After this issue of "Today's VIP" on Hong Kong Island TV was broadcast.
The entertainment industry here on Hong Kong Island has completely exploded.
Because Li Yi personally admitted that this time "The King of Comedy" is about the struggle history of a walk-on actor, so the announcement of the casting can be regarded as giving all Hong Kong actors a chance!
For countless actors who can't find opportunities, this can definitely be said to be an opportunity to rise to the top in one step.
Moreover, it is not only the protagonist, but also supporting roles. No matter how bad they are, they can also be used as extras.
The media and fans in the mainland were also outraged.
"Li Yi's new film "The King of Comedy" is not a comedy? Is the King of Comedy the King of Tragedy?"
"The King of Tragedy will make "The King of Comedy" to tell the story of the struggles of little people?"
"Li Yibo's "The King of Comedy" may not be a comedy, and the transformation may be just an illusion!"
And Li Yi's fans were also confused.
"What the hell? Tell me something very tragic. "The King of Comedy" is not a comedy?"
"As expected of you, a dog director, selling dog meat on a sheep's head. My grandma won't help my uncle, so I will obey you!"
"Director Dog, you made me happy for nothing. I thought I could finally have a good laugh, but you told me that this is not a comedy?"
"I'm a little confused, so the question is, is "The King of Comedy" a comedy or a tragedy?"
At the same time, "The King of Comedy" used an all-Hong Kong class, which did cause some controversy.
""The King of Comedy" has an open casting call, but it is set on Hong Kong Island. What does Li Yi mean by this?"
"What else could it mean? His true colors have been revealed! He is actually a Hong Kong director!"
But such controversies were quickly drowned out by more supportive voices.
"Haha, don't show off your presence and rhythm. Everyone has said that the movie was inspired by the experiences of Li Yi's father, Li Zhenye, and his deceased Uncle Da. It was originally about actors who were minors in Hong Kong. History of Struggle, what’s the problem with using a Hong Kong class?”
"When did our country, China, have the same ethics as Hollywood? If Hollywood doesn't use black people, it will be said to be discrimination. Why are you now feeling discriminated against when people film stories about Hong Kong Island and use Hong Kong Island actors instead of mainland actors? You just don't know what it means. !”
"I think it's normal. Wherever the background is placed in the movie, actors from that place are used. There's nothing wrong with that!"
"Li Yi has always chosen only suitable actors in his past movies. Since he feels that Hong Kong actors are more suitable this time, what's the problem?"
This result actually surprised Li Yi.
In fact, he was already prepared to be questioned, but in fact, he underestimated his own influence.
Compared with other Hong Kong directors, it can be said that Li Yi has a very good impression on mainland audiences, especially in terms of the use of actors.
After all, Li Yi's previous movies were not limited to regions at all. There were actors from Hong Kong and mainland China. At the very beginning, Li Yi's "Mom Love Me Again" was canceled because Wu Ting could not speak Mandarin well.
So now that Li Yi is filming stories about older people from Hong Kong Island, it is only normal to use actors from Hong Kong Island.
At the same time, some media originally wanted to bring some rhythm, but in the end they were warned.
I won’t say much about where the warning comes from.
But it also let them know that Li Yi was already different from other Hong Kong directors!
A Hong Kong filmmaker can produce a work like "That Rabbit That Year". Some small media may not understand it, but which of those big media would not understand the meaning contained in it?
"The King of Comedy" is said to have all open auditions, but in fact, the scope of open auditions for the protagonists is still relatively small.
Most of them require some acting experience.
Although the male protagonist in it plays a small character, a walk-on, it does not mean that Li Yi really dares to use a walk-on to play the leading role.
Unless the other party is really outstanding and outstanding, but then again, if he is really that outstanding and outstanding, he won't still be a walk-on.
Therefore, in this regard, although there are still many candidates for auditions, most of them have at least some acting experience.
For example, like Lin Jinrong earlier!
However, the auditions for supporting roles are indeed open auditions. Of course, because some of the supporting roles have age requirements, in fact, there are not that many people auditioning.
For example, the role of the undercover agent played by Uncle Da in the original version has certain age requirements.
After all, those who are still playing small roles at that age are rare.
So in fact, the only roles that are really open to auditions and do not set too high a threshold are those neighbors who do not have many roles, as well as "Hong Ye", "Ji Ge", "Hong Ye's Men" and "Collect Protection Fees" who have more roles. "Wait.
These roles are not favored by famous actors, and most of these actors need to be played by more distinctive actors. If they can be selected from the public casting, of course it is the best.
But in fact, although it seems that there are the fewest auditions for the main roles, the competition is actually more intense.
For example, for the role of the male protagonist Yin Tianqiu, after preliminary screening, there were only eight actors left.
What's interesting is that there is also an old acquaintance of Li Yi, Wu Ting!
There were eight people selecting the male lead for "The King of Comedy", so Li Yi simply held a unique group audition!
In other words, let these eight actors audition at the same time!
The audition questions were exactly the same.
After getting the audition title, the eight people all looked at each other.
Because there were two questions in the audition. One was that Yin Tianchou was shot to death by Du Juan'er after putting on a priest's costume. However, until Du Juan'er had eliminated all the bad guys, Yin Tianqiu was still performing the "inner drama" behind.
In other words, this topic requires actors to play corpses, but it is not an ordinary "corpse", but a corpse that cannot die no matter what. It is a corpse that is obviously dead but refuses to die and still adds drama to it.
This question can be said to have confused the eight actors who auditioned.
Because, these people, including Wu Ting, needless to say, Uncle Da's son Zhou Xing, is also an actor who has acted in many movies. Others who can make it to the final audition list have more or less their own masterpieces.
But at this time, they were all dumbfounded.
Because they have never performed this kind of play before!
It’s really weird!
The second question is even more nonsense.
Because, the second question is to directly let them act as a corpse!
If it weren't for the group audition, Wu Ting would definitely think that Li Yi was targeting him. What the hell kind of audition is this?
In fact, the two questions asked by Li Yi naturally have deep meaning.
For example, the first replacement actually tests the actor's basic acting skills. First of all, you are asked to play a corpse, but it is a corpse that refuses to die, and it is a corpse for your family's inner drama.
So at this time, how to act depends on the actor's acting skills.
Because you can't be too exaggerated. If it's too exaggerated, it won't be a corpse.
And you can’t be too restrained, because then it will really be a corpse!
