The main actor of "Moving Maze 2" appeared at the Beijing press conference

On October 21<b>, Beijing time</b>, Thomas Sangster and Ki Hong Lee, the main actors of the youth science fiction thriller series "Moving Labyrinth 2", appeared at the Beijing press conference and fan meeting. A large number of fans gathered at the scene to ask for autographs, and the two stars came to China for the first time, cordially signed a group photo with fans, and interacted with the lucky fans on the stage at zero distance to play selfies.

Based on James Dashner's best-selling novel, Labyrinth 2, the film still stars Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Sangster, Lee Ki-hong, Kaya Skodario and many other actors, and the director continues to be directed by Wes Pohr. At the end of the first episode, the forest fighters in helicopters look down on the earth from the air, only to find that the land has become a scorched earth, full of buildings and land destroyed by flares, and the team members led by Thomas must cross the vast scorched earth baked by the sun flares to reach the refuge in the north. What surprised the audience who liked the apocalyptic theme was that "Moving Maze 2" added a race infected by flare radiation, and how to fight this group of creatures that had turned into bloodthirsty monsters due to virus infection also became a major challenge for the group members.

<b>The two "little fresh meat"</b> <b>revealed that special training should be done before shooting</b>

<b>The high-altitude filming locations are oxygen-starved and water-deficient</b>

Thomas Sangster, who played Newt in the first episode of The Labyrinth of Movement, is one of the leaders of the glades. In the first episode of "Moving Maze", Lee Ki-hong plays the walker captain Mino, leading the walkers into the maze every day to find a way to escape from the woodlands, and later become Dylan O'Brien's most powerful partner.

At the press conference, two "small fresh meat" appeared, revealing the joys and hardships of the shooting process for everyone. Thomas Sangster and Li Qihong said that the filming location of this episode is the high-altitude, oxygen-starved and water-deficient Albuquerque, which is located in New Mexico, and is also the filming location of the famous American drama "Breaking Bad". The environment in the area is harsh, and there are still a lot of running and action scenes in "Moving Maze 2", and the actors have to do some special training for filming.

Li Qihong revealed to everyone: "New Mexico we did a lot of action training in the filming place, we have a special coach, he will take us to run in the dunes, to run several kilometers, because one is very short of water, the other is lack of oxygen, because the altitude is very high, there is a height of 5000-8000 feet. So we were very prone to lack of oxygen over there, and it was very hard, and we felt very happy at the same time because we could be with our friends, with our whole crew, and we felt that we were still enjoying the challenge. ”

<b>"Littlefinger" Aidan Gillen joined</b>

<b>The two lead actors want to try to play the villain</b>

In Labyrinth Runner 2, Aidan Gillen, the "Littlefinger" of Game of Thrones, joins in as the villain who captures the teenagers. Actor Thomas Sangster also starred in Game of Thrones. A reporter at the scene asked whether the two boys also wanted to try to play some negative roles in the future.

Lee Said Heung said he was willing to make such an attempt, while Sangster said: "Playing a villain is first of all a challenge to yourself, and it is also very interesting to feel psychologically what those very mentally twisted people really think." ”

<b>Thomas Sangster felt the path of 15 years as an actor</b>

<b>Li Qihong said Chinese: I love you, thank you</b>

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In the face of China's enthusiastic audience, the two actors said: "This is our first time to come to China, the feeling is very different, especially this morning we went to the Forbidden City, very shocking." And the actor Li Qihong also used a few words to learn a few Chinese to say hello to everyone, he said to the audience in standard Mandarin: "I love you, thank you!" "Triggered warm applause at the scene.

Sangster is also very happy to come to China, he has been an actor for 15 years this year. Although he was called "little fresh meat" by everyone at the scene, he believed that "although I have been doing it for 15 years, I still have a lot to learn and develop." In addition, he also introduced to everyone, "I started acting at the age of 10 ("True Love Supreme"), at that time I regarded it as a pure kind of fun, I thought it was fun, I didn't take this too seriously. Until now, 15 years later, as my career, as my job, I love being an actor, I love every aspect of filmmaking, whether it's the camera crew, or the lighting crew or the whole set, I feel that there is an inexplicable feeling, there are so many people working together to activate a story on the screen, I think it is very magical. ”

At the end of the press conference, Ms. Shen Hui, Marketing Director of 20th Century Fox China, presented their seals to Thomas Sangster and Li Qihong. The two actors were very happy to receive such a special gift with Chinese colors, printed their names on the poster, and took a group photo.

It is reported that "Moving Labyrinth 2" was introduced by China Film Group Corporation, jointly distributed by China Film Co., Ltd. and Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd., and the film will be fully released on November 4 in Chinese mainland.