Affected by the epidemic, many movies that should have been released this year have been postponed to next year.
But there is one film that is very strong - "Mulan".
Recently, Disney announced that the film will be released in North America and many places around the world on July 24.
Whether the Chinese region can be released at the same time is highly anticipated.
At the same time, the audition video of "Mulan" has also been exposed recently.
Liu Yifei in the video is always facing the sky, his eyes are agile, and his lines are also very fluent.
Although it can be seen that he is obviously tired, he is still energetic and energetic, and he has really circled a wave of powder.
In addition, audition videos of Dou Jingtong, Yang Caiyu, Lan Yingying and others who failed to be selected also flowed out.
There are also wonderful performances of each.
This is all very basic material material.
But in the Weibo comments, there were some ugly sounds.
Some people say that Disney deliberately released a video of the loser, stepping on a bunch of one is too obvious.
"Hard girls are pulled out to help someone make a movie."
Some people say that Liu Yifei must have brought capital into the group, and has long been determined by the unspoken rules.
"Such a big coffee even wants to audition?" It's a show."
These dinner circle thinking comments reveal the strangeness and ignorance of many people about Hollywood's casting model.
In fact, during the audition process, each applicant signed the relevant contract.
These include confidentiality agreements, copyright agreements, and permission for Disney to make auditions public in the future.
In an interview, Lan Yingying responded generously to this matter:
None of them knew us. Unlike domestic auditions, you may have seen your work and know who you are.
I think the casting of "Mulan" is equal, fair and just. They depend on whether you are suitable for the role.
The person who is not selected does not mean that he is not excellent, but it is not suitable.
As for bringing capital into the group and the unspoken rules of the internal determination, it is even more whimsical.
For the casting of "Mulan", Disney looked at the world and spent more than a year considering more than a thousand candidates.
The final choice of Liu Yifei was a decision made after many considerations.
It is still a while before the release of "Mulan".
Today, Uncle Fish will take this opportunity to talk to you about the casting story of Hollywood——
Casting Master
Casting By: Revolution in Hollywood
The matter of casting is a science.
Many people take it for granted that whoever has traffic, who has a high value, and who has capital will choose whom.
But the most important indicator behind the casting is actually the degree of role matching.
Take marvel, which is most familiar to everyone, to cite a few chestnuts.
Casting director Sarah Finn, known as the "Marvel Universe Behind the Scenes," once said:
We don't look at who is the star and pick who we are.
Instead, I want to find the actor who is best suited for the role.
Marvel, which was on the verge of bankruptcy at that time, blocked all its wealth and only hoped that "Iron Man" could succeed in one fell swoop.
The casting was considered for Atango, Cage, Sam Rockwell and others.
But director Jon Feiruli was out of the question and strongly recommended the most suitable person in his heart, Robert Downey Jr.
You must know that Downey was not in a good public image because of private problems at that time.
Jon Feiru grinds his lips to get him an audition.
In order to seize the opportunity, Downey spent 3 months in advance studying the script, training physical fitness, and gaining 20 pounds.
In the audition, he acted out as an Iron Man.
With superior intelligence, a good manner, and a sense of justice, he successfully conquered the marvel hierarchy.
Audition video
When the little spider was casting, Marvel considered almost all the high-value teenagers of the right age.
Including child star Asa Butterfield, who starred in "Hugo" and "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas."
And later with "Call Me By Your Name" became a big hit sweet tea.
Among this group of beautiful teenagers, the appearance of the Dutch brother is not particularly prominent.
But he was able to perform a flip on the spot.
Calmed everyone present, "Well, it was decided that it was him"!
As many as 150 actors have participated in the role of Star Lord.
Including Little Freckles, Lutherf, Lee Pace, every coffee spot is good.
The optional director took a fancy to the lesser-known second-tier actor, Chris Pratt.
The Rolling Conductor (James Gunn) originally thought Chris was just a mediocre little fat guy.
Unexpectedly, he used a 20-second performance to make himself look different.
That natural comic attribute is really very suitable for playing Star Lord!
Once again validated Marvel's "Chris's Law"
Sometimes, a suitable actor can make a work.
The hero behind this that is easy to be overlooked is the casting director.
Will pick people, know how to see people, in the vast stars to lock the most matching actors, very test the skill.
The documentary "Master Casting" focuses on the casting director's "Hollywood Past".
Not only did it pick up a lot of little-known film history materials, but it also vividly showed the changes in Hollywood.
In the early Days of Hollywood Studios, casting directors were just mechanical organizers.
They just need to screen "qualified people" from a long list of actors.
For example, who has played a good doctor before and who has a lawyer before has acted well, let him repeat it again.
The actors are labeled as cute girls, playboys, socialites, etc.
Studios prioritize how to dress them up before they think about how to strengthen their acting skills.
In this way, only stars can be created in the assembly line factory, not actors.
(Such situations still abound in domestic films.) ）
It was not until the end of the 1950s, when the old Hollywood studio system collapsed, that new casting mechanisms slowly sprouted.
People gradually stepped out of the rules and regulations of the star-making system and looked for great actors who were different.
Marion Doherty is a discerning casting director who is good at finding good actors.
She has achieved a lot of heavyweight actors who started out as unknown and then became famous in film history.
For example, Al Pacino.
In his early years, Pacino performed in the theater and lived in poverty.
But Marion found the jade.
He was invited to star in his screen debut film "The Trouble with the Virgin", and helped him win the role of "Poison Sea Mandarin Duck" from Fox.
Looking back on that history, Pacino put it this way:
I finally got a really rewarding job, could afford to eat, and could afford to rent a house.
Without Marion, Pacino might have been working in the theater all the time;
Or have long given up the actor's profession and made another living.
Then there will be no great performances such as "The Godfather", "Smell the Woman", and "Hot Afternoon".
What a shame for film history.
Another example is Mel Gibson.
When he was young, Mel Gibson was really handsome.
But the few movies he first starred in did not make any splashes, but were only regarded as unsophisticated vases.
Disappointed, he almost decided to quit the film industry and return to his hometown to grow organic vegetables.
Marion called him and gave him a chance to star in Lethal Weapon.
This work laid the foundation for Gibson's heroic tough guy image and made him a hot star.
At the same time, more films are coming.
Without Marion, we could have missed out on the talented actor-director who went on to make Braveheart and Hacksaw Ridge.
Another example is John Walter.
He is angelina Jolie's father
Marion had given the young John Walter a chance to star in a series.
Unfortunately, he was accustomed to theater performances, but he could not quickly adapt to the way the camera was filmed, and the performance did not play well.
Guilty, he wrote several apology letters to Marion, but was embarrassed to send them.
Later, he heard that Marion was auditioning for "Midnight Cowboy", so he blushed and tried again.
Unexpectedly, Marion believed in his potential and gave him another chance.
This time, his performance was believable and impeccable, and he was nominated for an Oscar.
It was also the first Oscar-winning best-picture X-rated film.
Without Marion's appreciation, it would be unknown whether John Walter would have become famous in the first battle.
Whether Julie will enter the film industry as a daughter inheriting her father's business is also difficult to know.
The film has been called "Genre Painting of New York Street Life" and "Romanticism in the Dumpster"
John Walter and Dustin Hoffman were both nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor
In addition to digging up actors, Marion is more powerful in guiding actors.
She encourages actors to discover their unique strengths rather than blindly following current trends.
At the time, Marlon Brando was a huge star.
When the fledgling Warren Beatty auditioned for Marion, he had very clumsily imitated Brando.
She corrected the wrong direction of his performance and gave him the opportunity to star in episodes.
Later, Warren Beatty made a splash in "The Male and Female Thief".
Moreover, acting and excellent are directed.
For "Heaven Can Wait" and "Beacon Of Flames", he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Director.
Today, he has won the Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Become a force of great influence and creativity in Hollywood.
Another masterpiece"
Not only that, but Marion will also act as a conciliator between actors and directors when conflicts break out.
Promote newcomers to become qualified actors, and also avoid directors missing good candidates.
James Dean, known for his rebellious image as the "Beat Generation", is also unruly in reality.
When I first entered the industry, I was not only late at rehearsals, but also careless.
The director was angry and informed Marion to change to a new actor immediately tomorrow.
Marion and Dean had a long talk to make the young man realize his mistake.
He also painstakingly lobbied the director to turn the tide.
Finally, Dean was able to keep that acting opportunity, and prompted him to get more Hollywood contracts later.
Later, Dean became an important symbol in the history of film.
With films such as "Rebel without a Cause" and "The Legend of the Giant", he was rated by the American Film Academy as the 18th of the 25 greatest screen legendary male stars in a hundred years.
During her lifetime, Marion cast more than 500 films.
Not only has a high-standard casting system been established for Hollywood films, but also a casting director studio has been established, which has cultivated countless outstanding juniors.
This makes casting directors one of the few female-dominated positions in the Hollywood film industry.
Marion's apprentice, Juliet Taylor, is woody Allen's royal casting director.
Juliet's apprentice, Alan Lewis, was also martin scorsese's royal casting director.
Another outstanding Hollywood casting director is Lynn Starmaster.
He has cast classic films such as "Lady Boy", "Double Sister", "The Name of the Rose" and so on.
He argues that casting should not be bound by rigid ideas, but should be flexible and changeable.
The most classic example is "The Graduate".
Originally, the casting target of "The Graduate" was a tall, blonde traditional movie star.
But after Lynn auditioned for several candidates, she didn't think it was ideal.
When I thought about it, I even thought of Dustin Hoffman, who was famous in the theater.
Even Hoffman found it incredible.
He felt that the protagonist of "The Graduate" should be young, tall, and handsome, and that he was just a 29-year-old dwarf Jew.
But it turned out that Lynn's casting vision was indeed fierce.
Hoffman, with his innate qualities, deduced the youthful confusion of a generation.
He also received his first Oscar nomination.
The above cases are enough to show that the success of a film is inextricably linked to the work of casting directors.
But for a long time, casting directors had a very low status in the industry.
Many people think that they are just the director's secretary.
In the film's cass table, it is also difficult to find their names.
With the continuous voice of the industry, the status of casting directors is gradually improving.
In 1982, the American Society of Casting Directors was founded.
In 1989, the Emmy Awards established an independent award for casting directors.
In 2016, casting director Lynn Starmaster won the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Until now, every year there have been calls for "Oscars to add awards for casting directors".
They continue to import talents and inject fresh blood into the film industry.
Then the film industry should also give them the respect they deserve, giving them a strong voice and influence.
In this way, a healthy and dynamic ecological environment can be gradually formed.
So what is the situation at home?
Casting directors are more called actor assistant directors or actor coordinators in China.
In the environment of lack of discourse power, it is far from becoming an independent and professional type of work.
The protagonist of a play is still mostly determined by the investor, producer or director.
Worse still, investors continue to cater to the preferences of viewers and fans for commercial gain, often choosing traffic stars.
All kinds of "casting chaos" makes people want to think deeply.
Some people are paid a lot of money and are still rolling around.
There is a small piece of fresh meat in the circle
Jianghu people call ya "Rokuro"
Can roll six plays at the same time
Just in case you can't catch up
The crew found extras to play for him
Someone brought money into the group and used the money to cut the threshold.
Now this actor
In fact, the threshold is still relatively low
Because the situation is different now
A lot of people come with money
Take the money to flatten the threshold
There are also examples of good actors buried because the casting is not professional enough.
Chen Yanxi, who is young and lovely in "Those Years",
At one time, it was reduced to a "small dumpling" that the whole network ridiculed.
Tong Liya, a classical beauty who has always had a cool temperament,
Reduced to the silly white sweetness of "Perfect Relationship".
Corresponding to this is another helpless status quo.
Those really potential newcomer actors, powerful old drama bones, Mesozoic actresses.
They often face the dilemma of no opportunities and no drama to play.
It is precisely under such a deformed ecology that more and more fans do not care about the acting skills and quality of the works of idols.
Only concerned with position and comment.
The news of tearing up, buying hot searches, and fans pinching each other is endless.
In the increasingly hostile rice circle, many times the main owner is at peace, but the fans are the first to open the bar.
The same is true of the Mulan casting video storm.
This may give us a little inspiration.
Instead of endless mutual tearing and stepping, chasing rumors, maliciously causing scolding wars.
It is better to pay more active attention to the works of idols.
It may also affect the industry atmosphere from the side, so that the casting will move towards industrialization and formalization.
After all, there is only fair competition, and those who can live in it.
In order to make really good works.
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