Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 638-Chen Yu accepts an interview with foreign media

On the set of "SEAL Team Season 3", Chen Yu, director Christopher Chulack, and screenwriter Benjamin Cavell were interviewed by USA Today.

The guest interviewer was Israeli actress Alona Tal, who had previously worked briefly with Chen Yu, and Jessica Pare served as the on-site director.

Both of them are regular actresses of the show. Although Alona Tal has few roles, her character is very popular and is deeply loved by audiences in North America and some European countries.

On the contrary, the character played by Jessica Pare is not so likable in Canada and America.

In Europe, she is regarded by the vast majority of viewers as a capable, professional and reliable career woman.

It must be admitted that Alona and Jessica were very successful in shaping and controlling the characters, but due to schedule reasons, Jessica is likely to withdraw from the series early.

In addition, Jessica and Alona are both fans of Bruce Lee. To be honest, Chen Yu was particularly surprised.

"As a professional boxing champion, have you ever thought about what the true meaning of martial arts is?"

Chen Yu glanced at Alona and then his eyes revealed a little strangeness. How to answer this question? He was not the kind of philosophy master who sat in the office or the reference room for nothing.

Chen Yu turned to look at Jessica and then gently patted the armrest of the sofa, indicating that he had never thought about it, because daily training was already rigorous enough and he had to rest after completing it.

"I play with models and figurines, watch movies and TV series while taking a bath. As for the true meaning of martial arts, maybe it flashed in my dreams a few times, but unfortunately I don't have a good impression of it."

Chen Yu's frank and straightforward attack suddenly put Alona in an awkward and helpless state.

Director Christopher nodded very secretly, agreeing with what Chen Yu said. He believed that professionals should consider professional issues and not get involved with philosophy.

Screenwriter Benjamin Cavell also disagrees with the casual use of philosophical generalizations to explain professional issues.

At this moment, Alona had calmed down and continued to chat with Chen Yu about the true meaning of martial arts.

Bruce Lee once said that the ultimate meaning of martial arts is to express personal opinions and form a balance with nature. Chen Yu failed to understand this sentence, so his expression became extremely confused.

Director Christopher felt that the master's inner thoughts were difficult to understand, so he didn't understand either.

Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose and could only reiterate that as a professional boxer, he would only study techniques, how to threaten, injure and knock down challengers more fiercely and quickly.

"The Dao is something illusory and only suitable for young men who don't have to worry about food, drink, or competitions to pursue."

Screenwriter Benjamin could understand what Chen Yu said, and director Christopher almost laughed out loud. It took great courage to describe the legendary Bruce Lee as a playboy.

Although Chen Yu has never publicly criticized Mr. Bruce Lee, his words and deeds have always been very different from his. Chen Yu does not agree with the true meaning of martial arts that Bruce Lee advocates.

In fact, Chen Yu has repeatedly emphasized in a series of interviews that he does not know Chinese Kung Fu or Chinese martial arts, the only thing he is proficient in is fighting techniques.

Chen Yu always insisted that his techniques were fundamentally different from and not closely related to Chinese martial arts.

Therefore, Chen Yu is particularly disgusted by boring people at home and abroad who compare himself with Bruce Lee. In terms of spiritual realm, Chen Yu is definitely inferior, but in terms of actual combat results.

Chen Yu just wanted to ask Mr. Bruce Lee if he has ever won an Olympic gold medal or a professional gold belt?

As for the fact that Bruce Lee had trained a group of championship-level boxers, it only proves that he was a good teacher. Leading a team to win the championship does not mean that the coach himself has the qualities to become a champion.

It's like Chen Yu is a world-class boxing champion, but he cannot guarantee that after he switches to coaching, he can still let his disciples wear gold belts. There is no equality between the two.

Bruce Lee's way of intimidating his disciples may rely on his interpretation of the spirit and philosophy of martial arts, or more rigorous and fierce training. In short, his methods are rich and varied.

At this point, Jessica and Alona finally realized that Chen Yu disdained to discuss Bruce Lee. The two of them had very obvious and irreconcilable conflicts in many of their views.

Director Christopher, who is always willing to watch the fun, asked a question on behalf of Alona: What do you think of Bruce Lee's statement that he particularly dislikes and even resists being called a superstar?
Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose and then a faint smile appeared on his thin lips. Disgust or resistance is not contradictory to enjoying the treatment. The title makes people hate it but the benefits make people happy.

Director Christopher and screenwriter Benjamin immediately stood up and applauded, while producer Spencer Hudnut turned and ran back to his office, his inspiration surging.

Chen Yu also slowly stood up and responded to the people around him with a very standard gentleman's courtesy. I don't know why I always feel that Chen Yu is more relaxed when accepting foreign interviews than when facing domestic media.

Chen Luyu and Yi Lijing have both stated that Chen Yu was extremely defensive when he was a guest on their shows, and he just read out the script that had been written in advance.

There was no communication or interaction at all during the program, and the effect was entirely due to forced editing in post-production.

In fact, Chen Yu also couldn't understand the main reason why he had nothing to say when he saw the domestic media.

At this moment, Alona adjusted her attitude again and continued the interview, asking about the decline of Chinese action movies, hoping that Chen Yu could help answer the questions for European and American audiences.

"Chinese action movies can only represent a small part of the Chinese film industry."

Chen Yu blinked and raised his hands slightly towards Director Christopher.

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Once upon a time, many of the stereotypes of Eastern culture held by Hollywood and European and American filmmakers were: having braids behind the head, jumping around like monkeys, being ignorant and funny.

Chen Yu gestured the corresponding movements as he spoke, then nodded and deliberately squinted his eyes.

Screenwriter Benjamin raised his hand. He thought the small eyes referred specifically to Koreans. To be honest, some European and American people really view Koreans in this way, rather than Chinese and Japanese.

Chen Yu did not discuss this issue in depth.

“Kung Fu movies have allowed Hollywood and European and American counterparts to refresh their knowledge and understanding of Eastern culture.”

Although Chen Yu was very disdainful of Bruce Lee's understanding and interpretation of the spirit of martial arts, he did not deliberately erase Bruce Lee's contributions to the film industry.

Kung Fu movies are only a part of Eastern culture or Chinese culture. The glory or decline of this type of movie does not represent anything.

Chen Yu placed his hands on his knees and spread them out.

Today, the Chinese film industry has developed by leaps and bounds.

From content to quality, everything is different now.

The overall level of the industry is getting closer and closer to Hollywood and is even on par with it. Chen Yuhua concluded that after all, we have a larger population and a deeper market.

"The times are still progressing, and both China and the United States are moving forward."

Chen Yu suggested that Hollywood and European and American counterparts should study more hard-core science fiction blockbusters with oriental cultural characteristics such as "The Wandering Earth".

Although this film has not been officially released, the released trailers and highlights have shown that it is in no way inferior to Hollywood blockbusters.

After watching the trailer and behind-the-scenes footage of "The Wandering Earth" frame by frame at the beginning of the month, Cameron and Spielberg expressed their admiration and praise.

Chen Yu is a co-producer of this film, so he has been promoting the film every chance he gets recently.

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