"The new film "Mom Love Me Again" by Li Yi, the sharpest new generation director in Hong Kong, has been involved in a controversy before it even started filming!"
"Breaking news! Wu Ting, a popular young boy in Hong Kong, was replaced and lost the chance to be the male lead!"
"Li Yi's new film "My Mother Loved Me Most Once" was replaced with Wu Ting, the original protagonist, before filming started. What's the reason?"
"Wu Ting, a popular Hong Kong actor, tearfully complained that a certain director named Li changed roles for no reason. The reason was..."
Hong Kong Island is not a big place, but gossip entertainment is very developed. Li Yiben is the new generation director who has received the most attention this year. His fame has grown rapidly, and the launch of his new film has naturally attracted much attention.
But at this time, it was reported that Wu Ting, the male lead previously set for "Mom Love Me Again", had to be replaced.
This kind of news is not unusual at first, but what is strange is that Wu Ting burst into tears when being interviewed by the media. He first mentioned that he had been preparing for this role for a long time. After all, in one sentence, he devoted himself to the role and did not hesitate to refuse it. He had many commercial appearances and film appointments, but in the end, when it came time to sign the contract and when the movie started shooting, Li Yi randomly found a reason and replaced him.
The gossip media immediately pounced like sharks smelling blood.
All kinds of exaggerated reports appeared on the paper.
It turns out that Li Yi is a director, and he is also a popular young director who has just succeeded in winning hundreds of millions in box office with a small budget and a cost of millions. For his movies, he can use whoever he wants, so what if he changes roles at the last moment?
In this regard, as the movie was about to start filming, Li Yi was extremely busy and had no time to care.
And he really didn't have any pressure on this matter. So just let it be.
But the media coverage soon changed.
Of course, the media here are mostly local media from Hong Kong Island.
As we all know, Hong Kong Island's film and television industry has been brilliant in the past. Coupled with Hong Kong Island's special geographical location and special history, although there will be some regional disputes in other parts of the mainland, it is obviously more important to put it on Hong Kong Island. To be sensitive.
Especially the film industry, because in the early golden age of Hong Kong films, the mainland's film and television industry was still in its infancy.
Some Hong Kong filmmakers still have an inexplicable sense of superiority even though the mainland entertainment industry is not what it used to be.
In fact, whether Wu Ting or Hong Kong star, there are really not many places where he can attack Li Yi.
But that doesn't mean there isn't.
"Hong Kong Island director Li Yi changed roles in his new film "Mom Love Me Again". The reason is suspected to be to please the mainland audience, abandoning the Hong Kong actor for a mainland actor!"
""Mom Love Me Again" was involved in a casting controversy. Popular actor Wu Ting accused director Li Yi of discriminating against Hong Kong actors!"
"Hong Kong star Wu Ting was forced to change his role. The reason was that he couldn't speak Mandarin accurately?"
"If you can't speak Mandarin well, you can't act in a movie? The reason for changing roles in "Mom Love Me Again" was criticized as being too far-fetched!"
News like this started to appear one after another.
As for why it is said that Li Yi did not use Hong Kong stars, but replaced him with mainland niche players.
In fact, it is also dark under the lamp.
Several other actors from Hong Kong who auditioned were not selected, which is not difficult for Hong Kong stars to find out.
Lin Jinrong was automatically ignored. After all, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they would never imagine that Li Yi would use Lin Jinrong.
In fact, Li Yi's request, even in He Tiancheng's eyes, definitely felt that Li Yi was purely trying to replace someone, rather than actually asking Wu Ting to practice speaking Mandarin.
Hong Kong Island is not without some top directors. Their films are also aimed at the mainland, and there are also great directors who make literary films, but there has never been such a requirement.
Therefore, even He Tiancheng felt that Li Yi would not give him face at all, otherwise he would find a decent excuse. In their opinion, Li Yi was just nitpicking, or he was too lazy to think of a reason.
Therefore, once this kind of news is confirmed, it will be equivalent to ousting Li Yi from the Hong Kong film industry.
In fact, the impact does exist.
Because Li Yi is from Hong Kong Island, and Li Yi's "The Gift of Room No. 7" was a hit before, in many people's eyes, he was only able to make the movie with the support of the Hong Kong Island film circle.
As a result, it would be too much to treat Hong Kong actors like this.
And this was just the beginning. Soon, Hong Kong Star showed its connections with the established Hong Kong Island Film Company.
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Wong Disheng said directly in an interview with the media: "I have worked with so many directors, but I have never heard of such a requirement!"
Hong Kong's veteran film and television star Hui Rongqiu said the same: "Of course you can learn Mandarin, but it is just for the convenience of communication, but there are many actors in the mainland who cannot speak Mandarin well, let alone Hong Kong Island?"
Wu Zhuobin, a veteran Hong Kong director: "The reason is a bit far-fetched. Anyway, I will not replace a mainland actor just because he can't speak Cantonese!"
Of course, these people all have more or less connections with Hong Kong celebrities.
And, to a certain extent, these people probably do think so.
For a time, Li Yi was pushed to the forefront. Of course, these impacts are currently limited to Hong Kong Island.
Naturally, it is difficult for Hong Kong stars to use this reason to go to the mainland media. They are clearly promoting Li Yi.
Of course they won't do that!
Not to mention, for now, Hong Kong Star’s strategy is very effective.
Although it is true that the main market for Li Yi's movies is the mainland market, the Hong Kong Island market can now be said to be better than nothing.
But he is first and foremost a director from Hong Kong, and indeed, whether it is the first "Life of Joy" or the second "The Gift of Room No. 7", the actors in front of and behind the scenes are basically from Hong Kong.
After all, Li Zhenye is also a Hong Kong actor, so most of his connections are in Hong Kong.
Therefore, the news was so widespread that it indeed had a considerable impact on Li Yi.
After all, he relied on Li Zhenye's connections on Hong Kong Island to make movies and become a popular young director today.
As a result, in order to please the mainland audience, Hong Kong stars were abandoned and mainland actors were used. If word spread, it would indeed give people a feeling of ungratefulness.
No, during this period, many people called to inquire about the situation.
Li Zhenye's side and Li Yi's side received many calls from people, some asking what was going on, and some questioning, what was going on? Why did you do that?
It can be said that it did cause a lot of trouble.
Li Yi is actually fine, but Li Zhenye is really in a state of distress during this period.
It can be said that Li Zhenye worked hard for Li Yi.
He owed a lot of favors, and the people calling him now were all his old relationships.
Most of them were influenced by media reports or someone said hello.
Not only that, there was also something wrong with the crew of "Mom Love Me Again".
Fortunately, Zhuo Yixiong calmed down and said that Li Yi would give everyone an explanation during the launch conference.
In fact, it's not surprising that Hong Kong Star's strategy works so well, mainly because "Mom Love Me Again" is not like the previous "The Gift of Room No. 7".
It can be said that the previous "Gift of Room No. 7" cast almost all Hong Kong casts. Except for one Chen Ying'er, all the other actors in front of and behind the scenes were from Hong Kong Island.
In "Mom Love Me Again", the heroine Wen Qing is from the Mainland. Although some other characters are mixed and matched from both places, plus the role of the male protagonist, he changed roles at the last moment, and was misunderstood that he chose a niche from the Mainland. , so it will naturally lead to some associations.
Amidst all the commotion, the launch conference of "Mom Love Me Again" was held as scheduled!
