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"But it's not easy to find the male lead." Wu Yuan raised his head slightly and looked at the ceiling, muttering.

Although it's not difficult to find an actor to play "Sun Wukong", the male lead "Sun Wu" or "Sun Wu" of this superhero movie "The Great Sage" also needs to find an actor who is more or less in line with the temperament of "Monkey King".

After all, he is the successor of "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven". Although he is not a monkey that jumped out of a crack in a stone, but a human being, he must have the shadow of Sun Wukong.

But it is a bit difficult for the current domestic entertainment to meet this requirement.

Among the young actors in the current domestic entertainment, are there any actors who can perform the essence of "Sun Wukong"?

Not to mention that he can reach the eight points of Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong, even if he only has four or five points!

After thinking about it, the only person Wu Yuan thought of was Liu Xing in "Home with Children".

After Zhang Yishan became an adult, he still looked like a monkey. To put it bluntly, he had a pointed face and monkey cheeks. Even if he didn't try to learn his movements and expressions, he still looked like a monkey.

And his acting skills were pretty good. He played the leading role perfectly in the previous film "Better Days" with Liu Yifei.

This guy is the kind of actor who depends on the director's level. If the director's level is good, he can perform exceptionally well.

If the director's level is not good, he will act very badly!

The typical representative of this kind of actor is Brother Xiaoming.

Wu Yuan remembered very clearly that he had seen "The Deer and the Cauldron" played by Zhang Yishan in his previous life. It was so bad. The good Wei Jue Ye acted like a monkey from Mount Emei. It was okay that he was full of stealing, but his expression was also very exaggerated, which was simply unbearable to watch.

But to be honest, the director should bear most of the blame for this problem, because it was the director who asked the actor to act like this, or it was the director who wanted such a performance effect, and the final film would be like this.

The actors were just performing at the director's request, and Wu Yuan had also seen the behind-the-scenes footage. There were many scenes where Zhang Yishan performed once, but the director felt that he was not relaxed enough and was not satisfied, so he asked him to be more exaggerated and his expression more exaggerated, which eventually led to such an eye-catching film.

It's very strange, because the TV series "Nothing Better Than You" directed by this director before was quite normal, and Zhang Yishan was not so exaggerated in the drama.

Why do you want to be so exaggerated when remaking "The Deer and the Cauldron"?

"Please make an appointment for me and Zhang Yishan to try out a play." Wu Yuan thought about it and ordered it.

"Him!" Li Xiaoping's eyes lit up, and she nodded in agreement: "He is indeed the most suitable person for the role of the Monkey King in the circle."

"But he is a little too thin. If we really want to use him, we need to make him gain some weight. Just looking like a monkey is not enough. He is the Monkey King, not a skinny monkey."

From Liu Xiaolingtong to Zhang Weijian and Chen Haomin, which of these images of Sun Wukong that have left an impression on the audience is not a handsome guy?

Compared with them, Zhang Yishan's appearance is definitely inferior, and the most important thing is that he is too thin.

Now all domestic actors are pursuing neutral beauty and a good body (thin), which makes everyone look weak and fragile, which is not what the Monkey King should look like.

Fortunately, the protagonist in the movie "The Monkey King" is an ordinary young man, and later he only obtained the inheritance and equipment of the Monkey King, and cannot be regarded as Sun Wukong himself, which can make the audience more tolerant of this role and not be so demanding.

If "The Monkey King - Sun Wukong" is an inviolable god in everyone's mind, then "Sun Wu" is just a lucky boy who has inherited the Monkey King's legacy, a mortal.

And he is a cool male protagonist who is easier for the audience to empathize with and does not feel distant.

Let me ask, which Chinese man did not use bed sheets as cloaks and broomsticks as golden hoop sticks when he was a child, and fantasized about becoming the Monkey King Sun Wukong?

And the "Sun Wu" in the story of "The Monkey King" is the self who once fantasized about becoming the Monkey King, but he realized this fantasy!

If you empathize with this character while watching the movie, it's so cool!

Wu Yuan even had a few moments when he thought about whether he could play the role himself, which could be regarded as a childhood dream come true.

He grew up watching the 1986 version of Journey to the West!

But this idea was just a thought. He was too handsome and his age was not suitable. How could a middle-aged man play a "hot-blooded" movie?

"Let's do it first."

"Find a time to meet Zhang Yishan."

"I will finish the script as soon as possible."

He did it as soon as he said it.

Wu Yuan, who originally came to the company to kill some boring time, completely ended his bad time and returned to work.

The script of "The Monkey King" was quickly perfected with the concerted efforts of him and the company's screenwriter department.

The screenwriter department of Light and Shadow Times, after writing many films in the fairy-tale movie universe, is also familiar with this kind of superhero movie and has rich experience in routine creation.

They cooperated with Wu Yuan, who had practical experience in shooting, and quickly completed the script creation in just one and a half months!

The weather has just entered summer, and the "Monkey King", a project that originally did not even have a script, has already started the preliminary preparations.

Wu Yuan took some time to meet Zhang Yishan, who had a good cooperation with Light and Shadow Times.

Zhang Yishan’s development in the circle is currently at a very awkward stage, neither going up nor down.

As an actor who debuted as a child star, he has successfully transformed after his excellent performance in "Better Days", and is no longer labeled as a child star.

But because of his "special" appearance, he is indeed not competitive compared to those pretty boys and young fresh meat in the circle.

What is the level of the young fresh meat in the mainland now?

Li Moufeng, Mouyang, Chen Mouting, Wu Moufan, and Moulu, the first generation of the top five traffic stars are firmly grasping the mainland TV drama market. The five traffic stars are all beautiful, clean, and fresh, plus Jing Mouran, Zhang Yixing, Huang Zitao, TF Three Little Ones, etc. are closely catching up behind.

Male actors like Zhang Yishan who have acting skills but poor image can't get any decent scripts in the actor market.

This has led to his fame but not being recognized by the market. He has only filmed two web dramas in the past two years, one of which is a self-made drama of Guangying Kuaibo.

Now the big director Wu Yuan has asked him to audition, and Zhang Yishan must seize this opportunity!

No matter what Wu Yuan said, he just kept nodding his head, listening to advice.

Wu Yuan asked him to gain 10 kg in weight within a month when they met, and they didn't even sign any intention contract, which means that even if he gained 10 catties, he might not be able to act in Wu Yuan's new movie, it was just a possibility.

But even so, Zhang Yishan nodded and agreed without any hesitation!

You can lose weight if you gain weight, but you will never have the chance again if you miss it. (End of this chapter)