"No one is allowed to play the role of savior except the United States, but the Chinese blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth' shatters this monopoly."
"Chinese and the Russians save the world in this movie, and the Americans don't even stand close."
These two sentences are from a video uploaded by Weibo blogger @Heji Riyue today (8th), and this is a clip of the Russian actor of "The Wandering Earth" in an interview with his own TV program in March 2019.
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On March 2, 2019, Central Television, a show produced by Russia's independent television station, aired a video interview with actor Arkady Sharogradsky.
In this more than 5-minute interview about how he participated in the Chinese blockbuster "The Wandering Earth", the program team first introduced the film. At the time, "The Wandering Earth" had been released in China for more than three weeks, but it had not yet reached Russian theaters.
"The earth is threatened by a new apocalypse, and only superheroes can save it." For a long time, the role was monopolized by Hollywood. Except for the Americans, no one is allowed to play the role of savior. "<b>But the first Chinese phenomenon blockbuster, The Wandering Earth, almost smashed this monopoly at the speed of light." </b>”
The program narrator went on to point out that in such a film with "no American figure," it is "Chinese and the Russians are saving the planet from disaster." In the movie, the astronaut "old horse" Makarov, played by Sharogradsky, is a colleague and friend of the protagonist Chinese astronaut Liu Peiqiang. In the end, he sacrificed himself to help Liu Peiqiang save the earth.
Filming scene, Sharogradsky and Wu Jing
After a round of admiration for breaking the monopoly of American savior roles and the cooperation between China and Russia to save the planet, host Vadim Takmenev asked in detail about Sharogradsky's experience in chinese films in the following interview.
Sharogradsky mentioned his feelings, saying the crew respected the Russians and did not impose some negative stereotypes on his character.
For example, when the host asked him if there was any vodka, grand piano, or something like "I'm an angry Russian bear" in the film, Sharogradsky said that the film presented the image of "I am a friendly Russian bear." And even though vodka appears in the film, "this bottle of wine saved the planet" – in the movie, Liu Peiqiang used this bottle of wine to destroy the "rebellious" artificial intelligence Moss.
Sharogradsky also mentioned that the film affirms Russia's achievements in space. For example, Russia's invention of the space station construction significance, "a hundred years ago in space was invented by us Russians." ”
"'Russia is invincible in space,' that's something Chinese came up with, and I'm very satisfied to say it." Sharogradsky spoke to the host. In February 2019, Sharogradsky also noted in an interview with the Satellite News Agency: "I can say that my character creation reflects respect for Russia, Russians and the Russian aerospace industry. ”
It is worth mentioning that after talking about this very uplifting line experience for Russians, the host Takmenev thanked Sharogradsky in Chinese and summed up "The Wandering Earth" in one sentence: "Chinese and the Russians saved the world in this movie, and the Americans did not even stand close!" ”
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