The title of Mou Girl has an unparalleled attraction to any new actor.

Becoming a Mug Girl means becoming a step forward and becoming the focus of attention of the entire film and television industry. Various advertisements and endorsements will flock to you, top magazines will invite covers, and various film and television companies will deliver scripts to their doorsteps and invite roles.

This is a result that many actors can't achieve after working hard for a lifetime.

It is no exaggeration to say that the starting line of Mou Girl's debut is the finishing line for many actors.

When they heard that "Golden Armor" was really a new drama directed by Chen Yimou, the three girls felt that the opportunity was rare and were eager to try it. Their eyes were filled with hope. They wanted to try it, so they walked into the hotel with Xu Zhengdao.

When he reached the stairs, Xu Zhengdao stopped and asked the three girls: "The Pancake Man is in Room 105, I won't accompany you to the crew of "Golden Armor". You can go by yourself."

Tong Liya smiled and nodded: "You are busy with yours, we will come to you later."

Xu Zhengdao didn't say much and turned around and walked towards Room 105.

The door of Room No. 105 is wide open, with a piece of white paper sticking on it, saying "The Pancake Man" crew."

After Xu Zhengdao walked into the room, the first thing that caught his eye was two large white boards. The names of all the characters from the male protagonist, the heroine to the big match were on it. This is the famous photo wall. If the photo of the actor is posted under a certain character, it means that he has become a candidate for the role. Below the photo wall is a long table with a bunch of actor information on it.

All crews in Beijing are preparing for the project, regardless of the amount of funds or where the preparation is, there are two things in the casting room of the crew. One is a pile of actor information, and the other is a photo wall with photos of three to five alternative actors under different roles.

Zhang Ruyu sat on the bed and kept talking to a woman in a red T-shirt. The woman was 27 or 28 years old and looked quite ordinary. She looked very humble when talking to Zhang Ruyu.

Huang Haoran sat on the sofa opposite, listening to the woman in red, while flipping through the actor information in his hand. When he saw Xu Zhengdao coming in, he hurriedly stood up: "Zhengdao, why are you here?"

"I'll come and see, how is the casting situation? Is it okay?"

"We told various agency companies and agents through our senior brothers that "Pancake Man" is a theater movie produced by Anle and Jiang Zhiqiang. It will not only be released in China, but also in Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia. The director hopes to find some actors familiar to the audience to star in this movie. After we sent the message, many agents sent actor information, and the actors who ran the group can receive more than 100 actor information every day."

Huang Haoran pointed to the actor's information piled up on the table: "This is our record in the past two days."

The woman in red heard Zhang Ruyu say that Xu Zhengdao was the director, so she stood up quickly. She looked at Xu Zhengdao and saw that Xu Zhengdao was in her early twenties, thinking that he was the casting assistant director. The director was slow, and directors in their twenties were indeed rare. However, for an agent like her, the casting assistant director was still not to offend.

When interviewing actors, the director is often not present, and the work is done by the casting assistant director. After they select the candidate actors, they will submit it to the director, and the director will make the final choice. Only when the assistant director lists you as the candidate can you meet the director and compete in the final competition. If the assistant director does not recommend you, even if you look like a fairy and have a acting skills beyond Meryl Streep, it will be useless because the director doesn't know your existence at all.

The woman in red said politely: "Hello, Director Xu. I am Wang Jingjing of Haiyi. According to the information you provided, our company's artist Wang Baoqiang is very suitable to play the second male lead in "The Pancake Man"."

Xu Zhengdao felt that the name Wang Baoqiang was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was: "What kind of scene did Wang Baoqiang act in?"

Wang Jingjing hurriedly took out a copy of Wang Baoqiang's information and handed it to Xu Zhengdao: "I have played Sha Gen in "The World Without Thieves" and Yuan Fengming in "Blind Well". With this role, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer."

Xu Zhengdao suddenly realized: "So it's stupid. He seems to have practiced martial arts, so there should be no problem in filming a fighting scene, right?"

Wang Jingjing nodded repeatedly: "No problem! No problem! Before becoming an actor in Peking, he studied art in Shaolin Temple for eight years. After arriving in Peking, he did martial arts. When he was filming a fighting scene, he would really fall. When he rolled down the stairs, he would really roll, and he would really roll until his nose and face were swollen. Later, many people knew that there was a martial arts named Wang Baoqiang who worked very hard in acting. Others pretended to fall when they acted, and he acted all the time."

Xu Zhengdao's eyes lit up. Wang Baoqiang had done martial arts, and his experience was very similar to Ma Tao!

Ma Tao, the second male lead in "The Pancake Man", is a martial arts profession. Because the original male lead was seriously injured during filming, the crew's funds were cut off and no other actors were found. Director Dapeng had no other way, so he could only let Ma Tao play the Pancake Man.

Xu Zhengdao's most important thing when choosing actors is whether the actors and roles overlap and have similar experiences. He hurriedly said: "Tell me about Wang Baoqiang's experience in being a martial arts profession, and give it a little more details."

Wang Jingjing was not clear about it, but Xu Zhengdao was willing to listen, which showed that he was interested in Wang Baoqiang. She told her everything about Wang Baoqiang's experience, focusing on Wang Baoqiang's experience after he arrived in Peking. In order to support himself, Wang Baoqiang had to work as a small worker in the construction site when he was an extra. When Wang Baoqiang was doing martial arts, he threw himself directly on the ground from more than two meters high. When he got up, his blood wet his clothes...

Xu Zhengdao took out a pen and kept recording in his notebook. Ma Tao and Wang Baoqiang's experiences were similar. He felt that some of Wang Baoqiang's experiences could be used on Ma Tao, which would make the story more realistic and moving.

During the process Wang Jingjing told me, Xu Zhengdao often asked some details. Wang Jingjing was listening to Wang Baoqiang's words, and was not an eyewitness of the matter. He couldn't say many details, which disappointed him.

After chatting for nearly half an hour, Xu Zhengdao turned to Zhang Ruyu and said, "Ruyu, paste Wang Baoqiang's photo on the wall and list him as Ma Tao's No. 1 alternative." He also said to Wang Jingjing: "Wang Baoqiang has many similarities with Ma Tao. They are both extras and have done martial arts. In addition, Wang Baoqiang looks very funny, which is more in line with the overall atmosphere of our drama. We now set him as No. 1 alternative, and we will arrange auditions for him at that time. You can wait for our news."

Wang Jingjing was overjoyed when she heard this and hurriedly said, "Thank you, director! Thank you, director!" After that, she took out another document and asked tentatively: "We have an actor named Zhang Hanyu. The drama is very good and he doesn't pick any roles. Why don't you take a look?"

"Zhang Hanyu, I have an impression that he is the policeman in "The World Without Thieves". He is honest and has very good lines. I admire him very much. He will definitely work with him if he has the chance in the future, but he is not suitable for this drama. Our drama is a comedy, and he looks positive. If he is willing to make a guest appearance, we can arrange a role for him."

"I'm willing to make a guest appearance! I'm willing to make a guest appearance!"

"Then leave the information. If we want to use it, we will contact you then."

Seeing that Zhang Hanyu's information was accepted by Xu Zhengdao, Wang Jingjing quickly took out two more documents and showed a pleasing smile: "We have two good actors in our family, with very good acting skills and don't pick on roles. Why don't you take a look?"

Xu Zhengdao shook his head helplessly: "You are such a responsible agent! Give me the information. I will check it out when the time comes. If there is a suitable role, I will contact you."

Wang Jingjing handed the information in her hand to Xu Zhengdao and left with great gratitude.

Xu Zhengdao put down Zhang Hanyu and the others' information, picked up Wang Baoqiang's information and flipped through it. There are stills of various characters played by Wang Baoqiang. After seeing Wang Baoqiang's look in the TV series "Legend - Fantasy of the Shang Dynasty", he almost laughed out loud. The weird style, coupled with Wang Baoqiang's slightly funny face, is really hard to laugh.

Wang Baoqiang's appearance is simply Ma Rong's shit - the only one!

Xu Zhengdao put Wang Baoqiang's information on the table, tapped it gently with his fingers, and said to Zhang Ruyu and the others: "Wang Baoqiang is really suitable for our drama, he is a little younger. If he is twenty-five or six years old, I will ask him to audition directly. He is a little younger. Although he is the No. 1 alternative, we still have to see if there are more suitable actors."

Zhang Ruyu and Huang Haoran nodded and said, "Don't worry, we will pay attention."

Xu Zhengdao walked to the photo wall and looked at it. In addition to the character of Ma Tao, there was a photo of Liu Yifei under the name of the heroine Du Xiaoxiao, and the photo of Xu Jian under the name of the hero Dapeng. The names of other characters were still empty.

The male and female protagonists are covered with photos of Xu Jian and Liu Yifei. It was not because their agent sent the information, but because Xu Zhengdao confirmed from the beginning that they were the number one alternatives for the male and female protagonists.

Posting Liu Yifei and the others' photos here, one for reference, and the other is also a promotion. When other actors and agents come in, they will know that this is not a strait team, but a relatively powerful crew. They may tell their friends or other actors to ask more actors to interview.

Just then, Tong Liya's voice came from the door: "Director, we're here to interview."

Xu Zhengdao turned his head and saw Tong Liya and the others walking into the room, and said, "How are you doing with the interview on the "Golden Armor" crew?"

Tong Liya shook her head: "I don't know. After we went there, we asked us to record our own introduction, and then we took the front, left, right, and back towards the camera. The director's attitude was particularly cold, and it was probably impossible."

Xu Zhengdao comforted: "Director Chen Yimou's casting is different from other directors. Many other crews choose several seed contestants, recommend them to the director, and let the director choose them. Director Chen Yimou casts the casting, and the assistant director will shoot all the audition actors and hand the videotapes to Director Chen for review. Director Chen will personally pass the videotapes, pick out the seed contestants, and repeatedly test the scenes, and finally select the most suitable candidate. The Mou girl is really selected from thousands of actors, and then emerges from one round of PK, and they are all very powerful. So, why does the assistant director feel that it is not important, the key is how Director Chen thinks you are."

Tong Liya smiled: "Director Chen chose Gong Li, like Zhang Ziyi, so the three of us probably have no hope."

Xu Zhengdao also felt that Tong Liya and the others did not meet Chen Yimou's aesthetic standards and were relatively unlikely to be selected. The girls of Mou were all the kind of girls with generous facial features, clean and pure appearance, and were ruthless. Of course, this is not absolute. For example, Qu Ying in "Are You Good To Say" and Wei Minzhi in "No One Less Leave" are not clean and pure appearances, but selected according to the needs of the character.
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