In fact, pure action actors have a very short acting life, and they can't move when they get old, and they can't do the action...

Comedians are the same, it's really what Wang Jing said, 'can't let go'!

When you are old, you will inevitably not be as open as you are young, and the aura will gradually disappear, and the comedy effect will be much worse...

Speaking of Cheng Long, it's not that he doesn't want to transform, he proved his acting skills when he filmed "Dragon's Heart" in 85;

In 87, he recuperated for a year due to a serious brain injury in "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", and wanted to make a feature film to make a transition, but he bought the copyright of several works from Li Bihua at that time, and he wanted to star in a few by himself...

But Golden Harvest gave Cheng Long a death order, and at that time he still had commercial blockbusters such as "Plan A Sequel" and "Flying Dragon Warrior" in his hands, and the schedule was full, so it was a pity that Cheng Long had no chance to shoot these, and turned to be a behind-the-scenes investor and film producer.

You act in a drama, but you definitely sacrifice your personal style.

How could Golden Harvest not use the box office elixir of Chenglong action movies?

So...

But he found several of his little sisters, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, and filmed films such as "Rouge Buckle" and "Ruan Lingyu" that won awards and got soft hands.

Of course, these box office films made Cheng Long cry...

Two thousand years later, he starred in a "Shinjuku Incident" and was completely transformed!

Although the movie is said to be a good movie, this movie has an investment of more than 200 million yuan, and the box office is only tens of millions.

Blood loss!

This also led to Cheng Ryong being stereotyped, and he didn't dare to try a completely transformed work like "Shinjuku Incident" easily.

Shen Xudong persuaded Cheng Long to shoot "Spicy Hand Detective" first: "Big brother, this "Spicy Hand Detective" is completely based on "Police Story"... You see, the actor is simple and a bit individualistic, with outstanding ability at work and charging into battle. The character is bold and reckless, and in addition, there is a boss who loves him, but is made dizzy by him.

There are teammates who accompany him crazy, but they all need him to be the backbone at critical moments;

There is a powerful villain with a perverted personality as his opponent;

There is a villain who corrupts the law and suppresses him, but in the end he is helpless..."

"I've acted police stories so many times..."

"This mode is classic..."

After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said again: "... If you think Chen Xiao is not good enough, we can change the actors, Xie Tingfeng is not bad..."

Cheng Long didn't answer this topic, but asked rhetorically: "Are you so optimistic about this story?" ”

"Well," Shen Xudong nodded: "I'm particularly optimistic about the mainland box office and even the Asian box office of this movie..."

"How?"

"Because... The audience is the one who grew up watching "Police Story"! Shen Xudong added by the way: "Filming this "Hot Hand Detective" is like the eldest brother giving back to the fans, after all, the eldest brother has not played this kind of role for a long time. ”

Giving back to fans...

This word is very high, Cheng Long likes tall things, Shen Xudong then flickered... No, it's a follow-up persuasion, focusing on the theme of 'feelings' and 'audience', all kinds of praise...

For example, 'The audience will be moved to see you play a police officer again in a movie!' ’

"Unlike 'New Police Story', we're going to catch the thief by the police this time..."

Cheng Long was very flattering and nodded: "Okay, I'll discuss it with Xiaobao... Shoot this first! ”

Shen Xudong was still not satisfied: "What about "Outwitting Tiger Mountain"? Director Xu Ke is ready! ”

It's really not that he wants to force Cheng Long, mainly for a year and a half, in April 09, at the Boao Forum, Cheng Long made a speech, to the effect that 'too free is not good'...

Then he was scolded by netizens across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and even the Hong Kong authorities received thousands of complaint letters because of this matter, demanding that Chenglong's status as a Hong Kong city tourism ambassador be revoked...

Han Han also published an article 'Learn to figure out the holy will like a dragon'...

Then Cheng Long's reputation declined in various ways, which also affected several subsequent movies, such as "Big Soldier", "Xinhai Revolution"...

It wasn't until "Zodiac" starred in "Zodiac" that it saved the audience's reputation.

Well, Shen Xudong's plan is: "Spicy Hand Detective" and "Exquisite Ancient City" will be released in the summer of 08, and "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" will be released in the Chinese New Year...

In short, two dramas were done before 09...

Cheng Long was surprised: "Xu Ke is ready?" Who plays the mountain carving? ”

“… Liang Jiahui, I've put on makeup! ”

"I thought I would be looking for Andy Lau..."

Shen Xudong smiled: "That hard work has become a big brother..."

"I'm not hard, forget it, let Er Xiaobao wait!"

"Erdongsheng's side, we have prepared a feature film for him..."

"What movie?"

"The story of a corrupt little criminal police officer who meets a higher-level corrupt evil policeman and is implicated by calculations and triggers a vicious fight..."

Cheng Long lost interest and talked about the upcoming "Fault in the Stars"...

……

Oh, I made a mistake before, "The Fault in the Stars" will be released on August 17, and the biggest opponent is actually the Rotten Boy Gang comedy "Too Bad"...

Or Apatow's comedy, stepping on a horse, at this time period, Judd Apatou is popular, "Forty-Year-Old Virgin" and "Big Belly in One Night" are all $20 million in cost, and the North American box office exceeded 100 million!

"Too Bad", produced by Judd Apatow, starring Jonah Hill... And Emma Stone...

Aiming at the youth sex comedy left behind by "American Pie"...

The performance was vigorous, taking in $31 million at the box office in the first week.

A typical funny ugly man + blonde beauty, a restrictive joke with Su Su...

The word-of-mouth is outstanding: the comprehensive score of Rotten Tomatoes is 85%, and the opening score of 31 million US dollars also exceeds the previous "Forty-year-old Virgin" and "One Night Belly"...

However, the most surprising thing is "The Fault in the Stars", which received $39.2 million in the first three days of the week...

You know, "The Fault in the Stars" costs only $17 million...

In terms of publicity, there is also "Too Bad" with Sony's blessing - the only difference is that "The Fault in the Stars" is a best-selling adaptation, with sales exceeding one million...

The Hollywood Reporter called the show a 'tear gas', 'the biggest dark horse' and 'a female audience propping up the North American market'.

The production company 'Wonderful Studio' has skyrocketed in fame, with three best-selling works in a row, "Human Eradication Project", "Juno", and "Fault in the Stars", followed by "Ghost Record", "Happy Death Day", and "Human Removal Project 2" three movies lined up for release...

Although, every year in Hollywood, there are some small companies that rely on one or two works to get a good place, and it is just a flash in the pan...

And the films produced by these companies focus on a fringe, sensory stimulation...

But this Wonderful Studio is different, although there is also "Human Eradication Project", but "Juno" and "The Fault in the Stars" are both mainstream drama genre films...

It is an effective addition to many large companies...

If you can acquire...

This is a later story, Shen Xudong pays more attention to domestic public opinion.

After "The Fault in the Stars" won the North American single-week box office championship with a first-week box office of $39.2 million, the mainland media also rushed to report it, of course, the title is basically "Shen Xudong's legend continues, and the new work wins the championship in North America"...

And..."Shen Xudong's new work "The Fault in the Stars" defeated "Rush Hour 3"..."..."

This title is very sinister, obviously "Rush Hour 3" has been released for the second week, and the two sides are not the same battlefield at all, and they still have to be forcibly compared...

It is understandable that if you want to say that "The Fault in the Stars" defeated "Too Bad", you have to introduce a series of deeds in North America by the main creative team of "Too Bad", "Rush Hour 3" is much simpler, everyone knows that this is a series of Cheng Long who has established himself in Hollywood...

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