Reporter Zhong Yulian / Comprehensive Report
"Waterfall" was shortlisted for 11 awards at the Golden Horse Awards, and will represent Taiwan to compete for the Oscar for Best International Film, which is said to be the most gentle and powerful work of director Zhong Menghong, the closest to the general audience, and the first tidbit of "Waterfall" was also released today (26), Wang Jing's performance directly made Zhong Menghong cry on the set, "I am rarely crying on the spot, Wang Jing acted so much that I couldn't stand it on the spot."
Wang Jing's performance made Zhong Menghong cry on the set. (Photo/Recap from YouTube/【Movie】Waterfall)
In the movie, Wang Jing transforms from a rebellious high school student into a caring daughter who supports the whole family, Zhong Menghong said: "Wang Jing's good, there is a feeling that I picked it up, so lucky." A scene where she needed to go to the hospital to find her mother, as soon as she approached the clinic she was sad and shed tears, Zhong Menghong felt that Wang Jing's performance was excellent, "I saw her performance at that time, and immediately checked if there was a perfect shot." 」
Wang Jing recalled the scene in the hospital, there was a patient behind the camera, it should not be clear that there was a crew filming, far away, very happy to wave at her, so that she immediately red eyes, more tears of true feelings, Zhong Menghong could not help but pat her, than a praise to encourage her. Later, I learned that in fact, the crew had cleared the scene, and that was also an actor found by the crew, because it was too realistic, so that Wang Jing entered the scene for a second.
Wang Jingguo experienced the divorce of her parents in middle school, which made her feel particularly sympathetic to the role. (Photo/Recap from YouTube/【Movie】Waterfall)
In the film, a scene of negotiating with his father Li Liren in the park makes Zhong Menghong shed tears of manhood, "Wang Jing will make people think that parents all over the world will want this daughter, very cute and sweet." 」 Zhong Menghong said that when directing a play, he was rarely affected by the plot and shed tears, "Wang Jing's performance made me cry on the spot." Jia Jingwen also said: "The daughter in the movie will really make me feel very sad, and Wang Jing's eyes can give me a lot of ideas." Zhong Menghong recalled the shooting: "That shot made me cry, and I still couldn't stand it every time I saw it."
Wang Jing's understanding of the role is deep. (Photo/Recap from YouTube/【Movie】Waterfall)
Wang Jing experienced the divorce of her parents when she was in middle school, "so I would think about what I would do if this happened to me." She has a deep understanding of the characters, "The characters go through a lot of changes in the family, especially my mom is not my mom." Wang Jing showed a mature performance that was relaxed and relaxed, "Director Zhong's script is very good to cry every time, but at that time, I was not thinking about how I was going to cry, but how I was going not to cry?"
In addition to Zhong Menghong's busy film promotion trip, he will publish his first personal text video book "I'm Not Here, Just on the Way There", which for the first time exposed Zhong Dao's private life past and treasured nearly 40 years of photographic creation, especially on November 7, he held a "Director's Lecture" at Huashan Guangdian Cinema to talk with the well-known film critic Tu Xiangwen to share the mental journey of filming, and will also attend the cinema hall activities of huashan Guangdian's film "Waterfall" screening.