"In order to keep this skin, it must eat people's hearts and wander around."
"No one knows who you are, you can only hide under this skin."
Zhou Xun was wearing a white fur coat, leaning lazily on the bed, revealing his jade-white shoulders and legs, and looking at the camera with a smile on his face.
"Okay, click!"
Wu Yuan shouted with satisfaction: "This one passed!"
He held the walkie-talkie and said cheerfully: "Brother Xun, you vixen, you really did a good job."
To be honest, before the official launch of "Painted Skin", both the crew and management, including Director Han, were very puzzled that Wu Yuan wanted Zhou Xun to play a vixen.
Zhou Xun, what is everyone’s impression of her?
Quirky, cute, energetic, and carefree.
None of these words have anything to do with "vixen".
Even her appearance is not the charming type. Her beauty is generous and generous, and her face is relatively round and round.
But when Zhou Xun actually put on the costume and made up "Xiao Wei" and lay lazily on the couch, everyone could really feel the charm from her without any words.
This kind of charm is not the kind of charm in the stereotype of "Daji", but another kind of charm that belongs only to Zhou Xun.
In fact, the character "Xiao Wei" is different from the stereotypical vixen. Although she can also charm men, she also gives her sincerity to Wang Sheng.
The little girl in "Painted Skin" is not a slut at all. After she was rescued by Wang Sheng, she fell in love with him and wanted to replace Wang Sheng's real wife. Everything she did was for love.
This is also why the character "Xiao Wei" is difficult to be disliked by the audience after the movie is released.
Wu Yuan does not need a "slutty" vixen, but a true-hearted vixen.
In this case, Zhou Xun's performance is very suitable.
"The director is so good at casting." Liu Ge, the cameraman of the crew, said to his assistant with emotion: "No one was optimistic about Zhou Xun playing the vixen before."
"I didn't expect it to be filmed and acted so well."
The assistant seemed to be a fan of Zhou Xun. He said proudly: "Brother Xun, what can't you do well?"
“The most spiritual actress in the country is no joke.”
"The box office of "If Love" has reached 40 million!"
"The dancer played by Brother Xun in it is so beautiful!"
Wu Yuan didn't know that his men were discussing Zhou Xun. After complimenting him, he carefully checked the material he had taken and waved his hand with satisfaction: "Okay, that's all for today!"
"knock off!"
"Transfer tomorrow, pack up and go to Yinchuan together!"
The entire crew responded excitedly and immediately packed up the set quickly.
Zhou Xun was also wrapped in a white fur coat and walked barefoot from the bed. He deliberately ran to Wu Yuan and reached out to touch his chest.
"Director Wu, am I, a vixen, acting realistically?"
Wu Yuan wordlessly knocked away Zhou Xun's little hand, "Expressive, very expressive. It's not in vain that I chose You to play Xiao Wei despite all the opinions."
There was no audition for the main roles in "Painted Skin". They were decided while having hot pot at Wu Yuan's house.
Later, when the crew was preparing for the film, Wu Yuan acted arbitrarily and directly sent invitations to these actors and asked them to sign contracts without even auditioning for the scenes.
In the eyes of Zhou Xun, Chen Kun and others, Wu Yuan's behavior undoubtedly increased their trust.
In order to live up to Wu Yuan's trust, they went all out and took the film seriously after joining the team.
No longer joking, Zhou Xun looked straight and asked seriously: "Will you transfer to Yinchuan tomorrow?"
"Yes, we filmed all the outdoor scenes, and we happened to be attending the Golden Rooster Awards together." Wu Yuan responded.
"Painted Skin" had some scenes shot in the Gobi Desert in the northwest, so it was originally suitable to go to Ningxia for filming.
And now the Golden Rooster Awards are all held in Yinchuan. For Wu Yuan, doing the two things at the same time is obviously the most time-saving and labor-saving.
The next day, September 8, Wu Yuan flew to Ningxia and Yinchuan with all the members of the "Painted Skin" team.
There is a film and television city here in Yinchuan, or a film and television base.
This film and television city was first built in the Ming Dynasty and was called "Zhenbei Fort" at that time. It was a border defense fortress during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Later, in the 1980s, it was discovered and noticed by domestic filmmakers, and gradually became a popular filming location for movies and TV series.
The classic movie "The Wrangler" was filmed here, and Xingye's "Westward Journey" was also filmed here.
The most classic building in this film and television city is the tall city gate.
It was at this city gate that Zhizunbao and Fairy Zixia kissed each other, and they also left the classic line that became popular all over the Internet ten years later.
"Look at him, he looks like a dog!"
Wu Yuan and the crew of "Painted Skin" moved here on September 10th.
Of course, the current Yinchuan Film and Television City has not yet truly become a film and television city, and the famous "Old Yinchuan Street" scenic spot has not yet been built.
The current Yinchuan Film and Television City still focuses on the primitive, rough and desolate style, restoring the appearance of the historical ancient city.
Of course, "Painted Skin" couldn't simply be shot here.
In fact, one of Wu Yuan's assistant directors had brought people here a month in advance to build outdoor scenes outside Yinchuan Film and Television City according to Wu Yuan's requirements and drawings.
After the crew arrived here, they basically rested in the film and television city after finishing work. Before starting work, they had to go to the outdoor location built five to six hundred meters away from the film and television city to shoot.
And from the beginning, it was a big scene.
Wang Sheng, played by Chen Kun, returns from the battlefield in the Western Regions with his Wang family army. Xiao Wei is also rescued by Wang Sheng at this time.
It's not like Wu Yuan has never filmed such a big scene involving many people.
Whether it was the pirate battle in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" or when he was the executive director in his dream, he had directed such big scenes.
On the other hand, Chen Kun, the male protagonist, was filming a war scene for the first time.
Looking at Chen Kun, who was fully armed and wearing thick armor, Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Different from Chen Jiashang's version of "Painted Skin", as a well-established mainland director, when Wu Yuan was preparing the crew, he specially invited an expert in Han Dynasty costume archeology from the Chinese Archaeological Institute to serve as a consultant.
The costume department of the crew made all the costumes for the actors in Han Dynasty style, including the armors of Han Dynasty.
The ugly ear-covering hat worn by Chen Kun in Chen Jiashang's movie would never have appeared on Wu Yuan's set.
No way, when Chen Jiashang was filming "Painted Skin", most domestic movies used Japanese designers for costume design.
Zhang Yimou takes the blame for this. Starting from "Hero" to "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Yimou used Japanese stylists, as did "The Golden Armor".
Later, Feng Xiaogang learned this while filming "The Night Banquet".
If major directors have done this, then other directors will definitely follow suit.
Therefore, even though Chen Jiashang used a costume designer from Hong Kong Island, the costume design did not restore the Han Dynasty background. Some very unconventional costumes appeared, and even soldiers wore chainmail.
Wu Yuan doesn't do this.
No one in his team has been influenced by Japanese fashion design. They are all domestic fashion designers trained by themselves.
His costume designer was trained by Mr. Li Jinxiang, the stylist who worked on the 1993 version of the "Three Kingdoms" TV series.
Coupled with the off-site academic support of professional costume archeology professors, the exquisite costumes in "Painted Skin" are absolutely unmistakable.
At this time, Chen Kun was wearing Xuanjia, which was popular in the Han Dynasty, also called Zhajia.
Because he is a general, he wears the highest-grade fish scale armor. Thousands of iron pieces are densely sewn together, and the inside is filled with cooked cowhide. It is not very comfortable to wear, but it is full of security.
As for the group of soldiers he led, each of them wore leather armor made of cooked cowhide to protect the chest and back.
Just these armors for the soldiers, the crew spent more than one million yuan to produce.
Including the costumes of other actors and extras, the crew of "Painted Skin" spent less than 5 million on costume production alone.
This is called a blockbuster!
"Everyone is ready, get on your horse and start shooting!" Wu Yuan shouted with a loudspeaker.
Fifty young shepherds who were recruited from Ningxia and were good at riding horses immediately jumped on the big horse and reached out to stroke the horse's head to calm the restless horse.
Chen Kun also took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and with the help of his assistant, he mounted his horse.
Yes, Chen Kun can ride a horse now.
Wu Yuan asked him to practice horse riding at the equestrian base in Huairou, the capital, half a year in advance.
Chen Kun didn't have any resentment, and he cooperated and practiced riding for half a year.
These days, all movies made by major directors are required to be shot in real life, including circus scenes. It is impossible to use stand-ins or fake horses.
Even TV dramas with stricter requirements must have real people filming horse riding scenes.
Liu Yifei has also been learning to ride horses recently because she also had a horse riding scene when filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Bearded Man has such strict demands on actors. It makes no sense that Wu Yuan would allow him to use a stunt double just because he has a good relationship with Chen Kun.
After the fifty extras acting as personal guards and Chen Kun mounted their horses, followed by one or two hundred extras wearing leather armor, the group ran at a fast pace on the desolate Gobi.
Smoke and dust rolled into the wind and sand, and a scene of a large army returning to the enemy suddenly appeared.
The desert, lonely smoke, and sunset serve as the background, and the black and red army marches among them.
"Very good, move the plane up!" Wu Yuan shouted excitedly while sitting behind the monitor.
This scene, this picture, is so beautiful!
He believes that after the movie is released, this scene will become one of the classic scenes of the movie!
[Director Wu Yuan’s new film has started shooting, and he finished filming "Painted Skin" with high school students! 】
[China’s first fantasy-themed movie, Hollywood director Wu Yuan personally helms it! 】
["Painted Skin" cost 150 million to shoot in Yinchuan, and Zhou Xun played the most beautiful "vixen"]
["Painted Skin" is officially launched, Leslie Cheung and Sun Li team up to "capture" Zhou Xun! 】
[150 million investment, a huge contribution to Oriental’s new magical action art! "Painted Skin" officially begins filming! 】
Although Wu Yuan rejected the Beijing opening ceremony that Director Han wanted to hold for "Painted Skin", this does not mean that Director Han will not publicize the launch of "Painted Skin" everywhere.
While Wu Yuan was filming "Painted Skin" in Yinchuan, everyone from Sohu Entertainment on the Internet to major offline print media rushed to report the news of the launch of "Painted Skin".
The five leading actors have also been announced. The lineup composed of Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Li, and Sun Li is considered good in the current mainland film industry.
After learning the news, many movie fans had strong expectations for the movie "Painted Skin" and started chatting on the Internet.
"Painted skin? Is that an adaptation of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"?"
"Is it the mainland adaptation of "Painted Skin: The Yin Yang Master" starring Wang Zuxian and Zheng Shaoguan?"
"No, the last person who played the role of a painted-skinned female ghost was Wang Zuxian! Even if Zhou Xun is indeed pretty, she can't compare to her, right?"
"Why did Director Wu go to adapt the story of "Liao Zhai"? This is a subject that has been poorly filmed by Hong Kong movies."
"The story of Painted Skin is a bit too cliche, it's very boring."
It is normal to have voices of disapproval and opposition.
Before Wu Yuan, Hong Kong had already produced at least six or seven versions of painted-skin films. Throwing away some of the rosy versions and some that were released without splash, there was also the classic film "Painted-Skin: The Yin-Yang Master."
The painted-skinned female ghost played by Wang Zuxian left a very deep impression on mainland audiences.
Now that Wu Yuan is also filming "Painted Skin", they will definitely be compared, and Zhou Xun and Wang Zuxian, at least superficially, are really incomparable.
Wang Zuxian was the Asian goddess back then. From cross-strait and three places to Japan and South Korea, and then to Southeast Asia, she was the dream goddess of the entire Asia.
Now that Zhou Xun is going to play a role played by Wang Zuxian, it is impossible for movie fans not to question it.
Of course, the voices of opposition and disapproval are still in the minority.
"This is Wu Yuan's movie. Will he simply remake the Hong Kong movie? It must be a brand new magical story!"
"I didn't even read it. Reporters have already said that this is the first magical blockbuster in China. Wu Yuan is the director who has made "Pirates of the Caribbean". I am really looking forward to his magical blockbuster!"
"The more classic the story, the harder it is to film, but I am definitely looking forward to Wu Yuan's filming of "Painted Skin". He is the best director in China who is best at making such magical films!"
"Do you need to question Wu Yuan's movies? They are all being hired in Hollywood. It's a secret to be happy to come back and make movies for our mainland audiences!"
"Am I the only one who doesn't care about "Painted Skin" and just wants to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"?"
After the "Your Name" battle, young people in China now somewhat blindly worship Wu Yuan.
It's not just that his status and strength in Hollywood are hard to match.
It’s also because Wu Yuan really knows how to make movies that young people love to watch, and he is the only director in China who really pays attention to young people’s viewing experience.
Many young people saw that Wu Yuan's new commercial film had started filming. No matter what happened, they all supported it online and said they would go to the cinema to support it.
I don’t know if this is the so-called “rice circle”.
Anyway, Wu Yuan is very pleased. What he wants is influence among young people.
Five or six years later, this group of young people will be the main movie-watching group during the period when the movie box office exploded!
It was they who brought their parents and children into the cinema, supporting the mainland movie box office explosion from 2010 to 2015!
In this way, Wu Yuan gave the crew a two-day holiday in a happy mood.
It’s not like I gave the crew a day off just because someone praised me on the Internet.
But he, Zhang Guorong, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun are all going to attend the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.
Early in the morning on September 19, the four of them took the bus back to the city.
In the hotel arranged by the organizer of the Golden Rooster, several people changed into formal suits and dresses under the arrangement of the stylist, and then went to the award ceremony.
(End of chapter)
