032 Forced to star as Tsuyoshi Fujita
As the saying goes, good things are grinding, and this is not true at all.
As the assistant director of "Jingwumen", Wang Xiaohu is still inexperienced, and he is completely studying hard behind Bruce Lee, Han Yingjie, and Sammo Hung's buttocks, and he also knows that the film still needs to be edited in front of the audience.
So after filming the fight scene where Chen Zhen was forced to compete with Huo Tingen for the owner of the Jingwu Pavilion, Wang Xiaohu went into the editing room of Golden Harvest, observed the editor's tricks, and also put forward his own opinions on the action shots, but this time, Bruce Lee, who has always listened to Wang Xiaohu's words, put forward the opposite opinion.
"Xiaohu, you're asking the editor to skip the axis to edit, this kind of editing method is not allowed in Hollywood!" Bruce Lee said loudly in Golden Harvest's editing room.
Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes very helplessly in the face of this stubborn dragon who had always insisted on his own point of view, and then organized his language and said: "Brother Xiaolong, I know that jumping shafts is not allowed in Hollywood, but I am doing this to express the changes in this fight more powerfully, you have told me more than once that real martial arts in reality are ever-changing, and both sides are changing at any time in terms of physical strength and thinking. ”
Bruce Lee grabbed his hair with both hands, and expressed a headache at Wang Xiaohu's behavior of attacking him with the thoughts he had described.
In order to persuade Bruce Lee, Wang Xiaohu continued to point to the machine and said: "Look, Brother Xiaolong, you started to use a panorama in the competition with Tian Jun, and you both had the appearance of the logo surname before the fight, you once said that you have always wanted to use the panorama and long mirror to show your Jeet Kune Do characteristics, and you have also talked about the origin of the development of Jeet Kune Do's vigilant style to the present, and this panorama can fully illustrate this." ”
There is a small episode in this, some time ago, when Bruce Lee was instructing Wang Xiaohu to attack the posture, he once told about the evolution of his vigilance in Jeet Kune Do.
As we all know, Bruce Lee in Hong Kong once worshipped the famous Wing Chun master Ip Man to learn Wing Chun, after arriving in the United States, Bruce Lee began to study a variety of martial arts and fighting techniques, determined his own uniqueness, with the change of style, Zhen Fan Kung Fu style has also changed, from the standard Wing Chun "ask hands" style in the Seattle period to the Auckland era of the style of the beginning, at this time Jeet Kune Do has not yet been formed, but the angle of the palm has changed, or there is a strong Wing Chun characteristics, but after he arrived in Los Angeles, it is completely named Bruce Lee's own things, after the establishment of Jeet Kune Do, the vigilance style has also undergone essential changes, the most obvious is that the center of gravity falls between the front and rear legs, so that the legs of martial artists are as light as springs.
As for whether Jet Li's version of "Jingwu Heroes" combined Bruce Lee's real experience when filming this set of actions, Wang Xiaohu didn't know, and he couldn't go to Yuan Heping to confirm it, (Yuan Heping is still working the set), but he did use this experience to convince Bruce Lee.
"Brother Xiaolong, when you were attacked and humiliated by Tian Jun, and you stood up without falling down with one-handed push-ups, this scene is to explain the moment when the essence of Jeet Kune Do has changed, do you remember when you fought hard with a person for a long time in the United States to win, and since then you have begun to consider using the simplest, most direct and most traditional fighting techniques to end the battle in an instant, I have already told it through the plot and action in this film." Wang Xiaohu continued.
And Bruce Lee also fell into contemplation, yes, what Wang Xiaohu said was what Bruce Lee had personally experienced, and these actions were also properly expressed, especially when Wang Xiaohu comprehensively revised the script, he had a sense of déjà vu, if it weren't for Wang Xiaohu's words today, he would never have thought that an action, a plot would make Wang Xiaohu so carefully combined into his own experience.
This made Bruce Lee very moved, he was a very honest person, and immediately showed a very sad look, holding Wang Xiaohu with both hands, and kissed him on the forehead a few times: "Oh, I'm sorry Xiaohu, I misunderstood your good intentions, thank you, thank you very much!" ”
Wang Xiaohu was a little uncomfortable with Bruce Lee's excessive affection, but he knew that Bruce Lee's move had no other meaning, just to express his guilt about himself and the usual way of Westerners. "It's nothing, I just want to use the movie to show Chinese martial arts more perfectly."
"Yes, I blame you!" Bruce Lee shook his head and said, "Hey, Xiaohu, in order to apologize to you, I decided to replace Chen Zhen's opponent with you at the end of the film!" ”
"Ahh Wang Xiaohu closed his mouth in surprise, touched his nose and said, "No, Brother Xiaolong, this arrangement is not appropriate, this is unfair to Kurata Baozhao, he has been preparing for this scene for a long time!" ”
Kurata Baozhao, that is, the actor of Fumio Funakoshi in the 94 Jet Li version of "Jingwumen", although there is no character Fumio Funakoshi in the script revised by Wang Xiaohu, Wang Xiaohu asked Golden Harvest to borrow Kurata Fumio, who is filming with Shaw Brothers, for a few days to play the vicious battle between Fujita Gang and Chen Zhen at the end of the film.
"No, his movements are also designed by you, although he is said to be himself and has practiced karate, but I feel that his current movements are not enough to be my opponent." Bruce Lee shook his finger and said: "I can completely ask Wen Huai to compensate him for his salary, so that he can continue to film with Shaw Brothers, I believe he is happy to take a salary for nothing." ”
Wang Xiaohu tilted his head and asked, "But am I worthy of being your opponent?" ”
Bruce Lee laughed: "Of course, the hard work that your little tiger has shown in recent training really makes me jealous, although you don't have to drink my special drink, but you can still maintain your energy, God knows how you can recover your energy so quickly!" ”
Wang Xiaohu still wanted to insist: "Well, I feel that I don't have the slightest acting skills now, which will smash your signboard!" ”
“no!” Bruce Lee shook his head and said, "Don't refuse me, Xiaohu, I really want to test your training success now, if you don't agree, I will pour you my special drink every day!" ”
Wang Xiaohu began to sweat on his forehead, he definitely didn't expect that Bruce Lee would use such a scoundrel method in order to make himself the biggest villain of the film, and even threaten himself with the kind of drink that made him feel his stomach twitch.
"Okay, Brother Xiaolong, you have won, I decided to play the role of Tsuyoshi Fujita, but in order to ensure that I am still healthy after filming, I think it is very necessary to buy a life insurance that is worth a lot of money." Wang Xiaohu drooped his eyebrows and smiled bitterly.