Chapter 523 Role Selection

Let’s not talk about Li Tianyi’s betrayal for now. As for Wu Jing, there was almost no obstacle in the script review of “Wolf Warrior”, and it passed smoothly.

After the script was approved, Wu Jing couldn't help but feel a little excited, but what he didn't know was that for this movie, Gu Wei reluctantly gave China Film Group 30% of the shares.

After this version of the script was submitted, thanks to Han Sanping's mediation, we quickly received a response. The military region and the optoelectronics department both said it was good, so the script was approved.

When shooting a military action film, script review is a big problem. Now that it has been successfully passed, many things will be easier to handle. The first one is naturally to prepare the crew and select actors.

As the director and the leading actor, Wu Jing will definitely take part, and the rest will have to be recruited openly.

Fortunately, Gu Wei's reputation is incomparable to Wu Jing's. As soon as the news was released, many male actors came to apply for the interview.

For example, the original cast of "Soldier Assault", Zhang Yi, Zhang Guoqiang, and Wang Baoqiang.

Gu Wei stayed for the first two, but refused Baoqiang because his performance in "Lost in Thailand" was too outstanding and if he joined "Wolf Warrior", it would make the audience laugh.

Wang Baoqiang was quite disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything else.

There is also Zou Zhaolong, who also came for the interview. Gu Wei felt that he had a fierce face and sharp kicking skills, and was more suitable to play the mercenary leader.

Zou Zhaolong only asked one question: Are there any fighting scenes?

Gu Wei said yes, and Zou Zhaolong happily accepted the role.

The selection of actors went very quickly. With Gu Wei as the film's producer and the film being co-produced by Xingchen Film and Television and China Film, all the roles were selected within a week.

During the preparation period, investment in the film must also be finalized.

The total investment for the entire film was about 200 million yuan, of which Xingchen invested 100 million yuan.

The remaining 60 million was invested by China Film Group, and 40 million was contributed by the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the Jinling Military Region.

Afterwards, Gu Wei invited many stars such as Ni Dahong and Yu Nan to gradually put together the main creative team of "Wolf Warrior".

There's no way, everyone knows that military action movies are hard, difficult and dangerous to shoot!

After several interviews, Gu Wei began to send out audition invitations to actors he thought were suitable.

In this way, by the end of February, the main creative team of "Wolf Warrior" was basically assembled. Gu Wei and Wu Jing took the actors to Jinling to attend the launch conference.

There was no other way. Many of the light and heavy weapons in the film were supported and provided by the Jinling Military Region. So when it came to the scenes involving these weapons, they basically had to be filmed near the military region, and it was impossible to go to southern Yunnan for a while.

On Saturday, February 2, the start-up ceremony and new film launch of "Wolf Warrior" was being held in an open area not far from the entrance of Pingshan Forest Park in Jinling.

After burning incense and worshipping the gods, media reporters swarmed in and handed the microphone to Gu Wei.

"Director Gu Wei, according to news from Hollywood, the preparations for The Wasteland Hunter are about to be completed, Tom Hardy..."

Unexpectedly, Gu Wei directly said into the microphone: "I'm sorry, today is the opening ceremony and new film press conference of Wolf Warrior. Please ask some questions related to Wolf Warrior."

The media reporters secretly said in their hearts: "The hottest and most eye-catching topic right now is the topic related to the Hollywood blockbuster "The Wasteland Hunter"! "However, Gu Wei refused, and the reporters had no choice but to conduct the interview in a proper manner.

"Hello, Director Gu. I'm a reporter from Penguin Entertainment. Can you tell me what Wolf Warrior is about?"

Gu Wei said into the microphone: "This film tells the story of Wu Jing's character, a special forces soldier named Leng Feng, who served in the Wolf Warrior Squadron. Later, he encountered mercenaries who broke into the country, and worked with his teammates to eliminate these mercenaries who broke into the country at the border."

Out of confidentiality considerations, Gu Wei did not reveal the complete plot, but only talked about the domestic part of the plot.

After hearing what Gu Wei said, the reporters all lost interest.

After all, the subject matter is too limited, and I don’t think this kind of main theme movie will be very good.

However, considering Gu Wei's current popularity, the report still needs to be reported.

After the opening ceremony and new film press conference, the reporters received their travel expenses and left.

Gu Wei did not start filming immediately, but asked Wu Jing to gather all the actors who played the Wolf Warrior Squadron for a closed military training - 1 hour of mechanical training, 6 hours of tactical movements, and 2 hours of actual combat exercises, in order to make these actors more like soldiers.

In fact, most of the people Gu Wei selected had received some military training, such as Zhang Yi and Zhang Guoqiang, who had starred in "Soldier Assault".

Ren Tianye, Gu Zhixin, Xu Jia and Yang Shuo have all participated in the TV series "I Am a Special Forces Soldier".

Although Yang Shuo played a drug lord in "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", his acting skills were pretty good, so Gu Wei chose him as well.

There is also a man named Zhuang Xiaolong, who played a special forces soldier named Ban Zhuan in the original version of Wolf Warriors. Although he is not tall, he is a genuine former special forces soldier.

When Wu Jing participated in military training in the Jinling Military Region, Zhuang Xiaolong was the duty squad leader.

Therefore, the two had a good relationship, so as soon as Zhuang Xiaolong was discharged from the army, Wu Jing strongly invited him to star in "Wolf Warrior".

After things were arranged here, Wu Jing took people to shoot the scenes of drug lord Min Deng. Min Deng was played by veteran actor Ni Dahong, whose acting career was not easy.

His parents were actors in a drama troupe, but they did not encourage their son to pursue acting, thinking that he did not have the face to be a star. They even said, "How can you be an actor with your looks?"

It hurts my heart!
But Ni Dahong still wanted to pursue this path, and ended up taking the art exam for three years. After becoming an actor, he rarely got to participate in emotional scenes.

Some people say that he looks scary, and that he doesn't need to say or do anything when he stands there, and that he is a person that cannot be seen in the secular world. But others say that he always acts in the same way, and never shows any emotion, and that he is an actor with expressionless face.

People often ask me: Are you performing or not performing?
Ni Dahong said: I don’t know, anyway I just acted seriously!

But even if he had facial paralysis, his performance was at the level of an Oscar-winning actor, not to mention that this teacher's attitude was extremely dedicated.

During the filming of the original version of "Wolf Warrior", the scene where Min Deng was captured and the mercenaries came to rescue him was very exciting.

The blaster made a mistake and a piece of iron flew along Ni Dahong's leg. He suddenly felt a pain in his leg, but he didn't even lower his head to look and continued with his shot.

It was not until after the camera was filmed that he took a closer look and discovered that a long cut had been made on his leg by the iron sheet, with the flesh turned out and the blood sticking his pants to his leg.

Others were very surprised when they saw this, and Wu Jing also complained, asking why they didn't call a halt, as the wound would become seriously infected.

Ni Dahong said, it’s okay, this injury is nothing.

Although this approach does not necessarily require everyone to follow suit.

But Ni Dahong's professionalism is still worth learning from. And in this version of the filming in this time and space, it is necessary to avoid such things as accidental bombing.

After everything was arranged in Jinling, Wu Jing took the other members of the crew to Thailand.

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In the outside world, the news of the start of filming of "Startling by Each Step" was hotly discussed.

When it comes to hype, Tangren is indeed an expert at it, and their selling point is: the sequel to "Startling by Each Step", in which the Fourth Master and Ruoxi resume their past relationship in modern times.

The enthusiasm for the new drama's launch has even quickly suppressed the hot topics of "honeys" mocking Liu Shishi and the box office of "Sad Fairy Tale", as well as the negative news about Tangren and Lin Gengxin's lawsuit.

For the top production companies in the industry, one more TV series in the circle is just a small matter. The media and fans just join in the fun and like to compare things.

But if there was one more movie, especially a commercial film from a big director, it would be different.

Feng Xiaogang and Huayi officially announced the news of their new movie to the outside world. The launch conference of "Private Tailor" will be held at the beginning of next month.

Feng Dapao was in a really good mood during this period. The feeling of being sincerely praised by the audience made him very intoxicated and fascinated.

The tone of those posting on Weibo at this moment is unusually gentle.

"I'm very sorry that last year's 1942 caused a huge setback for the audience who bought tickets to watch a comedy.

Here, I can guarantee that this year's Lunar New Year movie "Personal Tailor" will definitely make everyone laugh. If you think it's not funny or interesting, you can ask me to refund the ticket, and I'll post this as a proof! "

If an ordinary person said this, it would be considered bragging and boasting in advance.

But everyone inside and outside the circle knew what Feng Xiaogang said, and he really had the capital to say it.

Especially the announced cast: Ge You, Bai Baihe, Li Xiaolu, Zheng Kai, Fan Wei, Li Chengru, Song Dandan, etc., both old and new, big names and small names alike, and the film is written by Wang Shuo, which shows how wonderful this movie is.

It’s strange to say, “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons” has earned 11 billion yuan, but the share price of Huayi Film Group has not gone up.

As a result, as soon as "Personal Customization" was announced, the stock price began to soar.

After "1942", Huayi's stock price, which had been falling for three consecutive months, has finally rebounded. It's not easy!

However, it can also be seen that Huayi Company is really too dependent on Feng Xiaogang. To be honest, this is not a good thing in the entertainment industry.

In the past two months, if we were to say which actor in the industry has been the most prominent, it would be Huang Bo.

"Lost in Thailand", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", "The 101st Marriage Proposal", and "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel" which is scheduled to be released at the end of next month.

At this stage, there is no more successful actor than him in the entire film and television industry.

Up to now, there are only two Chinese-language films with box office revenue of over 10 billion yuan, and he starred in both of them alone. He won both awards and box office, and was the most popular at the time.

For the final exam of the Beijing Film Academy's art examination, he was called back to the stage temporarily. I heard that the atmosphere was very hot and nine and a half out of ten art examination candidates asked for his autograph and photo.

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(End of this chapter)