Chatty Hollywood

It takes a genius to remember the address of this website in one second: (Dianping Chinese), the fastest updates! No ads! "When the little girl waved her magic wand, the feathers on the table really floated up!"

After the day's audition, Alexis said excitedly,

"Charlotte, could it be that the wand you made can not only choose the most suitable actor by yourself, but also actually release magic?"

"How can it be!?"

Charlotte scoffed;

"If magic was so easy to master, how could there be science in this world? - It was just brought about by the wind of her waving sleeves."

"..."

——Okay, this explanation is very scientific.

The old gun next to him listened to Charlotte's answer with embarrassment and glanced at today's audition results record.

"Harry Potter and Ron Weasley haven't appeared yet, but Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom have. It's just—"

Lao Qiang looked at the photo of the little girl in his hand and frowned.

"I admit that the little girl Emma Watson is very similar to Hermione Granger in some books, who is smart and cautious, but her age..."

"This is indeed a problem."

Charlotte also had a headache.

He really didn't expect that the wand he made by borrowing a small amount of magic accumulated from the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to choose an actor would actually cast Emma Watson as Hermione Granger again. .

"Is this considered destiny?"

For a moment, Charlotte could only sigh like this.

"But having said that, the child chosen by the wand to play Neville Longbottom seems to be only 9 years old - although his personal image and performance are very similar to Neville in the book, but..."

Lao Qiang pondered for a moment,

"Charlotte, is there any loophole in the way you use a magic wand to select actors, which results in the children selected being too young?"

"Well..."

Charlotte was stunned, he frowned and thought for a while,

"Normally, it has nothing to do with age, unless -"

"Unless what?"

"Unless among the chosen ones, those with better magical talents will be favored by magic instinct...ah, I understand!"

Charlotte clapped her hands together,

"So that's what happened!"

"What's going on? Can you explain it?"

Lao Qiang asked.

"certainly."

Charlotte nodded,

"Before a person reaches the age of 10, his magic talent will be more obvious. Even if it is worse, it will still be better than those after the age of ten. So -"

"So the wands will focus on selecting children who are less than 10 years old under the influence of your so-called magic power!?"

Lao Qiang understood,

"Is this a loophole? Can it be adjusted? If we don't adjust it, most of the young actors we select later will be under 10 years old. In this case-"

"The children will generally be on the younger side and may not meet the 11-year-old admission standard for Hogwarts in Rowling's books..."

Charlotte knew what Lao Qiang was worried about. This was indeed a problem. However, he felt that if one strictly followed the standards in Rowling's book and chose children aged 10 to 11, there would seem to be some problems——

"The movie "The Philosopher's Stone" is okay, but if we really want to make "Harry Potter" into a movie series, the filming speed of subsequent sequels may be difficult to keep up with the growth rate of the young actors!"

Charlotte expressed her worries, and neither Old Gun nor Alexis could do anything about this problem.

——This can be said to be inevitable!

In fact, in Charlotte's original world, the "Harry Potter" series, which took eight movies, encountered this embarrassment——

First, when filming the second "Secret Room", we had to rush the filming because the young actor was in the period of changing his voice, which resulted in the production not being sophisticated enough;

then,

By the time the third film "Prisoner of Azkaban" was filmed, the "Gryffindor Golden Triangle" had already begun puberty because European and American races had an earlier developmental period.

According to the setting in Rowling's book, Harry Potter's rapid growth actually had to wait until the beginning of the fourth "Goblet of Fire";

——Although Daniel, who plays Harry Potter, is not too tall due to his natural physical condition, it does not fit the story after all.

As for the subsequent films, the shooting speed could not keep up with the development speed of the young actors.

By the time of the fifth film, the crew simply broke the rules and no longer followed the convention of one film a year, instead one film every two years.

Of course, this isn't really a big deal.

After all, based on the growth and development characteristics of European and American races, once the rapid growth period is passed, the age gap is not easy to see from the face and size.

——This is also the reason why many flower masters in North America will be frightened by the girl's "I'm not 16 years old" afterwards, and finally have to break the bank to avoid disaster.

——Those well-developed girls really can’t tell! !

——At this age, even if the other party is voluntary, it will be treated as compulsory...

In short, by the time of the fourth "Goblet of Fire" and subsequent plots, it was no longer a problem that the filming could not keep up with the development of the actors.

——The audience can’t see it anyway.

But before, there was some trouble.

In particular, there is a major difference between Charlotte's version of the "Harry Potter" series and the "Harry Potter" series in his original world.

——He does not plan to continue directing this series, but plans to sell this series to Warner and other major studios for operation after the release of "Philosopher's Stone".

This means that it is difficult to guarantee that the interval between "Philosopher's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets" will be within one year.

Because he has to wait until the box office results of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" are released before he can determine the bottom line and bargaining chips for negotiating with major studios.

This means that when everything is settled, it is estimated that at least half a year will pass, and the remaining time will at most be enough for subsequent producers to film.

But there is absolutely no time for post-production, let alone all kinds of publicity work.

If Charlotte was the kind of person who said, "I won't care about the flood after I die," and he would completely withdraw from the "Harry Potter" series, he would not care about this problem.

But the problem is, first of all, although he wants to make money from the "Harry Potter" series, he doesn't want to destroy the series.

——After all, this series can also be said to be his childhood memories as it is considered a memory before time travel.

Secondly, he plans to sell this series to a major studio for production after "The Philosopher's Stone", mostly to strengthen promotion efforts.

——He himself still wants to make some money by riding along.

——So, he will not quit completely, at least he will retain part of the investment quota and a producer status.

In this case, he needs to think about the future of the "Harry Potter" series——

Choosing young actors who fit the age of the book, 10 to 11 years old, will cause difficulty in filming later in the series. Compared with the "Harry Potter" series in Charlotte's original world, it will not be able to keep up with the growth rate of the actors;

By choosing actors under 10 years old, the previous problem was solved, but in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," the first film he is going to film, the actors will be significantly younger.

——This is not conducive to the final effect of the movie.

"Now or in the future, this is another multiple-choice question!"

Charlotte sighed to herself.

Ordinarily, from his standpoint, the choice is more reliable now.

——After all, we can still think of solutions to the following problems, but if the first part of the series "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" fails, then everything that follows will be lost.

However, Charlotte realized that she had another way——

"I know magic!!"