbing. How could he know whether Li Bingbing was more suitable to play the role of Ada King than Zhang Ziyi?

"The most important thing is that a second female lead with a mediocre role will have much impact on the film's reputation and box office?"

Susan was immediately speechless.

The quality of a female lead will certainly have an impact on a movie's box office and reputation.But whether this impact is big or not, it’s definitely not big.

Unless it is paired with a big name.

Otherwise, the impact of the male protagonist, female protagonist, and plot on a movie will be far greater than that of a second female lead. Even the quality of the film's special effects will have a greater impact on a movie than a second female lead.

If we estimate it in terms of percentages, it would be good if a female lead can account for 5% of the impact on a movie.

This can also be reflected in publicity.

The general promotional copy talks about the director, the male lead, and the heroine. Who would mention a second female lead?

"Okay, I think you are right." Susan said with a helpless smile, "I will convey your opinion to Director Nolan. If it doesn't work, then put her in a combat uniform. That should be You can’t tell she’s in such bad shape.”

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Wayne almost laughed.

Zhang Ziyi just lost a little weight, her figure isn't that bad, right?

It can only be said that it is indeed somewhat different from the general Western aesthetics.

After hanging up the phone, Susan returned to the audition room and conveyed Wayne's message to Nolan, while also expressing her own opinions.

"I think what Wayne said makes sense. Besides Zhang Ziyi, can you think of any other Asian actress of the right age and similar fame to her?"

Nolan frowned and thought for a long time before he came up with a name: "How about Lucy Liu?"

The corners of Susan's mouth couldn't help but twitch wildly.

With her role as the third female lead in "Charlie's Angels" released in November this year, Lucy Liu, an Asian actress, has become a famous female star in Hollywood and her status is not inferior to that of Yang Ziqiong, and her figure is indeed Yes, not inferior to those European and American celebrities at all.

In fact, she had thought of the name Lucy Liu from the very beginning and mentioned it to Wayne during the casting process. However, Wayne simply rejected the name with the words "ugly", which Susan really didn't know. What should be said.

At this time, she obviously couldn't use this reason to reject Nolan, so...
"Lucy Liu's fame and image are quite good, but don't forget that her current salary is much higher than that of Zhang Ziyi. In addition, her age is also a big problem. The "Resident Evil" series will have five to seven films, and Lucy Liu is now Already 32 years old.”

(End of this chapter)