On the afternoon of May 8, Wang Xu and Wu Jing came to Hong Kong with the crew of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" to thank the fans, and accepted an exclusive interview with the editor-in-chief of Sanxiang Morning News Entertainment.

Editor-in-Chief Li threw the first question to the two guests: ""Romance of the Dragon and Snake" has set off a youthful, hot-blooded, unyielding, and positive national art style, and public opinion believes that the film will lead a new trend of kung fu films, do you agree?" ”。

Wang Xu's self-confidence was revealed without surprise, and said: "Judging from the current trend, "Romance of the Dragon and Snake", like "Jingwumen", "Drunken Fist", "Huang Feihong" and "Ip Man", has ushered in a new wave of kung fu film trends in the film market.

Editor-in-chief Li said: "Some people say that Wu Jing's dragon snake classics surpass your senior brother's 'Huang Feihong', what do you think?" ”

Wu Jing said with a smile: "From my personal point of view, Huang Feihong symbolizes a kind of oriental national heroic spirit, and it is very difficult for the audience of our era to understand his spiritual world. And Wang Chao is a person who practices martial arts, a civilian hero, closer to the hearts of the audience. ”

Editor-in-Chief Li: "Compared with Chen Long, Li Lianjie, Zhen Zaidan, what is the difference between your kung fu?" ”

Wu Jing: "Big brother's kung fu has a foundation in opera, it was called Qixiaofu back then, and Zhen Tsai Dan is mixed martial arts, jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do, boxing, Muay Thai, and martial arts. My brother Li Lianjie and I are both in the same vein of traditional Chinese martial arts, which is very pure. ”

Editor-in-Chief Li: "What should real kung fu look like?" ”

Wu Jing: "Real kung fu." Bruce Lee's film is real kung fu, "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" says that it only kills the enemy and does not perform the national arts, Wang Chao's Tai Chi, Xingyi, and the three major boxing methods of the Bagua family are real kung fu. Most of them are fancy. Put on a few poses, like a dance, and play very well, but it's getting more and more fake. China's kung fu movies lead the world, and they are made with real fists. ”

Editor-in-chief Li asked Wang Xu: "I heard that before the film started, you asked the crew and actors to be recruits in the army for a month, right?" ”。

Wang Xu said: "Yes. ”

Editor-in-chief Li said: "Why is this happening? If it is a military theme like "I Am a Special Soldier", it is understandable. ”

Wang Xu said: "There are two kinds of warriors in my heart, one is the swordsman who flies away from the sky in Jin Yong's novels, draws his sword to help when he sees injustice, and goes to the end of the world with a sword. There is also a kind of like Huo Yuanjia. Huang Feihong, Chen Zhen, the same as the five kings of the big sword, stand up to the sky, fearless, protect the family and defend the country, and go to the battlefield to kill devils. The "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" said that 'only killing the enemy, not performing' is the inheritance of the spirit of the martial artists of the Republic of China.

The reason why I ask the actors to go to the army to really be a recruit is because soldiers are standing up to the sky. People who are fearless and defend their homes and country. They are warriors who live in reality.

It is impossible for us to require every actor to have real kung fu like Wu Jing, but each of us has the chivalrous spirit of a martial artist, he is a kind of bearing, mind, and spiritual strength. My requirements for actors are to rely on acting for three points, and for seven points to rely on the bearing of a martial artist. Mind, mental strength, we don't have real kung fu, so let's work hard to become a soldier first. ”

Editor-in-chief Li mentioned the topic character baby and said: "I know that many viewers have a lot of doubts about baby before the film is released. Director, how did you think of her to play a female grandmaster, is it because of the relationship that you are 'brothers' in the show Running Man? ”。

Wang Xu said bluntly: "That's right, just because of the recording of "Running Man", I met baby, I saw that she has a spirit of not admitting defeat in her bones, and her performance during the filming exceeded my expectations, which is very good." ”

Speaking of baby, Wu Jing was also blunt, at the beginning he was as suspicious of her as everyone else, but after the first scene was filmed, he was completely convinced, "baby is a good actor, she surprised me." ”

baby really amazed the audience, and the market also recognized her, many crews extended olive branches to her, and the salary was opened to a sky-high price of 500-8 million, while her film salary was only 1 million before.

Editor-in-chief Li then asked Wu Jingdao: "According to media reports, you said that "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" is your best movie, right?" ”。

Wu Jing said: "I once said that "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" is my best work since I started art. ”

Editor-in-chief Li said: "What does the role of Wang Chao mean to you? ”

Wu Jing said: "I like the role of Wang Chao so much, I feel that he is him in my bones." ”

This remark has been agreed by Wang Xu and many netizens, perhaps because Wu Jing is a northerner, he has always given fans a feeling of boldness and perseverance, and Wang Chao in the film is a man with a true temperament, a real man who does not admit defeat and is fearless.

Wang Chao's significance to Wu Jing is equivalent to Ip Man's meaning to Zhen Tsaidan. Previously, people said that Chen Long is getting old and Li Lianjie is gradually fading out, and martial arts films have entered the era of "Zhen Kung Fu", and Zhen Tsaidan alone has held up a piece of the sky of martial arts films.

And just in the past week, people are saying that martial arts films have entered the era of "Zhen Wu". Wu Jing has been in the first and second lines for many years and has achieved positive results, and finally stepped into the threshold of kung fu superstars, the fourth kung fu star with a salary of more than 10 million after Chen Long, Jet Li, and Zhen Zaidan.

Wu Jing's salary for the first part of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" is 4.5 million, and in the proposed second contract, Golden Hammer Film and Television offered him a salary of 15 million, which has tripled.

Editor-in-Chief Li's last two questions asked Wang Xu when the filming of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake 2" would start, and a question that the audience was very concerned about, that is, looking forward to the comedy movie starring him.

"Everyone knows the situation in my family, so I will reduce my work in the second half of this year, "Romance of the Dragon and Snake 2" will meet you next year, and I will also take this opportunity to reveal that next year I will have two works starring myself, a fantasy TV series, and a comedy kung fu movie."

Wang Xu's last sentence reveals a bit of a big message, he is going to make a TV series, his next movie is still a comedy, and it is also a kung fu theme, will it be any different from "Romance of the Dragon and Snake"?

Editor-in-Chief Li couldn't ask the above questions, and the interview ended here.

The next morning, the Sanxiang Morning Post used the entire first page, publishing a record of the interview in the form of a front-page headline, with a color picture of Wang Xu in the background, titled "His Film Era"

At the beginning of the article, there is a preface by Editor-in-Chief Li: "This is my fifth interview with Wang Xu, I have witnessed a 22-year-old, college student, from an Internet celebrity to a generation of comedy kings in only 4 years, witnessing him refresh the record of Chinese films again and again, and now he is a director again, and he has achieved unprecedented success again."

It is an honor for me, and for millions of Chinese audiences, to witness a film myth. (To be continued......)