Cloud Peak Scenery
Chapter 206 What to Do When You Can't Find a Female Lead
Lu Xuan excitedly hugged Su Yao, feeling that Su Yao was the most wonderful existence in the whole world, without exception.
Just the thought of being with Su Yao filled him with meaning for the future.
He finally brought the filming of *Brotherhood of Blades 2* to its end.
Lu Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he had put the important scenes at the very beginning, everyone could relax a little bit in the later stages, and wouldn't have to feel like they were going to war every day, as before.
"Okay, everyone has worked hard today. Go back and get some rest. After this busy period, everyone can have a vacation."
Lu Xuan was very generous to these staff members.
As long as the filming was completed, they could rest for a while, and then come back together for the next movie.
They were a dedicated filming team that worked with the company.
As long as Lu Xuan requested it, they would come together, so their salaries were also different from others.
After finishing a day's filming, Lu Xuan was thinking about how to edit and arrange the follow-up when he saw a call from Li Hao.
Shouldn't he be selecting actors recently?
After all, he had already handed *Empresses in the Palace* over to him. *Brotherhood of Blades 2* was almost finished, but he heard that *Empresses in the Palace* was still in the process of selecting roles.
"Why are you calling me suddenly? Are you starting to film?"
Lu Xuan thought that Li Hao's professional ability was definitely not a problem, so the only problem must be some issue with the selection of actors.
Li Hao's voice came over the phone.
"It's like this, I haven't been able to find a suitable actress to play the female lead. I've almost selected the other concubines and roles, but now a new problem has arisen."
"What problem?"
Li Hao couldn't help but sigh and said, "I can't find a suitable female lead. No matter how I look, I can't find one. Most of the actresses act the part, but I always feel like something is missing."
Li Hao didn't know how to say it, but Lu Xuan roughly understood.
He must be striving for perfection in the casting of *Empresses in the Palace*.
So he would definitely be more demanding when it came to choosing people.
Moreover, the female lead was a very important part of this drama.
This was still a female lead-centered drama.
In other words, the female lead needed to not only have beauty among a group of beautiful women but also have her own unique charm, and be able to interpret everything that the female lead experienced.
Allowing the audience to be deeply immersed in her interpretation.
"So I'm in a dilemma now. I don't want to lower this standard, but it's really hard to find."
After all, he had been looking for so long and hadn't found a suitable one, which was the most frustrating thing for him.
Even if there was someone who was even slightly suitable, he wouldn't be so troubled.
"You don't need to worry about this."
Lu Xuan also understood what Li Hao meant.
In the entertainment industry now, it was indeed impossible to find a female lead who could handle Zhen Huan like in the original work.
He also felt strange, how could this be?
But now, they had to show this attitude.
He thought about it and decided to go to Hengdian to see what was going on with Li Hao after he finished filming the final scenes here.
Because listening to him here, he felt that there might still be a chance.
"If you can't find anyone famous now, you can look in other production crews, or even among the extras. Maybe the right female lead is just a small character right now, you never know."
Lu Xuan felt that opportunities needed to be discovered.
Instead of just saying they can't be found.
Li Hao didn't know the exact appearance of the female lead, but Lu Xuan did.
Not only did he know, but he also knew what kind of person to choose.
But he also believed that Li Hao would definitely not choose someone too bad.
Back at the production crew, Lu Xuan was still filming seriously.
Because the weather had been bad for the past few days, they needed to wait for a suitable atmosphere to shoot the last few scenes.
Lu Xuan simply let Shang Lin and Su Yao continue to monitor the production crew, while he flew to Hengdian.
Hengdian.
This place was bustling with people.
Not only were there tourists, but also many people who wanted to be actors here.
Everyone came with hope, hoping to have a chance to be discovered here, or to get more opportunities because of their good performance here.
When he went in, he found that Li Hao was still sighing.
"What's wrong? Still worried about the female lead?"
Li Hao hummed. He said very frustratedly: "I really want to film it as soon as possible, but it's too difficult. I can't find a suitable female lead. I feel that the charm of this drama has been reduced a lot, so I really don't want to back down on this matter."
"I understand."
In fact, now because of Lu Xuan, when Li Hao went out to find actors to audition, he only needed to say that this was a script written by Lu Xuan to attract a group of people to audition.
Lu Xuan had specifically asked Li Hao for the photos of the actors who had auditioned.
He was surprised to find that the people Li Hao had finally chosen actually had similarities to the original ones.
Not exactly the same, but the choices of characters were very similar to the original.
However, the choices for Consort Fucha and Concubine Xiang were a little more beautiful.
As for the choice for Nian Shilan, even just looking at the photos, one could see a kind of willfulness and high-spiritedness in her eyes.
The choices were really good.
"These few roles of yours are really good."
"I've already asked them to learn some of the rules of the time, to avoid any mistakes. They've been falling over in those flowerpot shoes these past few days."
Li Hao felt a little unbearable looking at them, but there was no way, that's what they wore back then.
Fortunately, they didn't complain or anything.
According to them, they originally didn't have many opportunities. There really weren't many dramas willing to find so many women together in one drama, and with each of them having their own roles.
Each of them had their own story and ending.
They even immersed themselves in the roles and were pondering them every day.
Therefore, occasionally, he could feel that those actors seemed to be possessed, speaking to him in the tone of the imperial concubines.
But he didn't mind at all.
He just reminded their agents to remember to help them relax, lest they couldn't get out of their roles.
Because sometimes, actors can't easily get out of their roles because they act too seriously and get too immersed in the drama.
Lu Xuan also nodded, congratulating Li Hao on his good choices.
Because these people looked really great.
He couldn't find any mistakes at all, and the people he chose were also very good.