Chapter 210 Send him two pig heads (Part 1)
The next day, many North American media reported on Zhang Yi's new film "The Myth". Whether it was good or bad, it was nothing more than letting more people know about the existence of such a film.
Apart from the male and female protagonists Zhang Yi and Zhou Huimin, the rest of the actors in "The Love of Ghosts" have not yet been decided. Especially the two male and female supporting roles, Karl and Ota.
Although Zhang Yi is unfamiliar with the place and has no connections in the United States, it is still easy to find actors. After all, the system in Hollywood is much better than that in Hong Kong.
If you want to find actors, you can definitely go through the Screen Actors Guild.
"Sorry, I seem to have entered the wrong room." A black actor walked into the room where Zhang Yi was auditioning, glanced at Zhang Yi, then smiled, turned around and left.
"Miss Whoopi Goldberg?" Zhang Yi looked at the person, then looked down at the information obtained from the Screen Actors Guild, and then asked with some uncertainty.
"Oh. Do you know me? The Actors Guild called and said that I was asked to audition for a role, and you couldn't be the one auditioning for me, right?" Whoopi Goldberg turned around in surprise and looked at Zhang Yi.
"Yes, it's me. I'm the director of this film!" Zhang Yi said with a smile.
"Are you the director? Oh, you, you are China Zhang, the young director who came to Hong Kong?" Whoopi Goldberg looked at Zhang Yi in great surprise.
"I'm Zhang Yi." Zhang Yi smiled and said.
"Oh, my God, you actually asked me to audition. Oh, I'm sorry, I like your movies very much." Whoopi Goldberg said with some surprise.
Whoopi Goldberg played Otta's psychic medium in the original version so vividly that she also won the 63rd Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Of course, she may not have the same acting skills as she did in the original version, but Zhang
When Yi thinks of this character, she always comes to mind first.
Maybe, she would give Zhang Yi a surprise. And that was indeed the case. Whoopi Goldberg really gave him a surprise during the audition.
"Welcome. This is a movie script. I hope you can get familiar with it as soon as possible. I believe it won't be long before the movie starts shooting." Zhang Yi smiled and said immediately.
"Thank you!" Whoopi Goldberg smiled and said to Zhang Yi.
Two more days passed, and Zhang Yi still couldn't find a suitable actor to play Carl. Today, he found nothing. When he was about to leave to grab Cameron's appointment, someone suddenly walked in.
"Are you recruiting actors here?" The man looked at Zhang Yi and said immediately.
"We are recruiting actors, but as long as there are supporting roles, the second male lead will have the most roles!" Zhang Yi looked at the person coming and said immediately.
"Can I try the role of the second male lead?" the man asked immediately.
When Zhang Yi heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed. The visitor, Zhang Yi, vaguely guessed that he had watched many of his films in his previous life. Of course, most of those films were made after he became famous. Obviously his
Compared with her, her face is undoubtedly much greener.
And this person is Nicolas Cage who changed his original name!
Currently, he has not won an award in Cannes. He has not yet starred in "The Island", and he has not become an international star with great box office appeal. So far, he has only starred in "Birdman", which has a mediocre impact.
Of course, there are also many movies where he plays supporting roles.
Nicholas may not be as good as Brad Pitt and others in his film selection, but in terms of acting skills, he is definitely among the best in Hollywood. Whether it is talent or hard work.
"Of course!" Zhang Yi smiled immediately upon hearing this. Then he briefly introduced Karl to Nicholas, and then asked him to act out the situation when he discovered that a huge sum of four million in his account was missing.
"Okay! Very good! It's you." Zhang Yi clapped his hands and said. Nicholas's performance just now undoubtedly showed Carl's panic and disbelief in his demeanor, behavior, and even his eyes.
The most important actors in "The Last Days" are undoubtedly only four people. Of course, if we add the guy who robbed the wallet, accidentally killed Sam, and was finally hit and killed by a car, there are only five people.
After the actors were confirmed, Zhang Yi was ready to start filming, but before that, he had to finalize his cooperation with Cameron.
"How many days did it take you to write the script?" Cameron looked at Zhang Yi in surprise. Hollywood is different from Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, Zhang Yi and Huang Baiming both wrote a script in one night, and
It can still sell well. Some movies are even written while filming. But this is not the case in Hollywood. Every script is carefully crafted.
And most of the time, the script is determined first, and then the actors and even the director are determined.
"The script is actually already in my mind, it just took me a few days to write it." Zhang Yi smiled, then looked at Cameron and said, "I wonder what Mr. Cameron thinks of this movie?"
"This script is undoubtedly very exciting, but technically it seems a bit immature," Cameron said immediately.
"What kind of special effects technology does Mr. Cameron need? Why don't you go to my special effects company in Hong Kong to have a look first. If they can't meet Mr. Cameron's requirements, Mr. Cameron can find other special effects companies. Of course, the premise is
They can meet your technical requirements." Zhang Yi smiled and said.
"You have a special effects company in Hong Kong?" Cameron said with some surprise.
"Of course! The special effects of "The Myth" were made by my special effects company." Zhang Yi said with certainty.
"What! The special effects of the movie "Myth" were actually made by your special effects company?" Cameron seemed a little surprised and said, "I didn't expect that the special effects technology level in Hong Kong has reached such a high level."
"Haha!" Zhang Yi smiled and said nothing.
"Then you make some arrangements. I'll go to your special effects company in Hong Kong first to have a look." Cameron said immediately.
"No problem." Zhang Yi said.
"Who do you think will star in this movie?" Cameron looked at Zhang Yi and said immediately.
"You are the director, you have the final say." Zhang Yi said with a smile.
Cameron was arranged by Zhang Yi to go to Hong Kong for special effects. "The Myth" was released in North America for one week and topped the box office list with more than 15 million yuan. And judging from the increase in attendance, the next
It is unlikely that the weekly box office will drop. Moreover, Fox seems to have plans to increase theaters.
However, Zhang Yi did not pay too much attention to these, but concentrated on filming "The Love of Ghosts".
There are no big scenes in this movie, so Zhang Yi is naturally able to handle it with ease. But there is no doubt that the acting requirements of this movie are much higher than those of "The Myth".
There is no doubt that Zhang Yi's acting skills are not only better than those of Nicholas and Whoopi Goldberg, but also a bit weaker than those of Zhou Huimin.
However, Zhang Yi has the ability to comprehend, comprehend, and be unmatched by anyone. What’s more, he is a director, and his growth in acting skills is jaw-dropping.
It is definitely easier for a director to become an actor than for an actor to become a director.
Zhang Yi suddenly remembered some of the gangster scenes in the original version, one of which was taken here today. Molly's sleeves were stained with blood when she was holding her dead body, but when she went to the police station, her sleeves were clean.
In terms of sequence, obviously the scenes in the police station were filmed first in the original version, and then the scenes in the streets, and it seems to be the same for me now.
There are many cheating scenes in the original version. Although on the Internet these days, there are not so many boring people looking for cheating scenes in movies and TV shows every day, but since Zhang Yi knows about it, he will avoid it.
Of course, the most memorable scene for Zhang Yi was when Ota's shoes changed color around the corner after meeting Molly for the first time.
What I remember most is that the ghost who taught Sam to move real objects was actually hit in the head by a can kicked up by Sam. The can hit the man's head and changed its direction instead of passing through him.
Zhang Yi was about to ask someone to get some blood stains on Zhou Huimin's clothes, but he didn't want to be attracted by the noise outside.
"What's going on outside?" Zhang Yi glanced at Lin Xiao who came from outside and asked.
"More than a dozen people came and threatened to collect protection fees." Lin Xiao said lightly.
"Collect protection fees? Isn't this Hongmen's territory?" Zhang Yi was a little stunned when he heard this, and then frowned and said.
The Hongmen will definitely not come to collect protection money from him. Even if he and the Hongmen in Los Angeles get along somewhat happily because of Ma Mingxiang's matter. What's more, Ma Mingxiang is already dead now. His disciples don't have the courage to instigate others now.
Chapter completed!