Chapter 390: Casting for "Hurry Up", all cast members requested explosive acting skills

"Teacher Xu, I am personally very satisfied with your performance. However, the role you are going to play is a villain, the second male lead, and the role is not much different from that of the first male lead. I just don't know, would you mind playing the villain?

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After Fang Xing and Zhou Jitao exchanged opinions, they were both satisfied with Xu Zhiwen's performance.

Therefore, Fang Xing wanted to finalize Xu Zhiwen as the second male lead in the new drama.

However, the second male lead in this crime-fighting drama is a villain.

In the entertainment industry, some actors do not accept villains, so they must make it clear in advance.

Xu Zhiwen smiled heartily and replied: "It doesn't matter. Actors are needed to create good villains. I have read the outline of the script sent by your assistant director. I can play the role of the second male lead, no problem."

actually.

Although Xu Zhiwen is a professor at Donghai Film Academy and has appeared in some film and television dramas, he has not had any hits.

In addition, he is a professor at a film school and has higher requirements for scripts than many first-line actors.

Therefore, he has few film contracts, low pay, and average reputation.

Of course, his job is as a teacher, so it is normal even if he has not participated in film and television works.

Had it not been for the invitation from his old friend Zhou Jitao, he might not have participated in the audition this time.

"If Mr. Xu is willing to star, then we can go to Ark Culture another day to finalize the schedule, or I can ask the assistant director to come over." Fang Xing said.

"No, I'll go to the company to make an appointment." Xu Zhiwen was very easy-going, waved his hand and said he would go by himself.

Fang Xing said that the schedule was finalized, but actually the contract, schedule, and remuneration must be negotiated at that time.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing is the responsibility of the broker.

However, Xu Zhiwen rarely accepts scripts and spends most of his time in class. He has no business cooperation such as endorsements and may not have an agent.

"Okay, it's settled. This is the complete script. Teacher Xu will take a look at it first."

Fang Xing said as he took out a script printed on A4 paper from his briefcase and handed it over.

"Okay, I will study it carefully."

Xu Zhiwen spoke very politely. He took the script and glanced at the title on the cover: "Hurry Up."

"Then it will be a pleasure to cooperate." Fang Xing stretched out his hand and shook his hand.

"Happy cooperation, happy cooperation." Xu Zhiwen put the script under his arm and stretched out both hands to shake hands.

Bang bang bang...

The classroom full of film school students saw the professor's successful audition and applauded with excitement.

The audition was over, and the students came up and surrounded Xu Zhiwen, Fang Xing and Zhou Jitao.

The girls at the front asked a series of questions with excitement and delicate voices: "Director Zhou, Director Fang, are you preparing for a new play? Are we, Professor Xu, going to play a role in the new play?"

"What kind of play is it? Is it a TV series? Can we study with the professor?"

"Is it okay to be an extra performer? We bring our own dry food, no packed lunches are required."

"Director Fang, I really like watching your dramas, especially "The Pretender". Mingtai is my favorite."

the other side.

Xu Zhiwen was also surrounded by students and asked various questions:

"Teacher Xu is so awesome. He wants to play the role of Director Zhou and Director Fang. What kind of magical combination is this?"

"Teacher Xu, can you organize us to study on the set?"

"Teacher, what drama is this time?"

"Didn't you see Teacher Xu's audition performance just now? Did you want to play a fish seller?"

"You really don't pay attention to the film and television industry. The new drama prepared by Ark Culture is about anti-gangsters. I heard that the filming was directed by a very powerful superior department."

"Isn't that the task of the higher-level department?"

When some students heard the theme of the new play, they guessed that it was a task assigned by the superior department.

Many of these scenes shot in order to complete a task are just coping.

In recent years, few film and television dramas that have completed the mission of a superior have become popular, and "The Pretender" is a special case.

As a professor at the film school, Xu Zhiwen really wants to take his students to study on the set.

However, most of the crew were filming behind closed doors during filming.

One is to keep it confidential, and the other is to prevent entertainment reporters from sneaking into the crew and affecting the work of the crew.

Therefore, Xu Zhiwen cannot promise anything.

…

The anti-crime theme script Fang Xing prepared this time is "Hurry".

In this show on Earth, every actor has incredible acting skills.

Many viewers even felt that among the main actors, Zhang Yi, who played the male lead, was the shortcoming of the entire drama.

The acting capabilities of the main actors in this drama are so strong.

Among them, the role of Gao Qiqiang is the most important.

If it weren't for Gao Qiqiang's role as a villain, the early scenes would be no different from the male lead.

It is also for this reason that Fang Xing auditioned many actors for the role of "Gao Qiqiang", including many first-line actors.

However, in the entertainment industry, for first-line actors, their appearance is usually more important, followed by their acting skills.

The role of "Gao Qiqiang" does not need to be too handsome, but the performance must be layered.

Throughout the play, the character "Gao Qiqiang" has a growth process.

From a bullied fish seller, he gradually became a gangster.

Such a layered role requires an actor who can play both the fisherman and the gangster.

After the "Hurry Up" project was announced, many first-line actors' management teams approached them and wanted to cooperate.

Fang Xing also auditioned for many first-line actors, but none of them were satisfactory.

In the end, it was Zhou Jitao who relied on his connections to find actors with solid acting skills to audition, and even found a professor at the Donghai Film Academy to audition for the film.

Only then did I find Xu Zhiwen.

…

After Xu Zhiwen got the script of "Hurry", he went back to read it that night.

Having been engaged in acting for half his life, he knows the script very well.

Therefore, he can see how important Gao Qiqiang's character is in this script.

He liked the script very much, and his passion for acting was ignited just by reading the script.

However, he could also see that this script was very sensitive and full of red lines. Without the endorsement of the superior department, it would not have been possible to film.

If Fang Xing expected it to be true, Xu Zhiwen doesn't have an agent.

The next day, he personally took a taxi to Ark Culture, finalized the schedule with the assistant director of the crew, and signed a contract.

Because Xu Zhiwen is not well-known, his salary in the entertainment industry is basically a fraction of that of popular stars.

Therefore, Fang Xing offered him a very generous salary, without any counter-offer, and signed the contract directly for 1.5 million.

In comparison, the appearance fee for those traffic stars is two to three million.

Therefore, Fang Xing has always been very generous to actors who have acting skills but are not well paid.

After all, Ark Culture's dramas never hire popular stars, so the tens of millions of dollars saved can be used to hire many veteran actors like Xu Zhiwen.

…

After finalizing the actor for "Gao Qiqiang", the crew continued to audition for other roles.

Each of the main characters in this drama has high expectations for their acting skills.

Chen Shuting, Xu Jiang, Meng Dehai, Uncle Tai, and Li Youtian are all veteran actors.

Therefore, the crew had a very tight preparation time and interviewed many actors every day.

Moreover, even if the auditioned actors pass the casting director, they will be rejected by Fang Xing.

In order to invite actors, Fang Xing repeatedly went to the National Theater and the Military Art Center to look for actors. All he found were veteran actors.

If this drama hadn't been backed by a higher-level department, it wouldn't have been qualified to select actors like this.

As the preliminary preparations progress, the roles are gradually finalized.

In this drama, it is mainly the male actors who require explosive acting skills.

Relatively speaking, actresses are not so demanding.
To be continued...