Night, on the set.

The scene of the Seven Swords War has been filmed all night for a week, starting in the evening and finishing in the early morning every day. The middle drama was filmed very quickly, it only took two all-nighters, and the trouble was the martial arts. Because it is a realistic style, one move and one style, hard bridge and hard horse, the on-site action director first breaks down the designed actions, and the actors set moves with each other, and then shoot them when they are ready, which is very frustrating.

And Xu Ke's filming scene is notoriously meticulous and very slow. It's no wonder that the new Academy Award actor Taibao recalls the past and always remembers the happy times when he followed Yuan Kui to make Xu Ke movies.

"I make thousands of dollars a day, and I can't shoot a shot a day, you know, Director Xu has to make a Weiya for a day, and we have been hydrating, making money and being happy, so whenever I have time, all the martial artists drink and play messed up. ”

As the saying goes: God closes a door, He opens a window for you.

He Xin's sensitivity to music is extremely poor, and he can't learn English all the time, but he can learn physical movements, including martial arts routines, and he still looks good at fighting.

In the past two days, he has been tricking Zhen Bullet every day, and Zhen Bullet is also quite novel. You must know that he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is also a half-action guide in the group, and when he plays, he can adjust his movements anytime and anywhere according to his understanding, but He Xin's speed is not much slower than him, and many times he can basically fight with him no more than twice.

"Ah Xin, are you OK?"

Tonight's filming is the last battle scene of the Seven Swords War, Zhen Dan holds Li Minqing's dry sword in a narrow alley and has a final battle with He Xin, who is holding the Dragon Sword.

The narrow alley is very narrow, at most a little wider than the length of the sword, and the two of them have to flicker and move in it with a long sword, which is extremely difficult. And instead of shooting all over again, the camera has to shoot from different camera positions, so that the camera can constantly switch shots during post-editing, creating a tense and intense scene.

This narrow alley decisive battle was not in the original script, it was the product of Xu Laowei's imagination, and then he bumped into Liu Jialiang, Brother Fen and Zhen Bullet to design a complete set of actions for the two to fight.

“OK！”

He Xin made a gesture towards Xu Laowei.

"Okay, everyone get ready, let's start shooting. ”

In the narrow alley, the camera is set up on a lift, and the camera shoots from top to bottom.

Xiong Xingxing, one of the action directors, personally helped him buckle Weiya, patted him and smiled: "Ah Xin, I estimate that you can handle this scene alone, maybe you won't need me." ”

That's right, Xiong Xingxing, as one of the actions of the crew, is also a stand-in for He Xin.

He is a native of Guangxi, and has won the national martial arts championship many times, when he was filming "North and South Shaolin" on the edge of the Li River, he was favored by Liu Jialiang and served as a stand-in for Li Lian.

Since then, he has almost become Li Lianlian's royal stand-in, of course, the most famous is the "Huang Feihong" series directed by Xu Ke, the amazing leg skills and unruly ghost foot seven.

"Brother Xiong, I guess it's enough. ”

In contrast, He Xin was a little bottomless in his heart. The main reason is that the alley is too narrow, he is ten centimeters taller than Donnie Yen, and when he played the scene just now, it was very difficult to complete those flashing and moving movements.

"Try it, and save me the need to put on makeup and change clothes. ”

After Xiong Xingxing helped him buckle Weiya's buckle, he carried it vigorously to make sure that it was foolproof.

In fact, this scene is mainly to use the power of the wire to do some difficult rolling works, unlike the flying around action of He Xin's previous filming of "Wuji", at that time you really need to be cautious, in case there is a mistake, it will kill someone.

"Brother Qiang is still addicted to you, Brother Xiong, forget it, I can't beat him. Zhen Dan, who was standing across from him, said with a smile.

In his previous life, He Xin had seen a lot of negative news about Zhen Bullet on the Internet, after all, a generation of kung fu master Ip Man, popular! Similar to what kind of low EQ, bullying Zhao Wentable and the like, but after this contact, Zhen Bullet gave him a good impression, quite a simple person, filming is very serious, and there is a bit of a tendency to be a martial arts idiot, and when he is fine, he often competes with the martial artists in the group. He is indeed very capable of fighting, and He Xin also tried it with him curiously, but a photo was put down by others. But the only thing he can't beat is Xiong Xingxing.

In fact, no matter what, the fact that Zhen Bullet in later generations changed his nationality from the United States to Chinese nationality is worthy of respect. It's not like some celebrities who keep saying that they are patriotic and desperately trying to make money in China, but in fact, they are already foreigners.

"1 shot and 1 shot in the 87th game!"

Then the scene notes hit the board, and the executive director shouted:

“Action！”

Seeing He Xin holding the Dragon Sword and stabbing at Zhen Bullet in distraction, Zhen Bullet turned sideways, and the Qinggan Sword in his hand was immediately swung out. He Xin had already prepared, withdrew the Dragon Sword, and took a square forward to his body, the tip of the sword cutting a deep scratch on the wall.

The two sides faced off with their swords for a second, Zhen Bullet kicked out, He Xin followed the power of the wire rope, and the whole person rose backwards, his legs were propped up on the two walls with one hand, and the sword in his hand was still attacking the other party.

The two of them had been fed many times before the start of filming, and they were very skilled in fighting, which would not hurt each other and be exciting. The attribute of the Dragon Sword is to attack, and the Qinggan Sword is the main defense, so from the beginning, He Xin's actions are mainly attacking, and Zhen Bullet focuses on defense, but with the personality of Chu Zhaonan he plays in the film, there will occasionally be counterattacks.

For example, Zhen Bullet was once forced to retreat by him, but with the advantage of the environment in the narrow alley, Zhen Bullet suddenly stood up against the wall and rose into the air, slashing viciously with a sword, He Xin withdrew his sword to defend, and the offense and defense were instantly exchanged, and the tips of the swords of both sides slashed across the wall from time to time, drawing sword marks.

"Cards!"

This time, there was no need for the executive director to call a stop, because the director's monitor was set up next door, and Xu Ke, who was staring intently at the monitor screen, suddenly shouted to stop.

"Ah Xin, your body is still a little hard. Donnie, your offense is a little harder. ”

"Got it. ”

“OK！”

Both of them responded at the same time.

Filming action scenes can't bring the height of acting skills, it all depends on the completion of the action. So that's why action actors rarely or almost never get awards.

Wait until the staff finishes repairing the sword marks drawn by the two people on the wall, and the shooting resumes.

"Cards!"

"Do it again. ”

"Cards!"

"Ah Xin, the offense is a little more domineering, and the momentum must be sufficient!"

"Cards!"

"Donnie ......"

The first shot was full of seven or eight shots, during which the two also rested twice, after all, the physical requirements for filming action scenes are very high.

However, the two have long been accustomed to the director's meticulous and harsh action scenes, and there are a total of seven or eight scenes in this scene, and they have to shoot two or three all-nighters if they don't get it right. More than half of the night has passed, and not even a single shot has passed.

"Ah Xin, come again!"

Compared with He Xin's tiredness and slightly irritable mood, Zhen Dan still enjoyed his face and was in good spirits.

"Jingle Bell!"

The two continued to complete the pre-planned fighting moves.

After filming seven or eight pieces, the two of them were already familiar with their respective movements, and before they knew it, their movements began to get faster, and the fight became smoother.

Xu Ke, who was staring at the monitor screen, also had a mustache upturned at this time, with a satisfied expression, and he asked the actor to come over and over again, and this was the purpose.

It's strange to say, no matter how skillful the actors' movements are before filming, they can't be compared to doing it over and over again during the actual shooting, and the effect is better.

It may be that the actor is more mentally focused during the actual shooting, or this is a special attribute of the actor in itself, and there will always be a difference between the performance in front of the camera and the performance outside the camera.

At this time, in the narrow alley, He Xin and Zhen bullets went back and forth, and as the swords of both sides continued to draw sword marks on the wall, they were very happy.

I saw Zhen's bullet soaring into the air, slashing with a heavy sword, and the offense and defense were immediately exchanged. When He Xin retreated and defended again and again, he could clearly see that although the opponent still had a paralyzed face, his eyes showed excitement, and the sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake stabbing at him frequently, one move after another.

He Xinqiang fought spirit, retreating according to the established movements while constantly dodging, and at the same time waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

"Dangchang!"

The Qinggan sword that Zhen Bullet viciously stabbed was once again blocked by the Dragon Sword in his hand, and then He Xin was about to lean out to attack and defend again, but he saw Zhen Bullet's Qinggan Sword shake and stabbed at him again.

He Xin's body had already made a forward movement at this time, and at this time, Zhen Bullet stabbed him with a sword, which was obviously not a designed action. No need to ask, this product must be hi, and there is no action to stop it.

He Xin couldn't help but secretly exclaim, to suffer!

It's a pity that the center of gravity of his body has moved forward at this time, and there is no way to avoid it. Not only him, but at the same time as the sword in his hand stabbed out again, he suddenly found that He Xin was actually coming towards the sword, and then he realized that his action was wrong, but the momentum of the sword had already gone out, and there was no way to take it back, so in a hurry, he could only pick the sword up hard, trying to avoid the other party's face.

He Xin watched the tip of the Qinggan Sword grow bigger and bigger in his eyes, and when he couldn't brake in an emergency, he subconsciously closed his eyes and tilted his head back as much as possible.

Unfortunately, he was still half a step slower, and he only felt a sharp pain in his right eye, and then the black in his originally closed right eye was instantly invaded by red.

"Bang dang!"

The bronze dragon sword in his hand fell to the ground, covered his right eye with both hands, screamed, and fell to the ground on his back.

It's a long process, but it's almost lightning when it happens. When Zhen's sword stabbed out again, Xiong Xingxing, who had been guarding the action guide beside him, had already sensed that something was wrong, but just opened his mouth to shout to stop, and before the sound could come out, He Xin over there had already covered his eyes and screamed and fell to the ground.

And blood quickly spilled from his fingers.