In March, Xiang Nan officially joined the cast of "Kangxi Dynasty" and played the role of young Kangxi.
He didn't have many scenes. It took twenty-five days of filming and all the scenes were shot.
During this period, many TV series came to the door.
After Xiang Nan went through the selection, he selected two of them. One is the urban romance drama "The Angels Are Causing Trouble"; the other is the costume drama "Li Wei Becomes an Official".
Xiang Nan had seen both of these plays back then, and to be honest, they were both very good. The story is exciting, the characters are vivid, the ratings are high, and the reputation is good.
No matter which movie he stars in, it is a good choice for Xiang Nan.
In the end, after much consideration, he chose "It's All the Angels' Trouble".
First of all, this is probably the earliest fashion idol drama in mainland China. Idol dramas are undoubtedly very helpful in increasing the popularity of actors.
Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Liu Yifei, Tang Yan, Zhao Liying, Hu He, Huo Jianhua, Chen Weiting, Yang Yang and other popular stars all started their careers by starring in idol romance dramas.
Even "Huanzhugege", broadly speaking, can be regarded as an idol drama. It’s just that the concept didn’t exist at the time.
Secondly, when he was filming "Young Bao Qingtian", he had to wear a hood every day, which made him feel a little scared. "Li Wei Becomes an Official" is a palace drama of the Qing Dynasty. It also requires shaving one's head and wearing a wig. Thinking about it makes one's scalp feel irritated.
To be honest, everyone has a tendency to be indolent and indolent. As long as you are not a masochist, anyone is willing to suffer as long as you can relax.
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After Xiang Nan decided to join the cast, the crew of "Angel" was overjoyed and immediately finalized a contract with him and adjusted the cast for him.
Previously, the second female lead was originally decided to be Zhang Yan. The back-up candidate for the male lead is Ren Chan, who became famous with "Young Man Bao Qingtian" and is now a popular niche actor who has become famous.
The male lead and the second female lead have many emotional scenes in the play. Zhang Yan and Ren Chan are three years apart in age, but they still seem to be a good match. But if it were Xiang Nan who was ten years apart in age, they wouldn't be a good match.
"Mr. Yuan, which actress do you think you are more compatible with?" The crew also asked Xiang Nan for her opinion.
"I think Hao Lei is pretty good." Xiang Nan thought for a while and recommended to the crew.
When filming "That Mountain That Man That Dog" in 1999, Hao Lei came to the crew to audition, but unfortunately he lost to Gao Yuanyuan.
But in fact, Xiang Nan knew that Hao Lei's acting skills and appearance were definitely up to par. The reason why she was removed was entirely because of her preference for Gao Yuanyuan.
And "It's All Angels' Trouble", although it is an idol drama, it does not require high acting skills to achieve good ratings.
But Xiang Nan doesn't think so.
The stories in idol dramas are generally simple, exaggerated, and mindless. The characters in idol dramas are mostly flat, facial-shaped, and hollow.
The more this is the case, the more actors need to have superb acting skills and professionalism to support this empty story and interpret this superficial character well.
Otherwise, if the script is bad, the characters are bad, and the actors are bad at acting, it will be really unwatchable.
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After consideration, the crew thought Xiang Nan's suggestion was very good, so they got in touch with Hao Lei.
Although Hao Lei starred in "Don't Cry at Seventeen" in 1997, and later filmed dramas such as "Sisters" and "Family", her status as a celebrity at that time was still in the third or fourth tier. Popularity, half-red but not black.
Normally, she would be the one applying for roles on the set. This was the first time that a production crew took the initiative to call her, and arranged for her to be the second female lead, which made her a little surprised.
"Why would you consider me?" she asked the assistant director flattered.
"Mr. Yuan Hua recommended you to us." The assistant director explained with a smile, "If Miss Hao is interested, please come to the crew for an interview within three days..."
"Of course I'm interested, I'll definitely be there!" Hao Lei said immediately.
With her current celebrity status, she is not qualified to be cast in dramas. Some performances are already pretty good for her.
Hao Lei quickly rushed to the crew to audition, and with her acting skills, she passed the test easily.
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Xiang Nan joined the team, Hao Lei joined the team, and together with Li Xiaolu and Guo Tao who had already been agreed upon, the main actors of "It's All Angels' Trouble" were all assembled, and preparations were quickly made to start filming.
"Mr. Yuan, thank you for your recommendation." After seeing Xiang Nan, Hao Lei smiled and thanked him, "Give me a chance and let me treat you to dinner."
"Okay." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded without being pretentious, "Actually, the last time you came to audition for "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog," I knew you were a very good actor. We couldn't work together at that time, and I always felt It’s a pity. This time, it’s finally complete.”
"Thank you." Hao Lei said movedly. She really felt honored to be praised so highly by the big star Xiang Nan.
"Does anyone want to treat you to dinner? Why don't you bring me?" At this time, Li Xiaolu suddenly came over and said with a wink.
Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, looking at her who was now as delicate and tender as a strawberry, thoughts were running through her mind.
Hao Leile smiled a little embarrassedly, "I want to invite Mr. Yuan to dinner to thank him for recommending me to join the crew. If Miss Li is interested, you can come with us."
Although Li Xiaolu is much younger than her, at the age of seventeen, he was already the Golden Horse Best Actress and the Best Actress of the First Asian Film Festival in France. It can really be said that he reached his peak when he debuted. Such an achievement is really admirable.
"Okay, you're welcome then." Li Xiaolu nodded immediately after hearing this, then looked at Xiang Nan and smiled, "Hey, I've listened to your song and I think it's quite interesting. If you have time, you can teach me. Bar!"
Xiang Nan had just calmed down, and when he heard what she said, another ten thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, "There may be a chance."
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"It's All Angels' fault" officially started shooting in late April.
Because everyone has good acting skills and is very dedicated, the filming of the series went smoothly.
Xiang Nan got along well with everyone, but Li Xiaolu was too clingy, which made him a little unhappy.
Because compared to Li Xiaolu, who is only nineteen years old, young and naive, weighs only ninety kilograms, and looks dry everywhere, Xiang Nan is still more interested in Li Xiaolu, who is twenty-three years old, mature and beautiful, weighs one hundred and eight kilograms, and has a floating figure. No matter where you are, Hao Lei is more interested.
But whenever he wanted to be alone with Hao Lei and talk to her about literature, art, painting and other topics, Li Xiaolu would come over to her in a disgraceful way and insist on joining in.
It happened that she became famous at a young age and became famous within a few years of studying. After becoming famous, she did not devote herself to learning, which made her accumulation of knowledge very poor. She could not speak more than ten sentences before she started to show her timidity.
She couldn't understand what people were saying, and she would make a joke as soon as she opened her mouth.
It corresponds to the sentence in "A Dream of Red Mansions", even though the skin is good, the belly is rough.
Although Xiang Nan didn't have high requirements for women, as long as they were beautiful, he still couldn't stand her.
