Never believe an actor who says that he has never used a stand-in. Stand-ins are an essential part of the film and television industry. Gong Li and Fa Ge both have their own stand-ins.
Some dangerous or too difficult actions cannot be performed by the actor himself, so a stuntman is needed.
This is nothing to be ashamed of admitting.
This is a sword practice scene, which is easier than a fighting scene. If I insist on speaking, the two of them have to put on beautiful postures and add a few beautiful moves.
So neither of them wanted to stand in for him.
This scene is in the feature film. According to director Yu Min, it will not last longer than 2 minutes, but it took more than 4 hours to shoot on location and was not completed until 7 o'clock in the evening.
The two of them were hungry at 4 o'clock, so their respective assistants gave them some bread and biscuits to cover the bar. By the time they finished filming at 7 o'clock, they were already so hungry that their stomachs were throbbing.
"Let's eat first." Yu Min was worried about their health.
Unexpectedly, Zhang and Liu shook their heads at the same time: "Let's finish taking today's photo. I'm not even hungry anymore."
The two of them took the water handed over by the assistant and drank it, then calmly said, "Let's arrange it quickly."
Yu Min still said: "Xiao Longnu will have a rest after filming this scene. Xiao Zhang, you have to stay up late today. The weather is nice today. We plan to shoot the scene where Yang Guo and Ouyang Feng practice toad kung fu tonight. It may have to be At one or two o'clock at night, you'd better go and have something to eat first."
In fact, in the same scene, there is also a scene opposite Xiao Longnu and Ouyang Feng, but today only the scene with Yang Guo was advanced.
To put it this way, Zhang Yuanjun must eat something, otherwise he will really be unable to resist.
Zhang Yuanjun was eating, but Liu Yifei was not hungry, so she asked her assistant to bring her food.
The two of them were eating at the same table. Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said, "Your mother really doesn't care about you anymore? She didn't even come to see you all day long."
"She is so busy now that she has no time to care about me." Liu Yifei is also happy that her mother has her own things to do. "Walking around here and looking there. Yesterday I went to Leshan to see the Giant Buddha. She has been away for the past few days."
"So you can relax and have fun these days, right?"
"What? I'm very busy filming, and my schedule is full every day." Liu Yifei said.
"No garlic!" Liu Yifei stopped Zhang Yuanjun.
"Why!" You don't care whether I eat garlic or not!
"We're going to have a duet later, and you're not allowed to eat garlic!"
"It's not raw garlic, it has no taste."
"No, you are not allowed to eat!"
Zhang Yuanjun swore that he did not eat garlic tonight entirely out of care for his rival actor, not because the rival actor was Liu Yifei.
Zhang Yuanjun didn't dare to eat too much because he would have a high-intensity action scene later. If he ate too much, he was afraid of vomiting it out while hanging Wia.
Liu Yifei doesn't have this trouble. She just has to lie there and say a few words later.
It was also because the action scene in the entire afternoon was too much, so Liu Yifei ate more for dinner, and even took the soup that Zhang Yuanjun couldn't drink, and drank it.
"After eating so much, what will you do if you hiccup later?" Zhang Yuanjun said.
"No, I'm only 7 minutes full now."
"Brush your teeth quickly," Zhang Yuanjun urged her, "I just finished eating and my mouth is full of taste."
"It's not a kissing scene, do you still care about this?" Having said that, Liu Yifei went to brush her teeth.
When she came over, Zhang Yuanjun was already discussing moves with the actor playing Ouyang Feng and Wu Zhi.
After another ten minutes, the director team also finished their meal, and Yu Min immediately started working: "Come on, come on, let's shoot Little Dragon Girl first, and let Yifei go and rest first."
Liu Yifei quickly put on her makeup and hair, came to Yu Min, and asked him how to shoot this scene.
To be honest, Liu Yifei was a little afraid of this scene, or worried. It was the highlight and almost the only "passionate scene" in the whole play.
Before filming this scene, there were rumors that Yu Min would handle the scene with "nudity and passion."
Liu Yifei didn't want to do this, but she was an actor. If the director asked her, she didn't know what to do.
Yu Min knew her worries and comforted her: "Don't worry, there won't be any nudity or excessive passion. Ours is a beautiful drama, and I will use an artistic approach to handle this scene..."
In order to dispel Liu Yifei's concerns, Yu Min explained the details of the scene to her on the spot, and also called his opponent, the actor Zhen Zhibing, to come with him.
"He will touch your face. Is touching your face acceptable? Then he will cover your eyes with a black cloth, and then untie the knot around your waist. Otherwise, you will not have any physical contact, and you will not be exposed. During the scene, he lowered his head, and I called Ka, and the scene ended like this. How was it?"
Saying this, Liu Yifei felt much more at ease.
"No problem, just shoot it like this." She didn't even want to have her face touched by the opponent actor, but as an actor, she knew that this was already the crew's simplified version.
She had seen other versions, in which Li Ruotong was kissed on the neck by a rival actor, part of his leg was exposed, and a symbolic shot of a flower being destroyed was given, which Liu Yifei could not accept.
Zhen Zhibing's actor also apologized to her in advance, and Liu Yifei said it was okay.
After agreeing on the scene, Liu Yifei came to the tree, lay down on the spot, and said, "It's a bit cold."
"It's okay, let's put a blanket under it." This problem is easy to solve.
"Get ready, get ready." Yu Min issued the order, "Finish the filming as soon as possible. Start!"
Xiao Longnu was walking under the tree alone. Ouyang Feng found Yang Guo and wanted to teach him martial arts. It was inconvenient for her to be present.
Suddenly, Ouyang Feng somersaulted in front of Xiao Longnu - in order to save time, this action was completed by a stand-in.
"Card, come on actor."
Ouyang Feng's actor came on to take over the scene and spoke his lines:
"Girl, I want to teach my son to practice kung fu. No peeking." He said and turned to leave.
Xiao Longnu didn't speak from the beginning to the end, just looked at him.
Ouyang Feng had just taken two steps when he turned back and asked Xiao Longnu: "Hey, did you hear me talking to you?"
Xiao Longnu knew that Yang Guo's father was a lunatic, so she didn't bother to say a word to him and only looked at him sideways.
"Huh? I won't agree! Humph, then don't blame me for being rude." After saying that, he flew up and tapped Xiao Longnu's acupuncture point, and Xiao Longnu fell down in response.
The foreshadowing is now over.
"Okay, stop." Yu Min said, "Zhen Zhibing is ready."
Next is Zhen Zhibing's one-man show, and Xiao Longnu just needs to lie down.
But it should be said that actor Zhen Zhibing's acting skills are immature at first glance. When he is nervous, he trembles + swallows saliva, and when he is shocked, he opens his eyes wide + opens his mouth slightly.
This is a very elementary performance method.
But his performance was not as exaggerated as that of some later actors. It was still watchable and would not be difficult for the audience to understand, so Yu Min did not stop and let him continue acting.
"Guo'er, is that you?" As soon as Zhen Zhibing's hand touched Xiao Longnu's face, Xiao Longnu reacted and was so frightened that Zhen Zhibing quickly retracted his hand without saying a word.
"Guo'er, what are you trying to do?" Xiao Longnu thought Yang Guo was teasing her.
Zhen Zhibing still didn't dare to make any sound.
Zhang Yuanjun was watching the monitor next to Yu Min. Three cameras filmed the two people from different angles, which made Zhang Yuanjun curl his lips.
"Click!" As soon as Yu Min shouted stop, Liu Yifei started playing.
"It's too cold, it's too cold." Liu Yifei's assistant quickly wrapped her in a blanket. "The cold air on the ground penetrates into the bones. It's too cold." Liu Yifei was wrapped in a blanket, but she glanced at Zhang Yuanjun.
"Director, is it okay?"
Yu Min watched the replay several times: "That's it, that's it." After saying that, he patted Zhang Yuanjun and said, "Hurry up and get ready. Let's go through it again and ask Yifei to go back quickly. She really can't bear the cold."
"good."
Zhang Yuanjun came to the scene, and Liu Yifei wrapped herself in a blanket and took the script and checked the words with Zhang Yuanjun twice. She felt that there was no problem, so she signaled to the director, and Liu Yifei lay down on the ground again, ready to start the film.
This scene was the first scene between Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, and it was also the scene that impressed each other the most and put them in the best emotional state.
But auditioning is different from actual acting after all. No matter how good the emotion is, it cannot withstand the influence of some objective conditions on and off the set.
This scene was filmed five times, and only two more shots were saved before Yu Min announced that it was completed.
It was already 10pm.
"Yifei, please go back quickly."
Liu Yifei was not pretentious. Her clothes were thin and it was indeed too cold outside: "Then I'll leave first. Don't stay up too late." After saying that, she left the set.
