Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 762 In Jinling

Compared to "Beauty and the Beast", Zhang Yuanjun actually prefers "Maleficent".

Both are live-action remakes of old Disney animated films, but Maleficent is clearly more innovative.

"Maleficent" boldly adapts the traditional story of the prince and princess. Putting aside the general feminist context, the adaptation of this story from a love story between a prince and a princess into a mother-daughter relationship between a witch and a princess should also be highly praised.

The traditional prince was completely reduced to a supporting role in the film.

Of course, if you think the witch and the princess are in a relationship, that makes sense.

But at least, such a bold adaptation is very appealing, and the global box office of "Maleficent" of $7.6 million also shows that such an adaptation is successful.

If there is any shortcoming, it is that "Maleficent" has a very obvious sense of being shot in a studio, and the budget of 1.8 million US dollars was not spent well.

But "Beauty and the Beast" is not like that. The team led by Bill Condon had almost no innovation, the plot was almost a replica of the animated version, and many shots were even copied from the animation.

The most praised part of the whole film is the set and stage design, which has been recognized by audiences around the world.

However, market performance has proved that following the rules of others is a wise approach.

"Beauty and the Beast" grossed $6400 million in North America on its first day, and also secured the top spot in South Korea with 16.7 viewers on its first day.

It also grossed over 8000 million on the first day in China, knocking "Resident Evil 6" off the Japanese crown.

Liu Yifei is a Disney fan, and she invited her husband to watch the movie the night after it was released.

There's not much to say about the plot, but after actually watching it, I found that the set design and art are indeed worthy of praise, and the special effects are also well done. Just looking at these two points is worth the price of the ticket.

However, Zhang Yuanjun still hopes that the new era can bring new interpretations to old stories, of course, new interpretations that maintain correct aesthetics, and the little black fish does not count.

But Liu Yifei said that princess movies do not require any major new interpretations. Girls all over the world just want to watch handsome men and beautiful women sing, dance, fall in love, and defeat the bad guys in the process.

Liu Yifei obviously has researched this aspect: "Girls' little thoughts were clearly written about by fairy tale writers such as Andersen and the Grimm brothers a hundred years ago."

But there are exceptions. Liu Yifei added: "Mulan is the most different. She doesn't fall in love, and she doesn't have beautiful clothes or castles."

Zhang Yuanjun said for no reason: "The animated film Mulan has been around for 20 years."

"About 98."

“It’s time to remake it.”

"Hasn't the project already been launched?"

As early as October last year, Disney announced that it would make a live-action version of "Mulan" and it was scheduled to be released in November 10.

The screenwriters announced at the time were Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, whose representative works include "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Jurassic World" and "Avatar".

Disney also announced at the time that it would be casting worldwide.

But after this news was announced, there was no further news about "Mulan".

Liu Yifei is of course paying attention to "Mulan" - almost all actresses in the country are paying attention to this drama.

Some actors have even started action training in the hope of performing well in the auditions.

Liu Yifei was pregnant at the time and now has to take care of the child. Even if she wanted to fight for it, she was powerless. She had no shortage of filming opportunities, so she didn't take the initiative.

"Want to take pictures?" Zhang Yuanjun asked his wife in the car.

"Not bad." Liu Yifei said, "I'm already too busy with the work at hand."

She will be filming "The Witch" this year and "Now on My Way to See You" will also start shooting next year. Almost all the schedules in the next three to five years are being snatched up by many companies, and they are all good projects. She really cannot spare the time to film "Mulan".

After giving birth, she set herself the task of making one film a year, or two films in three years, so that she could balance her family and work.

But Zhang Yuanjun still said: "I'll ask some other day to see what's going on with this Disney project."

He doesn't pay much attention to Disney either.

Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei are a couple who forget their children. They often leave their children behind to go on dates.

Because both of them feel that a couple should not spend all their time focusing on their children after they have them.

As a couple, they are still a couple and they still have to have their own romantic dates.

When they got home, they saw the two siblings lying together. The doctor said that they needed to exercise the baby's hands and feet, and that they should not be held all the time, but should be allowed to move around on their own.

Poor little guys, they can’t turn over yet, and their heads are heavy, so they lie on the mat, and their heads fall down again after being raised for a few seconds.

Grandma encouraged the two to learn to roll over, and Liu Xiaoli held a doll and taught them: "Baby, look, like this." Turn the doll over.

Liu Yifei looked at it and laughed, "The baby's head is stuck to the cushion, and you can't see the doll turning over."

Zhang Yuanjun turned the two siblings over and made them lie down.

The two little guys were so happy to see their parents come back, especially the older brother, who stared at them vigorously with his short legs.

"Ah, I'm happy." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile, "Have you learned how to roll over?"

"Ah."

"I haven't learned it yet. Grandma didn't teach me well."

"Ah ah." This was the sound made by the younger sister, as if she was dissatisfied with her father only talking to her brother.

Liu Yifei came up to her daughter and said, "Mom is here."

"Ah."

"Why aren't you asleep so late?"

"Ah."

"Wait for mom and dad to come back." I don't know how Zhang Yuanjun understood it, "Come, dad will teach you how to roll over."

Zhang Yuanjun said as he lay on the ground and demonstrated to the two children how to roll over: "See? Move your buttocks. That's how you roll over."

The two children were held by their mother and grandmother, and they laughed happily when they saw their father turning over on the ground.

Zhang Yuanjun took his daughter over and said, "Come, sister, come first."

But after teaching them for a whole night, the two little ones still didn't learn how to roll over, and they just played with their dad and mom.

The adults had no choice but to give up, wash the child, and Liu Xiaoli took the child to sleep.

The next day, Zhang Yuanjun went to the crew to film, and Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei took the two siblings to the hospital in Jinling for two-month-old infant care.

"I see other people's babies can roll over at two months old, but our two can't yet." Liu Xiaoli is communicating with the doctor.

"It's normal, two months early and four months late, it's all normal time," the doctor told Liu Xiaoli, "Just do some proper exercise. Where's the child's father?" The doctor obviously did not recognize Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei who was wearing a mask.

"The child's father is at work and can't come. It's the same if you tell me anything."

"It's nothing. You still need to communicate with your children more, play with them more, and just take care of them normally."

The doctor then gave Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei instructions on breastfeeding and child hygiene: "The child is very healthy, there is no problem. Hey? Are you the Liu Yifei on TV?" The doctor finally recognized Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei took off her mask and greeted the doctor with a smile.

"I was thinking your features looked familiar to me." The doctor wasn't very excited.

Liu Yifei smiled.

"Are you filming in Jinling?"

"No, the child's father is filming in Jinling." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Oh, there are many fun places in Jinling. You can take your children there when you have time. Now is the off-season, so there are not many people." The doctor also took the initiative to recommend Jinling.

Liu Yifei actually started chatting with the doctor and asked him to introduce some tourist attractions.

"There are many things to see in Drum Tower. Qingliang Mountain, Mufu Mountain, Yuejiang Tower and Zhongshan Wharf are all worth visiting."

"I can tell from the looks of it that you are from Nanjing."

"Ah? No, I'm from Ma'anshan."

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(End of this chapter)