Millennium director

Chapter 51 Fixed Angle

Chen Hong.

Diao Chan in the 1991 version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The adult Princess Taiping in "Ci of Daming Palace".

Fairy Chang'e in "Spring Splendid Zhu Bajie".

She has acted in many Qiong Yao dramas and is one of the most famous Qiong Yao girls.

She is undoubtedly a well-known actress in the film and television industry. She plays the role of love and resentment in Qiong Yao dramas, and has a charming appearance in costume dramas. She is also famous for her good temperament.

Putting aside her personal feelings, from the perspective of image and temperament, Chen Hong undoubtedly fits Wu Yuan's vision of the heroine in "The Embalmer".

In fact, she did become a good wife and mother after marrying Chen Kaige.

In two years' time, she will fully transform into a producer. Starting from "The Promise", she will be Director Kego's wife and fully support her husband's work both professionally and at home.

In fact, now she has focused her work on director Ke Ge. In Ke Ge's new movie "With You", Chen Hong became the producer and star, and she also sacrificed her image to play an escort girl. .

This is why Wu Yuan was so surprised to see Chen Hong come to the audition.

In his memory, it seems that starting from "With You", Chen Hong stopped taking outside roles in the next few years and only made movies directed by Kege.

Unexpectedly, she came to audition for "The Embalmer".

"Lao Chen's filming of "With You" is almost finished, and my role has been completed."

Chen Hong smiled warmly and explained in a very gentle tone: "I heard that Director Wu's new movie is recruiting audition actors, so I wanted to give it a try, and Lao Chen also supported me.

Chen Hong's words were very appropriate, but the real situation was not like that.

In fact, she had no intention of auditioning for "The Embalmer". It was Chen Kaige who suggested she give it a try.

Director Kego, I guess, has a rather arrogant personality.

Born in a family of intellectuals in Xicheng, Beijing, he was influenced by art since he was a child. Later, he was successfully admitted to the film academy. At the age of 28, he debuted in the film "Yellow Earth" and won a foreign award.

It can be said that his life is on the easy level from the beginning, and he is a noble man.

Therefore, he looked down upon the directors who were of similar status to him. He always felt that their talents were average and they relied solely on hard work and were not as good as him.

He prefers geniuses like himself!

There is no doubt that Wu Yuan is such a genius that Chen Kaige admires very much.

Born in a family of intellectuals in Dongcheng, Beijing, he was admitted to the Film Academy at a young age and was his direct junior!

His debut film won awards at foreign film festivals. Although the artistry is not as good as "Yellow Earth", it is still worthy of praise. He was only 18 years old when he made this film!

In Chen Kaige's eyes, Wu Yuan is his second self!

Another talented director who became famous at a young age!

He admired Wu Yuan very much and felt that he was like me!

So when he heard that Wu Yuan's new movie was an art film that was competing for awards, and that it still lacked a heroine, he immediately persuaded his wife to audition.

In Chen Kaige's view, his wife is naturally good at anything. If she can play the heroine in his junior's movie, she will definitely add a lot of color to his movie and support his junior!

In fact, Director Kego's idea is indeed correct.

At least the heroine of "The Embalmer" is really suitable for Chen Hong.

When Wu Yuan finished watching Chen Hong's audition performance, he slapped his thigh and felt satisfied.

Chen Hong has both the gentle temperament of a Jiangnan girl and the tough character of a northern girl, gentle but not cowardly, tough but not sharp.

And her face matches the leading actor Zhang Guorong very well.

That is to say, when two people stand together, they will have a sense of intimacy, and even have a little bit of a husband-and-wife look.

Because their faces are very similar, they are both bigger at the top and smaller at the bottom, with round chins and an oval face!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan asked with a smile: "Teacher Chen Hong, if you join the group, you will have to experience life with the group for two months and shoot for one and a half months. Is this schedule okay?"

"No problem, I don't have any work arrangements for the next year." Chen Hong replied with a smile.

Among the many actors who came to audition today, she is the one with the least time on schedule. After all, she is transitioning to being a producer and no longer acting.

"Okay, let's discuss it again. If there is confirmed news, we will notify you as soon as possible."

"OK."

Chen Hong still looked dignified and elegant, and left the audition room with a smile.

"Why, have you fallen in love with her?" Han Dong chuckled, and the admiration on Wu Yuan's face was completely undisguised.

Wu Yuan nodded: "Yes, Sister Chen Hong is indeed very suitable."

"Let's look at the other actors left. If there is no one more suitable than her, then it will be Sister Chen Hong."

The entire casting audition for "The Embalmer" lasted three days.

In the end, the heroine Lin Mei decided on Chen Hong. Among all the actors who came to audition, she was the most suitable.

Another secretary, Xiao Wei, who needs a young actor to play, has decided to play Sun Li, Huang Lei's future wife.

In the absence of Zhou Xun's schedule, Si Dan Shuang Bing is not suitable for the role of secretary Xiao Wei.

This character is positioned as a pistachio, but also a caring little girl. It was only through her persuasion that the male protagonist gave up his past feud with his father.

Sun Li looks more like Xiao Jia Biyu, so she is best suited to play the caring sister who is responsible for enlightening people.

The male protagonist’s boss, the master who introduced him to the career of an embalmer, finally decided to play the role of teacher Li Xuejian.

There's nothing good to say about the veteran actor. As long as the image suits him, he can definitely play this role well.

The only difficult choice was the role of the bathhouse owner in the script.

This role requires an actress over 60 years old to play. She is responsible for the entire bathhouse affairs alone. She gave the male protagonist a lot of encouragement and support when he was new to the job of an undertaker and was very confused and wasted. .

At the end of the movie, she passed away unexpectedly. The male protagonist, who calmly accepted and understood the job of an embalmer, paid her a final farewell as a relative. He also did his best for this movie and the profession of an embalmer. The most profound interpretation.

The role is pretty good, but the actor is hard to find.

This is 2001, not 2020. There are not that many "professional grandmothers" on the market, and the first batch of popular film and television actors are only 40-50 years old.

To find this kind of actress who is over 60 years old and has sufficiently superb acting skills, casting a wide net alone will not suffice.

To find such actors, you have to go to major domestic drama troupes to find them.

With the help of Director Han, Wu Yuan almost visited several major domestic drama troupes before selecting two actresses he was satisfied with.

One is teacher Wu Yanshu from Shanxi Repertory Theater, and the other is teacher Lu Zhong from Humanities Arts.

The former has worked as a drama actor in Shanxi Repertory Troupe all his life and will retire at the age of 65 in two years.

In his dream, Wu Yuan actually saw some of her film and television works after her retirement. She was very good. She only started acting in TV series when she was 70 years old, specializing in playing the image of a kind and kind grandmother.

Characters like Tang Xiuyi who was doted on by her grandfather in "BJ Meets Seattle", the country grandma in "Love and Dating", Grandma Jiang in "Golden Years", Grandma Xie in "Where the Wind Goes" and so on. It was her contribution.

Teacher Lu Zhong is also an excellent actor. Later, she played Wu Zetian in the "Detective Di Renjie" series, and her acting skills were very good.

However, after comprehensive consideration, Wu Yuan still chose Teacher Wu Yanshu. After all, the bathhouse owner was a kind and enthusiastic old woman.

It took less than half a month to finally decide on the actor for the main role.

After signing contracts with the actors, Zhang Guorong, who Wu Yuan had been waiting for for a long time, also completed all the work at hand, freeing up the schedule for the next six months.

After receiving Zhang Guorong at the Beijing International Airport and gathering the main actors of the crew, Wu Yuan immediately took them on a nationwide funeral parlor experience tour!