Chapter 50: Mulan (9/52)
Chen Kun's acting career can be called one step at a time. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā
Good-looking and recognizable.
The idol drama debuted and has accumulated thousands of fans over the years.
In terms of acting skills, he won the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actor as early as "The Ballad of Yunshui".
Don't laugh, the Huabiao Award at that time was still a bit weighty, it's true...
In terms of commercial films, he has created several major productions that have set domestic film box office records, painting skin one, painting skin two, and looking for the dragon, he is the male lead.
He can even decide the life and death of a film. (For example, the niche film "Hot Pot Hero", I approached Chen Kun at the beginning, but he didn't agree at that time, and the film ran aground.) A few years later, the director revised the script countless times, looked for him again, and after Chen Kun agreed to star, he successfully got the investment and formed a team. )
This is a real actor, and he has requirements for himself.
After "Painted Skin 2", in three months, his salary doubled to the most expensive in the country, and he resolutely decided to retire and cool down.
One drop is a whole year!
You can look at his resume, this guy is very slow to take over the play, and the quality is simply harsh...
The key is that he is low-key, and his press release is almost invisible during non-publicity periods, which is very important.
Compared with Deng Chao or Liu Huohua, this traditional actor is more popular with the audience.
In fact, the most regrettable Mesozoic student in the mainland is Liu Huohua.
Grandma's, just after her debut, she brushed off the Golden Horse, and it became popular in the first five years of the 10s, "Lan Yu", "Blood Romance", "What to Save You and My Love"
To be honest, what happened to Huang Xiaoming and Deng Chao in those years!
Then Liu Huohua suddenly disappeared - the movie resources were too poor, so he could only go to HK to play some villains, and then he became the president of Huohua Club.
There is a difference between Liu Huohua and Chen Kun, Han Sanye!
However, no matter how demanding an actor is, there will always be times when he looks away.
For example, Chen Kun's current movie "Mulan"
Well, it's the epic masterpiece that cooperated with Zhao Wei and cost 2.5 billion to build.
The director is Ma Chucheng.
Such a large production cost is a pressure for any director.
So Ma Chucheng or investors thought about whether they could find an actor with box office appeal to play a role or something.
Chen Kun is here to act as a lobbyist.
It is estimated that he is also a little embarrassed, after all, he has no cooperation experience with Xu Hui, although he has heard a lot of things about him from Zhou Xun's mouth, and knows that this is a very measured and polite junior.
That's all.
If "Those Years" hadn't been released yet, or the box office hadn't soared so high, Chen Kun might think that inviting Xu Hui to make a cameo would be to give him face, but it's hard to say now...
"Brother Kun, do you have anything to do, as long as it's not too difficult, I'm obliged!"
Where did Xu Hui think of so many twists and turns.
“… How about doing me a favor and having a show with my crew?"
"No... , what crew, what time?"
Xu Hui was just about to answer, 'No problem', when he suddenly thought of his careful schedule, and asked with a little more thought.
"The movie "Mulan" I collaborated with Zhao Wei, directed by Ma Chucheng..."
Chen Kun rarely showed a confident smile.
That's right, in 09, he starred in a large-scale commercial film with an investment of more than 100 million, and he is also the leading actor, although the title indicates that this is a movie with a majority of female protagonists, who made the heroine Zhao Wei.
“… Brother Kun, I'm about to join the crew to shoot a movie, and then I'm going to direct another movie, I really don't have time, I'm really embarrassed. ”
Hearing the name of "Mulan", Xu Hui retreated directly.
Chen Kun nodded, anyway, he just tried it, and if it didn't work, forget it.
"By the way, Brother Kun, I have a good script, and it should start filming at the end of next year..."
"Okay, you give me the script, I'll take a look at it first..."
……
"What are you talking to Chen Kun about?"
"We adore each other and cherish each other..."
"Come on!"
In the nanny's car, Xu Hui and He Xiaowen have daily mouth cannons.
“… He wanted me to make a cameo appearance, but I didn't agree. ”
After the mouth cannon ended, Xu Hui still talked about what happened just now.
"You've been a little too busy lately, so it's good to take a break, by the way, what kind of drama?"
He Xiaowen nodded, she thought that Xu Hui was reluctant to make a cameo because he really couldn't squeeze out time.
Of course, out of curiosity, I still have to ask what kind of play it is.
"Mulan"
"Mulan? That drama is very popular right now, if you... Forget it, if you don't go, you won't go!"
Hearing the name, He Xiaowen was a little surprised at first, and then thought that her own artist was already the holder of a new box office record, and there was really no need to help others add icing on the cake.
"Hehe..."
Xu Hui smiled indifferently.
Yes, "Mulan" has been very popular recently.
There is no lower limit to the filmmaker's hype!
The casting is aimed at last year's blockbuster "Painted Skin", and the banner of ""Mulan" Zhao Wei and Chen Kun continue to be the frontier is openly displayed.
This is a typical infringement incident, these two dramas are not a production company!
Moreover, the trailer released the boat scene of Chen Kun and Zhao Wei...
Not only that, but there are also countless versions of Zhao Wei and Chen Kun's little jokes about falling in love with each other.
Please, they just got married, and they are happily married!
There is a not-so-written rule in the circle, once a movie is released before it is released, once it gives people a feeling of being hyped hard, it is obvious that it is a bad movie!
Propaganda and hype are two different things, and movie promotion is not the same as hype...
"Mulan" clearly confirms this thesis.
Objectively speaking, "Mulan" is a bad movie!
It's a pure bad movie.
Probably because the box office explosion in the mainland market in recent years has been a big-budget epic blockbuster, so Ma Chucheng also wanted to be addicted to a big director.
Unfortunately, most HK directors have inherent limitations and lack a sense of history.
It is no wonder that after staying in a small place for a long time, in addition to being able to talk about the status of "urban civilization" in Greater China, they lack a necessary sensitivity and cognition, or even know nothing about the past, for the past China.
Throughout the past few years, HK directors have filmed China involving the "Central Plains culture", especially China's past, they have all shown a rather wishful thinking view of history, Chen Jiashang, Zhang Zhiliang, Wu Baige, these directors who have made outstanding achievements in HK have thrown themselves into the camp of costume blockbusters, but the result is: some people have made historical legends into modern ethical dramas, some people have turned costume fables into didactic dojos, and others have made large-scale epics into the love of two men...
Ma Chucheng was born as an advertising director, and his editing is very distinctive, pursuing only commerciality and simplification, and the early years of "Tokyo Raiders" were created according to this path.
But "Mulan" should not be a 'fast food' commercial film.
Chinese, who can't recite two 'Mulan words'?
'Chirp and chirp, Mulan is a household weaver...'
'Twin rabbits walk on the ground, Ann can tell that I am male and female!'
The new Yuefu poems that have been passed down through the ages, how can we change them at will?
When Ma Chucheng tried to give the film a new layer with a modern human perspective, the film was ruined...