[PS: I have seen everyone's opinions. The Journey to the West was indeed my wishful thinking. I will change it later. Thank you for your opinions.]
After settling Stephen Chow, Jia Yapeng didn't settle the others. The specific matters were left to the staff of Daqian Entertainment. Anyway, according to the list, except for Stephen Chow and Zhu Yin, the other roles wouldn't have much impact even if they were replaced.
However, everything seemed to be moving according to the track of the previous life. The other actors all agreed. Originally, Manager Jia promised Yang Ziqiong that he would give Bai Jingjing's role to her, but Yang Ziqiong gave up after reading the script. She probably felt that such a movie was really not suitable for her character and temperament.
Or maybe, Yang Ziqiong actually wanted to play the role of Zixia Fairy, because Yang Ziqiong specifically asked if the actor for Zixia Fairy had been decided. Jia Yapeng said that Zhu Yin had already agreed, so Yang Ziqiong didn't say anything more and quickly expressed her refusal.
This wasn't surprising. With Yang Ziqiong's current status, unless it was a movie that she liked very much or an international big-name movie, she wouldn't lower herself to play a supporting role.
The rest of the actors all agreed. After all, other than Wu Mengda, there were basically no big-name actors among the other actors.
The others, such as Mo Wenwei and Lan Jieying, were just two small transparent roles at this time. When they heard that a movie took the initiative to invite them, they were so beautiful that they couldn't refuse at all.
Finally, there was the problem of the salary. Among them, Zhou Xingxing's salary was the highest, as high as 8 million Hong Kong dollars, followed by Wu Mengda's, which also cost 3 million Hong Kong dollars. The other actors were very cheap. The most expensive one was the female lead, Zhu Yin, who cost 1 million Hong Kong dollars. The others were basically hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.
However, it was still relatively expensive. In the end, the investment of the actors alone cost 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Next, the setting and so on had to be prepared in advance. According to the professionals hired by Daqian Entertainment, the total investment was probably between 60 million and 80 million Hong Kong dollars.
However, because at this time, Daqian Entertainment was still just a grassroots team, and various professionals were still in debt. Therefore, the tentative shooting date of the movie was set to be August 1993.
Before that, Daqian Entertainment was responsible for recruiting all kinds of staff and setting up the framework of the whole company.
It was undoubtedly a very difficult task for a brand-new entertainment company to directly take over a movie with an investment of more than 60 million.
Fortunately, Director Chen and Director Jia had a good relationship at this time. Under Director Chen's introduction, many professionals joined the Daqian team. Even those who were unwilling to join the Daqian team had established a cooperative relationship with the Daqian team. As long as the money was in place, these people would be able to join the crew temporarily.
However, as soon as he finished working on "A Journey to the West", work on "Ultraman Tiga" followed.
In fact, when Jia Yapeng left Fusang, Ultraman Tiga had already begun the intense preparation process.
Before Manager Jia left, he left behind an outline of the script for Yuan Gu. Although Manager Jia could remember the plot of Ultraman Tiga, it would be difficult for Manager Jia to write down the entire script.
Therefore, Manager Jia only wrote down an outline of the plot of each episode. The rest was left to Yuan Gu's professional editors.
After three months of international phone calls, the script went through three drafts and was finally finalized.
Then, they began the crucial casting process.
Whether it was for a TV series or a movie, the choice of the role was crucial. No matter how good the screenwriter's script was, when faced with an actor like Big Baby, there was nothing he could do.
The reason why "Ultraman Tiga" was still deeply engraved in the hearts of many people after more than 20 years of broadcasting was because of the Human Body, which was also the actor of Daqian.
Therefore, when the casting process was carried out, the first actor to be confirmed was the male lead of the TV series, which was Hiroshi Nagano.
At this time, Hiroshi Nagano was just a small invisible actor in the Fusang Genis Agency. Although he had his own group V6, his popularity in Fusang was not high.
Therefore, when he heard that the Ultraman series from his childhood memories was being filmed again, and that he was invited to be the male lead of the TV series, the new Ultraman Human Body, Hiroshi Nagano agreed without hesitation. Even if the production company made it clear that he needed to go to Hua Xia to film some segments, he did not refuse.
In terms of the choice of the female lead, Manager Jia encountered a lot of trouble.
Originally, Manager Jia did not intend to change the female lead. He still chose Yoshimoto Mika to play the role of Lina's team member in the TV series, which was Daqian's lover. After all, Manager Jia did not want to break up the fairy couple in his childhood memories.
However, this request was rejected by Yoshimoto Mika.
To everyone's surprise, the reason why she refused was because of the first generation Ultraman.
Yoshimoto Mika had a great relationship with Ultraman, because her father, Jin Kurobuchi, was the actor who played the first Ultraman Human Body, Jin Hayada.
That was the world's first Ultraman Human Body.
Therefore, the relationship between Yoshimoto Mika and Roundvale Corporation was very close.
Logically speaking, Yoshimoto Mika should not reject this role. In fact, in the other world, she did not reject at all and agreed immediately.
However, in this world, it was different. Yoshimoto Mika had a good relationship with Roundvale Corporation, but her relationship with the Roundvale family was even better.
When she heard that the Roundvale family was forced to sell the company to a Hua Xia person at a very low price, Yoshimoto Mika did not have any good impression of Roundvale Corporation.
In addition, she was currently in law school, and her dream was to become a lawyer. She was not interested in acting, so Yoshimoto Mika directly rejected the female lead's invitation.
This time, Manager Jia was in a bit of a dilemma. Later, Yuan Gu sent over a lot of photos of young actresses, but Manager Jia didn't feel much after looking at them. He couldn't find the feeling of Lina in her childhood.
What should he do?!
But fortunately, Manager Jia was quick-witted. Since he could not find a suitable actress in Fusang, he might as well not look for one in Fusang. He could just find an actress from Hua Xia.
Anyway, according to Manager Jia's magic modification, the background of "Ultraman Tiga" changed from a single Fusang background to a joint battle between Hua Xia and Fusang. It just so happened that the male lead and female lead were Fusangpeople and Hua Xia, so it was fair.
However, Manager Jia made corresponding changes to Dagu's background and the world's background. In the original plot, Dagu was undoubtedly a native Fusangpeople, but in the new plot, Dagu was a mixed-race child of Hua Xia and Fusang. His father was Hua Xia, and his mother was Fusangpeople. Because his parents divorced, he grew up in Fusang.
But later, he was found to have the talent to be a member of the winning team, so he was transferred to the TPC Pacific Headquarters and became a member of the headquarters. The Pacific Headquarters was located in the sea between Hua Xia and Fusang, so it was convenient to support the two countries at any time. Therefore, the Pacific Headquarters had members from various countries, including but not limited to Hua Xia, Fusang, South Korea, North Korea, Southeast Asia, and so on.
[PS: Here, I don't want to see any complaints about why the male lead was not chosen as a Hua Xia. Because this is a childhood memory, so try to choose someone from the same age as you. Especially Dagu's human body, it's better not to change. It has nothing to do with the country, so please don't complain.]
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