Unexpectedly, the behind-the-scenes documentary of the movie "Hot and Hot" is better than the feature film. Unexpectedly, Jia Ling's path to weight loss is far more difficult than most people can imagine.
The documentary is called "I Only Live Once", a total of four episodes, in which many moments of Jia Ling's collapse are recorded, such as the weight loss plateau period that has not dropped the scale for several months, such as being so tired that I feel like a crab shell that has been hollowed out of meat, but there are no sensational scenes such as "Jia Ling cries in despair". People who have lost weight must be able to empathize with the desperation of drinking cold water to grow meat, but Jia Ling also experienced another kind of despair, when she didn't want to fall off the scale, the fat flowed away like water.
The filming cycle of "Hot and Hot" is more than a year and is completed in two stages, the first stage is to shoot the story of Le Ying played by Jia Ling when she weighs 200 pounds, and the second stage is to shoot her in the ring as a boxer after losing weight. In the movie, Le Ying's weight loss process was shown in a song that lasted more than a minute, in fact, in order to complete the contrast between the two stages, Jia Ling worked hard for a whole year.
It is already difficult to lose weight on a large base, and what is even more unbearable than normal weight loss is that during the first stage of filming, Jia Ling has to train while gaining weight. Jia Ling was originally a fat person with a flexible body, and the weight loss coach tested that her muscle content was not low, and her cardiopulmonary function was also very good. Therefore, she must quickly gain weight to 220 pounds by eating a lot on the basis of her original weight of 180 pounds, so that she can perform Le Ying's state of staying at home for ten years, fat to the point of weakness, and mental decadence. But at the same time as gaining weight, Jia Ling also needs to do physical training to maintain her cardiopulmonary function and smoothly enter the next stage of the high-intensity weight loss process.
In the documentary, Jia Ling did high-intensity push-ups while shouting that the beef she ate at noon felt like it was still standing in her stomach. As a result, she overfulfilled her task, weighed more than 220 pounds, and had a blood sugar disorder. Up to eight hours a day of high-intensity exercise, day after day weight loss meals, Jia Ling said that once she couldn't stand it, she ate red wine and grilled skewers once, and when the beef skewers were eaten in her mouth, she could confirm that she existed.
I can imagine how painful the weight loss process is, what impresses me the most is that she has a bottle of melatonin gummies at the bedside, she can only eat one a day, and when she is extremely hungry, she keeps the sugar in her mouth, and she can feel sweet all night. But one day, she accidentally chewed it and herself off.
Even more brutal was when filming the second phase of the film. Jia Ling's weight has reached the standard, and there is a scene that she particularly values, Le Ying's one-minute appearance as a boxer. She repeatedly emphasized to her coach that she doesn't need to be very thin, but she must have muscle lines that show a sense of strength.
According to Jia Ling's assumption, this appearance should make the audience feel that Le Ying has found herself through sports, and her eyes are full of perseverance. But during the shooting, she found that her face was full of exhaustion, and she could no longer hide it through makeup and performance. The high-intensity filming work combined with the daily training to maintain physical fitness was four to five times the physical exertion of the first four to five times, and as a result, Jia Ling lost muscle lines while rapidly losing weight.
In order to achieve the desired state as soon as possible, the coaching team recommended that Jia Ling undergo shaping training and dehydration. Forgive me for my loneliness, but for the first time in this documentary I heard about dehydration training, which is even more torturous than losing weight. There are two stages of dehydration, drinking 8~10L of water per day in the early stage, and then suddenly reducing from a certain day to 100ml of water per day.
I once tried a four-week weight loss method, about 5~10 pounds, the first two weeks without exercise, only need three meals to slightly reduce the amount of food and daily water intake to reach 2L. In the absence of a lot of exercise and perspiration, drinking 2L of water a day can hold yourself up until the amount of food plummets, and I feel that my stomach is always watery, and I am not hungry and do not want to eat anything. Therefore, drinking 8L of water a day must be very uncomfortable, and then it plummets to 100ml of water per day, and the small thin bottle of lotion used by the staff in the documentary is only half a bottle.
Jia Ling's strong thirst for water had sharpened her hearing, and suddenly, she could clearly hear the cooing of everyone around her drinking water. In order to ensure that fat is not excessively lost, a large amount of carbohydrates are also needed at this stage, and steamed buns are dried raw. After filming this set of shots, she drank water for the first time, and she wrinkled her facial features together and swallowed slowly, feeling the happiness brought by drinking water.
After the release of "Hot and Hot", a reporter interviewed Jia Ling's fitness coach Liu Jia and asked him: "Many people say that if I have money and time, I can also lose 100 pounds a year." What do you think?" Liu Jia said: "Whoever wants to say such a thing, I will pay the money, you try." "No one knows better than the coach that the hard work and persistence behind Jia Ling's 100 catties are not directly exchanged for money and time.
At the end of the documentary, Jia Ling wrote a paragraph: This year is like a lifetime.
When "Hot and Hot" was released, there were many doubts about the authenticity of Jia Ling's weight loss, some people questioned the use of AI special effects, and some people questioned her relying on injections and high-tech to lose weight.
These doubts also show that Jia Ling doesn't need to torture herself so really. So the question is, why is Du Leying's goal in the movie to become a boxer? Is it just because he bought the adaptation rights? If Jia Ling wants to make an inspirational film with weight loss as a gimmick, she can completely let Le Ying appear as a sexy beauty after losing weight, just like Jia Ling later beautifully wore a tufted evening dress skirt, with long wavy hair, she can please the audience without muscle lines, and the process of losing weight must be much easier.
After the release of "Hot and Hot", Jia Ling has been conveying, "This is not a movie about weight loss, and it has little to do with boxing." Whether it's losing weight or boxing, it's just a path, and if there's one thing you have to do in life, it's to love yourself. "To be honest, I didn't quite understand the connection between the content of the story and loving myself when I watched the movie, it was like a theme that was plucked out of the story, specifically for the female market. It wasn't until I watched the documentary that I seemed to understand.
In the documentary, Jia Ling talked about her character, which is commonly known as a good old man and a pleasing personality, but she knows very well in her heart that she doesn't want to please anyone, she just hopes that the atmosphere will be pleasant and everyone can be happy.
The people-pleasing personality attaches great importance to the evaluation of others, preferring to be wronged and repeatedly accommodating the wishes of others. No matter what the high-sounding reason is, the essence of the reason is that it is not strong enough and determined, and it is afraid of conflict with the world. In fact, Jia Ling has long been a well-known top comedian, the world's No. 1 female director at the box office, and the outside world recognizes her strength, but these don't seem to be enough, she must confirm through her own heart. In the documentary, Jia Ling made a wish on her 40th birthday, hoping that she could live more self-conscious in the second half of her life, without so many shackles and burdens.
This can understand why "Hot and Hot" gives people a sense of provocation, whether male or female audiences, they will feel a little uncomfortable with Du Leying's character setting. She smokes, drinks, swears, and has been at home for ten years, anyone can easily bully her, despise her, and use her, even if she successfully walked into the boxing ring in the end, she was still beaten covered in blood and miserable, and the whole film made the audience not feel the slightest bit cool.
This is also Jia Ling's provocation to herself, making the audience comfortable and amusing her, but this time she completely gave up pleasing and wanted to express herself in an unflattering, even flattering way. For Jia Ling, this may be a breakthrough, she is testing the edge of her inner endurance, which is also a way for her to find herself and love herself.
Many people say that after Jia Ling lost weight, China lost a first-class comedy star and a second-rate actor. And even if it was, so what? At least she did her best. Jia Ling said in the documentary: "Isn't life like this? Where do you know who you will be in the next second?"
In "Hot and Hot", Du Leying ignited her desire to become a boxer after falling from the building unharmed, her original intention was to live again, and the behind-the-scenes documentary of the movie is called "I Only Live Once", I guess what Jia Ling wants to express this time is: Don't start all over again, be yourself, it's never too late to start. Because you only live once, there's no reason to back down.
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