The movie "Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack" directed by Chen Kaige currently has a box office of more than 500 million yuan. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, with high scores of 7.1 on Douban, 9.5 on Taopiaopiao, and 9.7 on Maoyan, the film became the reputation champion of the National Day movies and was also the first choice for family viewing during this holiday. During the road show, some elderly people who were over 70 years old shouted excitedly "It was great!" after watching the movie, and some children burst into tears when they saw the sacrifice of the volunteers.
On October 6, director Chen Kaige and the film's main actors, including Zhang Songwen, Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Wei Daxun, Wang Xiao, and Chen Feiyu, came to Shanghai for a road show. The actors who played historical figures in the film also shared with the audience their understanding and understanding of the characters they portrayed. experience.
A group photo of the main creative staff
As a film that reproduces the "Battle of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" in a panoramic and multi-dimensional manner, "The Volunteer Army" is a grand, tragic and yet delicate blockbuster. "Gradually, everyone has forgotten about the matter of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. Everyone thinks it is a matter of their fathers' generation. Therefore, the purpose of filming the Volunteer Army is very simple, which is to prevent everyone from forgetting this matter." At the road show, director Chen Kaige said about himself The original intention of making this movie. Chen Kaige, who has already filmed "Changjin Lake", believes that this period of history deserves to be remembered by more people.
When talking about the portrayal of the diplomat Wu Xiuquan this time, Zhang Songwen said, "This drama is slightly different from some usual film and television works. Because almost most of the characters in it have prototypes. The New China I played is the first time in the world. Wu Xiuquan, who spoke at the United Nations, also had his basis in shaping it." Zhang Songwen said that before filming started, Chen Kaige gave him a pile of written materials, and the video materials were very limited. "First, according to his prototype, I added the characters of my own actors to the missing parts. Imagine combining the two to act.”
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Chen Kaige revealed that Zhang Songwen had an extremely exciting scene that had to be deleted, which made him particularly regretful. One of the original designs was that Wu Xiuquan always had a tightly clasped fist posture, because he was afraid that he would wave his hands and curse when he got excited when speaking. "This would lose the Chinese demeanor." In the end, he didn't control his hand, waved it and said what he wanted to say. This was Zhang Songwen's wish to perform in his own way.
Huang Xiaoming said, "We have been to the Memorial Hall of the Martyrs to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and saw many real historical figures. Their true deeds will be shown through movies."
Wei Daxun, who plays Mao Anying, said that he had an in-depth discussion with the director before filming started. Is Mao Anying's relationship with his father, Chairman Mao, "a father-son relationship, or a leader-a-soldier relationship?" In that scene, the son who traveled far away wanted to say goodbye to his father, "but he felt that he was doing something big, and I was embarrassed to disturb him, so I just glanced at him. Everyone knows that it may be the last look in history." I feel very sorry, but when I acted, I acted according to his state of having to go far away from home, without being too sensational."
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Chen Feiyu, who plays the role of the soldier Sun Xing in the film, also challenged a role that is very different from his own personality this time. "In the beginning, people called him 'Sun Monkey'. His personality is very impatient, impulsive, and even a little reckless, but He is a particularly wise and battle-hardened warrior. When I was acting in this play, even in a very cold environment, I made myself speak faster to express the impatience of this character." Chen Feiyu said, this The filming of the movie also had an impact on me. "I will also become more outgoing and impulsive. After more than a year of filming, part of my heart has changed."
"Volunteer Army" has gathered a group of good actors. Fans at the scene asked director Chen Kaige about his views on actors such as Zhang Songwen and Wei Daxun becoming popular this year. Chen Kaige said, "They are basically good actors. Success is only a matter of time."
The main creative staff took photos with the audience
Compared with previous films such as "King Kong River" and "Changjin Lake" that were also based on the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the performance of "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" in this year's National Day release was not satisfactory. For this reason, Chen Kaige also said at the scene, "Not enough viewers have seen this movie. I hope that more of our viewers will go into the movie and watch "Volunteer Army" so that things we will never forget will be firmly remembered. in my heart."
