After two classes, the students on the entire campus were like African wildebeests migrating. Everyone walked out of their respective classrooms and quickly walked towards the classrooms of other courses.

The first week of school is usually still in the stage of finding a classroom, so it is even more impossible to waste time. It is sometimes difficult to run from one teaching building to another in ten minutes.

Zhang Chu put his backpack on his backpack, held the printed course in his hand, and then walked quickly forward.

College life is very different from high school and junior high school. Although I am a classmate in the same class, I may only meet a few times a week, choose different courses, or different teachers under the same course, or even different class time periods for the same teacher.

As early as when I was choosing a course, An Mi knew that he and Zhang Chu were not in the same class. He looked at Zhang Chu's class schedule and said in surprise: "I'm in 402, you're in 403 classroom, next to each other!"

"Then let's have lunch together after class later. Remember to call Yang Ling at that time, and there should be classes in the afternoon."

Zhang Chu did not forget to sleep in the dormitory. If he was beaten up in the first class in the new semester, he would probably become famous in the whole school.

The two wrinkled side by side, and An Mi whispered: "We discussed your new book in the dormitory yesterday. How could you write the American crime story so realistically? I thought I was reading a book written by a foreign writer."

"Didn't I tell you that the consultant for this book is FBI?"

"What!"

An Mi couldn't help but raise the volume. He was now like a spy who was connected, looking around in disbelief, "Why did FBI want to help you write this book? It's completely unrelated?"

Zhang Chu didn't want to explain too much and replied in a low voice: "Although they are law enforcement, they also have publicity needs. In my novel, FBI finally caught Bison Bill, although another demon escaped."

"Don't spoil it! o(gt;﹏lt;)o"

An Mi patted her forehead in annoyance, "I only watched "The Silence of the Lambs", but you revealed the plot to me. Bison Bill was caught, who escaped? Could it be Hannibal?"

Just when Zhang Chu wanted to answer, An Mi covered her ears and said, "Don't say it, don't answer, don't spoil it, let me keep a little bit of mystery!"

The whole play is just this one performing, an absolute one-man show!

"Anyway, you have heard it, pretend to forget it." Zhang Chu reminded him in a dark mind that the most feared thing about suspense literary works and film and television works is spoilers.

For example, when I was just watching "The Da Vinci Code", everyone was still curious about what the Holy Grail was and where it was hidden. As a result, a voice suddenly floated up next to me saying that the Holy Grail was Magdalene's corpse and was hidden under the Louvre. It is estimated that those who read books suddenly lost interest in reading and wanted to hold a knife to kill the spoiler!

It is said that "spoilers are good for a while, and black people are lying on the bed." It would be great if everyone could be like Doctor Strange. After checking tens of thousands of timelines, they kept their mouths on all situations. They were simply the best secret keeper.

After they slowly climbed to the fourth floor, they walked into the classroom. Unlike the large classroom with just 200 people, this classroom can accommodate up to fifty people. It is a veritable small class, of course, relatively speaking.

Zhang Chu found a seat by the window and sat down. No one came to sit near the aisle next to him. The students would rather sit in other positions than sit next to him. The aura was too strong and couldn't hold it!

Finally, after the bell rang in the class, a boy who was running into the classroom with his bag saw the empty seat at a glance, and had no time to care about who the person next to him was.

"Hey, I didn't expect that we became temporary deskmates." The boy named Wu Hongwen greeted him on his own initiative.

They are all in the same major. Even if they are not classmates, there will always be courses mixed together in two years. Zhang Chu smiled and said, "Yes, it's a coincidence. We were also next to each other when we were in physical education classes."

Fortunately, the professor's arrival brought an end to an awkward conversation between them, and they all focused on the podium.

Zhang Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was obviously approachable and no different from an ordinary student, but for some people who were not very familiar with him, he always felt very cold and not easy to approach.

The teacher on the podium was talking about the composition of the final grades of this semester, and the phone he placed in the desk suddenly vibrated, and there was a new message reminder.

Distracted, abandoned, and playing with mobile phones are the best plays for poor students, and Zhang Chu is no exception.

He secretly took out his phone and placed it on the desktop. Fortunately, the classmate in front of him was tall and blocked most of his vision.

Here is an email from Chris!

Zhang Chu was asked about the casting of "The Lord of the Rings" by his classmates, but he was addicted to writing and forgot to update the news in time, so he took the time to send a short email to Universal Pictures producer Chris to ask about the relevant situation. He didn't expect that there would be a reply so soon.

A string of English words was displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. After Zhang Chu looked at it carefully, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. The casting director was indeed going to make a big news. No wonder he was so low-key before!

[Our casting director Sarah is helping with casting. Currently, Sean Connery refuses Gandalf’s invitation to invite the role because he doesn’t know much about the story of Lord of the Rings. We are currently inviting Sir Ian McLean, who is very interested in the image of a medieval wizard like Gandalf.

McLean's role pays much lower than Sean, but he is good at stage plays and has no need to worry about his acting skills.

After discussion, we agreed that Frodo will conduct public auditions to the public and will not look for famous actors who do not have the purity of Frodo and Sam.

The dilemma of casting in the crew is Aragon, which is very important to the film. The company believes that we cannot all use new actors or practical actors, and at least one or even more stars with box office appeal.

The actors we are considering are Ethan Hawk and Christian Bale. Both have high acting skills and are familiar faces to fans.

However, Esan has been starring in performing arts movies in recent years, and the box office of the movies is not high, and his team is also hesitant. The advantage is that the pay is cheap, and each movie is only 8 million US dollars.

Christian Bale is very popular and has starred in three Batman movies. Although he has not had a commercial masterpiece in recent years, he has been nominated for Oscars many times. He is very interested in the role of Aragon, but the price is too high. The agent quotes a single movie of $20 million plus a 5% box office share.

The casting of other characters is also in progress. I will inform you in time if there is any news.

Now the crew team has been organized, and the team of more than 100 people has been divided into six groups: fantasy creatures, special effects, makeup, armor and weapons, miniature models, and model special effects for preliminary preparations.

It has been confirmed that it will be filmed in New Zealand, but the construction and design of the exterior may last three to six months."

After reading the email, Zhang Chu put his phone back into the desk, but a huge storm broke out in his mind!

Of course Gandalf is the best player Ian McLean. This old man who once played Magneto is obviously more suitable than 007. Sean Connery has too tough temperament and is more suitable for roles like tough guys.

Aragon was actually swaying between Ethan Hawke and Christian Bale, which was beyond Zhang Chu's expectations!

Both of them are recognized as acting people, and they were both handsome guys when they were young. Now they have a more mature charm after they reach middle age.

To be fair, Zhang Chu personally tends to be Bale. After all, Bruce Wayne attracted countless fans at the beginning, and it is more suitable in terms of image.

Ethan Hawke is more like a literary young man, although he is a little old.

Christian Bale has a masculine face and is full of heroism. He has proved himself with a film and proved that he can star in an action movie. This is very important. Because in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Aragon has many action scenes, and he can't find a stand-in actor in every scene.

In addition, Bell's popularity and fame are also greater than Ethan Hawke, and now he is firmly ranked among the top male stars in Hollywood.

Of course, his role is actually to be beneficial to the quality of the film and has little effect on the box office of the film.

Everything is fine, it's too expensive!

He alone costs $20 million and 5% of the box office dividends. The three movies will cost $60 million, and the crew will definitely not be able to bear it.

What's more, Bale only had $15 million in comic-adapted movies like Batman, but he actually had $20 million for the Lord of the Rings. Zhang Chu probably wouldn't agree.

The investment of the entire three movies is only $500 million, and it is never wise to spend more than one tenth of the budget for an actor.

It is best to be able to suppress the price. If you can't suppress it, you can only replace people!

Zhang Chu began to think in his heart, what would it look like if Bell played Aragon?

After taking out the stills of Bell and Aragon in the Savior system, Zhang Chu was surprised to find that these two people were really similar at first glance, and people who were slightly blind would admit their mistakes.

He thought the same as Universal Pictures. Now the Lord of the Rings movies do need a certain reputation to support the show, otherwise it will cause the audience, readers, and media to lose confidence.

Because the current "The Lord of the Rings" is a world of difference from the Tolkien version of "The Lord of the Rings" that has been circulating on Earth for decades. There are not so many loyal fans and no sentiment at all!

Recently, the male and female protagonists in many Hollywood blockbusters have become less and less beautiful, which has caused complaints from viewers around the world. Zhang Chu doesn't want this movie to become the target of complaints.

Since there are so many handsome men and beautiful women, you should make a good choice.

If Princess Alvin Muxing of Rivendale chose a big, thick, masculine or generous aunt, not only readers would curse her, but the audience would probably also question the beautiful and beautiful elf princess who looked like?

Zhang Chu regards himself as the last level of the crew. He doesn't care about the director. What kind of deal does the producer have with the agents? At least the appearance must be consistent with the role. No matter how famous he is or how big the background is, it is useless.

As for the roles such as Frodo, Sam, Meley, Pipin and Bilbo, the whole Hollywood should be able to find them, and there is no shortage of actors there.

Important roles in Hollywood must be selected by producers, directors and casting directors, especially casting directors. They have countless people and are unique in their eyes. They select actors with unique temperament and fit the role from the vast crowd.

The casting director will first read the script, determine the role, and list the required actor characteristics and requirements for the main characters. Then he will discuss the ideas and directions of casting with the director and producer to find out if there are specific needs, whether to target the already famous actors or conduct traditional auditions.

For example, the crew carefully selected the casting of the Hobbit, which stipulated that the height of the actor must be between five feet and five inches (165m) and five feet and seven inches (170m), and must also have a cute round face, which is the standard face shape of the Hobbit.

Even if the height of these hobbit actors is not only half of the height of normal humans in the original work, they are still short in European and American society. However, they are by no means dwarfs and do not have any height diseases. This is entirely because of the filming needs.

Ridley Scott and others have long developed how to shoot the Hobbits with Gandalf, Aragon, Legolas and others to form a height difference, which was answered when Zhang Chu went to Los Angeles last time.

After all, you can’t rely on computer special effects all over the world. Of course, it’s better not to use it. This will be more realistic and save money!

The cost of a special effects lens is more than 100,000 US dollars, so of course you have to be frugal if you have limited investment.

For example, letting actors kneel down to perform is a common method. It must be used in many outdoor scenes, but the props, setters and cameramen must cooperate, otherwise the content will be exposed.

The most important thing is of course to use props to create visual differences. The crew has contacted the props, and they plan to use furniture of different sizes and sizes when shooting Bilbo's bottom hole. When shooting Gandalf, they use small trumpets, and when shooting Bilbo and Frodo, they use large trumpets.

Different reference objects, the size of objects naturally looks different.

Directors even use props with left and right asymmetrical props and camera angles to turn people with small height gaps into halflings and ordinary people.

Of course, if there is no way, you have to use computer special effects. When the nine people in the Ring Protection Team stand together, no trick can be achieved, so you have to use special effects.

However, such shots are rare in the script.

Movie casting is usually several months earlier than the subject's shooting, or even half a year.

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Chapter completed!