Like Zhang Ziyi, Gao Yuanyuan is also a big girl in Yanjing. She is also born in 1979. Since 1996, she has been discovered by an advertising company to become an advertising model and filmed a lot of advertisements. In 1997, she participated in her first movie "Love Malatang". However, she did not choose an art school, but was admitted to an ordinary school and is still studying.

The reason why Zhang Yimou chose Zhang Ziyi and Gao Yuanyuan was mainly because both of them had a pure and simple temperament, and they were the traditional beauty.

Zhang Ziyi has a little more heroic temperament, while Gao Yuanyuan has a more pure temperament. Zhang Yimou thinks both of them are very good, so he is not sure about it for a while.

"Director Zhang, I think Zhang Ziyi has more potential." Xia Tian suggested to Zhang Yimou, "because she is a student of the Central Academy of Drama, she has higher pursuits in performance.

However, Gao Yuanyuan chose to study in an ordinary college, which shows that in her heart, she did not put acting first. Her future achievements will naturally be limited."

Zhang Yimou also felt that it made sense when he heard Xia Tian say this.

The so-called attitude determines everything. There is nothing difficult in the world, I am afraid of those who are interested. Zhang Ziyi and Gao Yuanyuan have similar resumes. Both of them have filmed movies before, so it is natural to enter the entertainment industry.

But Zhang Ziyi chose to go to the Central Academy of Drama to further his studies, which was obviously because he had hope for performance and wanted to improve himself. This was a very good attitude.

However, Gao Yuanyuan chose to be admitted to an ordinary college. Although she still did not stop shooting commercials after going to school, it can be seen that she still has ideas about the entertainment industry, but her attitude is a bit negative.

Compared with the two, Zhang Ziyi is better able to achieve results.

"Mr. Xia, your opinion is really unique. I have never considered it from this perspective before." Zhang Yimou said admiringly, "After listening to your words, I have already thought it through and chose Zhang Ziyi."

"Well, congratulations to Director Zhang, you have selected a newcomer with great potential." Xia Tian smiled.

In fact, he did not have unique insights, but was deduced in reverse based on the results. In his previous life, Zhang Ziyi was a famous international star with first-class acting skills and the most prestigious among the four major double ice in China.

Although Gao Yuanyuan is known as the "national goddess" and is quite popular, it has to be said that what she is praised for is always her appearance and temperament, but her acting skills are a little awkward.

In the circle, it is always a beautiful vase. The four-dan and double-bing are basically required to have acting skills, popularity, and have a certain box office appeal, which is better than Gao Yuanyuan.

"It's better Mr. Xia's tip." Zhang Yimou also smiled.

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Zhang Ziyi was then selected by Zhang Yimou and became the heroine of the new film "My Father and Mother". In addition, the main configuration of the male lead Liu Ye and the supporting actor Chen Sicheng, and the main configuration of the crew of "My Father and Mother" is basically the same.

The announcement of this cast also made the crowd of people who were on the gossip. No one expected that this lineup would be so shabby. In addition to "The Condor Heroes", Chen Sicheng, who played Erkang, is considered a star, like Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye are simply a newcomer.

With Zhang Yimou's status in the domestic entertainment industry, even the biggest star is allowed to choose, so everyone can't figure out why Zhang Yimou wants to choose such a few people to film. It's really incredible.

However, outsiders watch the excitement, while those who are experts know how to do it. Only those who are experts understand that Zhang Yimou's casting is truly at the state of "not stagnating in things, grass, wood, bamboo and stone can be used as swords."

When an ordinary director casts a role, he wishes he was the better the bigger the star. Because he has no confidence in himself, he needs big-name stars to help him improve the box office and help him complete performances that he may not be able to guide.

But when he reached Zhang Yimou's realm, he could make good enough scenes and get a high enough box office without the support of the actors. So he had the courage to use newcomers.

After the list was announced, Liu Ye, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Sicheng and others became famous in the entertainment industry for a while, and their popularity quickly increased to an extremely high position.

On the one hand, Zhang Yimou, Xia Tian is so famous. This time, "My Father and Mother" is a work of the two who have joined forces, which is naturally particularly eye-catching.

It is really a great luck for the three of them to be lucky enough to star in this work. Moreover, as long as the three of them do not commit suicide in the future, they may become the second Gong Li and Jiang Wen, and their future will be bright.

On the one hand, Xia Tian also intends to make the three of them famous, so he specially asked the media for help in marketing. Chen Sicheng needs no need to say more, after the two plots of "My Fair Princess", he has become a well-known domestic male star.

However, if you want to successfully enter the film industry and convert your fame into box office, you still have a long way to go.

Back then, after Zhao Wei became famous for "Return of the Condor Heroes", he was favored by the film industry and starred in "Jade Guanyin", "Crafting Girlfriend", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", etc., but he was a mess and was called a "box office poison" and could not turn over for a long time.

Sun Li is the absolute leader in the mainland TV drama industry. She has a very high national popularity and a very good reputation. However, she has basically no achievements in the film industry and rarely has box office appeal.

Therefore, it was not easy for Chen Sicheng to transform from a TV star to a movie star. Back then, Zhou Runfa had been in decline for eight years, so he still needed to continue working hard.

This time, he starred in "My Father and Mother" and played a supporting role in it was a very good opportunity for him. Although he is the main actor, he is not the protagonist, so the box office pressure is not that great.

As long as he can show his good acting skills, even if the movie loses, it has nothing to do with him. As long as the industry insiders can attract his performance, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Liu Ye and Zhang Ziyi are both actors that Xia Tian admires very much.

Liu Ye has good acting skills. When he debuted, he won the first work "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", which made him nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the Golden Rooster Award. Moreover, because that movie won the Outstanding Feature Film Award at the Montreal International Film Festival, Liu Ye became slightly famous internationally.

The subsequent "Lan Yu" won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, which can be said to be a very important award in the industry.

It’s a pity that Liu Ye became famous too early. When he emerged, the Chinese entertainment industry was not yet developed. The film market was not popular and there were not many decent works a year, so good actors like Liu Ye couldn’t get many movies. Therefore, they started high and ended low, but were not as good as Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Chen Ling and others who rose later performed well. It’s a pity.

Zhang Ziyi is also a person with great potential. In her previous life, her achievements were second only to Gong Li, and she is one of the most powerful actresses in the mainland.
Chapter completed!