Halle Berry knows that people with whom Xiang Nan has had scandals, such as Brooke Shields, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kim Cattrall, have all developed well in recent years.
They star in many of Xiang Nan's movies. This allows them to always achieve high box office and maintain their status as Hollywood's first-line movie stars.
Therefore, from this point of view, it is not a loss to follow Xiang Nan.
After all, Hollywood is full of scammers who lie about having the connections and funds to help others become famous in one fell swoop. But in fact, they often cheat money and sex.
It is no longer news in Hollywood that young people with dreams of becoming stars are deceived into willingly giving up everything, only to get nothing in the end.
Therefore, Halle Berry is very happy to be able to hold this rough one. In order to hold him tighter, she did not hesitate to use all her strength.
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In April, Xiang Nan returned to Xiangjiang.
At this time, Jackie Chan has already prepared a new work - "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers".
The film tells the story of a treasure hunter, the Asian Flying Eagle, who seeks out God's weapons to rescue his friends.
In the 1980s, with the release of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," treasure hunting-themed movies began to become popular.
In recent years, Hollywood has released movies of the same type such as "Emerald", "Gem of the Nile", "The Goonies", etc., all of which have achieved good box office success.
Xiangjiang filmmakers are the smartest, good at learning from foreigners and following trends, so Jackie Chan thought of making a treasure hunt movie. And this time, he is also planning to go out of Hong Kong and into the world, shooting in Eastern Europe to further highlight his superstar style.
Xiang Nan was very supportive of this, "Okay, Aaron, if you want to succeed, you have to dare to fight hard and be bold. Come on, I support you!"
Xiang Nan said this, which moved Jackie Chan very much.
He was originally a little worried that this trip to Eastern Europe for filming would be too expensive and Xiang Nan would stop him. He never expected that he would be so open-minded, which really made him so happy.
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In April, Wang Jing also released a new work - "The Brave Sisters", which tells the story of two cousins, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, who work together to capture a robber.
This movie stars Cheng Yuling and Maggie Cheung. After its release, it made more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is considered good.
However, in the past two years, the box office of Hong Kong movies has been increasing year by year. Seven million Hong Kong dollars was still considered a high box office in the early 1980s.
Nowadays, if a movie has a box office of less than 10 million, it is no longer considered a big hit. Therefore, Wang Jing was also a little worried, fearing that she might pass out.
"Don't worry, Director Wang, I will show you a clear path." Xiang Nan smiled, "Now action movies are king, and in the field of men's action movies, you basically can't get involved. Then why not try women's action movies Woolen cloth?"
"A women's action movie?" Wang Jing blinked, "Is it possible?"
Xiangjiang has had a period of popular chivalrous women, such as Zheng Peipei, Xu Feng, Mao Yu, Shangguan Lingfeng and so on.
However, with the rise of male action superstars such as Xiang Nan, Jackie Chan, and Sammo Hung, these heroic heroines have lost their market one after another.
After all, men have more advantages in physical strength. Fighting is more masculine, more brutal, more destructive, and naturally more enjoyable to watch.
"Why not?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Isn't the Overlord Flower in Sammo Hung's "Lucky Star" very popular? We can make a movie with the Overlord Flower as the protagonist with her as the center.
Last year, I filmed "Police Academy", which was very popular. We will make a similar story. For example, the police want to form a female special police team to protect female guests coming to Hong Kong, and Bawanghua will serve as the instructor.
Find another group of female artists, beautiful and funny ones. Find a group of male artists to play the Flying Tigers, train with them, fall in love with them, and finally solve problems together. I think this story has merit, what do you think? "
Wang Jing was very moved after hearing this.
The audience response to the Overlord Flower played by Hu Huizhong was indeed good. It shows that there is still a market for female stars.
It's just that female stars can't follow the same route as male stars. On the one hand, due to image and physique reasons, even the most capable actresses appear to be more feminine and less intimidating.
For example, Hui Yinghong, Michelle Yeoh, Li Saiyi, and Love Luo can all be considered capable of fighting, but compared with male fighting stars, their movements still look fancy.
On the one hand, it doesn't matter no matter how badly a male actor is beaten on the screen. For example, Jackie Chan was beaten into a pig's head many times, with a bruised nose and face. The audience could tolerate it and expected him to rise. But if an actress is to be beaten into a pig's head, the audience can't bear to see it.
Therefore, it is quite difficult for a female star to follow the desperate path of a male star.
It's better to do what Xiang Nan said, action, comedy and picking up girls. I believe the audience will like it.
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In addition to giving Wang Jing the idea for "Overlord Flower", Xiang Nan also agreed to Liu Guanwei's "Mr. Zombie" project.
Liu Guanwei was originally from the Hong family class and was a photographer. In 1981, Xiang Nan was filming "Police Story" and needed a large number of photographers, so he was recruited.
Later, Xiang Nan also promoted him to be the executive director of "The Best Partner 2". Because this movie achieved high box office, Liu Guanwei also successfully became a regular director and became a director.
In the past two years, we have also made some movies, such as "Learning Chinatown", "The Demon Hunter", "Crazy Phoenix" and so on. Although it is not a big hit, it has accumulated rich experience and grown somewhat.
Liu Guanwei's uncle is a Taoist priest who reads people's feng shui, appraises their horoscopes, and chooses shady houses... He has been exposed to this since he was a child and has a strong affection for this aspect.
In addition, in the early 1980s, fantasy action movies were very popular. Many movies such as "People Are Scared", "Ghosts Fight Ghosts", "People Are Scared of Ghosts", etc. have achieved good box office results.
So Liu Guanwei found someone to write a story about "Mr. Zombie" and planned to film it.
"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Just go ahead and take the photo. I will fully support you."
When Liu Guanwei heard this, he was naturally overjoyed and immediately started making preparations.
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While everyone was busy with their own affairs, Xiang Nan also began to prepare for his own "Best Partner 4".
As expected, "The Best of Us" will be his last film in Hong Kong.
After this movie, he completely quit the Hong Kong film industry and worked hard in Hollywood.
This is also to make way for newcomers. Otherwise, with the old guys like them suppressing us, when will the newcomers be able to come forward?
"Best Partner 4" Xiang Nan still uses the original cast, but the heroine who will partner with him still needs to be re-searched.
Just like 007, his female companion also needs to be changed in every film.
Last time, French beauty Carole Bouguet was used, and this time Xiang Nan plans to use a foreign actress. After selection, he selected Australian rising star Nicole Kidman.
Nicole Kidman was born in 1967 and is just eighteen years old this year. She debuted in 1983 and is still just an unknown artist.
