director of the millennium

Chapter 152 Filming of "Painted Skin", participating in the Golden Rooster Awards

"In order to keep this skin, it must eat people's hearts and wander around."

"No one knows who you are, you can only hide under this skin."

Wearing a white fur coat, Zhou Xun leaned lazily on the bed, revealing his shoulders and legs as white as jade, and looked at the camera with a smile on his lips.

"Okay, click!"

Wu Yuan shouted in satisfaction: "This one is over!"

Holding the walkie-talkie, he said cheerfully, "Brother Xun, you vixen, your performance is really good."

To be honest, before "Painted Skin" was officially launched, no matter whether it was the staff of the crew or the management such as Director Han, they were very puzzled that Wu Yuan wanted Zhou Xun to play a vixen.

Zhou Xun, what is everyone’s impression of her?
Quirky, cute, vigorous, carefree.

None of these words have anything to do with "vixen".

Even her appearance is not the charming type, her beauty is the kind of generous beauty, and her face is more round and round.

But when Zhou Xun really put on costumes, put on "Xiao Wei" makeup, and lay lazily on the bed like this, without any words, everyone could really feel the charm from her.

This kind of charm is not the kind of charm of "Daji" in the stereotype, but another kind of charm that only belongs to Zhou Xun.

In fact, the role of "Xiao Wei" is also different from the vixen in the stereotype. Although she can also seduce men, she also gave her heart to Wang Sheng.

The little Wei Wei in "Painted Skin" is not slutty at all. After she was rescued by Wang Sheng, she fell in love with him and wanted to replace Wang Sheng's wife. Everything she did was for love.

This is why the role of "Xiao Wei" is hard to be hated by the audience after the movie is released.

Wu Yuan doesn't need a "slutty and lowly" vixen, but a vixen with true temperament.

In this case, Zhou Xun's performance is very suitable.

"The director is so good at casting." Liu Ge, the cameraman of the crew, said to his assistant with emotion: "No one was optimistic about Zhou Xun playing the vixen before."

"I didn't expect this to be filmed and acted so well."

The assistant seemed to be a fan of Zhou Xun, and he said proudly: "Brother Xun, what can't be done?"

"Most spiritual actress in the country is no joke."

"The box office of "If Love" has reached 4000 million!"

"The dancer played by Brother Xun is so beautiful!"

Wu Yuan didn't know that his subordinates were discussing Zhouxun. After he praised him, he carefully checked the material he had taken, and waved his hand in satisfaction: "Okay, I'm going to shoot here today!"

"knock off!"

"Transfer tomorrow, pack up and go to Yinchuan together!"

The entire crew responded excitedly, and immediately cleaned up the set.

Zhou Xun was also wrapped in a white fur coat and walked barefoot from the bed. He deliberately ran to Wu Yuan and reached out to touch his chest.

"Director Wu, I'm a vixen, is my acting lifelike?"

Wu Yuan wordlessly knocked away Zhou Xun's little hand, "Expressive, very expressive. It's not in vain that I chose You to play Xiao Wei despite all the opinions."

The main roles in "Painted Skin" did not have an audition, it was decided when they were eating hot pot at Wu Yuan's house.

Later, when the production crew was preparing, Wu Yuan was also arbitrary, and directly sent invitations to these actors, asking them to come and sign the contract, without even having a part in the show.

In the eyes of Zhou Xun Chen Kun and others, Wu Yuan's behavior is undoubtedly full of trust.

In order to live up to Wu Yuan's trust, they went all out and took the film seriously after joining the team.

No longer joking around, Zhou Xun put on a serious look, and asked seriously: "Are you going to Yinchuan tomorrow?"

"Yes, we filmed all the outdoor scenes, and we happened to be attending the Golden Rooster Awards together." Wu Yuan responded.

Part of "Painted Skin" was to be filmed in the Gobi desert in the northwest, so it was suitable to go to Ningxia for filming.

And now the Golden Rooster Awards are all held in Yinchuan. For Wu Yuan, doing the two things together is obviously the most time-saving and labor-saving.

The next day, September 9th, Wu Yuan flew to Ningxia and Yinchuan with all the members of "Painted Skin".

There is a film and television city here in Yinchuan, or a film and television base.

This film and television city was first built in the Ming Dynasty, and it was called "Zhenbei Fort" at that time, and it was a frontier fortress in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Later, in the 80s, it was discovered and noticed by domestic filmmakers, and gradually became a popular movie and TV drama shooting location.

The classic movie "The Wrangler" was filmed here, and Master Xing's "Journey to the West" was also filmed here.

The most classic building in this film and television city is the tall city gate.

Zhizunbao and Zixia Fairy kissed each other on this city gate, and left behind that classic line that became popular all over the Internet ten years later.

"Look at him, he looks like a dog!"

Wu Yuan brought the crew of "Painted Skin" here on September 9th.

Of course, the current Yinchuan Film and Television City has not really become a film and television city, and the famous "Old Yinchuan Street" scenic spot has not yet been built.

The current Yinchuan Film and Television City is still focusing on the simple, primitive, rough and desolate style, restoring the appearance of the historical ancient city.

Of course, "Painted Skin" couldn't simply be shot here.

In fact, one of Wu Yuan's assistant directors had brought people here a month in advance, and according to Wu Yuan's request and drawings, he set up an exterior scene outside Yinchuan Film and Television City.

After the crew arrived here, they basically rested in the film and television city after finishing work. Before starting work, they had to go to the outdoor location set up 600 meters away from the film and television city to shoot.

And as soon as it came up, it was a big scene.

In the scene where Wang Sheng, played by Chen Kun, brought his Wang Jiajun back from the battlefield in the Western Regions, Xiao Wei was also rescued by Wang Sheng at this time.

It's not that Wu Yuan has never filmed this kind of big scene involving many people.

Whether it was the pirate battle in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" or when he was the executive director in his dream, he had directed such big scenes.

On the other hand, Chen Kun, the male protagonist, was filming a war scene for the first time.

Looking at Chen Kun, who was fully armed and wearing thick armor, Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Different from Chen Jiashang's version of "Painted Skin", as a mainland director with strong roots, Wu Yuan specially invited an expert in Han Dynasty costume archaeology from the Huaxia Institute of Archeology as a consultant when preparing the crew.

In the costume department of the crew, the costumes made for the actors are all in the style of the Han Dynasty, including the armor of the Han Dynasty.

It is impossible for the ugly earmuff worn by Chen Kun in Chen Jiashang's movie to appear in Wu Yuan's crew.

There is no way, when Chen Jiashang was filming "Painted Skin", most of the domestic films used Japanese designers in terms of costume design.

Zhang Yimou takes the blame for this. Starting from "Hero" to "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Yimou used Japanese stylists, as did "The Golden Armor".

Later, Feng Xiao learned this when he was filming "The Banquet".

If the big directors have done this, other directors must follow suit.So even though Chen Jiashang used a costume designer from Hong Kong Island, in terms of costume design, he didn't restore the background of the Han Dynasty much. There were some very unsuitable costumes, and even soldiers wore chain mail.

Wu Yuan doesn't do this.

None of his team has been influenced by Japanese fashion design, and all of them are domestically trained fashion designers.

His costume designer was taught by Mr. Li Jinxiang, who was the stylist of the 1993 TV series "Three Kingdoms".

Coupled with the off-site academic support of professional costume archeology professors, the exquisite costumes in "Painted Skin" are absolutely unmistakable.

At this time, Chen Kun was wearing Xuanjia, also known as Zhajia, which was popular in the Han Dynasty.

Because he is a general, he wears the highest-grade fish scale armor. Thousands of iron pieces are densely sewn together, and the inside is filled with cooked cowhide. It is not very comfortable to wear, but it is full of security.

As for the group of soldiers he led, each of them wore leather armor made of cooked cowhide to protect the chest and back.

The crew spent more than 100 million yuan on the production of these armors for soldiers alone.

In addition to the costumes of other actors and ensemble performers, the crew of "Painted Skin" spent only 500 million on costume production.

This is called a blockbuster!
"Everything is ready, get on the horse and start shooting!" Wu Yuan shouted with a loudspeaker.

Fifty young herdsmen Erlang who could ride horses were recruited from Ningxia, and immediately jumped onto the big horse, stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's head, and calmed the restless horse.

Chen Kun also took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and with the help of his assistant, he mounted his horse.

Yes, Chen Kun can ride a horse now.

Wu Yuan asked him to practice horse riding at the equestrian base in Huairou, Beijing half a year in advance.

Chen Kun didn't have any complaints, and practiced riding for half a year very cooperatively.

These days, all the films of major directors are required to be shot in real life, including circuses and so on. It is impossible to use doubles or fake horses.

Even TV dramas with stricter requirements must have real people filming horse riding scenes.

Liu Yifei has also been learning to ride horses recently because she also had a horse riding scene when filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The bearded man has such strict requirements on actors, it doesn't make sense that Wu Yuan would allow him to use a double because of his good relationship with Chen Kun.

After the fifty extras acting as personal guards and Chen Kun mounted their horses, followed by one or two hundred extras wearing leather armor, the group ran at a fast pace on the desolate Gobi.

Smoke and dust rolled into the wind and sand, and a scene of a large army returning to the enemy suddenly appeared.

The desert, the lonely smoke, and the setting sun are the background, and the black and red army is marching in it.

"Very good, move the camera up!" Sitting behind the monitor, Wu Yuan shouted excitedly.

This scene, this picture, is so beautiful!
He believes that after the movie is released, this scene will become one of the classic scenes of the movie!

[Director Wu Yuan’s new film has started shooting, and he finished filming "Painted Skin" with high school students! 】

[China’s first fantasy-themed movie, Hollywood director Wu Yuan personally helms it! 】

["Painted Skin" cost 1.5 million to shoot in Yinchuan, and Zhou Xun played the most beautiful "vixen"]

["Painted Skin" officially launched, Leslie Cheung and Sun Li teamed up to "catch" Zhou Xun! 】

[1.5 million investment, a huge contribution to Oriental’s new magical action art! "Painted Skin" officially started filming! 】

Although Wu Yuan rejected the opening ceremony of "Painted Skin" that Director Han wanted to hold in Beijing, this does not mean that "Painted Skin" will be launched, and Director Han will not publicize it everywhere.

When Wu Yuan was filming "Painted Skin" in Yinchuan, from Sohu Entertainment on the Internet to the major offline paper media, all rushed to report the news of "Painted Skin" starting.

The five leading actors have also been announced. The lineup of Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Li, and Sun Li is not bad in the current mainland film industry.

After hearing the news, many movie fans had strong expectations for the movie "Painted Skin", and chatted hotly on the Internet.

"Painting skin? Is that an adaptation of Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio?"

"Is it the mainland adaptation of "Painted Skin: The Yin-Yang Master" starring Wang Zuxian and Zheng Shaoguan?"

"No way, Wang Zuxian was the last one to play the female ghost! Even if Zhou Xun is really pretty, it's not as good as it is right?"

"Why did Director Wu go to adapt the story of "Liao Zhai"? This is a subject that has been poorly filmed by Hong Kong movies."

"The story of Huapi is a bit too clichéd, it's boring."

It is normal to have voices of disapproval and opposition.

Before Wu Yuan, Hong Kong Island had filmed at least six or seven versions of painted skin movies, throwing away some peachy versions, and throwing away some that were released without splashes, and there was also the classic movie "Painted Skin: The Yin-Yang Master".

The painted-skinned female ghost played by Wang Zuxian left a very deep impression on the mainland audience.

Now that Wu Yuan is also filming "Painted Skin", they will definitely be compared, and Zhou Xun and Wang Zuxian, at least superficially, are really incomparable.

Wang Zuxian was the Asian goddess back then. From the cross-strait three places to Japan and South Korea and then to Southeast Asia, she was the dream goddess of a generation in Asia.

Now that Zhou Xun is going to play a role played by Wang Zuxian, it is impossible to say that fans will not question it.

Of course, the voices of opposition and disapproval are still in the minority.

"This is Wu Yuan's movie. Will he simply remake the Hong Kong movie? It must be a brand new magical story!"

"I didn't watch the reporter and said that this is the first blockbuster fantasy movie in China. Wu Yuan is the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean". I'm looking forward to his blockbuster fantasy movie!"

"The more classic the story, the more difficult it is to shoot, but I am definitely looking forward to Wu Yuan's coming to shoot "Painted Skin". He is the best director in China who is good at making this kind of magical movie!"

"Wu Yuan's movie still needs to be questioned? He has been rushed to invite him in Hollywood. He can come back and make a movie for us mainland audiences to watch. It should be a secret joy!"

"Am I the only one who doesn't care about "Painted Skin" and only wants to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"?"

After the "Your Name" battle, young people in China now somewhat blindly worship Wu Yuan.

Not just because of the status and strength he has achieved in Hollywood, which is hard to come by.

It is also because Wu Yuan really knows how to make movies that young people love to watch, and is the only director in China who really pays attention to young people's viewing experience.

Seeing that Wu Yuan's new commercial film has started shooting, many young people support it on the Internet regardless of 21 [-], saying that they must go to the cinema to join in the show.

I don't know if this is considered a so-called "rice circle".
Anyway, Wu Yuan is very pleased, what he wants is influence among the young people.

Five or six years later, this group of young people is the main movie-watching group during the period when the movie box office exploded!
It was they who brought their parents and children into the cinema, propping up the 2010-2015 box office boom in mainland China!

In this way, Wu Yuan gave the crew two days off in a happy mood.

It's not because they were praised on the Internet that they gave the crew a holiday.

But he, Zhang Guorong, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun are all going to attend the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

In the early morning of September 9, the four of them returned to the city by bus.

In the hotel arranged by the Golden Rooster organizer, under the arrangement of the stylists, several people changed into formal attire and formal attire, and went to the awards ceremony.

(End of this chapter)