Reporter Xiao Caiwei/Taipei report
The singer Jacky Cheung returned to the big screen after eight years and cooperated with the popular male god Nicholas Tse. After acting again after 8 years, Jacky Cheung not only had many action scenes, but also challenged the performance of a high-functioning person with depression who fluctuated emotionally, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I think some of these symptoms are quite similar to myself."
"Customs Front" Jacky Cheung plays the role of a chief, who is forced by work to suffer from high-functioning depression. (Photo/Provided by Huaying)
The commander played by Jacky Cheung in "Customs Front" is a strong and trustworthy boss in the eyes of others, but in fact, he was forced by work pressure to suffer from high-functioning depression, and his heart was full of pain and contention, so he could only keep using high EQ to hide his tense psychological state. In order to play the role well, he locked himself in his room for hours, and he tried to perform until he could perfectly represent the emotional edge of the outburst, and then he could shoot other images.
Jacky Cheung said that he was not particularly prepared, but relied on the director's explanation and the information he had checked before to digest the role to interpret the role, "Sometimes I can't find out about this disease, and my friends and colleagues around me can't detect it." Jacky Cheung explained: "These people usually look normal, but when they get to a certain state, they will be very nervous, and I think I myself sometimes do the same, like sometimes I am very engaged at work, and I become a very different person from usual."
"Customs Front" Jacky Cheung acted again after 8 years. (Photo/Provided by Huaying)
In order to make the audience feel the character's illness, "When I perform, I will express it in a way that makes the other party feel more oppressive." Nicholas Tse also said: "Brother Xueyou has a real reference to his own past experience, and he has really experienced suffocation and difficulty breathing." Lin Jiaxin, who has played many rival scenes with him, also said that she would feel very distressed when she watched Jacky Cheung's performance of the sick state, and praised him: "Brother Xueyou's acting skills are underestimated, and he completely performed the complex side of the character's madness and darkness!"
Jacky Cheung, the god of songs, revealed that this literary drama and martial arts drama were extremely challenging, and he was fortunate to meet two professional opponents, Nicholas Tse and Lin Jiaxin, "Of course, the fight and killing will fall on Nicholas! But he's a really competent action director, and it makes me feel like I'm really good at it. As for Jiaxin, who has been working closely together, she continues to have a tacit understanding, and she has several performances of inner dramas, and it will take some time to cooperate with her emotions."
"Customs Front" Jacky Cheung and Lin Jiaxin have a tacit understanding of cooperation. (Photo/Provided by Huaying)
And Lin Jiaxin has performed the MV of Jacky Cheung's classic love song "Love Letter" since her debut, and the two have worked together three times in the movie, all of which were unsmooth bitter loves, which made Lin Jiaxin laugh and said: "Every time I fall in love with Jacky Cheung, there is no good result! But this time it's funny, the previous two times, I was weak in love, but this time the character personality is very proactive, and he is also a dominant person emotionally and at work. I hope that next time, if I have a bitter love with Xueyou, I can have a good result."
In order to shoot a big scene of bullets and bullets, Jacky Cheung specially asked the firearms and explosives teachers present for professional postures such as shooting and lifting, so as to have an accurate but safe performance. Nicholas Tse praised his good skills, "Brother Xueyou's movements are very agile, his movements when he kneels down and then get up and shoot are very neat, he doesn't often act in action scenes, but as long as he warms up, he can get started quickly."
"Customs Front" Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung fought side by side. (Photo/Provided by Huaying)
Jacky Cheung is also very demanding of his performance, and immediately asked the action director Nicholas Tse how he performed after the filming? Do you want to adjust? Nicholas Tse joked: "Don't worry, the post-production is a little faster, just three bars (the speed of the film), it's perfect." Let Jacky Cheung also answer happily: "It turns out that you can speed up three squares! But I'll make comedies in the future, it's much easier." "Customs Front" will be released on July 5.