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Plus Commander He’s prominent background.

For a role like this, of course, the actor must be carefully selected.

After all, the He family still has descendants.

Director Wei doesn't want to encounter something like what happened to Liu Weiqiang's "The Founding of an Army".

Liu Weiqiang filmed "The Founding of an Army" and used a group of young actors to play the great men of the song.

As a result, Ou Hao's performance as Commander Ye was criticized by the descendants of the Ye family for slandering their ancestor, saying that he acted like a gangster, which caused quite a stir. Director Wei absolutely wanted to avoid such incidents.

Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with his brain and butt. He will not be like Liu Weiqiang who dares to turn everything into traffic for the sake of box office.

When filming "The Founding of an Army" that year, the main creative team was all young and popular actors, which was actually strongly opposed by the screenwriter and investors.

After all, "The Founding of an Army" is a film in the series celebrating the 90th anniversary of the motherland. The requirements for such a film should be what Teacher Liu always said:

Adaptation is not random editing, drama is not nonsense.

But for the sake of box office, Liu Weiqiang went against the majority opinion and insisted on using young and handsome actors.

As a Hong Kong director, his respect for these founding fathers is indeed not as deep as that of mainlanders.

So he insisted on making the actors popular, and created Ou Hao's Commander Ye.

Liu Haoran's General Su, Ma Tianyu's Marshal Lin... it's really exaggerated.

Compared with Ouhao's Commander Ye, the fact that Ma Tianyu and Coach Lin can be linked together is even more exaggerated in Director Wei's opinion.

It’s not that Director Wei is prejudiced against Ma Tianyu.

But some actors are just effeminate...

These things have nothing to do with character.

When filming a military drama, it is important to choose actors who are more feminine.

All I can say is that the director is either blind or has a problem with his butt.

As can be seen from "The Founding of an Army", being a director in China really does have a lot of power.

Investors can see that it is not suitable and dare not make money from this kind of thing, but the director dares to insist on it.

How can it be described in just one word: awesome.

Director Wei's status in the circle is much stronger than Liu Weiqiang's.

But he had no intention of committing suicide in this way.

As a director born and raised in mainland China, Director Wei fully understands what respect means.

I also understand what it means to seek death.

Director Wei chose to select actors based on the actual age of the characters.

　? ? Mr. Shao came into contact with the Varyag in 1998 when he was 54 years old.

Director Wei thought about it and asked Chen Duling to send a message in the circle:

The male lead of the new play should be between 45 and 60 years old, and talented actors are welcome to contact us.

It is not difficult for a capable male actor between 45 and 60 years old to play the role of a 54-year-old state-owned enterprise boss.

In addition to Mr. Shao, there are some very important characters, and Director Wei also released them.

The script for this play was actually not difficult to write.

Because things are already there.

The characters are also ready-made.

Director Wei can definitely come up with some script samples, which are enough for these actors to complete the audition, and also enough for Director Wei to have a basic and clear understanding of these actors.

After learning more about Director Wei's new film, almost all the stars and actors in the circle were excited.

Because this drama really has the potential to be a hit.

"With its background in the navy and strong support, the film has been given a green light by the censors, so there's no need to worry about it not being released after filming."

"Mainstream resources and mainstream themes have been the major trend in the past two years."

"Director Wei also seemed to say that the film and television linkage is equivalent to buy one get one free."

"It's about the story of China's first aircraft carrier, it's incredibly legendary."

"The subject matter plus the director... already accounts for 70%."

People in the industry have their own set of criteria for judging the quality of a resource.

They don't grab every show.

But it would definitely be worth it to snatch Director Wei's role.

Director Wei's films are divided into small-scale and large-scale productions, commercial films and less commercial award-winning films.

There is no doubt that Director Wei's new film has achieved all the goals.

There will be no problem with the commercial part, because with the support of mainstream themes, it will have an innate advantage in winning awards.

In addition, Director Wei has no record of failure.

If you don't grab it, you must be crazy.

There's nothing wrong with most actors' brains.

So they swarmed over.

Many of the veteran actors surprised Director Wei.

"Teacher Baoguo, you are already 62 years old. I am worried about your health for such a high-intensity play. There is also a role that is more suitable for you."

In fact, Chen Baoguo is not very old at 62.

The age of Mr. Shao in the script is set to be 54, which is only 8 years younger.

However, Director Wei still prefers to find a younger Mesozoic actor to play Mr. Shao.

These veteran actors in their sixties and seventies may have good acting skills, but their era has indeed passed.

Playing the leading role is often very tiring.

Afterwards, we also have to do publicity.

Veteran actors in their sixties and seventies may be able to film movies, but their physical strength may not be able to support other activities outside of filming.

Hearing Director Wei say this, Chen Baoguo could not hide his disappointment.

But this was also within his expectations.

At his age, it is difficult for him to play the leading role.

Director Wei's film has attracted so much attention, and the investment volume is huge.

If he really were to take the photo, he would be worried about messing up the results and ending up in a bad situation.

"The Ming Dynasty 1566", starring Chen Baoguo, still ranks first on the Douban TV drama classic list, with a score of 9.8. All the audiences who have watched it say it is good.

But it's no use.

Because when "The Ming Dynasty 1566" was broadcast, it directly smashed through Mango TV's territory and was a complete failure.

If the drama "The Ming Dynasty 1566" had not been such a big flop, Mango TV might not have been able to stick to its purpose of "running the station for entertainment".

Mango TV has also realized that these days word of mouth is fake, only real money is real.

Chen Baoguo has since realized that it is useless to just perform well in a script of high quality and produce a film of high artistic level.

If it fails, it fails.

He has no control over this.

Including the "All Quiet in Peking" in which he played the villain a few years ago, which also had a very good reputation, but its ratings were beaten by the ancient idol fantasy dramas with poor reputations.

Chen Baoguo is confident in his acting skills.

I have no confidence at all about whether I can achieve success as the leading actor.

This era is really different from the past.

So he didn't force it.

"Then I'll play Commander He."

Chen Baoguo settled for the next best thing.

As a result, Director Wei coughed lightly.

"Teacher Baoguo, there are several veteran actors of similar status as you who are also vying for this role."

Commander He, as the first operator of the navy's purchase of the Varyag, cannot be underestimated in terms of both role and importance.

So this role is also very attractive.

Director Wei is not deliberately making fun of Qiao. Indeed, several veteran actors have taken a fancy to this role.

Generally speaking, veteran actors of Chen Baoguo's stature can be exempted from auditioning if they are only interested in a supporting role.

Everyone knows they can act well.

Director Wei also doesn't think that Chen Baoguo can't play the role of an old general well.

But these days there are really more monks than porridge.

He had no choice but to strive for perfection.

Chen Baoguo was speechless.

"Director Wei, your play is really popular."

Director Wei smiled modestly, "Teacher Baoguo, I have confidence in you. I will report your names to the Navy and let the He family decide for themselves. In fact, no matter who plays you, I believe there won't be any big problems."

Although he can make his own decisions, Director Wei has a high emotional intelligence.

It's not a role that anyone must play.

Director Wei doesn't need to act arbitrarily.

The role of Commander He can be played well by Chen Baoguo, Chen Daoming, and Li Xuejian.

Any real veteran actor can come in and it won’t be a problem.

In this case, we should respect the Navy's choice and the choice of the descendants of the He family.

Director Wei will not be like Liu Weiqiang, who filmed the founding figures without informing their descendants.

It is not necessary to ask for their consent.

At least give a reminder.

Show your respect.

The villain in this drama who has the most screen time and looks treacherous but loyal is actually a Hong Kong businessman.

Naturally, this role must be played by a Hong Kong actor.

The Hong Kong actors also knew that this piece of meat must be theirs.

So the competition is also fierce.

Director Wei immediately excluded Andy Lau and Leung Ka Wai.

"Brother Hua's image is too positive. Playing this kind of businessman who makes money from his country will damage your image."

Liu Dehua was at a loss for words: "Director Wei, I don't mind. I've played many villains."

"The villains in Hong Kong movies are different from the villains who make money from patriotism. Brother Hua, believe me, if you act too well in this movie, it might actually have a negative impact on your image in China. You'd better play a patriotic Hong Kong businessman."

Although he is just a supporting role, his image is more positive.

Director Wei also shared the same opinion as Liang Jiahui.

"Teacher Liang was once banned in Taiwan for filming a mainland drama. The character of Boss Xu is a businessman who pretends to be patriotic but is actually greedy. The better he plays, the more likely he is to be criticized. Teacher Liang, actually, I prefer to cast those two-faced people to play this role."

Liang Jiahui was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Director Wei, I can act well."

"I know, but I would rather find an actor with a more suitable temperament to play this role that only cares about money, such as Liang Chaowei."