Time passed by, and with the enthusiastic help of the Dubai royal family, the crew was quickly ready for filming.
One night in advance, director Tang Jili notified the entire crew. He was very confident about this long-prepared chase scene.
The crew did not dare to slack off at all, and made preparations early the next morning at the hotel.
Lin Yuan also arrived at the dressing room on the first floor of the hotel very early and let the stylist make changes to his face.
After changing his clothes, when he walked from the dressing room to the door of the hotel, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.
I saw 70 luxury cars prepared by Prince Harmandan of Dubai, parked neatly on the street in front of the hotel. From a glance, almost none of the 70 luxury cars was the same.
Even Zhang Yixing, who was standing aside, couldn't help but enlarge the child's hole a bit when he saw this scene.
With his strength, buying a few luxury cars is no problem.
But for him to be like Prince Harmandan and collect more than 70 luxury cars at once, and even a customized supercar worth hundreds of millions, this is a bit difficult.
Zhang Yixing was also gearing up when he saw this, and couldn't help but get a little excited: "Brother Lin Yuan, how are your driving skills? Do we want to compete in racing later?"
Before Lin Yuan could answer, director Tang Jili interrupted Zhang Yixing's beautiful fantasy: "What are you thinking about? You're still racing. If something happens, can the crew afford the responsibility?"
This kind of chase scene is inherently dangerous if you want to create a real sense of excitement.
Even professional stunt drivers can't guarantee that this kind of scene will be filmed without any mistakes. Bumps and bumps are inevitable.
It doesn't matter that these luxury cars are damaged. The cost of repairing a car is only a few million, and the most expensive one is only tens of millions. Their crew can at least afford it, but if top stars like Lin Yuan and Zhang Yixing are there,
If something unexpected happens while filming this scene, then the crew may have to face a complete shutdown.
Under such circumstances, director Tang Jili naturally would not agree to the request of the two leading actors to shoot the chase scene in person.
After hearing director Tang Jili's firm answer, Zhang Yixing couldn't help but feel a little less interested.
After giving up Zhang Yixing's bold adventurous idea, director Tang Jili walked straight to the shooting location, took a walkie-talkie and began to direct.
"Each department is ready, the photography team is ready, check if there are any problems with the equipment!"
"The stunt drivers are ready to enter. Let's try one first in half an hour!"
I have to say.
The Dubai royal family is quite concerned about this scene.
Not only were two entire roads closed for the "Kung Fu Yoga" crew to film, but a large number of police officers were also mobilized to cooperate with the crew in filming the chase scene.
With the cooperation of the Dubai Police, the crew soon started official filming.
The chase scene was shot in three shots.
First, the camera gives a panoramic view, with the stunt driver driving the vehicle, and the complete chase scene is filmed first.
After filming the chase scene with more than 70 luxury cars, the leading actors Jackie Chan and Lin Yuan got into the car to shoot close-ups. Through post-editing, the audience was presented with the feeling that the leading actors were driving the vehicles to shoot the scene from beginning to end.
The feeling of a chase scene.
As for the last shot, it was a fight scene in the chase scene.
The first two shots took a whole morning and were shot fairly smoothly. However, when a McLaren worth tens of millions of dollars was reported damaged during the filming, director Tang Jili was somewhat distressed.
Soon, the last and most exciting shot of the chase scene came.
Before filming this scene, director Tang Jili pulled Lin Yuan aside and said seriously: "Lin Yuan, you also know how dangerous this scene is. My suggestion and that of Jackie Chan are to use a substitute."
This scene of snatching the gem was originally shot by Jackie Chan.
But Jackie Chan is already old after all. After filming the movie "Twelve Zodiac Signs", Jackie Chan basically said goodbye to such thrilling and dangerous stunts. Even Tang Jili, his old partner, did not dare to arrange any more dangers for him.
action.
Since Jackie Chan can't shoot such dangerous actions, he can only leave it to other actors, or let a stand-in from the family team do it.
When we were filming in India, Lin Yuan's fighting scenes were approved by director Tang Jili and Jackie Chan, so director Tang immediately agreed and gave the scene to Lin Yuan to shoot.
However, after the martial arts director of the crew tried to shoot a few scenes himself, they discovered that the scene was far more difficult than they imagined.
While driving, if you jump from one car to another, if you are not careful, you may fall off the car. Even if the crew takes safety precautions, it is not life-threatening, but it will hurt your muscles.
Moving the bones is definitely inevitable.
Under this situation, director Tang Jili couldn't help but feel a little worried, so he decided to ask a stunt double to help Lin Yuan film the fighting scene.
However, for Lin Yuan, although this scene is dangerous, it is also an opportunity.
There are not many eye-catching scenes in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga", and this chase scene is one of them.
In order for this movie to win a higher box office, and for himself to win tens of billions of box office as soon as possible, Lin Yuan felt that he had to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan said firmly: "Director Tang, let me try this scene first. If it doesn't work, it's not too late to use a substitute."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
Seeing Lin Yuan's determination, director Tang Jili had no choice but to agree: "Then I will ask the prop team to prepare some protective measures for you. If the situation goes wrong, I will directly use the stand-in."
Lin Yuan nodded and agreed.
The staff from the props team immediately gathered around him and put on knee and wrist pads for him, and also laid an air mattress behind the car.
If Lin Yuan made a mistake and fell to the ground, there would be an air cushion to reduce the impact.
After everything is ready.
The camera soon showed Lin Yuan standing in the driver's seat of the Bentley Continental.
To say that I wasn't nervous would be a lie. Even though the vehicles had slowed down, after all, there was a distance of one or two meters, so whether I could accurately jump onto the Hummer H2 next to me was still a problem.
Not only Lin Yuan, but also the crew members who were watching around him held their breath for a while.
Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Lin Yuan.
It can be said that Lin Yuan's personal appearance shocked all the crew members.
The reason why a stuntman is willing to take risks in such a dangerous scene is because he needs to make money.
But Lin Yuan has already become a top star, has gained both fame and fortune, and is in the development period of his career.
How dare he take risks to film such a scene?
Just when everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Yuan, the vehicle in the lens was about to drive out of the frame, leaving him little time to make a decision.
Lin Yuan finally understood why Jackie Chan became an international superstar. In addition to his unique martial arts action style, the most important thing is that Jackie Chan dared to do stunts that ordinary people would not dare to do. These days, several actors dare to risk their lives.
Filming?
After taking a deep breath, Lin Yuan saw the right moment, jumped up, and jumped onto the Hummer H2 car without any danger. His hands were sweating slightly, and his mind went blank. Fortunately, Lin Yuan reacted quickly enough, and he was able to kill with one hand.
He grabbed the roof of the car and took out the box containing gems from the passenger seat with one hand.
After seeing Lin Yuan successfully jump onto another car and complete this thrilling action.
If this scene hadn't been filmed yet, everyone present might have shouted with excitement.
It wasn't until Lin Yuan turned over and climbed onto the roof of the Hummer H2 with the box that Director Tang Jili took the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Stuck!"
"Beautiful! This one is awesome!"
As director Tang Jili's voice fell.
The entire filming scene suddenly burst into fierce cheers, and everyone applauded Lin Yuan's thrilling leap.
Even Jackie Chan stood up from the stool when he saw Lin Yuan personally completing this stunt, with a strange light flashing in his eyes. In his time, there were not many actors who dared to film so hard, let alone
Don't talk about it now.
Jackie Chan was just about to search for two words to praise Lin Yuan when his thoughts were interrupted by a voice from the side.
I saw Tang Jili's assistant holding a loudspeaker and shouting on the set: "It's over! Today's scene is over!"
After hearing this, the cheers on the set once again rose an octave.
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On the way back to the hotel.
Now that Lin Yuan recalled what he had done when he jumped out of the car, a chill ran down his back.
If he had not jumped onto the car, or if he had slipped and failed to catch the vehicle, the consequences would have been disastrous.
However, he did not regret his choice at that time.
He has used the most realistic expression to express this thrilling scene.
No matter what the final effect is, he only knows one thing. When "Kung Fu Yoga" is released, the audience will be stunned by his thrilling jump after seeing this scene!
In the evening, in the banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel.
Prince Harmandan made an excuse, saying that he was celebrating the success of the filming of "Kung Fu Yoga", but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the banquet he had prepared was just for Jackie Chan.
But for director Tang Jili, this banquet can just be used as Lin Yuan's final banquet.
That's right.
After filming today's most important chase scene, Lin Yuan can basically announce that filming has been completed. Unless the crew has any temporary arrangements for additional scenes, judging from the current script, all his scenes have been filmed.
Lin Yuan actually has a lot of roles. Apart from Jackie Chan, he can be said to be the leading actor with the most roles in the crew.
However, because his scenes were too dense and the filming went very smoothly, he became the first starring role to be completed by the crew.
At the banquet, Jackie Chan was busy dealing with members of the Dubai royal family.
Almost all other crew members took the initiative to propose a toast to Lin Yuan. Needless to say, the leading actors like Zhang Yixing and Mu Qimiya. Lin Yuan taught them a lot about acting skills during the filming process. It is reasonable to thank Lin Yuan.
things.
And those crew members did it out of admiration for Lin Yuan.
From the filming of the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" to now, they have all seen Lin Yuan's professionalism. Every time he shoots Lin Yuan's scene, it is a kind of enjoyment. It is normal for Lin Yuan to do things over and over again.
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Director Tang Jili also took this opportunity to ask Lin Yuan: "Lin Yuan, what are your plans next? If nothing happens, why don't you continue to be a martial arts instructor with the team?"
After hearing that Director Tang wanted him to continue to be a martial arts instructor, Lin Yuan quickly made an excuse: "Forget it about being a martial arts instructor. I will return to China in two days, and there are still some things to deal with there."
"Really, that's such a pity."
Tang Jili looked very sorry.
There are not many actors with solid acting skills like Lin Yuan, who can also help him, the director, share the burden of telling the story. If Lin Yuan is willing to continue with the team, the crew will probably finish filming much faster.
But Lin Yuan had already said so, and he was too embarrassed to force it. After thinking about it, he stood up, raised his glass, and said, "Come on, come on, let's all congratulate Teacher Lin Yuan on finishing the film."
"Congratulations to Teacher Lin Yuan for wrapping up!"
“Congratulations to Teacher Lin Yuan for finishing the project ahead of schedule!
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After director Tang Jili took the lead, other crew members also raised their glasses and cheered.
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When the crew of "Kung Fu Yoga" was still filming the next few scenes in Dubai.
Lin Yuan has already boarded the flight back to China.
By the time he returned to the apartment, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.
After sending a message to Sister Xia on WeChat that she had arrived at the apartment.
I took a quick shower, lay on the bed with my phone and browsed the latest news.
When he was abroad, Lin Yuan also paid attention to news in the domestic entertainment industry, but not frequently. Basically, he checked to see if there was any big news every one or two days.
Just as he was scrolling through the hot searches on Weibo, Sister Xia suddenly called him.
"Sister Xia, are you still awake at this time?"
"Sleep? How to sleep? There are a lot of things in the company that haven't been dealt with yet."
Sister Xia's complaining words came from the other end of the phone. That's what she said, but there was no hint of complaining in her tone.
Lin Yuan can also understand that Sister Xia is now the director of the agency department. In addition to the two artists she handles, she sometimes has to deal with the artists handled by other agents in the company. It is not strange to work overtime at this time.
However, I was still somewhat curious about Sister Xia looking for him at this time.
So he smiled, got straight to the point and asked, "If you don't deal with the matter at hand at this time, why do you want to see me?"
"You are my cash cow. Other people's affairs are not as important as yours." Sister Xia teased at first, and then brought the topic back: "Director Hua Qiangu came to you two days ago and said that a TV series was about to be released.
, I want your creative staff to record a Mango Channel variety show to promote the TV series, what do you think? Do you want to agree?"
Just when Lin Yuan was hesitating whether to agree or not.
Sister Xia explained to Lin Yuan earnestly: "You are free in your schedule now. I suggest you record a variety show. Since you won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival, you have basically not appeared in the show.
You have been caught in the media's camera. In addition, you have been busy filming and have not organized a visit. As a result, the popularity of you on the Internet has suddenly decreased a lot. This time the TV series is released, in addition to promoting the TV series, you can also use this to promote it.
This opportunity allows you to increase your presence in front of the media cameras, so that the company can help you manage your popularity..."
Sister Xia quickly expressed all her plans.
Originally, after Lin Yuan finished filming the TV series "In the Name of the People", Xitian planned to let Lin Yuan have more exposure in front of the media. This would not only ensure Lin Yuan's popularity, but also have some influence on Lin Yuan's future roles.
Great help.
However, even Xitian Media Company did not expect that Lin Yuan not only received the role, but also starred in a movie with Jackie Chan. This suddenly disrupted their arrangements. Their Xitian Media Company could not let Lin Yuan take the lead.
Put aside the movie with Jackie Chan?
Fortunately, Lin Yuan has now finished filming and returned to China, and the TV series "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" just happened to be released, so he can use this opportunity to expose himself in front of the media.
Lin Yuan could not help but whisper: "Recording a variety show?"
"Flower Thousand Bones" will be broadcast on Mango Channel. This matter has been confirmed by the crew when filming. Now that "Flower Thousand Bones" TV series is about to be released, it is reasonable to expose and promote it on Mango Channel variety show.
matter.
Since Sister Xia has analyzed it so clearly for him, if he refuses, it will be somewhat unjustifiable.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan agreed directly: "Okay, then please ask Sister Xia to give Director Lin a reply."