Chapter 51: Gu Bei, who wants to be strong
Dusk is the most beautiful time of the day, and there have been many literati in China since ancient times who have praised dusk, and the dusk in the United States is slightly different from that in China.
The street has been lit up sporadically with neon, saying that the evening stun has paved a layer of laziness for the whole city, and Gu Bei and his party of five walked silently on the street, and the haggard on their faces was clearly visible.
It was a 14-hour flight from Beiping to the United States, Gu Bei was so bored for the first time, and it was easy to get tired when bored.
In order to reverse the jet lag as soon as possible, the group stayed up all the way on the plane without sleeping.
After Gu Bei took a few random landscape photos on the road, he had no intention of going out, stayed in the hotel and fell asleep after eating something, from about 20 o'clock in the evening, Gu Bei lay in bed, and did not wake up until 9 o'clock the next morning.
In the past, Gu Bei went to bed at 12 o'clock at night and got up at about 7 o'clock in the morning, even when filming, Gu Bei arranged his schedule and rest like this, unless there was a night scene that day, Gu Bei could make a slight adjustment.
The feeling of sleeping for 13 hours is not very wonderful, and the first feeling when I open my eyes is tired, as if all my strength has been spent, and I just want to lie in bed and sleep for a while......
Just when Gu Bei was thinking about doing this to make a salted fish, Su Yi rang the doorbell one by one, and Gu Bei had a trace of fighting spirit to get up.
In addition to Su Yiyi, there is also a translation teacher, a male assistant who understands the law, and a man in the prime of life who is very strong and a head taller than Gu Bei, which is not a big move, but it is really interesting that Shi Rong can equip Gu Bei with such a small team.
After breakfast, the five of them embarked on the journey again, Cheng Long's filming place was in the semi-desert area in the western part of the country, and they ran around again until the evening, and Gu Bei and his party arrived at the crew.
It was the directors Tom Day and Cheng Long who took the main creator of the crew to greet Gu Bei downstairs in the hotel, this move made Gu Bei sincerely frightened, and hurriedly called out one teacher after another.
That night, a group of people also had a meal together, of course Gu Bei didn't have such a big face, but just in time for director Tom Day's birthday, and the birthday party welcomed Gu Bei to join by the way.
At the dinner table, Gu Bei was very embarrassed, Cheng Long spoke English very well, Tom Day and the other male lead actor Owen Wilson were originally from the United States, and English was completely spoken, while the other two Chinese leading actors Liu Yuling and Yuan Roger grew up in the United States since childhood, and English was also readily available, only Gu Bei was still at the middle school level of English.
When a tool person is also counted, he should be so aggrieved, fortunately, Brother Cheng Long saw Gu Bei's embarrassment, and from time to time switched to Chinese to explain to Gu Bei, Cheng Long is also the same as rumored, the first meeting gave Gu Bei a feeling of a big brother, and took care of Gu Bei.
Cheng Long filmed "Red Fan Zone" in the 90s, and after successfully breaking into the Hollywood market with his kung fu comedy, he basically made two movies a year, one for Europeans and Americans, and one for China.
The "Western Regions Dragon" to be filmed this time is purely a movie for foreigners, and the other starring actor is also a local actor in the United States, Owen Wilson.
After dinner, Gu Bei successfully asked for the script, and also learned about the role he was going to play, a leader of the forbidden army of the Qing Dynasty.
The story of "Weilong in the Western Regions" is very simple, after all, it is a pure commercial film, and it does not involve anything too brain-burning and too profound, it tells the story of a forbidden army team going to the United States to rescue the princess of the imperial court, the princess was abducted to the United States by the imperial rebel Yuan Roger, and the emperor ordered the leader of the forbidden army played by Gu Bei to lead the guards played by Cheng Long and several people to rescue the princess with ransom.
On the way, he met the western cowboy of the United States, that is, the bandit leader played by Owen Wilson, one of Owen's subordinates killed one of the Praetorian Guards, and with a sense of revenge, Cheng Long chased after him, and separated from Gu Bei and his party of the Praetorian Guards.
Then, it was the rivalry between Cheng Long and Owen, the two didn't know each other if they didn't fight, and finally formed an alliance to rescue the princess Liu Yuling, and together they resisted the pursuit of the villain Yuan Roger, and finally successfully rescued the princess......
Gu Bei's role is a bit of a soy sauce nature, he doesn't even have a serious name, only the title of the leader of the forbidden army, and the scenes with Gu Bei's role are everywhere, accepting the appointment at the beginning, showing his face when he encountered a western cowboy robbery halfway, and then when Cheng Long and Owen fell in love and killed each other, a shot of Gu Bei arriving in the United States and asking for directions was inserted for less than ten seconds.
The most critical thing is the final climactic scene, Gu Bei arrived at the duel between Cheng Long, Owen and Yuan Luojie, and wanted to bring the princess back, but Cheng Long had already changed his mind and didn't want to bring the princess back to the court.
So, Gu Bei and Cheng Long, who were originally a group, fought instead......
This scene is also a headache for Gu Bei after seeing it, he doesn't need acting skills at all, just a central idea - it's over when he fights, and he also names the use of red tassel guns, big knives, and three-knuckle sticks......
Gu Beiguang had heard the names of these weapons, how could he use them, or fight against Brother Cheng Long...... As soon as he thought of the scenes in the next few days, Gu Bei had a big head for a while.
Sure enough, as soon as he arrived on the set the next day, Gu Bei received a cold reception, except for Su Yiyi and others who circled around Gu Bei, a stylist changed Gu Bei's clothes, made a long braid of the Qing Dynasty, and then waited for a long time.
It seems that the crew of "Weilong in the Western Regions" also regarded Gu Bei as a person who came to play soy sauce, and the first few scenes were also played by the assistant director to Gu Bei, and there were no lines in total, Gu Bei finished acting casually, and they were all one pass.
When it came to the last fight, Gu Bei walked over nervously, but was told that he had already arranged a martial arts stand-in, and the stand-in was a stand-in, and Gu Bei didn't have much resistance, after all, he really didn't know how to fight.
But Gu Bei was very unhappy with the attitude of the staff's notice, even if he informed him a day in advance, Gu Bei would not be so aggrieved, but when Gu Bei put on makeup and was ready to go into battle in person, he didn't come to such a hand.
The clay man still has three points of fire, not to mention Gu Bei.
Gu Bei, who didn't want to be looked down upon, immediately ran to Cheng Long and director Tom Day and said, "Director, Brother Cheng Long, can you not use a stand-in?" I wanted to try it myself. ”
Cheng Long and Tom Day glanced at each other, although they didn't know which tendon was wrong with Gu Bei, but if Gu Bei could shoot it himself, it would naturally be better, so they agreed, and arranged for Gu Bei to follow the action instructor to practice first.
The action director is also Cheng Long's old partner Yuan Biao, a very old action director.
"I said, you kid, aren't you looking for trouble?" Yuan Biao speaks Cantonese, and Gu Bei is originally from Guangdong Province, so there is no obstacle to communication.
"Teacher Yuan Biao, I just want to try it myself." Gu Bei didn't say the unhappy emotions in his heart, if he was listened to by the people next to him, it would only cause trouble.
Yuan Biao looked Gu Bei up and down, but he couldn't get Gu Bei's thoughts, so he stopped being entangled and said, "Let's teach you to use the red tassel gun first." ”
Immediately after, Yuan Biao took the prop red tassel gun and played a few gun flowers, the action was very crisp, very ornamental, after playing, Yuan Biao threw the prop red tassel gun to Gu Bei: "You try it first, I'll see if your foundation is good." ”
It is said that it is a prop, and there is not much difference from the real red tassel gun, the body of the gun is still wood, and the gun head is not made of metal, and the hardness is not worse than ordinary wood.
Gu Bei saw that Yuan Biao's movements just now were very simple, and he had more confidence, imitating Yuan Biao's movements and manipulating them, but after a few plays, he was stopped by Yuan Biao.
"What are you doing?"
Hearing this, Gu Bei was very embarrassed, and he couldn't refute it, Yuan Biao's actions looked very simple, but they were nullified as soon as they were done.
Yuan Biao thought for a while and said: "I suggest you still use a stand-in, you are easy to get hurt yourself, you are not like Cheng Long, he is already very familiar with this set, he knows when to step back, when to bow his head and bend over, with your current level, if you don't pay attention to it, you will be beaten, although it is a prop, it will also hurt very much, we often go to the hospital." ”
Gu Bei thought that Yuan Biao would feel that his movements were stiff and he couldn't act, but he didn't expect that he was worried that he would be injured, whether he was injured or not, Gu Bei didn't care at all, this scene was beaten a few times with a wooden stick at most, and the danger factor was not great, so he asked: "Teacher, just say if I can play it." ”
"If you can, just practice for a while, but don't look at Cheng Long's age, his strength is not small, if he accidentally hits you, it will hurt for a while."
"It's okay, you can teach me the movements first." As soon as Gu Bei's temper came up, this tone had to be fought for, but he couldn't be looked down upon by these Mi Guoyan, it was a big deal to endure the risk of being beaten to survive this scene.