Hong Kong films: Starting from Shaolin Temple

too difficult!

After all, the other party is Wang Xian'er.

"Treat me like your mother."

Wang Xian'er grew impatient and pushed Long Yan to the ground.

But Long Yan pushed her away again and said his lines:

“I’ve never met my mother, but I’ll talk about the ones I have.”

This was indeed a natural performance.

Long Yan has been in this world for ten years, without fathers or mothers, and without any relatives.

"Just pretend I am it!"

Wang Xian'er pointed to a Rakshasa statue in the darkness, its eyes wide with rage, and it was extremely ugly.

"Him? Okay."

Long Yan glanced at Rakshasa, sighed, and said:

"Just die."

Then he lay down on the grass, closed his eyes, and waited for Wang Xian'er to suck out the snake venom for him...

"Crack!"

Director Cheng Xiaodong called a pause.

Because they had already filmed more than a dozen shots, it was already midnight.

Let the two lead actors take a break for a while.

And the following kissing scene is quite important.

It needs to be communicated in advance.

Ideally, it should be filmed in one take; otherwise, filming many times is torture for the actresses.

"Xiaoxian, what are your thoughts on the upcoming kissing scene?"

Cheng Xiaodong called Wang Xian'er aside, deliberately avoiding Long Yan.

"Director Cheng, can we use a camera trick to film this kissing scene?" Wang Xian'er was somewhat reluctant to film kissing scenes.

She had filmed kissing scenes before, but she always used camera tricks to create the illusion of kissing.

By exploiting visual illusions, they create the illusion of a kiss.

In reality, the two were standing at different angles and did not actually kiss; it was just that the camera made it appear as if they had.

"I'm afraid it won't work this time." Cheng Xiaodong shook his head, feigning difficulty as he said:

"I need a close-up shot. Using camera tricks is definitely not an option. To achieve realism and grab the audience's attention, we have to actually kiss them."

"Alright then," Wang Xian'er reluctantly agreed.

Perhaps because she had a good impression of Long Yan, she didn't have a strong resistance to him.

In addition, this is her career, and it's also for her audience and fans.

Just as Wang Xian'er was getting ready to film the kissing scene,

Director Cheng Xiaodong added:

"Xiaoxian, I need to talk to you about some more details."

"What details?" Wang Xian'er had a bad feeling, as if the director was testing her limits step by step.

Furthermore, why avoid the young master? Why not keep him from knowing?

"Exactly, you can't just kiss her directly." Director Cheng Xiaodong beat around the bush; he was afraid Wang Xian'er wouldn't accept it, so he was trying to persuade her.

"Then what should I do?" Wang Xian'er asked.

She only wanted to get this kissing scene done in one take.

"You need to stick out your tongue," director Cheng Xiaodong said directly.

Wang Xian'er could hardly believe her ears.

This scale is not just a little big, it's absolutely too big!

"Director Cheng, I can't accept this!"

Wang Xian'er said with great resistance, this has completely crossed her bottom line!

Just imagining it made her feel uneasy and unable to accept it.

"Xiaoxian, listen to me. As an actor, you should be bold and try new things without too many reservations!"

Cheng Xiaodong still insisted on her own action design.

“But what’s the point of filming like this?” Wang Xian’er argued. “If it’s just to attract viewers’ attention, isn’t it too vulgar?”

"Director Cheng, we're not making an erotic film!"

Wang Xian'er argued that she didn't like using this method to attract viewers.

"Xiaoxian, you have to believe me. I'm the director, and I understand better than you how to shoot each action to achieve the artistic effect of a film."

Cheng Xiaodong took out the script and said:

"Look, this scene involves sucking snake venom, so you have to stick out your tongue to convey your purpose."

Furthermore, the image of the female ghost Xiao Zhuo needs to be passionate and bold, without any hint of subtlety; otherwise, it would become just like the Xiao Qian from the first movie.

Since we're making a third installment, we need to make a breakthrough, otherwise it will be too similar to the first one.

Wang Xian'er wavered.

"Xiaoxian, I've already discussed this action with producer Xu Ke from 560, and he's very supportive of it."

Cheng Xiaodong had no choice but to bring up Xu Ke.

Xu Ke's relationship with Wang Xian'er can be considered one of gratitude for her recognition and support.

When filming A Chinese Ghost Story 1, Tsui Hark selected Wang Xian'er to play the female lead, Xiaoqian.

Because of her role in this drama, Wang Xian'er became a huge star, a household name across China, and her salary skyrocketed.

Therefore, Wang Xian'er held Xu Ke in high esteem.

"Director Cheng, I can give it a try and take on the challenge, but I'll need my junior mentor's help."

Wang Xian'er finally agreed reluctantly.

“This doesn’t require the young master’s cooperation, and we should keep it a secret from him,” Cheng Xiaodong said. “To achieve a more realistic effect, I will tell him that this is just a normal kissing scene, and when we’re filming, you just do what I tell you to do.”

This was also a bit of Cheng Xiaodong's cunning.

Because Long Yan was a monk, he wanted to capture Long Yan's most authentic reaction.

Instead of having him perform, that wouldn't be authentic enough.

after all,

Long Yan's biggest advantage over male celebrities is not his acting skills.

Rather, he was a monk!

If I tell him the details of the kissing scene, he might not be able to pull it off effectively.

By keeping it from him, we can capture the most authentic footage!

"But if I do that, won't my junior master blame me?"

Wang Xian'er felt a little guilty.

The young monk is a martial arts monk and must abide by Buddhist precepts.

If the kissing scene is too explicit, it seems the young master will have to break his vows, and the sacrifice will be great.

Throughout history, drinking alcohol and eating meat have not prevented one from becoming a high-ranking monk.

However, those who have been with women will likely lose their spiritual power and will not become high monks.

As a Buddhist, Wang Xian'er felt like a bad woman who was ruining her young master's spiritual practice.

Sin, sin!

She silently repeated it to herself several times, hoping that the young master wouldn't be led astray by her.

"Don't worry, our production team will take full responsibility."

"I will explain to my junior apprentice after filming."

Cheng Xiaodong said to Wang Xian'er:

"Just let your acting flow. If you can sway the young master's Buddhist heart, that would be perfect. That's exactly the feeling that A Chinese Ghost Story 3 is all about!"

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Episode 072: Kissing scene! Wang Xian'er bursts out laughing? The little monk is so easy to fool!

"Continue filming!"

After discussions between director Cheng Xiaodong and Wang Xian'er, filming began for the most important scene in A Chinese Ghost Story 3.

That is, the kissing scene between the male lead, the young monk Shifang, and the female ghost Xiaozhuo.

This is where the emotional climax of the entire series will be reached!

It can be said to be the most important part of the entire series.

Long Yan did not participate in the discussion because the director did not allow him to.

In general, male actors don't have much say in these kinds of kissing scenes, because it's always the female actors who suffer.

Long Yan noticed a detail.

That was Wang Xian'er, and she didn't cry!

It's so unreasonable.