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Wu Yuan had seen a video of AI face-changing on the video website Bilibili before.

This is a Marvel movie mashup video, in which the Marvel superheroes were replaced with Chinese actors' faces.

For example, Ge Daye's face was replaced with Loki's, Jiang Wen became Thor, Shen Teng became Tony Stark, and professional wizard Liu Haizhu became Doctor Strange...

Among them, the face of the Ancient One was replaced with Kara Hui's.

You really don't say it, there is really no sense of disobedience, it is simply a perfect match!

It is also because of this video, which was just a glimpse, but for a long time, when Wu Yuan thought of the Ancient One, he would think of Kara Hui's face

It's really a perfect match.

If the role of the Ancient One was still gender-changed to a female role this time, Wu Yuan would definitely choose Kara Hui to play it without hesitation.

Unfortunately, after his intervention in the script, the Ancient One is the same as in the comics, a Chinese white-bearded grandfather with a "secular name" called Yao.

In this case, Teacher Hui Yinghong is not suitable.

However, even if it is a male role, it can't be difficult for Wu Yuan.

In fact, after seeing the new version of the script, Wu Yuan immediately had an actor candidate - Teacher Li Xuejian!

In the early years of filming "Departures", Wu Yuan and Teacher Li Xuejian had a very pleasant cooperation.

There is no doubt that Teacher Li Xuejian is one of the best male actors in China, and now he is in line with the setting of the character of Ancient Master from his age to his facial features.

Just give him a simple makeup of white hair, white beard, and white eyebrows, and he will definitely have the mysterious demeanor and "highly respected" feeling of Ancient Master.

So when Marvel urged Wu Yuan to cast quickly, he called Teacher Li Xuejian immediately.

In Wu Yuan's view, as a semi-retired actor, Teacher Li Xuejian's schedule should not be so tight.

Last year, Mr. Li Xuejian just finished filming the TV series "Young Marshal", in which he played the Northeast warlord Zhang Zuolin.

However, he was not the male lead. Since the drama is called "Young Marshal", the male lead is naturally Zhang Zuolin's successor Zhang Xueliang, and the actor who plays Zhang Xueliang is Wen Zhang, one of the top three good men whose reputation collapsed because of "Cherish every moment".

Speaking of which, Wen Zhang is also quite miserable. Originally, his star road was smooth, and he played the male lead in Stephen Chow's movie, becoming a 1.2 billion box office actor, and he was about to become the successor of the new generation of young film actors in the mainland.

As a result, because he couldn't control his lower body, he directly ruined his acting career.

After avoiding the limelight for a while, Wen Zhang filmed this "Young Marshal", hoping to be able to turn over again through this TV series and come back strongly again.

The idea is good, and he and his wife did not break up, and from the perspective of public opinion, the loss has been minimized.

However, "Young Marshal" did not successfully bring Wen Zhang back to the entertainment industry.

Although the drama has not been aired yet, Wu Yuan knows that the drama has not brought much word-of-mouth reversal to Wen Zhang.

The drama is a good drama, both he and teacher Li Xuejian acted very well, and the content and plot were not changed, and it was still a restoration of history, but the drama just failed to become popular, and the public still had a serious prejudice against Wen Zhang.

After the failure of the attempt of "Young Marshal", Wen Zhang did not give up, and even asked his wife to direct and act in the TV series.

Of course, these are all later stories.

Teacher Li Xuejian, who Wu Yuan valued, took on a movie after filming "Young Marshal", which was a revolutionary movie of Changchun Film Studio - "Old Aunt".

Wu Yuan called and found out that the film started in October and was expected to be completed in late November to early December.

Unfortunately, Mr. Li Xuejian, who had been semi-retired and had not filmed for several years, took on several film and TV series in 2014-2015.

Wu Yuan, who had not paid special attention to Mr. Li Xuejian for several years, had no idea about this.

He was embarrassed. The actor he had already decided on could not be used. He had to find a suitable actor again.

Wu Yuan wanted to slap himself twice. He should have contacted Mr. Li Xuejian earlier. As expected, when people are too busy, they will make all kinds of mistakes at work, even he can't avoid it.

However, regret is regret, there is no regret medicine in the world, and Wu Yuan soon thought of a second choice.

It was still an actor who had worked with him before-Mr. Wang Xueqi.

Mr. Wang Xueqi and Master Gu Yi are also compatible. Although the impression he gave to most audiences was mainly the image of domineering, he was indeed good at playing the role of an old man.

The old Wudang master also has white hair and eyebrows, and his personality is very funny, and Wang Xueqi plays the role well.

He is also a good choice.

So Wu Yuan contacted Wang Xueqi again.

The bad news is that when the call was connected, Wang Xueqi said that he was filming his first film directorial debut "In the Name of the Father".

This is a story about fatherly love, revenge and redemption.

Wang Xueqi invited "King's Wife" Kun Ling to play his daughter, as well as the company's actress Wang Ou and Miao Pu, who starred in "The Great Wall", to join. All of them were invited by Wang Xueqi through his connections.

However, Wu Yuan had no impression of Wang Xueqi's debut film. It seemed that the film was not even released, but only screened in Cannes (not shortlisted in any category), and then there was no follow-up news.

It is estimated that the theater chain did not buy it and did not even give it the opportunity to schedule a release.

It is understandable that it is the debut of an actor-turned-director.

But the good news is that although Wang Xueqi is shooting his debut film, the film will be completed before November, and Wang Xueqi can still make time to shoot "Doctor Strange".

Originally, he had no good feelings towards Hollywood and did not plan to take any Hollywood movies. Before, because "X-Men: Days of Future Past" performed very well at the box office in China, Hollywood offered olive branches to mainland actors, but he rejected them all.

Not to mention, this "Doctor Strange" is a Marvel and Disney movie. The previous "Iron Man 3" really pitted him, and Wang Xueqi has always remembered this grudge!

But the person who invited him this time was Wu Yuan, so the situation was different.

Without much hesitation, and even without seeing the script, Teacher Wang Xueqi decisively accepted Wu Yuan's invitation on the phone, and would postpone the post-production of his debut film, first join the group to shoot the movie "Doctor Strange", and then busy himself with his own work.

It can only be said that Teacher Wang Xueqi really gave Wu Yuan face, which also touched Wu Yuan. He repeatedly assured that he would never cheat Teacher Wang Xueqi. This time it was a very positive and high-end role, and the "Chinese Special Edition" thing would not happen again.

However, Master Gu Yi was taken care of, but what about the other character "Wang"? (End of this chapter)