"Take a step back? Relax your requirements?" Li Yi couldn't help but frown after hearing Chen Weijie's words.
"Not bad! Otherwise, I don't know what you think, but the rumors from the outside world are true. You actually have pictures of Brother Ma for a long time, so you have been unable to find someone who matches you." Chen Weijie said with a smile.
Li Yi nodded slightly. It was indeed the case. If it weren't for the fact that Fa Ge's Xiao Ma was so eye-catching in his memory, maybe it wouldn't have made him so embarrassed.
"But if the requirements are relaxed, the quality of the movie will undoubtedly be greatly reduced." Li Yi frowned slightly.
"When I say relax the requirements, I don't mean to relax your requirements for actors, but I think you can relax the scope of casting." Chen Weijie added.
"Relax the scope of casting?" Li Yi looked confused.
"What I mean is that you yourself should know this role best and the feeling you want best. So since there is no suitable candidate, why not play the role of Brother Ma yourself?" Chen Weijie finally came up with the idea.
Li Yi was stunned: "Am I playing Brother Ma?"
"Isn't it possible? The story you wrote about Brother Ma is so brilliant, and your image and age are suitable for this role, so why can't you act it yourself?" Chen Weijie said with a smile.
Li Yi frowned at first. Although he had never acted before, to be honest, he didn't think he was qualified to be an actor.
What's more, it's Brother Ma!
But I don’t know why, but my heart feels a little moved. The role of Xiao Ma is really so special.
It can even be said that looking at all the films he has filmed, the role of Xiao Ma is at the forefront.
Because this character is cool and exciting!
He is the kind of person who has a weak sense of right and wrong, and actually has no particularly outstanding abilities. People like him will never be able to become a big shot. Big shots are all capable of bending and stretching, but he can't do it.
He vowed never to have a gun pointed at his head again, and he did it, even if it meant death.
There is no doubt about the charm of this character. If you take a step back and find an actor who is not so suitable to play this role, to be honest, Li Yi himself would not be able to pass that test.
Because that is likely to lower the height that this character should have and dim the original light. This is something Li Yi cannot accept at all.
That would be tantamount to destroying the character.
"Besides, the publicity aspect is also very gimmick, isn't it? You act yourself, but you can use someone else to replace it to the outside world. When the final answer is revealed, I believe the effect will be very good!" The more Chen Weijie talks about it, the more reliable it becomes.
Li Yi himself also felt more and more that if he played the role of Brother Ma, he would have to grind it out slowly and film it slowly. He didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to achieve that kind of effect.
Of course, if it were other movies and other roles, maybe Li Yi wouldn't be like this, but he himself also likes this role very, very much.
So, he nodded: "Then I will act!"
"Isn't that enough? Tsk tsk, I'm looking forward to this movie more and more. Maybe the Academy Awards will give you a Best Actor Award by then, haha!" Chen Weijie said excitedly.
"In that case, Brother Jie, come and play a role too." Li Yi said.
"Me? There seems to be no role that is particularly suitable for me, right?" Chen Weijie asked doubtfully.
"How about the role of Tan Cheng?" Li Yi said with a smirk.
Chen Weijie's face suddenly fell a little.
"What? Do you have the baggage of an idol?" Li Yi felt more and more that having fun alone is not as good as having fun with everyone. It would be interesting if Chen Weijie played the hated villain, right?
"Don't say it yet, it's a little bit indeed!" Chen Weijie said with a wry smile.
In fact, this is too normal. In fact, since Weijie Chen's debut, he has played only a handful of villain roles.
In fact, his acting skills have been criticized when he was young. Even if he won the Best Actor crown, everyone did not really recognize his acting skills.
Without him, he debuted as an idol. Although he is not young now, he is still an idol!
Therefore, for Chen Weijie, playing a villain role is actually quite difficult.
On the one hand, it is the burden of idols. This is really not just a casual comment. If Li Yi plays the role of Xiao Ma, it will be amazing, then if Chen Weijie plays the role of the villain Tan Cheng, it will definitely disappoint countless fans of him. It's eye-popping, and the key is, I'm afraid there will be many people protesting by then.
It will indeed have some impact on him.
On the other hand, to be honest, Chen Weijie's facial features and appearance are actually not suitable for playing a villain, but this statement is not necessarily completely related to the facial features and appearance.
In fact, the fundamental reason is that his impression in the eyes of the public is too deep-rooted.
"Actually, this role is still very difficult for you!" Li Yi stopped his smile and said seriously.
This is really not what he said casually, it is also true.
For someone who has never played a villain to play such a role is definitely a breakthrough for Chen Weijie.
The role of Tan Cheng is actually quite brilliant in terms of the plot and the character itself.
He was once just a follower around Brother Hao, and was even looked down upon by the big boss everywhere, but what about himself?
I have always played that role seriously, but when Brother Hao was imprisoned and he came to power, no matter how humble he was before, he became so arrogant at that time.
Especially in the last scene, it can be said that he is definitely the kind of villain that makes people hate him.
"Are you serious?" Chen Weijie asked with a frown.
"Ang!" Li Yi nodded with a smile.
"I want to think about it!" Chen Weijie said with a bitter look on his face.
He was suspended in mid-air.
In fact, if other directors had made such a request, Chen Weijie would have ignored it at all, but when Li Yi made such a request, it was really hard for him to refuse.
Moreover, for some reason, he felt as excited as if he was filming for the first time or playing a leading role for the first time.
Because he had never acted before, it made him even more worried about gains and losses, as he could already treat everything calmly.
"Okay, I'll take it as your promise!" Li Yi didn't give him a chance to hesitate at all.
Being able to recruit Chen Weijie is nothing, but being able to recruit this immortal king to play the villain will definitely shock the entire entertainment industry.
This is called forceful style!
And Li Yi has already begun to imagine what the scene will be like by then.
When Li Yi said this, Chen Weijie no longer hesitated: "Okay, I will risk my life to accompany the gentleman! If you act, I will act!"
In fact, Li Yi's guess was correct.
When "A Better Tomorrow" was officially approved, it was announced that Chen Weijie, the Immortal King, would star in the movie for the first time as the villain.
The media was totally blown away!
Chen Weijie’s fans were also confused.
"Brother Jie, if you are threatened, just blink!"
"Oh my God, I really can't imagine what it would be like for Brother Jie to play the role of the villain!"
"No, why do you want to play the villain? Director Dog, what are you doing?"
"Weijie Chan plays the villain. This is the funniest joke I have ever heard!"
"He seems to have never played a villain since his debut, right?"
"Actually, there are still some, but they can't be considered villains, but that goes back a long, long time!"
In fact, Chen Weijie actually played a lot of "villain" roles in his early years, but when it comes to blame, those roles are actually heroes at most. This kind of role cannot be regarded as a villain fundamentally.
Because even the villain is actually the protagonist.
But in "A Better Tomorrow", Li Yi talked about the cast of the movie's iron triangle. Obviously, among these three characters, no one is the villain.
However, there is no wait for the media noise, no wait for the paparazzi action, and no wait for the fans to argue.
Another piece of news came out, completely detonating the entertainment industry.
what news?
The person who plays the role of Ponyboy in "A Better Tomorrow" is actually a newcomer! Even a newcomer who has never even filmed a movie.
The name is strange to everyone.
At first, some paparazzi entertainment reporters went out of their way to investigate the unknown background of this newbie, but it turned out that the newbie was from a mediocre background and had no so-called big background at all.
In fact, in the content announced by Li Yi, the character of Xiao Ma does not say that he is the number one leading actor or anything, but even if he is not the number one leading actor, he is at least the leading actor.
It's okay to use a newcomer as the male lead, but if Chen Weijie plays the villain, what does it mean?
This is asking a generation of kings to match a newcomer!
How virtuous and capable is he?
"Who is this Chen Cong? Is he so awesome?"
"Why have I never heard of this guy before?"
"He seems to be a newcomer, well, there is no information about the works he has appeared in!"
"This is outrageous. What the hell is Director Dog doing? Let King Chen Weijie act as a voice actor for a newcomer? What do you think?"
"It seems that the other protagonist announced before is Lin Jinrong. This is easier to say, but why did Xiao Ma choose a new person to play the role?"
As a result, the media began to question Li Yi's casting this time.
Because this is very un-Li Yi!
"I always feel like there's something fishy here? Director Dog doesn't seem to like casting newcomers as protagonists, right?"
"Who says it's not the case? What's so special about this Chen Cong?"
"I don't think there's anything wrong with it. After all, Dong Bing'er's role as Nie Xiaoqian was also not favored. It turns out that the dog director's dog eyes are still very bright!"
For a time, the public opinion was noisy.
Of course, it also brought the movie "A Better Tomorrow" to the forefront.
The exposure is higher than those movies currently in theaters.
Countless directors can't help but be envious and hateful. This dog director is so damn good!
Naturally, Chen Weijie was a topic that couldn't be avoided, so Chen Weijie accepted an interview with reporters.
"Brother Jie, is it true about playing the role of Tan Cheng, the villain in "A Better Tomorrow"?"
"Of course! The announcement has been sent out, how could it be false!" Chen Weijie was very calm.
"There are many fans of your movie on the Internet who don't understand your decision. What prompted you to accept such a role?" the reporter asked again.
"Of course I prefer the three male protagonists in "A Better Tomorrow," especially Brother Ma, but it's a pity that my age doesn't match them!" Chen Weijie said with a smile.
"Actually, it's not that I've never played a villain before, but I think I failed." Chen Weijie suddenly said again.
"Failure? What do you mean?" The reporter looked surprised.
"Because when I looked back at the roles I played in the past, I suddenly discovered that among these seemingly villainous characters, there were actually no real villains! In other words, these villains were not actually the kind that made people hate or even resent them. The villain."
"But what's the problem?" The reporter looked puzzled.
"Of course there is a problem with this. For me, for my acting career, this is obviously incomplete. It even made me subconsciously think that I was not suitable to play the villain, or that I could not act well. Villain." Chen Weijie said sincerely.
In fact, after he returned, he thought a lot about it. As he said, none of the characters he played in the past could be said to be a true out-and-out villain.
"So, this time I want to break through myself, and I also hope that everyone can truly see that Chen Weijie can actually play a villain!" Chen Weijie said slightly playfully.
"Then let's talk about the actor playing the role of Xiao Ma. How much do you know about Chen Cong playing this role?" the reporter asked again.
"I know, although he is a newcomer, I think he has great potential. The role of Xiao Ma is actually really difficult to play, because this role can even be said to be the most outstanding role in the entire film. Of course, In fact, since everyone is paying attention to the role of Xiao Ma Ge, it is better to pay attention to the role of Song Zihao, the male lead in the movie!" Chen Weijie naturally communicated with Li Yi and Hong Jiu before this.
"The candidate for the role of Song Zihao? Who is it?" The reporter was a little confused.
Yes, everyone’s eyes and attention were focused on the villain played by Chen Weijie and the newcomer Xiao Ma Ge, one of the protagonists, but they overlooked that the leading male lead in this movie is not Xiao Ma Ge, nor Song Zijie, nor Song Zijie. The big villain is Song Zihao, a has-been gangster!
But Chen Weijie let it slip, or in other words, set a hook.
"When this is announced, everyone will know it. I guarantee it will scare everyone!" Chen Weijie said.
After the interview video of Chen Weijie was released.
Sure enough, everyone's attention was once again shifted to the actor for the role of Song Zihao.
"Who will be the male protagonist? Who will make everyone say that Brother Jie will scare everyone?"
"Director Dog and Brother Jie are both so good at it. Damn it, I've been wondering who it is that hooked it."
"Who would surprise us?"
"Is it a newcomer again?"
"This shouldn't be possible, right? After all, Song Zihao is a former gangster. Listening to Director Gou's introduction, people will think that this role is unusual and impossible for a newcomer to play, right?"
"Ahem, could it be that a real gangster was really invited to play this role? Acting in his true colors?"
"Damn it, although it feels impossible, but when I think about it carefully, it seems like this is the closest!"
"Who could it be?"
This time Li Yi and the others didn't keep everyone waiting for too long.
But when Hong Jiu's name appeared in the public eye, many people's first reaction was, who is Hong Jiu?
Of course, people soon became aware of who Hong Jiu was.
So, the media and netizens exploded again!
(End of chapter)
