Chapter 300 People are frightening and scaring people to death
He Xin's biggest feeling in Director Chen's crew is that the living conditions are very good. For example, the main character's meals include hard dishes such as beef and plain-cut chicken. I heard from the life producer that you can even order a la carte, if it is not lobster, like
The crew can arrange things like pulling clams.
Also, the accommodation was not bad. The crew booked the VIP building of Hengdian International Conference Center, the most luxurious hotel in Hengdian. Each of the protagonists had a suite.
When He Xin arrived at noon, he took a stroll there. The entire center covers an area of more than a thousand acres, with mountains, rivers, and lush trees. The entire center is a forest park. The roads inside are smooth and undulating. Every day,
It's perfect to wake up in the morning and go for a morning run inside.
The transportation is also very convenient, with the busiest Wansheng South Street in Hengdian right next to it, and only a few minutes' walk from Qinhuang Palace.
Generally speaking, when actors come to the set, they always have to rest for a day or two to adjust a little before getting into filming. As soon as He Xin arrived at noon this year, Director Chen arranged an evening scene for him.
For whatever reason, he just thought it was the director's trust in him.
He didn't go back to the hotel to rest all afternoon and stayed on the set. In fact, in terms of hard work, today's Xie Biwang was definitely hard work. The whole afternoon was basically his scene, even if he shot a scene with Bai Zhi and Cheng Qian,
He also had to sit down and act as a human background, with almost no time to rest, and the scene arranged for the evening also focused on him.
However, King Xie seemed to be in good condition today. He couldn't sit still during the filming breaks. He was running around the set with a bottle of mineral water. Sometimes he would have a lively chat with Zhang Baizhi, and occasionally he would pop into the tent.
, chatting and joking with Director Chen.
Until late in the evening, when the play was coming to an end, He Xin knew what was going on. He consciously ran to the dressing room next door to put on makeup before the director could say anything.
No way, who told him that the makeup of the character Ghost Wolf he played was the most difficult, and it took at least two hours to put on makeup once.
When I was halfway through transformation, Zhang Dongjian came.
This guy is wearing white casual clothes and a peaked cap today. He looks very handsome, and he is always accompanied by three people, a translator, an agent and an assistant.
Seeing that He Xin was already sitting inside, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked a few steps over to say hello: "Mr. He Xin, Nihao!"
This guy's Chinese has improved recently. At least he can say the word "He Xin" coherently, unlike before, where he stumbled and had to pause in the middle.
In fact, he only arrived a few days earlier than He Xin. He had been in Japan to promote his new movie "The Flying Taigeuk Flag". After coming here, I heard that he had a slight cold. He has been resting for the past two days. The scene tonight
It was also his first scene after coming to Hengdian.
Previously, the crew had been focusing on filming the scenes with Xie Biwang, Zhang Baizhi and Hiroyuki Sanada.
Speaking of Hiroyuki Sanada, He Xin has never met him before.
Because after eight days of cooperation before, He Xin is the actor Zhang Dongjian is most familiar with on the set, and it can be seen that he is very happy.
"Mr. Dongjian, I'm sorry!" He Xin pointed to his head. At this time, the makeup artist was helping him do his hair and put on the wig for a while.
"no no!"
Zhang Dongjian smiled and waved his hands, sitting down on the chair next to him.
"Mr. Dongjian, I heard that you are not feeling well. Are you feeling better?"
If it's a little more complicated, he won't understand it and can only communicate through a translator.
"Thank you Mr. He Xin for your concern. My health has been well for a long time. I even went riding a horse today!"
"horse riding?"
"It's like this. My riding skills are not very good, so the director asked me to practice." Zhang Dongjian said, looking a little embarrassed.
"Where is the riding place?"
He Xin's heart moved, he couldn't ride a horse, but it's very difficult for an actor to not be able to ride a horse, just like not being able to drive. Maybe a certain role requires you to ride a horse or drive a car, it won't work!
He has long wanted to learn horse riding. There are many horse farms around the capital. He once inquired about some membership systems and the prices are quite high. He has never been willing to do so. This time he did not have many scenes in Hengdian.
, but I can take this opportunity to settle the matter of riding a horse.
Zhang Dongjian did not need to answer his question. The translator hurriedly said: "There is a horse farm over there in the Ming and Qing Palaces. We rode there today."
Seeing Zhang Dongjian's confused eyes, He Xin smiled and explained: "Sorry to say it, I don't even know how to ride a horse, but I just want to learn!"
After listening to the translator's report, Zhang Dongjian also smiled and said: "It is not difficult to ride a horse. It is rare to ride well. I still need to strengthen training in this aspect."
Think about it, people in ancient times rode horses just like they ride bicycles now. As long as there are horses, most people can ride them. But if you want to imagine galloping and sprinting like a cavalry, I'm afraid there are still a few people who can do it.
The two of them were putting on makeup while chatting about different outfits. Their makeup was relatively complicated. Compared to He Xin's face, which was painted with pale oil paint and smoky makeup, there were also mottled scars on the side.
Zhang Dongjian not only had to apply dark oil paint on his face, arms and neck, but also had to make his face as rough as possible to fit his image as a slave who has been exposed to the sun and rain all year round. Moreover, he was dressed in beggar red.
It was quite cumbersome to dress up. Even though his beggar costume was in tatters, it was actually custom-made in Japan just like the feather cloak that He Xin wore, and it was said that it cost tens of thousands of yuan a piece.
About 99% is the design fee, and the material processing fee is estimated to be less than 1%.
It wasn't until the two of them were about to finish that they saw Xie Bi Wang Shanshan arriving late. But he was also simple. Duke Wu Huan of the North was originally a pretty boy, and his clothing was also very simple, wearing a white robe.
But there is one thing that He Xin doesn't understand. "The Promise" is obviously a mythical movie in ancient costume. Since it is in ancient costume, why does Wu Huan have short hair?
It's still Xie Biwang's signature middle parting, and then a few strands of hair are deliberately raised in the front to give it a cool look. The only difference is probably that he has a long and thin braid behind his left ear.
The evening scene was arranged to be filmed in the side hall next to the Sihai Guiyi Hall.
The side hall was empty. During the day, the big golden chair of King Xie Bi was placed in the center, and a huge fire was burning in the big cauldron next to it.
As Director Chen said:
"A!"
He Xin shrank his neck, pulled his shoulders forward, arched his back, and leaned his head forward slightly. The tall man of about 1.83 meters was instantly the same height as King Xie Bi, who was at least ten centimeters shorter than him.
As the slave of Northern Duke Wu Huan, he always bent over and lowered his head in front of King Xie Bi, and had to roll his eyes upward when looking at him.
This scene is about him coming back to plead guilty to Wu Huan. He failed to assassinate General Guangming, but only stabbed him. At the same time, he told Wu Huan that it was not Guangming who killed King Wu Huan, but one of his slaves.
For him, his main task in this scene was to act as a co-actor. As long as he finished speaking his lines, he would then act as a human background next to King Xie Bi. At most, he would be able to reflect some inner drama through his eyes.
For King Xie Bi, tonight's scene is undoubtedly the highlight. Not only does he have to take turns facing He Xin and Zhang Dongjian, he also has to perform a one-man show and finally kill the six guards around him.
The only difficulty with the ghost wolf played by He Xin is probably that the ghost wolf will always be paralyzed in front of Wu Huan. Whether it is fear or sadness, all the inner feelings must be expressed through his eyes. This requires his eyes to have a sense of layering, so that
People watching can read his mood swings at this time through his eyes.
However, there was no pressure on him during this performance where he reported to the King of Xie Bi and apologized. After all, he had facial paralysis. The routine operation of those young guys in later generations was at most to make their eyes wander a little at the critical moment when the lines were spoken.
, add a little bit of panic and it will be all right.
After he finished speaking his lines, the camera shifted to King Xie Bi. He was seen sitting on a big golden chair with one foot still on it. He pulled out the knife hidden in the armrest and wiped it with a piece of white silk until it shone brightly.
The blade of the sword looked very dazed and he said: "You mean General Guangming deceived me with just a piece of armor?"
As he said that, he pretended to glance at He Xin casually. Just as he was about to open his mouth and continue speaking, he heard a voice coming from the side: "Cut!"
"Nicholas, you are wrong, try again!"
King Xie Bi's attitude was very upright and he quickly raised his hand and said: "I'm sorry, director!"
At the same time, he smiled at He Xin who was standing opposite to express his apology.
restart.
After He Xin finished speaking his lines, King Xie Bi still acted in a very conventional way of showing off, saying in a nonchalant manner: "You mean General Guangming deceived me with just a piece of armor?"
This time he did not look over, but continued to clean the knife and said: "The person pretending to be him is a slave..."
"Card!"
"Nicholas, don't make your movements too monotonous, add some other movements."
"OK, director!"
"Again!"
…
"Stuck, wrong!"
…
"Card!"
…
"Card……"
Well, after six or seven NGs in a row, Xie Biwang's performance could not satisfy Director Chen. He Xin could only accompany him to perform over and over again, and this did not include the tied-up Zhang Dongjian who was still waiting outside.
Director Chen saw that it was not possible, so he had to say: "Nicholas, come here for a moment!"
It can be seen that the continuous NG made King Xie Bi feel very depressed. He really didn’t understand what his problem was. He walked over slowly, and He Xin naturally followed him. After all, this was a show between two people.
.
"Nicholas, you are right not to look at He Xin when you speak. Although you are very angry inside, the more you do at this time, the more you have to show that you don't care, but if you don't care in words, the anger in your heart will also be expressed through your eyes.
and body language so that the audience understands, OK? And…”
Director Chen is indeed an American (I don’t know if this is true), and when he talks about excitement, he often mixes in a few foreign words.
He Xin, who was standing aside, saw an interesting scene at this time. Director Chen was holding the script and pointing at it, foaming at the mouth while speaking with rich body language. But Xie Biwang always lowered his head.
, his eyes did not communicate with the director at all, and at most he nodded. Until Director Chen finished speaking, he did not raise his head to look into the director's eyes, and just said lightly: "I'll give it a try!"
When you're done, turn around and leave.
He Xin looked at this scene in a daze and thought to himself: Could it be that this guy finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to dare to show off in front of Director Chen?
However, Director Chen's reaction was also very strange. He actually stared blankly at the back of King Xie Bi as he left, looking at a loss.
At first, He Xin thought it was Director Chen who was angry. He was about to step forward and say something gentle when he suddenly saw that he suddenly seemed to have a shiver. His burly body trembled, and then he looked around in horror.
took a look.
"Director, what's wrong?"
"Well, that's really weird!"
Director Chen murmured: "When I was filming "Feng Yue", Leslie Cheung was like this too. No matter what I said, he would just say, "I know", and then turn around and leave. Nicholas looked exactly like him just now, and I suddenly felt very strange.
a feeling of……"
He Xin was horrified when he heard this, and his spine went cold. He hurriedly said: "Director, stop talking!"
If you are scary, you will scare people to death!
What's the date today?
It seems that the Qingming Festival has not passed for a few days!