Being harassed by people in the circle, Ning Hao couldn't help but call Li Mu. First, he complained about what had happened to him in the past few days, and then he asked Li Mu when he could return to the capital, or when he could confirm the casting of Flying Tigers.
Li Mu didn't hide anything from Ning Hao. He told him that he would return to Beijing in two days, but for the casting of Flying Tigers, he only confirmed one female lead among the leading actors of Hua Xia, which was the girl he had always doted on, Du Wei.
Ning Hao had read the script of Flying Tigers, so he was very approving of Du Wei's image as the Chinese female lead. He said with a smile, "I knew you would definitely give this role to Du Wei. To be honest, Du Wei is also the best actress I can think of."
"Great minds think alike." Li Mu smiled and said, "Although Du Wei is young, her acting skills are very good. The most important thing is that she has never learned acting at all, but she has the confidence to act whatever she wants."
"Confidence?" Ning Hao asked him, "Shouldn't it be acting skills?"
Li Mu said with a smile, "It's not acting skills, it's just confidence."
In Li Mu's view, confidence was the foundation of acting skills.
People without confidence couldn't even control their expressions in front of the camera. They had to think for a long time about where to put their hands, not to mention acting.
Only people with enough confidence could face the camera calmly or not be affected by the camera at all. Only people with enough confidence could have the soil to cultivate acting skills.
The prerequisite for acting like whatever you want was that you didn't have any fear or nervousness about acting in your bones. First of all, you could ensure that you could act well in front of the camera. If you didn't have confidence, you couldn't even play your role well in front of the camera.
In fact, Li Mu had already discovered this problem through some small details.
Whether it was in Western or Eastern countries, TV stations often did some street interviews. However, it was obvious that ordinary people in Eastern countries, mainly Hua Xia, would reveal an obvious nervousness when facing the camera. However, ordinary people in Western countries, when being interviewed, most of them could talk in front of the camera. Whether it was their speech, expression, or behavior, they were very natural, and there was no sign of nervousness. This was the importance of confidence.
Li Mu felt that the people of the Eastern countries generally lacked self-confidence. In fact, this was mainly because the Eastern countries, especially the Huaxia people, had been bullied and humiliated by the world for so many years in modern times, and there were constant wars. Even in peaceful times, they had experienced a long period of difficulty and stagnation. After the reform and opening up, the living conditions of the Huaxia people gradually improved, and the confidence of the people began to recover.
People in the 21st century were far more confident than they were at the end of the last century. However, it would take a long time for the confidence in the bone marrow of a nation to be completely recovered.
On the other hand, most of the Western countries were old imperialist countries. They had begun to establish colonies all over the world since the Age of Great Voyage. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, they had led the development of the world's industry, technology, and economy. When people in other countries were still oppressed and working hard to fill their stomachs, they had already gotten rid of the food problem and turned to pursue a higher material and spiritual world.
It was precisely because Westerners had been at the forefront of the world since modern times that the people of Western countries had far more self-confidence than the people of Eastern countries. This difference in self-confidence would subtly lead to many very special social phenomena. For example, in developed countries in the West, people in Hua Xia were often discriminated against or treated unfairly. However, in Hua Xia, Westerners could always be treated more leniently.
In addition, the people's acting skills would also be deeply affected by this lack of self-confidence. As a result, 95% of the extras had no acting skills to speak of. Whenever they appeared in front of the camera, they would bring a deep sense of incongruity. Actors from professional schools were not much better than ordinary people. 80% of their acting skills were below the passing mark. If they had enough self-confidence in their bones, their overall acting skills would increase by more than one level.
Looking at Du Wei, this girl always carried a kind of calm self-confidence. This had something to do with her family conditions and the environment in which she grew up. The theory that the economic base determined the superstructure was greatly confirmed by her. Children from rich families were more confident than ordinary people from a young age. On the other hand, it was difficult to see the halo of self-confidence in children who grew up in an environment that worried about daily necessities and what to eat and wear the next day.
As a person who had lived two lives, Li Mu could all too well feel how great the change that the economic base brought to a person was.
If it wasn't because of his rebirth, if it wasn't because of his advanced thinking that surpassed this world by more than ten years, it would be difficult for Li Mu to truly have self-confidence.
In fact, in his previous life, Li Mu had always been a typical young man who lacked self-confidence. His family's financial situation was relatively poor, so he developed a cautious character from a young age.
He couldn't bear to eat things that were too good, and he couldn't bear to buy clothes that were too expensive.
He would feel uneasy when he went to a high-end restaurant, and he would feel uneasy when he went to a high-end shopping mall.
He was extremely eloquent when he talked nonsense with his good friends, and he would often talk at length. But when he was called to recite a text in class by the teacher, he would be so nervous that his voice would tremble.
It was not easy for him to go abroad, and he would be inexplicably nervous when he landed and crossed the border. When he spoke English to a foreigner, even a simple sentence like "Excuse me" would take a long time in his heart before he could say it.
This was all the subtle influence that the economic base brought to him in his previous life.
When he thought of this, Li Mu especially hoped that the young people of Hua Xia would have more self-confidence and less inferiority in the process of growing up. He also hoped that in the next twenty to thirty years, when the post-00s came of age, they would have the same self-confidence as Westerners.
Li Mu had a lot of feelings about self-confidence, but Ning Hao didn't have such a deep understanding. In contrast, he was more interested in Li Mu's choice of the male lead. He asked Li Mu if he had thought about it, and who he wanted to play the male lead.
Li Mu answered, "To be honest, I still haven't thought about who to play the male lead. Because the definition of this role is that the actor has to act opposite Tom Hanks, Leonardo, and Anne Hathaway. If their acting skills are too different, it will definitely bring a strong sense of incongruity to the audience. But from what I know, actors with this level of ability are basically artists of the older generation. It really can't be found among the younger generation."
Ning Hao nodded and said, "This role is indeed not easy to find. His requirements are too high. In contrast, the requirements for the female lead will be lower. After all, she only needs to act opposite Leonardo."
Speaking up to this point, Ning Hao suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh right, Boss, 'Golden Fans Family' is going to be broadcasted soon. I heard that the quality of this TV series is quite high. You seem to be quite familiar with the male lead, Chen Kun. What do you think of him?"
"Chen Kun …" Li Mu smacked his lips. He had worked with him before. Back in 'Old Boys', he found Chen Kun to play the second male lead. The entire collaboration was very smooth. Chen Kun was a humble person, and the cooperation was very good. However, Li Mu always felt that his acting skills were lacking.
In Li Mu's impression of Chen Kun, no matter what role he was playing, he seemed to deliberately put in a lot of effort. This made his acting style seem a little unnatural. To put it bluntly, it was actually not good enough.
When Ning Hao heard that Li Mu did not continue, he knew that Li Mu was not very satisfied with Chen Kun. He smiled and said, "If you think Chen Kun is not suitable, then you can consider Lu Yi. He should have debuted earlier than Chen Kun. He was already very popular when he was in 'Never Rest'."
Li Mu thought about Lu Yi's image and shook his head. "Lu Yi is not suitable. He is too young and does not have the temperament of a pilot in the anti-Japanese war."
Ning Hao then mentioned a few popular young male actors, but Li Mu rejected all of them without exception. This made Ning Hao feel helpless. After a long time, he said, "I think it's better to let Huang Bo act! His acting skills are very, very good. This guy can act like anything! "
"No way." Li Mu immediately rejected. "Huang Bo's acting skills are not a problem, but his image is a little sorry. If you let him play this role with Anne Hathaway, don't you think it will be very strange? It's like the village's bachelor Er Niu suddenly marrying a woman like Wang Zhuxian one day … "
"What about Xia Yu? He is a Best Actor! "
"No way, his acting path is too narrow! And to be honest, his appearance is not much better than Huang Bo's! "
"Aiya!" Ning Hao sighed anxiously and said, "Why don't you see if there are any suitable male actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan? How about Chen Guanxi? He is still very good in 'Infernal Affairs'. He is young, handsome, and his acting skills are also okay. "
"F * ck!" Li Mu cursed subconsciously. "Are you trying to trick me to death!"
Ning Hao asked in surprise, "What's wrong, boss? I'm trying to help you. How am I tricking you … "
Only then did Li Mu come back to his senses. Ning Hao definitely did not know about the tragedy caused by fixing the computer many years later. Chen Guanxi was very good-looking and his acting skills were very good, but when he thought about fixing the computer, Li Mu felt that it was too late to avoid it. Moreover, Li Mu really did not want to use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in this movie. He felt that this was an unprecedented cooperation with Hollywood on behalf of the Chinese film industry. He should ensure that this cooperation was pure. For this movie, he did not plan to invite Hong Kong and Taiwan actors or foreign Chinese actors.
Therefore, Li Mu said to Ning Hao, "For this movie, I want the whole Chinese cast for Hua Xia, whether it is in front of the stage or behind the scenes."
Ning Hao sighed and said, "Okay, I will look for some good actors for you."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu was also a little depressed. Spielberg had already started to prepare for the filming in the United States. Once the filming in the United States was over, it would immediately come to Hua Xia, but he had not thought about who to use as the male lead in the script for Hua Xia. This matter was really a little difficult.
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