Chapter 191 The hero starts
Just after the crew of "Don't talk to strangers" was ready, Lin Zhimo also received a call from Zhang Yimou - the hero crew is about to start filming.
The drama "Hero" caused a large number of reports from the media at the beginning of its filming. Not to mention other things, just looking at these actors almost cover the essence of the three generations of Chinese actors. Whether it is Chen Daoming's old acting skills, Li Lianjie's wonderful fights, Liang Chaowei's melancholy, Zhang Manyu's immersiveness, Zhang Ziyi's spirituality or Lin Zhimo's superb ability, almost every one of them can make an independent movie alone, but under the call of Zhang Yimou, they gathered together.
So when the media learned about this list of actors, the first idea was that Zhang Yimou was crazy, and the second idea was to start guessing how much box office this movie would receive in the end, because if the box office was not high, the show would probably become an unprecedented pit in the history of Chinese films.
Li Lianjie alone requires at least 50 million yuan in his film pay. In addition, Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu, the two top actors and actresses in Xiangjiang, as well as Lin Zhimo, the new international actor, the salary alone will exceed 70 million yuan. In addition, Zhang Yimou revealed in an interview and the filming around the world, the production cost will probably exceed 100 million yuan in the end.
The total box office of Chinese films in the previous year was only more than 200 million yuan. How can Zhang Yimou ensure that he can recycle costs and make money?
Of course, these things have little to do with Lin Zhimo. He has been thinking about the role after receiving the script of "Hero" a few days ago.
Unlike Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Zhang Yimou's "Hero" is more like a martial arts film. Of course, like "My Father and Mother" before, Lin Zhimo could not imagine what effect the movie would be after the filming was completed, because the script was too short.
The thickness of this "hero" script is a bit shabby compared to its huge investment amount - it is only a thin piece of paper in total, and the dialogue between the characters is also very concise. It can be said that the most time spent on the film is still on the fighting scenes.
In this film, Lin Zhimo plays a knight - Changkong. In order to help his good friend Wuming complete the assassination of Qin Daya, he chose the two of them to cooperate in a fight against Qin samurai in front of Qin State, and then pretended to die in order to hide from Qin Shihuang, so that Wuming could make him go forward and drink with Qin Shihuang ten steps.
Changkong does not have many scenes. Among the few male actors, he has the least scenes. However, Lin Zhimo still chose to join the crew. In addition to wanting to see how several actors with superb acting skills act, he also wants to follow Zhang Yimou to learn how to become a good director.
Among the many directors in China and the world, Zhang Yimou is the top master in shooting and applying the color of the film, and there will be strict color changes in every work. This may be related to his origin as a photographer. Lin Zhimo now has a strong interest in the shooting skills of any director.
However, there are some differences among his fans on the Internet. Some of them support Lin Zhimo to participate in such a big production. In addition to gaining great fame, they can also make connections with their own connections; the other part is those more blind fans. They believe that Lin Zhimo now has the ability to take the lead. Why would he rather be a phoenix tail than a chicken head?
Although Lin Zhimo has already invested in Tencent, he is not a netizen who loves the Internet very much. He is not very clear about these opinions on the Internet, and it was only after Huo Xiwen told him that he would know.
"Zhimo, I think you need to make some clear statements about this at a later launch conference, otherwise if it is not handled well, it will have some very adverse effects on you." Huo Xiwen said to Lin Zhimo with a serious expression.
Lin Zhimo did not pay much attention to this at first. After all, no actor's fans are monotonous. There will always be some rational fans and fanatical fans. It was not until Huo Xiwen said this that he became cautious: "Sister Wen, is there anything strange about this?"
Huo Xiwen shook his head: "I don't know what changes will happen, but if someone makes trouble behind the scenes at this time, it's hard to say."
Lin Zhimo was stunned at first, then was startled, and a layer of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead. As Huo Xiwen said, if someone was behind the scenes at this time, it would be a huge harm to Lin Zhimo!
Those who dislike Lin Zhimo do not need to show up and attack Lin Zhimo directly. They just need to pretend that it is Lin Zhimo's fans to post some words to ridicule Li Lianjie and Liang Chaowei and others, and post some words such as the international actor who played a supporting role, and how can you play the leading role?
In this way, Lin Zhimo's reputation can be easily smeared on the Internet. At least a big hat that disrespects seniors in the entertainment industry will be firmly slapped on Lin Zhimo's head.
After understanding this point, Lin Zhimo did not dare to be careless, and carefully discussed with Huo Xiwen what to do afterwards.
As Huo Xiwen expected, at the subsequent "Hero" launch conference, a reporter asked maliciously: "Lin Zhimo, do you think that being able to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou, Li Lianjie and Liang Chaowei and others means that you are the first among the new generation of actors now?"
Lin Zhimo cursed in his heart when he heard this, but pretended to be strange on his face, "Hey, why did you have this kind of thought? Didn't Director Zhang introduce it just now? I'm just a small supporting role in the film. If I were the first in the new generation you mentioned, why shouldn't you have a starring role? Just satisfied with a supporting role... Is the level of the "first in the new generation" you said is too low or is the level of director Zhang Yimou not high?"
Because I was very dissatisfied with these people who sow discord, Lin Zhimo spoke very rudely and directly rejected the other party's question. Sometimes it would not work in the entertainment industry just a kind face, which would only make people think that you are a bully character and must be able to bend, stretch, soft and hard.
The reporter's face turned blue and red when he was refuted by Lin Zhimo, as if he was a magic trick. In the end, he didn't know what to say, so he could only sit down embarrassedly.
However, after he sat down, the reporter was unwilling to give up and continued to stand up and asked, "Then Lin Zhimo, can you explain to us why he chose to play a supporting role in this film?"
Lin Zhimo knew that this problem was the key to solving the problem, so he answered cautiously: "Actors need to consider many issues when choosing a script, but I can guarantee that whether the character is the protagonist or the supporting role is definitely not the most important thing for an actor to consider. Many actors will even take the initiative to reject the opportunity to star in the lead and choose a supporting role, because this supporting role may be able to better play their acting skills and resonate with themselves."
Speaking of this, Lin Zhimo smiled slightly: "This is the case with this film. Maybe I am not the protagonist in the film, but I think the role of Changkong is just like director Zhang Yimou tailored for me. When I received this script, I told myself that I am Changkong. I think my performance in the film will never disappoint those who support me."
At this time, Zhang Yimou, who was standing by, also picked up the microphone and said, "I personally am very optimistic about Lin Zhimo. After I made this book, the producer asked me who the actors needed. The first name I said was not Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, nor Zhang Manyu, but Lin Zhimo! I was the first to point out Lin Zhimo's name and let him play Changkong."
The final result!
With Zhang Yimou's words, it can be said that the potential risks about Lin Zhimo were completely eliminated. Although Lin Zhimo did not know whether what Zhang Yimou said was true or false, he still bowed and expressed his gratitude.
In August, Lin Zhimo came to Hengdian Film and Television City to participate in the production of the film. Just as Lin Zhimo was carefully preparing for the filming, a whirlwind about Lin Zhimo was gradually taking shape.
The reason is that a TV series - Love Deep and Rain is about to officially start.
This TV series has been played in the Baodao area, but the mainland's strict review mechanism has not been completed until now, and compared with the version played by Baodao, there are still a few less episodes of content on the mainland.
At the beginning of the TV series, the crew played the golden signboard of "Returning the Condor Heroes" when it was promoting. Of course, the focus of the crew was on Gu Juji, Su Youpeng, Lin Xinru and Zhao Wei. They mentioned Lin Zhimo just seemed important and actually thought about it carefully but nothing was said.
But despite this, the audience began to heat up discussing what role Lin Zhimo would play in the play. After all, Lin Zhimo can be said to be the most famous actor in this drama, so although everyone knows that Lin Zhimo is playing a small supporting role, everyone is still very concerned about the style of Lin Zhimo, the international actor.
At the same time, Zhao Baogang's "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" also began to promote the previous broadcast. Compared with the half-coverage of the "Deep Love and Rain" crew, Zhao Baogang took more generous measures - directly play the funny behind-the-scenes scenes of Lin Zhimo on the set.
I have to say that Zhao Baogang knows what audiences like nowadays. As soon as Lin Zhimo's shooting highlights were released on the Internet, the click rate increased steadily, and accordingly, the fame of the TV series "Like fog, rain and wind" began to rise with the water.
Chapter completed!