Chapter 921 How many roles does one person play?

Shi Chongshan never dreamed that he could get the role of Sun Wukong so easily just by performing basic chair skills in traditional opera.

I couldn't react for a moment.

Su Tong quickly recovered from this huge surprise and helped Shi Chongshan thank Lin Fan: "Thank you Director Lin for your appreciation! I believe my senior brother will not disappoint Director Lin's expectations. I'm not exaggerating, the only person in China who can play the monkey better than my senior brother is our master."

If the master knew that the senior brother got the role of Sun Wukong, I wonder if he would want to snatch the role from the senior brother? Hiss! That's terrible!

Shi Chongshan also reacted, and was so excited that he didn't know what to say: "Thank you Director Lin, I will definitely play this role well, and I will definitely not let the role of Sun Wukong be forgotten in my hands!"

Lin Fan comforted him, "This is all due to Mr. Shi's own strength. I also believe that we will be able to present the play "Journey to the West" perfectly to all the audiences."

Yang Hongxia also joined in at the right time, confirmed the schedule with Shi Chongshan, and of course finalized the role with Su Tong, but the specific contract had to wait until she returned, and both parties would find another time to sign it.

However, the whole process was so smooth and quick that after Su Tong and Shi Chongshan sent Lin Fan and the others away, they were still a little dazed and couldn't believe that they had gotten the role in "Journey to the West" just like that.

Especially Shi Chongshan, who kept confirming with Su Tong: "Did I really get the role of Sun Wukong? Director Lin decided to let me play Sun Wukong? Am I dreaming? Did I pass the audition?"

Su Tong had to answer over and over again: "Yes, brother, you got the role of Sun Wukong, you will soon star in Director Lin's "Journey to the West", you are not dreaming, you have passed the audition!"

Although the contract has not been signed yet, Su Tong believes in Lin Fan's character. Since Lin Fan has said in person that this role belongs to Shi Chongshan, there will be no temporary replacement.

Unless that person is more suitable for the role of Sun Wukong than Shi Chongshan.

In that case, Su Tong had nothing to say.

Shi Chongshan received Su Tong's affirmation and finally accepted the fact, but another worry came to his mind: "But I'm just a drama actor, not a big star, and I don't have any market appeal. Can I really star in Journey to the West? Will the audience buy it?"

Su Tong smiled: "Brother, you just need to be responsible for playing the role of Sun Wukong well. As for the ratings, have you forgotten that I, your sister, am also a TV queen?"

I also have a role in this drama, so why can't I carry the ratings of a TV series? If I can't do it, don't we still have Liman? Even if Liman can't do it, Lin Fan is not a pushover, so what is there to be afraid of? This is also one of the reasons why everyone in the entertainment industry wants to participate in Lin Fan's works: with Lin Fan in the front, there is no pressure on ratings, and you only need to show your true acting skills, and you don't have to worry about anything else.

Why not just wait for this drama to become a big hit after it airs, and then reap the popularity and attention? Of course, a pure dramatist like Shi Chongshan may not have thought about fame, wealth, popularity, etc. deep down. He just wants to play the role of Sun Wukong well and let more audiences know about monkey drama and traditional drama through this role, and finally be willing to join traditional drama.

Su Tong comforted him, "So, Senior Brother, don't think about anything, just play this role well."

Shi Chongshan nodded seriously: "You are right, all I can do is play the role of Sun Wukong well, and I will try my best to do it well!"

I will definitely not let Director Lin down!

…

Now that the actor who will play the role of Sun Wukong has been finalized, the drama "Journey to the West" can officially enter the preparation stage.

Yang Hongxia quickly signed performance contracts with Shi Chongshan, Su Tong, and of course Riemann who had been waiting for a long time. She then assigned roles to the children in the family. Only then did she start to look through the list of actors she had previously chosen, and asked her assistant to contact them one by one to see if their schedules were suitable.

Of course, under normal circumstances, not many actors would wait so long for a TV series or film whose filming start time is unknown.

Even Riemann almost couldn't make time for it, after all, Riemann's work schedule for this year was already scheduled until the end of the year.

But perhaps Riemann's sincerity moved God, and the scheduled start date of "Journey to the West" was actually during the rest time that Riemann had reserved for herself. By putting the time back and forth, she finally freed up almost a month to take on the filming of "Journey to the West".

As it is a group drama, and she is a supporting actress in a male group drama, she should be able to finish filming her part within a month.

But other actors are not as lucky as Riemann. Either their schedules cannot be adjusted, or they are already filming in the crew. Some of them even have their schedules booked until the end of next year.

After receiving the invitation call from Earthling Studio, everyone wanted to accept it immediately, but they couldn't agree. They felt so frustrated inside.

Yang Hongxia contacted a lot of people and found out, "We are still short of quite a few actors! Should we hold another open audition and select the right actors again?"

Lin Fan waved his hand and said, "There aren't many vacancies, so let other actors take on some roles. There are so many monsters in this drama anyway, and with all the makeup on, you can't recognize who is who. It's just right for one person to play several roles, and when the TV series goes online, it can be used as an Easter egg."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Yang Hongxia couldn't help but complain: "How do you use it? Do you want to find the difference? Or play connect the dots?"

“It’s all right.”

Lin Fan thinks this is a good idea. The Earth version of "Journey to the West" is a problem of objective conditions. There is a serious shortage of actors, which leads to one actor playing several roles at the same time.

But here on Blue Star, as long as Lin Fan calls out, many actors with schedules will come forward to recommend themselves, so there is no such thing as a shortage of people.

But Lin Fan still wanted to do this, just as a tribute to the original version of the Earth. No one else knew it anyway. It felt good to put the secret out in the open, but only I knew it.

Then when the TV series is online, the crew doesn’t even need to announce it. Those careful netizens and fans will be able to discover this "little secret" by themselves, which also increases the interest of the audience in watching the show. Why not do it?

Yang Hongxia has always been helpless with Lin Fan: "Okay, since you insist, one person can play multiple roles, and then we can pay them more."

Who made Lin Fan the director?

(End of this chapter)