Chapter 352: A Lonely Man
The filming scene has been completely moved to the front hall of the Weiyang Palace after the scene was cleared. The staff and actors were busy shuttling back and forth. There were 64 extras in total, playing the roles of princesses, princes, concubines, palace maids, eunuchs and guards.
Li Sitong, who plays the role of the queen, is also a senior in the industry. She is 40 years old and was originally the third female role. When Liu Man came, she became the fourth female role. She has always played supporting roles since her debut, and she is not very popular. She is an old actress who is not even a third-tier actress. She is very low-key and does not even have a separate lounge and dressing room in the crew.
Liu Man and Li Sitong have several scenes together, which have already been filmed. Li Sitong is quiet and introverted. After each scene, she is the first to leave the scene. Apart from talking to the director, she rarely communicates with other people. She and Liu Man are just nodding acquaintances. However, her acting skills are very good. She played a jealous and vicious queen vividly, and she passed every scene in one take without any glitches.
Although Li Sitong is not popular with the audience and her popularity is low, she has a very good reputation in the director circle. When famous directors are preparing to shoot new films and selecting supporting roles, they always give her priority. After all, leaders like employees who don't talk nonsense and work quickly and well.
On the way to the front hall with Miao Xiaomei and Jiang Lin, Liu Lan met Li Sitong, who smiled at the three of them.
Jiang Lin saw her costume as the queen and laughed, "Is this the dozens of times you have played the role of the queen? I feel like you have played the role of queens from every dynasty."
"Who made me have such a mean face? I can only play the role of the evil queen."
Liu Lan was surprised. This was the first time she heard the taciturn Li Sitong joke. Li Sitong's face was indeed very long, a typical horse face. When she had no expression, she looked serious and indifferent. Her eyes were very big, but they were three whites. She looked at people with a fierce look, of course, when she was acting.
When Miao Xiaomei was putting on makeup, she talked about Li Sitong, saying that her face was not good, especially her eyes, and that makeup could not cover up her white eyes, so her career luck was so bad. Liu Man smiled and said that many women in the cold palace in the previous life had their own good faces, some brought good luck to their husbands, some brought good luck to their children, but didn't they still end up badly?
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Jiang Lin said, "It's a rare opportunity for me to play a bad lady this time. We are both bad in the same way."
"At our age, as long as the script is acceptable, we can play any role. It's all for work and to support the family," Li Sitong said self-deprecatingly.
"Who made us old? Now the world is dominated by young people. If the leading actors and actresses are not young handsome men or fairies, the audience will not buy it."
"You don't have any scenes today, so why did you go over there?" Li Sitong asked Jiang Lin again, her tone familiar, and it was obvious that the two had a personal relationship.
"I want to go and watch and see how good Fu Feiqian's acting is and whether it's just exaggerated," Jiang Lin has never worked with Fu Feiqian, but he has heard of her superb acting skills.
Li Sitong, who had acted with Fu Feiqian in the past two months, did not comment, "It's just like that."
Jiang Lin smiled, "What is that?"
"Without that face, she's nothing."
Li Sitong's voice was very soft, and only the women could hear it.
Liu Lan took her words to heart.
When they arrived at the set, all the basic preliminary work had been prepared. The extras stood in three rows, listening to the instructor's instructions on how to position themselves and how to perform.
When the little extras Lu Lu and Chen Xinyi saw Liu Man coming, they trotted over. The three princesses reunited, and when they saw Li Sitong, they subconsciously called out, "Mother."
Li Sitong nodded with great momentum, "No need to be polite."
Lu Lu couldn't help laughing first, and the women burst into laughter. Liu Lan realized that the serious Li Sitong was actually quite interesting. In sharp contrast to the laughter here, Fu Feiqian, who was waiting in the wings not far away, had no one around her except three assistants. Everyone automatically stayed three feet away from her, treating her like a plague.
Fu Feiqian was very strong-willed. She disdained to have a fake friendship like Liu Lan. Is there real friendship in the entertainment industry? It doesn't exist. In this big world of fame and fortune, the so-called friendship is just a relationship of mutual benefit. There are many cases where they were like sisters one day, but quarreled in public the next day.
Instead of having the time to figure out what other people are thinking, she would rather be a loner. Anyway, she has He Lu Shen behind her to protect her from the wind and rain. This is a permanent solution.
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