1905 movie network feature "Out of the studio," came to the Emperor Studios in Beijing, where the original Cantonese version is still hot. "Anger · Serious Case" was released on July 30, and the key was postponed to October 31. So far, it has made 1.10 billion box office. The show once again invited the actor who plays Ah Ao to meet him face-to-face.
It has been a month since the last conversation with Nicholas Tse. The last time the program team went to Nicholas Tse’s Fenwei Kitchen, they talked to him about the time in the kitchen over the years, and how he has been constantly enriching himself and shining in "Rage · Serious Case". Now that "Rage · Serious Case" has achieved a good box office performance, Nicholas Tse is once again a guest on "Today Film Review". What is his opinion on action movies?
The program team prepared some videos about Nicholas Tse’s life clips in advance, including the director’s behind- the-scene. Seeing Nicholas Tse in the behind- the-scene, he remembered his cooperation with the director and sighed: "I don’t know how long I haven’t shed tears, and I couldn’t stop crying that day. Not every time there is such a right combination, I think this time it is a rare feeling that one plus one is greater than three."
Nicholas Tse recalled a tacit understanding with director Chen Musheng: "In fact, we never discussed this role from beginning to end, and never talked about what A Ao should be like. This time it was particularly natural, and he didn’t ask me too much how to perform."
During the filming of "Rage · Serious Case", Tse was accustomed to performing the same scene three times, gradually advancing his emotions, each time performing in a different state: "I will play him three, the first one will be 70% (emotion), maybe the second one will be 85% (emotion), and the third one will be 95% (emotion) for him to choose when he goes back to edit." Although the character of A Ao is more three-dimensional at the text level, many performances need to be designed on the spot and adjusted through the atmosphere of the scene.
Nicholas Tse gave an example. The last weapon he used in the film, the Butterfly Knife, was chosen according to the situation in the scene. But remembering this detail, Nicholas Tse felt a little regretful: "You will find that the first time I took the knife, from the middle to the last, there were three different knives.
"Rage · Serious Case" is a rare Hong Kong action movie with a pure temperament recently. The word Hong Kong action movie has a special meaning in Nicholas Tse’s heart: "I like movies so much because of action movies, and I think that in the world of film, our Chinese movies have a great advantage. In fact, I think the reason why action can travel all over the world is because it has broken the language barrier."
Nicholas Tse was injured in his first film, but he insisted on being injured at that time, and went to the hospital for treatment after filming. Nicholas Tse recalled: "After I was injured, I kept sticking that strong tape here, changing socks, changing shoes and then playing, changing this thing every 45 minutes, and then going to the hospital every six hours."
Nicholas Tse, who was born into an acting family, has many options in film performances, but he still chooses relatively hard-working action movies and works hard in movies. "In fact, from the age of 16 to the age of 20, I basically got boos in Hong Kong. I sang on stage and didn’t get applause until I was 20," Tse said of his choice. "For the first three years, I would be booed until I couldn’t hear anything, so whatever I did in every field, I would ask myself to do better. If I was filming, I would do the hardest moves. I hope I can get back everyone’s respect."
When he was talking to his mother on the phone, he snatched his mobile phone from her side and said that Nicholas Tse had worked too hard to make movies, so why didn’t he choose to sing? Nicholas Tse replied, "Principal (Alan Tam), I can’t sing like you, otherwise I would sing too, and making action movies is what I like." Understanding Nicholas Tse’s love, Alan Tam encouraged him, "Persist and continue."
Nicholas Tse has been praised by his predecessors in action movies for his drive. The outside world believes that the current Hong Kong action movie actors are not picking up, Nicholas Tse hopes that the popularity of "Rage · Serious Case" will ignite the enthusiasm of young people who like action movies and let them devote themselves to the shooting of action movies. "In fact, I recently launched a small invitation. If you are interested in acting in action movies and have some martial arts roots, you can go to any of my self-media platforms and leave your introduction and your photos, etc. I will ask the team to analyze whether we have this fate to work together."
From the very beginning of filmmaking, Nicholas Tse chose to work hard. Now, he hopes to become a role model for young people, let his passion drive them, and work hard for Chinese films, so that Chinese films can be resplendent.