"It is very different from "The King of Comedy". "The King of Comedy" is a complete tragedy, while the process of "Westward Journey" will be much more festive. Of course, the core is also a complete tragedy!" Li Yixiao said.
There is actually a big difference between "Westward Journey" and "The King of Comedy".
"The King of Comedy" is a realistic version of the struggle history of the extremely humble people at the bottom of society. In fact, the core of "Westward Journey" is that youth has regrets, and that one day you will walk on the road in embarrassment, like a dog !
Even when "Westward Journey" was released, many people thought it was an insult to the famous work because it was too subversive.
But Li Yi really, really likes this movie, because it is a movie that you will have completely different feelings depending on your age and every time you watch it.
"The King of Comedy" actually doesn't have much "happiness" in it. It can be said that it is broken up and crushed from beginning to end to let you watch the suffering of the lower class. However, "Westward Journey" is cloaked in comedy, allowing people to watch You may laugh while watching it, but after watching it, it’s hard to laugh out loud.
When Li Yi finished the script of "Journey to the West".
Mu Qing looked a little weird after reading it for the first time.
Because this movie script, this story, as a whole, gave her an extremely weird feeling.
Simply looking at the movie script, dialogue, character design, etc., it can be said that just reading the script can make Mu Qing laugh from a goddess to a psycho from time to time.
But after reading the entire script, I saw the last line: "Look at that person, he looks like a dog!"
Mu Qing suddenly felt helpless and self-deprecating.
Because the Supreme Treasure has become Sun Wukong, he is no longer a free person, but has to be led by fate like a dog.
Not only "The Marriage of the Great Sage", but "Moonlight Box" is actually the same.
If he doesn't use the Moonlight Box to go back to the past, then he won't be able to save Bai Jingjing, but if he uses the Moonlight Box to go back to the past, will Bai Jingjing still be the same Bai Jingjing?
Their relationship, if it weren't for this moment, wouldn't exist at all.
However, the script and dialogue of the entire movie are full of nonsense, but for some reason, it seems to be extremely harmonious, as if it should be like this.
Mu Qing finally understood why, Li Yihui said, it was difficult to find a suitable female character in the film.
Because in "Westward Journey", whether it is Bai Jingjing, the spider spirit Chun Shisanniang, or the Zixia Fairy, they all need to be presented in that nonsensical style.
In other words, in "Journey to the West", they are all goddesses and fairies, but they are all female neuroses!
Such a role is not about acting, but a style of acting.
For the current entertainment industry, there are really too few such actresses.
Hong Kong Island naturally has nonsensical cultural traditions, but the problem is that there are basically no actresses on Hong Kong Island who can act in such dramas, especially young actresses, who can be named.
And it just so happens that every female character in "Westward Journey" must be very outstanding and must be at the level of a goddess.
For example, Spider Spirit Chun Shisanniang, White Bone Spirit, Bai Jingjing, Zixia Fairy, etc. It can be said that if you want to achieve effective shooting, your appearance must be at the level of a goddess.
It is precisely because of these conditions that it is difficult for these characters to give birth.
"Let's open the recruitment!" Li Yi thought for a while and said.
The so-called mule means the horse takes it out for a walk and you will know it.
Li Yi is not familiar with domestic female stars and actresses, and he doesn't know whether they are qualified for the job. Therefore, open recruitment and open auditions have become the only options.
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Of course, this open recruitment does not mean that there are no barriers.
Li Yi prefers to recruit actors with acting skills.
Again, he is not particularly good at training actors' acting skills.
Therefore, if you are a newcomer without any acting foundation, it is basically impossible for Li Yi to choose.
Therefore, this open recruitment is aimed more at actresses in the domestic entertainment industry, as well as female students in the acting departments of major film and television art schools.
After the news was released, it was tantamount to dropping a bombshell in the Chinese entertainment industry.
In fact, there are rarely such open recruitments for Li Yi's movies. Most of the time, invitations are sent out internally and some actors are invited to audition.
And everyone knows that Li Yi usually prefers to continue working with actors he has worked with before.
However, Li Yihua's status and aura as the number one director in the country is so attractive.
Moreover, this time, Li Yi's new movie requires two heroines and a second female lead.
This is definitely a huge temptation for any female artist in the Chinese entertainment industry.
For a time, the eyes of all the slightly motivated actresses, female stars, and female acting students from major universities who were preparing for female stars suddenly turned red.
They all started to move.
Li Yi's friends, actors he has worked with, Li Yi's parents, etc., etc., all received calls to intercede and inquire for information.
Li Yi soon released the criteria, or threshold, for this casting.
Simply put, beautiful! pretty! pretty!
In Li Yi's opinion, first of all, Chun Shisanniang is a spider spirit. A real female temptress, if she is not beautiful, how can she be a female temptress?
Then there is Bai Jingjing, if she is not beautiful, how can she conquer the Supreme Treasure?
Finally, there is Fairy Zixia. Fairy, if she is not beautiful, what kind of fairy is she called?
Maybe there are such subversive fairies in other movies, but at least in romance movies, the heroine is still a fairy. How dare you try to trick people with your crooked melons and dates?
After all, this is always a world based on appearance.
Therefore, beauty is the minimum threshold for these three roles.
Although Li Yi did not introduce these three characters in detail.
However, there are various speculations from the outside world.
"What is Director Dog doing? Choosing a concubine?"
"There's nothing wrong with the movie heroine. If she's crooked, wouldn't she be driving people away?"
"I'm so angry. When can we girls stand up?"
"Haha, I'll never stand up again. It's not your fault that you're ugly. It's your fault that you still come out to scare people when you're ugly."
"This is a world where faces are judged. Who has seen a few ugly female celebrities?"
"By the way, what movie is Director Dog going to make this time? It's about a female temptress and a female fairy."
"Fairy Zixia seems to have appeared in "The Legend of Wukong", with the White Bone Demon and the Spider Demon. I guess she is going to make a live-action movie about the Great Sage."
"I just don't know what type it will be. The previous "The Return of the Great Sage" did not have a heroine. In other words, it seems that most of the film and television works related to "Journey to the West" did not have a heroine. Could it be that this time the dog director Do you want the Great Sage to come and fall in love?"
Ranwen
"What's the problem? Who says a great sage can't fall in love?"
