On the third day after the crew arrived in France, it was finally their turn to shoot Yang Jian's scene.
His first scene shocked the whole crew. His performance was so flawless that it was impossible to fault him.
Everyone can feel that he has completely integrated into the role of Dominic Tang, showing true feelings, which is more realistic than a deliberate performance.
The actor's task is to convey the personality and psychology of the character he plays in front of the camera through his expression, language, and body language, combined with his experience and personality. The highest level is to become this person.
Yang Jian has obviously achieved this step and can express the characteristics of this character in the shortest time and lines. He makes people believe that this character "is like this" and can understand "why he is like this".
Everyone on the crew felt incredible, because Yang Jian is not a professional actor and has not acted for a long time. The last time he filmed was "The Fast and the Furious" released in 1999.
Yang Jian's performance makes it difficult for people to believe that he is a basketball player and acting is just a hobby.
Liam Neeson, who was nominated for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards, bluntly said that it was very stressful to play opposite Yang Jian. He always felt like he was being outgunned in literary dramas, and had to rely on action scenes to regain his place.
Director Zack Snyder breathed a sigh of relief and believed that the movie was more than half successful.
Brian Mills' action scenes in the script are very good, far more than Dom's action scenes. Zach was a little worried after reading the script, fearing that when the final movie was made, the two male protagonists would have clear strengths and weaknesses, and Dom would be like
It is Mills' foil. If the audience who wants to see Dom doesn't buy it, it will affect the box office performance.
Now Zach is not worried that Yang Jian will become a foil at all. He feels that if Yang Jian stars in a good literary film, he can compete for the Oscar winner. His acting skills surpass those of his peers. Zach cannot think of any 25-year-old
The actor is better than him.
Because Yang Jian performed so well, Liam Neeson had to be very energetic to play against him.
It doesn't actually matter if Yang Jian's acting skills are poor. If the audience can accept it, his popularity will attract many people to the theater. Because he is not a professional actor, it is normal for his acting skills to be worse than those of professional actors.
This puts more pressure on other actors in the crew, especially Liam Neeson. If Liam Neeson's performance is not as good as Yang Jian, it will be too shameful, and the audience will definitely feel that he is unworthy of his reputation.
When the supporting characters saw the two male protagonists working so hard, they had to work hard. Otherwise, they would feel like they were useless and had no future in this life.
People who are better than you are not scary. What is scary is that people who are better than you work harder than you. They don’t know if Yang Jian has worked hard, but this person obviously won at the starting line, just like when he was playing in the NBA
Same.
The crew was very involved, which made it even more obvious that Yang Jian is a good actor. During filming, the actors who acted opposite him were easily led into their roles by him and performed exceptionally well.
Yang Jian is also a little proud. He can feel that he has broken through the bottleneck after upgrading his acting skills to level 5. It is easier for him to get into the role, he can freely control emotional scenes, and his expression control is meticulous.
The key to this movie is the two male protagonists, who work together to save their loved ones. Their relationship is also very complicated and constantly changing.
Mills hated Dom at first, but after conducting a relationship investigation, he discovered that his daughter was kidnapped because of Dom, which was a completely unintentional disaster.
After learning the identity of the other party, Mills punched Dom again and blamed him for putting his sister and Jin in danger.
Dom's performance next impressed Mills, and he offered to be a bait to make it easier for Mills to complete a sneak attack. They had to sneak attack. There were too many people on the opponent's side, 2 vs. 20, and it didn't look like they had a chance of winning.
Dom's analysis of the situation is reasonable and clear-headed. The other party asked him to meet at a stronghold rather than in the wilderness, so they probably won't kill him immediately. He also has some value, such as his driving skills can help gangs transport drugs across the border.
And so on. If he hadn't met Mills, he would have tried to stabilize the other party through hypocrisy and coercion, and then wait for an opportunity to save him.
The two worked together to kill a group of gangsters and rescued only Mia. Dom defended his sister in every possible way and was willing to help her to the end, which greatly changed Mills' impression of him.
The scene of rescuing Mia and meeting the three of them has been filmed many times. Gao Yuanyuan obviously couldn't handle the scene between the two of them, so she had to be given a close-up shot here.
Yang Jian could only spend time telling her the play in person, and she spoke Chinese instead of English. "Mia, can you act a little guiltier? A little more frightened? A little bit more about surviving the disaster? Once you are rescued by us, you will only feel the joy of being rescued.
? Think about the emotions the heroine should be feeling at this time, she can't just rely on her beauty to act."
They are the only ones in the entire crew who can communicate in Chinese, which makes their relationship unique. The crew will be more tolerant of Gao Yuanyuan because she has a backstage, and Yang Jian is the boss here.
"I'm sorry, I know there should be complicated emotions here. I have recorded everything you told me in my notebook... but I just don't know how to show it." Gao Yuanyuan sighed.
She tried hard and wrote a long biography analyzing the characters, but she still couldn't do it perfectly.
For her, this was much more difficult than starring in "Charlie's Angels". That movie didn't require acting skills, as long as she acted her true self and looked cool during the fights.
"You remember a few points. Mia can't forget her good friend Jin. Don't forget your brother. He cares about you and loves you. The brother who opened the protagonist's halo to save you is already here. What happened outside
He is a gangster who likes to race cars. What chance do you think he has of surviving such a big scene?"
Gao Yuanyuan nodded, realizing that her acting was indeed wrong. She should be worried that Dom would die. She would feel extremely guilty. If she hadn't come to France, the bad guys wouldn't have locked Dom's location and wouldn't have been implicated.
best friend.
"This is the closest death has come to Mia. Not only were you caught by gangsters, but these people also knew criminal and lustful human traffickers. If no one comes to save you, what will happen to you in the future? In such an environment, Mia
How could it be possible to reveal only the joy of being rescued?”
Gao Yuanyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I know I was wrong."
"You have to let go when acting, even if you exert too much force, you must not be dull and expressionless. Think about how Leon acts, his acting skills are actually average, but he can let go enough and he can catch flies with his brows.
, will yell.”
"..." Gao Yuanyuan suddenly caught some inspiration and felt that performing was not that difficult.
She has watched a lot of Leonardo's movies, almost all of which have received good reviews. Big directors want to work with him, and they can just pick scripts at random.
She worked up her emotions for a while, and the filming continued. Then Zach called again, but it didn't pass.
Some people get emotional very quickly, and their tears rush out of their eyes decisively and fiercely like water from a water gun. Some people's crying scenes are shocking, with half of their faces seeming to be smiling, and half of their faces looking like crying.
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Gao Yuanyuan will not be that bad, but her problem is obvious, her performance is too bland. She is not the kind of emotional person, and when she is most excited, she looks bland compared to DiCaprio.
She has always been self-aware about the parallel world. She said in an interview: "My talent as an actor is limited. I am always unable to show the best completion of a character. I am still quite disappointed with myself."
After she tried her best, she always came to the conclusion that she couldn't do it. She tried to do something, tried her best to do something, but finally found that it still didn't work, and she still couldn't do it even more, which was very frustrating.
To put it bluntly, she has not developed her own acting style, lacks characteristics, and cannot act like what she is doing.
In terms of "features", Michelle Rodriguez, the heroine of the original version, is the best example. She has created an impressive image of a tomboy, and people who have watched the movie can easily think of her.
She rolls her eyes with a fierce look. She and Dom are set to be a couple, but she may want to kill Vin Diesel.
Did Michelle use this characteristic too much? Of course, but it will make people remember it. Yang Jian thinks this is what Gao Yuanyuan should learn from.
