After drinking, it took a long time.
Li Tang, who was sweating profusely from his busy work, went to take a shower again. Perhaps part of the alcohol in his body was discharged with the sweat, and he felt much better.
"Hey, are you really planning not to take on any roles for half a year?"
Xiaopang is now on the rise. For a female star, the most precious thing is time. Half a year is enough for her to film two movies. What she loses here is not only her salary, but also her exposure. If a female star has no works for a year or two, she will easily be forgotten by the audience. If she comes back again, she will look outdated and have to start from scratch.
Xiaopang frowned and said: "It still depends on the casting situation. If I am selected this time, I have already made preparations not to take roles for half a year. If I am not selected..."
Xiaopang didn't say anything further. It would be really embarrassing if he failed to compete with several newcomers.
However, Li Tang still agrees with Xiaopang's decision. As an actor with a long-term vision, he should focus on quality rather than quantity when accepting a role. Just like those big stars in the 20-million-dollar club in Hollywood, they basically work on one movie in one or two years. If there is no good script, it is possible to work on one movie in two or three years. On the one hand, they are picky about the scripts, and on the other hand, they often need more than half a year to prepare for each drama they receive, including gaining weight and losing weight, becoming familiar with everything about the characters, exploring the characters' souls, etc.
Xiaopang doesn't want to talk about his own affairs, it's annoying. She had spent a lot of energy preparing for the Haiyan drama, which was originally a popular drama, but ended up being a misfire. This was due to force majeure. No one felt comfortable, but they had to accept it.
She then changed the topic and asked: "How was your meeting today? Have you chosen the leading actor?"
Although Li Tang knew that the list that Zhang Beard threw out today was probably the final candidate, he still shook his head and said: "Today is just for everyone to get to know each other and get familiar with each other. The list of actors must be discussed between Zhang and the chief director."
"Hey, if Teacher Zhang asks you to play Yang Kang, you can play Yang Kang. Why don't you try to win the male lead?" Xiaopang said again.
"Uh... this is not easy to fight for. Besides, I don't like Guo Jing as a character." Li Tang said.
To be honest, Li Tang felt that he was far inferior to Xiaopang in terms of career ambition. For example, if it were me this time, I might have given up. Why should I compete with a bunch of newcomers? It’s not like I don’t have any scenes to film. If you really don’t have a good script, just take your time and look for it, you won’t make a mistake.
But Xiaopang said: "You are stupid, why don't you fight for it if you don't like it? This is a Jin Yong drama!"
As she spoke, she picked up her script and said, "Actually, I don't like An Xin in it either, but Sister Hong said that this script is better than the one I filmed last year, so I must fight for it."
"What peace of mind?"
"Oh, it's the character in this book, a girl named An Xin. Hey, look at it, it just happened to give me some advice."
"Leave it alone, I'll look at it tomorrow, I'm asleep."
Haiyan dramas are very popular, but Li Tang doesn't like Haiyan's works very much. Except for the earliest one "Plain Clothes Police", even the popular "Never Rest" in the past few years, including "Your Life is So Passionate" played by Xiao Pang ”, he felt extremely pretentious, sticky, unhappy, and tired of looking at it.
The next morning, Xiaopang went out early. Maybe it was because during the filming of "The Third Man", Li Tang always complained about her lines, and she was stimulated. After returning to the capital this time, she specifically asked the company to help her find a Chinese drama teacher to teach her lines for two and a half days every week. class.
Li Tang got up in the morning and ran around for a while, and practiced his gun for a while. The weather in Beijing in May is very good, unlike Shanghai which is always wet. And there is a yard where he can practice shooting as he pleases. There is no such condition in Shanghai. When he lived in the city, he could only go to a nearby park to practice, where there were often onlookers. But as his popularity became higher and higher, it was no longer possible to go to the park to practice shooting. It is very troublesome to find a closed place.
After sending Xiaopang away, he made a pot of tea, and when he was bored, he picked up the script of "Jade Guanyin" and read it. I didn't expect that this look actually penetrated it.
At first he thought it was an urban love story about polyamorous love, but as An Xin recalled the past, Li Tang suddenly discovered that it was a flashback and interlude writing technique, centered around the life-and-death feud between a policewoman named An Xin and three men. Expand.
An Xin in the story is a very contradictory character. She is a law enforcement officer, but she is also a passionate woman who longs for love. The men around her cannot grasp her, but they are willing to fight for her.
To be honest, Haiyan's descriptions of the police profession are often very realistic, which is related to the fact that he himself was once a policeman. But when he describes the relationship between men and women, he is always too pretentious and clingy. This is what Li Tang dislikes the most.
However, Li Tang could not see anything he disliked in this script. On the contrary, he portrayed the character of An Xin in an extremely real, vivid and flesh-and-blood way.
He sat there without moving for the whole morning, reading the nearly 300,000-word script in one breath, taking a sip of the already cold tea, and looking out the window at the jujube tree that had already produced small fruits. , images of his imagination kept flashing through his mind, and An Xin had been replaced by Xiaopang's face.
But gradually he frowned, because the woman described in the script who was calm on the outside but turbulent on the inside (commonly known as "mensao"), who accepted fate but lived a strong life, could not be compared with the woman he knew in real life. The little fat guy got in touch.
He could instinctively imagine An Xin to be like Yuan Quan, or he could barely get the image of his ex-girlfriend, but he just couldn't imagine An Xin to be like Fatty.
At this time, he could probably understand that Hairun Company did not include Xiao Pang as a safe candidate from the beginning. The so-called casting may be just a formality to appease Chang Jihong.
But he had to admit that the character of An Xin was very well written. She was the absolute heroine and had emotional entanglements with three men. To put it harshly, these three male characters all served the character of An Xin.
At this time, he finally understood why Xiaopang wanted to compete for this role even if he didn't take the role for half a year. If he were Xiaopang, he would definitely do the same, just like he competed for the role of Linghu Chong last year.
The previous recognition was based on an actor's attitude, but now the understanding is based on the pursuit and ambition of an actor.
"I'm back!"
The door of the small courtyard was pushed open with a bang, and Xiaopang walked in with steps that he didn't recognize.
"I'm here."
Li Tang, who was sitting in the east wing restaurant, responded.
Xiaopang walked in and saw him sitting at the long dining table with straight eyes. The ashtray on the table was full of cigarette butts. He couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
When she saw the script next to her, she immediately smiled and said, "Hey, I'm reading the script. How do you feel?"
"very good!"
Li Tang looked serious, and then asked curiously: "Why don't you like the character An Xin?"
Xiaopang sat down, picked up Li Tang's teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. As soon as he drank it, he frowned and said, "What kind of tea are you drinking? It's too bitter!"
The tea I brewed in the morning was cold and bitter after brewing all morning without refilling the water.
"An Xin is just like this tea. It's too bitter. I don't want to be like An Xin."
Li Tang nodded, and of course he understood why Xiaopang didn't like this role and insisted on playing it. Before, he thought Xiaopang was just taking a gamble, but after reading the script, he knew that An Xin was a very good character. Even if he didn't like it, he still wanted to play it. play.
At this time, he looked hesitant and said: "But... I don't think you can play the role of An Xin."
"Why?"
Xiaopang was surprised at first, but then he said very unhappy: "Why do you say I can't act? Am I not as good as those fledgling girls?"
In terms of age, Xiaopang may be younger than the newcomers she mentioned, but there is no way she debuted early. Those who are more junior than her have to call her: "Sister Bingbing!"
Li Tang looked at the unconvinced little fat girl, looked her up and down, and said, "If you really want to play this role, you have to work hard..."
"Why don't I try harder?"
Xiaopang defended: "I'm taking script classes now, and I plan not to take any roles for half a year, just to fight for this role, and I also plan to learn taekwondo."
An Anxin in the script is a taekwondo master and won the provincial taekwondo championship when he was in middle school.
Li Tang shook his head and said: "This is not enough. If you really want to fight for this role, you must first change your image. To lose weight, you must first lose weight."
"Huh? I have lost weight now, only 105 pounds."
Compared to her peak weight of 138 pounds, she is indeed thin enough now.
Li Tang still shook his head and said: "It's not enough, at least I have to lose ten pounds."
It's definitely not enough. An Xin is a girl from the southwest border. Being thin was Li Tang's first impression of this character. Xiaopang's biggest disadvantage now is that she is a typical northern girl with a big frame, and her height of 1.65 meters is considered tall among the vast group of Chinese women with an average height of 1.58 meters.
There is no way to change her height, so in order to fit the character, she has to be thin.
If I still have to lose ten pounds, wouldn’t I become a piece of paper?
Before Xiaopang could speak with shock on his face, Li Tang continued: "Not only do you have to lose weight and learn Taekwondo, you also have to learn to cook and do housework and cleaning. An Anxin is a very strong and capable person who endures hardships. Hard work is something that is engraved in your bones, and you are not good enough yet.”
In one sentence, all Xiaopang's rebuttals were blocked in her mouth. She had read the script several times, so she naturally understood what Li Tang meant. Before, she had been thinking about how to play this character well. As for the details Li Tang mentioned, she had ignored them. In other words, due to her cultural level, she could not understand the character more deeply from the script.
First update!
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