Group photo of the main creator of "The Informer"
Nicholas Tse
Zhang Jiahui
Guilun magnesium
The annual police and bandit blockbuster "Informant" recently completed the final scene of filming in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong and held a grand shutdown ceremony. Director Lin Chaoxian, starring Nicholas Tse, Zhang Jiahui, Kwai Lunmei, Lu Yi, Liao Qizhi, Chung Schumann, Wu Haokang and other actors celebrated the smooth shutdown of the film. It is reported that this police and bandit action blockbuster that has surpassed "Witness" may be released in the mainland and Hong Kong at the same time next summer. It is reported that Huayi Brothers is very confident in this schedule. Wang Zhonglei, president of the company, said: "’Informant’ will be an iconic Chinese genre film. The Emperor came to us because of Huayi’s ability to create high-quality blockbusters. We will wait and see how it performs in the mainland market."
Huayi Brothers pointed to 2010, creating an "unconventional police and bandit action movie"
The first three films ("Love in the City", "Informant", and "High School Musical") were in the three genres of love, police and gangsters, and youth, and they cooperated with 20th Century Fox, Emperor, and Disney respectively. There is no doubt about the international production ability.
"The Informer" was co-created again by the original cast of "Witness". Director Lin Chaoxian led Nicholas Tse, Zhang Jiahui, Gui Lunmei, Lu Yi, Nursery, Zhong Shuman, Liao Qizhi and others to perform a new police and bandit story. Not only did the action scenes escalate significantly, but the plot also took a 180-degree turn. While Nicholas Tse wants to change from a police officer to a bald gangster, Golden Horse actor Zhang Jiahui is the opposite. He has to change from a cold-blooded killer to an upright police officer. The nursery who plays the "vegetable" in "Witness" will still play a husband and wife role with Zhang Jiahui. Lu Yi plays the gangster leader who is alert and sharp, and is the boss of Nicholas Tse. Huayi Brothers said that the storyline of "The Informer" is more exciting and complex than "The Witness", and the scene is also more huge, and it is guaranteed to be an "extraordinary" police and bandit action movie that audiences in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan cannot stop.
Shooting on the busy streets of Tsim Sha Tsui, many citizens stopped to watch
The filming of "The Informer" is located in a street-facing shop on Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The crew specially surrounded a black curtain to protect the actors. Nicholas Tse, Lu Yi and others staged a good show of tracking and anti-tracking inside. It is reported that this scene, which is now in ruins, is the bank "built" by the crew before. When shooting the bank robbery scene in broad daylight, it also attracted many citizens to watch because of its huge momentum. But after some "smashing and looting", blasting and crashing, it is already a piece of rubble. Now there is no need to send out nearly 100 extras to act as passers-by when filming small-scale literary dramas, because roadside pedestrians quickly formed a crowd of onlookers after discovering that Nicholas Tse and others were filming in the house.
Lin Chaoxian, the director, says the biggest difference between "The Informer" and "The Witness" is that "The Informer" is heavier, "driving almost every actor crazy." After filming "The Informer," Nicholas Tse, who will be promoted to his father again, will soon go to the mainland to star in "New Shaolin Temple" jointly produced by Huayi Brothers and China Film, while Lu Yi, who will make his debut as a gangster leader, will appear in "Tangshan Earthquake" later.
Actor interview
Nicholas Tse: "My rhythm with Jiahui is like falling in love and dating"
From "October Siege" to "Love in the City" to "The Informer", Nicholas Tse’s movies in recent years are all ordinary characters. The word "informant" also refers to Nicholas Tse. As the middleman who sells information, he is a young man and a driver. Other than that, he is no longer exceptional. In the film, he is constantly beaten and often encounters gang fights. "The physical challenge is more difficult. Jumping out of the undead hero is to give everyone another feeling."
"The biggest attraction for me was working with the whole cast," Tse said of working with Zhang Jiahui and Kwai Lunmei. "My rhythm with Ka Hui is like falling in love and dating, and Kwai Lunmei is a dedicated actor I rarely see."
Zhang Jiahui: "I really want to shoot Feng Xiaogang’s play"
Zhang Jiahui, who has won six best actor titles with his excellent performance in "Witness", will naturally encounter the problem of whether there will be a greater breakthrough when he starred in the "sequel" "Informant". In this regard, Zhang Jiahui said: "I will not start work to win awards. The characters in’Informant ‘, I believe you have not seen in Zhang Jiahui’s films for so many years."
Once again playing the nursery of Zhang Jiahui’s wife in the film also left a deep impression on Zhang Jiahui. "Although she doesn’t have many scenes, she has scary behavior every time she appears, which is very scary. During the process of filming, I really want to see the whole film tomorrow." Seeing the director’s full-hearted performance also made him look forward to the completion of the film.
Zhang Jiahui revealed that there will also be an old song that "startled" everyone in the film: "I heard that song when I was one or two years old, and all the people in Hong Kong were crazy. Now the lyrics are so moving, bringing out a lot of good and bad life. Sometimes when we shoot a scene without lines on the set, the director will deliberately put it out, and the effect is really…" As for which song it is, Zhang Jiahui said it is a first-class secret. Finally, Zhang Jiahui said that although he has been promoted to the best actor, there are still many areas of performance that have not been touched. What he wants to do most is to cooperate with many big-eyed people with ideas, such as Feng Xiaogang, Cao Baoping and Ning Hao.
Lu Yi: "Gui Lunmei brought Nicholas Tse to make my opposite"
Lu Yi, who played the robber for the first time and is the boss, praised the role in "The Informer" this time, saying that he was "handy" in the role. In the film, he is ruthless but witty. "This character is very interesting, and he doesn’t look like a typical underworld boss, but if anyone wants to give more money, he will ask another group of people to kill him and give them the money. In the end, I was betrayed by both brothers and women, and Gui Lunmei brought Nicholas Tse to make me the opposite." Speaking of the relationship between Gui Lunmei and Gui Lunmei in the film, Lu Yi said that "the most violent one is her". It is her who quarrels and breaks up. "This inner drama is the hardest. There is still work to do while abandoning her."