This star is too fierce

Chapter 457
Why did Zhang Sheng make martial arts films?
A lot of guesswork.

Zhang Sheng's answer now may not be his true thoughts.

However, since he answered, it doesn't really matter what he really thinks.

This movie is very popular, but there are many people who don't like it.

Even if director Zhang Sheng's box office appeal is amazing, and there are international superstars like Li Zhenguo joining.

But because of Li Zhenguo and others joining in, the investment of the whole film increased.

The greater the investment, the greater the risk.

At the beginning, Xu Rui, a famous martial arts director, was so ambitious that he wanted to bring martial arts movies back to life. Didn't he almost lose money?

There is no doubt about Zhang Sheng's director level and screenwriting ability.

But if you can write martial arts scripts, will you be able to make good martial arts movies?

Probably not.

Of course, there are many people who are not optimistic, and naturally there are also many people who are optimistic.

But no one thinks that the box office of this film can be compared with Zhang Sheng's previous films.

At the press conference, Zhang Sheng was the biggest focus, even with international superstar Li Zhenguo present.

However, media reporters will naturally not focus on Zhang Sheng.

"Mr. Li, what is your reason for accepting Director Zhang's martial arts film?" The reporter asked, "Do you also have the idea of ​​returning to China for development? After all, the domestic market prospect is getting better and better."

"Which actor would refuse to cooperate with such an excellent director as Director Zhang? Of course I am the same." Li Zhenguo said with a smile, "As for whether to return to China for development. If there is a good script, I naturally don't mind returning to China to film."

When Li Zhenguo said this, Zhang Sheng was a little flattered.

Nowadays, there are indeed few actors who can refuse Zhang Sheng's request.

But that's only in the country.

If it's in Hollywood, it's hard to say.

Of course, if the money is enough, that's another story.

As for what Li Zhenguo said later, he also indirectly told the reporter that he did not intend to return to China for development.

He is doing well in Hollywood now, so naturally he would not choose to return to China.

The prospect of the domestic market is indeed very good, but that is just the prospect.

The focus of global movies is still in Hollywood.

North America remains the largest film market in the world.

Zhang Sheng was not surprised by Li Zhenguo's choice.

After all, he was much younger than Fang Long.

Now my body is not as good as before, but I can still move.

And he is more chic than Fang Long, unlike Fang Long who has to raise a large group of people.

Li Zhenguo does not have his own action team.

The press conference will end soon.

Naturally, Gu Sisi and Yang Ziyu were not ignored by the media.

The two may not be as good as Li Zhenguo, but at least they carry the word "international".

Gu Sisi's word "international" is not so obvious, but her popularity in China is amazing enough.

What's more, she has another identity, that is, the wife of director Zhang Sheng.

When they got married, Gu Sisi's popularity rose instead of falling.

However, Zheng Shuying and other actors were naturally ignored by the media in front of Zhang Sheng and the others.

Even Zhang Sheng and the others would occasionally lure them.

They are naturally prepared for this.

For many people, being able to show up at the press conference is actually not bad.

Although they are on the same stage, they are very different.

Filming begins.

After Zhang Sheng didn't pay attention to the press conference, what a big wave it caused.

This was just pre-heating publicity.

The real promotion of the film has to wait until the film is released.

Changsheng Entertainment didn't make any hype about the popularity of the press conference.

Therefore, the popularity of this topic quickly faded away.

But movie fans know very well that this movie won't keep them waiting too long.

The post-production of this movie didn't have that many special effects.

The crew, after a few days of running-in, the shooting became smoother.

Li Zhenguo deserves to be the best member of "Heroes".

Although his appearance is simple and capable, he is heroic and intimidating.

He is not very tall but flexible, and full of posture, just wearing a robe, he is chivalrous.

Compared with the original version, it is definitely more chivalrous, which is the unique temperament of martial arts practitioners, and cannot be imitated by acting skills.

Moreover, Li Zhenguo has a deep understanding of this role, and it can be said that he has both form and spirit.

The eyes of the original version of Chow Yun-fat are too impressive, with a flash of air in the eyes, you can see your lover or your enemy.

Compared with him, Li Zhenguo's is definitely not far behind.

This character seems to have been created just for him.

Eyes are the window to one's soul.

The real difficulty in acting lies in the eyes.

Behavior, facial performance, most of the performance of the character's shape, but it is difficult to perform his god, if you want to play the character with both form and spirit, the eyes are very important.

Li Zhenguo did this, but Zhang Sheng didn't know whether he fit the role too well or his acting skills were good enough.

However, none of this matters.

It is enough for Li Zhenguo to play this role well.

He gave Zhang Sheng a surprise.

It's just that the most difficult thing for Li Mubai to play is not his hero status, but his inner emotions and desires.

The lust relationship between Li Mubai, Yu Xiulian and Yu Jiaolong is tangled like a net.

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon in the rivers and lakes, why not in people's hearts.

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in people's hearts cannot be simply understood as other people's hearts, even including his own. The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Li Mubai's heart is his suppressed desire.

And he said that handing over the Qing Ming Sword in good faith was an end to his career in the world, and it was also a decision he made on the relationship between him and Yu Xiulian.

However, the Yujiaolong that appeared at this time disrupted his deployment, made him hesitate and bewildered, and thus brought him more troubles.

It's a complex role.

Li Zhenguo has played many heroes. The personalities of the characters may be different, but the same thing is undoubtedly that their actions conceal the characters themselves.

This is also the reason why his acting skills are not bad, but he is rarely paid attention to.

When mentioning him Li Zhenguo, the first thing everyone thinks of is his kung fu, how wonderful his action scenes are.

As for his acting skills, he was rarely mentioned.

As an actor, how could Li Zhenguo be willing?

In fact, almost all action actors hope to be recognized for their acting skills.

Li Zhenguo took over the film, apart from the director Zhang Sheng, it has something to do with the role of Li Mubai.

He knows very well that he can let all movie fans around the world see his acting skills through this movie.

Perhaps, with the role of Li Mubai, he can be recognized by countless movie fans for his acting skills, and let them know that Li Zhenguo can not only fight, but also act.

He Li Zhenguo also has acting skills.

The role of Li Mubai is complicated, but in fact other people think it is also complicated.

The number one protagonist in the story of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is actually Yu Jiaolong.

She is the starting point and end point of the contradictions in the story, she intensifies all contradictions, disrupts everything, destroys everything, and accomplishes everything.

Compared to the complex and heavy needs of Li Yu and Li Yu, Yu Jiaolong's needs are very simple and rude, just two words: fun.

And that's her only real need.

In the environment where Yu Jiaolong grew up, Jianghu Dream was taboo and absolutely suppressed.

She is evil, but also the most true.She messes everything up.

Especially disturbed Li Mubai's heart.

The three protagonists are all a challenge. Relatively speaking, Luo Xiaohu played by Zhang Sheng is relatively simpler.

He is naive and straightforward, and believes that as long as he makes a career, he will be able to make Yu Jiaolong's parents look up to him, and he will be able to marry her in a fair manner.

It's just that he can't keep up with Yu Jiaolong's thoughts, so he is doomed to change from a symbol of freedom to a new bondage.It is doomed that he and Yu Jiaolong will never return to the past.

As a director, Zhang Sheng naturally had to discuss the roles with the actors.

And even if he made this movie, he naturally analyzed these characters well.

Of course, he has his own understanding, and it comes from the original film review.

After a movie is released, especially a movie with such a great influence as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the analysis of the movie can be described as comprehensive.

Zhang Sheng had seen many of them in his previous life.

And those are naturally very inspiring to him.

There are many places where the film is shot, and the crew is running around.

Wudang Mountain, Shunan Bamboo Sea, Desert, Huangshan and other places, Zhang Sheng, as the director, did not leave any behind.

Other actors naturally don't need to do this.

For filming, the priority is to shoot the scenes of Li Zhenguo and Yang Ziyu.

The roles of Zhang Sheng and Gu Sisi were put at the end.

"How is it?" Gu Sisi looked at Zhang Sheng and asked.

She has a close relationship with Zhang Sheng, and has collaborated with each other countless times. She is very familiar with Zhang Sheng, and she can naturally feel the difference when Zhang Sheng was making this movie.

"Not so good." Zhang Sheng said, "I feel that I am still suitable for making commercial films."

This film not only has vivid characters, twists and turns of the story, fresh and refined sound and pictures, lifelike, but also rich cultural connotations.

The original director skillfully integrated traditional Chinese martial arts elements into landscape culture and Chinese calligraphy, and throughout the development of the film's storyline.

Chinese calligraphy emphasizes softness and strength, while landscape embodies a sense of freedom.

Zhang Sheng made a lot of preparations, but it was still a bit difficult when shooting.

Compared with commercial blockbusters like "Transformers", it is more difficult to shoot.

This kind of difficulty is not the kind of difficulty in ability.

This is not knowing if you don’t shoot.

From this shoot, Zhang Sheng knew that he was better at making commercial films.

Before, he always thought that he just preferred commercial films.

Now it seems that it is undoubtedly wrong.

He is not incompetent, but not good at it.

This kind of thing is very common in the director circle.

Each has its own specialties.

Of course, there is also the discomfort of being out of your comfort zone.

However, Zhang Sheng, who strives for perfection, doesn't think his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will be worse than the original.

But Zhang Sheng knew very well that if he didn't have the reference of the original version, and he had read countless related film reviews and analysis, it would be absolutely impossible for him to make a comparison with the original version.

He doesn't have the level of the original director.

Not in ability, but in lack of art.

He's really not good at this type of film.

Fortunately, Zhang Sheng did not intend to continue making such movies.

It's more comfortable to shoot a commercial film.

The movie started in mid-November, and the preparations were very thorough, and the shooting only took three months.

This year New Year's Eve happens to be in the middle of February.

The second day after the movie wraps up is New Year's Eve.

Zhang Sheng and Gu Sisi almost spent the first New Year's Eve after they got married in the crew.

(End of this chapter)