Chelsea is the best director of "Finos" and also one of the world's famous directors. He is almost sixty years old this year and is about to retire. He started working as a director in his twenties, and has made many classic films throughout his life, winning numerous awards.
And "The Elf Prince" will be his final work. The screenwriter of "The Elf Prince" is Chelsea's wife. Chelsea's wife is an excellent screenwriter. She met Chelsea because of a script, and then they got to know each other and fell in love. But unfortunately, Chelsea's wife died suddenly of illness three years ago, and "The Elf Prince" was his wife's last work.
After being depressed for more than a year, Chelsea cheered up and made two very good movies within three years. In one of them, Ling Yingluo, as the lead actor, won the Best Actor award at the "Phinos".
Seeing that he is about to retire and his energy is not as good as before, Chelsea hopes to shoot his wife's last work before retirement to fulfill his wife's last wish. Precisely because of the significance of "The Elf Prince", Chelsea is so cautious and prudent.
Regardless of the opposition from investors and producers, they insisted on holding an open casting call, and Chelsea had to audition in person for all important roles. Only with his approval could I star in "The Elf Prince".
Among so many roles, Chelsea's favorite role is not the male lead, nor the first male supporting role, but the second male supporting role, the soul of the play, the noble and otherworldly elf prince.
That role was also his wife's favorite, so he would be more strict in casting this role than when choosing the male and female protagonists. Although this role is difficult to play, there are still many artists who want to get it. One is because of Chelsea's reputation as a great director, and the other is that the role of the Elf Prince is really an outstanding role. Once played well, it is easy to attract a lot of fans. Therefore, there is a lot of competition for the role of the Elf Prince.
In the past two days, Chelsea has basically decided on the male and female protagonists, as well as some important supporting roles, except for the role of the Elf Prince. So far, only the actor Kobain, who ranks 10th on the world artist rankings, has barely gained Chelsea's recognition. Both in terms of acting and appearance.
But it can only be considered a barely acceptable choice, because in Chelsea's heart, Cobbs is not the most suitable candidate. His temperament is noble but not extraordinary and cold enough; his facial features are prominent but not delicate enough. Because he is a Westerner, he has a relatively large frame, while the elf prince in the movie has a slender figure. So in all aspects, Chelsea is not completely satisfied with Cobban.
Of course, so far, only Koban has barely achieved his ideal character image. The other actors are terrible and not suitable at all. Today is the last day of the audition. Chelsea thought that if it doesn't work out, she would have to let Cobain play the elf prince.
Chelsea arrived at the audition location early in the morning. When she passed by a female costume designer, she suddenly stopped and rushed to the side of the female costume designer. Before the female costume designer could react, he snatched the magazine she was reading from her hand and looked at the cover of the magazine excitedly.
"That's it, that's the feeling..."
Chelsea's beard, which had turned white over the years, trembled with excitement. He pointed at the silver-haired boy on the cover, who was exquisite to perfection, elegant and cool to the point of being dreamy, and asked the female costume designer, "Who is this? Who is this?"
The dressmaker knew Chelsea, and because of that, she was frightened by his excitement and responded reflexively, "That's His Highness."
"Your Highness?" Chelsea looked puzzled.
The female costume designer then remembered that Chelsea didn't know Ouyang Qianran, and quickly replied: "His name is Ouyang Qianran, and he is an actor from China. Oh, by the way, he is also an artist on the world artist rankings, and his acting skills are great." The female costume designer is also a fan of Ouyang Qianran. While explaining Ouyang Qianran's identity, she couldn't help but praise Ouyang Qianran.
"Ouyang Qianran?" Chelsea stroked the handsome boy in the magazine, and then immediately instructed the assistant director behind her: "Contact him immediately. I want him to audition. If it is not convenient for him to come now, I can wait until tomorrow. Ask him to fly over from China."
When Chelsea saw Ouyang Qianran on the cover of "Fashion Empire" last year for the first time, his heart was beating wildly. He felt that he seemed to have found the best candidate to play the elf prince. On the cover, the oriental boy dressed as an elf, with a slender figure, exquisite and perfect face, and a cool, elegant and noble temperament, was so consistent with the elf prince in his mind. I just don't know how good the acting skills of this young man from the East are.
Chelsea came back to her senses and saw that the assistant director was still standing behind her without any movement. She couldn't help but frowned, "Why are you still here? Didn't you hear what I just said? I want to meet the oriental boy on the cover."
The assistant director touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, "This... Director Chelsea, this oriental boy is also one of the actors we want to audition. I have seen his information."
"Oh?" Chelsea didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that the oriental boy she liked was also an actor who was going to audition? That’s great. I didn’t see him in the past two days, so he will definitely come over today. So he would wait here for the oriental boy to come for the audition.
He Junjun and Ouyang Qianran got in the car on the way to the audition studio. Ouyang Qianran was not wearing sunglasses or a mask, only a blue hat. Although the hat was pulled down low, it still attracted the frequent stares of the driver in front.
"Are you... His Highness from China?" The driver who had stopped in front because of a red light finally couldn't help it. He turned around and asked Ouyang Qianran in English with a tentative tone.
Your Highness is the name given to him by many foreign fans, which means Your Highness the Princess. That is because they watched "Empire" and were deeply influenced by it, so they gave him such a name. In China, some people originally called him Princess, but later they gradually found that the title of Princess was not very appropriate, so they called him His Highness. Of course, there are also many people who call him Second Young Master.
Hearing the driver's question, Ouyang Qianran raised his head, nodded to him, and said, "Yes."
"Oh my God." After seeing Ouyang Qianran clearly behind the seat, the driver said excitedly, "It's really you. Oh my God, my daughter and son are both your fans. Can you sign an autograph for me later? Oh, by the way, it would be best if we could take a photo together. I think the children will definitely be very happy."
It turned out to be the fan's father. Ouyang Qianran smiled faintly, "Of course."
After arriving at the destination, the driver refused to take Ouyang Qianran's money. After asking for his autograph and taking a photo with him, he left happily. Before leaving, he left his phone number for Ouyang Qianran, asking him to contact him whenever he needed a ride, which was free.
Then, Ouyang Qianran once again used facial recognition to get a free ride.
He Junjun smiled and followed behind Ouyang Qianran: "The Second Young Master is becoming more and more famous. When we go out with the Second Young Master in the future, we may not even need money to buy things or eat. We can just rely on the Second Young Master's face."
"What's the good of that? If that time really comes, your workload will increase greatly." Ouyang Qianran is now internationally famous, so it is not so convenient for him to be abroad. If it really comes to the point where face recognition can be used everywhere as He Junjun said, then if you go out without special disguise, you will definitely be recognized. You can't escape from watching.
"That's true." He Junjun reacted and nodded in agreement.
When he arrived at the audition location, Ouyang Qianran discovered that the crew members around him and many actors from abroad who came for audition seemed to be looking at him strangely. Logically speaking, with so many international actors coming for audition in the past two or three days, they should not be surprised. But why does he look as if he wants to say something but hesitates? Seeing that the actors had no intention of coming over to say hello, Ouyang Qianran did not take the initiative.
Not only Ouyang Qianran noticed it, but He Junjun also noticed it. So he reminded Ouyang Qianran in a low voice, "Second Young Master, be careful when you go for the audition later."
"I understand." Ouyang Qianran nodded, but suddenly heard someone calling his name and asking him to go in for an audition.
This made Ouyang Qianran even more confused. He had just arrived and was asked to audition? It seems that there are many actors here who arrived before him. However, although I was confused, I couldn't close so many buttons in order to complete the task. He must get the role of the Elf Prince.
When he pushed the door open, there were two people sitting in front of him. One of them had white hair and beard. Ouyang Qianran recognized him at a glance. He was the internationally renowned director Chelsea. The other one looked familiar. He should be the assistant director. And on Chelsea's desk, there was a golden, very gorgeous bow.
Before Ouyang Qianran could speak, Chelsea asked, "Are you Ouyang Qianran from China?"
Unexpectedly, Chelsea seemed to know him. Ouyang Qianran said calmly, "Yes, Mr. Chelsea, good afternoon."
Although Ouyang Qianran's attitude was cold, he was still polite and considerate. Looking at Ouyang Qianran again, with a cool and elegant temperament, Chelsea nodded, pointed to the gorgeous and exquisite bow on the table and said: "This is still your audition prop, you hold the prop, come and do a segment for me."
There are actually props, the preparation is quite sufficient. This audition scene is very simple, but it is not simple either. Let the actors play their roles freely. This seemingly random decision can truly test the actors’ understanding of the role.
Ouyang Qianran picked up the bow, took two steps back, and put the bow behind his back. Suddenly, the golden bow was pulled out violently, and it made a gorgeous spin in Ouyang Qianran's hand, aiming at Chelsea. The next moment, Ouyang Qianran quickly reached behind his back with his other hand again, as if he had grabbed the non-existent arrow, and placed it on the gorgeous bow with very graceful and skillful movements. Then he moved his right foot back and posed towards Chelsea as if he was about to shoot the arrow.
His posture was very graceful and his movements were very standard. His eyes became extremely deep at this moment and he looked at Chelsea coldly. Those cold eyes were bottomless. When he looked at Chelsea, he looked down on her and also had the cold arrogance of a prince.
"Who are you?"
Three simple words came out of his mouth with an irresistible majesty. At that moment, his energy reached its peak, his eyes became colder, and the hand holding the bow suddenly tightened a little more than before. If Chelsea doesn't get a satisfactory answer in the next second, then Chelsea will leave this world forever.
Chelsea's whole body stiffened, and a tense atmosphere instantly filled the entire space. It seemed that a war was about to break out.
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