Chapter 6 Crew preparation and actor audition

"Terminator", as one of Cameron's classic movies, has made both Cameron himself and Schwarzenegger successful.

Xu Nuo chose this movie as his first film after traveling to this parallel world. One of the reasons is that Xu Nuo liked the director Cameron very much before he traveled back to Earth.

This time, Xu Nuo localized it while following the main plot core and characters of "Terminator".

After all, in Cameron's "Terminator", there are two human characters, one is named Kyle and the other is named Sarah. Obviously, their names are very hawkish, and they need to be changed to the Chinese names of the two rabbits.

So Xu Nuo invented the names of two characters in his "Terminator": Ding Nuo and Xu Ya.

The cost of Cameron's "Terminator" was US$6.4 million, and Xu Nuo prepared a production cost of 200 million yuan for Terminator. To be precise, Xu Nuo did not prepare it, but the value of 200 million was set by the system.

Among them, 120 million is a financial reward given by the system, and the other 80 million is an investment from three coal bosses.

Xu Nuo will spend most of the 200 million cost on the filming and production process, and the actors' salaries will be very low.

Even for the lead role of T-800, Xu Nuo was only given a salary of 2 million.

Today is the audition day, Xu Nuo came to his real media technology company early in the morning.

Then for the role of the human male protagonist Ding Nuo, He Feiyang found a supporting actor in Hengdian named Xiong Li.

Xu Nuo nodded: "Okay, let the staff take you all to prepare for makeup."

Otherwise, if the future robot in "Terminator" travels through a time tunnel to modern times, how can it be shot realistically without special effects?

Assistant Wen Ruohan comes very early every day. She will clean up Xu Nuo's office. She organizes the documents that the company needs to report every day and puts them on the boss's desk before the boss comes.

The most important thing is, it's cheap.

I have to say that Yuzhou City is indeed a very suitable place for filming. Many domestic movies, and even many foreign movies, have been shot in Yuzhou City.

"OK."

then.

The remaining two are coming to audition today.

Xu Nuo fell in love with his tough guy image at first sight and asked him to audition for the role of Ding Nuo.

This is obviously an actor with relatively high plasticity. I don’t know what the current director is thinking. Such a potential actor has been reduced to such a low level that he has not been explored yet?

Is it possible that there is no need for tough guys in domestic film and television works?

Just now, Xu Nuo observed Xiong Li, the supporting actor that He Feiyang hired from Hengdian. He thought it was good when he saw the photos before, but now that he sees him in person, he feels that Xiong Li's external image is completely suitable for the role of a tough guy.

He Feiyang introduced Xu Nuo to the audition actors.

Xu Nuo arranged an audition a week later.

Everyone seems quite confident.

Firstly, it puts some pressure on Zhou Junwei to quickly build muscles. Secondly, he cannot put all his eggs in one basket. If Zhou Junwei cannot train, it is good to have a backup option.

Of course.

"Uh-huh."

Later, after an in-depth discussion, the other party found out that they were making a movie and that she was the heroine, so they wanted to raise the price.

"Hello, Director Xu."

Suddenly everyone shouted in unison.

"Let me introduce you to everyone. This is the director of our movie. Just call him Director Xu."

"Are you familiar with the character clips that each of you are going to audition for?"

Finally, there is the heroine Xu Ya. He Feiyang searched a lot through his connections and found about five actresses, all of whom Xu Nuo was not very satisfied with, but they could still make do.

Xu Nuo’s filming location was set in Yuzhou City.

Xu Nuo asked while chatting again, looking like he was chatting about family matters.

Due to age and cost constraints, Cameron's "Terminator" actually didn't have many big scenes, and there were relatively few exciting scenes with bangs and explosions. Xu Nuo had a sufficient budget, so he added some more explosions, making this "Terminator"

"Terminator" is more in line with the era of 2023.

Among them, three of the films asked for more than 3 million, and Xu Nuo refused them directly.

Fortunately, the actor of T-800 was caught in a gym. The salary of 2 million is already a very large amount of money for an ordinary person.

At about 10:20, all the actors who came to audition arrived.

"There must be one hundred and eighty. There are many opportunities for running groups here."

"Know it by heart."

Although the human male protagonist in "Terminator" is not as strong as the T-800, and even makes people feel thin by comparison, he is actually a tough guy type.

Xu Nuo also came to the company's studio and met Xiong Li, whom He Feiyang had found in Hengdian, and Ms. Cheng for the first time.

It is also time for the actors to audition for the three main roles in "Terminator" and then finalize them as soon as possible. After all, the actors have to be given some time to familiarize themselves with the script.

"I have been working in Hengdian for five years."

"How many crews have you run through?"

In addition to what He Feiyang was looking for, Xu Nuo gave Guan Ju some keywords and asked Guan Ju to screen them online, and he actually screened out a female fitness influencer.

After meeting Xiong Li himself, Xu Nuo's level of satisfaction increased.

However, he is much more straight-looking than Baoqiang.

From his statement that he has been working for five years, Xu Nuo confirms his view that he is a quite simple person.

"How long have you been staying in Hengdian?"

Xiong Li replied.

I have to say that this assistant really made the right choice.

and.

Xu Nuo came to Xiong Li, who was waiting in line for makeup, and asked.

In addition to Zhou Junwei, there are two fitness hunks found online who will also have an audition.

Yes, although Xu Nuo had to shoot many scenes in this "Terminator" in real life, there are still some scenes that cannot be shot in real life under the existing conditions and require the use of special effects.

"Don't be so formal, everyone. Show yourselves well in today's audition. Only three of you can get a million-dollar salary contract."

The main audition actor for T-800 was Zhou Junwei, who Xu Nuo and He Feiyang were scouting at the gym together.

Auditions are a way to select actors, but nowadays there are very few directors in the entertainment industry who use auditions to select actors.

He Feiyang nodded and led Zhou Junwei and others to a nearby room.

Then he turned around and said to He Feiyang: "A Fei, please take Zhou Junwei and the others to order the makeup of T-800 first."

Xu Nuo smiled and said to everyone.

A small Internet celebrity with only tens of thousands of fans would probably smile on his face when he saw a business cooperation worth 500,000 yuan.

Now preparations for the crew and various filings and approvals required for filming are proceeding in an orderly manner.

This is also the reason why Xu Nuo would rather choose newcomers than those so-called actors in the domestic entertainment industry.

Xu Nuo initially sent a private message to Ms. Cheng and told her that she had a business cooperation deal worth 500,000 yuan.

"I know everything by heart."

Anyway, Xu Nuo's original budgeted salary for the heroine was 1.5 million, so he doubled it to Ms. Cheng and mentioned a salary of 1 million. Therefore, Ms. Cheng was very interested and decided to come to audition today.

Xu Nuobian also plans to film "Terminator" in Yuzhou City.

And the battle scenes between future robots and human resistance also require the use of some special effects.

As for scenes that really require the use of special effects, the system allows it. After all, the system's "reality principle" is that the core of the movie must be real, and everything else should be shot in real time.

At 9:30 in the morning, Xu Nuo asked Wen Ruohan to go downstairs of the company to pick up the actors who came to audition.

The owner of this up is a small Internet celebrity with few fans, called "Ms. Cheng", and her full name is Cheng Zhixin. Xu Nuo is very satisfied with her appearance and her figure is also good.

Xu Nuo could see that he looked honest and simple, but he spoke forcefully and his whole person was full of energy, which made Xu Nuo see a little bit of Wang Baoqiang in him.

The other two main characters in "Terminator" each had a salary budget of 1.5 million.

"Your name is Xiong Li, right?"

Most of them directly choose popular celebrities who have schedules. It doesn't matter whether their talismans fit the role positioning or whether their acting skills are good or not. As long as they are famous, that's all.

"no problem."

With just a few special effects, Yuzhou City can be transformed into a cyber city. Therefore, many domestic and foreign cyberpunk-themed movies will choose to shoot in Yuzhou City.

Xu Nuo controlled the salary of all the actors in the entire movie to less than 10 million, so that the money could be used for filming and post-production special effects.

Xu Nuo asked the audition actors again.

Big breasts and perky butt.

"Yes, Director Xu."

It is rich in experience.

It's a pity that just because of his mediocre appearance, there has never been any good opportunity to go further, and no one is willing to dig him out of the bottom of the sea of ​​​​bit actors.

Fortunately, I met my good friend He Feiyang.

Xu Nuo decided to give him a chance.
Chapter completed!