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Fang Kaizhi's new work is called "Rejuvenation", and the script was picked up on the day Lu Heng held a house warming party.In order to discuss the situation of the script with Lu Heng in detail, Mr. Fang, who likes to get up early, unexpectedly visited twelve hours in advance.

It was originally a housewarming party at six o'clock in the evening, but Director Fang insisted on arriving at six o'clock in the morning.

It is said that he came here directly after playing a set of Tai Chi in the park.In case Lu Heng didn't eat in the morning, Director Fang carefully bought soy milk fritters for him.

When he knocked on the door in the morning, he almost didn't scare Lu Heng into a heart attack. He ran back to the bedroom in a hurry, dragged Wei Linxuan, who was still lying on the bed, to the study room, opened the hidden door behind the bookcase, and stuffed it directly into the next door. bedroom bed.Then he hurried back to his home to pick up the clothes that were thrown on the ground, and stuffed them into the closet.

Then he went to open the door for Fang Dao without changing his face.

Fang Kaizhi glanced at Lu Heng, whose hair was disheveled and flushed with pillow marks on his face, smiled, shook his head and said, "It seems that I am an old man who wakes up early, disturbing your early sleep?"

Lu Heng quickly waved his hand, let people in first, made tea and poured water, and explained by the way: "Don't bother, don't bother, I usually get up early, and I have to go to morning exercises. It's just that I have been lazy in the past few days. Fortunately, you are always here Otherwise, I might have to sleep until noon, and I’m afraid I won’t even have time to prepare for the party.”

Fang Kaizhi smiled. Although he mentioned to Lu Heng on the phone that he would come to the house warming party, the old man who is over [-] obviously does not intend to join in the fun with a group of young people, so he only gave the gift he prepared to Lu Heng. Heng, by the way, also handed over the script.

"This is just a tentative outline of the script. You should familiarize yourself with it first. For the specific details, especially the plot of the medical part, we may need to continue to think about it. You don't need me to tell you about this. If you are right If you have any suggestions for the script, just call me directly. Let’s all work together to make this book a good one.”

Lu Heng quickly took the script, put Director Fang's house warming gift aside, and started flipping through the script.

Even as Fang Kaizhi said, this is just a script outline.But the script handed over to Lu Heng was already as thick as three or four high school textbooks.The dialogues in it range from the half-literal and half-white at the beginning to the obvious westernization later, and then to the fusion of traditional Chinese medicine with Western thinking. There are also countless technical terms and battlefield terms of Chinese and Western medicine. This means that when Lu Heng memorized the script, he had to recite not only Chinese but also English.

Fang Kaizhi also specially reminded: "The whole movie is shooting on location, and we may need to shoot in English. But you already have the experience of filming in Hollywood, so this should not be a problem for you."

Lu Hengsheng looked at the thick script with nothing to love. The terminology related to combat equipment during World War II and medical terminology was so uncommon that he had no friends. Even if Lu Heng's English could handle Hollywood filming, this kind of It was also his first contact with a professional-strength script.

Not to mention that Fang Kaizhi also asked Lu Heng to speak English with a country Y accent as much as possible.

"You can't let a male protagonist who is studying in country Y besides studying in China speak M's English all the time?" Director Fang explained plausibly.

Lu Heng had no choice but to nod his head. He was having a headache on how to memorize the script. Then Fang Kaizhi reminded him: "The main thing is to read the script thoroughly, grasp the general plot, and figure out how to interpret the characters. As for the specifics of the script Don't rush to memorize the lines, because we will definitely change the script."

Being reminded by Director Fang, Lu Heng's face was so bitter that he could squeeze out Coptis chinensis juice.

You must know that it is not uncommon in the circle to change the script during filming.It can be said that no script can be filmed intact from the beginning of the script until the film is finished. Even a screenwriter with a big celebrity in the circle does not have absolute confidence in this field, because in the During the filming, it will definitely be constantly changed according to the needs of the plot, the requirements of the investors and producers, and the sudden storm of inspiration from the director, screenwriter and even the actors during the filming process.

Therefore, many actors have encountered the pain of memorizing the script diligently before filming, but being asked to change the scene during filming, and having to memorize all the lines.

Some films are likely to be overturned during the editing process even after the finalization, so the director then called on the crew members to return to the set to delete, modify and make reshoots.

Just like "There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers", a script is handed over to different people, interpreted by different people from different angles, it will inevitably lead to different results. The different understandings of each other will go through constant running-in and collision during the shooting process, and finally the most dazzling spark will be rubbed out, and a classic movie is an audio-visual feast that combines thousands of sparks.This is the crystallization of the cooperation of all people, all departments and all links.A slight mistake will affect the final quality of the entire work.

Therefore, Fang Kaizhi was very cautious and decided to gather all the crew members for a three-month training before the film officially started.Before that, Fang Kaizhi asked Lu Heng to learn the relevant knowledge of Chinese medicine first.

At least for acupuncture and moxibustion to stop bleeding and blood stasis and the plots in the film about curing diseases and saving lives, Fang Kaizhi hoped that Lu Heng would not only act out that feeling, but really follow an old Chinese doctor and learn related skills.

Fang Kaizhi always believes that it is not enough for an actor to be able to play a role well. If he wants to interpret a role into a classic, he must grasp the character's life and nature before shooting.To make a character come alive in a movie, you must first ensure that the actor lives out the character first.

Especially a character like Chen Zhongbai.He was born out of reality, but higher than reality. He is not only a hero, but also a small person among all living beings in the background of the era.He has his own shortcomings and short-sightedness limited by the times, but he also has his own persistence in medicine. His youth and innocence will continue to grow after experiencing the baptism of war.

In Fang Kaizhi's understanding, this is a constantly changing role, but also a role full of contradictions.The difficulty in interpreting this role mainly lies in the fact that Lu Heng must grasp a fire.You must know that the role of Chen Zhongbai is different from the roles played by Lu Heng before.

For all the roles that Lu Heng has played before, in order to highlight the character characteristics of the characters, the screenwriter will particularly highlight the one-sidedness of the characters when setting the script, such as the stubborn and sensitive Han Lusheng in "Autumn Lubai", and the extreme lack of canine teeth in "A Action". Love, Liang Le's weakness and strength in "Brotherhood", and even Su Daochang's ruthlessness in "Flower and Sword", these characters have very distinct characteristics, which makes the personal charm of the characters easily arouse the emotional resonance of the audience , thus prompting the audience to feel love or pity for the characters.

However, the script setting of "Rejuvenation" is different from these characters. In order to show the impact of the background of the times on culture and thinking, as well as the nature of Chinese medicine doctors and Western medicine doctors, "Rejuvenation" will constantly change through the inner thoughts of the male protagonist To highlight the collision of thinking in that turbulent era.Therefore, this requires the actors to accurately grasp the heat when interpreting the role, to let go when it should be released, and to be introverted when it should be introverted. In the process of interpreting the role, it is necessary to highlight how the ancient Chinese country, surrounded by great powers, was rejuvenated in the baptism of war.

Therefore, borrowing people to describe things, borrowing things to describe people, Fang Dao's new work "Rejuvenation" obviously aims to create an inclusive character.A man who has grown from being sharp-edged to moderate and self-restraining, from narrow-minded and superficial to a true doctor with benevolence.

This requires the background of the actor even more.

"When we were writing the script for this movie, we had the honor to invite Mr. Ye and Mr. Sun to serve as technical consultants for the script. Both Mr. Ye and Mr. Sun are the most prestigious old Chinese medicine practitioners in China, especially Mr. Ye. The highly respected Qihuang sage in the world, even had the experience of studying abroad to study Western medicine when he was young. It can be said that the prototype of the hero of our movie, many settings are learned from Ye Lao’s experience. So I plan to Allowing you to stay with Ye Lao as an apprentice and assistant for three months, is there any problem on your side?"

What Fang Kaizhi meant was to ask Lu Heng if he would be notified within these three months or if he had other arrangements.If there is, it is best to be able to push it away.

"Of course no problem." Lu Heng heard the string song and knew the elegance, and said without hesitation: "With Ye Lao's status, there are countless people who want to worship him as a teacher. I have accumulated the luck of buying lottery tickets in my previous life to follow Ye Lao. I am an apprentice by my side. I just hope that Ye Lao will not dislike me for being stupid and superficial, I have no talent for studying medicine, and I can't act like Ye Lao in the filming."

Fang Kaizhi laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "You don't have to say these beautiful words in front of me. I will introduce you to Mr. Ye sometime later, and you just have to tell him in person."

Before the words fell, I heard someone knocking on the door without haste.The door lock clicked lightly, and Wei Linxuan, a good neighbor of Huaxia who lives next door, stood at the door in bright clothes. Here you go, have you had breakfast?"

Of course Fang Kaizhi had breakfast, and he even bought breakfast for Lu Heng, but the old and the young were all busy discussing the script, and no one forgot to eat breakfast.

Hearing Wei Linxuan's question now, Fang Kaizhi came back to his senses. Before he could open his mouth, Wei Linxuan ran to the kitchen to move the dishes and chopsticks out of the kitchen. I bought extra breakfast when I was there, so the three of us just had a bite first."