Boss Jia had heard about JK Rowling's request a long time ago, because JK Rowling had made the same request in his previous life.
It was said that JK Rowling was deeply proud of being a citizen of the Ying State, and all the people in the story were citizens of the Ying State. More importantly, the filmmakers of the Ying State were vulnerable in front of Hollywood, and they did not even have a decent background.
Therefore, JK Rowling had requested that all the actors be citizens of the Ying State. From this point of view, JK Rowling could be considered a patriot.
At the same time, it was also because of JK Rowling's request that almost all the actors registered with the Film Guild in the Ying State participated in the filming of Harry Potter. In the end, only six actors did not participate in the filming.
Therefore, the actors of the Ying State could be divided into two categories. One was those who had filmed Harry Potter, and the other was those who had not filmed Harry Potter. The actors who had not filmed Harry Potter were all deeply traumatized.
Those who had not filmed Harry Potter were said to have dreamed that they had participated in the filming of Harry Potter. This showed how high the status of Harry Potter in the Ying State was.
However, this time, Boss Jia could not satisfy JK Rowling.
"I'm afraid I can't agree to this request!" Boss Jia took a deep breath and said, "I want to make Harry Potter into a movie that will be popular all over the world. This will be a movie that belongs to the whole world. If all the actors are limited to being citizens of the Ying State, it will definitely be attacked by people for being biased!"
"Therefore, actors from other countries will definitely appear in the movie, and they will be actors from many different countries. Only in this way can this show that this is a real global movie, and Harry Potter is a story that belongs to the whole world!" Boss Jia spoke very slowly and firmly, and JK Rowling fully felt that there was no room for rejection.
Because the current Harry Potter was less than 1% of the peak in the future, JK Rowling wasn't as confident as the future. More importantly, the copyright was in the hands of Da Qian now. Even if JK Rowling didn't want to disagree, she had no choice.
Boss Jia's discussion with JK Rowling was just to give JK Rowling face.
Therefore, JK Rowling finally nodded and said, "Alright, but I hope that the three main characters are all from Ying State!"
"No, the protagonists are all from the Ying State. Just like everyone else is from the Ying State, it's all the same!" Boss Jia shook his head. "I can agree that Harry Potter and Ron are both from the Ying State, but it's best if Hermione is from the United States!"
For the sake of the United States market, Boss Jia was going all out.
"…" JK Rowling obviously did not agree, but Boss Jia gave her a look, and JK Rowling could only shake her head and agree.
In addition, many of the supporting roles would be played by actors from many countries around the world. For example, Qiu Zhang would be replaced by a native Hua Xia, not a banana. In this way, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" would be considered a global movie.
Well, this logic should not be wrong.
It was worth mentioning that because the movie would start casting in 1996, it was obvious that the original group of actors and actresses would not appear in the movie. At the very least, Harry Potter's classmates, who had been studying with him since the first grade, would not appear in the movie. After all, they were three years apart in age.
Three years might not be much to an adult, but to a child, the change was the most significant.
It was enough for a boy to grow a beard.
After discussing some of the details of "Harry Potter", JK Rowling left the office, and Daqian Entertainment began to arrange for the global casting of "Harry Potter". This was also the best way to promote a movie.
Therefore, the next day, Daqian Entertainment released the news of the global casting of "Harry Potter" on the main media all over the world. They said that people from all over the world could follow the requirements and create a resume with a current photo, then submit it to an address!
As soon as the news was released, it immediately received an extremely crazy response. In just a week, the relevant departments of Daqian Entertainment received 5,000 submissions, and this was just the beginning.
A month later, as letters from all over the world were sent in one after another, 430,000 submissions were finally sent to the office of Daqian Entertainment. Fortunately, Boss Jia had arranged for a few hundred people to be responsible for screening in advance, so the selection speed was quite fast.
The whole selection process was similar to the imperial examinations in ancient times. First of all, these few hundred staff members were responsible for a few thousand people. Then, they picked out the 10 people who they thought were the best, and finally, 2000 people were gathered. The directors of Daqian Entertainment were responsible for the selection. In the end, 100 people were selected for each role, and then the photos were given to Jia Yapeng and JK Rowling for confirmation.
Well, the specific process was that Boss Jia chose one person from the 100 people, then gave it to JK Rowling and asked her if it was suitable.
Boss Jia was only responsible for the three main protagonists, plus the selection of a few main roles. As for the other secondary roles, they were simply given to the other directors.
Boss Jia first chose the actors of "Harry Potter" because Boss Jia had promised JK Rowling that she would only choose actors from the Ying State. So, although 100,000 people submitted for "Harry Potter", 80,000 of them were from other countries, so naturally, they were removed. These people directly lost the opportunity and wasted their enthusiasm because of their different nationalities.
However, Daqian Entertainment had never publicly advertised that they only wanted people from the Ying State. This was sweet capitalism!
But fortunately, as long as you were from the Ying State, you could compete fairly.
Boss Jia began to look at the photos of the 100 children from the Ying State. These children were all extraordinarily handsome, but unfortunately, they were not the same as the Harry Potter in Boss Jia's memory.
The concept of preconceived notions was so strong that when Boss Jia looked at the other faces, he could not associate them with Harry Potter at all. It was only until he saw the information and photos of the 56th candidate that he froze for a moment. This person was almost exactly the same as the Harry Potter in his memory.
Boss Jia looked at the name. It was Philip Radcliffe.
"This guy's surname is also Radcliffe!" Boss Jia muttered. In his previous life, the actor of "Harry Potter" was called Daniel Radcliffe. Could there be a connection between these two?
Boss Jia shook his head, then took out the information of this person. He did not even look at the information of the others and directly threw it aside. The actor of "Harry Potter" had been decided.
However, the selection of Ron's character did not go so smoothly. Boss Jia did not see a child who looked exactly the same as Ron in his previous life. So, Boss Jia finally chose a guy who was more handsome but looked more unlucky.
Finally, it was time to choose the role of Hermione. The girls in the first dozen photos were all young and beautiful. Almost all of them were famous Hollywood child stars. Although some of them were older than the age limit of 11, they still looked very young.
Unfortunately, none of these girls seemed to be able to make Boss Jia nod his head. Until Boss Jia flipped to the last candidate's information.
"Scarlett Johansson!" Boss Jia touched his nose. Wasn't this the cute little angel he saw in the cinema before? It turned out to be her, the widowed sister in the future.
"She's the one!" Boss Jia did not look at the last 99 photos. Boss Jia did not like the actress of "Hermione" in the first place. Scarlett Johansson was enough for a country girl!
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