John Woo praised Guo Xiaodong’s performance in ＂Sword Rain＂, ＂Sexy Muse＂
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"Rain of Swords" female characters are exposed in the film
It will be released on September 28. The official website launch ceremony of "Sword Rain", a martial arts suspense blockbuster directed by John Woo and starring Michelle Yeoh, Zheng Yusheng and Guo Xiaodong, will be held in Beijing on August 19. Woo, Yu Wenle, Guo Xiaodong and other main creators came to the scene to promote the film and unveil the poster of his character constellation in the film. Guo Xiaodong plays the soul character of the film, the swordsman "Zhang Renfeng" (Aquarius), and together with kung fu actress Michelle Yeoh and sexy Muse Lin Xilei and other stars, he played a heart-wrenching hatred.
"Gossip Insulator" Guo Xiaodong, "Sexy Muse" Lin Xilei talks about love and fights
Guo Xiaodong, who has debuted with a healthy image for many years, is known as the "new good man in the entertainment industry". This time, "Gossip Insulator" Guo Xiaodong and "Sexy Muse" Lin Xilei played opposite scenes. In the film, the two not only have to learn martial arts and stage enjoyable fights and confrontations, but also have a period of time span, intertwined with complex love and hatred. The combination of cold-faced men and hot women is really exciting.
John Woo throws an olive branch, Guo Xiaodong becomes "the most favored filmmaker by Hong Kong and Taiwan directors"
In recent years, Guo Xiaodong’s masterpieces of film and television have continued, especially favored by Hong Kong and Taiwan film directors: in the film directed by Yuan Heping, Guo Xiaodong showed his talents and shared life and death with his friend Zhao Wenzhuo; in the film directed by Cheng Xiaodong, Guo Xiaodong competed with Donnie Yen in martial arts; in the film directed by Chen Kexin, Guo Xiaodong competed with Andy Lau.
In the first fantasy martial arts film "Sword Rain" directed by John Woo, the male lead Zhang Renfeng played by Guo Xiaodong is a maverick, innovative and freedom-seeking swordsman, and Guo Xiaodong’s ease of control, changeable image and exquisite acting skills in previous works made the director Woo Yusen immediately throw an olive branch to the "Zhang Renfeng" in his heart after accidentally seeing Guo Xiaodong’s works.
It turns out that heroes are also afraid of heights, and Guo Xiaodong "climbs the eaves and walks the wall" to overcome Weiya phobia
Guo Xiaodong’s "walking the rivers and lakes is not easy" this time. Although Guo Xiaodong plays a swordsman in the film, he often "appears in ghosts" and "flies around", but Guo Xiaodong laughs and says: "It’s very scary to hang in the air, especially for people like me who have a fear of heights." What’s more, Guo Xiaodong often has to hold two swords, hang in the air for a long time, and make various postures. "But when I saw that I became a martial arts master who could’fly over the eaves and walk the wall ‘in the movie, I felt that the hard work I put in was finally rewarded with results." It is estimated that when the audience sees "Guo Daxia" calmly "flying over the eaves and walls" on the screen, they will not think that he is actually a person with a fear of heights.
Guo Xiaodong’s film was flooded, and he jumped into the river in the rain on a bitterly cold winter night
The difficulties Guo Xiaodong encountered during the filming of "Sword Rain" were not limited to Weiya. The bad weather and harsh plot requirements also became an important part of the test of the actors. According to a video of the filming behind- the-scene announced by the film, you can appreciate how hard Guo Xiaodong worked to shoot this film. The scene that day was the scene where Guo Xiaodong’s "Zhang Renfeng" fell from the bridge to the riverbed and was washed away by the flood. It was a winter night, the outdoor temperature was as low as 2 or 3 degrees, and it was raining. Guo Xiaodong lay on the cold riverbed and was washed away by the flood again and again. The thick cotton-padded clothes were soaked, and the heater blew cold air. " The weather was really cold that day. I saw Guo Xiaodong trembling all over with cold, and his face turned purple. It was really hard. "Director Woo said that if the workplace of the entertainment industry is compared to a rivers and lakes, Guo Xiaodong’s professionalism is really quite a" hero "style.
It is reported that "Sword Rain" will appear at the Venice Film Festival in early September, following the Tokyo Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and the Busan Film Festival. Guo Xiaodong’s works will be exhibited at international film festivals again.