At the audition venue.
The atmosphere became subtle.
"He's that awesome?"
"Where did Zhang Ye learn to act?"
"With his acting skills, he's already at the level of a professional actor."
"Not only that, I think he's even more professional than many professional actors. If I didn't know that Zhang Ye graduated from Beijing Film Institute, I would have thought that he was from Beijing Film Institute."
"He's really good at playing this role."
"Right, it wouldn't be a problem if he were to put on makeup and look ten years older."
"Teacher Little Yu is not ruthless enough and is more suited to play the role of a decent character. But Teacher Zhang clearly has the look of an antagonist. It doesn't look out of place when he's playing the antagonist. It's like he's acting himself."
"…"
"Man, softer, don't let anyone hear you."
"Hai, why do you guys say that Zhang Ye can do anything!"
"Yeah, why does this fellow appear in every industry? Besides, not only does this fellow like to crossover, he even has a f * * king good look in every industry! "
Some people in the film crew were whispering to each other.
The first round passed.
The second round passed.
There was only the third and final round left for the audition — the martial arts scenes.
The previous actor who auditioned before Zhang Ye was also in this segment. That person did not test his acting skills and went straight into the audition. The effects were not bad and were not much worse than Zhang Ye's. The film crew's executives were probably satisfied with him, but in the martial arts segment, they had deducted points from that actor. As a result, the director had to ask him to wait for a while as he hesitated to make a decision.
There were many good actors, but only a small number of martial arts actors and even martial arts stars could be counted on the entire country. If it were a typical movie, it wouldn't be a problem to use a normal actor. They just had to fake a few moves and if that didn't work, they could just use a stunt double. Martial arts scenes could always be acted out. Duang, adding some special effects was not a bad idea. There were all sorts of ways to solve and embellish it, but this movie was different. The selling point and core of this movie was the word "grandmaster." It was a Chinese martial arts movie, and authenticity was the most important. At least it had to make the audience feel like it was real. They could not let the audience get distracted and complain while watching the martial arts scenes. If that happened, the viewing experience would be greatly reduced.
There was no need to talk about the male lead, Dalong. He was a professional martial arts star.
The female lead, Zhang Yuanqi, did not have many fighting scenes, but Old Zhang had also dabbled in dancing in the past. Her physical condition was there, so it was not a problem for her to fool around.
The second male lead, Tian Xuetao, was not very good at acting or fighting, but he had a stunt double who happened to look very similar to him, so it was fine.
The third male lead, who was also an important antagonist, needed to have many scenes with Dalong, so it was impossible for them to hire an actor who was all show and no substance. They had no way of carefully selecting a professional and outstanding stunt double, and they didn't have enough time either. Even if they were faced with the situation of not being able to release the movie, it was impossible for the movie to be so hastily arranged. Moreover, it was a production with such a large investment, so the production team was very picky about the replacement "Brother Shui" actor. Not only must his acting skills be passable, but his martial arts scenes must also not be too bad.
"That's hard to say."
"His martial arts are the real deal. Acting skills can't replace it."
"Yeah, it's the hardest to have a good foundation in martial arts. Many of them are like children's skills. They start practicing from a young age. It's too difficult to find an actor who can fight now."
"But what should we do?"
"Yeah, it's more important to salvage the situation at this time. We have to decide on the actor by today. We can't delay it any further."
"Zhang Ye is a scholar who dabbles in the arts, so I think he won't even be as good as the previous actor when it comes to sparring. It's still uncertain who the director will choose. If it's about popularity, quality, and acting skills, then Teacher Zhang Ye will definitely be slightly better. But the antagonist's most important scenes are still in the fighting scenes. The fighting scenes take up more than 50% of the character's scenes, so it's obviously more important.
Zhang Ye will definitely be in trouble. "" Let's see. I've heard that Zhang Ye often fights with people, like Wang Shuixin's son or that Korean celebrity, Lee Anson. Didn't he fight with them before? Oh yes, there was a plane crash. Wasn't it because Zhang Ye was fighting with the criminals? I remember it was mentioned in the news! "
"It's him, but it's not the same."
"Yeah, how can fighting be the same as martial arts?"
"That's true."
Everyone was pointing and discussing in the periphery.
Similarly, a few important figures in the film crew were also exchanging their opinions in whispers.
Could Zhang Ye do it?
Let him give it a try first.
The assistant director said, "For the last round, we will be testing out his punches and kicks."
Everyone thought that Zhang Ye would be put in a difficult position, but who knew that it would not be the case at all. Zhang Ye rolled up his sleeves and straightened his clothes before standing still. "Sure."
The assistant director said, "Get ready first."
"There's no need. I'm already prepared." Zhang Ye thought to himself that there was no need to prepare. Warm up? Stretch his arms and legs? He did not need any of that. "I'm ready anytime."
The assistant director nodded and looked at the martial arts director.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the martial arts director walked up to Zhang Ye. He wanted to do a set of moves for Zhang Ye to imitate to see what he was capable of.
But a scene that no one could have expected happened!
Zhang Ye actually did a stance that no one could recognize. He gently put up a punching and kicking stance that no one could understand. "Punches and kicks are silent. Thanks for letting me win."
Ah?
What do you mean by letting me win?
What are you trying to do??
The martial arts director was also taken aback. He first took a look at Zhang Ye's stance. He had seen too many different styles of martial arts and had even seen quite a few of the branches that branched off from Chinese martial arts. After all, he was an industry insider and had more opportunities to come into contact with Chinese martial arts than the average person. But even though he was very knowledgeable, he still could not recognize what kind of martial arts Zhang Ye was using. He had never seen it before!
What kind of punching technique was this?
Hai, he was probably just blindly doing it himself!
The martial arts director did not take it to heart. He looked at Zhang Ye and said in a speechless manner, "What's the meaning of this?"
Zhang Ye wondered, "Aren't we going to spar?"
Pfft!
When everyone heard this, they didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who were you going to spar with? This teacher from their film crew was one of the top martial arts directors in the country. He was not just a fake martial arts director, but a real martial arts director. He had real kung fu and had practiced Xingyiquan, Eight Trigram Palm, and several other fist techniques since he was young. He had even gotten into the top 32 of a national Sanshou competition.
Punches and kicks are silent?
You want to spar with him?
You're really funny. The assistant director's words were just for show. He wasn't really asking you to spar with the martial arts director. He was asking you to imitate a few moves like the previous actor to see if your muscles and movements were up to standard!
Dalong laughed.
Tian Xuetao also gave a wry smile.
"I'm not really trying to spar with you." The martial arts director smiled and said, "If we were to spar, even ten of you wouldn't be my match. I'm a martial arts practitioner, so I'm different from you guys. We are a group of professional martial arts practitioners, so we don't know how to control our strength. This is what it means to spar with fists and kicks. If we were to spar like this, wouldn't that be terrible? If someone got hurt, how could we continue filming? I'm just asking you to imitate some martial arts moves. "
When Zhang Ye heard that, he was amused. "Then I misunderstood."
However, he still had reservations about what the martial arts director had just said. Even ten of me wouldn't be your match? And you're afraid of hurting me? Zhang Ye thought to himself, Hur hur, don't try to brag to me. If the two of us were to spar, who knows who would get hurt? If this were any other time, Zhang Ye would have really argued with him. But today, his purpose for coming here was to film a movie. He wanted to clinch this very important role for him and was here to take on the job. As such, he knew what was more important and did not argue with the martial arts director over this.
The martial arts director moved. "Then watch carefully."
"Alright." Zhang Ye stared at his movements.
The martial arts director began to move his palms. When he made his move, it was like a ferocious tiger. It looked very powerful, and his fists seemed to carry the sound of the wind. Whoosh whoosh!
A palm strike!
A palm strike!
A palm strike to the side!
A palm strike!
This set of palm strikes was similar to the ones he had used on the previous two actors. It looked like they were all from the same set of martial arts, but at the same time, they were very different. This was because the angle and changes of the palm strikes were completely different.
The martial arts director spun in a circle before finally moving his feet back to his original position. He retracted his hands and stopped his stance. "Teacher Zhang, did you see that clearly? I know that you work in the arts and have never come into contact with martial arts before. In any case, just try your best and imitate as much as you can. It's fine. "
Zhang Ye finished watching.
Try my best?
How much more can I imitate?
What are you talking about? Isn't that just the Eight Trigrams Palm?!
Zhang Ye smiled. "Alright, I'll give it a try then?"
The martial arts director gestured with his hand. "Please." He took a few steps back.
Instantly, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Ye.
The director, assistant director, Zhang Yuanqi, Dalong, Tian Xuetao, and the others were all waiting for Zhang Ye to make his move. No one felt that Zhang Ye would be able to execute it, so it all depended on how well he could imitate it. The martial arts director had already told Wang Chengpeng and the others about how well he could imitate the previous actor. The martial arts director had already told Wang Chengpeng and the others that he could only imitate the previous actor's moves. There was no strength in his punches and kicks, his muscles were too tight, and the range of his movements was not up to par.
Zhang Ye took a deep breath, but there was no sign of stress or nervousness on his face. He looked very relaxed as he moved his feet and imitated the martial arts director's movements. He took a step forward with the Eight Trigrams Step.
It was a very simple step.
It was also a very casual step.
This step was not noticed by anyone else, nor did they notice it.
But when the martial arts director saw this step absent-mindedly, he was slightly taken aback. Damn, you're just a layman, so how did you imitate the Eight Trigrams Step? This step was too precise. It couldn't be any more perfect. This made the martial arts director feel incredulous!
What was the Eight Trigrams Palm looking at? In fact, the core of the Eight Trigrams Palm was not the palm technique, but the footwork. The Eight Trigrams Palm was also known as the Swimming Eight Trigrams Chain Palm, and the swimming was the first step. For example, the two actors who had just tried to imitate the movements of the Eight Trigrams Palm, but they had only learned one form. Their attention was completely focused on the palm technique, and they were struggling to imitate the set of palm techniques. Their feet were basically walking blindly. The martial arts director did not take it to heart, because he also knew that these few ordinary actors could not be like martial arts practitioners like them. They could not use the standards of martial arts practitioners to ask these actors to memorize the set of palm techniques. It was already good enough that they could memorize the set of palm techniques.
However, this was not the case for Zhang Ye!
The martial arts director knew that this step of Zhang Ye's was the genuine Eight Trigrams Step. The direction of the toes, the control of the heels, and most importantly, the change in the center of gravity of the body were all flawless. It was exactly the same as what he had demonstrated, so he was a little stunned!
This …
That was impossible!
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