The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 470 New Movie Preparations

Entering April, apart from the finalization of "Project A", Xu also has several films that have been filmed one after another.Such as the "Little Li Flying Knife" series directed by Chu Yuan, Gui Zhihong's "Thousands of People", Zhang Jian's "Sea Wolf", Xu Brothers' "Rich and Noble World" and so on.

Director Chu Yuan's adaptation of Gu Long's novels has always been a hit, especially in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Following the launch of the "Lu Xiaofeng" series last year, director Chu Yuan wants to put "Little Li Feidao" on the screen this year, and the person who will play the role of Xiao Li Feidao is the golden and green partner Qin Pei of Hong Kong movies.

Before that, he had acted as Fu Hongxue in "The Knife at the End of the World". With his excellent acting skills, he played the tragic hero perfectly, and was unanimously praised by the audience, especially the fans of Gu Long's novels.Therefore, director Chu Yuan cast Xiao Li Feidao this time, so he was recruited to play the leading actor Li Xunhuan.

For Qin Pei to play the role of Li Xunhuan, some people in the company objected at first. The reason is that Qin Pei's appearance is not handsome enough, and he is not suitable for the role of the personable and prodigal son Li Xunhuan.However, director Chu Yuan resisted all opinions and insisted on letting Qin Pei play the role.

The reason is that Li Xunhuan was in his 30s when he appeared on the stage, and was about the same age as Qin Pei.Moreover, Li Xunhuan's life was full of tragedy. His sworn brother, who seems to be a gentleman, is actually a treacherous villain.But in order to fulfill his righteous brother, he even took the initiative to leave his beloved woman, and has been a prodigal son ever since.

Li Xunhuan seems to be romantic and unrestrained, but in fact he is the most dedicated; although he has superb martial arts, he has never killed a good person indiscriminately; he has lost all his wealth and wandered alone in the rivers and lakes, even in the face of thousands of accusations, he can still keep smiling.It is far from enough for a character like this to just look good. In fact, temperament and acting skills are more important.

The two sides argued their own reasons, but there was a stalemate, and the lawsuit went to Xu Guanwu.

In order to reconcile the conflict between the two parties, Xu Guanwu called Qin Pei and asked him to perform one of them on the spot.If he can conquer everyone present with his acting skills, then Li Xun Huan is definitely his role; if his performance is not recognized by everyone, then he can only say goodbye with regret.

Qin Pei naturally knew how much impact it would have on his acting career if he could play the role of Li Xunhuan, so he naturally wanted to go all out.

When he was in Shaw Brothers, he only played supporting roles, and he never played the main role.Qin Pei, Qin Pei, the word "pei" was created by director Li Hanxiang for him. It is actually a homonym of "supporting" for a supporting role. Director Li Hanxiang wanted him to be a supporting role.Don't think that director Li Hanxiang looked down on him. In fact, being able to play a supporting role in Shaw Brothers at that time was already very rare for an actor.

Although playing a supporting role made Qin Pei's life worry-free, it was difficult to become popular.Qin Pei is also a person who is strict with himself. Naturally, he does not want to play a supporting role in Shaw Brothers for the rest of his life, so he later moved to Xu Family, and became famous in one fell swoop by starring in "The End of the World" directed by Chu Yuan. After many years in the industry, he finally tasted the big hit The taste of big purple.

And then he starred in many Xu's movies one after another, but most of the time he still played the main supporting role.Because his age is there after all, although his acting skills are good, he has already missed the best period of fame.As Eileen Chang said before, it is necessary to be famous as early as possible.The earlier an actor becomes famous in the entertainment circle, the higher he will reach in the future, not counting those child stars of course.Because child stars will go through puberty, and their previous image will undergo a huge change. It is worth looking forward to whether they can be recognized by the audience again.

However, if an actor can become popular at the age of seventeen or eighteen, as long as he does not kill himself and continues to focus on his acting career, then at least he can be popular for more than ten years, and he will gradually go away when he is no longer young after the age of 40. downhill.Young actors have a shelf life of more than ten years. In order to maximize profits, film companies are naturally willing to support these young actors.

Although older actors like Qin Pei have better acting skills, but because of the relatively short shelf life, they may lose their appeal to young audiences because of their age. Soup.After all, the audiences who watch movies now are young audiences, and they are characterized by greed for novelty and love of beauty.

Qin Pei also knows that opportunities like "The Sword of the End of the World" are hard to come by. He is already in his 30s and has lost the biggest advantage of his age. Li Xunhuan, who played the role of Xiao Li Feidao, is naturally a last-ditch fight.

Xu Guanwu admired the actor Qin Pei very much, and knew that his acting skills were also ranked among the top in the Hong Kong film circle.He can play honest and honest characters, treacherous villains, slippery citizens, and mentally handicapped idiots. He named it.

For example, his performance in "The Story of Epilepsy" almost played the role of a father who lost his beloved son and couldn't bear the blow and finally went crazy, and he won the Golden Image Award and Golden Horse Award for Best The Best Supporting Actor Award can be said to be well-deserved.

And "The Legend of [-] Million Detective Lei Luo" co-starred by him and Liu Dehua, even more, played a sinister and cunning corrupt detective Yan Tong who hides a knife in his smile, and supported the whole movie with Uncle Xia Guan Haishan and Wu Mengda films.In comparison, although Liu Dehua has also made a breakthrough in his acting skills in this film, he no longer just plays cool and pretends to be handsome, but compared to the performances of these veteran actors, his performance is still a little too much.

Xu Guanwu especially likes the mainland TV series "Li Wei Resigns" starring Qin Pei. Seeing him holding a large bowl and eating noodles while eating noodles while eating garlic, he looks like an authentic North People, who would have thought that they are authentic Hong Kong people?It can also be seen that Qin Pei's adaptability is strong, and he can be called a chameleon in the film industry.

However, although he admired Qin Pei's acting skills, he did not support his idea of ​​being the protagonist. The reason was that although Qin Pei's acting skills were excellent, they also had great limitations.In addition to being a little older, there is also that the skill is not very good.Among Hong Kong movies, Kung Fu movies accounted for the majority. An actor who is good at martial arts has a higher development potential, while Qin Pei lacks this attainment.

In terms of comedy, Qin Pei's acting path overlaps with that of his elder brother Xu Guanwen. The two are roughly the same age, and the roles that are suitable for Qin Pei are usually played by Xu Guanwen. When there is a suitable role, it is natural to stick to the big boss first. Come.Of course, Qin Pei doesn't mean that he didn't have a bright future. It seems that Qin Pei can play the role in Dong Biao's "Rich and Rich", and that role can also be called the main role.

In short, Qin Pei is like a panacea. With him in the movie, he can add a lot of color, but he lacks the ability to take the lead by himself, so at most he can only be a golden and green partner, starring in some comparisons. important role.But the main role still has to be given up to others.

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Qin Pei sat aside for a while to prepare, and then started his performance under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Xu Guanwu also watched carefully, and saw that Qin Pei just closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the slightly nervous eyes before had turned into sad eyes, which made Xu Guanwu couldn't help admiring.It's just such a blink of an eye, it's like a completely changed person, this skill is really extraordinary.

It is often said that a good actor can act with his eyes.At first Xu Guanwu really didn't believe it, but now seeing Qin Pei's performance, he really believed that the eyes of a good actor can indeed act.

Compared with Xu Guanwu, a layman, the professional filmmakers next to him observe much more subtleties. In addition to expressions, movements, eyes, lines and other appearances, there are also the temperament of the characters, as well as the actor's own understanding and interpretation of the characters. what they need to observe.

It took only 2 minutes for Qin Pei's performance to conquer Xu Guanwu.Xu Guanwu has also read "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword" before, and he has a little understanding of the story of Xiao Li Feidao Li Xunhuan.Knowing that this is a very peculiar character, he is also unique among so many novels by Gu Long.

Xiao Li Feidao Li Xunhuan's personality is very noble, he has been elevated to the level of a god, his devotion is so deep that he vomits blood; and he is very loyal, in order to fulfill the wish of his brother-in-law, he even gave up his lover on his own initiative ;Although the martial arts is high, he never kills innocent people indiscriminately; he believes that human nature is good, and he is willing to use love to influence the enemy; in the face of great difficulties, even the threat of death, he can still smile...

Compared with Xiao Li Feidao, a god-like character with almost perfect personality and no flaws, the protagonists in Gu Long's other novels are inevitably a bit shorter.Chu Liuxiang also has some shadows of Li Xunhuan, such as his elegant demeanor, for example, he never kills people indiscriminately, for example, he never panics when facing death threats, for example, his martial arts are clearly inferior to opponents, but he can always Win at the last minute.It's as if Xiao Li Feidao's ranking on the weapon spectrum was clearly no match for Shangguan Feihong's dragon and phoenix double rings, but he still defeated Shangguan Feihong in the end.

But even though Chu Liuxiang is already a first-class figure, she is still not as good as Li Xunhuan.First of all, Chu Liuxiang claimed that Xiangshuai was merciful everywhere, entangled with countless women endlessly, and owed countless romantic debts.Secondly, Li Xunhuan spent his wealth for his lover, while Chu Liuxiang was known as the commander-in-chief.If Li Xun Huan is a god-like figure, then Chu Liuxiang is unavoidably tainted with a lot of worldliness, and can only be regarded as a handsome young man in the secular world.

As for Tie Zhongtang, Xie Xiaofeng, Xiao Shishilang, Shen Lang, Lu Xiaofeng, Guo Dalu, Wang Dong and even Bu Ying, etc., although they are all first-class figures, they are not inferior to them in terms of intelligence, wisdom, or martial arts skills. Anyone, but they lack a trace of divinity, so they can only be regarded as first-class people, but they still can't compare with Li Xunhuan.

It is naturally very difficult to play such a classic character well.However, Qin Pei's short 2-minute performance made Xu Guanwu seem to see Xiao Li Feidao and Li Xunhuan right in front of him.This skill not only conquered Xu Guanwu, but also won him the praise of several other filmmakers. He defeated the doubts in their hearts, and successfully won the opportunity to play the role of Xiao Li Feidao Li Xunhuan.

"Very good, congratulations, Mr. Qin Pei." Seeing that everyone agreed that Qin Pei would play the role of Li Xun Huan, Xu Guanwu stood up and went to Qin Pei to shake hands and said with a smile.

"Thank you Mr. Xu, thank you Director Chu Yuan, thank you all for your love." Qin Pei was also very happy to win this role, and couldn't help but thank him repeatedly.

Especially seeing Xu Guanwu, the big boss, come down to shake hands with him in person to congratulate him, it made him feel very honored, and he felt a little elated.

In Shaw Brothers, Shao Yifu's boss has a lot of airs, and ordinary young actors have no place to talk to him.Qin Pei has worked in Shao's for many years, so he has many opportunities to meet Boss Shao, but he has never spoken to him, let alone Boss Shao shook hands with him to congratulate him.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu is so approachable now, Qin Pei can't help but feel very emotional. After all, he is the big boss, and his demeanor is different.

(End of this chapter)