Chapter 126: Three-minute shot, one shot to the end
Seeing Wu Jin's speechless look, Zhang Xiao said: "Okay, let's go up!"
Then the two of them swam back towards the shore. As soon as they landed, Zhang Xiao asked: "By the way, has it been measured? How long did it take?"
Wu Jin came back to his senses and exclaimed: "Almost six minutes, my God, how did you do it?"
Regarding this result, Zhang Xiao was not too surprised. He explained: "I practice martial arts all year round, and my lung capacity is several times that of ordinary people. Naturally, the time I can hold my breath is longer."
"Director Wu, it's settled. We'll start shooting tomorrow and try to get one shot to the end."
Wu Jin said with excitement on his face: "Okay, as long as you can do it, I believe this scene will be a very classic one."
Wu Gang, who was next to him, shook his head and cursed: "You two are just lunatics. I regret it very much now. Why did I get on your pirate ship?"
That being said, when Wu Gang saw these two young people working so hard for the movie, he felt more admiration in his heart.
After all, many artists nowadays say that they are acting with their lives, but in fact, they are all nonsense. Now Zhang Xiao can be called truly acting with his life.
While fighting in the water, you have to hold your breath for three minutes. If you don't get it right, your life will be lost.
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The next morning, the crew boarded the rented cruise ship and began filming the underwater battle.
The actors all heard that Zhang Xiao wanted to take the three-minute scene in one shot, so even those actors who don't have roles now stood on the cruise ship to watch it today.
After the preparation work of all departments is completed.
"Action!" Wu Jin sat in front of the monitor and shouted with a loudspeaker.
The camera starts filming.
Zhang Xiao jumped directly from the large cruise ship with a very graceful gesture, then swam another twenty meters in the water and overturned several pirates' rubber boats.
Then he swam more than ten meters and had an underwater fight with several extras playing pirates.
"Click!"
"You, the sword was too slow, try again."
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"Click!"
"Action, action, your movements are deformed, try again!!"
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"Click!"
"Doctor on site, quickly, give him oxygen!"
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Shooting martial arts scenes underwater is much more difficult than on land. In addition to having to withstand the pressure in the water, the actors can't see the opponent's position clearly and can only fight by feeling.
Zhang Xiao's kung fu is very strong and his lung capacity is large. He can judge the opponent's position through the air flow of water, so he has no problem. However, the African extras do not have this ability, which leads to mistakes all the time during filming.
At this time, Zhang Xiao also came up from the bottom of the sea. His handsome face was frighteningly pale at the moment. Wu Gang quickly came over and handed him a piece of chocolate.
He said with admiration on his face: "Zhang Xiao, don't be too pushy. If it doesn't work, let's continue shooting in the afternoon."
Zhang Xiao worked so hard during the filming that he jumped off the cruise ship eight times in one hour, and each time he was still fighting with the extras in the water for a minute or two.
This is Zhang Xiao. If it had been anyone else, he would have been unable to hold on long ago.
Although Wu Gang is a seasoned actor, now he really admires Zhang Xiao, and the rest of the crew looked at Zhang Xiao with eyes full of admiration.
Zhang Xiao took the chocolate, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and said with a smile: "Teacher Wu, don't worry, with my physique, there will be no problem even if I take more than a dozen shots."
Wu Gang gently patted Zhang Xiao on the shoulder and said: "Young man, you are awesome!"
After everyone rested for a while, filming started again.
However, the subsequent filming was still not smooth. Every time, Wu Jin shouted "Ka" to the extras because of various problems.
Finally, two hours later, under the leadership of Zhang Xiao, the scene of deep-sea fighting was completed. During the process, Zhang Xiao jumped into the sea eighteen times in a row on the cruise ship.
Even though his physique was getting stronger, it was still a bit too much for him. When Wu Jin shouted, "Ka, this is passed," he was almost exhausted from exhaustion.
Zhang Xiao's desperate performance of "Twenty-Four" in this scene also brought great shock to all the cast and crew of "Wolf Warrior 2".
Hollywood superstar Kordi, who plays the mercenary leader, said to his agent: "Is it too late for me to quit this crew? I don't want to act with a madman."
The agent said seriously: "Of course, as long as you are willing to pay three million US dollars in compensation, we can leave now."
After hearing what his agent said, Kordi was speechless.
At this time, Wu Jin, who was in front of the monitor, looked back and forth at the scene several times, shook his arm fiercely, and said excitedly: "It's perfect."
Zhang Xiao walked behind Wu Jin wrapped in a bath towel and asked triumphantly: "How about it? I'll just say you can finish this shot in one day. Are you satisfied?"
Wu Jin looked back at Zhang Xiao, gave him a thumbs up, and said: "Satisfied, so satisfied. You are awesome. You are more suitable for the role of Leng Feng than me. By the way, are you okay?"
Zhang Xiao shook his head and said: "What can I do? I just need to rest for half an hour."
"By the way, Brother Jin, I will give double the salary to the African brothers who acted with me underwater just now. They acted very well."
Wu Jin nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, I will give them an increase in salary even if you don't tell them."
Wu Gang, who was standing next to him, saw that Zhang Xiao could still think of those African extras at this time, and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
His acting skills are good, his kung fu is strong, and his character is beyond mention. If such an actor cannot succeed, it will be really unreasonable.
Next comes the scene on the beach, which is much simpler than the fighting scene in the water. It only took an hour to complete it.
In the evening, Wu Jin held a bonfire party directly on the beach. Everyone sat together, eating and drinking, which was very lively.
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The next day, the crew set out for a slum 120 kilometers away.
It has to be said that the environment in Africa is quite harsh. Everything from venomous snakes and beasts to mosquitoes and fleas are very dangerous, and the most dangerous ones are people, especially in slums.
This is simply a paradise for hsh. Some robberies happen almost every day. If you are unlucky, your life may be in danger.
In order to protect the safety of the entire crew, Zhang Xiao, as an investor, directly hired more than 200 bodyguards with real weapons from the local area with a wave of his hand, so that those hsh who were ready to move immediately gave up the idea of robbery.
Chapter completed!