The weather is getting summer and the work is quite busy. The crew members and actors have to be determined in early June, which makes Wan Xiaohu spend fifteen or sixteen hours a day to study the crew list and take time to improve the storyboard script. For this high-intensity preparation, Wan Xiaohu had to take twelve spiritual energy to deal with it.

I was afraid that something would go wrong if I accidentally made a mistake.

At present, Li Xia has worked with Wang Jinghua and Wang Zhonglei to complete the audition casting work. He handed a list to the director team. Hiding in the hotel, the director team started the seminar.

Ning Hao was the first to speak: "I think Yu Na's candidate is the most difficult choice. Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, and Zhou Xun, these are all popular actresses. If you choose one of three, it will be difficult to start."

"I prefer Fan Bingbing. I am young and more in line with my positioning for Yu Na." Cheng Er said.

Urshan shook his head: "Fan Bingbing's acting skills are still a little worse. I think Zhou Xun has performed very well in recent years. She can easily interpret the heroine in acting.

Wan Xiaohu tapped the list with his fingers, and seemed a little thoughtful: "There are advantages for all three people and it is difficult to make a decision. It's better to see how they performed during the audition."

The scene in "Butterfly Effect" is not big, so the actors are not complicated, with only five stars. The male lead Su Ye, the female lead Yu Na, Yu Na's brother Yu Hao, friend Li Jie, and Su Ye's mother. Of course, because the plot spans three stages: 6 years old, 13 years old and 19 years old, the actors at different times are also different.

Little Su Ye, young Su Ye, little Yu Na, young Yu Na, young Yu Hao, young Li Jie, these six actors are too young to have a suitable star, so naturally, they can only wait until the interview to make a decision. As for the growing up Su Ye and several starring actors, Wan Xiaohu’s request is to have a star!

Anyway, Huayi Brothers has many celebrities, so why not use it?

"Butterfly Effect" is a science fiction film. To put it bluntly, science fiction films have nothing to do in the mainland. Even if the reputation is made, there will not be too many people willing to pay for it. Without any celebrity calls, the box office in the mainland is terrible. Although Huayi Brothers and Wan Xiaohu both care more about the sales performance of the movie on DVD, they cannot be embarrassed at the box office.

Therefore, Wan Xiaohu was a little cautious when it comes to casting list.

There are many actors with high reputation in later generations on this list. Just the audition list of the heroine Yu Na includes well-known actors such as Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing, Yuan Li, and Wang Jinghua's male stars are weaker, but the audition list of the hero Su Ye is also Wu Qilong and Chen Kun.

Wu Qilong was sure to sign a contract with Wang Jinghua, while Chen Kun contacted him through a teacher from Beijing Film Academy. In other words, Chen Kun was Wan Xiaohu's senior.

"Hey, you guys say, would it be pretty good if Guan Zhilin was invited to film the heroine? She is the dream lover of many men." Cheng Er suddenly gave a suggestion.

Urshan sneered: "Stop talking, Guan Zhilin is so old. Do you think it is feasible to play a 19-year-old girl?"

"I've been so young these days. What's wrong with Guan Zhilin? I think she is really beautiful. Beauty can ignore her age. Besides, wearing makeup, who knows how old she is."

"Guan Zhilin's face is too mature and charming. No matter how you put on makeup, she is not as pure as a 19-year-old. No matter how you look, she doesn't look like a college student." Ning Hao shook his head. The heroine Yu Na was a college student for a while in the movie.

Wan Xiaohu's eyes lit up when he heard Guan Zhilin's name: "Otherwise, let Guan Zhilin play the mother of the male protagonist Su Ye?"

Cheng Er muttered: "Director, this span is too big. He has changed from his girlfriend to his mother."

Wan Xiaohu filmed a list of filming: "Domestic science fiction films, unlike the mainstream martial arts films on the market, are different from the current mainstream martial arts films and romantic comedy films. From the beginning, the attraction is slightly weak. Although we can hype it, this is the first heavyweight domestic science fiction film, which upgrades this gimmick. But now viewers are too blind to watch movies. Many people go to the cinema and watch movies whatever poster you see. Few stars attract people."

"you mean?"

"Anyway, Huayi Brothers have resources, so we will have an all-star lineup, invite big names to come and play guest roles, and then focus on these stars during promotion. This attraction is amazing. Just imagine if the first domestic science fiction film with an all-star lineup will be very eye-catching?" Wan Xiaohu said with a smile.

"This is a good gimmick." Ning Hao nodded.

Wan Xiaohu spread the list and pointed: "Please ask Guan Zhilin to play Su Ye's mother, this is an important actor. Others, such as Yu Na's roommate, Su Ye's roommate B, Su Ye's father, Yu Na's father, doctor, these roles can be found to be guest stars. Wang Jinghua is the number one sister in the agency industry. It should not be difficult to cooperate with Huayi Brothers and let her contribute some effort. Chen Daoming, Yuan Yongyi, Hu Jun... can all be invited here, right?"

"Will Wang Zhonglei support him?"

"Why not? Since you have invested all of them, are you still afraid of trouble? I will talk to Wang Zhonglei personally. Now we will do a good job in the audition work, select the main roles, and arrange the next supporting roles."

“That’s right.”

After the seminar was held, everyone in the director team had a benchmark for measuring roles.

The audition work was held in the hotel where the crew stayed. The castings in the past few days were all on supporting roles and secondary protagonists. The choice was quite simple, and it was entirely based on acting and appearance. If you look good and have good acting skills, you can basically get into the eyes of the director team. After all, Wan Xiaohu plans to pursue a sense of picture in the movie to make up for the shortcomings of science fiction movies without special effects.

After three consecutive days, after several rounds of auditions, the main role was finally settled.

The rest is to invite celebrities to make guest appearances and choose the three roles of Su Ye, Yu Na and Su Ye’s mother.

"Several people, this is the temporary script that Director Wan asked me to give you. He said, please read this temporary script carefully and use this plot to examine whether your acting skills are in line with the heroine of the movie." Cheng Er went to the hall and distributed the temporary script to Zhou Xun and others who came to audition.

Zhou Xun's assistant raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Does Director Wan say when will it start? My Zhouxun is still in a hurry to shoot an advertisement, and he may not wait too long."

"The director didn't explain this, and I don't know anything about it, so I'll ask."

"Okay, please reply to me as soon as possible."

Cheng Er returned to the room, Wan Xiaohu was making a phone call, as if talking and laughing. When he saw Cheng Er coming, he put down the phone, covered the receiver and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Zhou Xun's assistant asked when the audition will start, and she seemed to have an advertisement to shoot later, so there wasn't much time."

"Tell her, start in an hour."

Cheng Er went out, and Wan Xiaohu continued to call again. After a minute, Cheng Er came back: "Director, Zhou Xun's assistant said she only has half an hour to wait, please arrange an audition early."

"I can't wait for an hour? I can't wait for her to leave!" Wan Xiaohu had a bad temper. He opened his mouth and scolded her. After saying that, he paused again, "Forget it, half an hour is about half an hour. Let her be ready and arrange the first audition for her."

Among the actors auditioning for the heroine, Zhou Xun is the most famous. This year, a fun-lovers have arranged seats for actresses in the mainland. Zhou Xun, together with Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei and Xu Jinglei, were named the four young actresses. They are the first-line female stars in mainland China.

Wan Xiaohu prefers to choose famous actors. Naturally, he cannot offend big-name stars because of his bad temper.

It is not easy to be a director, especially a director whose reputation has not yet begun, which is really hard to compare with the voices of celebrities.

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Chapter completed!