Like Li Jing before him, He Xin also met Cheng Qian during the preparation stage of "The Promise". Although the outside world's evaluation of him is quite controversial, such as "poor artistic ethics, poor acting ethics, and poor moral ethics as a person".
However, after several encounters with him, He Xin felt that this person was not bad. He had a distinctive personality and was sharp-edged. Even in front of Director Chen, he dared to express his different opinions. To put it bluntly, such a person is easy to offend others.
However, he has a good relationship with Director Chen. After all, they are the children of old artists, who belong to the same family and have similar temperaments. He once partnered with Chen Hong in Director Chen's "With You" and played a character.
A lover of a down-and-out poet and a promiscuous girl group.
This time, the king he played in "The Promise" was a guest star. He only appeared in one scene and died when he appeared. However, Director Chen was very demanding, and the scene had been filmed for two days.
When talking about this matter, Cheng Qian was quite dissatisfied. Although it was only mid-April, the temperature was still quite high under the sunlight during the day. Wearing this heavy crown dress, he danced with guns on the roof.
Great, very hard work.
"Xiao He!"
Director Chen over there saw He Xin chatting with Cheng Qian and shouted hello to him.
"Here you go, director!"
This guy hurriedly ran over.
"New brother!"
King Xie Bi took the initiative to say hello to him.
It can be seen that today's classmate Xiao Xie is in a good mood after getting rid of the depression in the studio of Beijing Film Studio some time ago. This may have something to do with the company of the beautiful woman next to him.
"introduce……"
"Director, no introduction is needed." The guy said with a smile, and then took the initiative to extend his hand to Zhang Baizhi and said: "Hello, Miss Zhang, congratulations!"
Because at the just-concluded 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards, Zhang Baizhi won the Best Actress award for her wonderful performance in "Unforgettable".
It's just a pity that her co-star in this film is not the legendary handsome young man, but Mr. Liu, a citizen.
"Thank you, uh... Brother Xin!"
After all, it was their first meeting. Zhang Baizhi paused for a moment, and finally followed Xie Biwang and called him "new brother."
Among the new generation of female stars in Hong Kong, the one who impressed He Xin the most was of course the one in front of her, not because of her fame or acting skills, but simply because of her beauty!
But after seeing the real person today, to be honest, he was a little disappointed. Although the face in front of him looked flawless, full of collagen, and her facial features were exquisite and three-dimensional. Coupled with her makeup of bright red lipstick and pink eye shadow, it looked like
It is very charming to all sentient beings.
But her height was much shorter than the original impression He Xin had seen on TV. She was still half a head short of King Xie who stood in his early 17's, let alone compared to herself. She only reached her shoulders.
It looks like he is definitely no more than 1.6 meters tall, or even shorter, but he is somewhat on par with Zhou Xun.
In his aesthetic sense, a woman without a pair of long legs is really hard to look at. Although his girlfriend's legs are a bit thick, she is 1.64 meters tall after all, so her legs are quite long anyway.
"I've arranged a night scene between you and Nicholas tonight, is that okay?"
Considering that He Xin had just arrived today, Director Chen asked specifically, but his tone sounded unquestionable.
He Xin quickly said: "No problem!"
In fact, after experiencing previous filming, probably in the martial arts drama, although many difficult actions were completed with the help of a stuntman, it was still his first time, so it was still quite difficult for him. As for the literary drama, especially with Xie
The role of King Xie's opponent is not difficult at all, and sometimes he even has to hold back a little, so as not to suppress King Xie's halo as the protagonist.
Movies are a systematic project. It does not mean that you can act well alone. Actors also need to cooperate with each other. Generally speaking, supporting roles serve the protagonist, otherwise there would be no gold medals and green leaves. The so-called green leaves
It exists just to set off the red flowers. So when we are actually filming, there is no such thing as a slap in the face. The so-called slap in the face is just the audience's imagination.
Although Director Chen did not specify which scene he and Wang Xie were in, since it was a night scene, he could guess that it was Wu Huan who killed all the six guards around him in order to silence him, and then ordered the ghost wolf to
Go and kill the last insider - Kunlun, the king's slave who pretended to be General Guangming and killed him.
In fact, there is an obvious flaw in the plot here, that is, Kunlun was obviously caught by Wu Huan, and it was easy to silence him. Why did the ghost wolf have to do it?
Maybe it was Wu Huan's bad taste, wanting to watch two Snow Country people kill each other before. Or maybe Wu Huan wanted to punish the ghost wolf for failing to assassinate the general, and asked him to kill the only one of his kind in the world with his own hands.
But in this heavily guarded royal city, we can't just watch the ghost wolf escape with Kunlun. Well, if they don't escape, the plot will not be able to develop further. Maybe under Director Chen's guidance
In my eyes, this small plot flaw is not important, the beautiful shooting is the most important.
The filming restarted, and following the assistant director's order, the extras who were resting stood up one after another, picked up the gold-fingered red tassel guns in their hands, and lined up.
It's just that He Xin was a little surprised when he saw this scene, because the group of people in front of him who played the silver-helmeted and black-robed guards of the North Duke Wu Huan were all taller and taller than those who were in the Beijing Film Studio before.
The students' performances were very different.
The guards in silver helmets and black robes here are really of varying heights, ranging in age from young to old, especially the row of soldiers standing at the front, whose height gradually becomes shorter from the middle to the sides. There is also the age of this group of extras.
The difference is huge. Soldiers in their twenties and soldiers in their fifties are fighting in a row. They don't look like elite soldiers, but like a ragtag group of people.
You must know that when the National Master was filming "Heroes" here, the soldiers who played the Qin army were all soldiers from the army. They were so energetic and shouted the slogan "The King is Mighty". It really made the "Old Qin Dynasty"
, the momentum of fighting for the national crisis together!
Director Chen, who has always had to compete with the national master in everything, has extremely strict requirements when filming, and is even picky about details, would tolerate this? He Xin is a bit incredible when he thinks about it.
"Understood Wang, are you ready?" Director Chen shouted to an assistant director directing the scene.
"Your Majesty, let's go together!" The assistant director named Wang Dabai bowed his hands towards Director Chen from a distance and shouted back in a nondescript manner.
"The Promise" is a large production crew of more than a thousand people. Director Chen has several director groups, and each group has an assistant director in charge. Director Chen gave these assistant directors a series of nicknames, such as "Aquatic Tribe"
Chief, shopkeeper Zhao, Wang Dabai, scarabs, beetles..." and a lot more.
Of course, he would not give himself a nickname, but his assistant directors were very sensible and gave him the nickname "King" to show everyone's respect and obedience to Director Chen.
To put it bluntly, it’s just flattering to coax the big eggs!
Director Chen did not reject it, which shows that he is quite satisfied with the title "King".
The next scene was the scene with King Xie, which was very strange. Director Chen asked him to sit on a big golden chair with a backrest and armrests that looked like a big hand with fingers spread out.
The soldiers in silver helmets and black robes were painted. Then the camera on the big crane shot from various angles from panoramic, medium shot, to close-up and close-up.
Then the director asked him to put his feet in the air, his head to the ground and his back, and his buttocks on the seat, which was equivalent to him falling down and sitting on the chair.
He Xin, who stood aside and watched this scene, didn't quite understand it, but Director Chen took it seriously. He didn't seem to be satisfied with it after taking a few shots at first, and it wasn't until he took four takes that he shouted "Okay!"
The shots of King Xie in this scene are very fragmented. Most of them show him sitting on a golden chair in various postures and various movements and expressions. There is one scene that is very funny. The props give him a golden tip with a cock.
Hongying Qiang, who was holding a thumbs up gesture, asked him to make various gestures towards the camera.
These scenes of King Xie took a long time to shoot, and it was obvious that he was also working very hard, especially since he was wearing a helmet with eight long feathers on his head. He had to take it off after every shot.
Take off your helmet and rest for a while.
In the past, when we were filming in the studio, we couldn't see it clearly. Now when we are filming outside, the crew takes great care of King Xie. The sun is very hot in the afternoon, and we are afraid that King Xie will be exposed to the sun during the break, so we specially support him.
A big umbrella was raised and a comfortable canvas chair was placed next to it.
He Xin noticed that the three words "Xie Tingfeng" were written in white paint on the back of the chair. It was obviously used exclusively for King Xie to rest. It was good to have an obvious mark like this, lest any ignorant person take the chair and sit on it, and get caught.
Even after a beating, there is nowhere to complain.
Seeing Xie Biwang's clearly marked special chair, He Xin even looked on both sides. There was no writing on the back of Director Chen's special director's chair. Thinking about it, no one dared to sit on his chair. Zhang Bai
The chair that Jue was sitting on was the same model as Xie Biwang's, but because of the angle, I couldn't see the back of the chair.
At this time, Zhang Baizhi, probably because the weather was a bit hot, took off the bright yellow ancient costume outer robe that was the same as Cheng Qian's, revealing the pink see-through silk skirt underneath, and the moon-white dress underneath could still be vaguely seen.
With her bellyband and the deliberately fluffy and messy hairstyle on her head, she doesn't look like a princess at all, but rather looks like a prostitute.
She was taking a pack of Baiwan cigarettes from the assistant's hand, and took one in her mouth in a very sophisticated manner. She accidentally raised her head and saw He Xin looking towards her, so she gestured to him with the Baiwan cigarette box.
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He quickly waved to the other party and smiled to express his gratitude.
The other party didn't mind either. He smiled slightly, lit up the cigarette skillfully, and started puffing away. His posture showed that he was a long-time smoker.