Chapter Forty-Eight: Let Hollywood See
Since the daily filming work in the crew of "Rush Hour", Li Xuan's previous sense of admiration for Hollywood can't help but be quickly put away by him.
It's not because Hollywood disappointed him, but because he felt that since he had the opportunity to personally participate in the filming of Hollywood movies, he had to take the initiative to put his mentality in a more natural and equal state, not to care too much about Hollywood movies, and to deal with it with the most normal mentality.
Only in this way can he make Hollywood movies well, instead of continuing to make a pilgrimage like a fan, without much confidence, but will lose his personal characteristics.
It's like two people in love, it's not about being incomparably good to each other, but about making yourself the best one and showing your best side. Let the other person see the good and feel that he or she has obtained the best object.
After all, even if the Hollywood film industry leads the world, they can't be absolutely perfect. Filmmakers like Li Xuan and others from Xiangjiang will actually have enough outstanding points, which are also worth learning from Hollywood filmmakers.
For example, the various wonderful action scenes they are now producing by the crew of "Rush Hour" are full of Xiangjiang characteristics, which can already make Hollywood filmmakers marvel and secretly admire.
In particular, when Li Xuan and Fang Long performed face-to-face scenes full of the essence of Xiangjiang action movies, they showed Xiangjiang's excellent action scene production ability to the extreme.
Between Li Xuan and Fang Long, on the old warehouse, each with their own kung fu, hard bridges and hard horses, the fight is dazzling, but it is full of extremely high ornamental value!
Moreover, there is still a very tacit understanding between the actions of the two people, especially some dangerous actions that seem to be very frightening in this fight scene, which are actually very safe to play in the hands of the two of them, and have not caused any accidents.
The series of hand-to-hand scenes between the two of them actually once again shocked the Hollywood filmmakers in the crew, led by director Brett Ratner. Only then did they know that the original fights and brawls could still be filmed so beautiful and exciting, not only taking into account the plot, but also visual enjoyment!
Such a wonderful scene made director Brett Lightner a little shaken for an instant, wondering if he should continue to give more shots of this oriental-style action to make the whole action movie look better.
In the face of the wonderful fight between Fang Long and Li Xuan at the scene, Chris Tucker, who has always been unhappy, seems to be in a collapsed mood at this moment.
This guy had always looked down on Li Xuan and Fang Long's action skills, thinking that those were just fancy skills, an unnecessary skill, and an old-school action performance method that was destined to be eliminated by the film industry.
However, when he clearly saw Li Xuan and Fang Long, using a complete set of skilled kung fu moves, they played a strong sense of beauty and exciting action scenes in the process of fighting, this guy couldn't help but immediately feel a little worried.
He was very scared that he would have to act in such a scene, and this level of action was really an impossible task for him to learn!
However, Chris Tucker's worries were obviously unnecessary, and then, during the filming process, the director just arranged for him to barely climb up and reach the warehouse, pretending to be late, and he didn't have a big deal to perform.
The only scene that was a little thrilling for him was that he had to face an axe that flew next to his head!
"Oh God, I don't act, it's too dangerous!"
It's a pity that even such a small exciting scene, Chris Tucker is reluctant to play it.
"Director, this is an axe, not a shoe, not a wallet, not a toy, it's a really sharp axe!
Chris Tucker continued to complain frantically to the director for the first time, quite dissatisfied.
"Don't worry, Chris, I'll throw this axe well and make sure it won't hurt you!" Because it was the person who needed to throw the axe, Li Xuan had to explain it to Chris Tucker again.
But Chris Tucker still shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no! I know you're good at kung fu, but you're throwing an axe, I don't believe you're going to be that accurate, you're going to kill me!"
At this time, the director on the side, Brett Ratner, was obviously very hesitant, and he didn't seem to believe that Li Xuan could complete such a dangerous action.
"Li, and Jack, you Xiangjiang people, are you really sure that you can throw such an axe well when you usually shoot movies?"
Li Xuan nodded, and then looked at Fang Long beside him again, asking him to explain.
After all, Fang Long has really shot too many thrilling action movies and has enough experience, and his answer should be more authoritative for these Americans.
Fang Long faced the director's inquiry, and nodded equally seriously: "No problem, I haven't shot a hundred dangerous scenes like this, but I've done it nearly eighty times." Absolutely no problem, we could have a good shot!"
After hearing Fang Long's firm statement, Blatter Ratner immediately frowned and thought about it seriously.
It's just that before the director made a formal decision, Chris Tucker hurriedly clamored next to him again: "Director, don't think about it, the two of them are Xiangjiang filmmakers, and they have the ability to complete this kind of scene." But I'm an American, I don't have any kung fu skills, I can't do it!"
Hearing such a statement, the director, who had just been a little moved by what Fang Long said, couldn't help but immediately waver again: "Indeed, Chris has no action foundation, but he has to face this dangerous scene in person, which is very dangerous." Why don't we use a computer to create a shot like this through post-production action special effects?"
"Yes, yes, it's a lot easier to make it on a computer, and it's okay to make shots that make me look more dangerous!" Chris Tucker was the first to chimed in, suggesting that the shots be made with special effects.
When Li Xuan heard this, he couldn't help sighing: "Director, computer production is possible, but it will take more time and money." It's a very uneconomical move, and I can really shoot this dangerous scene with ease in no time. Otherwise, you let me test it out for you first, and there will be no danger!"
"Yes, I'm going to play the role of Tucker, you can watch it together, there will be no surprises. We just need to pull out the axe and do it according to the shooting techniques of the Hong Kong movie, to ensure that the scene can be completed very easily. Fang Long was on the side, and he immediately stood up and echoed easily.
After that, he and Li Xuan simply stopped explaining anything to the people next to them, but took the initiative to let people disperse, they quickly prepared first, and then immediately demonstrated it briefly on the spot!
"Oh God!"
With Chris Tucker covering his eyes and not daring to look at it, Li Xuan threw out the axe very lightly and flew smoothly from Fang Long's head!
Both of them are masters of the arts, and they don't even change their complexions!
"It worked, you see, there was no danger. Then Li Xuan lightly stretched his hands towards the director and Chris Tucker, with a very relaxed attitude.