Speaking of the classic movies born in the 80s and 90s, "头文字D" starring Jay Chou should be regarded as one.
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This is Jay Chou’s first movie starring, he also won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Actor for his acting performance. Some recognition has been obtained.
In June 2005, "Initial D" was released. There are a lot of Japanese scenes in this movie. In addition, the male protagonist Fujiwara Takumi is also a Japanese name, and the heroine started a Japanese actress. .
You don’t need to be surprised, because this movie is adapted from the work of Japanese manga artist Shuichi Shigeno.
This manga is regarded as a national treasure by Japan. Many people have always wanted to adapt it into a movie and put it on the big screen . The Hong Kong director 刘伟强 finally got the copyright.
This makes this classic movie starred by the Chinese, and it has become a classic Chinese movie in the minds of Chinese people.
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This movie "Initial D" is almost all starred by Hong Kong actors, including Edison Chen, 余文乐 and so on.
is the only exception for two of the leading actors. One of them is Jay Chou who plays Fujiwara Takumi and Suzuki Apricot who plays Natsuki Mogi. They are from Taiwan and Japan.
In the blink of an eye, 15 years have passed since the movie was released. Recently, director Liu Weiqiang accepted an interview from the media.
He introduced in detail how to find actors back then, and for the first time told an unknown secret that the role of Fujiwara Takumi was originally scheduled to star Edison Chen.
Liu Weiqiang said that he did not spend too much effort in finding actors. Most of them are actors in the active "无间道" because of the cast. I have been cooperating for many years and I am familiar.
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Regarding the starring Jay Chou, Liu Weiqiang said that he did not know him at the time, he did not know how popular Jay Chou was, and he did not understand the songs he sang.
Then how did Liu Weiqiang find Jay Chou?
At that time, the senior management of Media Asia introduced Jay Chou to Liu Weiqiang. Jay Chou was very popular in the entire Asian region. There is a habit in movies at that time, including now, that whoever is popular is looking for whom to play. The senior management of Media Asia said to Liu Weiqiang: Jay Chou is very popular.
Liu Weiqiang is a little confused, because he hasn't heard of Jay Chou before, and he asks: How popular is it?
told him to listen to Jay Chou’s song first, but Liu Weiqiang said after listening to it, didn’t know what he was singing, and he couldn’t understand the words.
Liu Weiqiang was reluctant in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to refuse the recommendation of the senior management. In the end, he chose to go to Taiwan to find Jay Chou. At the first meeting, there was some unpleasantness.
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Liu Weiqiang was already a famous director at the time. He filmed the "Young and Dangerous" series, "无间道" series, box office It has reached hundreds of millions in total.
Now when I recall the scene when I went to find Jay Chou for the first time, I still smiled with a little anger:
Is there any mistake? Shouldn't he come to see me? I can say it is a great director.
Of course, now Liu Weiqiang said these words as a joke, but he was really angry at the time. What happened?
Original. Liu Weiqiang went to Taiwan to meet Jay Chou, but at first only the agent showed up. Liu Weiqiang immediately felt unhappy, the agent saw that the momentum was wrong, so he immediately contacted Jay Chou.
Jay Chou has read comic books in advance and has a certain understanding of the characters in the movie. When he met, he made a drifting gesture to show that he had come prepared, which relieved his embarrassment and nervousness. Atmosphere.
After Liu Weiqiang and Jay Chou met and talked, he found that Jay Chou was particularly suitable for this role, and finally it hit it off and chose Jay Chou to play Fujiwara Takumi.
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Actually, in 2000, Liu Weiqiang began to look for the leading actor. At that time, the starring actor in his heart was Edison Chen, let Edison Chen play Takumi Fujiwara, 刘德华 played Takumi’s father.
In 2001, Liu Weiqiang once mentioned this idea to Edison Chen.
However, after meeting Jay Chou, I found that Jay Chou and Fujiwara Takumi are close together. and Edison Chen and 高桥凉介 in the movie have similar personalities. So Edison Chen was finally determined to star in Takahashi Ryosuke.
According to Edison Chen’s unruly character, changing from the protagonist to the supporting role, of course, will be unhappy in the heart. But Zhong Weiqiang said that Edison Chen's acting was pretty good, and he did not feel confused by it.
How did Suzuki, the heroine in the movie, find it? Zhong Weiqiang said: because she resembles the prototype of a comic book.
When Zhong Weiqiang went to Japan to find Suzuki Apricot, an interesting incident happened. Apricot Suzuki was dressed in a student costume. Zhong Weiqiang was really taken aback. He thought that Apricot Suzuki did it on purpose to suit himself. Unexpectedly, she was just after school, and she was wearing a school uniform.
Although it is an adaptation of Japanese anime, it did not intend to find a Japanese star in the beginning. Seeing that Suzuki Anri is similar to the prototype of Mogi Natsuki in the comics, she decided to look for her to play. She also became the only Japanese actor in the movie.
Liu Weiqiang said that "Initial D" is being repaired in Italy, and the new version will give the public a different feeling.
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It can be seen that Jay Chou was originally chosen as the starring role, not because Jay Chou was good at acting, but because of his popularity at the time. .
This is also the reason why many entertainment stars want to be popular. There is no reputation, and few people are willing to come, let alone talk about it.
With popularity, there are resources and more choices.
This kind of entertainment industry ethos leads to a drawback: only popularity theory. Therefore, some small fresh meats have no acting skills at all, and they can also have a lot of opportunities to appear in movies and TV series. Many actors with acting skills have no acting skills for a long time because of their low popularity.
To reverse this situation, it will not be possible for a while. But I believe that although the road is far away, the line will come soon. Otherwise, nothing can be said about it.
