The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!

Chapter 68: 68 Palm (2)

Maybe it was because Wang Ju scolded them every day, but she and Bo Yan usually took several hours to sync up before gradually falling into harmony.

Yet once she returned to her room to rest, and faced him again the next morning, any semblance of chemistry vanished at the sight of his face.

Wang Ju was speechless and could only repeat the process, urging the two to find their connection again and again.

In the past, actors often took leave during filming. After all, stars usually have packed schedules, and even if they’re booked for three months on a set, they can’t always stay for the full duration; industry norms allow for the occasional leave for other commitments.

Of course, no director wants their actors to take time off during their shoot. Initially, he would have suspected Xia Siyu of deviant behavior—after all, she had a reputation for being unprofessional.”

It was rumored that during the filming of a certain movie, she had signed on for three months but took leave thirty times, driving the director and the entire crew up the wall.

But to his surprise, after over a month of filming, Xia Siyu turned out to be the most compliant, never taking a single day off.

During movie shoots, the camera work is fairly focused. Some shots are right up in the actor’s face. With makeup and hair done, the camera is pointed straight at your face, making you deliver lines, enabling close-ups, and revealing various layers of your performance. Your acting prowess is shown through the tiniest nuances in your expressions, gestures, and even the details of your facial muscles.

Wang Ju was a director who insisted on perfection, sometimes not accepting a take until after over 20 NGs. It wasn’t always because the acting was poor; if a shot wasn’t quite what he envisioned, he would call “cut.” Unless it was a scene with a large crowd and on a tight schedule, he would push for quick approvals, otherwise even Bo Yan would be asked to reshoot scenes over and over.

A scene that made a strong impression on Xia Siyu was one where her character realizes the male lead’s affection is shifting; he starts to show interest in the female lead and becomes distant towards her. Her character’s response is to dance alone in an empty space.

After rehearsing, Wang Ju made her dance for five grueling hours, longer than the infamous kiss scene on the boat.

At first, she thought it might be because she missed some detail in her solo dance, meticulously refining each movement and obsessing over the specifics. But take after take, Wang Ju stubbornly wouldn’t approve, continuing from noon until the sunset. As the bloody remnants of the sun drenched her body, Xia Siyu finally broke down.

Especially since today she was filming alone; both Bo Yan and Shang Feifei had taken leave to attend a Weibo Star event. She had been invited too, but preferred staying back and grinding through the shoot.

But after Wang Ju made her dance for five straight hours, without anything to eat except for some water, Xia Siyu, who had managed to keep her temper for two months, reached her breaking point. She furiously threw down her hairband and roared, ‘Director Mang, what do you want from me? My legs are cramping from all this jumping!’

Wang Ju looked at her sweaty face and the steam rising from her head due to the intense dance, then nodded, “One more time. Let’s try to nail it in this last one.”

Xia Siyu’s temper flared, and she shouted back, “If it’s not perfect, just pretend it is! I’m done! I’d rather pay the breach of contract fee than continue filming!’