champion professor

Chapter 144 Casting

A total of three rounds were scheduled into the Christmas period.

With the dense schedule and high-intensity confrontation, Arsenal dropped another place in the standings.

Shao Bo already felt the tremendous pressure.

Many media are now discussing whether Arsenal still have the ability to continue the outstanding performance of the previous two seasons, go through the road of winning the league championship, and complete the great cause of three consecutive championships.

United and Liverpool are entangled, but that is the result of their simultaneous distractions from the Champions League, the league and two domestic cup competitions.In the case of four-line combat, Manchester United did not fall behind on any line, which already shows their strength.

Although Liverpool and Manchester United have the same points in the league, the media judges from a series of field performances such as the number of goals scored, the number of goals conceded, and the number of shots taken. Compared with Manchester United, Liverpool is still slightly behind.

Although Ferguson brought in a number of foreign players at the beginning of this season, they all quickly integrated into the team, further enhancing the club's competitiveness.

However, Liverpool was a little turbulent after experiencing the coaching change, and the advantages they had maintained before have disappeared.Not to mention they are now out of European competition and only need to care about domestic competition.

Focusing on one front, they are still not as good as Manchester United on the field. Therefore, most of the media are not optimistic that Liverpool can win the championship.

Of course, the current season is just over halfway. Even if Manchester United won the half-time championship, they have not widened the gap with the teams behind them.The ownership of the league championship, we have to wait until the end of January to see.

It will take time for Manchester United to truly become king.

Of course, the winter transfer window has already opened. It seems that Arsenal, which is full of injuries, still needs supplementary signings.

However, due to the decent record, the club may not be willing to make up their minds to invest in winter.Shao Bo may not be willing to make a move. Obviously, the comeback of Lee Dixon, Ian Wright and others is more important.

After the winter transfer window opened, Shao Bo had to look around.

Ian Wright is now recovering from injury, but the problem of the front line is not important.Arsenal, with many good offensive players, only needs to consider how to defend.

Shao Bo looked at the players in the transfer window and didn't have much plans to buy them.

In the transfer in winter, it is generally impossible to find any treasures.He also has no intention of picking up cheap, just to see if there are any players who are suitable for temporary play and rent a full-back.

However, Shao Bo is not very clear about which player to pick in the transfer market.He can only arrange scouts and club staff to screen out a list first, and then study it himself.

If you want to control this ancient club, the money needed for the acquisition is naturally a lot of money.In order to earn more money, Shao Bo naturally cannot forget a big gold mountain - the Harry Potter series.

Harry Potter's third novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is out for Christmas.And, in just two weeks, it quickly boarded the "Times" bestseller list.

Every time a book is sold, it means that Shao Bo will make more money.During the Christmas period, Shao Bo also took time to visit JK Rowling.

Of course, he has read every novel in the Harry Potter series.Of course, Shao Bo is not yet against the sky to the extent that he can memorize all the contents of the seven books.The general plot does not deviate from my memory, so the popularity of this series of books will not be greatly affected.

For a set of books destined to sell more than 4 million copies, Shao Bo thinks it is better not to interfere.If I mess up again and let the original amazing sales shrink, I will lose a lot of money that I could have earned.

However, although Shao Bo himself will not interfere too much with the content of this series of books, even for the continuity of the work, he occasionally uses the memory in his brain to influence J.K. Rowling.

But Shao Bo couldn't help but want to get involved in the Harry Potter movie series.When Shao Bo chose to sell the adaptation rights of the film to Time Warner, he clearly represented J.K. Rowling and required the actors in it to be British and speak authentic British English.

And the director's choice must pass his level.

"Harry Potter" should not be a simple Hollywood commercial film, this is JK Rowling's idea, and it is also Shao Bo's idea.

Shao Bo still remembers a TV series that broke the domestic ratings record when he was a child, "My Fair Princess".According to rumors, the filming of this TV series was also influenced a lot by the original author.

It's normal to do this in order to make the movie more closely related to the book.In fact, most of the film adaptations of novels will have the participation of the author.It's just that here, Shao Bo also participated in it without any hassle.After all, most Harry Potter fans, including him, are not very satisfied with the next few movies.

It may be Shao Bo's active promotion that made the world notice this set of books in advance.

Time Warner Film and Television Company, which acquired the film adaptation rights early, also prepared various tasks before the start of the film earlier than in history.

It took them a lot of time just to revise the script and choose the director, and the scenes, actors and so on didn't even start.

After thousands of choices, Chris Columbus, who once filmed "Home Alone", was selected.

In the first two books of the Harry Potter series, it is indeed more like a fairy tale book, and the darkness of the later period has not yet emerged.Choosing a director who is good at shooting family fun is indeed more in line with the content of the script.

And Chris Columbus especially likes this story full of imaginative and childlike ideas.After Shao Bo met the other party, he realized that Chris Columbus knew Harry Potter as well as he did.This shows that he has put a lot of effort into this aspect.

Soon, Shao Bo was moved by his humorous speech and enthusiasm.What Shao Bo didn't expect was that Chris Columbus actually moved his family to England in order to shoot this film.

As for J. K. Rowling's request that all the actors be British, and the language in it must maintain the original British flavor, he also agreed.

Moreover, there is no dissatisfaction with Shao Bo's request to participate in the selection of roles.

There are many supporting roles in the Harry Potter series of movies, each of which has its own unique personality, and perfectly expresses the characters.

Although Shao Bo has obtained the power to select roles, he is only equivalent to a "consultant" after all.This is not some entertainment novel. If Shao Bo were to shoot it, he would only be able to shoot a campus micro-movie.

Speaking of which, Shao Bo knew about the subsequent development of this book earlier than JK Rowling.He also knows all the important characters in the final book.

Apart from the three minor protagonists, Dumbledore, Snape, and Voldemort should be considered the three most important supporting roles.

And Voldemort didn't have a real body in the first few movies, and he came back from the dead later, and he also appeared in the form of an abnormal human being.For a guy who doesn't even have a nose, Shao Bo doesn't care who plays it.

On the contrary, he felt that if he could play such a vicious final boss, it would be very exciting.

However, Snape, the character who was washed clean at the last moment, successfully transformed from a villain to the ultimate undercover agent, the greatest lover in the book, the ultimate spare tire... In the last part, Shao Bo was greatly stimulated lacrimal gland.

He has always been regarded as one of Shao Bo's favorite characters, at least, more than the protagonist Harry Potter.

Originally, Shao Bo didn't remember who played Snape. After all, he didn't care much about the British film and television industry back then.

However, after he traveled here, he accidentally discovered that the actor in it was the one who played Severus Snape while watching a TV show.

After deliberate inquiry, Shao Bo discovered that the original Alan Rickman has multiple roles including vice chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts and Drama, stage actor, TV actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, manager, voice actor, etc. identity.

Moreover, he also became famous early with many works.As soon as Shao Bo proposed this candidate, he won the approval of Chris Columbus.

In 1991, Alan Rickman played the role of villain in the Sheriff of Nottingham, which made Chris feel that he could play this role well.

As for J.K. Rowling, Shao Bo also once asked her what she thinks about the role of Snape.Only then did she learn that she had thought of portraying Snape as an undercover tragic character a long time ago.And she also sketched Snape's unrequited love for Harry's mother Lily early on.

An excellent writer will always sort out the general ideas before writing, which is the so-called outline.

As for the entire Harry Potter series, the greatest headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, who passed away for some reason while in office, naturally occupies an important position in the entire series.

This old principal is the soul character who runs through the entire series.

In Shao Bo's memory, there should be two actors playing the role of Dumbledore, but the reason for this is just that the original actor passed away due to illness.

Changing an actor in the middle is not changing a trick.The substitution of an important supporting role will also have a serious impact on the coherence and coordination of the entire series of films.

That being the case, the original actors can no longer be used.

Although Sir Michael Gambon, who later took over the role of Dumbledore, performed well, he was not Shao Bo's No. 1 choice.

In 1998, he was nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor with "Gods and Demons". Later, he appeared in "Lord of the Rings" and "X-Men", shaping Gandalf, Magneto and many other classic roles. Ernest McKellen is the actor Shao Bo most recognizes.

(End of this chapter)