One day, director Chen Jiashang deliberately carried 100 pounds of silver carp and flew to Jet Li's house in Beijing to apologize: Ajie, brother sorry for you, let you down!
Jet Li smiled and said: Brother Shang, it's okay, although I lost money, but this is the best in my life, more than "Shaolin Temple".
It turned out that Chen Jiashang did not push the box office of "Jingwu Hero" higher, only won 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and was forced to take down the shelves within 16 days of release, and he was ashamed of Jet Li.
Knowing that he likes to eat silver carp, he deliberately brought fish to bear the sin of thorns.
When Jet Li was filming the movie "Huang Feihong's Boy When He Strengthened Himself", he and Jiahe Film broke up because of disagreements.
Jet Li felt that if he wanted to make the works he wanted, he must firmly grasp the creative rights in his own hands, so he founded his own film company Zhengdong.
Five films were produced in just two years, from 1993 to 1994.
At that time, Jet Li's first four films were acclaimed and popular, and the return on investment was very good, but when the Jingwu hero came out, it was greatly controversial.
Compared with the original Jingwumen, the content of the film has been greatly modified, adding a new perspective and content.
There are even completely different views in it, so it has not been recognized by the audience for a short time.
In the audience's scolding, the Jingwu hero was taken down after only sixteen days of release, with more investment and less returns, which also had a great impact on Jet Li's film company.
Although Jingwu Hero lost in the Hong Kong market, it was very hot in the North American market, earning a huge amount of 3.8 billion yuan, more than many Chinese blockbusters.
At the same time, it is also scored fully by American media people and praised by foreigners as a kung fu film textbook, which can be described as unlimited scenery.
What the domestic audience cannot accept is that Chen Zhen's personality and the traditional national hero image are somewhat deviated.
But what attracts them abroad is Chen Zhen's spiritual level, the style of a big country expressed, and the sea and all kinds of rivers.
Director Chen Jiashang said: Once in Cannes, a dozen French boys suddenly fell to their knees in front of me, and I instantly felt that these young people were crazy.
But they said adoringly: Because you are the director of the jingwu hero.
At that time, the Jingwu hero was controversial in China, but it was extremely hot in foreign markets.
Even Time magazine named it one of the greatest action movies of all time.
The TV of Jingwu Hero is actually a tribute to Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee, a Chinese superstar, is a god-like existence in the hearts of Europeans and Americans.
Unexpectedly, Jet Li's remake can surpass his predecessors.
When Chen Jiashang decided to remake Jingwumen, many people thought this idea was crazy, and no one in the public's heart could surpass Bruce Lee.
Chen Jiashang found the kung fu superstar Jet Li, and Jet Li was very confident that he could shoot Chen Zhen well.
Remakes don't mean necessarily imitating, and can also have a whole new interpretation.
In the Jingwu Gate, the name Chen Zhen is true, and he is indeed Huo Yuanjia's apprentice, but the story is written, which makes Chen Jiashang more confident.
So among the heroes of Jingwu, Chen Zhen became a student studying abroad.
In Chen Zhen's body, there are both Chinese traditional feelings of home and country, and new ideas from the West.
You can see not only the traditional Chinese martial arts, but also the Western boxing and fighting, and absorb and integrate the strengths of various martial arts, creating a new realm of martial arts movies.
While filming the Jingwu hero, he found the most famous martial arts instructor Yuan Heping, but he also had to face a cruel reality.
At that time, there were too many martial arts movies on the market, and if you want to go out of the circle, you must have something different.
In the end, Chen Jiashang determined the tone of the film in martial arts, which is real and real fist to flesh fighting.
During the shooting, an unexpected prop error turned out to be an unexpected gain for the director.
When the actors broke the cork props, the actors did not break the props, but flew out and were bounced back, not achieving the desired effect.
Yuan Heping scolded again, but was stopped by Chen Jiashang running over: No, I like this.
Chen Jiashang is very satisfied with the effect, isn't this the sense of reality I want?
Therefore, in the movie, the actor is really bumped, and in the scene where Chen Zhen and Fujita Gang duel, Chen Jiashang asks the designer to lower the ceiling no lower.
It is in order to clearly see the ceiling in the process of playing, so that the audience can clearly know that the actors do not hang Weiya.
And Yuan Heping, who is accustomed to using Wei Ya to design martial arts actions, said: The ceiling is so low, how do I drop Weiya.
Or Chen Jiashang said: I just don't want to use Weiya.
Yuan Heping smiled and said: "I really hate, how much trouble you made for me."
It is precisely because of this sense of realism that it will be praised by foreign audiences, which is a real realist kung fu film.
Not only are the supporting characters really beaten, but even the protagonist is no exception.
In the duel between Chen Zhen and Huo Tingen, there is a scene where Jet Li wants to kick Qian Xiaohao's head and Wei Ya volley over, not only to kick accurately, but also to look good.
Qian Xiaohao asked for the real come, and after finally being kicked, Qian Xiaohao was dizzy, it was not acting at all, and the effect that came out was what Qian Xiaohao wanted.
In the film, the part where Jet Li practiced martial arts outdoors was improvised by Jet Li.
At that time, Chen Jiashang and Yuan Heping were not satisfied with the original design of the action, and they did not expect jet Li to be stunned when he took a shot.
Jet Li's movements are not only beautiful, but also powerful, no wonder in Yuan Heping's heart, Jet Li is the most capable of fighting, the best fighting.
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