Chapter 185: All Sides of Regard
Chapter 185: All Sides of Regard
Just the words “Produced by Wang Hao” are enough!
Wang Hao's words almost put himself in the same position as Zhang Guoshi and Feng Dapao.
That means his fame alone is enough to draw audiences into the cinemas.
Xu Peng was not displeased with Wang Hao's arrogance. Instead, he was very satisfied.
If a director has no confidence in himself and his work, how can investors have confidence?
"We, Moying, of course, believe in Director Wang's strength and reputation.
But as for the actors, being able to use some big-name stars is also the icing on the cake.”
Xu Peng laughed, but he did not give up on influencing Wang Hao on the issue of actors.
Faced with such a situation, Wang Hao naturally expressed his understanding. After all, in today's Chinese entertainment and film and television circles, big stars + big productions are the only choices for movie sales.
Especially this big star, preferably a big star from Hong Kong or Taiwan.
In the eyes of Chinese filmmakers at that time, mainland actors, both male and female, were unable to carry the box office.
Perhaps the only special one is Wang Hao’s “Fatal Call”.
So Wang Hao just smiled.
"Mr. Xu's words do make sense.
Don't worry, we will definitely prioritize the right actors, and we will conduct auditions to ensure that the quality of the film will not be affected by this."
The two smiled at each other, and the topic was over.
After visiting the special effects department, Wang Hao then led Mr. Xu and his party to visit other departments of the company. After a banquet at noon, they were sent on the return flight in the afternoon.
After seeing off this last batch of God of Wealth, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, which had already raised sufficient funds for the project, officially began to promote "Source Code", Wang Hao's new film project.
In order to promote this project, the first thing they have to do is to select suitable male and female protagonists for the new movie.
Wang Hao didn't have any suitable candidate for this matter.
After all, the original version of the movie "Source Code" is a Hollywood blockbuster. Now that it has been adapted into a Chinese version, it is naturally impossible to use the original crew.
Therefore, what Wang Hao said to Mr. Xu was not wrong. He actually asked his subordinates to send audition invitations to those suitable male actors in the country.
As for the suitable conditions, he has to be around 30 years old, handsome, have a certain level of martial arts skills, and the salary must be affordable.
To be honest, this is not harsh, and it may even be a bit broad.
So after Wang Hao said this, many suitable male actors in China received audition invitations from Galaxy Interactive Entertainment.
Moreover, this news soon reached the ears of media reporters and appeared in newspapers and magazines, causing excitement among Wang Hao's fans and fans of various male stars.
It is hard to say whether this high-profile audition method is not a publicity method that Wang Hao learned from Zhang Da Huzi.
However, even if this is really just a means for Galaxy Interactive Entertainment to promote its new movie, the male actors who received audition invitations did not dare to be careless and still devoted themselves to the audition preparations.
After all, this is Wang Hao’s new movie!
You should know that although his last film "Wushuang" has been withdrawn from theaters nationwide, it has also defeated his elder brother Cheng's "Baby Project" and won 2 million box office, and the global box office is said to have exceeded 8 million. There are not many directors in China who can achieve such results.
Being able to star in this kind of movie would inevitably mean a surge in net worth and a dramatic increase in fame.
So don’t even mention that the pay is not high. Even if it’s free, or even if they have to take out a loan to act, there are people willing to seize this opportunity.
At least the movie directed by Wang Hao is better than "The Return of the Condor Heroes" directed by Zhang Da Huzi. Huang Xiaoming is willing to pay money to shoot this movie. If the male lead of Wang Hao's movie can be bought, there will definitely be male actors willing to pay this money.
And the most important thing is that Wang Hao, the leading actor in this new drama, does not care about fame, which makes those mainland male actors who are currently frustrated excited.
You have to know that in the Chinese film and television industry in 06, the actors from Hong Kong who moved north were more popular in the film industry.
Whenever it is a big-budget movie, there will be more or less male and female stars from Hong Kong to star in it.
Works like Zhang Guoshi's "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Curse of the Golden Flower", Feng Dapao's "The Banquet", Chen Shishi's "The Promise", and even the later "Red Cliff", all follow this pattern.
In this situation, domestic actresses born in the 80s are better off, at least they have the opportunity to participate in these projects and play supporting roles.
The younger generation of male actors in China are in a miserable situation, and can only appear in TV dramas or low-budget movies.
No matter how outstanding your image and temperament are, and how superb your acting skills are, if the director doesn't even consider you, there's nothing you can do.
Therefore, as soon as the news that "Source Code", a big-budget movie that would not employ Hong Kong stars, was released, almost all male actors in China were attracted to it.
Regardless of whether it meets the requirements of the leading role, they want to give it a try.
After all, for male actors, there is no need to have such a strict age limit. A 40-year-old woman can still play a young girl.
Appearance? Who can be an actor without outstanding appearance?
As for skills? To be able to act in this movie, even if you don’t have any skills, you have to practice to get them!
So not long after the news spread, Wang Hao received countless calls in one day.
Huang Xiaoming, Deng Cao, Jiao Enjun, Hu Jun, Chen Guanxi, Jin Chengwu, Daniel Wu...
These people either contacted him personally or asked others to communicate with him indirectly. Regardless of whether it was appropriate or not, they did not want to give up.
Wang Hao could only act in a businesslike manner. He had underestimated his current status in the film and television industry. He had not expected that just an audition for a new movie would attract so much attention.
So in mid-December, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment held an audition for the male lead of "Source Code" at its new company headquarters.
On the day of the audition, dozens of male actors with different characteristics had already gathered at Galaxy Interactive Entertainment Company early, which was a feast for the eyes for the female employees in the company.
As for the judges responsible for this audition, in addition to director Wang Hao, there are also the head of the screenwriting department Wen Pengcheng, director of photography Li Kui, and the producer representative, Xu Peng, vice president of Shanghai Film Group.
The four of them spent a whole day meeting with all the male actors who came and did a rough screening, finally eliminating most of the male actors who did not meet the requirements of the male lead.
But even so, there are still fourteen or fifteen suitable male actors left.
Faced with this situation, the production team had no choice but to hold another meeting to discuss it.
After spending half a day deleting and reducing the names and sorting them according to the criteria, there were only five male actors left on the candidate list for director Wang Hao to make a decision on.
(End of this chapter)