Chapter 210 - 210. The way of the sword (3) (1/2)
Chapter 210. The way of the sword (3)
CEO Xu looked at the old man with a strange look on her face when she heard that. Ren was also confused as he stared at the old man, looking for answers.
'The way of the sword?'
What was that? How can it help Ren? Wasn't it just a martial art?
There were many questions like these in Ren's mind. It was just Director Chen Pu who seemed to know everything.
”What do you mean?”
Ren asked, his eyes filled with curiosity and doubt.
”The problem is that you are fearing that you will get too immersed in the character that it will even affect your real personality.”
Director Chen Pu began to explain.
”Your worries are not for naught. I think you are also getting affected by it. I can sense it from the performance you showed in the audition.”
Ren nodded his head at that. He himself knows that the character of Cao Xu was affecting him.
If he can, he wants to stop it from happening.
”But there's a way where you can control the character and not get affected by it.”
”What's the way?”
CEO Xu asked as she stared between both Director Chen Pu and Ren.
She may be against it but if it didn't affect Ren, she wanted Ren to play the character of Cao Xu.
Just by looking at the screenplay, she can see that Cao Xu can be an iconic character and being remembered for playing an iconic character was an honour in itself.
In the past, there are several iconic movies made but how many of them have produced iconic characters?
They can be counted on one's hand and Ren has a chance to play such a character. It was a chance sent straight by the heavens, it was too bad that there was a risk attached to it.
”Actors get affected by a role because it directly affects their mental health. One can protect one's body, the mind is really feeble.”
”What do you mean?”
”I just mean that when actors get too embroiled in a character, they can have an emotional breakdown. They will usually get back to normal after a role but there are some roles that are just too intense.”
”Like the role of Cao Xu?”
CEO Xu said and he nodded his head. He stared at the cup of tea in front of him and said while looking at it.
”To become normal again after doing that sort of role is not easy and you need time for it.”
”Yes, that's why I don't want Ren to do this role.”
First of all, the shooting of «Slayers» will take close to half a year and if Ren gets affected by the role, then he won't be able to do any projects for the next half of the year.
In this age, where young actors are doing 3-4 projects in a single year, doing only a single project is really not efficient.
”To stop this from happening, I have a way.”
”You earlier said something about the way of the sword?”
”Yes, you can calm your mind down and increase your mental capacity by doing meditation and by practising martial arts.”
”You mean to say that I can get control over the character of Cao Xu by practising martial arts?”