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Chapter 322: A Big, Stupid Character with a Strong Mind
🕑 Added 2025-05-04 15:33:55 +0000 UTCNanaya listened to Feige's advice and prepared to go to the UK to look for several actors.
But it was impossible for him to fly to England right away; it was simply unrealistic.
You have to know that he had just got off the plane less than 4 hours ago.
In the next few days, Nanaya stayed in California to start the first round of auditions for the actors for The King of Conquerors.
I have an impression first, and it will be more convenient to go to the UK to select the actress for the princess.
There are indeed many candidates for the role of muscular actor in Hollywood, especially Schwarzenegger, who was a bodybuilder turned actor in the last century. Such muscular men are not uncommon.
However, most of these actors have poor acting skills, and most of them just have a stern face from beginning to end, without even much expression.
Nanaya didn't know whether it was because of Schwarzenegger, Stallone and other actors with hot-blooded tough guy images in the 1970s and 1980s who set a bad example, but in any case, these actors even had a hard time making a smile.
If they were playing Uncle B, these guys’ acting skills would be enough, but they are simply not up to the role of the Conqueror King.
Don't be fooled by King of Conquerors Iskandar's burly appearance; he is a muscular man.
But he is a typical hero who is rough but thoughtful, generous and unrestrained. He is a character with great charisma.
Come to think of it, if she wasn't so charming, she wouldn't be worthy of being followed by some man with cirrhosis and kidney deficiency for the rest of his life.
So Nanaya didn't want to find a man with expressionless face for this role, but the reality is that most big guys have expressionless dead faces.
Can't you guys show some expression?
Uncle Mark, who has half-paralyzed face, has more expressive expressions than you!
"Okay, that was my mistake."
Nanaya pinched his brows and said, "I shouldn't have taken it for granted that such actors are easy to find."
"Maybe your request is too high, Kiryu."
Feige smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't that actor named Vin Diesel okay?"
Nanaya was conflicted, but finally sighed: "Let's just forget what he said."
Although the other party's acting skills cannot be called excellent, they are far superior to other people with facial paralysis.
He only has the qualities of an actor, but everything else about Vin Diesel is just so-so.
If the conflict between Baldy Vin and Johnson in "Fast and Furious" had some hype in it, the other negative news about Baldy Fan really cannot be washed away.
Although Vin Diesel later became a successful actor and starred in some mainstream commercial films that performed well at the box office.
From this point of view, hiring Vin Diesel, who is currently only on the edge of being a second-tier actor, is a good deal.
But the thing is, this guy is really a very unique troublemaker.
It is really a talent that no one from producers to distributors likes him.
If it weren't for the fact that this guy was liked by the audience and his movies always sold well and made a lot of money at the box office, he would have been thrown into the trash long ago.
At least from the perspective of being a human being, Dwayne Johnson, who has the same personality, is much more emotionally intelligent than Baldy Fan.
"Um?"
Nanaya raised his eyebrows and looked through the cast list again.
However, Nanaya did not find any information about Dwayne Johnson, and it seemed that he did not participate in the audition.
This is normal. After all, Nanaya's audition was half a whim and it hasn't spread in the circle yet, so it's normal that the big guy doesn't know about it.
Nanaya thought carefully about his memory. He remembered that Dwayne Johnson, like Vin Diesel, was a big action actor who remained active on the screen after 2010.
Even from the perspective of actor's status, Johnson's status is higher than Vin Diesel's.
After all, Johnson is one of the few actors who can still carry the movie box office on his own in the era when the superstar movie production model has declined since 2010.
Although he looks rough, he is actually humorous and more importantly, his muscular body can make people feel safe.
"Well, maybe it will be suitable."
"What?"
Feige didn't hear clearly what Nanaya said.
“Feige, you know that big guy who starred in The Scorpion King?”
"I have a slight impression of it, the Universal movie?" Feige asked thoughtfully.
"Oh, I know!"
The assistant who was just sitting on the side taking notes called out.
"Do you know him?"
Nanaya and Feige both turned their heads and looked at him.
"Yes……"
Being stared at by two big men at the same time, the assistant was a little scared. He shrank his neck and said, "The actor's name is Dwayne Johnson, and he played the role of the Scorpion King in The Mummy 2.
Because of the good response from the audience, Universal later made another movie called "The Scorpion King" with him as the protagonist. That's all I know."
"Yes, that's him."
Nanaya nodded. What the assistant said was similar to what he remembered.
"Well, try to invite this actor to audition and have him audition tomorrow." Nanaya said to Feige, "I want to see his performance."
Unlike Downey, whose acting skills have reached perfection, the actor Johnson has not yet reached the level of a future superstar.
Whether this unfinished Dwayne Johnson can become the Conqueror King Iskandar, Nanaya will have to wait until the audition before making a decision.
The audition sent by Seven Nights through Marvel soon reached Dwayne Johnson.
This man, who will one day become one of the most popular actors in North America and even the world, currently lacks the aura of a superstar and instead looks a bit immature.
In 2001, Johnson played the role of the Scorpion King in "The Mummy 2".
Relying on the muscles he built as a wrestler, he conquered a large audience and starred in "The Scorpion King", a spin-off of "The Mummy" series the following year.
In terms of investment and return rate, "The Scorpion King" is definitely a successful commercial film.
Originally Johnson thought this would be the beginning of his road to superstardom, but Universal suddenly changed the direction of "The Scorpion King" series.
After several unsuccessful negotiations, Johnson had no choice but to withdraw from the project.
This was a lose-lose decision for both the producers and the actors. "The Scorpion King 2" eventually became a lousy B-level movie that could only be released offline.
This series, which could have become a cash cow for Universal, was abandoned.
As the leading actor, Johnson had to waste his time in Hollywood, completely wasting the popularity he had accumulated in "The Scorpion King" series.
In recent years, apart from starring in a low-cost production called "Rock the Roll", this knockoff of Sylvester Stallone's "First Blood" which was a complete failure in terms of character setting and plot.
It sank into the North American film market without even making a splash.
Of course, the audience won’t care. After all, there are at least 99, if not 100, failed movies like this in Hollywood every year.
But for the lead actor Dwayne Johnson, this failure dealt a heavy blow to his acting career.
In this situation, when Johnson received the audition invitation from Marvel, he accepted it without much hesitation.
The preparation of the "Iron Man" project is no secret in the circle. This superhero movie with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars still has a certain appeal to Johnson now.
For this purpose, Johnson even spent an entire night cramming the Iron Man comics, hoping that he would not be clueless during the audition tomorrow.
The next morning, Dwayne Johnson rushed to Marvel's office in Hollywood to prepare for the audition.
What he didn't expect was that this audition was much more formal than he thought.
From the moment he entered the dressing room, his body no longer belonged to him, but was completely taken over by a professional makeup artist.
For a full three hours, Johnson had to accept the makeup artist's manipulation.
Such a cautious situation confused Johnson.
Generally speaking, the first round of auditions is just a matter of fooling around a bit and that’s it.
The treatment of putting on makeup before auditioning is usually reserved for the second round of auditions.
Of course, there is also a special case, that is, the person in charge of the project is very optimistic about the actor from the beginning and wants to confirm his expectations through makeup.
If it is the latter, it means there is a high probability that you will be hired.
However, Johnson really couldn't think of what role this big guy would play in the movie. There was no such image in the comics he read yesterday.
[Maybe it's an original character, or a modified character? ]
This situation is not uncommon in comic book adaptations. There are some extremely bad changes, such as Dr. Doom in "Fantastic Four", and some images that have become classics in film history, such as the Green Goblin in "Spider-Man 1".
However, Johnson gradually discovered that there was a problem. The makeup prepared by the makeup artist for him was somewhat biased towards ancient style.
Johnson, who had starred in costume movies before, believed that his judgment was correct, but this only increased his doubts.
But as a child actor, Johnson didn't dare to ask. Although he looks a little silly, his emotional intelligence is not low at all.
This highly confidential role shows that it is very important to the movie, so important that the crew does not want the outside world to get any information about it.
In this case, Johnson knew that all he had to do now was to be a quiet muscle man and wait for others to tell him what they wanted.
So Johnson just quietly let the makeup artist put on his makeup, and then glued on red hair and beard.
"Okay, how do you feel?"
The makeup artist clapped her hands and asked.
"Hmm... it feels a little itchy."
As Johnson has been bald for a long time, he is really not used to having a bunch of fake hair on his bald head.
"Don't catch it."
The makeup artist warned, then pointed to the bread and water on the dressing table.
"There's still some time before the interview. If you're hungry, you can eat something first, but be careful not to remove your makeup."
"OK."
Johnson nodded.
But after the makeup artist left, Johnson just drank some water through a straw.
Especially at times like this, it is more important to distinguish the primary from the secondary.
Being a little hungry won’t kill you, but if your makeup falls off, you’ll have to say goodbye to your role.
"Dawn, you'll never guess what I just saw."
Johnson's agent walked into the dressing room with an excited look on his face.
"It's Nanaya Kiryuu, I saw him there when I passed by the audition room just now!"
