Chapter 49 Audition (Please Read On!)

Chapter 49 Audition

The audition room is separated from the audition actor lounge by a wall.

Chen Yuan, Wu Yuan, and Han Dong are all sitting in the audition room, chatting with the resumes they have collected.

The three giants of "Departures" are still the same old three, Chen Yuan is the producer, Han Dong is the general producer, and Wu Yuan is the chief director.

However, whether it is Han Dong or Chen Yuan, they will mainly follow Wu Yuan's opinion in casting.

Although this movie is wholly owned by China Film, they really can't influence Wu Yuan's film casting now.

"Director Wu, the audition actors are all here. Do you think we can start the audition?"

"Let's start."

Putting down the pile of resumes in his hand, Wu Yuan showed a faint smile.

In fact, there are only a few roles in the movie "Departures" that need large-scale casting.

For most of the supporting roles in the movie, Wu Yuan can use familiar people, that is, his friends from the Film Academy and the Drama Academy in 1996.

Only four roles need to be carefully cast: the heroine Lin Mei, the hero's master Chen Jianjun, the secretary Xiaowei of the undertaker's company, and the owner of a bathhouse in the hero's hometown.

These four roles have different personalities, but each of them bears the four emotional changes of the movie, which is very important to the hero. It is necessary to choose actors with suitable acting skills and image.

This is also the reason why there are so many actresses among the actors who came to audition today. Three of the four roles are female roles.

The heroine Lin Mei needs an actress who is around 30 years old, with a gentle image and a wife-like feeling.

Secretary Xiaowei needs a young actress who can perform a lively, enthusiastic and cheerful personality.

The last bathhouse owner needs an "old lady" type actress who is at least 50 years old.

Not to mention the last role, the first two roles are the focus of the actresses who came to audition today.

The first one to come in for the audition was the actress Ning Jing.

As a powerful actress who has won the Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Hundred Flowers in China and the Saint Sebastian in foreign countries, Ning Jing's acting skills are naturally needless to say.

In fact, the actors who received the audition invitation today don't have to worry about their acting skills, and they are definitely qualified for the movie "Departures".

For them, the audition is more about trying their own temperament or performance style, whether it is suitable for the character.

As soon as Ning Jing entered the door, Wu Yuan frowned.

Too strong.

Whether it is from the posture of walking or the momentum emanating from her body, Ning Jing gives people a strong sense of oppression.

Moreover, she has no feeling of "good wife and good mother", only the spirit of a strong woman. No wonder "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" chose her to play Dayuer.

It's just that such a temperament does not match the image and temperament of the heroine of "Departures".

However, Wu Yuan still has a little expectation. Actors are changeable. Wu Yuan has seen many actors who have completely different faces when they enter the play and when they leave the play.

"Hello, Teacher Ning Jing."

"Hello, Director."

Wu Yuan stood up and shook hands with Ning Jing, handing her a prepared audition script.

While he was looking at Ning Jing, Ning Jing was also looking at Wu Yuan.

Young, too young, too handsome, with a look of Zunlong, more like a cream boy than the director!

Although Wu Yuan is now well-known in the domestic film industry, everyone knows that he shot a movie "Juno" in Hollywood, which was very popular at the box office and will be released on a large scale around the world.

But if you ask how many people know what Wu Yuan looks like, there are really not many!

Except for Wu Yuan's actor friends, most people in the circle have only heard of him but never seen him!

After all, the director is a behind-the-scenes worker. Wu Yuan's only two movies did not have premieres, and he did not accept any media interviews in China and the United States, so there are no photos or live photos of him in the outside world!

Now seeing this "long-admired" director Wu Yuan in person, Ning Jing deeply felt how exaggerated this 19-year-old director is.

Everyone knows that Wu Yuan is very young, but no one has ever told her that Wu Yuan is so handsome? !

Ning Jing, who has always dared to love and hate, was moved for a moment, and then a sigh rose in her heart, if only she were ten years younger.

Putting aside the messy thoughts in her mind, she nodded to Wu Yuan with a smile, and Ning Jing took the few audition scripts and started to think about them.

The script was very simple, just a short plot of the heroine welcoming the hero home, which needed to show the gentleness, thoughtfulness, and good wife and mother of oriental women.

After reading the script several times, Ning Jing confidently indicated that she could start the audition.

No one acted with her, it was a completely non-physical performance.

Ning Jing stood at the "door" and greeted her husband who had returned with a smile on her face.

"Husband, you're back."

"Did you have a smooth job search today?"

"Auntie Wang from next door sent some pork head meat over. I'll heat it up for you."

"..."

Watching Ning Jing take out slippers for her husband to change into, she led him to the dining table, carefully opened the table, asked him to sit down, and served the food...

Wu Yuan's brows were sometimes furrowed, and sometimes relaxed.

From the performance alone, Ning Jing's performance was really impeccable. Even though it was a non-physical performance, she still showed the feeling of a wife waiting for her husband to return and the busyness after her husband returned.

But, it's hard to say, Wu Yuan just felt that Ning Jing lacked some temperament, which made this performance more superficial, rather than sinking into the role.

"Ning Jing is still more suitable for the kind of strong role." Wu Yuan tilted his head and whispered to Han Dong.

When he said this, Han Dong immediately understood and interrupted Ning Jing's performance: "Xiao Jing, you acted well, let's discuss it, you go back and wait for the notice."

Ning Jing raised her eyebrows, still smiling and nodded, turned around and left the audition room calmly, she knew that she was probably out.

"Next!"

"Next!"

"Next!"

After Ning Jing, Zheng Shuang, Wang Yan, Jiang Qinqin, Gong Xue, He Qing, Xu Qing and other first-line actresses in the mainland also auditioned one after another.

These famous beauties have their own advantages, but their own shortcomings are also obvious, some are too gorgeous, and some are too charming.

Teacher Zheng Shuang is the one who best fits Wu Yuan's definition of a "good wife and good mother", but her performance is a little too straightforward, and lacks in gentleness.

After auditioning more than ten actresses in a row, Wu Yuan wrote down a lot of comments in his notebook, but he hasn't decided on any one yet.

"Next!"

Another actress pushed the door and walked into the audition room.

Wu Yuan glanced up casually.

"Eh?!"

"Sister Ziyi, aren't you promoting "Rush Hour 2" in the United States? Why are you here too?"

Zhang Ziyi, who had a bright smile on her face since she entered the door, greeted Wu Yuan very familiarly, "Yuan'er, your new play, no matter how busy I am, I have to come and try it out!"

"Haha." Wu Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling quite uncomfortable.

This sister's attitude is really weird and scary!