"I think this proposal is feasible."
Peter Jackson echoed.
Nanaya didn't say anything, he knew very well that they were just proposing to choose non-Asian actors.
But what they really hope is that the actor chosen by Nanaya is a black male lead.
From a business perspective, casting a black actor was a good move.
After all, using a black person is both in line with so-called political correctness and can please minority audiences in various countries.
But the problem is that the disadvantages are equally obvious.
The current situation is still better. In another two years, the political correctness of Hollywood's top brass will be out of touch with the anti-black trend at the grassroots level.
The negative consequences of using black actors as the lead actors will definitely be highlighted.
Besides, Nanaya himself has no feelings towards black actors.
If it was a commercial movie like "Black Panther" that was aimed at the black box office, it would be fine.
But for a movie like FGO, which is aimed at the commercial market of all races from the beginning, it is better to forget about having a black lead actor.
"I don't think we need to choose deliberately." Nanaya said calmly, "No matter if it's an Asian actor or a Latin American actor, they can all be candidates."
Black actors should just play Darius or something like that, and forget about the leading role.
Anyway, the presence of black actors in the film is enough to comfort the black people's hearts that are as easily broken as glass.
To be honest, in Nanaya's eyes, the black group is really a typical double standard dog.
Take the Oscar awards as an example. If there are no black nominees, it would be considered discrimination and would be protested by Hollywood and some black organizations across the United States.
But from another perspective, if the actors are deliberately replaced with black ones just for the sake of "non-discrimination", then isn't this another form of discrimination against actors of other races?
Nanaya has always felt that the development of the black group in Hollywood has become so distorted, largely because of the indulgence of those people in the academy.
Nanaya won't tolerate these guys.
Since you guys like to be double-standard so much, Nanaya feels that it is no problem for him to be double-standard towards them.
Anyway, there has never been a precedent of black protagonists in Nanaya' movies before, so it doesn't matter if there is no black protagonist this time.
Although Nanaya knew very well that if he did this, many black organizations would definitely complain to him.
But as an Asian, Nanaya's identity advantage is highlighted at this time.
Asians are also a minority in Hollywood, everyone is the same, no one should look down on anyone.
Although this is a rogue logic.
But it is still very appropriate when facing black groups that originally have gangster logic.
In short, Nanaya's time is precious and he doesn't have time to argue with these people.
Let's leave this kind of rubbish to Washimine's legal department.
Kevin Feige naturally heard the determination in Nanaya's words, so he chose to keep silent on this matter.
He made this suggestion from a business perspective.
Since Nanaya didn't accept it, he wouldn't insist.
After all, it was Nanaya who paid him, not those black people.
"What about the other two important characters mentioned above?"
Shion asked with a twinkling look in her eyes: "Hey, Nanaya, what do you think of these two characters?"
"I'm going to find two actors who have good acting skills but are paid less. What's wrong?"
Nanaya turned to look at Shion. He knew very well that this sister must have something to say.
"How about I play this female role?!"
There was a gleam in Shion's eyes and she looked at Nanaya with excitement.
"You??"
"Well, doesn't this character appear in every movie? And the part is not that big. I think it suits me very well."
Shion said this while sitting in her seat, looking around the conference room while looking at the form in her hand.
"If you all have any other good ideas, you can also tell us."
A smile appeared on Shion's face, and she appealed to the others in the meeting room.
The others immediately looked at the materials in their hands obediently and kept silent.
"…"
Nanaya looked at the smug Shion with a twitching mouth.
Of course he knew that Shion had a tradition of making cameo appearances in movies, and he did arrange a role for Shion as a member of Chaldea to satisfy her need to make a cameo appearance in every movie.
But the characters he arranged were just like [Soldier B].
Nanaya was a little troubled by Shion's idea of directly playing the role of a profiteer.
"Anyway, I'm acting in my true colors, so my acting skills are easier to cover up than other roles."
Shion said straightforwardly, with such a matter-of-fact tone as if it was supposed to be this way.
[Are you saying that your essence is a profiteer? ]
If Nanaya wasn't afraid of Shion's monstrous fighting power, he would definitely have complained like this.
Shiki Matsuno suddenly interrupted and said, "If Miss Shion wants to play Da Vinci, then Nanaya you should play Romani. Anyway, you two are considered an old married couple..."
Halfway through his speech, Shiki suddenly felt cold all over, as if something was staring at him.
[I forgot there were other people here. ]
Noticing the girls glaring at him, Shiki shut his mouth awkwardly.
"That's a good suggestion indeed. Shiki, you can come up with some useful suggestions once in a while."
Shion's eyes sparkled.
I just don't know if this was her original plan or if she only thought of it after Shiki Matsuno reminded her.
"that..."
A distressed smile appeared on Nanaya's face.
"Any questions?"
Shion's eyes sharpened.
"Um, regarding the arrangement of the filming..."
Nanaya himself didn't care. Romani's role was not too many except for the prologue and the epilogue.
Basically, each movie can be completed in a month.
Since I was the scheduled director for the prologue and epilogue, there was no problem with the time arrangement.
But Shion's words...
"You're talking about that~ I've thought of it a long time ago. Anyway, most of Da Vinci's scenes are inside Chaldea. I can just take some time to concentrate on filming when the time comes."
Shion explained with a cheerful smile on her face.
But Nanaya did not agree directly. He said to Ori directly: "You extract the scenes of Da Vinci and see when to concentrate on filming."
"OK."
Ori nodded.
"Hey~, Nanaya, you're so cold~" Shion pouted as if she was very dissatisfied.
"...This is my legitimate opinion as a director." Nanaya replied with a serious face, "I have to consider the problem of someone breaking an appointment because of the company."
"When did you become such a stone-head~" Shion snorted. At worst, I can just put the scenes of two or three movies together and finish filming, right?"
"…"
Shion leaned forward and said in a seductive tone, "Don't you think it's appropriate? Da Vinci and Romani, an old couple?"
"Wait a minute!!"
Illya slammed the table and stood up. She saw that Nanaya was a little moved, so she immediately expressed her objection.
"You woman, you just want to take this opportunity to kiss and kiss me with Oni-chan! This is a movie, not a place for you to talk about love!"
Shion shrugged as if it didn't matter, with a teasing look on her face.
"Yeah, someone couldn't even appear in a movie."
"Who said that!!"
Illya yelled angrily after being choked by Shion.
"So who are you going to play?"
"This..."
Illya was speechless for a moment. She had only read an outline and was not clear about the specific script.
Although it's totally fine to make a cameo appearance as a character like Black shadow-kun, a passerby employee in Chaldea.
But this kind of role is too cheap compared to the important role of Da Vinci played by Shion.
"…"
Lily, who had been silent for a long time, seemed to have something to say. She suddenly stood up and secretly came to Illya.
"Illya, I think you play this role well."
Nanaya's eyelids twitched.
Lily's current actions are like leading the puppet army to Taijun.
But the smile on her face was not flattery, but a sly smile.
This made Nanaya feel something was wrong instinctively.
Illya read out the role that Lily recommended to her.
"Olga Marie Animusphia? That name is hard to pronounce. It looks like a minor role."
Shion gave Lily a knowing smile. She didn't say anything, just watched quietly as Lily fooled Illya.
"What's so good about this role? Why do I feel like you're trying to trick me?"
Illya seemed to be lacking interest and she was a little suspicious of Lily's motives.
"How could that be? This character is Romani's boss in the script."
Lily touched her little chin and a smirk appeared on her face.
"You also know that the character played by Nanaya is a lazy otaku, right? You can scold him in front of the camera~~"
"…"
Hearing this, the silver-haired girl, who was originally uninterested, suddenly pondered.
Although the long silver hair covered Illya's face, the two golden rays of light shining through the shadow made Lily secretly happy.
"And this character has silver hair, red eyes and big breasts~~ You can consider it~~"
The eldest daughter of the Ryutani family, with golden eyes, has been persuaded by Lily. She no longer cares about the affection between the female boss and the director.
At this moment, Illya's mind was full of all the inappropriate things she, as a female boss, had done to Nanaya.
[I'll take this opportunity to play with Oni-chan… I'll take advantage of the crew to do this and that to him…)
"Hehe~"
Seeing Illya's attitude of not even asking for the salary and just wanting the role, Lily smiled secretly.
[I'm sorry to let you ruin my reputation, but I wonder if you will cry after you get the script~~ Fufufu, I'm looking forward to it. ]
Unlike Illya who had only read the outline, Lily had naturally read the first draft of the prologue script.
Olga Marie Animusphia was indeed Romani's boss and could indeed give the doctor instructions.
But what happened to this guy in the end...
"Um, Illya..."
Nanaya wanted to say something, but Illya waved her hand and stopped him.
"No need to say more, Oni-chan. I've got this role!!"
"I see..."
Seeing that Illya had completely fallen into the trap, Nanaya gave up trying to persuade her.
But Nanaya felt that maybe Illya was happy too early?
I haven't even decided to play the role of a doctor yet.