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Chapter 391 Matt Damon

With the improvement of Liu Yifei's acting skills, Wu Yuan is definitely the happiest person besides herself.

She kept saying that she wanted to act in artistic films and be like her idol Gong Li every day, and Wu Yuan heard her every day.

But he has never been able to tell Liu Yifei clearly that her acting skills are still a little far behind the leading role in literary films.

In Wu Yuan's memory, the literary films Liu Yifei acted in, whether it was "The Night Peacock" or "The Beacon of Fire", aside from the shortcomings of the script, just talking about the acting skills, can only be said to be just enough, not outstanding. .

As for a literary film, if the actors' acting skills are not outstanding and they cannot contribute an outstanding performance, then it will basically miss the chance of winning awards.

The reason why Gong Li can win so many awards is because she is the most outstanding one in the literary films she plays. Without her, the whole movie will lose its color.

In terms of the award criteria for art awards, if the actor is the most outstanding and indispensable in a movie, he will win the Best Actor award.

If the camera, storyboards, and aesthetics are outstanding, then it will win the Best Director award.

If both are excellent, and the plot and story are wonderful, then it will win the highest best film award.

As an actor, if Liu Yifei wants to win three domestic gold medals and even three major European best actress awards, she must make her acting skills unforgettable after watching the movie. Even if she has almost forgotten the plot, she still can't forget it. Remembering the role is a success.

In the field of TV dramas, Liu Yifei has done it. For example, she plays Zhao Ling'er in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and Xiao Longnu in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Even if she forgets the plot, she still remembers these two roles.

But it's not that her acting skills are really great, but that these two roles fit her so well, as if they were tailor-made for her.

If there could be such a "tailor-made" movie role in the film field, then Liu Yifei would be able to win a heavyweight award for it.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan has been thinking about it for many years, but he has never thought that in any movie that has won three European gold medals, there is a character whose image and temperament are extremely suitable for Liu Yifei.

When this shortcut doesn't work, she can only rely on her own acting skills to win awards.

In the past, Wu Yuan often worried about this and felt a little hopeless.

But now, seeing Liu Yifei's enlightened performance in "Interstellar", I immediately regained hope.

Maybe after another three to five years of training, she might really be able to shine in the field of literary and artistic films!

Actors still need to win awards in order to establish their status.

Since Little Yellow Duck became the second Queen of the Three Golden Movie Awards in China, whether she attends film festivals or any awards evenings, her seat is always in the front row, with top-tier actors such as Zhang Ziyi, Liu Dehua, Gong Li, and Uncle Ge. sit together.

Why?

The reason is the award of the Three Golden Best Actress, no matter whether it is water or not, at least she has received it, and she is one of the only two.

In this way, with the surprise given by Liu Yifei, Wu Yuan treated her with higher requirements and standards on the crew and continued the filming of "Interstellar".

Although, most of the time everyone shoots in the studio.

But there aren't many places in this movie that actually require special effects.

The original version was made because director Nolan didn't like special effects and was a party to pursuing real-life shooting. He would do his best to do real-life shooting if possible.

When he was filming "Tenet", he actually bought a scrapped airplane and blasted it to achieve real-life shooting effects.

Wu Yuan also abandoned special effects and pursued real shooting as much as possible, not because he has the same special effects obsession as Nolan, but simply because the level of special effects in 2009 could not achieve an effect that satisfied him.

Robots, spaceships, weightless effects, if these were made purely with special effects in 2009, they would not be as realistic as the physical models produced. Therefore, although the actors were filmed in a studio, they were all shot in a "real" spaceship, wearing spacesuits full of science fiction atmosphere, and with "real" robots.

Including the launch site, internal command center, etc. that appear in the movie, they are all scenes restored by the prop team based on the appearance of NASA.

In order to be as realistic as possible, the props team of the crew studied documentaries on the International Space Station and visited space technology companies. After adding some sci-fi future modifications, they made the near-future scene in the studio now. science fiction space world.

The sense of reality created by this effort also allowed the actors on the crew to get into the scene better. After the first half month of running-in, the filming progress quickly entered the fast lane.

The studio shoot, which was originally scheduled to take about 2 months to complete, was successfully completed in only one and a half months.

In mid-June 2009, the crew of "Interstellar" moved from Los Angeles to Iceland for filming.

Filming in Iceland was mainly for Matt Damon's scenes. He plays a small role in the film, which is regarded as a friendly cameo, and does not have much screen time.

This friendship is of course not Wu Yuan's. Wu Yuan doesn't know him at all.

He was invited by the producer of the film from Universal.

As we all know, Matt Damon is one of Universal's best partners. He has always played the leading role in Universal's main box office IP "The Bourne Supremacy".

As soon as Universal asked, Matt Damon agreed to the invitation to guest star in "Interstellar" without hesitation.

Wu Yuan met this high-quality Hollywood actor in Iceland under the cold wind.

"Hello, Matt, nice to meet you." Wu Yuan smiled and held Matt Damon's big hand.

He still admires this actor very much.

As for Matt Damon, he is also happy to develop a friendship with Wu Yuan, a top Hollywood director.

"Daniel, I am also very happy to meet you and participate in the filming of this masterpiece "Interstellar"."

"However, I heard that during the casting process, Universal recommended me to play the leading role, but this suggestion was rejected by you."

"This made me sad for a long time."

Matt Damon said, half jokingly, half regretfully.

For him, the opportunity to play the male lead in Wu Yuan's blockbuster is quite precious, and he will inevitably feel a little regretful after losing it.

"Oh, Matt, you can't blame me." Wu Yuan shrugged: "You are a very good actor, of course I hope to cooperate with you."

"But the male protagonist of "Interstellar" is not suitable for you. This role requires a more mature middle-aged man, and you are too handsome. It is really difficult for people to have the feeling of being a mature, stable and good father."

"However, we will have a chance to cooperate next time."

"I have a great movie project planned, and you have to be the leading actor!"

(End of this chapter)