Chapter 469: Facing the Controversy [Second Update]
"Crazy Boy" caused quite a stir as soon as it was released in Hong Kong, and although it was rated as a Class III film, the audience still flocked to it.
The box office of the film is soaring, followed by overwhelming criticism from the media, and many people in the society are worried that because the film will be black. The heroization of Taoist characters will have a very negative impact on the growth of young people.
The newspaper made a fuss about whether to ban the screening of the old boy, but this situation did not surprise Lin Youlun, which is why he refused to write the script himself and did not serve as the producer of the film.
Lin Youlun is well aware that the series of movies "Crazy Boy" is indeed quite misleading for the growth of teenagers, but he has done his best to minimize this adverse impact of the film.
During the filming of the film, it was he who hinted that Liu Weiqiang should handle the action scenes as real and cruel as possible, and the film was rated as a Class III film, so that audiences under the age of 18 could not enter the cinema to watch this movie, of course, there will definitely be videotapes flowing to minors in the later stage, which is something that cannot be eliminated.
What Lin Youlun is really worried about is that this film will flow into the mainland through pirated videotapes in the future, and the impact on young people in the mainland will be difficult to control.
What really makes Lin Youlun contradict is that even if he doesn't hand over "Crazy Boy" to Yongsheng to shoot now, there will still be people who will put this theme on the screen in the future.
The filming of "Crazy Boy" in advance is based on such concerns.
At this time in 89, the mainland's control over the inflow of Hong Kong films was still very strict, and Hong Kong and Taiwan culture in the mainland was not as deep as it was in the mid-to-late 90s. In addition, there are no large numbers of street-side video halls. Even "Crazy Boy" entered the mainland at this time. It lacks a popular base and will not be imitated by many teenagers.
It can be predicted that once "Crazy Boy" is a big success in Hong Kong, there will inevitably be a large number of follow-up works, and Lin Youlun has told the screenwriter Wen Jun all the story ideas of the entire 6 episodes of the "Crazy Boy" series, and Yongsheng also plans to finish filming this series within two years.
In a maximum of three years, "Old-fashioned" films will lose their market in Hong Kong and then be replaced by other genre films. By the time video halls appeared in large numbers in the mainland, such movies would have long been out of fashion, and naturally they would not have been pirated and disseminated in large quantities.
In order to appease the pressure of public opinion, the film director Liu Weiqiang took several leading actors to the "Entertainment Star Weekly" hosted by Zhou Comin, trying to clarify some misunderstandings of this film in the society through this popular talk show.
"How did you come up with the idea to make a film like this?" Zhou Yimin threw out this question at the beginning.
Liu Weiqiang had been prepared for this for a long time, "When I read the script of "Crazy Boy". I was fascinated by the little characters portrayed in it, each with their own characteristics. Then it profoundly reflects the typical mentality of young people today - rebellion. Parents are struggling to make ends meet, and children are neglected, which then causes a lot of social problems. The content embodied in "Crazy Boy" is very real, so it is very popular, and the audience fully accepts it, and there is a lot of resonance. ”
""Crazy Boy" was a big hit at the box office after its release, but there was also a lot of public criticism, what do you think of this?" This question is a little more acute than the previous one, if other hosts ask this, there will definitely be some questions, at least the interviewee will be a little unhappy, but Zhou Comin will have no problem asking.
"Because the screening of "Crazy Boy" on social issues is very real, it has also caused some people to criticize it. But I think it's perfectly fine that the success of everything leads to another side of guidance. It's like when I was filming "Storm and Cloud", many people said I was a photographer and questioned whether I could make this movie well. I will not give up my film concept because it is impossible to seek a very uniform identity for the message expressed by any film, and many people may have different opinions. I will savor and ponder other people's criticisms of me, especially the audience's opinion of this movie, because I have always believed that movies are always made for the audience, and their positioning of the film is also the status of the film itself. ”
Liu Weiqiang talked about many aspects, both explanations and some of his own voices, and only after the end was the interview with several leading actors in the film.
Zhou Comin was the first to ask questions, neither Zheng Yijian nor Chen Xiaochun, but Wu Zhenyu, the actor of the villain Liangkun in the film.
"Brother Liang Xiao, we meet again."
"Yes, Sister Xiaoshuang, I heard that you are about to release a new album again, congratulations first."
The conversation between the two immediately evoked the memories of many audiences, Zhou Comin starred in the first TV series "Kunlun", the actor was Wu Zhenyu, and almost 5 years have passed in a blink of an eye.
"I heard that you learned completely in this new film?" Zhou joked very easily.
"Yes, without a girl like you as a spiritual sustenance, it is easy to go down the evil path, people in the rivers and lakes, you can't help yourself." Wu Zhenyu replied along with Zhou Comin's words.
Many viewers in front of the TV were amused by the words of the two, and after the light-hearted joke, Zhou Comin also began to cut to the chase.
"But you really played a good role this time, do you have any acting experience that you can share with me and the audience?"
Wu Zhenyu waved his hand, "It's better not to, I told you, in case you learn badly like me and destroy the image of a beautiful jade girl in everyone's minds, your fans and fans will definitely hate me to death." ”
"Tell me?" Zhou Yimin looked like a curious baby.
"Actually, I don't have any tricks at all, maybe as others say, I'm a born bad guy. I have played so many good people's roles, and everyone doesn't remember any of them, but as soon as I play the bad guy, everyone says that Wu Zhenyu played really well, this time I summarized the reason, and I think it's because of the problem of appearance, I look like me, and it's very popular to play the bad guy, and like you, how to play the bad guy, everyone will think that you are a good person. ”
Zhou Yimin hurriedly comforted Wu Zhenyu and said: "No, in fact, it's good to play a bad guy, it's easier to be an actor when you play a bad guy, just like Huang Qiusen...... By the way, aren't you good friends? Why haven't you heard so much from him lately? ”
"An actor has been in decline for three years, he said it himself, so you can't hear from him now." Wu Zhenyu replied seriously.
"Ah......" Zhou Comemin covered his mouth in surprise, "He really said that?" ”
"It's not a joke, he summed up a set of theories on his own, and then his own experience proved it." Wu Zhenyu began to imitate Huang Qiusen's tone as he spoke: "After winning the actor, in the first year, you will start to choose plays more carefully, and others will also think that you may push the play, and at the same time, your own value will also increase, but how many good scripts can Hong Kong have in a year?" There is a good script and there is not necessarily a suitable role, so there is no drama to shoot this year. In the second year, you may give up and start to take on some commercial films to make money, but at this time, others also need an adaptation period, and it takes time to understand that you have changed your attitude, so another year has passed, and the situation will only improve a little in the third year...... He told me these things personally, and then I was worried that if I played a bad guy and won the actor in the future, would I be as weak as him. ”
"Definitely not, otherwise so many people want to win the award, don't you believe it, ask Zhang Yurong, Liu Dehua, and Liang Chaowei?" Zhou Comin helped Wu Zhenyu play a round, and then began to interview the protagonist in the film, Zheng Yijian.
"Should I continue to call you 'Yi Mian', or should I call you Chen Haonan like everyone else?" At the beginning of the interview, Zhou Comin was a little embarrassed by Zheng Yijian.
Zheng Yijian shrugged his shoulders and said with a cool expression: "Whatever, whatever you call me anyway, I will agree." ”
The reason why Zhou Yimin and Zheng Yijian chatted on the show in such a tone is because the two are indeed very familiar in private, not only because Zhou Yimin is the mentor of the first season of "The Voice", and Zheng Yijian happened to participate in that competition, but also because both of their agents are Lin Xiaoman.
"Last time I played a policeman, this time I played a tricky boy, and many people said that you have changed a lot."
"Actually, the two characters are still heroes, but one is a positive hero and the other is a side hero. Playing my play, in fact, I regret it, not that I don't like the role of Chen Haonan, but that this role is so good, many people have told me after watching this movie that this role may follow you for a lifetime. ”
Zheng Yijian and Zhou Comin chatted a little generally, because they knew each other very well, but they didn't talk for a long time.
The only person who sat in the studio after the last was Chen Xiaochun.
"Do you think it's fun to play Tricky Boy, or is it more enjoyable to fight aliens?"
"It's supposed to be playing the old boy." Chen Xiaochun tilted his head and thought about it, "Although I prefer the character in "Black Super SWAT Team", but the process of filming that movie is very painful, you see me fighting those aliens in the movie, in fact, it is not against the air, or against a bunch of models with sensors, and then you have to pretend that they are all alive, and "Crazy Boy" is relatively easy, and I had such friends around me when I was a child, I played this role, it feels like I have returned to the previous time, it will be very feeling." ”
"You took someone back from Taiwan to help Chen Haonan, and this scene touched a lot of people."
Chen Xiaochun smacked his lips, "Actually, this is an easter egg designed by the director, because the next episode will tell the story of pheasants in Taiwan...... Well, Director Liu, I shouldn't be a spoiler when I say that, right? ”
[Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation! ] (To be continued......)