After six years of polishing, this time, it was finally the turn of the 41-year-old Wang Baoqiang to turn over!
After six years, Wang Baoqiang's second film "In the Octagon Cage" directed and acted by himself is about to be released.
After six years of polishing, this time, it was finally the turn of the 41-year-old Wang Baoqiang to turn over!
"In the Octagon Cage" is based on real events, which is the second film directed and acted by Wang Baoqiang after "Big Trouble".
The so-called real event is the "Embo Fighting Orphans" incident that once shocked the whole country. On the one hand, there are real survival issues, and on the other hand, there are legal, ethical and moral issues. For Embo, the founder of "Embo Fighting", he undoubtedly chose the former, facing hundreds of children and orphans from poor families, and he took them in to train in martial arts. These kids went on to become tournament champions and martial arts stars, SWAT officers, or businesses.
However, when the incident was exposed, Embo was put on the cusp of public opinion, and the controversy about him was naturally divided into many factions. After all, the children he trained are still minors, but they are also children from poor families.
And now that Wang Baoqiang has put this incident on the big screen, I have to say that it takes a lot of courage just to shoot such a movie. After all, once it is not handled well, even the review cannot be passed, but now that it is about to meet the public, how Wang Baoqiang will handle this incident this time and what kind of concept will be expressed is undoubtedly exciting.
"In the Octagon Cage" tells the story of an ordinary person who leads a group of children to break through the siege and find a way out of life. This film, on the one hand, integrates Wang Baoqiang's understanding and expression of "truth" and "emotion", full of "true feelings", and on the other hand, it also explores some social issues.
Of course, as mentioned above, the real events have been extremely shocking, and their own controversies have always been there, which extremely tests the director's skills.
In terms of actors, in addition to Wang Baoqiang, he also strongly supports newcomers, such as Chen Yongsheng, Shi Pengyuan, Zhang Yixiao, and old partners Wang Xun, Xiao Yang, Liu Hua, etc.
For the children who appear in the film, Wang Baoqiang revealed that these are children from real mountainous areas, selected by himself from more than 1,000 children. Because this is a realistic work, what he wants to find are some of the most primitive and simple faces, just like when he made his first movie, he didn't learn acting, that is, what was the state at that time.
Of course, by selecting these children, it is also a life-changing opportunity for them.
After the first film "Big Trouble" overturned, he has always been worried about Wang Baoqiang, because he feels that he owes the public a good movie. At the 9th Chinese Film Golden Broom Awards, the film also won the three awards of the most disappointing film, the most disappointing director, and the most disappointing screenwriter. In the face of the fiasco, Wang Baoqiang did not remain silent, but personally participated in the award ceremony of the Golden Broom Award. For this award, when all filmmakers chose to dodge, Wang Baoqiang bravely stood up, just to spur himself on and let the public see his sincerity.
For the first film, Wang Baoqiang said that it was "not mature enough" at that time, and now this one has been in preparation for six years, and he said that he must bring the audience a good directorial work, hoping to be recognized by the audience and become a qualified director.
"This is a movie for ordinary people, and it must be made like ordinary people!"
Sincerity is always a must-have.
Now in order to shoot "In the Octagon Cage", he gained 30 pounds, from 120 pounds to 150 pounds, which has completely become another look.
Wang Xun directly said that the director is to gain weight for art, and I have not lost it.
A driving crying scene in the trailer, although the camera is only flashing, the whole performance is very layered, and immediately makes people empathize with what the characters feel.
As an actor, Wang Baoqiang's strength is beyond doubt. Non-professional actor, although he had an element of luck at first, starred in "Blind Well" and "No Thief in the World", which made him a great success and became a "stupid root" in the hearts of the audience, but he can not only play "stupid root".
Since then, "Soldier Assault" and "My Brother is Called Shunyo" have allowed him to reach a new peak, visible to the naked eye, the progress of acting skills, but he does not stop there.
and starred in comedy films such as "People on the Road" and "Thailand", another breakthrough, undoubtedly a great success.
《hello！ Mr. Tree", "Destiny", "One Man's Martial Arts" and other films have both action movies and more realistic theme works. Especially "Hello! Mr. Tree", he defeated Duan Yihong to obtain the role of "Tree", which can be said to be a complete self-revolution. He used his experience, hard work and professional skills to perfectly interpret the role of "Mr. Tree". In the end, he was also named a movie king.
The 9th Russian Vladivostok International Film Festival Best Actor Award, Asia Pacific Film Award Best Actor Award, New York Film Festival Best Actor Award, Italian Film Festival Best Actor Award and Chinese Youth Film Handbook Best Actor of the Year Award.
The role of "Mr. Tree" is not easy to play, the strength is not enough to reach people's hearts, and too much force makes people embarrassed to play.
Although Wang Baoqiang has innate advantages, "Mr. Tree" is not a "stupid root" character, but a real character who lives around you and me, a little crazy. It seems to be very good to perform, but it is actually difficult to control. And in order to play this role well, Wang Baoqiang smoked and drank every day, looking for that feeling of nest and madness, and finally this role was portrayed by him very well, and with his delicate and layered performance, he won public recognition and was named the actor, completing a big leap since the film.
The "Tang Detective" series is a more mature performance of his comedy genre, and although it has been criticized, it is undeniable to be a great success at the box office.
After the turmoil of marriage, Wang Baoqiang is undoubtedly more mature. After the rout of "Big Trouble", Wang Baoqiang precipitated for six years and returned to the theme of realism. From "Silly Root" to "Mr. Tree", and now to the middle-aged fortune of the small businessman Xiang Tenghui, as a director, this time, it is the turn of the 41-year-old Wang Baoqiang to turn over!