Chapter 1289 Top Actor Mr. Li

In Li Mu's eyes, there are only a handful of outstanding actors in China, and it is even more difficult to find top actors even with lanterns.

Although he doesn't want to worship foreigners on this point, he has to say that Chinese movie actors are far behind Hollywood, and it is completely difficult to hold a candle to them. For any Oscar movie in the United States, the gold content of a pure actor's acting skills can almost kill the entire movie industry in seconds. Huaxia film and television industry.

However, Teacher Li Xuejian is one of the few Chinese actors who can be regarded as a top actor in his eyes.

Li Mu feels that Mr. Li Xuejian and Tom Hanks can be said to be the same type of actors. Whoever they play looks like whom, even after portraying a classic role, they will not solidify their image and temperament. When playing the next role Sometimes, he can easily jump out of the constraints of all previous roles and create a brand new image.

This is easy to say, but it is too difficult for most actors.

Li Youbin, who plays Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword", is also a very good actor in Li Mu's eyes, but he is not considered top-notch, because after he shaped the bright sword, his acting style can't escape the traces of Li Yunlong. Things will not happen to Teacher Li Xuejian and Tom Hanks.

Teacher Li Xuejian played the role of Lin Biao when he was 26 years old. In order to get a good image, he hung Lin Biao’s photos all over the room and tried his best to lose weight to achieve the other’s emaciated appearance. In the end, he looked like Lin Biao. This is the noble professional ethics of the older generation of actors.

For the older generation of actors, what they pursue is acting itself, and they never gain fame and wealth for themselves through acting. In their eyes, acting is no different from welders, fitters, and lathe workers, so all their experiences are used in research. How to perform tricks well is like welders who want to practice the skill of electric welding well, so their acting skills will reach the pinnacle and become real artists.

However, with the continuous development of the economy and the continuous improvement of the public's demand for entertainment, the entertainment industry has really taken shape. Part of the energy is spent on how to improve access to more resources, how to increase influence, and how to earn more money. When the actors don't study acting skills, they still expect good actors and good works to be born.

At this moment, Spielberg also became very interested in the teacher Li Xuejian that Li Mu was talking about. He rarely heard Li Mu praise an actor so much, and he believed that this actor's acting skills must be quite good.

Soon, the staff came to the VIP reception room of the hotel, found Teacher Li Xuejian, and said to him: "Mr. Li, our President Li and Director Spielberg are supervising the post-production work of the documentary, so I would like to ask you to go and have a look. I wonder if you are interested?"

Teacher Li Xuejian asked curiously: "Documentary? May I ask, I wonder what kind of documentary Mr. Li and Director Spielberg are making?"

The staff knew that due to the confidentiality in advance, these leading actors have not received relevant notifications, so they explained: "Mr. Li has been doing public welfare activities in Spring City to find the surviving Flying Tigers, and is going to edit it into a documentary. "

"Oh?" Teacher Li Xuejian said in surprise, "Then please take me there quickly."

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Teacher Li Xuejian, who is nearly 50 years old, has not been as excited as he is today for a long time. For him, having the opportunity to star in such a meaningful film as "Flying Tigers" is not only an affirmation, but also a honor.

As early as when Li Mu announced in Hollywood that he would launch such a movie, Teacher Li Xuejian was attracted by the special history of World War II. A deeper understanding of the real situation of this period of history.

At that time, Teacher Li Xuejian never thought that he would be invited to act in this movie, because he knew his position very well, he was just an old actor,

It’s not commercial or popular enough. A young man in his early twenties like Li Mu probably won’t know himself, and even if he knows, he won’t think of himself. And a world-class director like Spielberg is even less likely to know himself. , it is very rare for him to know a few Chinese actors who are slightly famous in the world.

After studying that period of history, Teacher Li Xuejian realized that history is more admirable than he imagined. At that time, Teacher Li had an extravagant wish in his heart: If he could play a role wholeheartedly in such a movie , no matter how big or small, that is the happiest and most satisfying thing for an actor.

Unexpectedly, this wish, which seemed almost impossible to him, came true.

Li Mu has some "negative impressions" of Mr. Li Xuejian. This negative impression comes from his role as Song Jiang in "Water Margin". This CCTV TV series premiered in January 1998. At that time, Li Mu was still in high school. I am relatively angry, and I can say that I hate Song Jiang's role played by Li Xuejian.

At that time, Li Mu felt that all heroes in Shuibo Liangshan, only Song Jiang, who is hypocritical and righteous, was the biggest scourge. In the end, everyone died and died, which made Li Mu feel very sad for a long time, especially Song Jiang who wholeheartedly hoped to be appeased by the court. His thoughts, as well as his slavish appearance when kneeling in front of the court, made Li Mu in his youth particularly disgusted.

It is also because Mr. Li Xuejian's interpretation of Song Jiang is so perfect and appropriate that Li Mu can't help but have some negative impressions of him. Fortunately, he is a reborn soul in his thirties after all. I have seen Mr. Li Xuejian play Many characters have completely lost the inexplicable resistance at the beginning.

The staff guided Teacher Li Xuejian to the room, and Li Mu brought Spielberg together to meet Teacher Li Xuejian for the first time.

Li Mu first shook hands with Teacher Li Xuejian, and said, "Mr. Li, I have admired you for a long time, and I finally have the opportunity to meet you. Thank you for joining the production and filming of "Flying Tigers"!"

Teacher Li Xuejian hurriedly said humbly: "Where is there, Mr. Li, you are the pride of our Chinese, I am just an actor, besides, it is my honor to join "Flying Tigers", I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity !"

Li Mu said: "You don't have to be so polite. As a top actor in China, having you join "Flying Tigers" makes me look forward to it a lot!"

After finishing speaking, Li Mu said, "Let me introduce you to the Hollywood director Spielberg."

Li Xuejian hurriedly said: "The name of director Spielberg, I am very familiar with it!"

Immediately, Li Xuejian stretched out his hand to Spielberg and said in poor English: "nice-to-meet-you."

Spielberg also hurriedly shook hands with Li Xuejian and said in Chinese: "Hi, nice to meet you."

Li Mu immediately acted as a translator and introduced the two to each other.

For Li Xuejian, it is indeed a great honor to meet Spielberg, a legendary director, and to work with him. Spielberg is eight years older than Li Xuejian, and he is a truly world-renowned master in the film industry In contrast, Li Xuejian is not only much younger, but his achievements are also much worse than him, so he is also very humble in his heart.

After introducing the two to each other, Li Mu said to Li Xuejian: "Mr. Li, the reason why I invited you and other actors to Spring City today is because I want to arrange for you to meet and get to know the surviving Flying Tigers we have found so far. After all, everyone is interpreting their stories, and we should show respect to them face to face."

Li Xuejian nodded again and again, and said: "Before I received the invitation for this role, I had checked a lot of information about the Flying Tigers. They are indeed a great group that deserves our respect and love. If we can pay tribute to them in person, it is really It couldn't be better."

As he said that, Li Xuejian asked Li Mu: "President Li, how many surviving Flying Tigers did you find this time?"

Li Mu said: "So far, we have found more than 70 people, including more than 40 people from the United States, and about 30 people from China. There are a total of 50 people who came to Spring City this time."

"So many!" Li Xuejian exclaimed, "Many of them are from the United States?"

"Yes." Li Mu nodded: "More than 20 Flying Tigers and their families have come from the United States this time."

Li Xuejian said hastily: "When can we arrange to meet them? I want to visit them now."

Li Mu said: "Today our staff took them to visit the outskirts of the city. When they came back in the afternoon, we arranged a dinner in the evening. We will introduce you to everyone."

Li Xuejian sighed: "I just heard from the staff that you are doing a public welfare activity to find the surviving Flying Tigers. Why haven't I heard the news in Yanjing?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "My two companies and I have jointly funded and established a charity foundation for veterans who survived World War II to solve all kinds of difficulties and problems encountered in life for the surviving World War II veterans. Finding the surviving Flying Tigers is only the purpose of our foundation." One of the activities, the reason why I didn't start the promotion is because I wanted to combine the two things of the foundation and the search for the surviving Flying Tigers with our movie character announcement conference, which is the so-called blockbuster Well, this can also maximize the influence."

Li Xuejian nodded again and again, and Li Mu said: "By the way, Teacher Li, let me show you some video clips we shot for this public welfare activity. After watching it, please leave a comment and see if there is anything that needs to be revised."

"it is good!"

Ten minutes later, Teacher Li Xuejian stared at the computer monitor, as if lost in thought.

The promotional video for the press conference this time has been roughly 90% completed. In the historical and current videos interspersed with each other, accompanied by the sad and majestic background music, Teacher Li Xuejian burst into tears.

A few minutes later, Teacher Li Xuejian finally regained his state from the trance, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the thumb joints of both hands, and sighed: "These old people are really great, I am really ashamed, I am also a soldier, But I have not paid attention to the current living conditions of the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War, I am really ashamed of my identity as a soldier, I am extremely ashamed! I am extremely ashamed!"