In October 2003, Coco Lee took over the only movie "Entertaining Myself" in which she played the leading role in her life. At that time, she was more or less encouraged by singing at the Oscars. to expand into new areas.
"Entertain Yourself" Poster
The lineup of this "investment of 30 million" movie is still surprising even today: the director Li Xin is a graduate of the Beidian Directing Department, and his father Li Xipu is a veteran director of the Shanghai Film Studio; The film is "Zunlong's first return to mainland China to film since the movie "The Last Emperor""; other starring roles include Tao Hong and Xia Yu. It tells a series of funny incidents caused by rural youths in pursuit of a girl from the same village who has the dream of being an actor, and filmed "a movie like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for her". The inspiration comes from real events. The story of organizing farmers to film a film.
"Self-Entertainment" Stills
Coco Lee, who was "electrically shocked" for the first time, put a lot of effort into this movie. Going deep into rural life, inviting acting teachers, and doing all the action scenes in person are very topical. The filming period of this film is very tight, it only took 8 months from filming to release, and the premiere ceremony held in July 2004 also invited many singers, together with Coco Lee, held a "concert", which was also It can be called a beautiful thing in the entertainment industry.
However, the feedback after the release was not satisfactory. Zunlong and Coco Lee's overly foreign appearance as farmers obviously lacked convincingness, which became the biggest failure; The investment was not a small amount back then, and the production of such a "small theme" movie also puzzled many in the industry.
"Self-Entertainment" Stills
In the end, most of the failure of word-of-mouth was on Coco Lee. Her overly exaggerated and rigid performance in the film was repeatedly criticized, even though it might be necessary for the plot. Coco Lee, who had been doing well in the music scene, was disheartened by the defeat in the first battle of the movie. Since then, she has almost never touched a movie except for singing the theme song.
