Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

In addition, there are many characters that are the focus of portrayal, and there are very few unimportant characters.

Yes, that's right. Apart from the extras, almost all the characters that can be named are portrayed in great depth, and each has his or her own unique feel.

This is the detail that Xia Yuan, a veteran director, can tell after reading the script.

You know, this kind of situation is rare in movies. It basically appears in TV dramas. Because of the process of TV dramas, there is enough space to portray the stories of other characters besides the leading actors.

But movies only have so much time, one or two hours, to tell a big story from beginning to end.

As a director, you have to control the story, tell it clearly within a limited time, and make sure the audience understands what is happening.

The sad thing is that this should be considered the basic skill of a director. Isn't the most important thing a director should do to be able to tell the story clearly?

However, in the Hanxia film industry, quite a number of directors cannot even do such basic things.

Not to mention that in such a limited time, on the premise of telling a good and clear story, each character in the movie can be portrayed in more detail.

This will test a director's basic skills even more.

So in fact, although this script seems ordinary and does not require a big investment, Xia Yuan is actually very clear about how difficult it is to shoot such a film and how high the difficulty is.

So, when a character is outstanding, if you want to maintain the outstandingness of the character and truly capture this outstanding feeling and effect, the actors and casting become a very important issue.

For example, Chu Zhongtian.
As He Ye's exclusive actor, the one He Ye values ​​the most and has spent the most resources to promote, and even the actor Xia Yuan is most familiar with and most comfortable with, Chu Zhongtian will naturally not be absent.

It just so happened that he had been doing quite well in Hollywood in the past two years, and had basically gained some momentum as a rising Hollywood star, which was a great honor for the actor Han Xia. He had not had any new film contracts recently, and he had just finished shooting a notice, so he could definitely make time for it.

Chu Zhongtian is one of them, and Xia Yuan also has a very suitable role for him.

But after Xia Yuan thought about it, he still felt that it was not enough.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally his eyes lit up.

Yes, isn't Chu Zhongtian no longer single and is together with Luo Qingning? It seems that they said they might get married next year. Now both parents have met, and the marriage is almost finalized. It has even been officially announced, so that the public and fans know about it.

Is there a possibility that the couple can join the film together, because not only is there a role that is very suitable for Chu Zhongtian, but there is also a female character who has a great entanglement and entanglement with the role that Chu Zhongtian is going to play, and there is even a sex scene between the two?
That is, Zhu Zhishan, and Sister Pomegranate!
These two roles are definitely the two most important main roles besides Tang Bohu himself and Qiuxiang. If they can be played well, it will greatly enhance the entire film, so in terms of casting, you can't just pick anyone to play the roles.

The person named Zhu Zhishan also has a prototype in history. His original name was Zhu Yunming, and his courtesy name was Xizhe. Because of his peculiar appearance, he mocked himself for being ugly. Because he had branch-like fingers on his right hand, he called himself "Zhishan". People called him "Zhu Jingzhao". He was from Changshu and was a famous calligrapher, thinker, and poet in history. Together with Tang Bohu, he is known as one of the four great talents.

In the movie, he is also Tang Bohu's best friend and senior buddy. They often go out to seek pleasure together, drink and have fun, and he wins Tang Bohu's heart.

After Tang Bohu entered the Huafu under the alias of Hua An, Zhu Zhishan also pretended to be Tang Bohu under the banner of looking for Tang Bohu, and also admired Qiuxiang. But in the end, by mistake, he got involved with Sister Pomegranate.

Sister Pomegranate is actually an original character in the movie. She is a maid in the Hua Mansion. Although she looks ugly, she often boasts of being a stunning beauty who has charmed thousands of people. She and the Wu Zhuangyuan are actually secretly engaged to each other and are the woman that Wu Zhuangyuan has decided in his heart to marry.

But the problem is that if Chu Zhongtian and Luo Qingning are allowed to play these two roles, a very big and serious problem will arise.

That's a question of appearance.

Because according to the character settings, these two characters are not good-looking, not pretty, and even a little ugly. They are just extremely narcissistic and keep saying that they are good-looking, pretty, and handsome.

But Chu Zhongtian and Luo Qingning are both a little too good-looking, more or less a bit of handsome men and beautiful women.

After all, although Rendan Da has been screwed many times since his debut and played many unspeakable roles, to be honest, he is actually a rare handsome guy with high looks, the type that boys would think is handsome.

After all, he is a real movie emperor and a true first-line superstar.

Then there is Luo Qingning, who is already the beauty of the department in the new drama. To be able to be the beauty of the department in a new drama full of beauties, and to be called the leading singer later, her appearance must be quite high. If she is really asked to play Sister Pomegranate, then Sister Pomegranate is not narcissistic, but self-aware, and is truly stunningly beautiful, which is directly confirmed.

Then the show effect won’t come out.

But if we put aside the issue of appearance, the two of them are indeed the best candidates Xia Yuan can think of right now, no doubt about it.

After all, the acting skills of these two people are completely trustworthy, and with his training, it is certain that they can perform these two roles well.

Xia Yuan generally doesn't trust other actors for such difficult roles.

Moreover, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort when someone familiar is used to coach acting skills, which is much better than using unfamiliar actors.

Alternatively, another way is to appropriately vilify the actors' images and let them act ugly appropriately, which is also a good choice.

They definitely won't have any objections, after all, the relationship is there.

Soon, Chu Zhongtian and Luo Qingning, a couple who were working in America, received a call from Xia Yuan.

Luo Qingning was the first to answer the call. After she answered, she greeted him: "Hello? What's up, Xia Yuan? Long time no see."

"Long time no see, Qingning. How are you and Danda doing recently?" Xia Yuan asked.

"It's okay, everything is fine. We just miss you and Senior Sister. When are you going to come here? Danda said recently that he wanted to go back to China." (End of this chapter)