Chapter 282
Follow up on the project progress of new movies
After a day's rest, Ling Suisui returned to work and paid attention to the progress of the new movie.
After several rounds of discussion, the name of the film was decided to be "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" and it was used to apply for filing. The director is Yan Siling, the chief screenwriter is also Yan Siling, and there are four or five other people who jointly signed their names.
The heroine's name was decided to be Bai Wei, and her twin brother was Bai Fei. These two names are very cleverly chosen. They rhyme and are easy to pronounce when used for siblings. But if you look closely, you can detect the parents' completely different expectations for the two children.
"Fei" means rapid success, and "Wei" is just a plant, or a name that sounds nice. Bai Wei always thought her name was very literary and elegant, until she learned that her younger brother's name was Bai Fei, then she suddenly realized something.
Throughout the entire movie, Bai Fei is the second most important character after Bai Wei. They are strangers who have not seen each other for more than 20 years, but they are also blood relatives who came into the world together.
Ling Sui was very concerned about the casting of Bai Fei. Feng Yang showed her the list of candidates, which turned out to be a particularly long list.
"So many?" she was surprised.
"That's not a lot." Feng Yang answered casually, "The list of potential candidates we drew up ourselves is very short. Since there are a lot of people who come to us for discussion or ask indirectly through middlemen, we also include them in the list. This is the result after screening, and there are less than 20% left."
Moreover, even the pre-screening list does not mean that all interested male actors are included. Those who are not famous enough, do not have strong connections, have few resources, and cannot find channels to contact her are not included.
This is not a kind of showing off, but a pity. Ling Suisui is able to carry her own fame, so it doesn’t matter to her whether her co-actors are popular or not. If there is an undiscovered pearl in the ocean, she is willing to give the other party a chance, but unfortunately it is not certain to be found.
Ling Suisui quickly scanned the list. There were acquaintances, friends of friends, new faces he saw while surfing the Internet, and some names he didn't recognize at all.
How come Li Mingxu is on the list... Ling Suisui is ready to cross him out.
He has a typical dark complexion, which makes it easy for him to match her light complexion with her, but they can't be twins no matter how you look at it.
Besides, with his acting skills, is it possible?
Feng Yang spoke up for him: "In fact, his acting skills have improved quite fast. He tried to transition to the film industry last year and hasn't been on variety shows much. It's obvious that he wants to use the label of 'good actor' to cover 'top star'."
Hearing her say this, Ling Sui stopped what he was doing.
She was indeed a bit arrogant just now. How can one judge a person's current level based on past impressions? Whether he performs well or not, you should see it for yourself.
She used to actively avoid working with male actors who were popular CPs with her, but with her current status, these issues have become minor details that she doesn't need to worry about. No one would think that she is hyping up the relationship because she doesn't need to do so.
This is the "privilege" of the strong - she doesn't have to explain anything, others will naturally come up with the most reasonable results for her.
Therefore, we can give Li Mingxu a fair chance to compete and see if he can perform well.
"Then arrange for them to audition." Ling Suisui nodded, "You and Yan Siling should be careful about it. Remember to tell them clearly that the pay for this crew is not high."
Feng Yang said she understood. She said, "I will call screenwriter Tang and the casting director of Ru Meng Ling together, because most actors are talking to us about two projects at the same time. Because the shooting time of these two dramas does not overlap, they are willing to join the crew consecutively."
ah? Ling Sui was a little surprised, but then she thought, although the genres and positioning of the two works are completely different, if she can shoot two works in a row, why can't others?
Fine then, Ling Suisui welcomes any actor who is talented.
"Ru Meng Ling" will not start filming until the second half of the year at the earliest. Ling Suisui's main focus at the moment is still "The Unmarriageable Sister".
She looked through the list of supporting roles again. Some still had a long list of candidates, while some had been finalized.
For example, the actress who plays Bai's mother is Tao Jing.
This senior was once one of the leading actors in "The Last Rank". She played Zhu Xiumin, the mother of the character played by Jiang Heng, the leading actor in the student group.
Although they are actors from the same crew, Zhang Zihan, played by Ling Suisui, does not have many rival scenes with Teacher Tao Jing. At most, they appear in the same frame in group scenes, and maybe have a few lines of interaction? She couldn't remember clearly either.
Ling Suisui remembers that Teacher Tao Jing has been making movies in recent years. Her works have been included in several international A-class film festivals and have also been shortlisted outside the three major European competition units. She has always played the leading female role, so why would anyone be willing to play a supporting role?
Even in "The Name on the List", she was starring in an ensemble cast, and Ling Suisui did not think that she had as much face as Teacher Tang Bing.
Feng Yang explained: "Since Teacher Tao was willing to come, we quickly confirmed her, and she also confided in us. She has only played the first female role in the film works in recent years. In the main narrative of the whole film, she is still an embellishment. Perhaps it is because the film is limited in length, or simply because the director and screenwriter are greedy, they are stingy in portraying her character image."
It is not uncommon that the living space of female characters in movies is constantly squeezed. After the box office success of "Zhao Jiang", Ling Sui declined all film crews that approached her for the above reasons.
It sounds a bit ridiculous, but this "Bai Mu" who has not yet been given a name is already the role with the most room for development that Tao Jing has played in recent years.
Tao Jing has read the script. Bai's mother wants to be a balance master who loves both children equally, but she also feels very sorry for her son who she just found. From Bai's mother's perspective, the highly educated Bai Wei can easily make a lot of money, while Bai Fei can only earn hard-earned money. The greater the gap between Bai Fei and Bai Wei, the more guilty she feels.
Because she subconsciously felt that if she was more careful, kept an eye on her son at all times and didn't let him be taken away, and if Bai Fei could have the same living environment as Bai Wei, he would definitely not be worse than Bai Wei.
Of course she also loves Bai Wei, but this kind of maternal love that has lasted for more than 20 years still requires her to give in to her son. Bai's mother is a victim of the preference for boys over girls. Growing up in this environment, her tragedy lies not only in her gloomy childhood, but also in the deep-rooted thoughts that have imprinted her with it.
This is a very complex and tangled role. She had to struggle between instinct and reason, using reason to convince herself how much she loved her daughter - and her daughter Bai Wei watched it all coldly. She felt guilty towards her son and her daughter. Bai Wei was devastated and her mother was going crazy. Why was everything she did wrong?
Feng Yang quoted Tao Jing's original words, saying that when she found that three words were not enough to describe Bai's mother, she developed a strong interest in the role and was determined to win it.
Ling Sui didn't know what to say. In fact, actresses who could organize their own groups like Teacher Tang Bing were rare in the circle. Moreover, not every actress can successfully transform herself, and those who fail will leave the stage quietly.
She only hopes that this movie will allow Teacher Tao Jing to act to her heart's content and not let her expectations be disappointed.
The role of Bai's mother has been decided, and the candidate for Bai's father has also been decided.
This name surprised Ling Sui even more. Was she sure she read it wrong? Gu Size?
She also confirmed with Feng Yang: "Is it an actor with the same name in the circle?"
"No, I only remember one actor named Gu Size."
Feng Yang opened the encyclopedia page, "It's this Gu Size, who won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor and was also a director himself."
Now Ling Suisui was sure that it was him.
She was in a very delicate mood at the moment. When she first met Gu Size, the system said that he was a "daddy boyfriend", but in the end, he really had to play her dad...
"Then our family's cast is really luxurious." Ling Suisui said casually, "Dad, mom, and sister all hold trophies, and now the pressure is on my brother."
Just kidding, if the actor who played Bai Fei had never won the Best Actor or Best Actor award, would he have the nerve to enter this house?
The above is just a joke. Ling Sui thought about it seriously for a while and felt that there was no problem for Gu Size to play Bai's father.
She knew that his motives and intentions were not pure, and he had a plan in mind - he was a "special guest star" in the role of Bai's father, and if his sister could win an international award, he could return to the film industry with this role and redeem the reputation damage caused by that bad movie;
If his sister doesn't get anything or gets bad reviews, that's Ling Sui's fault alone. What does it have to do with him? He was a special guest star, and it was pure human nature.
Being a special guest is a sure win, even though he has no chance of getting any achievements or awards, what he wants most at this moment is reputation.
So, this is also the reason why Ling Suisui is willing to let him play the role. She could not believe in his enthusiasm for acting, but she could not help but believe in the determination of an egoist to achieve his goals.
If Mr. Bai doesn’t act well, how can he turn the tables? Moreover, this kind of cunning and double-faced character is quite suitable for the role of Bai's father. To some extent, he can play his true colors...
It was clearly because he did not look after the child carefully that Bai Fei was stolen by human traffickers, but this made Bai's mother blame herself and feel guilty for more than 20 years. In the family conflicts again and again, he always remained silent and watched the quarrels between Bai's mother and daughter escalate.
He is a very shrewd father and never takes the initiative to argue with his son and daughter, but you want him to show an attitude? He always shirked responsibility and let Bai's mother face the storm, because he didn't want to offend his rich daughter who would have to rely on him for his retirement in the future.
But it is impossible to completely stand on the side of my daughter. After all, she will become someone else's daughter-in-law in the future, and my sons and grandsons are my own family members who will carry on the family line.
The so-called "simple, dull and taciturn" is just a disguise. This man is very smart.
Ling Suisui continued reading and found that the actress for her brother's wife had not been decided yet. This is a character who loves to take advantage of others, thinks she is very smart and calculating, but is actually coaxed by her husband to charge into battle. There are probably a lot of people waiting to audition.
Tsk, why is it said that father and son have the same tacit understanding?...How many men did Yan Siling eat when she was writing the script?
There are still two relatively important characters left, one is the eleven-year-old daughter and the other is the three-year-old son.
Ling Sui knew before she turned 18 that Bai Fei had two children, one of whom was a daughter born before marriage, but when she carefully calculated the age difference... she fell silent.
It is known that Bai Wei is 28 years old and Bai Fei is her twin brother.
So, Bai Fei was still a minor when he became a father? Can this kind of plot be shown in the country?
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