Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

I believe that not only the reporters at the scene would think this way, but if they asked any passerby on the road, the character arrangement of "A Better Man" would make them feel incredible.

"Director Chen, why did you think of asking Brother Hong and the other three to play the villains? What do you think?"

"Brother Hong, as far as I know you have never played a villain in any of the movies you have made over the years. Why did you agree to Director Chen's invitation to play the role of the villain in this movie this time? What is the reason?"

Everyone wants to know how Chen Jiashang tricked Sammo Hung and others into playing villains. This is really something that everyone wants to understand.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that Chen Jiashang is still just an unknown director.

Not to mention being able to invite three top kung fu stars, even if you want to invite one of them, it is impossible.

So inviting these three people to play villains must have nothing to do with him.

"Actually, the reason why Brother Hong and the other three were willing to take on this drama was because of Mr. Lin's relationship. I dare not take away Mr. Lin's credit."

Chen Jiashang will not take the credit for this on himself. After all, he doesn't have a few pounds now. If he dares to speak out, he will be exposed easily.

That would be embarrassing and humiliating, so why not tell the truth honestly to prevent outsiders from continuing to hype this matter up.

Hearing that this was Lin Daoqiu's decision, the reporters at the scene were relieved. If it was Lin Daoqiu, this matter would be easy to understand.

But they still couldn't figure out why Lin Daoqiu wrote a movie and then arranged for Sammo Hung and three of them to play the villains. This is really puzzling.

At this moment, there was a sudden uproar outside the scene, and then everyone took a closer look and found that Lin Daoqiu suddenly appeared.

When Lin Daoqiu walked onto the stage, Chen Jiashang immediately gave up the main seat to Lin Daoqiu and handed him the microphone.

"Thank you all journalists for coming to this opening ceremony. I believe you all have many questions, so I went to the scene to answer your doubts."

Lin Daoqiu rarely appears in front of media reporters, so naturally no one is willing to let go of such a good opportunity.

"San Mao, A Biao and Mr. Li are all the most outstanding martial arts stars in Hong Kong. Letting them play the villain this time is actually an idea of ​​mine. Simply put, it is to diversify the actors..."

"The creation of characters in movies before has always been based on facial expressions, either good or bad. This has continued to this day, and I believe it will continue in the future. But what I want to say is that actors are actually multi-faceted, not

You can only always play good guys and heroes. As long as the script is suitable, it’s okay to play villains, but you still have to let them show their talents.”

Sammo Hung's acting style or genre is very rigid, that is, the image of a decent protagonist. If he plays anything else, he is worried that the audience will not be able to accept it, and it may even lead to poor box office performance of the movie.

It's actually normal for them to think this way, and no one is willing to let go of the protagonist and play the villain instead.

Even if it's a friendly guest appearance or a supporting role, it's just to give your friends face, and it's not what they want.

But this will limit their acting options, causing them to have no scenes to shoot at all in the later stage, and the audience will get tired of watching them. In the end, they can only go narrower and narrower until there is no way to go.

Therefore, what Lin Daoqiu has to do is to broaden their acting roles, whether they are protagonists or supporting roles, and they can be decent and villains. This is the path an actor should really take.

It's just that the current thinking of actors is still very single. I have played a decent hero all my life, and you ask me to play a villain? How can they accept this?

If it hadn't been for Lin Daoqiu's words, it would have been impossible for Sammo Hung and the others to play villains.

But after this experience, Lin Daoqiu hopes that "A Better Man" will allow those actors to see the diversity of actors, so that their paths will not become narrower.

"This is what Mr. Lin told us at the beginning. I think he is right. If Sammo Hung plays the villain, everyone will be surprised, but as long as the acting is good, I think it will be okay."

If the box office results are good by then, Sammo Hung would not mind adding a villain role to his selection in the future.

Even Lin Daoqiu and Sammo Hung have said this, so naturally others will not disagree with him.

The launch conference ended successfully, and the topic of "A Better Man" will naturally continue to grow.

Everyone wants to see what kind of movie Sammo Hung and the others will make as villains.

Because it is a police and gangster action movie, the script is complete and the plot is not complicated, and the action design is handled by the Hong family class.

Therefore, Lin Daoqiu hopes that this drama can be released in time for the summer season, and together with "A Chinese Ghost Story", it can boost this year's summer season.

Chen Jiashang feels that the burden on his shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, but "A Better Man" is a blockbuster in a certain sense for him and he can only succeed and not fail.

If the filming fails or the box office is not good, Chen Jiashang believes that it will be difficult for him to get a second chance in the future.

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"Diversifying the cast? Does that mean I can also play a villain?"

Brigitte Lin was very interested in what Lin Daoqiu said at the opening ceremony of "A Better Day".

"Do you think Dongfang Bubai is a good guy or a villain?"

Lin Daoqiu's question immediately asked Brigitte Lin.

It stands to reason that Dongfang Bubai should be a villain in Xu's "Swordsman", but in the minds of the public, Dongfang Bubai, played by Brigitte Lin, is not a villain, at most he can be regarded as a character who is both good and evil.

"Actually, there is no need to dwell on this issue. Dongfang Bubai is not a simple villain in Tsui Hark's design. Seriously speaking, he is a tragic figure who cannot be loved and ends up hating him."

The release of "The Swordsman" has ended, and Lin Daoqiu has no intention of continuing to dwell on this issue.

However, Lin Daoqiu has roughly figured out how to shoot the third part.

Ren Woxing became obsessed with practicing martial arts and started killing people. Ren Yingying objected to him leaving Heimuya, so she was kidnapped by the decent sect and taken to the Shaolin Temple.

After Linghu Chong learned the news, he immediately returned to the world. As a result, he met many fake Dongfang Bubai, until by chance he found Dongfang Bubai, who fell off a cliff and survived.

Lin Daoqiu hasn't figured out how to write it later. He will have to discuss it with Tsui Hark at that time. Anyway, it is just to integrate the plot of "The Swordsman".

However, Lin Daoqiu is certain that when the time comes, Jin Yong will be very angry when he finds out that he has messed up his novel again.

But Lin Daoqiu remembers that Tsui Hark's third film "The Swordsman" was even more messy, so his film still has some traces of the original work. King Jin shouldn't be too angry, right?