The director will be our "grandson"
In order to finish a drama successfully, it is a "compulsory course" for directors to be forced to agree to the harsh requirements of stars. In Hengdian, you can often see some famous directors as "grandchildren" for "bullish" stars.
When a 30-episode costume TV series started shooting in Hengdian, many actors came from all over the world to ask the director for a role, and some stars also called the director to say something nice, such as "I have been longing for this role for a long time, so please give me a chance to break through myself". At this time, it feels great to be a director. However, when the actors were selected, the director’s life began to be difficult-those actors who could be called "wrists" began to show their true colors. The author once saw a star stop acting when he was in the middle of this costume drama! The reason is that she thinks the crew lives badly, which is not conducive to her rest. No way, the director had to ask the production director to arrange for her to live alone in the VIP building. The VIP building is the most upscale hotel in Hengdian! Another famous actress wrote the following requirements in the contract signed with the crew: "The shooting time should not exceed 6 hours a day and the sleep should not be less than 12 hours a day." In addition, the crew has to arrange for her to stay in the most advanced hotel, send famous cars back and forth every day, and even have to "open a small stove" for her alone-because she refuses to "condescend" to eat lunch boxes with the crew on the set!
The reporter interviewed me about "strike"
As everyone in the film and television industry knows, the success of a play can not be separated from the publicity of the media. Therefore, the vast majority of the crew welcome reporters to visit the class for interviews. However, the publicity plan of the crew is often disrupted by big-name stars, because they just don’t want to see reporters!
When an actress who is currently very popular is negotiating a contract with the crew, she insists that the crew should not arrange any media interviews, otherwise she will not shoot! No matter what the producer says, she just keeps a straight face. On balance, the crew had to reluctantly agree to her request. I can turn my back on the production director, but I want to cry-you know, reporters always interview the stars, and the stars are often the only selling point of a drama. Without this selling point now, how can this drama be sold in the future?
While filming, "walking the hole"
These days, it is no longer news that a few famous actors use their fame to make money. An actress who shot to fame in a costume drama a few years ago is a "master". The author interviewed in Hengdian Film and Television City and met her five times in one year! In fact, she took on nine TV plays in this year. As for whether any of those characters can impress the audience, she doesn’t care!
But compared with some mercenary stars, this "hardworking and rich" actress is nothing. In the middle of filming a TV series in Hengdian this year, an actress suddenly "evaporated" from the studio, causing the crew to stop working for several days. Later, I learned that the actress flew to Lhasa, Xizang to shoot an advertisement, because this advertisement paid her several times as much as her one episode! Encounter this kind of thing, the crew had to submit to humiliation, because if we change actors at this time, all the films that the crew had made before would be scrapped, and the loss would be even greater!
Get rid of the audience before starting work
Stars play big cards on the audience, which is common in Hengdian. Once, the author interviewed Qin king Palace Scenic Spot in Hengdian Film and Television City, which coincided with a famous director directing a film. Due to the gathering of movie stars, the scene attracted a large number of fans and tourists. A well-known male star, after being persuaded by the director for a long time, still refuses to start work, sitting in a folding chair in public, closing his eyes and recovering his spirits. It turns out that he doesn’t like so many people watching his live performance! In desperation, the crew had to politely dissuade the onlookers and tourists.
Ask "assistant" to be "escort"
Nowadays, when stars go to Hengdian for filming, it is popular to find an "assistant" in the local area. The so-called "assistant" is actually a nanny, who is responsible for the daily life of the stars. In the minds of many stars in the circle, having an "assistant" is a symbol of "identity". Therefore, some young actors have to find an "assistant" in order to raise their social status. Other stars even asked the crew to bear the expenses of their "assistants", asked the crew to arrange food and accommodation for the "assistants", and enjoyed the same treatment as other crew members.
Generally speaking, "assistants" do their best to serve stars, but some stars are particularly difficult to serve. It is common for an "assistant" to be scolded by a star in Hengdian. Some narrow-minded stars will lose their temper even if the "assistant" buys several cans of drinks for him. What is even more shocking is that a famous actor not only asked his female "assistant" to do this and that for him, but even asked her to stay in her room at night and have close physical contact with him!
Many real artists are disgusted with these phenomena. Sun Daolin, Sun Feihu, Wei Zongwan and other old artists never invited "assistants" when filming in Hengdian, and even if the crew arranged them, they declined politely. Mr. Wei Zongwan, who won the first Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor, washes clothes by himself every day in Hengdian. He pointedly pointed out: "We old comrades really need to be taken care of, but I just don’t want to be served. I really don’t understand and don’t like the fact that many young actors with a little fame actually want’ assistants’! What’s the difference between this and being lazy? This kind of atmosphere is very bad! "
Wang Qingxiang, a famous actor, personally went to Wansheng Street in Hengdian to pull rickshaws for rickshaw pullers and be their "assistant" during filming the TV series "Daming Fengyun 1499". The rickshaw driver was so moved that his eyes were red that he said with deep emotion, "I have been pulling carts for others all my life. How can a big star pull carts for me and ask me to take a bus and pay me several times the fare?"