Expanding search for new actors for Vietnamese cinema

Direct and online recruitment, most exciting on TikTok

Many film crews are actively searching for new actors, suitable for the role in many forms, both online and offline with specific topics; accordingly, actors, old and new, record video clips and send them to the film crew, such as the film Lat mat 8 by Ly Hai, Ngay xua co mot chuyen tinh by Trinh Dinh Le Minh... The most bustling is on TikTok because of the popularity and effectiveness of this social network.

Many young people came to the casting of the movie Lat mat 8

2 months ago, the online casting of Lat mat 8 by Ly Hai - Minh Ha attracted the attention of the audience, especially young people, creating a "fever" on the TikTok platform. According to the requirements of this casting, the real age of the actor is not the deciding factor, as long as the contestant has an appearance or the ability to transform to make viewers believe that they are of the required age, they will be accepted. This method received a lot of response, attracting hundreds of millions of views and comments from netizens. The proof is that the hashtags #latmat8 and #latmat8casting have more than 3,000 videos in use. Ly Hai emphasized: "Everyone deserves the opportunity to become an actor" and believes that "anyone who is passionate, determined and serious about the profession will have the opportunity to express themselves to become a movie actor".

By October 13, the offline (direct) casting in Ho Chi Minh City, Ly Hai's Lat mat 8 had more than 5,000 participants, lasting from early morning until 1:30 a.m. the next morning, with some still staying until the last minute waiting to act. In addition to the actors, the famous "hot faces", the casting session featured many new faces, including TikToker Le Tuan Khang, born in 2002, currently farming in Soc Trang , who once caused a stir on social networks with humorous videos. Ly Hai shared that although Khang did not meet the criteria for the main role, he still invited Khang to participate in Lat mat 8 with a more suitable role.

Director Ly Hai and producer Minh Ha were surprised by the genuine acting of TikToker Le Tuan Khang.

The movie Ngay Xua Co Mot Truyen Tinh is currently showing in theaters and is highly appreciated for the acting of 3 young actors, in which, except for Avin Lu who played the role of Trinh Cong Son when he was young in Em va Trinh , the two completely new actors who play the roles of Phuc and Mien in the movie, Do Nhat Hoang and Ngoc Xuan, were "found" from the casting of the film crew. It was the clip depicting the innocence "with natural beauty and eyes filled with many emotions" of Ngoc Xuan when posted on TikTok, attracting millions of support from the audience, that made director Trinh Dinh Le Minh choose this "outsider" girl - who graduated from the communications major of an international university in Ho Chi Minh City. Ngoc Xuan (born in 1999, from Tien Giang ) shared: "To prepare for the casting, I bought the story and read it many times. I prepared so well but I don't know why I hesitated and submitted the casting application late. Then I texted the movie's page, and the admins guided me through the casting with a TikTok clip... The day I received the news that I won the role, I was so moved that I burst into tears".

New face Ngoc Xuan (middle) impresses with her acting in Once Upon a Time There Was a Love Story

Online casting clips on TikTok of the movie The Last Queen (about the life of Queen Nam Phuong, directed by Bao Nhan - Namcito) of hundreds of young faces have recently "made waves" on TikTok and Facebook.

Add more "furnaces" specializing in training actors

Director Trinh Dinh Le Minh said: "There are many actors, but not many suitable faces for the roles, so film crews always have difficulty choosing. Because famous actors have a guarantee for the role, but are... safe and many are lazy, repeating themselves like previous roles. Meanwhile, new faces are inexperienced, do not have a basic foundation, so it takes a lot of time to guide acting skills."

Casting actors in many forms helps discover many new faces with acting talent, but these young people with these qualities must also go through a self-training process, a period of hard practice to be able to stick with the profession for a long time. Actress Kim Tuyen started out as a beauty who won second prize in a contest in 2006. After more than ten years in the acting profession, she has achieved the title of Meritorious Artist. She said: "I chose to pursue this profession with passion, knowing how to do it, knowing how to invest and research for each character; although at first, the lack of experience and experience at a very young age made it difficult for me to convey the spirit of the role correctly. To learn and improve my knowledge and acting skills, I always try to read, watch a lot of movies and learn lessons, so I gradually have a position like now."

Currently, in addition to formal universities that train in acting, there are also a number of private "furnaces" that open classes and courses on basic and advanced acting. Director - actress Kathy Uyen has opened the ACT Academy for many years with the acting methods: Intentional thinking, Emotional performance, Character building, Physical performance, On-set acting... People's Artist Le Khanh and the director duo Namcito - Bao Nhan opened the Cinematic Arts Academy (CAA) to teach classes: Cinema appreciation, Cinema acting, Advanced Cinema acting, Advanced Cinema acting, Dialog and dialogue in cinema... Drama stages in Ho Chi Minh City such as Hong Van, Minh Nhi, Thanh Loc, Quoc Thao... also always have regular acting classes for those who are passionate, as well as beauty queens, singers, models, dancers, YouTubers, TikTokers... who want to pursue an acting career. People's Artist Le Khanh emphasized: "In fact, our cinema is seriously lacking in diverse actors. If we don't study or train them, I think it will be difficult to go the long way, and the first thing they need is to cultivate and not give up."

Expanding the search for actors in many forms is a trendy trend and this is also what the audience wants, instead of watching the same "familiar" actors on screen.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/mo-rong-tim-kiem-dien-vien-moi-cho-dien-anh-viet-1852411052122292.htm