With Mr. Jin's visit, the popularity of "Swordsman" suddenly reached its peak. And even though Mr. Jin only stayed for one day, coming in the morning and leaving that afternoon, there were still many reporters who stayed and tried their best to interview the cast and crew. As the leading actors, Li Tang and Xu Qing are the main targets.
To be honest, Mr. Jin Yong's support has once again greatly increased the popularity of Li Tang, who was famous for "evicting" Shao Bin not long ago. Once a person becomes popular, his past history will be revealed. For example, Li Tang has starred in movies and TV series. He won the Huabiao Newcomer Award and the Golden Rooster Award for "Shanghai Chronicle"; he also won the "Very Summer" The most popular actor award among college students at the Beijing University Student Film Festival, etc., including Lou Ye's underground film "Suzhou River"; and of course the dashing Xiao Jian in the well-known "Huan Zhu Ge Ge Er".
Only then did the audience realize, oh, it turns out that this is a capable actor, but he is also so handsome, which invisibly increased the audience's expectations for "The Swordsman".
Of course, the most talked about scandals are actors' scandals, so the so-called "double ice" appeared in front of the public for the first time. His romance with Li Binbin in college and the scandal between him and Fan Binbin that began to circulate last year have been dug up and amplified by the media. The media even interviewed Da Bingbing and Xiao Bingbing respectively.
Da Bingbing was currently filming "Little Clueless" in Hengdian. When interviewed by reporters, she was quite calm, saying frankly that she did have a relationship with Li Tang when she was in college. After graduation, we had no choice but to break up because one was assigned to Beijing and the other to Shanghai, but we are still good friends now. By the way, he also promoted the "Young Man Bao Qingtian" he had just finished filming and the "Little Smart" he was currently filming.
As for the interview with Xiao Bingbing, it was more subtle. Xiao Bingbing said frankly that the two had worked together on two movies and that Teacher Li had been very helpful to her. Teacher Li was her mentor, but at the same time, she "very inadvertently" revealed her feelings for Teacher Li. of admiration.
Not to mention that these two are both beautiful actresses who are currently emerging. What is even more coincidental is that they actually have the same name, which arouses the interest of the general audience, and thus makes the charming and handsome Linghu Shaoxia famous in the world.
The crew of "The Swordsman" has become popular, so naturally there will be various conflicts. Just take advantage of the heat, not shabby.
For example, the famous war film director Wu Ziniu revealed in an interview that the original candidate for Linghu Chong in "The Swordsman" was Zhao Wenzuo.
At first glance, it sounds very reliable. Zhao Wen is a martial arts star. He is popular and handsome, so he is indeed a good candidate.
But then Director Wu changed the topic and said that the reason why Zhao Wenzuo resigned from "The Swordsman" was because he loved the movie "Hero Cheng Chenggong" more.
The implication is that despite the current popularity of "The Swordsman", in the eyes of real martial arts stars, they are just scum, and they yearn for the big screen more. "Hero Zheng Chenggong" is a good movie. Coincidentally, Director Wu is the director of this upcoming costume war movie.
Then he also boasted that Zhao Wenzuo won the role of Zheng Chenggong after defeating two big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhao Wenxuan.
Needless to mention Tony Leung, Zhao Wenxuan is the male lead in the hit "Da Ming Gong Ci" which just finished airing, and Director Wu has caught the popularity of two TV series at once.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, as long as it comes from the mouth of the famous director Wu Ziniu, reporters will believe it and report it.
Zhang Dabeard was very angry about this, but there was nothing he could do. Don't look at the current domestic directors Zhang and Chen, including Feng Xiaogang, who has repeatedly achieved great success in the box office market. They are all bullish. In fact, there are also many good directors in the system.
For example, Director Wu was in the same class as Director Chen, Tian Zhuangzhuang and others. A group of directors who graduated from the Nortel Directing Department were among the directors who were trained in the early stage of reform.
Unlike Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, Director Chen Da, including Director Zhang Yimou, who take eccentric directions, Director Wu has always been honest and made movies under the conditions allowed by the rules, and his results have been quite good.
In the second year after director Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for his debut film "Red Sorghum", director Wu Ziniu won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for his war movie "Evening Bell", and director Wu He is the first batch of recipients of the "National May Day Labor Medal" and the title of "National Outstanding Literary and Art Worker".
Zhang Dabeard, with his small arms and legs, couldn't offend anyone at all, so he could only watch as people pulled and stepped on him, pinching his nose and saying nothing.
However, Zhao Wenzhuo made a special call to Li Tang to express his apology. How should I put it, what Director Wu said was not purely fabricated. Huang Jianzhong, the chief director of "The Swordsman" did find him at the beginning, but it was just an intention, just like sending you an audition invitation. But before he could audition, director Wu Ziniu came to ask him to play the male lead in the movie "Hero Zheng Chenggong".
Although it is a CCTV drama, facing a costume war movie directed by a famous director, Zhao Wenzuo naturally chose the film directed by Wu. If it were Li Tang, he would probably make the same choice. So there is no such thing as giving up the role of Linghu Chong.
Let’s talk about Zhao Wenzuo. During the filming of "Qinghe Jue Lian", Li Tang had a good relationship with him. His only shortcoming is that he is not very good at talking, and sometimes he speaks very abruptly, which makes people listen. It's uncomfortable to wear, but the person has no bad intentions and is quite simple. At that time, Hong Kong diva Anita Mui probably got along with him because of this trait in him.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this shortcoming that his development in Hong Kong is far inferior to that of his predecessor Li Lianlian. In comparison, Li Lianlian and Wu Jing are better people and better speakers than him. Especially Li Lianjie. In his previous life, Li Tang had seen many interviews with Li Lianjie when he was developing in Hollywood. Jet Li was really eloquent and very good at pleasing American audiences.
Of course, Wu Jing has not caught up with the good times. No matter how eloquent he is, it will be in vain. With the decline of Hong Kong movies, although he is known as Li Lien's successor, he can only make TV series at present.
In fact, even if Zhao Wenzhuo didn't say anything, Li Tang would have already learned the whole story from Jiang Qinqin. Although he and Jiang Qinqin have never had the chance to meet each other since the last time they said goodbye, they still have a lot of phone calls.
Let’s talk about their current situation and daily life. Sometimes it is easier for people to express their feelings when communicating on the phone, but it is embarrassing to communicate face to face. In short, he had a good chat with Jiang Qinqin during this period, and learned a lot about her past from her.
Regarding the news that Jiang Qinqin and Zhao Wenzuo would collaborate for the second time and star together in the new historical war film "Hero Zheng Chenggong" directed by Wu Ziniu, he also learned about it from Jiang Qinqin for the first time.
One more thing, the assistant director of this movie is Jiang Qinqin’s ex-boyfriend who directed the second generation. Although Jiang Qinqin didn't shy away from speaking up about this, Li Tang still secretly speculated whether the two of them would break up in name like he and his ex-girlfriend did, but secretly still be disconnected?
But whenever I think about this, I always feel a little uncomfortable. Men are very possessive.
In addition, as Li Tang's popularity has increased sharply, Zhao Wenzuo has also become a hot topic. The TV series "Qinghe Jue Lian" that the three of them collaborated on is said to be aired in advance in the Mainland.
Of course, these are just minor episodes, and Li Tang is still working hard on filming every day. Being famous is a good thing, but in the end, actors have to rely on their works to speak for themselves, especially the film "The Swordsman" that is currently being filmed. All the bullshit is blown. If the performance fails by then, how much can you gain before? Look forward to the backlash you will get later, even more intensely.
Before starring in "The Swordsman", Li Tang watched the TVB version of "The Swordsman" as a reference material. The biggest shortcoming of the TVB version is that the scenery and props are too stretched, with transparent plastic sheets used as waterfalls and foam boards used as walls. There are just a few scenes that are over and over again.
Specific to the actors' performances, how should I put it? From a professional point of view, most of them are stereotyped performances, only tangible but not spiritual. As the male lead, Lu Songxian, although he fully embodied Linghu Chong's naughty, restless, nonsensical, immoral, and immature child characteristics in the original work.
But Li Tang asked himself that his performance was no worse than him, or even better than him. Of course, individuals always have preconceived impressions, and given the current environment, they are particularly superstitious about Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. In fact, most of the audience is blind, and it is mainly the media that sets the pace. In the final analysis, public knowledge is rampant and lack of self-confidence. We are inferior to others in everything.
Therefore, Li Tang had to play the role well and not dare to be careless at all.
Although the crew has lifted the ban on the media, there are still clear restrictions on interviews with reporters. For example, in order to prevent the plot from leaking, the crew prohibits reporters from taking photos during filming, and the crew must obtain approval before conducting interviews.
In fact, Zhang Big Beard has said hello to everyone secretly, but the recent stage is too hot, so it is best not to accept interviews from reporters, so as not to cause trouble.
After another whole day of filming the fight scene, Li Tang, who was hung upside down from a tree more than a dozen times, finally called it a day in the evening and dragged his exhausted body back to the dressing room. He took off the costume he had just worn and was still naked. I was stretching my arms when I suddenly heard a "click" and a flash of light came on in front of my eyes.
Damn it, I was secretly photographed!
"who?"
His first reaction was to quickly wrap his naked upper body with clothes, and at the same time his eyes quickly wandered towards the glowing place.
The men's dressing room of the crew is very large, covering hundreds of square meters. The male actors of the crew, including the martial arts brothers, usually change clothes here.
Originally, the first male lead had a dedicated locker room, but that was how Shao Bin was treated in the beginning. As the second male lead, Li Tang could only squeeze into the large public locker room with everyone else. In fact, it's not that particular. When the drama center rehearses a play, everyone crowds together to change clothes, including veteran artists like Teacher Jiao Huang.
Because there were so many actresses on the set, the dressing room was not enough, so after Shao Bin left, the treatment that Li Tang was supposed to inherit as the male lead was simply given over to the female compatriots.
Who told our young hero Linghu to be so sympathetic to her?
The moment the flash came on, not only did Li Tang react quickly, but he also alerted other actors and martial arts brothers in the dressing room who were changing clothes.
"Someone secretly filmed it!"
Fortunately, someone immediately came out with a camera and an embarrassed look on his face to surrender.
This is a person who looks about thirty years old. A man wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses kept apologizing: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm a reporter from the Daily News."
When they heard it was a reporter, Brother Wu Xing, who was grabbing the back of his neck, had no choice but to let go, but he still said rudely: "Delete the photo just now!"
The public locker room is very large and crowded. Normally, everyone would not be surprised to see a strange face when they come in and out. However, no one expected that a reporter would sneak in.
The reporter knew that he had aroused public outrage, so he had to delete the shirtless photo of Li Tang that he had just secretly taken. Brother Wu Xing was still uneasy and checked the memory card to make sure there were no other secretly taken photos before returning the camera to him.
First update!
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