On a road in Tallinn, Estonia, the crew blocked a section of the road to film a road chase scene.
This scene is quite high-energy. For this reason, the crew also rented a helicopter and planned to shoot several shots from the air. It is almost impossible to shoot a fierce car chase scene like this from the end to the end. It is shot shot by shot.
"Li, are you ready?"
Li He was doing warm-up exercises, nodded and said, "I'm ready and can start at any time."
"OK, pay attention to safety. If you find anything wrong, stop immediately. Do you understand?" Nolan asked.
Li He indicated that he understood, and Nolan clapped his hands and shouted: "Everyone is getting ready, we are ready to shoot."
The crew quickly completed preparations, and the four large vehicles began to move forward with the car in the middle. The vehicle driving the camera followed the filming, and the helicopter in the sky also followed the convoy.
This scene attracted many local passers-by. Such a big movement made everyone feel itchy, and some secretly picked up their mobile phones to take pictures.
Following Nolan's order, Lee Hyuk and Neil, played by Robert Pattinson, drove into the camera and controlled the speed via radio so that the car and the convoy reached the same speed. Then Lee Hyuk got out of the car.
, got on the fire truck.
This scene was so thrilling that the crew members were all sweating. Fortunately, no accidents occurred and Li Hyuk successfully completed the scene. This scene was considered a pass.
Taking advantage of the time to prepare for the next scene, Li Hyuk relaxed his muscles. He was nervous just now, but he still completed the performance successfully. For such a dangerous scene, the safety measures only serve as a psychological comfort. There is absolutely nothing that can be done if something goes wrong.
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Robert Pattinson patted Li Hyuk on the shoulder and said: "You are the most awesome person I have ever met."
"It's nothing. There are a lot of actors like me in our country." Li He said with a smile.
"Do they know kung fu?" Robert Pattinson asked. He has been obsessed with kung fu recently and has watched a lot of kung fu movies on Li Hyuk's recommendation.
"Yes, in the city, I am the least skilled one among them." Li He squinted his eyes, trying to deceive Robert Pattinson.
In fact, Li He doesn't know kung fu at all, he just moves more quickly, and Wu Jinghui's kung fu is about the same. But foreigners don't understand what kung fu is, so they have to trick him into believing in science and kung fu.
Li He remembers that when he and Wu Jing collaborated on "Wolf Warrior 2", Wu Jing deceived him like this: "There is no internal Qigong at all, it's all a lie from the martial arts school."
After saying that, he demonstrated to Li He three consecutive volley kicks, which made Li He dumbfounded. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li He would never have believed that someone could actually complete three consecutive volley kicks without any external force.
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But in the field of action movies, this is an easy and common thing, and any well-established action actor can complete such actions. Unfortunately, the golden age of Hong Kong movies was also the time when traditional action movies and kung fu movies were the most popular, but with the
Hong Kong movies have come to an end, and kung fu movies have also fallen into decline. We can no longer see the vigorous figures of the former stars.
After a break, the crew continued filming. This time Li Hyuk completed the move from the fire truck to the truck in the middle with the help of a fire ladder. There was only a safety rope to protect himself in the entire scene. If any accident happened, the crew could not afford it.
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Several dangerous scenes were filmed for about five days, and Li Hyuk was almost exhausted. The most egregious thing was that Nolan did not arrange a resting place for the actors on the set, and there was no place for Li Hyuk to sit down, so for
To rest, Li Hyuk looked for almost every place where he could sit in the filming location and sat down to rest whenever he had the chance.
This is probably the most tiring time for him when filming. It seems that being the protagonist would not be easy at all if he were not a young star.
The filming went well, except for being a little tired, and Robert Pattinson was fooled by Li He these days, and even had the idea of going to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. For Robert Pattinson, Li He also specially told Journey to the West
story, which can be regarded as promoting traditional Chinese culture.
Unexpectedly, not only Robert Pattinson, but also Kenneth Branagh and Elizabeth Debicki liked to listen to it. Nolan also came over to listen to Li Hyuk telling the story of Journey to the West when he was not busy.
This is a bit difficult for Li He. He wants to translate Journey to the West into English and then speak it out, making it seem like he is the translator. In fact, the English version of Journey to the West has long been available, but most Western
No one understands this story, and some people think it is a story from childhood.
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There is no way, "Journey to the West" is not as famous abroad as "Dragon Ball" next door, so when people think of Sun Wukong, the first thing people think of is Sun Wukong from "Dragon Ball". Therefore, there is a long way to go to promote traditional culture.
This is also related to the general environment. The game and animation industry of Xiaoli is well-known all over the world. Looking at China, except for a few well-known action stars, foreigners basically do not understand China. In addition, the long-term propaganda of the Western mainstream media has led to
Most people have certain misunderstandings about China.
Logically speaking, such a grand issue seems to have little to do with Li He. After all, foreigners do not have to understand China. But as Taizu said before, if Chinese people want to go out and embrace the world, they cannot be at odds with each other.
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So how do you want people in the world to see you? As humble, gentle, strong, and culturally confident? Or as rude, ignorant, and ugly?
Chinese people hope to be the former, while Westerners hope that Chinese people are the latter...
Therefore, Li Hyuk not only talked about Journey to the West, but also talked about the beautiful rivers and mountains of China, and talked about the international metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen that are not inferior to New York and Los Angeles.
It was the first time for many crew members to have such a comprehensive understanding of China, and they all sighed. John Schwartzman, the photographer who worked with Nolan, lamented to Li He: "I originally thought that China was still in a feudal and backward state.
Society, when I first met you, I wondered why you didn’t have pigtails, but now I’ve found out that I’m in charge. I’m going to go to China for a walk when I have time, and you can be my tour guide.”
"Okay, no problem, you are welcome to come and play at any time." Li He smiled.
Li He can also be regarded as a cultural propaganda ambassador, although he only affects a small number of people. In fact, the West claims freedom of speech, but it is only freedom of speech within the scope they allow. If you say bad things about China, then freedom of speech, and say good things about China.
, then there is no freedom of speech.
What is ridiculous is that there are still a group of so-called public intellectuals in China who use the banner of freedom of speech to promote how wonderful things are abroad and how bad and repressive China is.
All I can say is, whoever believes it is a fool...
In recent years, the public intellectuals have been unable to stand up, especially the new generation who grew up under the prosperity of China. Their national self-confidence is extremely high. No matter what the public intellectuals say, they cannot shake everyone's fervent patriotism and national self-confidence.
Cultural propaganda cannot be done by just one Li He. Li He also hopes that his colleagues in China will work harder to promote China’s five thousand years of culture to the world. One person cannot do it, but when everyone adds fuel, the flames will be high.