Chapter 372 Lineup Confirmed

Looking at Sun Honglei's back as he left, Wu Yuchen was also thinking in his mind. He had interviewed most of the last round of male protagonists, but so far there was only Wu Yanzu and Zhao Wenzhuo who was barely usable.

Zhao Wenzhuo was short in height on the one hand, and on the other hand, he did not have the appeal of a protagonist. It's not that he had never been a protagonist. When he went to Hong Kong Island, Xu Keke opened several movies to promote him. He played in "Huang Feihong" and "Knife" and other movies. But you will find a problem. The market response to the movies he played the protagonist was just average.

It's not that he is very bad, but a little mediocre. Some actors are like this. They don't have the fate of being a protagonist, can't carry the market box office, and make the audience feel the urge and desire to go to the cinema to watch him. The most impressive thing about him is Fahai, the great dragon in "Green Snake". Therefore, Wu Yuchen passed him after a little thought.

As for Wu Yanzu, apart from Huang Xiaoming, who is the leader of the young generation, he is considered to be very outstanding. After all, he has good looks and acting skills, and he is also appealing in the hearts of young audiences. All aspects are OK. At present, the only thing missing is that the ancient costume is slightly inferior to his modern makeup.

When Wu Yuchen was thinking, the next actor came in, and he couldn't help but brighten his eyes: he was tall and slender. Although he was not as tall as Liu Ye, who was 186cm tall, he was also over 180cm tall. His appearance was even better. He was recognized as a handsome man in Asia. Moreover, his ancient costume looked very textured. The specially left beard added a sense of vicissitudes. At first glance, he had a story.

"Hello, Director Wu!" Takeshi Kaneshiro took the initiative to greet with a smile.

Wu Yuchen smiled and nodded at him, and then took the initiative to ask: "Awu, you don't wear a wig for this look? Is it your own hair?"

The actors who came in before were basically all wearing wigs to make the look. Although this may not be discovered in the movie lens, it is still easy to tell whether they are wearing wigs or not if they are face to face on the scene and observe overnight.

Takeshi Kaneshiro said with a smile: "Yes, it's my own hair. I usually have the habit of keeping long hair. I used my own hair to style my hair when I filmed "House of Flying Daggers" before."

"No wonder, it looks very natural!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and praised. This is the truth. Takeshi Kaneshiro's costume styling is really not bad. He didn't lose points like Liu Ye or Wu Yanzu.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is also an actor who debuted very early, giving people the feeling that he is an actor of the previous generation. But in fact, he was born in 1973, one year younger than Zhao Wenzhuo, and 12 years younger than Liu Dehua, that is, one generation. Now 32 years old, Takeshi Kaneshiro is indeed at the peak of a male actor.

Therefore, whether it is temperament or acting skills, Takeshi Kaneshiro now has it in place. When Wu Yuchen asked Zeng Li to go up and act with him, her body shape was also suitable, which made Wu Yuchen satisfied.

In fact, Takeshi Kaneshiro also auditioned for Wu Yuchen's previous films, whether it was "Embroidered Spring Blade" or "Departures", but he was not selected in the end. This time, Wu Yuchen felt that it should be him, more suitable than Wu Yanzu!

A week later, the audition for "Sword Rain" was over. Except for the male lead, Takeshi Kaneshiro, all other roles were selected.

The villain, the Wheel King, was still played by Wang Xueqi. His acting skills are still very good. He played it very well in the original version. Moreover, when he played "Sword Rain" in his previous life, he was already 64 years old, and he could still complete so many action scenes, which was completely unexpected. Now he is not yet 60 years old, and his condition is even better.

The role of the Wheel King does not clearly refer to which eunuch. After all, the fate of these powerful and well-known eunuchs in history is mostly recorded. For example, Liu Jin was executed by lingchi, and Wang Zhen was killed in the Wala army, so it was blurred here, leaving the audience to guess for themselves.

The monk Lu Zhu was decided to be Nie Yuan. Although the monk Lu Zhu has few scenes, he is quite important. She is the turning point of the fate of the killer heroine, and is also an important figure who guides the plot of the play "Sword Rain" at the beginning, and has a profound influence on the heroine.

It is obvious that the monk Lu Zhu has feelings for Xiyu in his heart, so he is willing to sacrifice his body and enlighten Xiyu, so this can be regarded as a pair of CP in the movie. Therefore, when Wu Yuchen selected the actor for Lu Zhu this time, he also had to find someone who was as handsome as possible to create a handsome monk, which was quite fresh in the market in 2005 and would leave a deep impression on the audience.

Nie Yuan's monk look is very good. He played the monk Bian Ji in "The Story of Tang Dynasty Love" and later played Tang Monk in "New Journey to the West". Speaking of it, the male god among monks, besides Zhao Wenzhuo's Fahai, is Nie Yuan. However, Fahai made a very deep impression on people, Wu Yuchen naturally did not want to use Zhao Wenzhuo to repeat, so he decided on Nie Yuan to play this role.

Then there is the role of the colorist who is very outstanding in the killer. The original version actually played well, but the actor's position was vague, so Wu Yuchen naturally would not look for him again. In the end, it was Ni Dahong who was decided.

The abbot of the temple, You Benchang, was invited to play the role of a monk who enlightened the killer Xiyu, which led to Xiyu's desire to quit the underworld and change her face to live an ordinary life. The ghost hand doctor who performed the face-changing surgery was invited to Jin Shijie. With the acting skills of these two people, these two roles are completely fine, which makes Wu Yuchen feel at ease.

In this way, the cast of "Sword Rain" has been basically determined. Several protagonists can start training under the guidance of the martial arts director. When the preparations are ready next year, Wu Yuchen will be able to start shooting directly.

After dinner, Wu Yuchen and Zeng Li sat on the sofa and watched TV.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" Zeng Li leaned on Wu Yuchen's arms and rubbed him reluctantly.

Wu Yuchen nodded: "There is no way. There are still many things waiting for me to deal with in America. I can't delay it any longer."

First of all, it is the post-production of "Batman". Then, as the first independent film produced by Marvel, Wu Yuchen will naturally pay more attention to "Fantastic Four". He will also check the post-production of "Spider-Man 3". He will also participate in the preparatory work of "Transformers". He will also review some projects of Marvel Pictures. In short, there are still many things to do.

At this moment, Wu Yuchen saw a clip popping up on TV. The edited clip looked quite eye-catching: Slave Kunlun ran wildly among the bison, which was extremely imposing. In the magnificent scenery, Zhang Baizhi's makeup was extremely beautiful, which was quite stunning at first glance... Finally, there was a dubbing: The first part of the Oriental Fantasy Legend, Chen Kaige's 350 million special effects masterpiece!

Wu Yuchen understood in his heart, and the promotion of "The Promise" has begun!

"It's so beautiful! Director Chen is really worthy of it. Just looking at this clip makes me want to watch it!" Zeng Li said.

The gorgeous and surreal picture reveals a fantasy and romantic color, which makes people want to find out. Just looking at this promotional clip, "The Promise" is really attractive.

From a marketing perspective, "The Promise" is still very successful. It has attracted many people to the cinema. If this is not success, what is it?

However, Wu Yuchen smiled and advised: "You'd better not hold your hopes too high."

"Ah? Is this movie not good? Have you seen it?" Zeng Li said in surprise.

Wu Yuchen did not deny it: "You will know when you go and see it yourself. Anyway, I think Director Chen will not have an easy time this time."

"I was thinking about going to see it with you~"

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "I can't catch up."

After completing the work on "Sword Rain", Wu Yuchen did not stay for long and flew directly to the United States.

Now it is the end of the year, and Hollywood has also released blockbusters one after another. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" have been released one after another, achieving good box office results. However, although these movies performed well, they were not off the charts. "Harry Potter 4" is within the expected box office of 800-900 million, and "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" are even lower. So this year's box office champion can be said to have been locked in by the 1.12 billion global total box office of "Pirate King 3".

"Hans, you always satisfy me!" Wu Yuchen smiled and praised the bald man in front of him.

"Wu, the movies you shoot always give me endless inspiration~" Hans Zimmer complimented.

Hans Zimmer is a Hollywood music master, and he has worked with Wu Yuchen several times. The two now have a tacit understanding. After finishing the music, the post-production of "Batman" was almost done, and Wu Yuchen was relieved.

He didn't worry too much about "Spider-Man 3". As the filming progressed, by the third film, the producers had greatly increased their trust in director Sam Raimi, and Wu Yuchen also let go completely, so the power of the crew basically fell into his hands, but the producers naturally retained the final editing rights.

Wu Yuchen had already watched the finished film two days ago. Generally speaking, it was okay, but he also made some suggestions on editing, and Sam Raimi decided to make some changes.

"Fantastic Four" made Wu Yuchen more concerned. Although it was handed over to Kevin Feige, after all, he lacked experience in Marvel. When selecting the director, Steven Soderbergh came to him and wanted to shoot the film, but Wu Yuchen rejected it after communicating with Kevin Feige.

First of all, Soderbergh's style is more realistic, which is not very suitable for superhero movies.

Secondly, he has won the Oscar for Best Director in recent years, and has successively shot hit movies such as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve". His reputation is relatively high. With only Kevin Feige as the producer, Wu Yuchen is afraid that Kevin Feige can't control him. If he wants to be a literary youth and add some humanistic thoughts, just like Li An shot "The Hulk", that would be bad!

For "Fantastic Four", Wu Yuchen's goal is very clear, that is, a pure popcorn commercial movie, just for the box office, just to be brainless and exciting!

So Tim Story was finally chosen as the director. This is a director who has had several shooting experiences, his craftsmanship and technology are OK, but he is more obedient, which is more suitable in Wu Yuchen's opinion.

"Daddy, does it look good?"

At this time, Jessica Alba was wearing a blue tight-fitting uniform and short boots, constantly posing to seduce Wu Yuchen.

This time, for the filming of "Fantastic Four", a set of hero suits was designed specifically for the four heroes based on the original work, naturally to highlight the figures of the heroes. The male heroes showed their muscles, and Jessica Alba showed her sexy S curves.

As soon as the uniform was designed, Jessica Alba wore it back for Wu Yuchen to try out. She is really a caring little sweetie.

Wu Yuchen walked his hands around the hero uniform, measuring and experiencing whether the uniform was suitable inch by inch.

To be honest, this suit is only worn during filming. It would be very embarrassing to wear it in real life. Moreover, after Wu Yuchen tried it a few times, he felt that it was not easy to use. The whole body is connected together, which is very inconvenient!

Of course, if you're in a novelty and role-playing mood, it's good to play it a few times now and then.

Wu Yuchen was thinking in his mind, in the future, when Scarlett Johansson plays the Black Widow and Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman, then these three superheroines will wear uniforms and play together. Just thinking about it makes me excited!

Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson are not in Los Angeles during this period. Now that they are famous, their schedules are quite tight. They have intensive schedules such as filming movies, commercials, TV shows, and advertising. Now Jessica Alba has also dedicated a week to accompany Wu Yuchen.

The next time the three girls get together to accompany him will probably have to wait until the Christmas season.

Just when Wu Yuchen was fighting Wonder Woman, someone was discussing the two of them.

"Hey Megan, your chance is here! "Transformers" is a big project with an investment of 150 million, produced by Spielberg and Wu Yuchen and directed by Michael Bay! If you can win this project Heroine, then you are likely to skyrocket!"

The manager kept emphasizing to his beautiful artist.

"I know! I know!" Megan Fox was also very excited at this time. She was just a model and a young actor working in the TV industry. She signed up for "Transformers" this time and did not expect to be able to enter the final round.

"Megan, "Transformers" is a big project that attracts the attention of all Hollywood. Next, you will face the fiercest competition in Hollywood, and it is very likely that you will be the weakest among them!

At this point, I can't give you any help. Of course, we can't sit back and wait. If you want to win the heroine, you must take the initiative to do something. "

Listening to the agent's words, Megan Fox also nodded and asked: "Ron, what should I do?"

Megan Fox is only 19 years old this year, and she started modeling at the age of 14 and started her acting career at the age of 17. She does not have rich qualifications and experience, and she is not very smart, so she has no idea what she wants to do now.

"Get the favor of key people!"