Huayu: Female celebrities are looking for treasures in me

Chapter 198: This role is in the bag! Audition or not?

"Help?"

"Did something happen to the crew of Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame?"

Zhang Li put down the script in his hand and signaled Zhao Liying and Song Yi to be quiet.

"Brother Chao fell." Liu Yifei said with melancholy.

"Brother Chao fell?" Zhang Li's expression changed slightly: "Is it serious?"

"It's not too serious, but we definitely can't film this drama," Liu Yifei replied quickly. "He missed a step during training and fell. His hands were badly scratched, and his right arm and leg were severely fractured."

"This is a big show, and 80% of his role consists of fighting scenes. It would be impossible to have a stunt double play most of the scenes. Fortunately, he hasn't started filming much yet, so changing the actor won't be a big problem."

"But it's hard to find candidates right now."

Deng Chao is a top star in mainland China. It's not unfair for him to play supporting role to King Liu, but not everyone can compare to him.

If we only hire small stars who have good acting skills and fighting scenes but are not famous, then Xu Ke and King Liu have connections and a lot of candidates.

But if you want to find someone with a slightly higher reputation, you have to consider his schedule.

Moreover, not everyone can play the role of Deng Chao.

"You mean, you want me to play the role of Brother Chao?" Zhang Li understood Liu Yifei's subtext.

He is a cool guy who will definitely become famous in the future and has absolute confidence in himself.

But considering his current fame and status, playing the second male lead in a movie starring Xu Ke and Andy Lau is indeed a bit of a step up.

But he is one of the investors of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" and is friends with the chief producer Li Guofu, director Xu Ke, and the male lead Liu Tianwang.

As long as his acting skills are decent, it is not impossible to play the second male lead.

"Yes." Liu Yifei replied immediately: "Brother Chao definitely can't act anymore. The crew needs to re-audit the actor."

"I think before the news gets out, why don't you discuss it with Director Xu and the others and make the final decision directly."

Deng Chao was able to star in "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" not only because of his own fame and ability, but also because he was a member of the investor Huayi.

Now that Deng Chao cannot act, Huayi will most likely send someone new to take his place. Of course, since King Liu has a lot of say now, they may also find an actor from the Hong Kong circle to play the role.

Similarly, Zhang Li also has this qualification, because if he chooses himself, he can also get the approval vote from King Liu.

"Okay, I'll come over now."

Of course Zhang Li would not give up such a good resource and agreed immediately.

After hanging up the phone, he went to talk to Pang Bing and Lin Yufen, then took Qin Nanshan and Nazha to the set of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" next door.

"Liying, what is Ali doing?"

Jing Tian found Zhao Liying to ask.

"It was said that it was an audition for the second male lead in Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame." Zhao Liying answered directly.

This is not something that needs to be hidden.

At least with the relationship between Zhang Li and Jing Tian, ​​there is no need to hide it.

"The second male lead in Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame?" Jing Tian looked surprised. "Isn't that the role played by Deng Chao?"

"Sister Yifei just called Brother Li and said that Teacher Deng Chao was injured." Song Yi answered proactively.

"Ah this."

For a moment, Jing Tian didn't know whether to say that Zhang Li was lucky or Deng Chao was unlucky.

But no matter what, Zhang Li has the opportunity to participate in this big production with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan and directed by Xu Ke. Everything depends on whether he can pass the audition.

On the other side, Zhang Li, his agent and assistant had already entered the set of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

As one of the investors, he already had a work permit to enter here.

Deng Chao has been taken away by ambulance and admitted to the hospital.

After this incident, the crew's filming work has been suspended.

"Ali is here, we were just about to look for you."

When Chen Guofu saw Zhang Li, he immediately took him to the lounge.

At this time, in the lounge were Xu Ke, Liu Dehua, producer Shi Nansheng from Huayi, and screenwriter Zhang Jialu.

Liu Yifei and Liu Jialing were also there, but both women were just reading the script silently without saying anything.

"The filming has already started. We can't just stop it just because the second male lead isn't here."

"Adjust the filming plan, film the male and female lead scenes well, and reschedule once the second male lead is confirmed."

The producer gave his advice and looked at Liu Dehua.

Liu Yifei has only one resource recently, "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", so she has no problem arranging her schedule any way she wants.

Liu Dehua is different. He is a very busy man. Not only does he have to film here, he also needs to find time to perform and play roles in other crews. He is very busy.

"It's fine within half a month. I have a lot of schedules later. If the second male lead hasn't shown up, I'll have to make other backup schedules." Liu Dehua's expression was restrained and his eyes were deep, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"The best solution is to find a new second male lead as soon as possible." Xu Ke rubbed his hands and said, "I can ask Chen Kun."

Chen Kun's status is similar to Deng Chao's. He proved himself with "Painted Skin" last year, and his fighting scenes were also quite exciting.

Xu Ke has a good impression of him and is considering asking him to star in his next film.

It would be nice if we could cooperate in advance this time.

"Chen Kun is quite suitable, but he is currently filming "Mulan" and it will not be completed for at least half a month. He will also have to promote "Founding of a Republic" later, so he probably has no time." Shi Nansheng is very clear about Chen Kun's situation.

At the beginning, Huayi had its eyes on Chen Kun for the second male lead and wanted to use this opportunity to poach him.

"Why not find Huang Xiaoming?" Shi Nansheng gave a suggestion.

"The Sound of Wind" has been completed, "The Sniper" he collaborated with Richie Jen and Mr. Chen failed, and "Ip Man 2" he is about to star in will start shooting in August, so Huang Xiaoming does have time.

"I don't think Xiao Ming is suitable for the role of Pei Donglai." Xu Ke frowned slightly, and Zhang Jialu beside him nodded.

The character of Pan Pang Donglai is designed to be cold, arrogant, cruel, quiet and quite serious.

As the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, the second-in-command of the Dali Temple, he holds a high position. He has a hot temper but also maintains a calm demeanor, easily angered but easily calmed down, a complex mix of contradictions. He is a formidable figure with both intellectual and martial prowess, and is designed as a front-line character, akin to an ancient special forces soldier. He wields weapons such as the Tang Dynasty's ring-handled sword and axe, a mountaineering pickaxe, a fireball, and a bamboo dragonfly.

This character also suffers from albinism, so his skin, eyebrows, hair and other hair are all white. He is also very afraid of light and often carries sun hats, umbrellas, cloaks and other sun protection tools when going out.

This character needs to look ruthless and tall, otherwise using large weapons would give people an awkward feeling, and Huang Xiaoming is not good at this.

The makeup and styling don't match, and the fighting scenes can't be sustained. It's definitely not possible to hire Huang Xiaoming.

"Let's screen them again," Liu Dehua suggested. "There's no shortage of male actors in our play who want to play the second male lead. Spread the word and choose the most suitable one."

If no results can be reached through internal discussions, then we can only go through the normal screening process.

At this moment, Chen Guofu's voice came from the door: "There is another person who is very suitable. We can have an internal audition first, and then an external audition if it doesn't work out."

Everyone looked towards the room at the entrance and saw Chen Guofu and Zhang Li walk in.

When his gaze fell on Zhang Li, a light flashed in Xu Ke's eyes.

Shi Nansheng asked curiously: "Who else?"

"It's far away in the sky, yet it's right in front of you." Chen Guofu took a step to the side.

Zhang Li smiled at everyone and said, "Why don't you let me act?"

On the way here, he had already revealed to Chen Guofu his desire to play the second male lead.

After a moment of stunned silence, Chen Guofu smiled and nodded in agreement: "I think it's appropriate, I will vote in favor."

Zhang Li plays the second male lead?
Everyone at the scene started brainstorming.

In terms of popularity, he is definitely not one of them, but "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" will not be released until next year.

Before that, Zhang Li's "Meteor Garden New Version" and "Chinese Paladin III" had already been broadcast.

Even if he is only half as good as "The Old Meteor Garden" and "The Chinese Sword and Fairy 1", he can easily become a top second-tier male star and have popularity comparable to that of a one-star male star.

If both dramas become a big hit, he might even become a top male star overnight, and a very popular one at that, then they will make a lot of money from this movie.

In terms of appearance, he is much more handsome than Deng Chao. With the right makeup, he is a handsome man. He is over 1.8 meters tall and looks very strong.

Speaking of acting skills, he was able to get Jiang Wen to audition in person to express her approval and invite him to participate in the filming of "Let the Bullets Fly". He also signed a contract to be the male lead in Zhang Yimou's next movie. Chen Guofu was very impressed when he directed "The Sound of the Wind".

When it comes to fighting scenes, his performance in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is remarkable and very popular.

I heard that many of the male lead Hu Ge's action scenes were performed by Zhang Li, who worked as a part-time stunt double.

Finally, he is also the investor of this film.
It seems that there is no one more suitable than him to be the second male lead.

"I have no objection." Liu Dehua sat up straight, a gentle smile on his face. "If Li Zai plays the role, he happens to be filming in Hengdian, so he can join the crew directly, and the original filming schedule will basically not be affected."

"I think it's okay too." Zhang Jialu, who had been silent the whole time, cast his vote of approval: "Li Zai's understanding of the script is even better than the rest of us. Xu Ke didn't throw away any of his storyboards. He will definitely have no problem playing the second male lead."

This made Xu Ke feel like he was being put on a pedestal. He laughed and said, "What you said is true. I don't agree that Li Zai is not suitable to play the role."

"I voted in favor." Chen Guofu said with a smile.

Shi Nansheng: “.”

His opinion doesn't seem to matter.

If they really want to object, Zhang Li and Liu Dehua can replace him first.

Chen Guofu noticed his expression and continued, "I had a great time working with A-Li on The Whistleblower. He's definitely good at the drama, but the fighting scenes are..."

"A-Li's fighting scenes are definitely no problem," Liu Yifei couldn't help but say, "He's been practicing martial arts since he was ten years old. Every time he joined a film crew, he would learn from the martial arts instructor. His fighting scenes in The Legend of the Condor Heroes were remarkable."

"No matter who is invited to play the second male lead, he must first be taught the choreographed moves by the martial arts instructor."

"If it's Ali, it will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort."

Hearing this, everyone smiled knowingly.

They all understood the truth, but Liu Yifei was a little too impatient.

"Yifei, you and Di Renjie are a perfect match." Liu Dehua teased.

A layer of silly blush suddenly appeared on Liu Yifei's face, and she felt embarrassed.

She really wanted Zhang Li to support the second male lead, Pei Donglai.

In the script, Pei Donglai has two endings, one is death and the other is immortality.

The character Shangguan Jing'er he played was based on the historical figure Shangguan Wan'er, who eventually gained power and ended up together with Emperor Li Xian.

However, in the movie, after artistic processing, she has ambiguous relationships with both Di Renjie and Pei Donglai.

Plan one is that Shangguan Jing'er and Di Renjie have a passionate scene, and Pei Donglai will be burned to death.

Pei Donglai's death is different from the previous two deaths. The scene is more detailed and the final cry is more heartbreaking.

Option 2: Pei Donglai may, after Wu Zetian gave up on Di Renjie and stopped him from handling the case, actually hand the case over to Pei Donglai. Then there will be a scene where Pei Donglai and Jing'er go on a date with horses one night.

There will be some fighting scenes in the middle, and then the two of them will have a more erotic plot.

Afterwards, the horses led by the two men touched each other's heads, and the whole atmosphere was quite ambiguous.

Finally, Pei Donglai will confess his feelings to Jing'er, leaving people with endless room for imagination.

If Zhang Li were to play the role, she felt that he could be paired with Pei Donglai.

In that case, I'll use the power of the office to pursue personal gain and have a romance in the movie first.

"I have no objection." Shi Nansheng smiled and said, "I see that internal auditions are waived?"

"Let's give it a try." Zhang Li said confidently, "Shoot it and send it to Huayi. Don't accuse us of disrespecting them."

"Deng Chao's fans also need to be appeased. After all, I'm just one of the investors. My popularity is nowhere near that of Brother Chao. There might be people who will attack me."

"It's a scene from the audition, maybe it can be used."

He wouldn't leave any obvious evidence.

Instead, make contingency plans in advance.

If you take it, you must do it with dignity.

(End of this chapter)