Regarding the large-scale audition for Sayaka Miki, there were a total of 5 people recommended by Washimine.
Two of them were Hong Kong female stars whose names Nanaya had never heard of, and they were directly passed over by Nanaya.
Although judging from their resumes, these two have certain martial arts skills and are also good-looking.
But Nanaya felt that these two had too fierce faces and didn't have the girl-next-door feeling of Sayaka Miki.
Of course, apart from these two, the remaining three are all Japanese female artists.
But when Nanaya saw the names of the three people, he almost burst out laughing.
I can still understand Masami Nagasawa and Yui Aragaki, but what the hell is Horikita Maki?
You might as well add one more person, Toda Erika, so that all four pillars are complete. It makes me uncomfortable to see three missing one.
In the end, Nanaya chose Yui Aragaki among these three people to play the role of Sayaka Miki.
Although Gakki still has long hair now, Nanaya has seen her with short hair before.
Hmm...does that seem a bit rogue?
But Nanaya couldn't care less.
At least in terms of appearance, Gakki's 1.7-meter figure gives him a blue-haired, broad-shouldered and bear-faced look.
Moreover, Gakki always gives people a silly feeling, which is indeed suitable for the blue-haired stupid attribute.
Plus the other party's iconic and contagious gakki smile...
Of course, most of the above is just Nanaya's self-consolation.
To be honest, the compatibility between Yui Aragaki and Sayaka Miki is not that perfect.
However, Nanaya really can't find a more suitable actor than Yui Aragaki at the moment.
Perhaps Kanna Hashimoto, a future professional in Japanese comics, can do it.
But the beautiful girl born in 1999 is now a little loli who couldn't be more standard.
No matter how awesome Nanaya is, he can't make someone grow ten years older for nothing.
Of course, Yui Aragaki does not have no advantages at all.
The movie "Love Letter" starring this photo actress from Okinawa will be released at the end of this year.
And Yui Aragaki herself will win the Best Newcomer Award at the Japanese Oscars and Blue Ribbon Awards for this movie.
Although the newcomer award is mostly an encouragement in nature, it is also very watered down.
But since Yui Aragaki was able to win the award, it shows that she at least has a basic foundation in acting.
At least there won't be a situation where Nanaya has to teach acting from scratch.
"So now Madoka Magica is ready to be filmed at any time, right?"
Shion didn't think much about Nanaya's explanations, she just asked the last question directly.
"The only one missing is the assistant director." Nanaya pinched his eyebrows and said, "I can't find the right person."
Originally, Nanaya's assistant directing job was given to Ori.
But unfortunately, Ori is currently filming "The Incident Book" in North America and has no time to come and help me.
Of course, Nanaya had no intention of asking Ori to come back to help him.
One day the young eagle will spread its wings and fly high.
It's impossible for my junior fellow apprentice to follow me forever.
Although he was very pleased with Ori's growth, Nanaya was at a loss as to how to fill the vacancy of assistant director left by Ori's departure.
After working with Ori for so many years, Nanaya has become very familiar with him.
Whether the new assistant director can meet Nanaya's requirements becomes a very critical factor.
There will definitely be an adjustment period for new members joining the group, and Nanaya had anticipated this.
Nanaya was worried that the new assistant director would not be able to understand his intentions.
You have to know that Nanaya's assistant director not only has to perform a series of assistant director's duties such as manual coordination and assisting the director.
At the same time, he also needs to help Nanaya shoot some scenes that he is not good at, such as emotional scenes.
These tasks were previously done by weavers.
Nanaya felt very relieved to leave it to him.
Because Ori was able to clearly understand Nanaya's intentions and ensure that the filmed material would not differ from the overall style of the film.
"After going through so much trouble, to put it bluntly, you just want to find a tool that can satisfy your needs, right?"
Shion snapped his fingers and said unhappily.
Nanaya's momentum suddenly weakened, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"I mean..."
Shion shook her finger, interrupting Nanaya.
"Let me guess, you want someone whose shooting style is similar to yours and who can help you make a good movie? How about Shonan?"
"He can't."
Nanaya shook his head and rejected it.
Shonan lacks other skills except photography.
More importantly, his nonchalant look has become deeply rooted in people's minds.
Although he has a good relationship with everyone in the team, he really lacks prestige.
"How about applying for one in Hollywood?"
Nanaya shook his head vigorously: "Impossible, I need someone who can help me shoot some campus dramas. Someone from Hollywood..."
Although Nanaya didn't finish his words, Shion knew what he meant.
Most Hollywood directors will produce various American-style campus youth dramas.
There may be party revelry, promiscuous relationships between men and women, and school bullying, but there is none of the Japanese school youth drama elements that Nanaya wants.
"How's your cheap apprentice?"
"Forget about Sugiyama. It's not time for him to start his career yet."
After starring in FSN, Sugiyama graduated from being an idol and transferred from J-house to [Nique Studio].
On the surface, it was because Nanaya accepted Sugiyama as his apprentice and wanted to teach him how to make movies.
But in fact, Nanaya wanted to avoid J company asking for too much on Sugiyama's contract.
After all, there is a lot of room for exploring the IP value of the character [Shirou Emiya], and Nanaya doesn't want to be controlled by others.
However, Nanaya's cheap One-chan did not suffer any loss, as the contract between Gawayne and Setant is still in the hands of J company.
The two of them are enough to feed the J family.
As for Sugiyama.
Since the other person called him "teacher", Nanaya was still happy to teach him something.
It's just that Sugiyama has only been learning for too short a time. He is still learning shooting composition from Shonan, and it's still a long way to go before he can be an assistant director.
"Then Ryougi Shiki... No, she definitely can't do it either."
Shion suddenly thought of something, and she moved a little closer to Nanaya.
"I thought of someone."
Shion took Nanaya's hand and said, "How is Mr. Hanai?"
"Teacher?"
Nanaya pursed his lips, neither admitting nor denying.
He just looked at Shion, his eyes gradually becoming complicated.
Shion's suggestion really touched Nanaya's heart.
If your teacher becomes the assistant director, there will be no problem at all in terms of his ability.
No, it should be said that they are a bit richer.
My teacher is an expert in filming campus romance movies, so there is no problem for him to film the emotional scenes between these young girls.
But I have two questions for you, Ryuichi Hanai.
The first thing is, if there is a conflict between you and your teacher, who should you listen to?
As far as the crew is concerned, they should listen to themselves.
But Ryuichi Hanai is his teacher.
Even if Nanaya had a hundred guts, he would not dare to go against the old man.
There is another problem, which is whether the old man's body can digest it.
You know, the old man's health has not been good since his last illness. Even if the old man himself doesn't mind, but the objective condition of his body...
Nanaya was very worried about this.
"Teacher..." He said slowly, "Will he agree?"
"Well, why don't you ask him when you return to Japan?"
Shion said with a bit of amusement: "It's not like you to be so cautious."
Nanaya scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "After all, I am the teacher's disciple."
Shion shook her head and stood up. "Okay, time is almost up, let's go into the theater."
"Oh, will you sit next to me later?"
Nanaya followed suit and stood up.
"Don't worry, I won't disturb the love between you and your 'Ryan'."
Shion sneered and said, "I will sit with Baldy Fei later."
Nanaya smiled bitterly and said, "Kevin will cry when he hears you describe him like that."
Although considering the actual situation of Kevin Feige's hairline, calling him bald is indeed very descriptive.
But Nanaya believed that he himself would definitely not like this title.
Although Kevin Feige has indeed become bald in the past two years, he has undoubtedly become stronger.
This time, "The Incredible Hulk" also proves this point.
Ever since Ang Lee screwed up "The Incredible Hulk", fans have been hoping for a Hulk movie that's more in line with the original spirit.
From a director's perspective, Nanaya thinks that Ang Lee's version of "The Hulk" is quite interesting in exploring the psychological journey of the protagonist Banner.
But this movie is really boring.
After all, for most fans, the spirit of the original Hulk in their minds can be summed up in one sentence:
"Hulk, Smash!"
Although the Marvel Cinematic Universe was once wonderful, it still left a lot of regrets for Marvel fans.
The most regrettable thing for the character of Hulk is undoubtedly that he was unable to shout out this classic line until the end of "End Game".
In order to fill this regret, Nanaya specifically asked Kevin Feige to add this line in "The Incredible Hulk".
Of course, this isn't the only difference between The Incredible Hulk and the original film.
Unlike "Iron Man", which almost copied the original, "The Incredible Hulk" retains the story outline but is a completely different movie.
The biggest change is the modification of the heroine.
Although in the earliest script, the female lead was still Betty Ross and the second female lead was Black Widow Natasha Romanoff.
This was also what Nanaya requested at the beginning.
His original intention was to have the Black Widow character make a cameo appearance to emphasize the connectivity of Marvel movies.
In the end, no one knew what went wrong, but Natasha, the second female lead, was directly promoted to the main role.
The original Betty Ross became the second female lead.
wrong.
It's worse than this.
General Ross's daughter died right at the beginning of the movie - during Banner's gamma experiment, because of Hulk's rampage.
After that, this character only made a few brief appearances in Dr. Banner's memory clips.
"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me."
Nanaya leaned his head against the back of the chair and muttered to himself with an innocent look on his face.
"I'm a green widow anyway."
Nanaya said with a proud look on his face.