On the set of "Taken 2", Cao Xuan met the famous Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway.

Cao Xuan's first impression was that she was white, the second impression was that she had a big mouth, and the third impression was that she was a cheerful and polite girl.

Yes, this famous Hollywood actor is actually not difficult to get along with in private. At least Cao Xuan personally, the first meeting was quite harmonious.

Many later marketing accounts said that Anne Hathaway was hacked in the United States because she was too perfect and was envied by others, so everyone wanted to destroy her.

This is complete nonsense. "Perfect" is just Anne Hathaway's character. She is not perfect.

But to say that this man is angry and resentful, he has done a lot of immoral things.

Anne Hathaway was initially disliked by many people because she played the White Queen. Because the White Queen in the movie wronged the Red Queen when she was a child and was a White Lotus, so many viewers were disgusted.

The biggest black spot after that was that "Les Misérables" forcibly changed the original work, turning the blonde beauty in the original work into long and short black hair.

The forced analogy is equivalent to changing the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" from a golden monkey to a black-haired baboon, which naturally caused strong dissatisfaction among fans of the original work.

In addition, when she received the Oscar award later, she thanked her back and forth. She was known as the actress with the longest Oscar acceptance speech, and was ridiculed by netizens.

Another time, her boyfriend of four years was suspected of fraud, and she immediately severed the relationship. This kind of "black bull behavior" is obviously not popular at home and abroad.

The above-mentioned things, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous details at home, made American audiences think that Anne Hathaway was a very fake person with no personality.

And she herself also deliberately marketed the "perfect persona", but she pretended not to be like it, was full of loopholes, and often left things to say.

Such a persona is not necessarily popular in China, let alone Americans who prefer "genuine and down-to-earth" people. There has been a lot of scandal over the years.

Fans and netizens all over the world are the same. As soon as it gains momentum, they will immediately follow the trend.

It just so happened that Anne Hathaway was not without her black spots, so she continued to be black and black, and she became a well-known "black and red actress" in Hollywood.

But in Cao Xuan's opinion, this person is pretty good, at least enough as a work colleague.

Especially when comparing Anne Hathaway to the queen who fucked Depp half to death, she can be regarded as "truthful, kind and beautiful".

Among the Hollywood actresses, every one of them is good, but not one of them is a bad person.

Not to mention them, Cao Xuan himself and the artists under Fanxing also have all kinds of "dirty information" on them.

No one is perfect, especially celebrities whose fame and fortune are magnified in various ways. No matter what you do, black spots will be found.

Therefore, Cao Xuan has long been accustomed to it. As long as it is not a matter of principle and the conditions are right, he can cooperate.

To put it bluntly, he is not just marrying a wife and filming a movie, he doesn't care whether the person is a good person or not, as long as she can help the movie make money.

At this stage, Anne Hathaway's popularity is pretty good, she's famous enough, her price is right, and she's beautiful. She's a very cost-effective Hollywood actress. There's no reason why Cao Xuan can't use her.

Compared with Anne Hathaway, Cao Xuan is actually more interesting than Dwayne Johnson.

With a height of 1.95 meters, a weight of 220 kilograms, and a sturdy back, just standing in front of people makes me feel oppressive.

In order to reflect the power of the villain and at the same time take care of Cao Xuan's ruthless and ruthless action style, several action directors wasted their brain cells designing fight scenes for the two.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan himself is 1.8 meters tall. Although his body shape is not the tall and thick type like Johnson, he is also well-proportioned and strong. When the two of them fight, I can't say they are evenly matched, but the contrast is not too big.

Johnson started out as a wrestling actor and is a star player in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). In 2008, he was just inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Johnson made his Hollywood debut in 2001 and participated in "The Mummy 2". Although he only appeared for a few minutes, he left a big impression on the audience.

So Universal struck while the iron was hot and launched a spin-off movie "The Scorpion King" based on the character. Taking advantage of the momentum of the "Mummy" series, it performed well at the box office.

Since then, Johnson has completely entered Hollywood, but he has basically been a supporting actor, and the starring roles are all low-cost. In Hollywood, he is barely considered a second-tier actor.

It wasn't until 2010 when he starred in some action dramas, including "G.I. Joe 2" and the "Fast and Furious" series, that Johnson truly became famous and became one of the most lucrative male stars in Hollywood.

Speaking of which, Anne Hathaway and Johnson are still acquaintances. Last year, the two collaborated on a movie called "The Fool", which was released this year and grossed US$230 million worldwide.

"Taken 2" casts Anne Hathaway as the heroine. It's hard to say that she wasn't influenced by "The Fool".

As the producer of "Taken 2," Cao Xuan has the most power. He chatted with Johnson for a few words and then expressed his hope that Johnson would shave his head.

Yes, Johnson was still short-haired at this time, and unlike the impression of many people in later generations, Johnson was not a macho man in the American public's mind at this time, and he had more comedy.

After all, they are WWE wrestlers, and all of them are fun-loving people with rich experience.

In later generations, many Chinese viewers wondered how Johnson could be so good at comedy. After watching two of his matches, it was clear that he had already restrained himself. The wrestlers were having fun and the talk comedians were so involved that they had no food to eat.

Because of this, Cao Xuan hopes to change Johnson's image.

When the financial backer spoke, Johnson followed suit and shaved his head. He put on a tight T-shirt, which made his body bulging, making him even more fierce.

Even Johnson felt quite satisfied when he looked in the mirror, feeling like he had found the look that suited him best.

Cao Xuan himself also breathed a sigh of relief. God knows, how uncomfortable he looked at the hairy Johnson, or how comfortable he looked now with the bald head...

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"Taken 2" was filmed in London and Manchester, England, as well as several scenes in Hong Kong.

Compared with the first part, the investment in the second part is larger, the scenes are more grand, and it requires the help of the local government.

This was not the first time that Cao Xuan had contacted Manchester. He even had a personal relationship with the mayor. He easily obtained the filming permit and there were no obstacles from London.

After all, "Rescue" was also a relatively popular movie last year, and it starred Cao Xuan, so it was also good for city publicity.

It's just that the little golden retriever who just became the mayor of London, pretending to be a public servant for personal gain, invited Cao Xuan to a dinner party and helped him fill the stage.

This is not the first time Cao Xuan has encountered this situation. After all, if a world superstar can be invited to a dinner or party hosted by his family, it will be very honorable to the host.

Cao Xuan received countless similar invitations at home and abroad, but most of them declined, and a few came only because they couldn't refuse or because of an exchange of interests.

Little Golden Retriever was the latter, pulling Cao Xuan to brag to the guests how much he liked Cao Xuan's songs, and how the two of them hit it off and had a great time chatting.

Cao Xuan smiled politely throughout the whole process, and even regretted agreeing to the little golden retriever. If this was revealed in the future, he would not be led to the rhythm...

However, after this party, the on-site shooting of "Taken 2" in London was no longer troublesome.

On September 12, "Taken 2" officially started shooting in the UK. The first scene showed Cao Xuan walking in London holding Hathaway's hand, laughing and talking from time to time, and finally hugged and said goodbye.

The Empress of the East Palace was watching expressionlessly from behind the monitor, playing with the mobile phone in her hand from time to time.

He wanted to go back and look at the monitor after the performance, but he didn't dare to look in Hu Jing's direction and just watched the filming.

They are all professional actors, and their acting skills are all above the standard. The scene of a shopping couple was not difficult at all, and they rushed directly to the next scene.

Anne Hathaway got off work and was robbed by several people. Cao Xuan appeared, fought off the people and rescued her girlfriend, but her bag was still gone...

The plot of "Taken 2" is not complicated, and it doesn't even have much connection with the first one.

After the success of the last rescue in Japan, the security company of the male protagonist Chen Jun, played by Cao Xuan, expanded its business to the UK, and the male protagonist also came to work in the UK.

During this period, he met the heroine who worked in a drug research institute, and the two fell in love.

What the two of them didn't know was that this biological research institute was just a cover. In fact, a gang in Europe produced a laboratory for researching new drugs.

Interpol found out about the situation and sent undercover Hu Jing to collect evidence. During this period, she and the heroine became colleagues and got along well.

Later, although Hu Jing's evidence was received, the undercover incident occurred and Hu Jing was injured and fled. Before leaving, she put the evidence USB drive in the bag of the heroine who knew the details, and planned to take it away quietly through Interpol afterwards.

Unexpectedly, the heroine was robbed, her bag was taken away, and the USB flash drive was lost. There was a traitor within Interpol. Hu Jing was almost silenced, and the heroine was also targeted.

Later, the gangsters caught the female protagonist. The male protagonist thought it was the revenge of the original gang of robbers, so he rushed in alone, beat her violently, and got the USB disk, which made him somewhat understand the situation.

After that, one party wanted to save people, and the other wanted to obtain evidence to silence them. The two parties battled wits and courage, plus the plot involving Hu Jing and other police officers, and finally completed the film.

The plot is not new, and is even a bit cliche-like, but "Rescue 2" is not about the plot background, the action scenes and tense rescue rhythm are the key.

If we talk about the first part of "Hurricane Rescue", the production team including Cao Xuan was a bit trying to cross the river by feeling the stones.

After receiving feedback from the audience, everyone has a deeper understanding of this series, and the plot settings and shooting style have become more mature.

Maybe this won't be liked by some film critics and senior movie fans, but it will definitely impress most ordinary viewers.

Cao Xuan clearly understands the positioning of the "Rescue" series, which is a popcorn-style action movie that incorporates some family and love elements, but the actual core selling point is still an action movie.

For a commercial action film, the most important thing is to be good-looking and exciting. Everything else can be put aside...

Therefore, this also leads to the fact that the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" also carefully crafted some family elements, while the second part is relatively more straightforward and follows the route of love + action and comfort of a hero saving a beauty.

The fast-paced plot and mature team made "Taken" shoot very quickly, and the early and middle stages of the film were shot in London in less than a month.

Then it moved to Manchester. The movie is set as the lair of the villain gang, and the rescue and decisive battles in the middle and later stages were all filmed here.

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"Wow, hello, hello."

"I am Cristiano Ronaldo, you can call me Ronaldo."

"I'm Rooney."

"I'm a big fan of yours. You were so beautiful in "The Princess Diaries"."

When they learned that "Taken 2" was moving to Manchester, Luo and several other Manchester United players came over to visit the show.

Cao Xuan originally thought he was here to see him, and he was a little touched, but as soon as he arrived on the set, these beasts came close to Anne Hathaway.

Stars like them usually have no shortage of female stars and models to make friends with them, but they are basically mainly from Europe. In the football desert of the United States, their influence is still weaker.

As a Hollywood star, Anne Hathaway is still well-known internationally, and her temptation to these animals is not small.

Especially for Luo, this was the time when he was most proud and carefree. When Cao Xuan was filming in the UK, he often saw gossips about him.

It is said that in 2008 alone, Luo officially admitted to having five girlfriends or had intimate photos taken of them, and there were countless one-night stands or friendly discussions.
To be continued...