Chapter 8: Mastering the Eighteen Kinds of Martial Arts
Before Ding Xiu came in, Yuan Bing originally wanted him to play a supporting role with few roles, such as the Four Shows of Qingcheng.
It's very troublesome to train actors these days, especially for martial arts scenes. Just lead the lead, and it's time-consuming. There's no need for supporting actors and supporting roles. There aren't many scenes. Just recruit martial arts actors. As long as the appearance is passable and the acting foundation is weak, it's not necessary.
Can make do.
Now it seems that if Ding Xiu is not lying, his martial arts foundation is not the least bit good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is omnipotent.
Fist and kick kung fu, plus swords, guns, swords and sticks, bows and arrows and horseback riding, you can't find a few in the entertainment industry.
He has a good-looking face, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and sharp edges. Without a shirt, you can tell he is a handsome guy in period costume.
The only drawback is that there is too little acting experience, or no acting experience at all. Performing in groups for a few days is not considered acting.
"What a pity." Huang Jianzhong sighed.
Li Jie, who has just left, is in the opposite situation to Ding Xiu. Li Jie is a junior at Beidian. He has already filmed several movies. He has dancing skills, but he has never learned martial arts and cannot ride a horse. He is also a little older and in his twenties.
Five years old.
Lin Pingzhi was twenty years old when he appeared. Even though Li Jie is good at acting, he may not be able to portray that youthful look.
Ding Xiu has an advantage in this regard. He is twenty years old and doesn't even need to act.
"Is it true that you can ride a horse? To what extent can it be done?" Yuan Bing asked.
"It's like walking on flat ground."
Qi's army mainly fights on foot and horse. As the descendant of Qi's sword, his weapon is Yulin saber (the predecessor of Miao sword), which is powerful and heavy, and can be used in large openings and closings. His main partner is horses.
Under the high-speed impact of the war horse, the man and the horse become one, and a single knife can cut through a tree as thick as a thigh.
Yuan Bing: "Young people should not be too full of words."
Ding Xiu shrugged: "Just tell the truth, director, can I play Lin Pingzhi?"
"If you have no acting experience, you may not be able to play Lin Pingzhi. This role is not something that can be mastered by being good at martial arts. It is more about the contrast after the psychological process. It requires very high literary and opera skills."
Huang Jianzhong explained patiently.
Ding Xiu didn't appreciate it at all: "How will you know if it doesn't work if you don't try?"
If it weren't for the Linghu Chong sign hanging at the door, he would have auditioned for the male lead today, and now he has settled for the next best thing.
It seemed that this was the first time he encountered such a stupid young man. Huang Jianzhong frowned, and Yuan Bing said calmly: "Give him a chance and try one section."
As he spoke, he handed over a page of the script.
"I'll give you five minutes to get familiar with it, and I'll give you a supporting role later."
Li Jie, who came in last, had also experienced this level, and the performance of Wen Xi satisfied both of them.
Huang Jianzhong's evaluation is that there is a hint of sinisterness in his kind eyes, which is very consistent with his later darkening image.
"Wait." Huang Jianzhong handed another page of the script to Ding Xiu: "If you want to try it, try this one."
There are two main images of Lin Pingzhi. In the early stage, he was an elegant young man and a chivalrous young man. In the later stage, after learning the truth, he was blinded by hatred, vicious and cruel.
Yuan Bing gave a one-page script for the early stage, and he gave it for the later stage. They had to perform two completely different styles.
After taking back the script, Yuan Bing was a little more worried and said helplessly: "That's okay."
The difficulty of the script that Ding Xiu got was higher than the page that Li Jie got. The handsome young man and the dashing rich boy were easier to play, but the villain was not so easy. If the script was not strong enough, he would look like a clown, but if it was too strong, he would look like a madman.
Taking over the A4 paper, this was the first time Ding Xiu had received a script. The lines were in the first person, followed by parentheses, describing the character's emotions. There were very few words, and some were just one word, such as angry, ridiculing.
It's rather one-sided, and more needs to be explored by the actors themselves.
Five minutes passed quickly, Yuan Bing said: "Are you ready?"
"Okay." Ding Xiu nodded.
In this scene, Lin Pingzhi, after practicing the sword technique to ward off evil spirits, threatens Lauderno to take him up the mountain to seek revenge. In front of many people, he reveals the essence of the sword technique to ward off evil spirits and slaps Yue Buqun in the face on the spot.
"Let's get started."
Taking a deep breath, Ding Xiu lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes slightly, and said in the direction of Huang Jianzhong:
"Laudenuo, I won't treat you badly if you take me to Mount Huashan. Don't you want to know the evil sword manual? I'm telling you, it doesn't matter if you all hear it."
"Lin Pingzhi, what do you want to do?" Yue Buqun, who made a guest appearance as Yuan Bing, spoke up.
"Aren't you going to compete with Ren Woxing? If all the people under you learn the evil sword technique, then who else in the world will be your opponent?"
Ding Xiu laughed softly and continued: "Okay, let me tell you, the first sentence is that if you want to practice this skill, you must first retreat from the palace, hahaha... Yue Buqun, you, the master of the Five Mountains Sword Sect,
Is the leader ready to take the throne? Do you dare to take off your pants and show it to everyone?"
A sentence mocking Yue Buqun fell into Ding Xiu's mouth, which made people feel mixed emotions. There was ridicule, self-deprecation, and a bit of desolation in his voice, but he couldn't help but feel a bit more sympathetic.
Huang Jianzhong admitted that this part was better than the last one Li Jie auditioned for. There was a hint of sinisterness in Li Jie's eyes. This one had a sinister look on his face. He still spoke with a pinched throat. He was in prison and made his whole body tremble.
numb.
But who knows if Ding Xiu can perform beyond his normal capabilities, just for this period of time.
"Ahem, what do you understand about Lin Pingzhi?"
Have you passed the first level? Ding Xiu understands.
The script didn't say that Lin Pingzhi was a eunuch. Fortunately, he read it yesterday and knew that he had practiced the sword technique to ward off evil spirits. He had just learned the tone of a eunuch.
He didn't know how others imitated eunuchs, but he had actually seen eunuchs and had personally dealt with them. These people were physically handicapped, but their personalities were intact, and they were the same as normal people.
Some are more masculine than men, such as Zhao Jingzhong, with a spear in his hand, and even Shen Lian was stabbed in the hole.
If Zhao Jingzhong hadn't nailed Shen Lian to a tree and talked a lot of nonsense, Shen Lian would have died, and he would have had to clean up the mess in the end.
Getting back to the topic, Ding Xiu didn't think much and opened his mouth and said: "He is a normal person, a son of a rich family, a young chivalrous man. He should have lived a life of fine clothes and fine food. His drunkenness while pregnant with a jade brought disaster to the whole family, and so did the famous teachers he met.
No ulterior motives."
"After learning the truth, there was only one way in front of him, which was to practice the sword technique to ward off evil. As long as there was a famous and upright martial arts master who upheld justice for him, he would not be guilty of this... He just wanted to take revenge. It was not him who was wrong, but
The way of the world,”
"Put yourself in your shoes. The village bully beat your parents to death for taking over your family's farmland. The government didn't care. The village elder only condemned you. The director wanted you to be his son-in-law because of the farmland. If you had a way, you could kill your enemy.
, maybe you will be the next Lin Ping..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Huang Jianzhong interrupted Ding Xiu's tirade with a dark face. Today's young people talk endlessly about Jianzheng and Huang: "Go out first and wait for notification."