Chapter 697 I want you to play my dad
On January 28, the premiere press conference of "The Wandering Earth" was held in Beijing.
Director Guo Fan, leading actors Gu Wei, Wu Jing, Zhao Jinmai, starring Wu Mengda, Li Guangjie, Meng Ziyi, Zhang Yichi, etc., all the main creative team of the crew were present.
Before the show started, everyone changed into gray space station uniforms.
"Maimai seems to have grown taller and looks more and more like a grown-up girl," Gu Wei said with a smile as he looked at Zhao Jinmai whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Really? Do you look better now?" Zhao Jinmai, who had fair skin and delicate features, blinked her big eyes and looked at Gu Wei.
"Of course, girls become more and more beautiful as they grow up. Besides, our Mai Mai is very cute and pretty." Gu Wei said and couldn't help touching her head. He had the habit of touching her head when they were filming on the crew.
"But why did you cut your hair so short?" When filming "The Wandering Earth", Zhao Jinmai only had shoulder-length hair, but now it is almost ear-length.
"Oh, stop touching my head all the time. I'm not a child anymore." Zhao Jinmai was very satisfied with Gu Wei's compliments, but she was unhappy because he still treated her like a child based on his actions and attitude.
"Okay, okay." Gu Wei withdrew his hand.
“Last year, when I was filming the TV series Life of Pi, the crew asked me to cut my hair this short.
You're still talking about me, but look at your hair, isn't it even shorter?"
"Well, this is also necessary for filming."
"I know you're filming a new movie [Life Events] in Wuhan."
"Yes, how did you know?"
Zhao Jinmai pouted.
"I've been following [The Story of Minglan] and I see you on TV every day. I watched the live broadcast that day and also read some reports about the start of filming for your new drama.
I really care about you, unlike some people who call their sister affectionately during filming, but stop contacting her after filming."
"You are in high school now, and the college entrance examination is not far away. I am afraid of disturbing your studies." Gu Wei scratched his head awkwardly and barely found an excuse.
"By the way, how's your study been lately? I was the one who gave you extra lessons when we were filming."
"Of course there will be no problem. With my current academic performance, I will be more than qualified for the art exam!" Zhao Jinmai looked confident and was easily diverted by Gu Wei.
"What are you talking about? You look so happy?" Wu Jing walked over.
He was wearing the same clothes as Gu Wei and the others, his hair was cut short, and he had a little beard on his face, looking very weathered.
"Brother Jing~"
"Teacher Wu Jing"
"Speaking of Maimai's studies, she has more than a year left before the college entrance examination," Gu Wei said with a smile.
"Yeah?
This period of time is extremely important, and we cannot slack off in our studies at all." Wu Jing turned to look at Zhao Jinmai.
"Don't worry, Maimai is a good student and her academic performance is more than enough according to the standards of the art exam." Gu Wei said, and Zhao Jinmai also nodded with a smile.
"Why are you looking so haggard? Is The Climber on?"
“No, didn’t I tell you before that I was going to the mountaineering team to experience life?
At the beginning of the month, I arrived at the Gangshika Snow Mountain and underwent more than half a month of extreme cold climbing training. I followed the mountaineering team to climb two not-so-high snow-capped mountains and froze myself to a state of bruises and swelling.
Learned how to use an ice axe and how to scrape ice and climb snow slopes.
Look, my current image is the result of training during this period.
The director said this look is very suitable and asked me to keep it,” Wu Jing grinned.
You can see that he is almost completely without makeup.
Of course, Wu Jing doesn't care about this given his screen image.
"How does it feel to climb a snowy mountain?" Gu Wei asked, and Zhao Jinmai also looked at him curiously.
In one word: awesome!
Climbing such a high mountain under extremely cold and oxygen-deficient conditions is a severe test of one’s physical strength and willpower!
I was exhausted after climbing two relatively short snow-capped mountains, and I even fell ill once in the middle.
I really can’t imagine how the mountaineering team that climbed Mount Everest accomplished the impossible task.” Speaking of this climbing training, Wu Jing was full of emotion.
"Why are you still sick? Is everything okay?"
"It's okay. I wasn't used to the climate when I first got there, so I caught a cold. I was fine in two days." Wu Jing waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
The three of them chatted for a while before Guo Fan, Wu Mengda, and Li Guangjie also came over. It had been a while since they last saw each other, and the movie they had worked so hard on was finally going to be released, so they were all in high spirits.
There were many reporters and audiences at today's press conference. There was nothing new in the process, and it mainly focused on questions from the media and audiences.
In fact, the outside world's views on "The Wandering Earth" are somewhat contradictory.
On the one hand, everyone thinks that this is the second collaboration between Gu Wei and Wu Jing after "Wolf Warrior 2". During the promotion, they even used the banner of "Space Wolf Warrior". According to the current popularity and popularity of the two, as well as the 6 billion box office performance of "Wolf Warrior 2", "The Wandering Earth" is bound to be a big-selling movie.
On the other hand, "The Wandering Earth" is another domestic science fiction film.
At this time, no one believes that domestic filmmakers can make good science fiction films because there is no precedent.
The last science fiction film Wu Jing shot was called "Robot", an action comedy disguised as science fiction. It had a Douban score of 5.4 and a box office of only 20 million, making it a bad movie.
In addition to "The Wandering Earth", this year's Spring Festival movie also has a science fiction film "Crazy Alien".
But it is a science fiction comedy, and no audience will regard that movie as a real science fiction movie. The combination of Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Chen Teng destined the movie to be a hilarious comedy.
But "The Wandering Earth" is different. When it was promoted, it was marked as an authentic science fiction film, and it was hard science fiction.
The film has an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, and stars Gu Wei and Wu Jing, two of the most popular actors in the domestic entertainment industry, but it is the first time for director Guo Fan to shoot a science fiction film.
Looking through his resume, Guo Fan had only filmed two movies before this, "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and "My Deskmate".
Among them, "My Deskmate" which performed well at the box office is a youth romance film.
It is hard to believe that such a young director can make a difference in the field of domestic science fiction films.
The audience hopes that "The Wandering Earth" can bring surprises to everyone, but they are also worried that this movie will be a bad movie that simply relies on the popularity of Gu Wei and Wu Jing.
".What made you take on the movie "The Wandering Earth"? " After everyone introduced themselves at the beginning, the question-and-answer session began. Gu Wei, as the leading actor, received the most attention.
When the original time and space "The Wandering Earth" held its press conference, Qu Chuxiao was still an 18th-tier unknown. Even though he was the leading actor, he did not receive much attention from the media and audiences. Everyone's attention was focused on Wolf Warrior Wu Jing.
Today, Gu Wei's version is naturally different.
“I read several of Liu Cixin’s works a long time ago and felt that their descriptions of the universe and the future of mankind were extremely grand.
I also thought about what the effect would be if these novels were adapted into movies and put on the screen.
Later, I received the script from Director Guo.
To be honest, I was moved when I saw the script of "The Wandering Earth".
After meeting and discussing with Director Guo, I became even more convinced that this is the Chinese science fiction film I want."
"We see that besides being the lead actor, you're also one of the producers of The Wandering Earth, and your production company also has the name of Weiming Tianxia. Did you invest a lot of money in this movie?"
Gu Wei's identity as the boss of his company is no secret. Many of the movies he currently stars in have his own investments, and the media are also curious about how much money he invested in "The Wandering Earth."
“I’m one of the investors. I won’t reveal the exact amount of money I invested, but it’s certainly not a small sum.
Some types of movies are relatively simple to shoot. All you need to do is find some actors and a location. Some even only have two or three indoor sets, so the cost can be kept very low.
But science fiction films are different. They require a lot of money to build various venues and produce all kinds of high-tech equipment. Finally, a huge amount of money must be spent on special effects.
So science fiction movies, especially hard science fiction, require money, and a lot of money!
The production budget of "The Wandering Earth" is 450 million RMB. Don't think it's a lot. On the contrary, I think it's too little money.
Compared to the final result of the movie, it was well worth the money.
We have an extremely dedicated and meticulous director who makes the most of every penny.
Director Guo is a person who truly loves movies.
Without him, even if the investment cost was doubled, we probably wouldn’t be able to make the film that is ‘The Wandering Earth’ today!
Gu Wei praised Guo Fan a lot with his words, and the media's attention was also shifted to him.
"We all know Director Guo's last film was a romance, so why did he suddenly sign off on 'The Wandering Earth,' a massively budgeted sci-fi film?"
Guo Fan took the microphone from the person next to him and said with a smile:
“It’s just a coincidence.
I had the dream of making science fiction movies for a long time, and when China Film Group was looking for a director for the project "The Wandering Earth", they found me.
At first, they didn't decide to let me shoot the film, but after I made some preparations, they impressed China Film Group and let me take on the project."
"I'm quite clear about this. When we first approached many people for the project of The Wandering Earth, including internationally renowned directors like Cameron, Alfonso, and Luc Besson from China Film Group, we were all rejected.
After that, I also contacted some big domestic directors, but was rejected by them all.
Later, when I found Director Guo, I just asked him to give it a try, and it hadn't been officially decided yet.
He spent 1 million yuan out of his own pocket, formed a small team, wrote a script of nearly 1 million words, drew more than 3,000 concept drawings, compiled a chronicle of nearly 100 years from 1997 to 2075 in the movie, created a list of props including compressed vegetable bags, crane-billed excavators, and heavy fusion reactors, and speculated on natural phenomena that might occur in the future, including gravitational earthquakes, eternal days, snow and fog.
As soon as these things were brought to China Film Group, they immediately decided to let him take over the "The Wandering Earth" project! Gu Wei revealed to the media the film's unknown beginnings and the efforts Guo Fan put into it.
After he finished speaking, the media and audience present looked at Guo Fan differently.
Those who work hard for their ideals will naturally be respected by everyone.
Guo Fan didn't take it seriously and said with a smile:
“It’s nothing, I just did what I wanted to do.
In fact, I am very grateful to Gu Wei, Wu Jing and all the main actors of the film.
The filming of "The Wandering Earth" was very difficult, but everyone persevered and performed very well.
Uncle Da in our crew was in poor health and had to use oxygen during breaks in filming. He even had an accident and went to the hospital.
The youngest, Zhao Jinmai, was only 15 years old at the time. She wore equipment weighing dozens of kilograms while filming during the day and had to go back to review her lessons at night.
I never complained about being tired."
"Teacher Wu Jing, what made you join "The Wandering Earth"? " After asking Gu Wei and the director, the media turned their attention to Wolf Warrior.
“Of course I came here because of Gu Wei’s invitation.
At first he said to me, "Brother Jing, I have a really good science fiction movie. Do you want to act in it together?"
At that time, "Wolf Warrior 2" had already been released, and I had nothing to do, so I thought of going over to join in the fun.
At first, I knew it was a science fiction film and wondered if Gu Wei had been fooled.
Later, when I joined the crew, I was moved by their enthusiasm for filming, especially Director Guo Fan, he is really a man who gets things done.
I am glad that I could participate in "The Wandering Earth".
Of course, it’s also very interesting to play the roles of father and son again after playing the role of master and apprentice with Gu Wei last time.” Wu Jing began to explain seriously, but did not forget to make a joke at the end.
"So it seems I was the one who asked you to play my father?" Gu Wei also replied with a smile.
"There's nothing I can do. My age and image are there. Besides, you took the initiative." Wu Jing spread his hands helplessly.
The reporters and the audience in the audience all laughed.
No matter what, Gu Wei and Wu Jing are the most attractive points of "The Wandering Earth".
(End of this chapter)
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