Chapter 1290 Audition
In addition to Teacher Li Xuejian, other actors arrived in Chuncheng one after another before the afternoon.
Du Wei was accompanied by her sister Du Fei, and Liu Ye was accompanied by Xie Jing. Huang Bo and Tang Wei arrived alone by plane. Both teachers, Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo, each brought an assistant.
Liu Ye came early. Although he and Xie Jing were both front-line in the entertainment industry in the future, the young couple at this time were full of humility and caution everywhere.
Li Mu is not a fan of Liu Ye, nor is he a fan of Xie Jing. If possible, he hopes that Liu Ye's role will be played by a powerful actor with sufficient acting skills and experience. Unfortunately, this role must be younger, just like Leonardo in the Titanic, must be very young. Among young actors in the mainland, it is probably very difficult to find a more comprehensive situation than Liu Ye.
Liu Ye and Xie Na both had absolute respect when facing Li Mu, Spielberg, and other seniors. This humble attitude made Li Mu relatively satisfied.
Su Yingxue's cousin Wang Xinran was accompanied by her mother Su Yuehua from Yanjing. Su Yuehua was not very relieved to let Wang Xinran fly from Yanjing to Chuncheng alone, so she deliberately asked for leave and wanted to stay in Chuncheng with her until the press conference ended.
Coincidentally, the flight that Wang Xinran and her mother Su Yuehua chose was the same as the sisters Du Wei and Du Fei. Although they were in different cabins, the four of them took the staff car to the hotel from the airport when they landed.
Wang Xinran was particularly excited along the way. Although the school will start tomorrow, she deliberately asked for leave from her teacher. This time, Li Mu invited her to participate in "The Flying Tigers", which was a great joy for her. Originally, because she successfully played the second female lead in "Those Years", she had already gathered some popularity and fame in the film and television industry, and was the envy of all the students in the film and television department in the film school.
This time, Wang Xinran did not reveal the news that she was going to participate in "Flying Tigers" to others besides her parents and relatives, but she was also somewhat vain in her heart. She knew that she came to the press conference this time to wait for the crew to announce the news of herself and other actors participating in the performance to the public, so she didn't have to wait for herself to return to Yanjing, and the students of the Film Academy would definitely know it.
If you think about it carefully, I am afraid that no one of them is lucky for the current performance students in the film school. They played the second female lead in a record-breaking box office movie before they entered the school. Now they have the opportunity to participate in such a highly-watched century blockbuster. I believe everyone will envy their luck, but they would never dream of their idol Li Mu, who was fascinated all day long, is actually the boyfriend of his sister.
Unlike the excited Wang Xinran, Du Wei did not have much excitement or excitement in the movie. Although countless actresses were eager to be crazy about the role, for her, what she thought of was basically Li Mu’s trust and preference for him. In short, if Li Mu asked him to act, he would act well and not let him down.
When the four arrived, the other actors had already arrived. Li Mu arranged everyone in the hotel's multimedia hall. Spielberg wanted to meet everyone one by one here and explain to you some of the filming plans and core points of the movie to you. At the same time, he also gave each actor a simple audition with his assistant.
All Chinese actors were selected by Li Mu. Although Spielberg rarely divides the power of casting actors, he cooperates with Li Mu after all, and he makes a very large principle of giving in. He will not think of changing the roles chosen by Li Mu, but as a director, he must also have some understanding of the acting status of each actor. Therefore, although this audition does not matter whether everyone is staying or not, it is about everyone's image in Spielberg's mind.
Wang Xinran was particularly happy to see Li Mu. She hadn't seen Li Mu for a long time. She knew that Li Mu was a busy person and ran around all day long. It was not easy for her sister to see him, let alone herself.
Li Mu also greeted Wang Xinran very enthusiastically, but did not forget Su Yuehua next to her, and said politely: "Aunt Su, you are here too."
"Yes." Su Yuehua said with a smile: "I was worried about Xinran going out alone and even asked for leave deliberately. If I had known Du Fei and Du Wei and the others were on the same flight, I would not have come."
Li Mu looked at Du Fei and Du Wei who came in with him and asked curiously: "Did you come on the same flight?"
Du Fei nodded and smiled, "Xiaowei and I were chatting after boarding the plane, and Xinran and aunt came in."
Du Wei and Wang Xinran have worked together in a drama. They have been familiar with each other and are friends. However, this time Li Mu has always kept the cast secret, so they both abide by the secrets and neither of them asked each other. However, they were not surprised when they met on the plane. They both thought it was natural for Li Mu to invite each other to join the movie.
Li Mu smiled and said to Du Wei and Wang Xinran: "You two may have to take a lot of leave this semester. After our press conference is over, you have to communicate with the school in advance. If you fail the final exam, I will be speechless in facing Aunt Su and Du Fei."
Su Yuehua said: "This movie is so meaningful, it will definitely be a lifelong gain for the children. It doesn't matter if they delay class. Just let the two children read more books and learn by themselves while filming."
Wang Xinran said: "Mom, you are going to exhaust your daughter to death. You have to read books and learn by yourself during filming..."
Su Yuehua smiled and said, "I just said that, but I didn't expect you to really see it."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Come on, let me introduce to you first. Director Spielberg of Hollywood. This time, the cooperation with Director Spielberg is just the beginning of Makino Yingxiang's cooperation with Hollywood. In the future, the company will cooperate in depth with Director Spielberg and the Hollywood production team, so you two must work hard to leave a good impression on Director Spielberg. In the future, he may not invite you to film in Hollywood."
Du Wei nodded obediently, with no big surprise on her expression, but Wang Xinran was shocked by Li Mu's words and nodded excitedly.
Spielberg is a master that the entire film school admires very much from students to professors. It is an extremely honor to be able to work with him. If he really has the opportunity to be invited by him to make a movie in Hollywood, even a supporting role in the fifth-tier film will be enough to make him wake up from his sleep.
Then, Spielberg used his own courseware to tell everyone in detail the plot, style, vision and character positioning of the movie "Flying Tigers". After explaining many details in the movie clearly, he began to hand over the script clips he had selected to the corresponding actors to prepare for audition.
Spielberg's assistant set up a camera and prepared to record the entire process of each person's audition. As the director, Spielberg needs to constantly study the characteristics of these actors, their advantages and disadvantages, and consider a complete set of shooting plans for everyone.
The first person to start the audition was Teacher Chen Daoming. He didn't have many scenes. The audition was a clip of Principal Jiang's passionate way of conveying instructions to his subordinates when he decided to develop the National Army Air Force.
There was no partner during the audition, and everyone performed the clips in his hands towards the air and the camera. The difficulty was greater than that of real filming. However, the old actor was the old actor. After he repeatedly pondered the script several times, he stood in front of the camera and immersed in the performance. After one time, Spielberg raised his thumbs up and praised in English: "It's very good. If it was a real filming, this one should be passed once."
Then came Teacher Chen Baoguo and Teacher Li Xuejian passed it all over again without exception, especially Teacher Li Xuejian's performance, which made Spielberg's expression involuntarily amazed for a moment.
Compared with these old actors, the performances of other young actors are relatively weaker. Among them, Huang Bo, the best performer is. Spielberg only corrected it once, and his performance has passed Spielberg's assessment.
Du Wei, Tang Wei, and Wang Xinran are always lacking in the atmosphere of the war era when performing. Fortunately, Spielberg patiently communicated with everyone through the translation for a long time, telling them how to grasp the characteristics of the war era in their hearts. The three of them are also actors with certain talent for acting, so Spielberg can basically satisfy them.
In Spielberg's words, today is just a brief contact. Although some people's acting skills are a little lacking, I believe that in the next few months of cooperation, he will definitely help everyone find that feeling. This is what he is good at and his responsibility as a director.
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Spielberg was quite satisfied with the actors as a whole, and even exceeded his original expectations, which also made Li Mu feel relieved.
After all, it is a big production carrying the image of the country and the nation. If Spielberg really thinks that any of the actors he chooses is not good, he can only grit his teeth and replace them, whether it is Du Wei, whom he has always favored or Liu Ye, who he thinks is very suitable for this image.
At 7:30 pm, the dinner begins.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the old Flying Tigers and their relatives had already returned to the hotel. The staff arranged for them to rest for two hours before they invited them to the banquet hall.
The highlight of this dinner is to let the actors meet the old heroes, pay tribute to them, and understand them, their stories, their memories of history, and their inner world during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After the old heroes took their seats, Li Mu took the hotel microphone and introduced to everyone: "Seniors, today our main Chinese actors from "Flying Tigers" have all arrived in Chuncheng. They all respect the old seniors without exception, so they also hope to formally express their respect to them. So before the dinner begins, all our cast members and all staff will pay tribute to you! "
As soon as the words came, the actors who had been waiting outside the banquet hall for a long time entered the venue in an order of age. When the oldest teacher Li Xuejian took the lead in the scene, many of the old Flying Tigers from China exclaimed: "It's Jiao Yulu!"
Chapter completed!