Chapter 164 What kind of plum is Ma?

As the filming progresses.

Regarding the promotion and marketing of movies, although Penguin is a new company, it has also taken the lead.

"What? Shen Lang? 40 years old, playing a high school student? Damn!"

"No, isn't China so short of actors now? Let a 40-year-old old man play a high school student?"

"'Charlotte's Troubles'? What is this? Why do I feel troubled when I hear this name?"

"Shen Teng, Mary, Shen Lang? This is because the Spring Festival Gala skit is popular, so they are taking the opportunity to make some money!"

I don’t know if it’s Shen Lang’s physique that attracts criticism, but Penguin Pictures just released news about the movie "Charlotte's Troubles". Everyone else in the crew is fine, but Shen Lang was criticized to pieces on the Internet.

As we all know, if a forty-year-old wants to play an old man through makeup techniques, OK, no problem.

It's okay to play a young man in his twenties who has just entered the workplace.

But if you play to college students, the audience can’t stand it, let alone high school students?

"Nonsense, Shen Lang plays a high school student? He looked more like a bad boy in the TV series "Hot Blood School" from Jiaobenji. Does he have that youthful energy?" Li Jie, who cares about Shen Lang, said in surprise after hearing the news.

"Shen Lang plays a high school student? Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. From Cao Shaoqin in my play, he suddenly jumps to a high school student. Isn't this a big change? Can the audience accept it? Well! I've gone online and there's a lot of scolding!" Xu Ke smiled to Cheng Dong beside him.

Director Liu Wei: "Hey, Mr. Shen, I have a Beiyang-era drama to shoot here. What? You are currently filming "Charlotte's Troubles". Oh, I've heard about it. Stop it and come to me. You are a big boss in Shanghai. You not only have a young and beautiful wife who is cheating on you, but also a graceful lover who is eyeing your property! The script is very good and very suitable for you!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Shen Lang's eyes turned red. Damn, Director Liu is a good person, but he always likes to look at people with a old perspective.

What's wrong?

I, Shen Lang, have acted in so many dramas, including Zhou Chaoxian, Cao Shaoqin, Heipi, which of these roles is not a classic?
What do you think of me in your mind?

Have you already carved Wang Xiansheng's template and put me in it?

What does it mean that my young and beautiful wife is cheating on me?
I just stay in the play "Charlotte". Isn't it nice to be a cuckold for others?

"Teacher Shen, Director Peng wants you to come over!" At this time, a staff member ran over and said loudly.

After a moment, Shen Lang came and sat down next to the monitor.

Seeing him coming, Peng Mo pointed at the script and said, "Brother Lang, look at this part of the script. After learning that Ma Dongmei had gone into the woods with the gangsters to protect her, Xia Luo finally beat up the gangsters and paid a lot of money, and moved away with her family!"

"Well, is there any problem?" Shen Lang asked puzzledly.

Peng Mo said: "There is nothing wrong with the script, but look at this part..."

Peng Mo pointed at the script and said, "Xia Luo followed his memory and came to the family compound where he and Ma Dongmei lived! He met an old man downstairs and asked for directions..."

The script has become this.

Charlotte asked: "..."

Uncle (wearing an old-fashioned white vest, smoking a cigarette and looking handsome!): “…………”

Charlotte then asked: "..."

uncle:"……"

……

"Brother Lang, is silence better than words at this moment?" Peng Mo asked suspiciously.

Shen Lang smiled: "This part, this part needs to be filmed well! By the way, we can't use extras as actors, we have to find a local uncle to try."

Peng Mo said in embarrassment: "Where can I find it at this moment?"

Shen Lang was also in a dilemma. In another time and space, the uncle who played Ma Dongmei's neighbor was named Chang and was a retired worker.

It is said that when the filming was going on, the old man happened to be among the crowd and was picked by the director at first sight and was temporarily pulled into the crew to shoot the movie.

It can be said that "The Interrupting Uncle" is the most unforgettable classic scene in the whole play.

The old man sat there and was determined to capture the real feeling of his downstairs neighbors chatting in the community.

Just finding a random extra might not be the right choice, as the performance would be too obvious.

But when Shen Lang was writing the script, he was worried that he would not be able to find an actor of the same level as Mr. Chang, so he did not write this scene in the script. In his opinion, if there is no suitable actor, then it is better not to perform this scene, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Teacher Shen, from what you said, you want to find a passerby who has never acted before, is very natural in front of the camera, and has a dialect accent, right?" Peng Mo asked.

Such conditions sound simple, but there is really no place to find them for the time being.

However, the production manager on the side suddenly said, "Director, Mr. Shen, after hearing what Mr. Shen said, there really is a great man who comes to watch the fun in our crew every day!"

Shen Lang was immediately excited when he heard this: "Where are they? Did they come today?"

Several people quickly looked at the crowd watching outside the guardrail.

But after watching for a while, the stage manager said, "I didn't see it!"

"Let's go and ask!" Shen Lang said impatiently.

Peng Mo was a little confused: "Teacher Shen, is it necessary to go out of your way to find a dispensable role?"

How do I explain this to the director?
You can’t just tell the director: “Director, don’t get me wrong, I’m just doing this for the gags and for my third gif contest!”

……

Soon, the stage manager found out the residence of the old man who often watched the fun and brought him over.

When everyone heard that Shen Lang had made such a fuss just for an extra, they all gathered around curiously.

Shen Lang looked at the old man with a crew cut and a round face in front of him, and he almost wanted to shout in his heart.

"Same. Very similar!" He said to the old man, "Uncle, do you know why we invited you here?"

"Learn a line from me and try your hand at acting! Come on..."

【Ma Dong what? 】

【What winter plum? 】

【What is Ma Mei? 】

……

Everyone was confused. What was going on? Was this a tongue twister?

Why does Teacher Shen look abnormal today?

When Shen Lang heard the old man's words with a Bincheng accent, he slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Okay, I found it!"

After saying that, he took out a pen and started writing on the printed script in full view of everyone.

When he finished writing, Peng Mo leaned forward to take a look.

Shen Lang wrote on it:
The dilapidated tube-shaped building, with the occasional barking of dogs in the distance, is full of the breath of life. Charlotte feels lost as he passes by the mottled cement floor in front of the tube-shaped building.

In front of the tube building, an old man in a white vest was smoking and enjoying the cool air.

Carlo Xia stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, is Ma Dongmei's family living in room 322 upstairs?"

"Ma Dong what?"

"Ma Dongmei."

"What Dongmei?"

"Ma Dongmei!"

"What kind of plum is Ma?"

"Okay, uncle, you cool down first."

"okay."

……

"Pfft..." Peng Mo couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Alright? These two lines are so profound!"

(End of this chapter)