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Chapter 17: Can I play the second male lead without even an audition?

Generally speaking, in order to speed up the filming schedule and save costs, the crew arranges scenes of the same scene to be filmed together.

In the prison built by the crew, the previous scene had just been filmed and General Tianbao Yuwen Chengdu led everyone to line up for team building.

Then the next scene is that Qin Wang Li Shimin, played by Sheng Yunxuan, was framed and imprisoned, and then Li Yuanji couldn't wait to bring poisoned wine and force him to drink it.

The actor who played King Qi Li Yuanji later appeared in "Wulin Waijiao" and played Zhuifeng, the apprentice of Guo Juxia.

He was able to play the villain role of King Qi Li Yuanji in a despicable and annoying way, especially when he killed Luo Cheng, which made people hate him so much.

Let’s not talk about the play, but the person. From the perspective of acting alone, this can be regarded as a recognition of him!

Facing the camera, "King Qi Li Yuanji" shook his head smugly, and with a smug smile, he placed a cup of poisoned wine in front of Sheng Yunxuan, stretched his neck, and said in an exaggerated manner:
"As long as you drink this glass of wine, as your brother, I wish you a straight journey to heaven, hahahahahahahaha..."

Before he finished speaking this line, he raised his eyes to meet the gaze of "Li Shimin" played by Sheng Yunxuan.

Then, in the next moment, the smug smile on his face suddenly froze.

Sheng Yunxuan plays the role of "King Qin Li Shimin", who is dressed in blue and white clothes and has an upright posture. Even though he is in prison and facing death, his demeanor is dignified and noble.

But there was a deep sense of sadness between those gentle and soft brows.

"Li Shimin's" bright eyes were red with tears, and he stopped "Li Yuanji" and said with a face full of grief:
"Third brother, do you really not care about brotherhood at all?"

Although there were tears in her eyes, she looked like "pear blossoms in the rain".

But he doesn't look cowardly or effeminate at all, instead people feel that his red eyes are filled with deep sadness and helplessness.

Meeting such an extremely contagious look, the actor who played the King of Qi couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

A sudden surge of shame and regret in his heart made him subconsciously take a step back. His eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look at Sheng Yunxuan's "Li Shimin".

"Kacha! You're wrong! You're not acting right!"

The assistant director of the crew who was temporarily in charge of the filming for their group quickly shouted "cut" in Cantonese.

The assistant director frowned and watched for a while, then shook his head repeatedly. He asked Sheng Yunxuan to go down first, and then asked the actor who played the "King of Qi" to reshoot alone.

In the scene just now, everyone present knew that the actor who played the "King of Qi" failed to catch the role, and they were even infected by Sheng Yunxuan's performance.

In this case, the two actors will generally be asked to adjust their status and reshoot in order to achieve the best effect.

Only when one of the actors is unable to keep up with the role and cannot complete it after repeated shooting, will they reshoot it separately and rely on post-production editing to achieve the desired effect.

It’s a pity that the crew has already delayed too much progress. Now everything in the crew must be based on efficiency first.

Besides, the scenes between the two supporting characters wouldn't waste so much time...

After reshooting two shots, Sheng Yunxuan had just taken two sips of water when someone was asked to come on stage to shoot again.

The next scene is when Yuchi Gong comes to rescue the emperor and uses force to force Prince Qi Li Yuanji to write down his crimes before leaving in disgrace. However, facing Yuchi Gong's attempt to take advantage of the situation to rescue him, Sheng Yunxuan's "Prince Qin Li Shimin" directly refuses, his eyes filled with melancholy and he says:
"It's good to be like this now. I can avoid the quarrels between brothers in prison, and I won't repeat the mistakes that led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty!"

Faced with the repeated attacks from his eldest and third brothers, he refused to let them turn against each other, even though he had evidence of their crimes. In the end, he could no longer endure it, so he was forced to kill his brothers and painfully became the emperor...

What do you think? If you delve deeper into this kind of storytelling and epic-style narrative, doesn’t it give the impression of being a hypocritical, scheming, and black-bellied bitch?
There's nothing we can do about it. This is the awkward feeling caused by the mismatch between the character's setting and his experience.

If Sheng Yunxuan had played such a plot before, it would definitely feel awkward!
But now that the new entry [Watch of the Sun and the Moon] has been loaded, Sheng Yunxuan's temperament has changed drastically.

Every gesture he made was dignified and majestic, and his handsome eyebrows were gentle as jade, peaceful and kind.

Everything he does and says makes people feel sincere and trustworthy.

In addition, Sheng Yunxuan also used simulated memory to carefully study the character's expressions and movements, and feel the character's emotional fluctuations and changes.

In this way, Sheng Yunxuan is naturally a perfect fit for the role of "Emperor Li Shimin of Qin", so even if the character is the most outrageous, people will not feel that there is anything wrong with his interpretation!
Qin Qianrong took time out today to spend a whole day on the crew and saw Sheng Yunxuan's performance with her own eyes. She felt a little excited.

After restraining his sharp edge, Sheng Yunxuan interpreted the role of "King Qin Li Shimin" extremely well.

If she hadn't witnessed the filming herself, she would have found it hard to imagine that the sharp-edged, stern and arrogant "Champion Marquis Huo Qubing" and the gentle, kind and benevolent "Qin Emperor Li Shimin" before her were played by the same person...

The only thing that made her feel a little regretful was that Sheng Yunxuan's performance was obviously great, but he did not get the shots he deserved because he was not the main character.

If he was the protagonist in a scene that was performed so well just now, how could he have completed it with only a single reshoot?

It would be a complete waste of talent if an actor with such acting skills and looks could only play minor supporting roles that prevent him from giving his full performance.

Sheng Yunxuan, who had just completed today's filming task, came off the set and saw that only Qin Qianrong and others were waiting by the set to hold his belongings, but his assistant Fang Lan was missing.

He looked around in surprise, then asked:
"Sister Qin, where is Fang Lan?"

"I asked her to get the script... Have you seen "Against the Cold Current" before?" Qin Qianrong said.

Sheng Yunxuan shook his head and said honestly:
“I haven’t read it in its entirety.”

Qin Qianrong nodded and continued:

"That's okay, just buy a copy tomorrow and give it a quick look. I'll make some changes to the character setting of the second male lead I'm asking you to play in the script."

Hearing this, Sheng Yunxuan blinked.

"Has the role been decided?"

Uh, is there any company that's so cool? You can play the second male lead without even having to audition?
Qin Qianrong smiled and said,
"It hasn't been decided yet, but you can take a look at the script first..."

This wasn't a final decision, but with Qin Qianrong stepping in, it was almost settled.

The company has to consider the ratings and popularity, and cannot let an unknown newcomer like Sheng Yunxuan play the male lead.

But the second male lead is different. The second male lead in this kind of drama is basically used by each company to promote their own talents, and it is just right for Sheng Yunxuan to play this role!
(End of this chapter)