Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 447 Dream Stealer Casting
After meeting with Pete and Rob, Chen Linfeng returned to the house he bought in Los Angeles.

Liu Xixi also came from Georgia. She was busy for a while, making up for the shots she missed, and now the production has returned to normal progress.

Now it's Saturday, so I have time to meet my boyfriend.

Chen Linfeng felt that the two of them were a bit like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and now they were meeting on the Magpie Bridge.

This made Liu Qianqian want to laugh, so she patted him.

"Why did you hit me?"

"Who told you to tell me all these ridiculous stories about how one day in heaven is one year below the earth and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet every day? How can I still read these mythological stories?"

Chen Linfeng chuckled, "Let's cherish this relatively pure era. In a few years, most idioms and words may become dirty."

The two were laughing and joking when Sister Mei came with a lot of information in her hands.

"Xiaofeng, I have already arranged a meeting time with Leonardo's agent."

"Yeah, when?"

"The day after tomorrow, that is, after the Oscars, I will invite him here as you requested, and we will talk about film cooperation then."

Chen Linfeng looked at Liu Qianqian, "Do you want to join in the fun?"

Liu Qianqian asked, "Is it the Inception we mentioned earlier?"

"Ah."

Liu Qianqian did not answer, but stretched out her hand and said, "Have you finished writing the script? Let me take a look first."

Chen Linfeng turned around, took out a stack of scripts from the bag on the table and showed them to her.

I didn’t give it to Sister Mei, she had already seen it.

Liu Qianqian leaned on the sofa and looked through the script, while Chen Linfeng continued to chat about the movie with Sister Mei.

Sister Mei has participated in the early preparations for a film as one of the producers several times before.

Especially when it comes to inviting actors, it's basically left to her.

She knows a lot of people in Hollywood and in China, and she is very good at speaking during negotiations.

Except for some important people who were invited by Chen Linfeng personally, at other times, it was more effective than him showing up in person.

This time, Sister Mei asked about other roles.

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and said, "This time we need to make it bigger, with actors from multiple countries and races."

As for the wealthy man who bought the airline, Chen Linfeng decided to choose Watanabe Ken, the Japanese actor from his previous life.

After all, this is a role that involves plotting against a U.S. energy company, and it is not suitable for a Chinese to play this role.

Otherwise, it is easy to trigger associations with Emily Ken.

Even if they don't think so now, it won't be good if they develop divergent thoughts in the future.

He is not Nolan, so he still needs to be more careful in this regard.

"Well, we should be careful." Sister Mei nodded. She acknowledged the other party's concerns in this regard.

"Then the role of the Dream Builder should be played by Xixi, right?"

Liu Qianqian was reading the script seriously, but her ears were still working well.

She heard her name mentioned here, so she looked up.

Chen Linfeng turned his head and met his girlfriend's eyes.

"I have this idea, Sissi, do you want to act?"

Liu Qianqian picked up the script in her hand and said, "Wait until I finish reading this."

"Haven't you read the novel?"

"I saw it many years ago. How can I have such a good memory?"

"Ok."

Chen Linfeng said helplessly, "Sister Mei, let's skip this for now."

Sister Mei continued to play other roles.

"The protagonist Cobb's assistant, the Sentinel, is also a character that has a lot of screen time."

Chen Linfeng pondered.

This character has been on screen for quite some time, but he didn't leave a very deep impression in his previous life. In fact, it can be replaced.

However, "Inception" is a Hollywood movie, and its main cast is still European and American people.

The previous filming of "Infinite World" was already the limit of what the yellow race could participate in.

When Chen Linfeng was writing the script, he roughly calculated the character composition of the story.

5 team members, two wealthy people, and Cobb's deceased wife who is causing trouble.

There are a total of 8 characters with relatively large roles in the film.

If the distribution is based on a more reasonable ratio, there should be about 1 Japanese, 2 Chinese characters, 1 black person, and 3 white actors.

In the previous version of "Inception", there was not a single black guy among the important characters, which was really rare.

Now, Director Chen Linfeng must not make any mistakes in this regard.

"There are a lot of fighting scenes in the script of Outpost, which can be played by Chinese people. You can find the right actors for them."

Sister Mei asked, "Is it possible for Xiaolong to play this role?"

Chen Linfeng thought about it and said uncertainly, "Will it be too obvious?"

There are two Chinese characters set up, one is a girlfriend and the other is a brother, which doesn’t sound very nice.

"As long as you pass the audition, it's fine. We won't interfere with the serious auditions."

"That is not bad."

If the casting director also thinks that Xiaolong and Liu Qianqian are suitable, then Chen Linfeng doesn't have to worry about it. However, the requirements for these two roles are not high, and they are commercial films themselves, so the possibility of not being able to pass is really small.

Besides, Shi Xiaolong has played this kind of team assistant role many times in the past, so he is quite familiar with it.

In addition, for the role of Cobb's deceased wife Mel, Chen Linfeng asked Mei to contact Scarlett Johansson to try.

In the casting of the previous film "Inception", many of the actors were actors who had previously worked with Nolan.

It seems that Nolan and Chen Linfeng have similar habits, both like to use actors they know.

"For the remaining two roles, the pretender can try asking Keanu Reeves."

"This one?" Sister Mei was a little surprised. "It seems like he hasn't acted much in recent years."

"That's why it's cheap."

Right now is Keanu's lowest point, and it's estimated that 300 million will do the trick, and in terms of influence, he does have some old fans.

Besides, Chen Linfeng will be filming "John Wick" later, so we might have to look for him, so let's get to know each other now.

"Okay, I'll make the contact."

The last two characters are the rich second generation and the pharmacist, one white and one black.

Chen Linfeng had a deep impression of the actor in the original version of the film in his previous life, so he asked Sister Mei to try to invite him to audition.

The black pharmacist, along with other characters with even less screen time, will be decided by the audition results and the casting director.

In the movie "Inception", Chen Linfeng did not stick too closely to the original work.

In his opinion, there are two key reasons for the success of the original work. One is that the story itself is ingeniously designed and logically rigorous, and Nolan performed excellently.

One possibility may be related to Leonardo’s own box office appeal.

Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't acted in a commercial film for many years, so this seems like he's finally bursting into action after holding back for so long.

Therefore, he can make adjustments for the other actors according to his own circumstances.

The two discussed the actors who might be suitable for each role, and not only decided on the ones they thought were suitable, but also selected some backup options.

Let's be ready to audition together.

At this time, Liu Qianqian finished reading the script.

While reading, she also recalled her impressions when she read the novel.

Unfortunately, she only remembered that she was a mess at the time and didn't understand it at all.

Now she finally understood it, and therefore, when she finished reading it, she pounded the sofa excitedly.

"Xiao Feng, this story is so exciting, I want to act in it!"

"You're too slow, let's change the subject."

"You read it too fast. I'm afraid I won't understand the plot." Liu Qianqian came over with the script and asked, "What are you talking about now?"

"Talking about the box office of "Your Name,"

Mei explained, "It has been almost a month since the film was released, and the domestic box office has reached 18.3 billion, not far from 20 billion."

Liu Qianqian looked regretful. "We still need 1.7 million to reach 20 billion. Even if we postpone it for a month, it may not be enough. I feel like it will still be a little short."

She said this based on her previous experience with Taken.

Sister Mei shook her head. "No, it should be enough. Our movie has great potential. We still have around 700 million a day now, and we can even have to million a day on weekends."

She exclaimed, "This is almost the same as the previous Avatar. Both are movies that can be screened for a long time. According to the prediction given by Maoyan, it is basically a sure thing to make 20 billion yuan."

Liu Qianqian was also a little surprised. She only knew about the overall box office and had never paid much attention to the daily data.

Chen Linfeng, who was sitting opposite Sister Mei, was opening his laptop, which displayed the domestic reports he had searched for.

The media has firmly placed the title of "20 billion director" on his head.

Liu Qianqian came over and leaned on Chen Linfeng's shoulder to watch together.

The next report was praising Liu Qianqian, or more precisely, praising the character "Ji Hanqiu".

"Ji Hanqiu is a character that will never appear in current TV dramas. She is gentle, well-educated, considerate, and friendly. She is very good at doing housework and can stand up at critical moments.

Once upon a time, such female characters were everywhere in our film and television dramas.

But nowadays, there are more so-called new-age women of the "sassy girlfriend" type.

I can't judge whether this popular idea is good or bad, but I have to say that I like Hanqiu very much, even more than I like Anxi.

......"

In fact, there are similar opinions on the Internet. Netizens call the heroine of "Your Name" the most likable heroine and think she is indescribably cute.

Of course, I don’t know whether Liu Xixi’s beauty has any effect on this.

Chen Linfeng wanted to ask Xixi's opinion.

I turned my head slightly and could feel my girlfriend's breath blowing on my face.

He had long been accustomed to such intimacy, and raised his eyebrows, "How about it, are you happy to see others praising you so much?"

"This is not a compliment to me, this is a compliment to Ji Hanqiu."

"Aren't you the one playing Ji Hanqiu?"

Liu Qianqian would not be fooled if she showed any happiness.

Xiaofeng would definitely say that she should fit the role in real life, and then make fun of her hands-on ability.

She has suffered too many losses from this kind of trick and it is impossible for her to fall into it again.

Chen Linfeng really didn't know that the other party was thinking so far. This must be PTSD.

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(End of this chapter)