Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1595 Rapid Progress

"ready, go……"

After Lin Daoqiu shouted to start, Martin Lawrence's first scene in "Rush Hour" officially started.

As a rookie, it is impossible for Martin Lawrence to say that he is not nervous at all.

But fortunately, the people in the family-making class and the crew were teaching him how to film, move, and tricks. Martin Lawrence was also very attentive in learning.

However, his performance in the literary drama at the beginning was a bit bad, because Martin Lawrence trembled when he spoke, and it could be seen that he was really nervous.

"Crack..."

After Lin Daoqiu yelled "click", Martin Lawrence turned his head and looked at Lin Daoqiu blankly, although he didn't know how he acted just now.

At this moment, Lin Daoqiu beckoned to him suddenly, and Martin Lawrence hurried over.

"You're too nervous, let yourself relax a little bit, you were trembling when you spoke just now, I'm afraid you didn't realize it."

If Lin Daoqiu didn't say anything, Martin Lawrence didn't even know that he was trembling when he spoke.

He thought he could relax, but it seemed like he was deluding himself.

"I'm sorry Mr. Lin, I... I don't understand this at all when I'm making a movie for the first time."

Martin Lawrence became even more nervous. He felt that it would be a huge sin for him if the movie could not continue because of his relationship.

"Don't worry, everyone is a newcomer here, no one can shoot well just for the first time, relax a little, I hope you can get better and better."

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect Martin Lawrence to be in place in one step like those experienced actors, even in a long-shot scene.

But what he hopes is that Martin Lawrence can gradually get better after accumulating experience in the shooting stage, which is what he hopes to see.

Throughout the night, because of Martin Lawrence's relationship, the progress of the filming could not go smoothly. Most of the time it was his side that had problems, but fortunately, Lin Daoqiu was patient and could teach him slowly.

If it was replaced by other directors, I am afraid that I would not have such good patience, and even encountered some short-tempered ones, I am afraid that I have already had the idea of ​​​​replacing Martin Lawrence.

After the first day, only [-]% of the scene was filmed. If it was put on an experienced actor, there must be a big problem.

But because Martin Lawrence is a novice, Lin Daoqiu didn't blame him too much. He was ready to finish filming the scene here in three days.

Perhaps it was because Lin Daoqiu gave Martin Lawrence enough patience. From the second day onwards, Martin Lawrence's performance was significantly better than the previous day.

Even in the next few days, Lin Daoqiu could obviously see the progress of Martin Lawrence, which made him very happy.

On the other side, Jackie Chan went quite smoothly. After the first day, [-]% of the scene at the pier has been filmed. If it goes well, it will be finished in about four days.

While Lin Daoqiu was filming, besides the roles of Jackie Chan and Martin Lawrence, other roles also required him to make up his mind.

The two roles of Jackie Chan's wife and daughter, it stands to reason, should be found directly in the United States. After all, these two roles need someone who can understand English to play them.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't want to waste these two roles just like that, he thought he could find someone from Xiangjiang to shoot.

So before the filming started, Lin Daoqiu had already called and found an actress from New Art City to play Jackie Chan's wife. This person was named Maggie Cheung, and she was just a newcomer in New Art City.

The reason why Lin Daoqiu approached Maggie Cheung was not because of how good Maggie Cheung was at this time. Although in later generations she was the queen who won awards and got soft hands, Maggie Cheung was just a newcomer at this time.

The reason why she was cast as Jackie Chan's wife was because Maggie Cheung spoke Cantonese badly, but spoke English fluently.

Because of studying abroad since she was a child, Maggie Cheung can only speak English, and almost forgot Cantonese.

At this time, due to the inconvenience of on-site sound recording, most of the movies need actors to dub them themselves, or find excellent dubbing actors to dub them.

So although Maggie Cheung's Cantonese is bad, she can still find someone to dub her at the beginning, and no one will say anything.

And Maggie Cheung never imagined that Lin Daoqiu would ask her to film a movie. You must know that she and Lin Daoqiu have almost never met each other, and even if they did, they only saw each other from a distance.

So when Huang Baiming informed Maggie Cheung to pack her bags and report to America, Maggie Cheung didn't believe it was true at first.

"What's the matter? Don't you want to go?"

After Huang Baiming and Maggie Cheung finished talking, he found that the other party was staring at him blankly, without saying a word, looking a little silly.

If Maggie Cheung refuses this opportunity, then Huang Baiming will really think she is a big fool.

"Mr. Huang, I want to know why Mr. Lin is looking for me? I'm not well-known in Xiangjiang, and I'm just a newcomer in New Art City. There are so many actors who are better than me..."

Maggie Cheung was very confused, she really couldn't figure out why Lin Daoqiu would hand-pick herself.

In fact, Huang Baiming also felt very strange at the beginning, but Lin Daoqiu briefly talked to him on the phone and told him that the reason why he chose Maggie Cheung was because she was fluent in English and Cantonese, and she was also good-looking.

Under these conditions, Lin Daoqiu will give the role of Jackie Chan's wife to her to play.

"You are right. There are many actresses who are more qualified than you and have better acting skills than you. But the reason why Mr. Lin chose you is because you can speak Cantonese and English very well, so he will give this role to you. Give you."

After listening to Huang Baiming's explanation, Maggie Cheung realized that Lin Daoqiu chose her for this reason.

"Seize this opportunity well. Although you won't have too many roles in this movie, if you can perform well, maybe you can become a big star in Hollywood."

Huang Baiming is actually not sure how much Maggie Cheung will gain from this trip to Hollywood, but if Maggie Cheung can perform well in "Rush Hour", it will definitely not be a bad thing for New Arts City.

"Mr. Huang, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to play this role well."

Although Maggie Cheung said this, she was still very disturbed in her heart.

Filming here in New Art City was fine, the pressure wasn't that great, even if the acting wasn't good, Huang Baiming and the others wouldn't blame themselves too much.

After all, in New Arts City's comedy movies, female stars are almost always treated as vase roles, and there is no need to think about acting skills, so it is very easy to act.

But now that she is going to film for Lin Daoqiu, Maggie Cheung is very worried that she will be scolded by Lin Daoqiu for not acting well. If that is the case, she would rather not play this role than be hated by Lin Daoqiu.

(End of this chapter)