entertainment longevity

Chapter 85 Hard Conditions

"Jiang Changsheng, it's the first time you've acted in a movie as a leading actor in such a big production as Hero, do you think you can do it?"

"I have confidence in myself."

"Everyone here is a great director, or an actor or actress. Where does your self-confidence come from?"

"As a writer, I not only sold books, but also won the Mao Dun Literature Award. As a singer, I was the youngest hit singer and Grammy. As a student, I was the number one in the college entrance examination. As an actor, I also won the Yangshi Most Popular Actor Award. .

And I'm so handsome.

If you were me, would you lack confidence? "

The scene was silent.

There was a pervasive smell, but no one could refute it.

After a few seconds, the reporter asked: "It is said that you didn't want to act in this movie at the beginning. It was Director Zhang who came to invite you many times before you agreed to act. Is that true?"

"There is no such thing, Director Zhang came to me for the first time, showed me the script, described the scene and core spirit of the movie, and it touched me instantly.

Follow-up to our company, just to finalize the specific cooperation details. "

"The role of Can Jian was first found by Liang Chaowei. Did you steal his role?"

"Director Zhang is responsible for the casting. I don't know the specific process. I'm just an actor. I just need to be responsible for shaping the characters in the movie. I don't care about the rest."

"Director Zhang, do you value your fame abroad? In terms of acting skills, you can't compare to Liang Chaowei!" This Hong Kong reporter persisted, and Zhang Yimou's face was gloomy. Which idiot media is this?
Jiang Changsheng said lightly: "In my opinion, the job of an actor is to create characters, there is no such thing as acting skills, let alone high or low acting skills.

Since Director Zhang chose me to play Can Jian, he believed that I could portray the character of Can Jian. "

"Wang Fei said in an interview yesterday that she will invite you as a guest at the concert, will you agree?"

"I refuse to answer anything that has nothing to do with the movie."

A press conference showed how popular Jiang Changsheng is now, and an international superstar like Li Lianjie was also left out in the cold.

The preparation work of the crew was very thorough, and after the press conference, they started the machine immediately.

The first scene was Wuming and Feixue's fighting scene. Jiang Changsheng sat on the sidelines and watched. Chen Daoming beside him asked, "Do you think this movie will be successful?"

Jiang Changsheng didn't expect that Chen Daoming would take the initiative to talk to him, and he didn't shy away from it, and said directly: "From a commercial point of view, this movie should be successful.

Word of mouth may be mixed, and it is more popular overseas, but domestic audiences may not accept it. "

Chen Daoming took a sip of water unhurriedly: "Why?"

"Director Zhang Yimou is best at movie screens and big scene scheduling. This movie can capture the beautiful artistic conception of oriental martial arts.

Western audiences love this set, like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

But domestic audiences may not buy it. The plot of this movie is too idealistic. The life and death of King Qin is in the hands of a few assassins. Anyone who knows a little bit about history will play. "

Liao Fan on the side retorted: "We are shooting a martial arts movie, not a historical drama. There are some adaptations, and the audience should be able to accept it."

"Adaptations are not made up, even for popular martial arts novels like Xun Qin Ji, we must try our best to incorporate the story into real history, so as to give the audience a real world view.

Based on the historical view of domestic audiences, everyone thinks that Qin unified the six kingdoms by relying on the accumulation of the sixth generation, relying on the strict laws, the might of the Qin army, and the domineering spirit of the first emperor, rather than relying on the benevolence and righteousness of the knights. He didn't stand still.

No matter how many good stories are told later, it is useless, and the audience will think it is fake.

In addition, Director Zhang wants to express the great righteousness of an oriental knight who sacrifices himself and has the world in mind, and transcends the fighting and killing of ordinary martial arts dramas. The script has a very grand intention.

But without a solid plot logic support, the higher the intention, the more empty it seems. "

Zhang Yimou's film was an early remake of the works of Yu Hua and others. It has a solid foundation of works, and the shortcomings of weak plots are covered up.

Starting from the hero, his movies are good to look at the picture and artistic conception, don't go too deep into the logic.

Chen Daoming narrowed his eyes, "According to what you said, foreign audiences will like this movie because they don't understand our country's history and have no historical "prejudice"."

Zhen Zidan listened to the conversation of several people, and couldn't help questioning: "I think the audience can understand what Director Zhang wants to express."

Jiang Changsheng didn't deny it: "Of course there will be audiences who understand it, so word of mouth is mixed. In the short term, there will definitely be more people in China who will scold it."

After speaking, Jiang Changsheng got up and walked to the high place of the Gobi Desert.

Zhen Zidan asked Chen Daoming: "Chen Sheng, do you think Jiang Sheng is right?"

After Jiang Changsheng left, Chen Daoming lost interest in speaking. He replied in a neutral tone, "I don't know. We are actors. We obey the director's command and just shoot our own scenes well."

Jiang Changsheng purposely walked to the highest point of the Gobi Desert, overlooking the desolate scenery of the Gobi Desert. The wind was blowing on his face, rolling sand and stones into his mouth.

He closed his eyes, as if he had traveled through time and space, becoming Can Jian, the number one swordsman in the world.

He is a peerless swordsman who roams the rivers and lakes. He is invincible in the world with swordsmanship, but he is invincible in love. After meeting Feixue, he followed Feixue to assassinate the King of Qin for love.

In fact, what he cultivates is the sword of righteousness, what is righteousness, unity is righteousness, peace is righteousness, and having the world in mind is righteousness.

The righteousness in his heart told Can Jian that he could not kill King Qin, but the biggest wish of his beloved woman Feixue was to get rid of King Qin.

Love is in a dilemma, Can Jian's ending has long been doomed, but he has no regrets, he is willing to die to show his ambition, to live up to the world and to live up to you.

This is Jiang Changsheng's understanding of the role of Can Jian.

In the previous life, Liang Chaowei played Can Jian with vicissitudes and melancholy, but Jiang Changsheng didn't understand it that way.

Every actor has his own understanding of the role.

Jiang Changsheng's broken sword is confident and aloof, with the bearing of a master, extremely decisive.

Of course, in Wuming's fabricated story, Can Jian played by Jiang Changsheng has another face, melancholy, entangled, and jealous, which is completely opposite to reality.

Jiang Changsheng deliberately designed this way to make the character of Can Jian have a sense of contrast.

The same character, different interpretations, the favorite of the judges and acting fans.

According to the shooting plan, Jiang Changsheng would have a scene in the afternoon, but Jiang Changsheng didn't start the first scene until the third day.

Director Zhang Yimou was too ruthless. He only shot a few shots a day, and each shot had to be shot many times. At most, there were more than [-] shots.

The shooting conditions in Dunhuang are extremely difficult. The shooting location is far away from the urban area, and it takes two or three hours to go back and forth every day.

Not to mention that the temperature difference between day and night is huge here. During the day, the sun is exposed to the sun, and it is so hot that you have to wear a cotton jacket at night.

Jiang Changsheng's makeup was also troublesome. He was too young. In order to fit the character, his face was darkened and he even put on a mustache.

After Jiang Changsheng stayed on the set for a few days, he saw Zhang Yimou's excellence.

He is extremely energetic, getting up at four o'clock in the morning every day, and often staying up late at night.

He has a lot of ideas, and often comes up with shooting ideas, and his execution is very strong.

With his scheduling, although the filming of the crew was difficult, the progress was relatively smooth.

(End of this chapter)