During the casting process for the drama "You Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red, and Thin", Fang Xing was very strict about his acting skills.

Not only the leading actors, but several elder roles are also very demanding.

In particular, the heroine's grandmother "Old Lady of the Sheng Family" needs an experienced artist with superb acting skills to play the role.

There is also the heroine's aunt "Wang Ruofu", who also needs very pleasing acting skills.

The selection of these important roles is even more difficult than the selection of the male and female protagonists.

If Fang Xing hadn't been familiar with actors from the National Theater, casting for these roles would have been really difficult.

Fang Xing actually already had a target for the role of "Old Lady of the Sheng Family" and planned to find Zheng Zhihua, who had previously collaborated with "Nirvana in Fire", to play the role.

However, it also depends on whether Zheng Zhihua is willing to take this role.

Fang Xing approached the director of the National Theater and asked him to take him to visit teacher Zheng Zhihua at her home and hand the script into her hands.

Since they had collaborated before and Fang Xing came to visit her at home in person, Zheng Zhihua was very happy and promised to read the script as soon as possible and give her a reply as soon as possible.

Zheng Zhihua is old, and it is inconvenient to wear reading glasses to read the script.

Therefore, she actually rarely takes roles anymore.

However, if an acquaintance comes looking for her, she will still ask her granddaughter to come over and read the script to her.

A week passed.

Fang Xingcai received a call from Zheng Zhihua's granddaughter, saying that her grandma had agreed to take on the drama.

Once you decide on the candidate for "Old Lady of the Sheng Family", the subsequent casting will be much simpler.

…

Because some of the roles have been preliminarily determined to be played by Ark Culture’s own artists, and some are actors who have collaborated with them.

Fang Xing has basically worked with these actors, so he knows their acting skills well.

However, the audition still needs to be carried out to ensure that there are no problems before the film contract can be signed.

It's no surprise that these actors are basically cast, and the auditions are basically just a formality.

Fang Xing spent a day concentrating on auditioning these actors, and then asked the company's legal department to discuss the film contract.

Next.

The large-scale auditions for "Do you know, it should be green, fat, red and thin" have officially begun.

As before, rent a venue outside the film and television base and arrange auditions.

Some of the actors who were invited to audition were still filming in the crew. The venue was arranged outside the film and television base, which would be much more convenient.

The actors invited to audition have all screened their resumes in advance.

Fang Xing only got the screened resume the day before, took a cursory look at it, and officially started the audition.

nine in the morning.

After the audition venue was set up, Fang Xing sat behind the desk and continued to look through his resume.

This time, Fang Xing did not sit in the middle, but sat next to the long table.

Because the directors of this drama are Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao, and Fang Xing is the producer. Although they have a higher say, they still want to give them more autonomy.

When inviting actors to audition, they all agree on a rough time, come according to the time, and then audition in order.

In order to facilitate auditions, when making appointments, the casting director will try to gather the actors auditioning for the same role in one time period as much as possible.

The role of the audition in the morning was "Wang Ruofu", the aunt of the Sheng family, so the actresses who came in were all in their thirties or forties.

The first actress to audition was also an old acquaintance of Fang Xing.

Liu Minxiu walked into the audition room and said hello: "Hello directors, I am Liu Minxiu."

After saying that, she blinked at Fang Xing.

Fang Xing quickly joked: "Hello, Sister Mingjing."

Liu Minxiu is the actor who played the eldest sister "Ming Jing" when they collaborated in "The Pretender".

Fang Xing played her brother in "The Pretender".

So the two have a very good relationship. When they meet at events, they both like to joke with each other.

Liu Minxiu waved her hands and said with a smile: "Today is an audition, so you have to be serious."

When filming The Pretender, Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao were both assistant directors, so the people in this room were all old friends.

Fang Xing thought about it and asked, "Sister, have you read the audition script?"

Actors invited to audition are provided with a few pages of scripts that highlight the character's personality, so that the actor can get a feel for the role.

Liu Minxiu nodded and replied: "I've seen it, let's talk about it. How to act?"

Fang Xing rubbed his chin and said, "But Sister Ming Jing is too intellectual and smart. Is it okay to play a straight-faced and a bit silly character?"

In fact, when Fang Xing saw Liu Minxiu's resume, he felt that she did not fit the image of "Wang Ruofu".

Of course, the image can be adjusted through makeup.

Liu Minxiu was very relaxed and said, "Let's try it first."

Fang Xing nodded, turned out a page of the script and handed it over, saying: "Okay, you try this scene. When asked to scold Lin Sushuang, you're a bitch, the audience was very relieved to hear it.

To that extent.”

"Wang Ruofu" is the aunt of the Sheng family. She looks very strong, comes from a famous family, and is relatively kind-hearted.

Before getting married, "Wang Ruofu" was pampered, so he didn't have much money, he was a straight man, and he didn't know how to capture a man's heart, so he fought with his concubine "Lin Sushuang" for more than ten years and was always at a disadvantage.

Generally speaking, this character's image is a bit silly, tough on the surface, and he is right to scold his husband for spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife, but he always falls into the trap.

When playing such a character, one must have a sense of stupidity, but also be so stupid that the audience likes it. Especially when calling the vicious female supporting role a "bitch", the scolding must be enjoyable and make the audience feel relieved.

There is no problem with Liu Minxiu's acting skills, but her screen image is that of a smart and capable "Sister Ming Jing". It is more difficult to transform into a somewhat naive "Wang Ruofu".

Liu Minxiu read the script, tried it, pointed at the wall and cursed: "Lin Sushuang, you bitch!"

Scolding is fun, but the problem is...

After Fang Xing read it, she felt like she could go up and tear "Lin Sushuang" apart.

There is no way, Liu Minxiu is still suitable to play the kind of smart, capable, fierce and courageous role.

After the audition, Fang Xing thought about it and said, "Sister, you are still too smart and capable."

After hearing this, Liu Minxiu joked: "Really, it's wrong to be smart."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "How can the eldest sister make mistakes? It's all my fault." Fang Xing quickly laughed.

"Okay, next time there is a smart and capable role, be sure to leave it to me." Liu Minxiu joked and left the audition room.

Next, I auditioned several more actresses.

Some are more than silly, but lack acting skills.

Some acting skills are okay, but the image is not consistent.

In some cases, the understanding of the character is too different from what Fang Xing wants.

After auditioning six actors, it was already half past eleven.

Fang Xing asked: "How many are left?"

The casting director looked through the remaining resumes and replied, "There are three left."

"After the audition, let's arrange to have lunch." Fang Xing said.

The staff went out to call the next actor to audition.

Soon, the seventh actress walked in. She was thirty-seven or eighteen years old. She didn't wear makeup, so she could tell a little bit about her age.

When an actress reaches this age, even if she takes good care of herself, she will still leave traces of time.

"Hello directors, my name is Liu Ling." He sent his resume to every director.

Fang Xing took a look at his resume and saw that he had acted in many TV series, but most of them were supporting roles.

Among his past works, he has written more than a dozen TV series.

"Very rich performance experience." Fang Xing gave the first comment.

"Yes, I have acted in many movies, but they were all minor supporting roles." Liu Ling nodded and showed a rather silly smile.

Fang Xing raised his eyebrows when he saw her smile. He didn't know whether she showed it deliberately after trying to figure out the character's personality, or whether she was smiling like this from the beginning.

Since you are curious, just ask directly:

"Do you usually laugh like this? Or have you already fallen into a drama?"

Liu Ling nodded quickly and replied: "I smiled specifically according to the character's condition. I would usually be more casual."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "This smile is quite in line with the character's personality. Since you have already entered the role, you should know what kind of role you are auditioning for.

"Basically all the actors auditioning today played this scene."
To be continued...