In 2016, before going to India to shoot " Havoc in Tianzhu ", Wang Baoqiang specially invited Xu Zheng, Chen Kaige , Feng Xiaogang , Chen Sicheng to participate in the film's Westward Expedition guild, on the one hand for himself The first director's film campaign is also to learn from the big bosses, and at the same time, I want to express my gratitude to you.
The scene of the West Expedition Farewell Party
At the Farewell Party, Feng Xiaogang told Wang Baoqiang to pay attention to safety when filming in other places, and he also teased him: "When your movie is released, remember to tell me that I will hide from you in advance", "Why don't you give it to me?" 10% of the shares of the movie, I will shoot for you with Xu Zheng when you are in trouble." Why does Feng Xiaogang care so much for Wang Baoqiang?
In 1999, Feng Xiaogang and Ge You finished filming " See You ", and read a short story in a magazine. The novel is only 5,000 words. It is about a simple child who has a world without thieves. Dream, and immediately decided that the story could be made into a movie.
However, to write a 5000-word novel into a movie script of more than 90 minutes, it needs a strong screenwriter to join, so Feng Xiaogang first recruited the famous screenwriter Lin Lisheng , and then found Liu Zhenyun , who has cooperated many times, and expanded and revised many times. A version, and finally Cai finalized the script for "A World Without Thieves". When
cast the roles, the roles of Li Dehua, Rene , Ge You, Li Bingbing were quickly determined, but there was no suitable candidate for the role of the soul character " silly root " in the film. The simplicity and simplicity of "Silly Root" cannot be performed, it must come from the heart.
At first, Feng Xiaogang liked Xia Yu, who had already won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor. Before he was about to be confirmed, Feng Xiaogang saw Wang Baoqiang's performance in "Blind Well" directed by Li Yang. The honest and rustic Wang Baoqiang is exactly the "silly root" Feng Xiaogang was looking for.
At this time, Wang Baoqiang has just started working in Beijing for two years, and he has never cooperated with celebrities. When I went to the set of "A World Without Thieves" for the first time, Wang Baoqiang was very excited and nervous. When he saw Andy Lau , he was so excited that his whole body trembled, and suddenly he knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row. This move shocked Andy Lau, and Wang Baoqiang explained that this was to thank Andy Lau for his help backstage at the Golden Horse Awards.
It turned out that after Wang Baoqiang was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer for "Blind Well", he came to the award ceremony with director Li Yang. Able to stand awkwardly in front of the sink. Andy Lau just saw it, so he took the initiative to say hello to him, and took Wang Baoqiang's hand and put it on the faucet, and the water finally came out. Andy Lau encouraged young Wang Baoqiang that "young people have great potential".
Wang Baoqiang is lucky to be able to work with so many stars and be taken care of by everyone. Feng Xiaogang told Wang Baoqiang to listen to each scene first, then taught him to perform, and then gave enough affirmation to his performance, which enhanced Wang Baoqiang's confidence in his performance. Rene Liu treats him like a younger brother and takes great care of him. Andy Lau taught him to sing, dance and perform.
"A World Without Thieves" was a big hit in the Spring Festival stalls, and Wang Baoqiang became famous in one fell swoop. It can be said that Feng Xiaogang has a kindness to Wang Baoqiang and is a noble person in his life.
Wang Baoqiang is also a grateful person. He heard that Feng Xiaogang had an old stomach problem and brought him a bag of millet grown by himself from his hometown in Hebei. Feng Xiaogang has been a director for so many years. This "special" gift made Feng Xiaogang very moved.
Since then, when Wang Baoqiang takes on the drama, he will often ask Feng Xiaogang and his wife for advice, from " Soldier Assault " to " My Brother's Name is Shunliu "In "The Conspiracy", Wang Baoqiang has grown into an excellent actor. In 2011, "Hello!" starring Wang Baoqiang "Mr. Tree" made Wang Baoqiang the best actor for the first time.
In 2016, Wang Baoqiang tried to direct his first film "Havoc in Tianzhu", and this was the scene where he was teased by Feng Xiaogang at the film festival of the West Expedition.
However, Wang Baoqiang worked too hard in "Havoc in Tianzhu", and the story of the film was not good. Although it achieved a certain box office, the reputation was very poor, and he also won the Golden Broom Award that year. Different from the people who avoided the Golden Broom Award in the past, Wang Baoqiang personally appeared on the scene to "receive the award", delivered a sincere speech, and apologized to the audience. Received unanimous goodwill from the audience.
From Wang Baoqiang's experience all the way, the "silly root" Wang Baoqiang that people began to know is not stupid, but very smart. From an actor to the protagonist, to the actor, to the director. Some people who graduated from majors can't realize their wishes in their entire lives, but Wang Baoqiang, the grassroots, did.
Maybe only people who say other people are stupid are really stupid.
