Chatty Hollywood

? "The casting of "Goblet of Fire"!?"

Charlotte was stunned. He had indeed not cared about the casting of the "Harry Potter" series for a long time.

"What roles do you have to choose this time?"

"a lot!"

David Heyman clasped his hands and counted,

"Not to mention adult figures such as Alastor Moody and Barty Crouch and his son, we only need to find senior British actors, which is relatively easy; Cedric Diggory, Qiu Chang And new little wizards like Fleur Delacour need to be cast publicly again, which is really a headache!"

"Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang!?"

Charlotte thought about it for a moment,

"I remember that these two characters appeared in the third film "Prisoner of Azkaban" in the original work, right?"

"Yes, but not an important person!"

David Heyman shrugged;

"So, when Chris was filming, he directly cut off these two characters!"

"But in the fourth film, these two characters, especially Cedric Diggory, have a very important role!"

"So we need to open the casting!"

David Heyman sighed,

"Actually, Cedric Diggory is not bad - there are so many people in the UK, it is quite easy to choose a handsome guy with good looks. We already have several alternatives - the problem is Qiu Zhang and Fleur ·The two characters of Delacour!”

"Any questions?"

Charlotte asked confused.

"We need a different style from British girls!"

David Heyman explains,

"According to Rowling's setting, Fleur Delacour is an extremely sexy French girl with Veela ancestry, while Cho Chang is of Chinese ancestry - this can actually be seen from her name. "

"So you want to choose a girl with French style and Chinese style?"

Charlotte somewhat understood what David Heyman meant,

"And got trapped?"

"Yes."

David Heyman said with a wry smile,

"I thought that when choosing among so many people, there should always be a suitable one, but -"

"Not ideal, right?"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"I can actually probably guess what the problem is."

"Yeah?"

But David Heyman became interested.

"Then let's have some fun - can you tell us your guess?"

"OK."

Charlotte held out a finger,

"Let's talk about Fleur Delacour first - according to the setting of Rowling's original work, this French girl of Veela descent has a very strong French femininity. But the problem is, the French woman has a somewhat smoky look. The unique temperament of Mei Xing smell is often stronger in adult women."

"——This requires the accumulation of time and social influence. After all, not every French girl is Sophie Marceau, who can act well in a movie like "The First Kiss" at the age of 14."

"..."

David Heyman looked at Charlotte with a ghostly look, which made the latter couldn't help but touch his face,

"What, did I say something wrong?"

"No!"

David Heyman quickly shook his head,

"You're so fucking right! I'm just curious - as a well-known good man in Hollywood, you probably haven't experienced the charm of so many girls personally, right? How come you are so clear-headed and skilled in this regard?"

"Because Charlize is of French-German descent!"

Charlotte smiled proudly,

"When needed, she has a strong sense of French femininity!"

"...Well, I don't want to know the specific time, and I don't want to hear you show off your wife here!"

David Heyman interrupted Charlotte angrily,

"Anyway, the casting director and I looked at thousands of girls who applied, and none of them gave me Fleur Delacour vibes."

"To be honest, I think this may be because Rowling made Fleur too beautiful - especially, according to her setting, that kind of beauty is caused by Veela blood. It has a fantasy color. How can we Find a girl like this in real life!"

"This is the kind of situation you may encounter when adapting fantasy works!"

Charlotte shrugged.

"I also encountered this situation when I accompanied Peter Jackson to cast Arwen Eveningstar - after all, that is the most beautiful elf! It is not a beauty that belongs to humans!"

"But you finally found Liv Tyler!"

David Heyman thinks Charlotte is just showing off.

"Although that girl's acting skills can only play the role of a vase, among the existing vases in Hollywood, she can be said to be the most beautiful - especially when you gave her a soft light bonus in the movie."

"You can do this too!"

"Then we have to find the right person first!"

David Heyman scratched his hair;

"I sometimes wish Sophie Marceau could be 20 years younger, or maybe your wife could be ten years younger!"

"... Even then, they both don't have British nationality!"

"Why do you care about British nationality at this time!!"

David Heyman is totally freaking out,

"In the end, it's not up to us - if it's really suitable, it won't be a problem to apply for British citizenship now!"

"...You are awesome!"

Charlotte couldn't say much to David Heyman, who suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"Then let's talk about another girl - Qiu Zhang!"

"..."

David Heyman said nothing, but weakly made a gesture of invitation.

"The Chinese ancestry in Qiu Zhang's character setting makes you hope to find a girl with a Chinese style - but there is a problem that many of us are aware of but turn a blind eye to."

"what is the problem?"

“Chinese people don’t agree with the image of Chinese beauties traditionally perceived by Europe and the United States—they even think it’s ugly!”

"yes!"

David Heyman smiled bitterly,

"Actually, senior Hollywood people like us naturally know that there is a certain difference between Eastern aesthetics and us - after all, we often pay attention to Hong Kong movies - but the problem is that the audience does not know, so before we could only Follow their habit of using girls who are not actually beautiful in the eyes of Chinese people to play oriental beauties, just like Lucy Liu in "Charlie's Angels"!"

"yes!"

As Charlotte, who lived on the other side of the Pacific before crossing over, this was naturally even more clear - he looked at David Heyman,

"And the reason why you are troubled, David, is because you want to choose a beautiful girl who can meet both Eastern and Western aesthetics and have a Chinese style, right?"

"yes!"

David Heyman looked at Charlotte;

"You are such a monster! - Who made China's film market, although not yet big, grow rapidly? There are still many more films in the "Harry Potter" series, and we need to prepare for the future."

"And then you got stuck in the middle of preparation?"

"yes!"

David Heyman said angrily,

"Since you can guess all the problems without me telling you, what can you do?"