Chapter 140 Actor Selection
Chapter 140 Actor Selection (Monthly Ticket 400 plus more)
In Wang Hao's opinion, his communication with the two major financial backers was going very smoothly.
Both the Wang brothers and Mr. Han Sanye expressed their strong support for him.
This also means that the film project "Wushuang" has a relatively solid foundation and can start quickly.
After all, there are only seven or eight months left until the National Day release in October as he had expected.
For an ordinary cinema movie, this time may be enough.
But for commercial blockbusters, seven or eight months is still a very tight schedule.
Fortunately, he is no longer working alone as he did when he filmed "The Beach" and "Buried".
Today's Galaxy Interactive Entertainment Film and Television Company can be said to be full of talents. Zhang Yang, Li Kui, Li Qian, Wen Pengcheng and others cooperate very harmoniously with him.
With these people around, he can safely arrange and assign all the preparatory work for the early stages of the film to the corresponding professionals.
This is also part of the industrialization of the film industry.
Responsibilities are clear, tasks are well-defined, distribution is reasonable, and work is orderly. Only in this way can a project run smoothly and harmoniously, and only in this way can Wang Hao, as a director, accurately grasp the entire project.
Of course, as a director, in addition to controlling the entire crew, Wang Hao also has to participate in many early preparatory tasks.
For example, the film's art style, the location, and the choice of actors all have to be decided by him as the director.
Especially the actors.
After all, film projects are still collaborations between people, so the early stages of film casting can be said to be of paramount importance.
Especially, "Wushuang" is different from the previous "Fatal Call". There are more main characters in this movie, which requires them to work hard.
Fortunately, Wang Hao himself had the original memory of the movie "Wushuang". After talking to the Wang brothers of Huayi, Mr. Yang of Emperor Group called him personally on the third day to discuss the matter.
So although the issue of actors was difficult, it did not stop them from moving forward with the project.
The first person who agreed to participate was Yu Feihong, who played the heroine Ruan Wen in "Fatal Call".
She is also the heroine in the movie "Wushuang".
Moreover, when filming "Fatal Call", Wang Hao had already told her about this matter and signed several film contracts in advance.
Therefore, this charming elder sister agreed very readily and directly reserved a schedule for "Wushuang".
Now that the heroine has been confirmed, the hero naturally cannot fall behind.
The original version of “Wushuang” can be described as a dual-hero film, as there were two male protagonists in the early stages of the story before it was reversed.
They are the "painter" Wu Fusheng played by Chow Yun-fat and the poor painter Li Wen played by Aaron Kwok.
Regarding the selection of actors, Wang Hao first eliminated Chow Yun-fat.
On the one hand, it is because the other party’s current salary offer is too high, starting at at least 800 million US dollars, which "Wushuang" simply cannot afford.
On the other hand, the other party is currently filming Zhang Guoshi's "Curse of the Golden Flower" and has no time to arrange. And since Wang Hao wants to make "Wushuang" a Sino-US co-production, the role of "painter" should be cast by a middle-aged European and American actor.
If this is the limiting condition, there will be more choices.
The first candidate that came to Wang Hao’s mind was Mads Mikkelsen, who would later become famous for his role in the TV series “Hannibal”.
The "sexiest man in Denmark" has both good acting skills and good temperament, and his age of 40 is just right for the role of "painter". The key is that he is not very famous nowadays and his pay is very low.
So Wang Hao directly listed him as a candidate.
Then Wang Hao thought of Alan Rickman as the second candidate for "Painter".
This British actor is well-known in European and American circles for his role as Professor Snape in the movie "Harry Potter", and his acting skills are also excellent.
The only problem is that this actor is older, he is already 59 years old, and because he has starred in "Harry Potter", his salary may also be higher.
So although Wang Hao listed him as a candidate, he was only a backup.
As for the third candidate, Wang Hao thought of Liam Neeson.
He is also a British actor, but he has been in Hollywood for many years. In 94, he was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Schindler's List".
After that, he starred in films such as "Star Wars Prequel", "Gangs of New York", and "Love Actually".
In the 05 film "Batman Begins", he also played Batman's teacher and the leader of the League of Assassins, Master Ninja.
However, what really made him well-known to mainland audiences was the movie "Taken" two years later. It was also thanks to this movie that he was promoted to a top male star in Hollywood. He has been on the "rescue" road for many years and can be regarded as a model of late bloomer.
Wang Hao listed these three people as candidates for the role of "painter" and asked Huaying and Huayi to try to contact their agencies and invite them to audition.
It’s not that Galaxy Interactive Entertainment cannot contact the other party, but compared to the reputation of Huaying and Huayi, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment is still just a little-known small company.
If we contact the actors' agencies in our own name, I'm afraid they won't even be interested in learning about the "Wushuang" project.
After finalizing the candidate for the "painter", Wang Hao did not make any changes to the candidate for the role of Li Wen, and still chose Aaron Kwok from the original movie to play this role.
After all, the other party performed well in the original movie. He is good-looking and famous, so he is good enough to appear in an international blockbuster.
So Wang Hao directly called Mr. Yang from Emperor Entertainment Group and asked him to help contact Aaron Kwok, and agreed to discuss the matter in detail when they returned to Hong Kong.
At this point, the candidates for several important roles in the movie "Wushuang" have finally been preliminarily finalized, and it's just a matter of waiting for the auditions.
As for the other actors, the suitable Wang Hao will naturally be retained in the original cast, and those who are not suitable will of course be replaced.
For example, the role of Uncle Wu Xin in the original movie was played by Hong Kong's gold medal supporting actor Liao Qizhi. His performance in "Wushuang" was very outstanding, so Wang Hao naturally wanted to keep him.
As for Wang Yaoqing, who plays the Canadian policeman, his temperament is very conflicting with Hong Kong films. He is not very famous now, so Wang Hao is of course ready to replace him.
Since he is a Canadian policeman, it would be better to find a foreign actor. After all, it is a Sino-US co-production.
(End of this chapter)