Sammo Hungg, action director/choreographer “My Kingdom” (My Kingdom / Da Wu Sheng), arrived at the press conference held as part of the Shanghai Film Festival, accompanied by Han Geng, Wu Chun, Lu Chen, Barbie Hsu and others.
The film's trailer was shown at the press conference. A person worthy of the title was also chosen there “Daushena” (note: “Dawusheng” is a Chinese/Beijing opera artist specializing in martial arts). This title was awarded Sammo Hunggu, and he was publicly recognized as real Dauchen. Sammo Hungg, one of “Seven little lucky ones”, said that “My Kingdom” means a lot to him; he noted that for the first time in 40 years in cinema, he had the chance to show all the splendor of the Beijing Opera actors. Despite 30 years of experience as a director, Sammo Hungg Even before filming began, he spent two months studying at the Tianjin School of Peking Opera and a year choreographing fights.
When the presenter asked those present what they remembered most about the filming, everyone answered “professionalism.” Wu Chun admitted that while working on his fight with Yu Rongguang, Sammo Hungg I spent three whole days without rest. When he was too tired, he could take a short nap, but immediately wake up and start working again. Han Geng emphasized that one day Sammo Hungg I was so tired that I passed out on the set. After some time he woke up. Instead of going to the hospital, he immediately continued filming.
After the press conference the title Dauchena Sammo Hunggu were awarded Han Geng, Wu Chun и Barbie Hsu. Hungg shyly said that he just did the best he could. He drew attention to the fact that the requirements for Daushenov were much higher than usual, especially when it came to stretching and footwork. It all depended on whether you had enough determination.
Barbie Xsy, who fell in love and got married while working at “My Kingdom”, studied the art of Peking Opera since childhood and looked forward to the day when her skills could be used on the big screen. In the film, she plays a Beijing Dausheng actress. Due to an injury, she almost abandoned filming. Then she had a serious injury to her right wrist, and her hand “didn’t obey.” She couldn't even hold the sword. Sammo Hungg allowed her to hold a sword in her left hand and came up with fights that she managed to handle. Hungg noted that Barbie Hsu I was ready to take risks, no matter what. She played her role well.
Source: hongkongmorning.com
Thanks for the link Xenic.
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Tags: my kingdom, Barbie Xu, Sammo Hungg, Wu Chun, Han Geng, Yu Rongguang, Yuen Biao
But as far as I know, Sammo taught those two dudes, so they know something. Not much, but they make sense. Anyway. We'll wait. We'll see.
I agree with Elvin, there will be ropes/wires (there were in the trailer), as long as they are not abused. And even less darkness, close-ups, flickering and other crap that is now fashionable.
And in general, I demand happy endings in modern Chinese (and Asian in general) action films!!! :D
That's not the point. Here the actors don’t understand martial arts, which means they can’t do without ropes. Moreover, the events in the film are not of the modern period.
Peking Opera... No, this is not wuxia.
Why? This is exactly where there should be a lot of them.
I don't think there will be ropes there.
For those who don't like ropes, don't watch.
By the way, Tianjin is the birthplace of Peking Opera. )))
May God give him more health and strength to accomplish his plans and ideas!
I agree, Big Brother deserves special attention. Good luck to him in this project.
Sammo is definitely great! It is a pity that there are fewer and fewer such workers. Modern choreographers will never achieve the intensity of scenes that Sammo, Jackie and Donnie have.
Even Corey Yuen and Panna fall short (in my opinion) of work that could be watched over and over again!
Truly, Sammo is a real hard worker! His personality is truly worthy of attention! However, he needs to take a little vacation, like Donnie did. It will make money.
Thanks for the translation! It turned out to be very interesting! )))