I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 303: "Rage" Series (34)

Shen Liang didn’t have much communication with Koo Tin-yue and Liu Ching-yun…

In addition to chatting a little before normal shooting...

Both of them speak very poor Mandarin, and Shen Liang’s Cantonese is not very good either, so communication is still quite difficult.

However, he often sneaked a peek at Liu Qingyun's performances.

Hong Kong male actors in the 1990s, such as Andy Lau, Simon Yam, Ray Lui and Huang Qiusheng, all had strong influences of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in their performances. Liu Qingyun is one of the very few actors who was not influenced and has her own style.

In fact, Shen Liang thinks that Liu Qingyun performed very well in "Infernal Affairs" - although many people think that "The Detective" is better.

My favorite is the scene where he eats in the restaurant and reads the newspaper at the same time. It is so magical and natural!

In comparison, Andy Lau still seems a bit pretentious in his performance.

As for Koo Tien-yue…

To evaluate his acting skills in one sentence: The consequences of lack of education have now left endless consequences, as Louis Koo's acting skills were completely unable to improve at the age of 30. For decades, Louis Koo has been living off his past achievements, and has been relying on his character and connections to survive in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

In "Judo Dragon and Tiger List", we can still see that he is constantly trying various performance methods;
When it came to "Drug War", he was directly beaten to pieces by Zha Zha Hui and Liu Shiming. This kind of crushing defeat also happened in the later "Line Walker"...

It just... lacks a natural feeling.

Of course, "The Evil Dead" doesn't require actors to show their acting skills...

Because all roles are labeled, the harder you act and the more superficial the better.

For Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo, and Benny Chan, this kind of movie is easy to handle, so it can be shot so quickly!

……

Chen Musheng and Shen Liang get along well...

The main thing is that Shen Liang is very good at giving suggestions. For example, in the opening shot, in order to let the audience quickly feel the fierce image of the character, he specially guided Chen Musheng to propose the "human sandbag" plot.

"After Liu Qingyun played this role, she can probably play a gangster!"

"...originally wanted to find Sammo Hung, but he...was not in good health." After a pause, Chen Musheng explained: "He picked Brother Hao himself!"

"Very good..." After thinking for a while, Shen Liang said secretly: "Don't you feel that he is a little fierce now that he is old?"

I feel like these Hong Kong actors have become more ruthless as they get older...

Sammo Hung is a typical example. When he was young, he basically played the role of a cute little fat boy. When he got older, he started to contribute his remaining glory to the track of gangsters...

Actually, Liu Qingyun is similar. I remember watching "Shock Wave 2" and I always felt that Dong Zhuowen, played by him, turned against us at the last minute...

By the way, Liu Qingyun shaved her eyebrows for the role of Brother Hao...

Don't mention it, it really does add to the fierce temperament - thick eyebrows, big eyes, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. We have always had high aesthetic requirements for men's eyebrows and eyes. If you don't have thick eyebrows and big eyes, you will be weak when you play the leading role.

Hu Jun with eyebrows can play Qiao Feng, while without eyebrows he can play Yan Xiaoguo in "The Besieged City"...

“I have a story outline here…”

Chen Musheng talked about his new film project...

How to say it, attract investment...

This time on "The Evil Dead", the cooperation between the two parties was very good. Both the production and the actors made him experience an unprecedented sense of smoothness.

If possible, of course I would like to continue working with him on his next movie!
Oh, he was talking about "Raging Fire", of course, there is only a story outline at the moment, and no complete script!

Hong Kong filmmakers rarely write complete scripts.

Just write a scene-by-scene outline. In fact, this scene-by-scene outline is a simplified version of the script. It includes the beginning and end of each scene, the content, the twists and turns, and the general lines. It’s just that it’s not written too rigidly. Leave it to the scene to go over it again with the actors, and finally it takes shape.

This creative method leaves a certain amount of flexibility in the details…

The core event of "Raging Fire" all starts with a "rich man kidnapping case". After the rich man was kidnapped, the police leader asked two teams to solve the case together. Qiu Gangao led one team and Zhang Chongbang led another team.

The team led by Qiu Gangao caught a bad guy who knew the exact location of the kidnapped rich man.

So six policemen began to torture the bad guy, but he refused to give in and even threatened to file a complaint.

The police leader asked Qiu Gangao to torture the bad guy and get the rich man's location as soon as possible, otherwise if the rich man died, the whole team would be blamed. Under such a request, after some interrogation, the bad guy gave out the specific location, which should have been a meritorious thing. After all, the bad guy didn't suffer any serious injuries. At most, he would complain and write a report, which should have been enough to deal with it.

It just so happened that one of Qiu Gangao's subordinates insulted the bad guy's family. After being enraged, the bad guy bit the policeman who insulted him in the waist.

No matter how the police beat him, this guy refused to let go. Seeing that his comrade was about to be bitten off a piece of flesh, Qiu Gangao picked up a big wooden stick and hit the bad guy on the head.

Qiu Gangao accidentally killed the bad guy...

This scene was witnessed by Zhang Chongbang who happened to arrive...

"So, Zhang Chongbang sent his brother to prison because of a criminal?"

"Yes, he has a righteous mentality. If someone kills someone, he should go to jail!"

"What is the identity of the dead person? A criminal. The Hong Kong police sent a team of police officers to prison because of a dead criminal? I don't think it's credible! Kidnapping and extortion, this kind of person can be said to be a heinous person. He should go to see God!"

"So, Qiu Gangao is not convinced... and wants revenge after he gets out." Chen Musheng continued: "This is also the starting point of the whole movie. Are you interested?"

Shen Liang nodded: "Of course..."

After thinking for a while, he added: "You can add a foreshadowing..."

"Foreshadowing?"

"Qiu Gangao has been in the police force for three years. He must have close friends. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to be one step ahead of the police every time. Someone must have tipped him off!"

“…Oh, you mean preparing for the sequel?”

"Um…"

"I'll ask the screenwriter to think about it carefully..."

After talking about this, continue shooting.

When the lawyer provided a psychiatric examination report, the perverted killer played by Shen Liang was sentenced to life imprisonment...

The policeman played by Louis Koo got a chance to visit Shen Liang and said a lot of things, but Shen Liang ignored him. Finally, when he was about to leave, Shen Liang suddenly said, "You know, and I know, I can't die because I'm a mental patient!"

Then, grinning...

"You bastard, I will definitely kill you!"

Shen Liang immediately changed his expression: "...Officer, officer, I want to complain, someone beat me!"

Then a group of police officers walked into the visiting room and took Gu Tianyue away.
By the way, stay and comfort Shen Liang!

"Ka, very good, this part is over."

Koo Tien-yue also praised: "Very good!"

"Thanks…"

"How many scenes do you have left?"

"A..."

Well, there is only one scene left for the perverted killer - when he is on a break in the prison, he sees Brother Hao who just came in, and his expression changes...

"So after filming, you're going back to BJ?"

"Well... I have to rehearse for the Spring Festival Gala and promote my movie..."

(End of this chapter)