Chapter 215 Ni Ni
The competition for the role of Hu Bayi is no less fierce than that of "Shirley Yang".
After all, the film and television industry has entered the "traffic era" in recent years, and the male protagonists of major IPs are basically occupied by several young traffic stars.
For male actors of the Mesozoic era, it's okay if they can make it in the film industry.
Those who can't can only play in various family dramas, rural dramas or anti-Japanese dramas.
The main audience of these dramas are basically people over 40.
Although the ratings are good, the commercial value and popularity of the actors are not high.
Don't look at these middle-aged actors saying "I don't care about traffic" and "I like to be a quiet actor", but most of them are just looking for a step to save themselves from not being popular.
Although the "Ghost Blowing Light" series is a web drama, it can't stand the high popularity.
What's more, web dramas also have the advantages of web dramas, at least there is no need to worry about those first-line big names grabbing resources.
Meng Bai treats all those who find him and want to use his connections equally.
If you want a role, participate in the audition, and choose whoever is suitable.
For several days in a row, Meng Bai, Li Muge and the main creative team spent their time selecting people.
In the end, there were only three candidates who were more entangled.
The first one was Jin Dong, who was also Meng Bai's "number one candidate" at the beginning.
His image was suitable, his acting skills were online, and he was very popular after the hit of "The Disguiser". It can be said that he was very suitable for the role of Hu Bayi in all aspects.
Of course, there are also shortcomings, mainly that his temperament is a bit too dignified, lacking some of the "stable and tough" character in the original work.
But this is not a big problem, and it can be adjusted by the plot and lines during filming.
It was just that after the audition, he proposed to bring some of his own team to join the group.
And it was not a simple assistant team, but involved in some crew production.
In other words, he wanted to have a say in some projects.
But this request was impossible for Meng Bai to accept.
It doesn't matter for cooperative projects, but in his independent projects, other people can only have the right to make suggestions, not the right to speak.
Jin Dong is also tougher. After all, with his current popularity, he has no shortage of dramas to shoot.
The two parties did not reach an agreement, so naturally they could not cooperate.
In addition to Jin Dong, the second candidate is Qin Hao.
That's right, it's Qin Hao, who is known as the "sixth generation director's favorite art film actor". When
Meng Bai first saw this name, he thought it was the same name, but
later he asked and found out that it was really him.
Meng Bai was a little surprised.
Although Qin Hao's status and fame are not high, he is a serious art film actor.
The first movie he made went to Cannes, and he was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor a few years ago.
Even Yu Qian'er's father, Mr. Wang, knows that you shouldn't make commercial films, which are very vulgar, and you should make art films. It's
definitely at the top of the "contempt chain" in the film and television industry.
As a result, he suddenly came to say that he wanted to shoot a web drama, which is simply "degeneration"!
Meng Bai didn't hold this question in his heart, and asked it directly after the audition.
Unlike the "gloomy" and "literary" personality that Meng Bai imagined at the beginning, Qin Hao is actually a relatively silent Northeastern person.
"Shooting web series..." Qin Hao smiled and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with web series. I've seen some before and I feel that the stories are quite exciting, much better than some of the current crappy movie scripts."
His words were very straightforward, but they were indeed the truth.
However, this is definitely not the whole reason.
Qin Hao was also honest: "There is another reason, that is, it is easy to become popular by shooting web series."
The two main labels of art films are "high-end" and "poor".
Especially this group of directors of the "sixth generation", except for Jia Zhangke's films that can rely on the overseas market to have stable returns, the rest are basically hovering at the level of "losing money to gain publicity".
Qin Hao came from the famous "96 Star Class" of the Central Academy of Drama, and his classmates were Zhang Ziyi, Liu Huohua, Yuan Quan, Qin Hailu, Zeng Li, Hu Jing and others.
When he was in school, he was a famous king of rolls, and once "rolled" Liu Huohua and Hu Jing to the point that they wanted to drop out.
But now, his classmates are all movie emperors and movie queens, and they get millions of film pay.
As for himself, he is still struggling in the art films.
In particular, he just got married last year to his "teenage goddess" Yi Nengjing, who is now pregnant.
He doesn't want his wife to go out to work while pregnant, and he doesn't want to spend her money, so he can only find a way to make money himself.
At this time, talking about "class" and "vulgarity" is nonsense, nothing is more important than money.
If an actor wants to make money, he must first become famous.
TV dramas have their own circle, and it is also difficult for outsiders to enter, so it is better to act in online dramas directly.
Meng Bai was also very conflicted about Qin Hao. His acting skills were naturally impeccable, but his image and temperament were indeed quite different.
He discussed with Li Muge for a long time and decided to wait until the last candidate was seen before making a decision.
As for the last candidate, it was recommended by Chen Zhixi, the producer of "Detective Chinatown", and her long-time friend, Pan Yueming.
Meng Bai had naturally heard of this name, and his impression of him was still the young master in "Moment in Peking" and Xu Xian in "Legend of the White Snake".
In short, he was the image of a white-faced scholar.
So at first, Meng Bai refused directly before they even met.
It was not until a few days ago when he went to Guo Fan and others to talk about the script of "The Wandering Earth" that he mentioned this matter. Unexpectedly
, Gong Geer also recommended it to him. After asking, he found out that the two were also friends.
Gong Geer told him that Pan Yueming's image style is different now.
Meng Bai agreed to meet him.
Only after seeing him did he realize that he was indeed different.
The "young scholar" at the time has now become a round middle-aged uncle.
And he still looks like he has experienced many vicissitudes of life.
After asking Chen Zhixi, I learned that his wife Dong Jie was photographed cheating on Wang Dazhi a few years ago. In order to seize the high ground of public opinion, the other party issued a lot of rumor press releases, and the two sides were very unhappy.
In the end, although the marriage ended in divorce, Pan Yueming's relationship was frustrated, his son was awarded to his ex-wife, and his career was interrupted.
Otherwise, what is the VC angel round? Getting married is the most risky investment .
But then again, his experience is somewhat similar to Hu Bayi in an abstract way.
They are all young and high-spirited, then suffer a turning point, go through vicissitudes, and then pick themselves up again.
There is no problem with his acting skills. Although it is still a little worse than Qin Hao
, it is already okay. The key is that except for his shorter image, he is more suitable than Qin Hao.
Arc Light discussed for a long time and finally chose Pan Yueming.
One is that he meets the requirements, and the other is to give Chen Zhixi face.
This woman is not just an ordinary producer. She is now the CEO of Ruyi Films and has some weight in the film industry.
However, Meng Bai also had requirements. In addition to requiring Pan Yueming to join the crew in advance for action training, another requirement was that he had to lose 20 kilograms before filming began.
Hu Bayi can be decadent and rough, but he certainly can't be round.
Pan Yueming was straightforward and agreed directly.
This is natural. For such a large-scale project and such a rare opportunity, just losing weight is not a big deal.
But there is another problem, that is, he also played a cameo role in "Detective Chinatown", an apparent "little boss".
Meng Bai discussed with Chen Sicheng and Chen Zhixi and decided to move his role to the front as much as possible after filming began, anyway, there are only two or three shots.
Speaking of "Detective Chinatown", Chen Sicheng also reminded by the way that the film will start after New Year's Day, and he can go to the opening ceremony if he has time.
Compared with the fierce competition for Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, another male protagonist of the "Three Giants of Tomb Raiders", is much quieter. He
must be strong and agile, and he must be able to make jokes, and he must be fierce after finishing.
The first person that Meng Bai thought of was Hong Jinbao when he was young.
Of course, this is just a thought.
The same similar candidate, Liu Tianzuo was chosen for the online drama "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", and his appearance is still suitable.
Wuershan chose Huang Bo for "Looking for the Dragon", which is a bit nonsense.
Meng Bai looked around and was finally "inspired" by Qin Hao and found Chen Minghao, who was in the same class with him.
This person is not very popular. His most famous role in the past should be the Bull Demon King in "Magic Phone".
But he is very strong and is from the National Theatre.
You know, in terms of status in the drama world, the National Theatre is half a level higher than the People's Art Theatre.
The two male protagonists were chosen, and the only one left was the female protagonist "Shirley Yang".
In fact, if Hu Bayi had chosen Jin Dong at the beginning, Meng Bai really wanted to give the female protagonist to Wang Ou.
Apart from anything else, just relying on the gimmick of the second cooperation of "Ming Lou x Wang Manchun" can save a lot of publicity costs.
Unfortunately, after Jin Dong was excluded, this combination could not be put together.
However, Wang Ou's audition performance was also OK. Apart from the few problems mentioned before, there were no other shortcomings.
But Meng Bai always felt that it was still a little short.
Until the last day of the audition, another candidate finally appeared who impressed him.
In the audition meeting room of Arclight Films, a woman in a jacket and jeans looked at Meng Bai and said with a smile: "Hello, Teacher Meng, I am Ni Ni."
(End of this chapter)
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