Chapter 235: Captain Li, who failed to pretend to force
Jin Province, the set of "Bright Sword"
Zuo Le pulled Zhou Song, who played the role of Monk Wei, to talk to him about the drama. Li Youbin, dressed in an Eighth Route Army uniform, happily watched the fun.
Given his level of acting skills, it is not the highlight. Basically Zuo Le can just tell him and he will be able to perfectly perform the effect Zuo Le wants.
A very small number of cases do not meet Zuo Le's expectations. Even if the two parties communicate with each other, they can pass quickly and smoothly.
Therefore, on the set of "Bright Sword", there were very few cases where Li Youbin was pulled by Zuo Le to talk about the drama.
Compared with Li Youbin, who was awarded the title of Two Emperors, Zhou Song is obviously a little behind...
Zhou Song, a native of Yunnan Province, is Wu Yue's younger brother, but he is three years older than Wu Yue because he became a disciple halfway and had already graduated from junior high school when he started practicing martial arts.
Zhou Song, who has been in love with martial arts culture since he was a child, has been looking forward to learning martial arts since he was a child. After he failed in the high school entrance examination, his family asked him to become a master through connections. Zhou Song has a good talent. Although he has only been practicing martial arts for a short time, he has also developed some skills.
Of course, Wu Jing is incomparable to Wu Yue in Tongzi Kung Fu, but compared to ordinary martial arts in the entertainment industry, he is still a good player.
Speaking of which, Zhou Song's original intention of entering the entertainment industry was similar to Wu Jing's. They both wanted to become action superstars like Cheng and Li.
Well, it should be said that all martial arts practitioners who enter the entertainment industry, whether they are martial arts veterans or rising stars, most likely have this dream.
However, dreams are not so easy to make.
Wu Jing is okay, although his appearance is not top-notch, he can still be called handsome. In addition, he has a certain talent in acting and plays well. Even if he does not have a lot of resources, at least there are people who will give him a thumbs up from time to time.
Zhou Song is miserable. He is tall and strong, tall and thick, and his natural image is limited. After a few years in the industry, he is the type of actor who does the most work.
For example, murderer, robber, bandit A, general B, bodyguard C, gangster D, etc.
The income is barely enough to live on, but if you want to get ahead, there are basically no opportunities.
It wasn't until Zuo Le filmed "Seven Swords" in 2018 and his senior brother Wu Yue recommended him to play Da Ben that Zhou Song finally got a taste of becoming popular.
Both are "successors of the Seven Swords". Compared with the other Six Swordsmen, Zhou Song's red is a bit "shabby"
Lan Xin (Shui Miaomiao) and Song Shasha (Zhang Jiajia) are popular little flowers in the industry and popular goddesses.
Doctor Dou (Mao Xiao), Hou You (Fan Min), and Pan Da (Sha Yi) have all been promoted to the front line and are well-known in the circle.
Because Hong Miao (Yuan Ye) concentrates on his drama career, his status is not as high as others, but thanks to the popularity of the male protagonist Hong Miao in "Seven Swords" and his good looks, he has starred in several other dramas and is stable.
Upstream on the second line.
Zhou Song is the least developed one, barely making it to the third tier, and has changed from a special actor before to a supporting role with certain lines.
However, Zhou Song himself is still very satisfied. He has long forgotten his dream of becoming a new generation of action superstar. Now he has no shortage of film contracts, his career is stable, and he still needs a bicycle.
However, sometimes luck comes and nothing can stop it.
First, director Gao Xinjian contacted him to reserve enough time to film "Seven Swords 2". Later, his boss Zuo Le called and invited him to play an important role in the new drama "Bright Sword".
Really, when Zhou Song heard these two pieces of news, he wanted to call home and ask his father if the ancestral tomb had been on fire and smoking in the past two days, and why was the pie banging in the sky?
Not to mention Da Ben's role in "Seven Swords 2", Zhou Song knows that as long as he makes a sequel to "Seven Swords", it will definitely be the original cast.
But the role of Monk Wei in "Bright Sword" really gave him a big surprise.
Zhou Song knows better than most people what participating in Zuo Le's new drama means to an actor, because he started from an unknown person, acted in Zuo Le's TV drama, and then became famous.
Now, compared to back then, Zuo Le's fame and status in the industry have doubled. His important role in the new drama, to put it exaggeratedly, can even make a young actor rise to the top in one step.
Although Zhou Song is very satisfied with his current status, if he can continue to climb up, he will not be stupid enough to turn him away.
"Seven Swords 2" plus "Bright Sword", if the ratings are good, it will be enough for Zhou Song to be promoted to the second tier. You know, the pay difference between the second tier artist and the third tier artist is not even a star.
Therefore, Zhou Song cherished this opportunity to play Monk Wei very much, and he worked hard after joining the crew.
He had filmed "Seven Swords" with Zuo Le and knew Zuo Le's temper. If he could not play the role of Monk Wei well, Zuo Le would not give in and replace him just for fear of wasting time. Zuo Le would definitely be able to do it.
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After a while, Zuo Le and Zhou Song finished talking about the scene and called the crew to start filming. Today's scene is about the two meeting each other for the first time.
Monk Wei, who escaped from the prisoner camp, was rescued by Zhao Gang who came to report on the Independence Regiment on the way. Li Yunlong heard that Monk Wei was very powerful, so he became interested in taking a test.
Zuo Le sat behind the monitor, looked at the actors who were already in place, and raised the loudspeaker: "Everyone takes your place—begin."
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In the farmyard where the independent regiment's headquarters is located, Monk Wei, dressed in a tattered yellow military uniform, raised a stone barbell with both hands.
Li Yunlong walked out of the house and circled half a circle around Monk Wei: "Monk, show me your hands."
Monk Wei put down the barbell. Being from the Central Army, he looked down upon the Eighth Route Army except his savior Zhao Gang. He glanced at Li Yunlong and said nothing.
Li Yunlong is such a thief. Seeing that Monk Wei ignored him, he casually used a provocation method.
"I just think intellectuals like to brag, and they can tell lies even when they have nothing to do. How is that possible, with four devils doing it with their bare hands?"
Monk Wei was a repaying person with a reckless personality. He immediately fell into the trap and said that I could do it, but not his savior (Zhao Gang). If Li Yunlong didn't believe in his ability, he could give it a try.
This was what Li Yunlong was waiting for. He raised his eyebrows and looked a little embarrassed. Just when he was about to brag and say a few harsh words, Monk Wei slapped him down.
This is the first time Li Yunlong failed to show off in the drama, and the second time Captain Li boasted in front of the whole group.
"I, Li Yunlong, practiced martial arts when I was 8 years old. I know a little bit about the south and north legs. When I was 14 years old, the stone on the grain field stood upright in a flash. Look at this head. Is it made of stone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his subordinate Zhang Dabiao picked him up and threw him down.
Poor, weak, and helpless......
In fact, this scene does not require a lot of acting skills. Just now Zuo Le asked Zhou Song to talk about the scene, and he was talking more about the character of Monk Wei himself.
"Bright Sword" has many highlights, including many big war scenes. Director Zuo Le is very busy and has no time to analyze the characters one-on-one with the actors over and over again.
I can only choose some non-busy times to chat more with the actors during the lecture.
Especially for actors like Zhou Song who are not very good at acting, Zuo Le needs to give more advice, so that they can think more and practice more, and understand their roles as thoroughly as possible.
After filming Li Yunlong subduing Monk Wei, today's shooting ended early. Zuo Le didn't delay much and took several assistant directors to a gently sloping open space more than ten miles away.
A dozen long trenches have been dug, and sandbags, ammunition boxes, etc. are arranged on them. There are gray and black gun marks, bullet holes and bloodstains above and below, and there are scattered piles of wood that have not been set on fire.
When it came time for the official shooting, the pile of wood was lit, black smoke filled the air, coupled with the fire of guns and the shouts of soldiers, it became a fairly qualified "military battlefield".
Zuo Le chatted with the person who arranged the scene, then took someone to check the explosive spots in person, and told the assistant director that when the actors arrive at the scene tomorrow, he would have someone walk around with him a few more times.
Although the explosive power used in film and television is limited, it is no joke to explode people.
Every year, there are several cases in the industry where people are killed and injured during filming. The outside world doesn't know that the crew suppressed the news, but Zuo Le and other insiders know it well.
Therefore, Zuo Le was extremely cautious in this regard. To be sure, the crew of "Bright Sword" increased the budget for blasting by 30%, all of which was used to eliminate safety hazards and minimize the chance of accidents.
After walking around and seeing all the arrangements, Zuo Le returned with satisfaction. In the next few days, he would be filming the scene of "Independence Group vs. Yamazaki Group" here, so he had to recharge his batteries.
