Filming for "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" has been underway for almost a week.
Li Tian was also delayed in joining the team due to some trivial matters, until that meeting was over.
That's when I had time to start researching the character of Kumārajīva.
To prepare for this role, Li Tian demonstrated his professionalism by consulting a large amount of information.
Furthermore, they conducted an in-depth analysis of this person and wrote a short biography of 50,000 to 60,000 words.
The more Li Tian studied this character, the more he realized how extraordinary he was.
It feels like in this show, only Kumārajīva is seriously fighting monsters and leveling up; everyone else is either a genius or has cheat codes.
Kumārajīva was arrogant and conceited, obsessed with martial arts, and fanatically pursued the highest level of martial arts.
He is exceptionally intelligent and has a photographic memory.
Having read the original work, Li Tian knew that Kumārajīva was also a handsome man.
Even Wuyazi praised Kumārajīva as a handsome man, saying, "What a handsome face! What a handsome face! You are truly no less handsome than my junior sister, Li Qiushui. Even if I were twenty or thirty years younger, I still couldn't compare to you."
The book further describes Kumārajīva as having a face like a lotus, a spirit like autumn water, skin like ice and snow, and a charm like a maiden; he could be called a woman of unparalleled beauty.
When Li Tian thought about these things, he took out a mirror and looked at himself, feeling that his appearance was made for the image of Kumārajīva.
Kumārajīva's final fate was also to attain enlightenment in a dry well, which is fitting for his title of Dharma King.
When Li Tian arrived at the film set, he attracted a lot of attention.
This person is not only the actor who plays Kumārajīva, but also the screenwriter of this "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" series.
Her status in the production team was no less than that of the director.
Outside the film set, he was far more impressive than the director, being the son-in-law of the Ye family, one of the five major families, and the biological father of Ye Feng.
This series of titles made the crew members look at Li Tian with curiosity.
Wang Yong looked at Li Tian with a wronged expression and said, "My great screenwriter, you've finally arrived!"
Li Tian smiled, not taking it seriously, and asked, "How's the filming progressing now?"
"It's going fairly smoothly. Your arrival is just in time; we can speed up the process of Kumārajīva's scenes."
"Hmm! Huh?"
Just as Li Tian was about to say something, he suddenly saw someone and asked a curious question.
"What's wrong?"
Wang Yong followed Li Tian's gaze and saw Ah Xing walking over.
"Ah Xing is here too? Who is he playing?"
Li Tian genuinely didn't know that Ah Xing was also in the "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" production team, and now he asked with a curious expression.
I've been preoccupied with that project proposal lately and haven't had time to keep up with my good friend's schedule.
Before Wang Yong could answer, Ah Xing walked over and, seeing Li Tian, asked curiously, "Boss, what brings you here?"
"You're here too? I'm here as the screenwriter for this show, just to make a cameo appearance." Li Tian didn't hide anything.
"Oh? Who are you playing? Yun Zhonghe? Tsk tsk, that suits your temperament quite well!"
Li Tian didn't take Ah Xing's teasing to heart and said, "No, it's Kumārajīva!"
Ah Xing hadn't read the complete script, and he only joined the crew yesterday, so there were many things he didn't know.
Therefore, it is unclear what this Kumārajīva did.
"And you?" Li Tian asked in return.
"Yue Laosan, one of the Four Evils? What do you think?"
After saying that, Ah Xing raised his eyebrows at Li Tian smugly and continued, "Isn't it better than the role you tailored for me?"
Li Tian laughed when he heard this. What a coincidence! Ah Xing couldn't escape the fate of playing Yue Laosan after all.
"Well, actually, I originally planned to have you play Yue Laosan. It seems that Director Wang and I share the same vision!"
"Pshaw! I don't believe you! You probably just wanted me to play Yun Zhonghe, and now that you see me playing Yue Laosan, that's why you're saying this!"
Li Tian really wanted to say, "Brother, you overestimate yourself. Your appearance doesn't fit the character of Yun Zhonghe."
But no matter what, Ah Xing still played Yue Laosan, and Li Tian didn't seem to care, saying, "Say what you want."
While the two were chatting, Huang Yiyi arrived with Li Shishi.
The two little girls started chattering as soon as they saw Li Tian.
Wang Yong had previously informed Li Tian that the two young girls were actors in the drama.
Li Shishi plays Wang Yuyan, and although she is a bit young, the character Wang Yuyan in the original novel doesn't seem to be very old either.
She was only eighteen years old when she appeared on screen, but Li Shishi's real age is now sixteen, which is impossible to tell with makeup.
Li Tian even felt that this was better; it would feel somewhat incongruous to have an actress in her thirties play a young girl.
It's fine as it is now; Li Shishi's ancient costume look is beyond doubt.
Putting aside her acting skills, just standing there is enough to win over the hearts of many male fans.
His own daughter plays Zhong Ling, this quirky little girl.
Li Tian had originally considered having his daughter play Wang Yuyan, but compared to Li Shishi, his daughter had no advantage.
So in the end, I played Zhong Ling, which was a pretty good role.
Having learned from his previous experience at the Frankfurt Music Festival, Li Tian felt it would be more appropriate for the girl to enter the music scene.
Now the two little girls are constantly asking Li Tian questions, which makes Ah Xing grimace.
So what if you have a daughter?
As if nobody doesn't have one!
Not long after, Old Sun also came over and greeted Li Tian.
Seeing this person's appearance, Li Tian realized that he must have just finished filming, as he was still wearing his costume.
"Hey old man, what do you think of this role? Not bad, right?" Li Tian teased.
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