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Chapter 55: 55 Temptation (1)
Chapter 55: 55 Temptation (1)
Chapter 55: 55 Temptation (1)
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In fact, right from the beginning when they saw the screenplay, Bo Yan and Xia Siyu had a clear idea.
Especially Xia Siyu, she found the role of the second female lead interesting and didn’t want to play the innocent, doe-eyed female protagonist that she was accustomed to. Instead, she wanted to compete for this enchanting supporting role, having weighed it up in her mind long ago.
In the screenplay, the second female lead is a bar owner, naturally charming, seductive, domineering, and captivating—the quintessential femme fatale in the traditional sense. The male protagonist is a runaway rich young master, and at this point, his identity is a singer at the bar, initially in a romantic relationship with the second female lead. When they are together, they live in decadent, hazy self-destruction.
The female protagonist is the typical innocent beauty. In such a plot, it’s natural that the male lead’s soul gets cleansed by the female lead, and he ends up with her in the end. The second female lead realizes she’s been dumped and causes some trouble, but physical compatibility cannot beat the clash of ideas, and she eventually loses the battle.
The main storyline is written this way, and during the script reading, Shang Feifei offered some suggestions. For instance, she thought that the image of the female lead was too one-dimensional; the naive and sugar-coated romance wouldn’t convince the audience. There should be some other elements added, such as the female and male leads having met many years ago without recognizing each other, or having interacted through the internet or some other means without knowing each other’s identities.
The director and screenwriters also affirmed these suggestions, agreeing to add some small details. When they asked Xia Siyu for her opinion, she just
shook her head, closing the script: “No.”
Bo Yan frowned from the sidelines. He had not worked with Xia Siyu on a film before and didn’t know her style. But he had seen her movies. Although most were about naive young women—urban dreams with a naive and sweet female protagonist—she could cry and laugh on cue. These days, the ability to play the naive and sweet without being annoying was a skill in itself.
He couldn’t believe that this person had an empty head, appearing to have no opinions whatsoever. Even though she might act foolish in daily life, could she be the same at work?
Would they be able to act together properly?
However, since the second female lead had already been cast, if she had no comments, then he would just have to… lead the acting himself.
And so, the script was handed over to the two of them. Generally, when filming a movie or TV series begins, most directors request to shoot the kissing or bed scenes first. Especially for actors like them, who appear to be completely unfamiliar with each other. Once they kiss, once they touch, even two strangers must quickly adapt and enter the rhythm of the plot.
Moreover, this was Xia Siyu’s first time shooting such passionate scenes.
In the past, her roles were innocent flowers, with kissing scenes at most being a brief touch, not even feeling the temperature or the touch of skin before the director would call “Cut!” Besides, with her reputation, no male actor dared to take liberties in front of her, fearing that she might get upset and smack them squarely in the face, so none would dare to take the opportunity to cop a feel.
As for Bo Yan, he had previously taken on more artsy films, and fortunately now the regulatory body was strict, so there weren’t many explicit scenes in them. In the film that had won him an award, all the kissing and bedroom scenes were impressionistic, conveyed through editing, color grading, and cinematography. Apart from wearing less clothing, he had hardly any physical contact with the female lead.
But this time, it wasn’t just a kissing scene, but an intimate, intense kiss.
And it was Xia Siyu initiating the seduction..