There are many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars who came to audition this time, including big stars with box office appeal, such as Chow Yun-fa of Xiangjiang.

According to Jiang Zhiqiang, Zhou Runfa was willing to reduce his salary to 500,000 US dollars just to star in Li An's new film.

The purpose of doing this is obvious, and his goal is Hollywood.

Working hard in the Xiangjiang film and television industry for many years, having experienced great success, and having experienced a down-and-out time known as a box office poison. At this time, Chow Runfa was one of the top stars in Xiangjiang.

After winning the Best Actor Awards for the Film Awards many times, he felt that there was no room for growth in Hong Kong, so he turned to Hollywood.

Especially after Cheng Long and Li Lianjie succeeded in Hollywood one after another, they became even more determined to make his idea stronger.

However, Hollywood is not easy to mess with.

Chow Runfa cannot take on big-produced films in Hollywood, and Hollywood film companies will not easily allow Chinese actors to play the leading role in big-investment movies, which is too risky.

Several films he starred in were average in box office and received mediocre responses.

It can be said that Chow Runfa encountered setbacks in his Hollywood journey. This time he came to Beijing to get along with Li An and pave the way for his career in Hollywood.

If it was an ordinary mainland crew, Chow Runfa was willing to star in the role, and the director and investors were too happy, so they must have taken a plane to Xiangjiang overnight to negotiate with Chow Runfa.

There is no way, stars like Chow Runfa and Liu Dehua have box office appeal in the mainland.

People who were in the same era as Lin Zixuan grew up watching Hong Kong movies. They would also go to the theater to watch movies just for nostalgia, not to mention the new generation of star-chasing people. The four kings are treated as superstars in the mainland.

But Li An is not an ordinary director, and Lin Zixuan is not interested in going to Xiangjiang.

Times have changed, and the glorious years of the Xiangjiang film industry have come to an end.

Some people don’t feel the changes, and want to squeeze into the Xiangjiang movie circle, thinking that being in Xiangjiang is better than being in the mainland, and meeting a few Xiangjiang stars makes them special.

Such people will sooner or later be eliminated and will not find their own place.

Chow Runfa's trip was quite low-key and did not want to attract media attention because the result of this audition was not sure. He knew that his biggest competitor was Director Chen, an influential actor in the mainland.

If Li An is sure to play him, Chow Runfa doesn't mind chatting with the media.

Since the audition for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", mainland entertainment media have become active. Assuming the list of actors, reporters have been waiting for the hotel where Li An stays.

This is a good thing, so I will promote the movie in advance.

During the filming of the movie, Haomeng Company will also expose news one after another, and continue to be popular on the film.

Currently, Li Mubai's role is only Chow Runfa and Chen Daoming compete.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Li Lianjie had contact with him. Because of the pay issue, Li Lianjie's salary in Hollywood was 10 million US dollars. Even if he reduced his value in Chinese films, it would not be less than three million US dollars.

The newspapers are divided into two factions, one faction supports Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

They believe that Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are authentic enough to star in martial arts films, and mainland actors are too serious to act as historical films.

Some star-chasing people think that Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are better than mainland actors, and like Hong Kong movies.

Another faction supports mainland actors and thinks that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a mainland martial arts novel, so mainland actors should be used.

Everyone is not sure what kind of martial arts film Li An is going to shoot. Their inherent concept is that it is the kind of film from Xiangjiang.

In addition to Zhou Runfa, another big star is Yang Ziqiong.

Yang Ziqiong is a famous martial arts star. She is one of the best actresses in Hong Kong. Her film pay for filming in Hollywood is 2.5 million US dollars, and she also costs 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars to film in Hong Kong.

This time, her salary was reduced to 400,000 US dollars for the role of Yu Xiulian.

In order to work with Hollywood directors, they are all willing to sacrifice their pay because they know that as long as they become famous in Hollywood, the amount of money they lose can be earned back in minutes.

If it weren't for Yu Feihong, Li An would have signed Yang Ziqiong long ago.

He thought that using martial arts movies to fight stars is more interesting, and he even had the idea of ​​gathering all the famous fight stars in Hong Kong in the film.

Fortunately, the funds for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are not so sufficient, otherwise I would not know what whimsical thoughts Li An would have.

This is how the director is. He always feels that the money is not enough and there are still many ideas that cannot be tried.

Li An’s first feature film only cost 480,000 US dollars, and his latest Hollywood movie spent 35 million US dollars. In fact, you can spend as much money as you give him.

Therefore, the crew needs producers and producers to prevent directors from overspending.

Actor audition is a tedious process. The greater the investment, the stricter the audition of a movie project, and you must be responsible for your investment.

A small-cost movie with an investment of 2 million yuan can easily be confirmed. The investment of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" exceeds 80 million yuan, so naturally it cannot be played by itself.

Auditions for large-scale films are generally divided into three rounds.

The first round is the primary election, which mainly depends on the basic skills of the actors. Those who have poor psychological qualities and lack experience in acting will be defeated first.

The second round is a re-election. The actors have to perform a long plot to see the actors’ plasticity and whether they are suitable for the role.

The third round is the final election. At this time, you have to stylist, put on makeup, put on costumes, take photos, see if you are on camera, whether you have the temperament of the protagonist, and play with other actors.

This is a very strict process. It is not enough to just chat with the director. Unless you are a superstar, you will be treated like that.

For the role of Li Mubai, the first two rounds can be cancelled and they can directly enter the final selection stage.

Zhou Runfa and Chen Daoming each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Chow Runfa has made movies in Hollywood and has a certain popularity in the United States. Director Chen is familiar with the plot and has better acting skills.

This does not mean that Chow Runfa has no acting skills. The stars in Xiangjiang generally have not received professional performance education. Most of them are from TV station artist training classes.

The artist training class of Xiangjiang TV is quite famous, and the academic system is basically about half a year.

I learned the basics of performance in the first three months, and went to the TV station for an internship in the next three months, which was actually a supporting role.

In a society like Xiangjiang where efficiency is paramount, it is good to be able to learn theoretical knowledge for three months, but what can be learned in three months is not ideal.

Xiangjiang stars have more acting skills developed during their later participation in film and television dramas, so these big stars in Xiangjiang have not had very good acting skills in early TV dramas.

Some of them are getting better and better by honing their acting skills, while others are constantly stopping.

For example, before Liang Chaowei met Wang Jiawei, his acting skills could only be said to be quite good, but he only grew up under Wang Jiawei's training.

Anyway, idol stars are doing well in Xiangjiang, but not many people pay attention to their acting skills.

Chow Runfa's acting skills are pretty good in Xiangjiang, but compared with an actor like Director Chen, who came from a professional class in the Beijing Theatre Academy and has been polished for many years, it seems inferior.
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