As a road movie, Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles is not a road comedy, on the contrary, it is a road action film.
Among all the TV dramas and movies that Rong Xu has filmed before, only "Ambush" and "Zhuang Hua Luo" have a little action scenes, but in general, his roles are mostly literary dramas, and action scenes are very rare. For example, in "Zhuanghualuo", most of the action scenes were put on Qin Cheng and the second male actor. Until the finale, Rong Xu did not need to shoot short action scenes.
If the action scene is relatively simple, the action guide can be taught directly on the spot, as long as the effect is shot. But if you want to be the protagonist of an action movie, it usually requires some advance training.
Before the filming of "Storm Messenger", Qin Cheng received a 20-day assault training, to train his muscles, train a slender and powerful body, and be familiar with martial arts movements.
Now, when Rong Xu arrived in Washington, at noon that day, he was arranged by Clemens Holt into a special training camp.
This is a huge greenhouse, and as soon as you enter the gate, you can see many workers busy going back and forth. The most numerous of them are the props, explosions, and action-directing staff, who are preparing for the film's many explosions.
Just a few steps away, Rong Xu heard a surprised female voice behind him: "Hey, Rong?"
The steps under his feet were abrupt, and the boy turned around to see a handsome and handsome blonde walking towards him with a smile. She has bronzed skin, and her appearance is not very soft. At this moment, she is wearing a white racer's vest, her arms are strong, but not thick, with some kind of young and handsome that can be called handsome.
The corners of Rong Xu's lips were slightly raised, and she said with a smile, "Jennifer."
Yes, the person here is Jennifer, a Hollywood first-line actress.
Before meeting today, Rong Xu and Jennifer often chatted online because they were going to co-star in a movie, and they were very familiar with each other. Although it was the first time they met, the two of them became acquainted with each other after just a few chats.
Jennifer smiled and said, "I just joined the group the day before yesterday. Karen is so scary, you have to be prepared."
Karen is the action director for 3200 Miles, specializing in designing action sequences and training actors.
"I heard that," the young man frowned slightly, and the young man sighed, "Jennifer, if Mr. Cullen bullies me, I can count on you to rescue me from his clutches."
Rong Xu had taken off his jacket at this moment and put on the short vest prepared by the crew. Next, he is going to do some exercise training, and he will also have to hang Weiya and fight and grab training. Naturally, it is impossible to wear a cumbersome coat, and he must travel lightly.
Hearing this, Jennifer smiled and said, "I heard that you have an idiom in Huaxia called heroes save beauty. Rong, my Chinese is not good, so don't lie to me, are you sure you want me to save you?"
Rong Xu smiled and turned to look at his assistant: "Do you think Jennifer is a hero?"
From the moment Jennifer appeared, Rosie never took her eyes off her. After listening to Rong Xu's words, she nodded vigorously and said repeatedly: "Of course! Jennifer is so handsome, I like your "A Virus" series, it is a classic among classics, so handsome that I have no friends!"
Jennifer laughed and chatted with Rosie gradually.
Soon, a staff member called Rong Xu to run over to warm up, so the two women stood in the greenhouse chatting happily, letting Rong Xu walk helplessly into the hot sun and start running.
In the film "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles", Rong Xu only played a child who was still underage. He was young and cowardly and was bullied by his peers since he was a child, but in an emergency, he was able to shoot a policeman directly, and even took a hostage and escaped by himself.
Seeing blood, many things are different.
During the 3,200-mile escape, Roy quickly woke up from the panic at the beginning. He handcuffed the heroine in cold blood and drove away. On the way, he killed an innocent innkeeper and an ordinary traffic policeman who didn't know anything. His personality changed greatly, which is a major point of the script.
It's obvious that the protagonist of this movie is a complete criminal villain. But in the script, he is ruthless and ruthless in the first half. After killing people, he seems to care about nothing and fear nothing. But in the second half, he was slowly moved by the heroine.
This is not a pure-bred love story, Natasha played by Jennifer is a full twelve years older than Roy, more like his sister. When Roy was injured and fell into a coma, she quickly turned around and left, but it didn't take long before she came back and took the young child away.
After that, Roy slowly recognized the existence of this sister-like character, but he didn't know that the woman who saved him from the abyss was actually a policeman. During the final confrontation with the police, he stood in front of the woman, only to hear a gunshot behind him, hitting him in the abdomen.
After that, he was sent to court, tried and sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
The film's ending is definitely not a happy one, and aside from the fast-paced plot and dazzling action scenes of the entire movie, Kerry has irony in the script.
The entire film satirizes two social realities, the first being racial discrimination.
No matter how powerful China is today, in fact, racists are still hiding in the crowd. They are like ordinary people on weekdays, going to work and going to get off work from nine to five. But if you talk to him about racial skin, he will naturally ask you: "Don't you think that the black and yellow monkeys are like a joke made by God?"
Roy is an Asian from Huangzhou, and he was bullied by his peers for this reason. There is no direct mention in the plot, but there is no place where this social reality is not satirized.
The second point is the juvenile protection law that is currently highly respected in the United States.
In fact, in the United States, such protection laws are not so serious. In some countries, even if you kill dozens of people, even if you use extremely cruel means to torture an innocent poor girl to death, as long as you are not of legal age, the outside media cannot even disclose your name and photo. , you only need to be educated for a period of time, you can change your name and surname and have your own life again.
In the finale, Roy gets his own sentence and Natasha comes to visit him in prison.
Natasha persuaded him to rehabilitate, and after thirty years, he could return to this world and get a new life. But Roy asked her, "Why didn't you kill me in the first place?"
In the first half of the movie, Natasha's hands and feet were tied, and she could only watch Roy kill her. But later, she had already gained the trust of this young man, and she could, like many police officers, directly look for opportunities without saying a word, and have the right to shoot you.
But the heroic policewoman said seriously: "I believe that you can get a new life here."
However, listening to her kind words, the young criminal smiled coldly: "Here, the law cannot give me new life. My life is already dead."
The plot of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" is definitely not a big reunion comedy, and it even makes people reflect on depression, but it is also an innovative attempt by Krimmans. His eye-popping action scenes are enough to earn him the box office, so after the box office, he will look for something special.
So there is such a film that is not perfect at all.
Male protagonists are not good people, and female protagonists are never perfect.
All the characters do not have the fullness of the story, and they all have great flaws, but this is a movie that goes for awards. Perhaps because of its strong commercial nature, it cannot really win many awards, but if it is successful, it will be a new attempt for all actors and directors.
After seven days of special training, Rong Xu quickly got used to it.
On the first night, Mr. Cullen was very surprised and said to Rong Xu: "I can't believe it, you actually survived? Rong, your performance is better than I expected, but I am very sorry. Let me tell you, tomorrow I'm going to increase your training. You know, these audiences in America don't like pure weak beautiful men, they prefer powerful men."
Rubbing his sore calf, the teenager raised his head and asked, "Like you?"
Mr. Cullen flexed his arm muscles: "Yes, like me."
Jennifer on the side debunked very sincerely: "Trust me, Rong, they prefer you like this. Otherwise, how could your "Zhuang Hua Luo" be the box office runner-up in the American film market this week?"
The two looked at each other and laughed tacitly.
Not far away, Director Krimens is berating a young staff member. The director's temper was quite fiery, and the staff member couldn't even lift his head up when he saw Rosie frowning: "Xiao Xu, how did Director Kerry become like this? I remember the last time I came here, Doesn't he seem like that?"
Rong Xu also raised his eyes and looked at the other side. Before he could see clearly, he heard Jennifer say, "I heard that Mr. Holt came to Washington last month and beat his son up." Just finished speaking, Jennifer covered her mouth and smiled, "Rong, I didn't say anything, but you didn't hear anything."
Junxiu's beautiful face showed a look of crying and laughing, Rong Xu smiled and said, "Okay, I didn't hear anything."
Jennifer smiled: "But I'm also curious, why did old Mr. Holt suddenly come to beat Kerry like this? It seems that even Kerry doesn't understand the reason. He must be so angry that he must be going crazy."
Rong Xu: "I don't know ^_^"
what reason
Well, Mr. Holt is really loyal. Not only did he not confess Qin Cheng, but he didn't even confess the reason.
Seven days passed in a hurry, and soon, the launch conference of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" was held in Washington. Director Clemens specially invited media reporters from all over the world. Under his previous publicity campaign, everyone knew that he would shoot a hugely invested action movie, and fans around the world were waiting for this movie. Riemans style action commercial.
"Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles", this movie became popular before it was broadcast.
Since two months ago, Klimans has been releasing news to the outside world, letting fans around the world know that he is going to make a movie, and it is a very big movie. The film cost nearly 60 million US dollars, rented an entire road, and began to select locations across the United States six months ago.
Just renting the road is enough to give "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" a super high exposure. And now, when the crew held a press conference, fans around the world finally saw the luxurious lineup of the crew.
Director Clemens Holt, a well-known emerging director in the United States, is good at action scenes of big scenes, especially good at explosion scenes, station scenes and shootout scenes. The commercial films he shoots have a very good market among young people and are idols for many young audiences.
The heroine Jennifer Strong is a first-line actress in Hollywood, sexy and powerful, and often appears in action movies.
There is also the Oscar-winning photographer Mancado Forlan, and the well-known Chinese post-production team who has won the Golden Phoenix Award...
Finally, it is Rong Xu.
When this handsome and handsome teenager appeared on live TV, some American viewers were confused and had no idea who this young and unfamiliar actor was. However, after watching the live broadcast of the press conference carefully, a large part of the audience suddenly found out: "He is the prince in "Zhuanghualuo"!"
Yes, for American audiences, they may not know Rong Xu, but they definitely know about the recent hit "Zhuang Hua Luo", and they may even go to the cinema to see this movie in person.
"Silent" has only a small number of theaters in the United States, but "Zhuang Hua Luo" and "Black Clouds" are also box office hits in the United States.
At the press conference, reporters kept asking questions, with sharp topics, and even directly pressed the crew members about some scandalous privacy issues.
At the end, they finally started to ask about the movie. The first thing was to ask Kerrymans: "Excuse me, Kerry, why did you choose to let Rong Lai play the leading role in such a big action drama? Do you think, His skill is very good, can he show beautiful Chinese kung fu?"
Faced with such a question, whether it was Rong Xu or Crimmans, they were already prepared.
Krimmans smiled and looked at Rong Xu, the handsome blond director smiled lightly, and began to praise him very naturally: "Although Rong is young, he is one of the most aura actors I have ever seen. His acting skills are great, and his Chinese Kung Fu is also very good. I believe that when you go to the cinema and watch his performance, you will be attracted by his handsomeness, just like me."
Hearing this, Rong Xu also replied with a smile: "I am honored to have the opportunity to participate in "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles"."
Smooth and beautiful English slowly spit out from the boy's mouth, with a hint of British English accent, pure pronunciation, clear articulation, like a perfect gentleman.
Rong Xu continued: "In this film, I will play a boy with a complex personality. He is bold and decisive, and he is timid and cowardly. Such characters have charm and shining points that are hard to ignore. I am very grateful to Ke Here, gave me this opportunity."
Kerry laughed: "Rong, you are so good that I am fascinated."
The two touted each other, and then the reporter started asking other questions.
Before the press conference, the crew had already determined many things. The assistant director wrote the answers to many questions and handed them over to Rong Xu and Jennifer, including film information that could be disclosed to reporters.
In addition, there is no need to deliberately say that Rong Xu is not a newcomer. Everyone knows that on such occasions, the crew must be harmonious and united.
Only in this way can we bring the greatest benefits to the film and allow the film to have better exposure.
And in this crew, Rong Xu is actually the least famous one.
Kleimans has been famous for many years, and the box office has more than 5 billion films with more than ten fingers, basically a commercial blockbuster a year. And Jennifer is also a well-known Hollywood action movie actress, her cumulative box office has exceeded 70 billion.
Two hours later, the launch press conference of "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" officially ended.
The next day, news of the film was published in major newspapers and magazines in the United States. On the Internet, the marketing team of the crew did not miss this opportunity, and carried out propaganda all over the Internet, bombarding it indiscriminately, so that the name "Three Thousand Two Hundred Miles" was deeply rooted in the hearts of every netizen.
[I heard that this movie will not be released until summer, I really want to see it! Crimmans and Jennifer partner, and there is a very beautiful Chinese actor, must be very good-looking!]
Yes, in the film's promotional point, Krimmans portrayed Rong Xu as a "vase character".
The audience all know that Jennifer is a famous star, but they don't know Rong Xu very much, and they have only seen "Black Clouds" and "Zhuanghua Luo" at most. Before the movie was released, Krimmans didn't mind letting the audience misunderstand the plot of the movie. It was obvious that in this movie, Rong Xu was the martial arts character. Until the end, Jennifer had her own fighting scene, but he just wanted the audience to Focus on Rong Xu's face.
[This young Chinese actor looks so good!]
Many netizens were so emotional.
It is much easier for them to accept "Rong Xu looks good" than "Rong Xu has great action skills".
After the phone was turned on, it was different from what netizens imagined. The beautiful and handsome Huaxia porcelain doll in their hearts had to shoot super-intensive action scenes every day, while Hollywood actress Jennifer, wearing a gentle long dress, was chic and comfortable every day. Sitting in the back seat of the car like a pure vase.
Roy, played by Rong Xu, used to be just an ordinary gangster. The worst thing he did was extortion, and at most he helped sell marijuana. But after that bank robbery, he began to grow suddenly.
Clemens didn't care how unreasonable the plot was, he just wanted the best shots. So after escaping, Roy's force value soared at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was also hard for Rong Xu, who often had to shoot action scenes.
Another intense action scene. The handsome and delicate Oriental teenager was covered in dust and quickly ran away from the gas station.
Rong Xu rushed towards the short wall of the gas station at a very fast speed. The wall was only about one meter two high. Behind him, three strong men with the appearance of security guards rushed over here while shouting.
"Don't run! It's you, I know it's you!"
"John, hurry up, catch him, catch him and the bounty is ours!"
However, under the scorching sun, the boy's right hand was propped on the low wall, and when he used his wrist, the tough and thin body was like a long knife, drawing a sharp arc in the air. After landing lightly, Rong Xu stepped up and ran, leaving the three strong men standing behind the low wall, and hurried over the wall to chase.
This scene was filmed eleven times before it was finally finished. It's not that his acting is bad, it's that Crimmans is just too harsh. The first three times, Rong Xu couldn't get over that wall, but he finally managed to get over that wall. Crimmans thought that his movements were not graceful enough, and he didn't have the effect of exploding eyeballs.
"Rong, you have to be handsome, use all your strength to be handsome!"
How can you be called handsome
Simple and neat movements, fierce and indifferent eyes.
A camera was aimed at Rong Xu's eyes. When he climbed over the wall and rolled gently to the ground, he raised his head suddenly, and his black hair slid behind his head, revealing a pair of dark and fierce eyes. It belongs to the eyes of a child, but after so many things and killing people, he starts to become dangerous and scary.
This look made Klimans keep applauding, but Rong Xu smiled helplessly, and reached out to ask Rosie to disinfect her wound.
Eleven consecutive shootings inevitably caused Rong Xu to suffer a lot of scratches. When the knee hits the ground, it will form a bruise; if the whole person falls to the ground, it is natural to rub the skin.
As an actor, this is what Rong Xu must experience. On the other side, Jennifer, who had a very "relaxed" role in the scene, stepped forward, handed a ointment to Rong Xu, and said with a smile: "When I was filming before, I often used this ointment to rub the wound. Rong, this ointment is very effective. Well, try it too. By the way, you were really handsome just now, and I believe that after the movie is released, the entire American female audience will be convinced by you."
Rong Xu took the ointment and handed it to Rosie. Rosie pursed her lips in distress, carefully helped Rong Xu with the medicine, and whispered: "I scratched my elbow again, Xiao Xu, does it hurt? The director always asks you to repeat the shooting, but you are too hurt like this. too much."
Three days after starting the machine, Rong Xu had no major injuries, but continued minor injuries. When filming yesterday afternoon, the broken glass cut his finger and left a lot of blood, which made Rosie cry.
Rosie spoke Chinese in a low voice and very fast, which Jennifer didn't understand for a while. But Rong Xu said in disbelief: "Sister Xiaoqian, you said in front of Jennifer that I was seriously injured, and I am truly ashamed."
Only then did Jennifer understand what Rong Xu meant.
It is natural for actors to be injured for filming. In Rong Xu's previous life, one of his female star friends accidentally fell from the coercion while filming, fractured her spine, and sat in a wheelchair for a whole year.
And in this world, Jennifer is a good example. Four years ago, Jennifer fell from a high-rise building because of an action movie. It is said that she still has a scar on the back of her head. Although other parts of the hair block the scar, there is a hair near the wound. No.
Of course Rosie knew this truth, but: "But I just feel distressed..."
Rong Xu was so distressed by this little injury that she couldn't imagine that if Rong Xu suddenly fell from a tall building like Jennifer, the whole person passed out, and blood flowed from the back of his head in large areas. Then she will cry out loud.
Listening to Rosie's words, Rong Xu just smiled and didn't say more.
In fact, the person who most distressed Rong Xu in this world was not Rosie, but a certain man.
On the first day of shooting, there was a scratch on Rong Xu's chin. There was no blood, but the skin was slightly broken. This kind of small wound can be completely covered with foundation, but after taking a bath at night, Rong Xu didn't make up at all, so the wound could not be covered.
At that time, he opened the video chat and said with a smile: "The first day of filming was very hard, but Jennifer gave me a lot of experience. I haven't done much action scenes before, but I have benefited a lot from her guidance this time." In all his life, Rong Xu has never done many action scenes.
However, after saying this sentence, there was no reply for a long time.
Rong Xu: "...?"
Rong Xu raised his head and looked at the man on the screen of the mobile phone with astonishment. It's fine if he didn't look at it, it was incredible to see, but Qin Cheng frowned, and his dark eyes stared at the young man's face.
Qin Cheng: "are you injured?"