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Chapter 1000 Casting of Main Projects
The film project "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has changed its ip. It is destined to be a key project of Xiahua Film and Television not only this year, but also in the following years. Preparations began as early as October last year.

Among the main actors, Hu Bayi's first choice was Zhou Xia, followed by Xia Hua's Kai Kai Wang, Lao Hu, and Dou Xiao.

The second male protagonist Wang Fatty Wang Kaixuan, Huang Bo is the first choice, and then Chen Chichi.

Shirley Yang's first choice is actually Yaya, then Erdi, Meina, and finally Yufei and Xiaoai.

Considering that this project involves as many as eight films, and the entire filming will take about ten years, the entire project team has proposed two plans for each character.

One is that in the first four films, Xiaosheng and Huadan, who are now of the right age, will be cast, and the next four will be changed to a group of leading actors.

The second is to choose young Huadan and Xiaosheng from the beginning. The first film may be more difficult, but if the brand is established later, it will have a better effect on the promotion and marketing of the film.

Zhou Xia prefers the latter option.

Take Oscar's advanced experience as an example, it is very taboo to change the leading role in a series, and it is possible that changing the leading role will lead to the collapse of the entire series.

Since "Harry Potter" can be filmed over such a long period of time after the starring is selected, then "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" should also do the same.

So after he made the decision, other plans were rejected, and the actors were chosen to be closer to the younger side. In the end, the heroine Shirley Yang fell on Erdi.

As long as Erdi does a little styling, he fits the role perfectly in all aspects of image and temperament.

But Zhou Xia has always been dissatisfied with Erdi because of her line skills. Take "Chinatown 2", which is about to start filming, as an example. She was asked to play the New York policewoman. , whine, does not fit the character.

If you play Shirley Yang, you will also have such problems.

But looking for a voice actor is not what Zhou Xia likes to see.

The problem of accent is not something that can be changed if you want to change it.

Many famous actors actually have this problem. Take teacher Li Xuejian as an example, his personal accent is very obvious, and the pronunciation of any role he plays is his accent.

But for an actor of his level, the accent is no longer an obstacle, or it is no longer an obstacle.

After so many years of character shaping, the perfect combination of his personal accent and the character's lines has highlighted his personal performance style and imprint.

The current Erdi obviously can't do it, or most people can't do it.

Wang Baobao also has an accent, but it doesn't matter that much. Many of the roles he plays are very rural and small, so this will not affect the performance, and it can even add color to the performance.

But when he plays other roles, the accents of Nezha and the domineering president will affect the performance.

Erdi's accent is also the same, there is no major problem, playing some silly, sweet, cute girls, the accent of the little fairy can also add color to the performance.

But now these two characters are shrewd and capable female characters, able to act, straightforward in character, and clean in speech.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xia decided to put more pressure on Erdi to do better, so that future performances will be more diverse.

Except for Ghost Blowing the Lantern, the other films "BJ Meets Seattle 2" continued to be filmed after Xiaohu started production. In the end, director Xue Xiaolu firmly disagreed. Zhou Xia thought that the series was over, so he didn't want to change the leading actor.

Thinking about it, Xiaohu mocked that the company's management of artists was not strict, which may be aimed at this matter. After all, he had mentioned the replacement to Xiaohu at the beginning.

Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Mekong" starred Wu Jing and Dou Xiao. Wu Jing played the role of the captain of the special operations team.

Dou Xiao plays Fang Xinwu, an anti-drug intelligence officer who has been lurking in the Golden Triangle for many years, and a member of the special operations team, which is the role played by Peng Yuyan.

Xiao Ai plays the role of Guo Bing, a capable and courageous policewoman who is the main supporting heroine.

This character is calm and sharp, valiant and heroic, sometimes glamorous, sometimes domineering, and at the critical moment, he completes the task brilliantly with calmness and great love. It is a good start for Xiao Ai who wants to try more action movies.

The rest is about the casting of "Master of Hypnotism", "July and Ansheng", "Jianbing Man", "Three Lives III", "Flower Thousand Bone", and "Railway Flying Tiger".

"Railway Flying Tiger" is a project of Cheng Nong's company, Xia Hua is only investing and co-publishing, so Qu Bufan, Kaikai Wang, and Zhang Mai are mainly stuffed to participate in the performance.

The other "Master of Hypnotism" was directed and starred by Xu Guangtou, and Yaya was finally selected as the heroine.

"July and Ansheng" is a literary film, starred by Zhou Dongyu and Xiaoying of Xiahua Film and Television, the script was written by Zhou Xia, and the director cooperated with Fan Ye several times in the past. Li Yu, the female director of "Second Exposure".

"Pancake Man" is also "Diaosi Man". This movie was made by a big friend. He came to Xiahua from Sohu very early, and the variety show was very popular.

In the past two years, Xia Hua Film and Television has launched a training program for new directors. He has also done behind-the-scenes work with some movies, and he is a variety show director himself, so after finishing the script, with Xia Hua's help, he still started his career as a film director. .

This movie had already been released in the original time and space this summer, and it made him a blockbuster, but now it has just been filmed for two months, and the release will be scheduled around the Spring Festival and Valentine's Day.

The male protagonist of this movie is still himself, the female protagonist has changed from Yuan Shanshan to Yang Zi, and the rest has basically not changed much. Dapeng used his contacts to hire actors suitable for the role, including Liu Yan, a big-breasted girl, etc. people.

Xiahua Film and Television tries not to interfere with the creation, and Dapeng is a new director.

His drama is also quite spoof. In fact, it is not possible to invite Xia Hua's five big female roles born in the 80s and the new generation's four small female roles. In addition, he also wants to save money. .

Xia Hua is mainly responsible for investing and arranging directors for "Three Lives III" and "A Thousand Bone Flowers", which were adapted from Xia Hua Film and Television's two hit TV series, and Xia Hua's subsidiary is responsible for the production in name.

"Three Lives Three Worlds" was filmed by Xiaohu and a group of newcomers back then. Now that several important actors are selected, the original cast can no longer be used.

Now Xiaohu and Erdi have a lot of opportunities to star in good movies. They naturally look down on projects that mainly rely on consuming the popularity of the past and attracting fans to watch movies.

And the remuneration of them and other leading actors is not what this movie is willing to bear now.

If this kind of movie is to be well-produced, it is doomed to invest in special effects production, and the actors naturally cannot occupy too high a salary.

Therefore, the protagonists are actors who have chosen the second tier of Xia Hua Film and Television.

(End of this chapter)