"Teacher Zhang, morning!"
"Queen, good luck!"
"Hey, old lady, it's early enough today, thank you for your hard work!"
The dressing room on the first floor was full of people, some were putting on makeup, and some were waiting in line. Li Tang got into the crowd and greeted everyone one by one.
The one who plays Emperor Ama Qianlong is named Zhang Tielin. He is in his early forties and has a deep voice. Li Tang's impression of him only remained in his original memory as Gao Zhihua in "Under the Bridge" and the villain Jin Huan Erlang Cao Xiong in "The New Crane and the Needle" who intended to rape and violently rape him.
Although he is an old actor, his acting skills are really average, not even as good as Zhou Jie, who is more than ten years younger than him. He laughs and giggles when he is happy, blows his beard and stares when he is unhappy, he is simply the middle-aged male version of "Little Swallow".
It is said that this guy is still British, and he will show off a few London accents from time to time on the set, which is very arrogant.
Li Tang had a very average impression of him.
In this regard, Li Tang understands Zhou Jie a little bit. As an actor, acting alone speaks for itself. If you can't show a good level, don't think that others will look down upon you.
There is also the identity of the British. It is normal to complain about the British in the United States, such as the British are prudish, too arrogant, love to pretend, etc., and they are often vilified and ridiculed in film and television works. .
In turn, the British generally believe that Americans have no culture, no history, and are all nouveau riche.
This is just like people across the country like to complain about Shanghainese. People across the country generally think that Shanghainese are stingy, shrewd, calculating, pretentious, etc.
I remember that at the last wrap-up party for "Suzhou River", a drunken lighting engineer from Beijing patted Li Tang on the shoulder and said, "Li Tang, you don't look like a Shanghainese at all."
This sentence may be a high praise in his opinion, but it made Li Tang dumbfounded.
After all, Li Tang lived in the United States in his previous life, and was inevitably influenced by American culture. When he heard that this guy was British, he subconsciously curled his lips and snorted: "Yeah, British guy!"
Yes, two fake foreign devils got together.
As for the Queen and Aunt Rong, although they look fierce in the play, they are very nice people in private. Especially Grandma Rong, the old lady is talkative, enthusiastic, and has great acting skills. Not to mention anything else, her role as the Queen Mother in "Water Margin" which was just aired in the first half of the year was impressive.
"Little Plum, is it your turn to show up today?"
"Hey, Teacher Li, we can't write two characters for "Li" in one stroke. We were the same family five hundred years ago. Don't keep talking about it one little plum at a time. I'm so scared!" Li Tang was busy! Begging with a straight face.
Although "Little Plum" sounds quite smooth, it always reminds people of a famous father-in-law in modern history.
"Tsk, my father's surname is Li and my mother's surname is Tang. Together they are a good name, but it's not appropriate to call them Tang Zi or Xiao Tang Zi!" the old lady smacked her lips.
Li Tang said helplessly: "Old lady, you can just call me Li Tang, otherwise I'll call you Xiao Li. Don't be too generous after that."
"Li Tang, he's just a little raw..."
"No life, no life at all."
Fan Xiaopang, who was just about to put on makeup, heard the commotion here, turned his head and gave Li Tang a proud look.
Those big talking eyes seem to be saying: Hum hum, you have today too!
Of course she would not dare to call Li Tang Xiao Lizi in person.
A good relationship will lead to a good relationship, and you can't go too far with your jokes. Especially in the circle, it is very important to grasp the appropriateness.
The filming in the past few days was divided into two groups, A and B. Group A shot the scene in the Huibin Building in the Beijing Film Studio studio, which was the main line, and was directed by Sun Shupei himself. Group B was filming scenes involving Emperor Ama, the Queen, Grandma Rong and others in Prince Gong’s Mansion, which was considered a branch line, and Liping was in charge.
After putting on makeup, everyone came to the set. The extras were already in place, practicing their moves and rehearsals under the command of the assistant director.
"Xiao Li, we will shoot two passing scenes first, and then Xiao Jian's appearance scene. Is there any problem?" Sun Shupei came over to explain to Li Tang.
After getting along with each other for this period of time, although Li Tang's scenes have not been filmed yet, he has a very good impression of Li Tang. This young man has no airs and gets along well with the crew. What is even more rare is that Li Tang has not been lazy these days. He goes out and in with the crew every day, wearing costumes and standing on the sidelines to watch.
This attitude alone was enough to impress Sun Shupei.
"No problem, director."
After observing for so long, he was already eager to give it a try.
Before filming started, Li Tang walked outside and started to warm up.
His warm-up movements were very detailed, and he was miming while warming up.
Today's scene is about Xiao Jian coming to the Huibin Building, drinking some wine and starting to recite poems to show off, attracting the attention of Xiao Yanzi, Ziwei, Erkang and others who were also full and had nothing to do, and then started to cherish each other. .
To be honest, when Li Tang read the script for the first time, he felt very embarrassed when he saw this paragraph. Who in the right mind would sit alone in a restaurant and recite poetry loudly. But after careful consideration, I found that this is a fixed routine in Hong Kong and Taiwan costume dramas or martial arts novels.
The so-called scholar-chivalrous man must put on all kinds of pretense when he appears. He recites poems - he has literary talent. There are many people in the restaurant, and there must be key figures. He will be astonished by the poems, so he will lead to the following story.
Xu was too focused. After the scene went through Li Tang's mind, he realized there was a person standing next to him.
"Hey, Lao Mo!"
"Brother Li, your warm-up moves are quite standard." Lao Mo complimented with a smile.
Li Tang was self-aware, and his warm-up movements were still the most basic movements he learned in his previous life at the university. He waved his hands and said, "No, no, I'm just doing some random activities... Oh, I almost forgot, you majored in physical education. , just in time to help me guide."
Lao Mo, Mo Fengbin, plays the role of Meng Dan, Xiang Fei's lover.
When they met for the first time, Li Tang saw that he was tall, dark-skinned, mature, and had a particularly eye-catching square face. He thought he was really a Mongolian compatriot.
It turned out that he was an authentic fellow from Henan, and he was two years younger than me. In his early years, he and Xiao Yanzi were classmates at Xie Jin Art School, and it was Xiao Yanzi who helped recommend him to join the group.
Before he was admitted to Xie Jin Art School, he practiced sports and was a sprinter.
"Where, where, Brother Li, how dare I guide you." Mo Fengbin waved his hands and said modestly.
He is just a young actor. Xie Jin has not had any serious acting opportunities since graduating from art school. If Xiao Yanzi hadn't recommended him this time and got the role of Meng Dan on the set of "Return of the Pearl II", he might have changed his career. Therefore, he is even more low-key than Li Tang on the crew. At the same time, because of Xiao Yanzi's attitude towards Li Tang, he usually doesn't dare to get too close to Li Tang.
Today I happened to see Li Tang warming up, so I came over to take a look out of curiosity.
Li Tang didn't mind his refusal, and he could guess the twists and turns. Anyway, his body was almost active, so he took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed him one.
"Thank you, Brother Li!"
The young man stepped forward and quickly took out a lighter to help light it.
After taking two puffs of cigarette, I saw not far away from Studio 1, a group of extras wearing Tang Dynasty costumes lining up to enter. Mo Fengbin hesitated for a moment, pointed at the group of people and smiled bitterly: "Brother Li, to tell you the truth, I was one of them a few days ago."
He explained it tactfully.
Li Tang was quite surprised when he heard this and asked, "So you have been working as an extra in the past few years?"
He and Xiao Yanzi graduated from the first batch of Xie Jin Art School, and by counting, almost three or four years have passed.
"That's right, but I have another job, otherwise I would have starved to death just by being an extra."
Li Tang is not sure about the market in Beijing, but in Shanghai Film and Television Park, extras who play pedestrians on the street usually only cost ten yuan a day. Unless you can get a role with one or two lines, the price may go up. Lift the point.
The key point is that this kind of opportunity to be an extra does not come every day. If you really want to make a living by being an extra, then you really have to comply with Lao Mo's words - you will starve to death long ago.
