The work of the entire crew is proceeding in an orderly manner, the filming permit for the film has been obtained, several manufacturers that need to be implanted have also been negotiated, and the model of the cave has also begun to be built in the studio of Beijing Film Studio.

Because it was a cave and the lighting was relatively dim, the requirements for the model were not particularly high, and the construction work went very smoothly.

At the same time, the crew also specially invited the coach of the club to conduct half a month of rock climbing training for the six actors of the crew. Practice rock climbing, abseiling, and simulate the techniques of encountering multiple sections of climbing in a mountaineering environment.

The time soon entered May, and the official start of the film was getting closer and closer, and Cheng Peng gathered the actors together for a rehearsal.

Each director has his own rehearsal method, and some directors choose a small number of scenes to rehearse, and the first real performance is on the shooting site, which can keep the actors fresh; And some directors carefully rehearse every scene and every emotion before filming, so that the actor's performance can achieve their own satisfactory effect, but it may be a kind of torture for the actor.

Kubrick would rehearse dozens of times before filming, and Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were tortured enough during the filming of "Eyes Wide Open" that the two later poured bitter water on their biographies, describing Kubrick as a demon.

Cheng Peng hopes that through an overall rehearsal, everyone can further grasp the characters and establish the image of the characters in their hearts, so that the performance will become relatively simple.

Cheng Peng moved two chairs and placed them in the center of the rehearsal room, then clapped his hands at all the actors and said, "Everyone, now sit in a circle with the chair as the center." ”

Isn't the rehearsal a performance of the lines, a simulation of the live environment? How do you rehearse sitting together? The six leading actresses had never seen this kind of rehearsal method, and sat down curiously, wanting to see what was going on.

Cheng Peng's gaze swept over the faces of the six leading actresses, and said with a smile: "I have already analyzed the characters, but I don't know if you have fully understood the characters' surnames, experiences and behavioral motivations, and whether you have studied the characters in depth." Let's make a small game, which can also be said to be a quiz, to test everyone's mastery of the character. From now on you are your role, my role now is that of a psychiatrist, and whoever I call will sit in the chair across from me. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Peng sat down on the chair, patted the chair opposite, and then shouted, "Chen Ran, please come up." ”

Zhang Ziyi was slightly stunned, stood up, and sat down on the chair opposite Cheng Peng.

"Miss Chen, let's talk about your daughter Sasha, what kind of child is she?"

Zhang Ziyi suddenly smiled, her whole face was glowing with a layer of mother's surname, and said: "She is a very cute child, very sensible, sometimes I quarrel with her father, she will come to comfort us." is also very popular at school, and everyone likes her very much. ”

Cheng Peng's questions are designed in advance, the content of the questions is outside the script, and the whole process of Q&A is an improvisational performance, the purpose of which is to prompt and guide the actors' performances through questions and answers, and guide them to shape the characters.

Zhang Ziyi did a good job, her words were completely from Chen Ran's point of view, and she invested in emotion, and the whole performance was very natural.

Cheng Peng continued to ask: "Then do you remember the day of the funeral?" What do you think when you see her? ”

"Of course I remember, I will never forget, you don't know, where she is lying, quietly, it looks like she is asleep, I just hugged her and shouted Sasha, Sasha!"

Zhang Ziyi began to describe the situation at that time, her eyes turned red as she spoke, and in the end, she finally couldn't control her emotions, holding her face with both hands, and crying bitterly.

Cheng Peng looked at Zhang Ziyi, who couldn't stop crying, and sighed in his heart, this woman's acting power is very strong, and Mou girls seem to have this characteristic.

When the actor reaches a certain level, explosiveness is particularly important. The criterion for judging a good actor is whether you can be free to retract and release, and whether you can have a strong inner explosiveness.

After only asking two questions, Cheng Peng felt that there was no need to ask any more: "Okay, you can go down!" ”

"Okay, Director!" Zhang Ziyi smiled at Cheng Peng, glanced at Xu Jinglei, and stepped down.

Cheng Peng looked up at several other actresses in the audience, and finally his eyes fell on Xu Jinglei's body, and he found that her face seemed to be a little unsightly, so he said, "Zhu Zhu, please come up!" ”

Xu Jinglei stood up, Zhang Ziyi's performance made her feel the pressure, especially Zhang Ziyi's smug look at the end made her a little unhappy, she was a famous talented girl, she didn't want to lose to Zhang Ziyi, and walked to Cheng Peng and sat down with a serious face: "Doctor, hello, I'm Zhu Zhu!" ”

"Did you go to Chen Ran's husband's funeral?"

"No, I really want to go, but I don't dare to go, I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my emotions and will hold his corpse and cry, you don't understand my feelings for him, really, Chen Ran is my good friend, I don't want to hurt her, I can only hide and cry alone!"

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After everyone asked, Cheng Peng was ready to choose one of the scripts for rehearsal, pulled the chair apart, set up an area, and said, "Let's have a formal rehearsal, Ziyi, Lao Xu, you two come here!" ”

After the two of them came over, Cheng Peng opened the script, handed it to them, and said, "Prepare for this scene, and then perform it once!" ”

Cheng Peng asked the two of them to play the scene where everyone was preparing to go to the cave to explore, and Chen Ran and Zhu Zhu met, a very simple rival scene.

Both of them have a lot of acting experience, and there is nothing difficult for them in this kind of play, and they start performing after a little preparation.

As soon as Zhang Ziyi made a move to get out of the car, Xu Jinglei exclaimed with a little surprise: "Xiao Ran! ”

"Zhu Zhu!" Zhang Ziyi smiled and walked over to her, "You're still so beautiful!" ”

Xu Jinglei walked towards her with a smile, opened her arms, and said, "Let me hug me!" ”

After hugging, she held Zhang Ziyi's face and comforted: "Everything will be fine!" Then he pointed to the house behind him: "Zhao Xue, they can't wait to see you, come in!" ”

After the performance, Cheng Peng applauded the two of them and said with a smile: "The performance is good, but let's change the way of acting, everyone is not allowed to say a single line, convey these feelings through their own movements and eyes, and do dialogue-free exercises!" ”

Zhang Ziyi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Director, why do you want to do this?" ”

Cheng Peng explained: "The target of this film is the overseas market, and the dialogue may not be understood by overseas audiences, but everyone will be able to understand what the actions and eyes convey, Chaplin's movies can be understood by everyone, because he is all expressed through action, although our film is not a silent movie, I hope to use less dialogue, or even no dialogue, everyone can understand it, so I hope that everyone will try to use action and eyes to show the characters when performing." ”

He conducted this rehearsal to guide everyone to understand the role, and the other purpose was to convey his creative intention to everyone.

Zhang Ziyi and Xu Jinglei performed this scene again, this time without dialogue, and directly performed, so that many problems appeared.

Cheng Peng began to correct the problems in the performance: "Ziyi's expression and eyes are in place, but your movements are a little flamboyant, your movements are a little tighter, Chen Ran at this time is in sadness, his heart is relatively fragile, and he can't be too flamboyant." ”

"Understood."

"Lao Xu, the Zhu Zhu you play has a bit of a boy's surname, and the actions should be more relaxed, and your feelings about Chen Ran are very complicated, she is your good friend, but you have an affair with her husband, so you should have the joy of seeing her in your eyes, and at the same time be a little guilty, pay attention to controlling this degree."

"I see!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Peng paused for a moment, and his gaze swept over the faces of several others: "You are the same, please remember one thing, when performing, you must pay attention to using body language and the eyes of the characters to convey the emotions of the characters, which is related to the success or failure of our film." ”

"Okay, Director!"

"Very well, you two do it again, and then we'll have a play in the cave!"

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