Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 121, Lifelong Benefit

A week later.

Ming Tombs Reservoir, daytime.

There is a large open space on the mountain, with a bare cliff behind it, a cliff in front of it, and the sea below. There is a row of tables and chairs on both sides of the east and west, and several groups of people are standing or sitting.

This scene is from "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" where the Golden Lion King Xie Xun makes a scene in Yupan Mountain to snatch the Tubao Sword. His Lion Roar Technique kills or makes people stupid except Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu.

The actor who plays Xie Xun is Xu Jingang from the original time and space version.

This one doesn't need to be changed, it's no worse than Wu Qihua's version of the Golden Lion King Xie Xun.

Speaking of Xu Jinkang, he must have a place among the gold medal supporting actors in Chinese film and television dramas.

Liang Jiahui once commented on Xu Jinkang, saying that he had no experience, was born into a famous family, had a certain level of artistic accomplishment, but knew nothing about acting. The director drew a framework there, and he just acted according to it. He was either a hero or a villain, or a character who could only laugh foolishly, and he had no idea what he was doing.

But even so, the various roles played by Xu Jinkang are always impressive.

For example, in the play "The Deer and the Cauldron", he played the simple and honest Aobai, giving people a feeling of innocence and bravery;

But in the movie "Justice, My Foot", the character of Leopard Head he played showed a shockingly funny image.

In the movie "Naiwu and Baicai", his movements and expressions are very exaggerated and funny, just like a trapeze artist, making various poses in the air and finally falling to the ground.

However, who would have thought that Xu Jinkang, who has contributed many classic roles on the screen, is actually not good at speaking, has social phobia, has a weird temper and lacks common sense in real life.

"Brother Xu, you acted really well."

"you flatter me."

Zhang Songwen, who was filming with Xu Jinkang, couldn't help but praise him, saying that he was completely different from the academic school.

Although like most TVB actors, Xu Jinkang's acting skills are stereotyped. He just makes expressions all the time, and each expression represents a label. Whoever masters more expressions is the best actor.

On the surface, Xu Jinkang's expressions are always the same, and similar expressions don't change much, but sometimes he plays a hero and sometimes a villain, which is actually closer to reality.

The saying “choose the good and follow it, and change the bad” also applies to acting.

Zhang Songwen has not stopped learning.

The same goes for Shen Lang.

His unique approach is to combine the strengths of various schools into his own style.

Especially Xu Jinqiang's flying move, I really need to learn it if I have the chance, and it will be useful for the rest of my life if I learn it.

"Get ready for the next scene!"

As Yang Junyi's voice sounded, he walked towards Xu Jincang, Zhang Songwen, and Guo Lifei and asked, "Three of you, the next martial arts scene needs some moves. You will do the front and side shots, while the back and long shots will be done by a stunt double. Also, Mr. Zhang, let the stunt double do your wire-hanging scenes."

Shen Lang agrees with the use of stunt doubles in filming.

After all, most actors have not learned or received martial arts training, so some complicated martial arts moves may not look good or even be impossible to perform. In this case, there is nothing wrong with using a stunt double.

But agreeing with the stunt double does not mean agreeing with the indiscriminate use of stunt doubles.

In his previous life, Shen Lang had read an article online about a star who used 17 stand-ins in a play.

This is no exaggeration.

In addition to martial arts doubles, there are also "slap doubles" who are specially responsible for taking slaps on behalf of the leading actor; "food doubles" who are responsible for the leading actor's large-scale eating scenes; "hand doubles" and "waist doubles" who are selected to look good because the close-up shots of the actors' hands and waists are not good-looking; and "handwriting doubles" who are responsible for the actors' ugly calligraphy...

In short, there are all kinds of substitutes, and there is nothing they can't find, except what you can't think of.

However, use does not mean abuse.

In the future entertainment industry, the phenomenon of excessive use of stand-ins has become rampant.

Some celebrities who have good looks, traffic and popularity will take on many dramas at the same time. What if time is too tight and there is no time to shoot?
Stand in for the guy, and then show his face again for a close-up.

What's worse, there is no need to do any repair. The person never went to the set from beginning to end, and the face was directly replaced by cutting out the picture in post-production.

Shen Lang scoffed at such behavior and he would not do that.

Zhang Songwen also held the same view: "Director Yang, can I try hanging on the wire myself?"

Yang Junyi blurted out: "Sure."

He really admires actors who do everything themselves.

Shen Lang is one of them.

In this play, whether it is the fighting scenes or the tightrope hanging, I did it all by myself.

However, Shen Lang found it fresh.

Chinese men are more or less interested in martial arts and chivalrous men.

Now that he has the opportunity, of course he has to experience it.

Shen Lang's move also inspired Gao Yuanyuan, Jia Jingwen and others to do all the actions themselves except for the difficult ones.

"Ka, Mr. Zhang, relax your body, don't be too tense, let's do it again."

"Click, the crane is in the frame, pay attention!"

"Ka, very good, Mr. Zhang, we'll keep one."

After 5 NGs in a row, the shot where Zhang Cuishan picked up the sword and flew over the stone wall, using his sword energy to carve "The supreme master of the martial arts world, the sword that slays dragons, commands the world, no one dares to disobey. If the sword does not come out, who can compete with me" was finally shot.

Zhang Songwen landed from the air, and Shen Lang asked, "Teacher Zhang, how do you feel?"

Zhang Songwen swallowed his saliva and said palely: "It's okay, I just feel a little sick after staying up there for a long time."

Shen Lang and Yang Junyi looked at each other and smiled.

At lunch, some actors from Lai Shuiqing's group came to their side.

Filming is about to start here, as the six major sects besiege Guangmingding and Zhang Wuji makes his debut with his mastered Great Shift of the Universe.

Yupan Mountain and Guangmingding were both filmed at the Ming Tombs Reservoir.

"After so many days of filming, I finally get to see you as Zhang Wuji." Wearing an Emei suit, Alyssa Chia approached Shen Lang with a smile. She was attracted by his ancient costume at first sight.

He has delicate eyebrows and eyes, a face as white as jade, and a 360-degree perfect beauty, looking heroic.

Especially those peach blossom eyes, the "seductive" look makes people imagine endlessly.

It's simply a monster.

"Miss Zhou, nice to meet you." Shen Lang looked at Alyssa Chia with a slightly strange look in his eyes. Although he didn't have any preconceived filters, he did feel a little strange when facing Zhou Zhiruo for the first time.

There's nothing wrong with the shape though.

All the natural charm lies in the eyebrows, and the beautiful eyes are full of charm.

What a seductive enchantress.

Jia Jingwen looked at Shen Lang's charming eyes, licked her lips, and asked, "I will be in the same group with you from today. Can I rehearse with you after work? There are many parts of our scenes that I don't fully understand. I need to rehearse them in practice to know where the problems lie."

Shen Lang seemed to see a flame in her eyes. She had bad intentions, but her reasons were very reasonable. He nodded and said, "Okay, come to my room when we get back to the hotel."

(End of this chapter)