When the news of Lin Mingyang's appointment as the director of "The King of Kung Fu" reached Hong Kong, Jackie Chan was both surprised and delighted. He had long expected that since Lin Mingyang had revised the script, he would definitely have "ideas" about this film, but he didn't expect Lin Mingyang to get what he wanted from Lionsgate so "easily", which shows that the rumors of Lin Mingyang's close relationship with Lionsgate are not groundless.

Of course, Lin Mingyang became the director of this film, which is a good thing for Jackie Chan. The two of them have worked together before, and they are quite familiar with each other; Moreover, Lin Mingyang's Chinese ancestry allows him to understand Chinese culture more than other Hollywood directors, and the films made according to his ideas will naturally have more "Chinese flavor".

Jackie Chan is not the only one who has this idea, Yuan Heping, who was invited to be the action director of this film, is also thinking about this in his heart. In the past few years, he has cooperated with many foreign directors in Hollywood, and he also understands the temper of these foreign directors, but Lin Mingyang is a little uncertain about him.

In Hollywood, he heard a lot of things about Lin Mingyang, and it can be summed up that there are a lot of scandals, great fame, and strong ability, and it is precisely because there are many things about Lin Mingyang that Yuan Heping is a little uncertain. In Yuan Heping's view, most people like Lin Mingyang, who became famous at a young age and have some real skills, are more proud and sometimes can't listen to other people's opinions.

With all kinds of speculations, Yuan Heping finally met Lin Mingyang himself. has made so many famous movies, and is the focus of attention on entertainment newspapers, street shots and scandals, anyone who pays a little attention to Hollywood dynamics will be no stranger to Lin Mingyang, and Yuan Heping is no exception.

But Lin Mingyang saw this legendary "Eighth Master" for the first time, and when he learned that Yuan Heping had been waiting in the café for more than half an hour, he greeted him apologetically, "I'm really sorry for making Mr. Yuan wait for a long time!" ”

"Where, where, a young and promising director like Mr. Lin is rare in Hollywood, and it is normal to be busy!" Yuan Heping shook hands with Lin Mingyang very politely.

Lin Mingyang said with a sincere face: "Mr. Yuan, don't be so polite, if you don't mind, you can call me Felix or Ah Ming, and I will call you 'Eighth Master', since we have begun to cooperate with each other, don't be separated from each other." ”

Yuan Heping is also a cheerful person, since Lin Mingyang said so, there is no need for him to be hypocritical, not to mention that he can also see that Lin Mingyang's words are indeed from the heart.

"Then I'll call you Ah Ming, I always think Chinese is more affectionate."

In terms of communication, Lin Mingyang is indeed a master, he used a few words to shorten the distance between himself and Yuan Heping, and the next conversation became much easier and easier.

"Eighth master, you are a straightforward person, I won't spare you any bends, please come over this time, in fact, I want to talk to you about the arrangement of the action scenes in this film... You've probably read the script, I've made a lot of changes to the original script, and the story is mainly divided into two parts: reality and dreams, and I think the action design should also be separated. ”

Yuan Heping asked curiously: "Then how are you going to divide it?" ”

"Regarding the plot of the 'reality' part, I hope that you will try to restore the original appearance of kung fu as much as possible when designing the action, and what kung fu looks like in reality, what the movie should look like. Because many Western audiences' perception of Chinese kung fu is inaccurate, many movies exaggerate the effects of kung fu, which makes many people doubt the real surname of Chinese kung fu. Lin Mingyang gestured and said: "I want to let people know through this movie what the real kung fu is all about." ”

After hearing these words, Yuan Heping stared at Lin Mingyang with a strange expression for a long time. He originally thought that Lin Mingyang's knowledge of Chinese kung fu was just a deliberate hype by the Hollywood media, but now it seems that Lin Mingyang should really have in-depth contact with Chinese martial arts, and this requirement alone is completely different from other Hollywood directors.

"Eighth Master, is there something wrong with me?" Seeing that Yuan Heping didn't react for a long time, Lin Mingyang asked again.

Yuan Heping hurriedly waved his hand, "The Hollywood directors I have worked with before have never asked you to do so. When Ang Lee was filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he asked me to try to be as engaging as possible when designing the movements, while those Hollywood directors were more direct, they asked me to design actions that the audience couldn't think of... Listening to you say this, I think that in Hollywood for so many years, instead of letting overseas audiences understand what kung fu is, I have led them into a misunderstanding. ”

Lin Mingyang hurriedly explained: "Whether it is the audience's needs that guide the production of the film, or whether the production of the film triggers the audience's demand, the question is as inconclusive as 'chickens lay eggs, eggs lay chickens'." After all, the real side of kung fu is not as interesting as most people see, and the exaggerated performance of kung fu in the movie can't be said to be bad, but the realistic part of this film, I want the audience to see what the real kung fu looks like, so as to have a rational understanding of it. ”

"Design the movement according to your requirements, and it's no problem... But will the audience enjoy watching it? Yuan Heping wasn't that kind of idealist, so he asked a very practical question.

"So we have to fill in the part of the film 'Dream', you are solely responsible for how to design the martial arts action in this part, and I have only one requirement, it must be a wonderful fight!"

――――After Lin Mingyang negotiated with Yuan Heping here, Jackie Chan also sent the actor information that Lin Mingyang needed from Hong Kong. According to Lin Mingyang's original plan, he actually wanted Jackie Chan to find two suitable actresses in China for him to play the roles of Golden Swallow and the white-haired witch in the film.

Jin Yanzi's character candidate Jackie Chan recommended several, among which Lin Mingyang quickly found Liu Yifei's information, because this character has to play different roles in dreams and reality in the film, Jin Yanzi in dreams should be a classical beauty, and Jin Yanzi in reality is a Chinese girl.

After comprehensive comparison, Liu Yifei looks classical and soft, and has the experience of living in the United States, and the role of Golden Swallow was soon determined to be played by her. But the role of the white-haired witch made Lin Mingyang a little embarrassed.

In the original script, this "white-haired witch" was actually a white-eyed Taoist who wanted to play it with a male surname, but later when Lin Mingyang revised it, he thought that the story lacked the softness of the female surname, so it was changed to "white-haired witch", Lin Mingyang's only requirement for this role is to be beautiful and able to play.

I don't know what Jackie Chan thinks, he actually recommended an actor to Lin Mingyang who is impossible to play this role, instead of Li Bingbing in Lin Mingyang's memory.

Holding the information about Lin Qingxia sent by Jackie Chan in his hand, Lin Mingyang was constantly pondering and considering the feasible surname of this matter, although the idea of letting Lin Qingxia play the role of "white-haired witch" in the film is really tempting, if the other party can agree to act, then the highlight of this film is in addition to the first screen collision of the two major kung fu superstars in the Chinese world, and there is an exciting topic.

If you want to talk about her influence in the Chinese film industry, even if she has been out of the film for many years, Lin Qingxia still has the appeal that does not belong to Jackie Chan and Jet Li, they all say that the audience is forgetful, and the love in the entertainment industry is cold, but everyone has not forgotten Lin Qingxia. Because since she retired, there has never been a second beauty in the Chinese entertainment industry who can freely walk between the poles of yin and yang, her performance style is natural and simple, restrained and delicate, with a sharp appearance and a sense of surname, and she is good at expressing the complexity of the characters' thoughts and the ups and downs of feelings.

This special character, who went from the popularity of the 70s to the popularity of the 90s, does represent a special fashion history. Lin Qingxia, who came out of Qiong Yao films, used her 21 years of acting history to help people remember the era that has gradually faded away and the popularity of the past. Like her inherent side-eyed image, she slowly became a glittering symbol in the light and shadow that people can describe.

Jin Yong said that she has "unparalleled beauty", and in Tsui Hark's eyes, she is "the only and forever" beauty, and John Woo's famous words have always been on his lips: "If you haven't filmed Lin Qingxia, you can't count as having made a movie." The audience is reminiscing about one of her classics one after another: the white-haired witch practicing neon clothes, the undefeated Dongfang, Murong Yan and Murong Yan... New and old directors vied with each other to invite her out of the mountain, and people kept inviting her to return to the film industry, but they were all rejected one by one, no matter how big the other party was and how sincere.

The creativity of the role of "White-haired Witch" is largely derived from the white-haired witch Lian Ni Dress successfully created by Lin Qingxia, it can be said that she is the best choice to play this role, especially since she has a strong star aura that does not belong to Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and the duel between the three in the film will be very exciting. Every time he thinks of this, Lin Mingyang will have a faint excitement. But reason kept reminding him that it was almost impossible to invite Lin Qingxia to star in this film.

Lin Mingyang, who was mixed with this passion and reason, felt extremely distressed, he had never encountered such a contradictory choice, knowing that he could not get it but was unwilling to give it up, which could be said to be a kind of torment for him in his pursuit of perfection.

After tossing and turning for several nights, Lin Mingyang finally made a decision.

Lin Mingyang is unwilling to give up so easily, knowing that it is impossible, he still wants to give it a try, so he wants to go to Hong Kong!

(To be continued)