After the male protagonist is decided.
For other roles, the screening process has also been accelerated.
In Hong Kong Island in March, the open casting call for "The King of Comedy" took over almost all entertainment topics in Hong Kong Island.
And Li Yi also officially showed his strong influence on Hong Kong Island.
The original "King of Comedy" was a big-name guest star, and Li Yi went directly to Chen Weijie, which is a big-name enough.
Chen Weijie had also played a small role before, and since it was Li Yi's invitation, he naturally agreed without saying a word.
This also adds a lot of topics to "The King of Comedy".
This month, every time "The King of Comedy" casts a role, the entertainment media will report it fiercely.
At the same time, more Hong Kong actors are flocking to Li Yi's movies, and even an ensemble role is being competed by countless people.
Without him, as long as he is selected, even if he plays a small role in the crew, the entertainment media in Hong Kong will cooperate with the report.
This kind of influence is the envy of countless veteran directors.
Because even they have never had such a huge impact.
Finally, the main cast of "The King of Comedy" has been finalized.
Li Yi can be said to have done what he said, except for the male protagonist, female protagonist, and some supporting roles in the film who have relatively high requirements on age and acting skills.
Almost all other roles are selected publicly through auditions.
This has also changed the Hong Kong film circle's attitude towards Li Yi a lot!
And the media unscrupulously praised Li Yiwei as "the light of Hong Kong movies"!
Because after the film's focus has shifted to the larger market of the mainland, there are few major directors who can do it. The film uses an all-Hong Kong cast.
But Li Yi did it.
In fact, Li Yi really didn't think about it that much. It's entirely because "The King of Comedy" is a film about the struggle history of a small walk-on character, rather than a film about the bitterness of a walk-on actor at the bottom of society in Hong Kong Island. history!
Therefore, such a movie is indeed more suitable to use Hong Kong actors.
Moreover, this time the live soundtrack of "The King of Comedy" will also be in Cantonese. Of course, if it is released in the mainland, it will definitely be dubbed in Mandarin!
In fact, the background of "The King of Comedy" belongs exclusively to Hong Kong Island.
Why do you say that?
Because, have you ever seen any walk-on in the Mainland finally make a real comeback and become a big star?
But in the early golden age of Hong Kong Island, hundreds of movies were produced a year, but as a result, there was no decent film and television school, and most of them came from short-term training courses, and even more were wild.
It is difficult for people in this era to imagine that an actor can make dozens of movies a year.
Most of the actors and stars in Hong Kong started out as walk-ins. Many of them have hardly gone through systematic study, and they have worked hard through one movie. This can be said to be a star-making process unique to Hong Kong Island in that era.
Therefore, a movie like "The King of Comedy" can only be set in Hong Kong Island.
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"Well, Hong Kong movies are in decline after all!" Zhuo Yixiong sighed while holding the stack of information about the actors who failed to pass the final round of auditions.
"Why are you suddenly feeling emotional?" Li Yi couldn't help but smile. The decline of Hong Kong cinema is a well-known fact.
Why does Li Yi have such great influence on Hong Kong Island?
Isn't it because Hong Kong filmmakers have indeed experienced a terrible fault, with no successors.
It is rare to even see a few Hong Kong film and television stars under the age of 40.
So does the director! That's why Li Yi has become a favorite in the eyes of Hong Kong Islanders in this era, and he is praised to the fullest.
Because, apart from Li Yi, they can't even find a target for the younger generation in the Hong Kong film and television industry to brag about.
"Actually, if you look at the script of "The King of Comedy", you can know why there is a gap among actors in Hong Kong, because the star-making model and the actor training model are outdated." Zhuo Yixiong lamented. road.
Li Yi nodded, it was really like this.
This is also the inevitable result of the increasingly standardized development of an industry.
Although the talent training in the mainland's film and television industry is not as mature as Hollywood, even so, it can already beat Hong Kong.
The mainland has professional film and television schools that provide a large number of talents to the film and television industry, but what about Hong Kong Island?
There is no professional school.
And just like in the early years, most of the mainland movies chose actors from Hong Kong as the protagonists. Why? Because they often appear on the big and small screens, they are very recognizable and well-known.
But now it's the other way around.
Most mainland production teams will not hire new actors from Hong Kong who are not yet familiar with the mainland public, unless they are somewhat famous.
"These can even be said to be the last essence of Hong Kong's young actors. Maybe in a few years, even such young Hong Kong actors will not be found." Zhuo Yixiong added.
"I have an idea." Li Yi said suddenly.
"Oh?" Zhuo Yixiong couldn't help but look at Li Yi curiously.
"The decline of Hong Kong movies is caused by the general environment. There is not much we can do, but I think it is okay to give some opportunities to the last and best young actors in Hong Kong." Li Yi thought for a while and said.
"How do you say it?" Zhuo Yixiong asked expectantly.
"Didn't you say that what they lack is just the opportunity to show themselves? What if they were given such an opportunity?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
"This..." Zhuo Yixiong was a little confused.
"What do you think of micro-movies and commercials?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
Zhuo Yixiong's eyes suddenly lit up.
"You mean, let them act in commercials and micro-movies?" Zhuo Yixiong asked.
"Not bad, what do you think?" Li Yi asked.
"If it's someone else, maybe it won't work, but if it's you, then it's definitely no problem." Zhuo Yixiong immediately said with a smile.
He really didn't mean it as a compliment. It can be said that Li Yi's micro-movies and commercials are also famous.
Moreover, the exposure of each film is extremely high. Not to mention these young Hong Kong actors, even those famous stars, if Li Yi invites them, most of them will not refuse.
"It's just, do you have so much time?" Zhuo Yixiong asked with a frown.
In fact, Li Yi rarely spends time shooting short films or the like now.
"Since we want to support Hong Kong actors, wouldn't we also support the young directors from Hong Kong?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
Zhuo Yixiong nodded and said, "You want to..."
"Invite those young directors from Hong Kong to make commercials? Micro-movies?" Zhuo Yixiong looked at Li Yi in astonishment.
"What? No?" Li Yi asked.
Zhuo Yixiong thought for a while and then stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, why not!"
"However, since this matter is going to be done, let's do it on a big scale. Even in every advertisement and micro-movie, Hong Kong stars can be used as guest stars..." Zhuo Yixiong looked at Li Yi said.
