At 13:00 pm local time on October 8, New York Comic Con, a new trailer for "The Great Wall" was unveiled, and Zhang Yimou, Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, and Wang Junkai appeared at the meet-and-greet. Before and after the launch, the Chinese and American groups were interviewed separately. Together, they addressed two major things: the first was the release of a trailer for the plot that everyone can finally see. The second is that several of the creators completed their Hollywood debuts, your dorky and your Wang Junkai did great, and the audience was enthusiastic about the movie.
Zhang Yimou with "The Great Wall" creators at the New York Comic Con
Trailer plot filler: Damon wants to steal gunpowder Wang Junkai plays the emperor
First, the trailer, I know that you have seen it, but do you see why Damon is called a thief? What are Jing Tian's flying skills? What are the roles played by the hot wave of Chinese stars? I don't know. Then move a good small bench, patiently listen to the old wet say.
"A lot of things you've never seen before." As Willem Dafoe cryptically replies in the teaser, this trailer for The Wall reveals a great deal. Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal play a pair of good friends, as a crusader mercenary to China in search of a mysterious weapon, but accidentally discovered the Great Wall of the shocking secret turns out to be more than just a section of the wall so simple, in addition to a variety of powerful and delicate mechanism, the Great Wall there are countless ready to defend against the attack of the ancient beast Taotie shadowless forbidden army, "they have spent their lives The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a war, and I was in the middle of a war, and I was in the middle of a war.
Feeling great about the Great Wall? It's more than that. You see all the soldiers dressed in different colors in the film? There's a lot to be said for that. In the film, all the big names in the Chinese community played the role of five colors of uniforms, symbolizing the shadow of the forbidden army belongs to five different types of soldiers, each in its own way, working together. Peng Yuyan led the Tiger Army is the engineering and mechanism troops, manipulating the Great Wall on a variety of powerful and exquisite mechanism, they and Lin update led by the bow and arrow troops Eagle Army, responsible for long-distance strikes; Zhang Hanyu led by the Bear Army and Huang Xuan led by the Deer Army is the two main melee troops, the Bear Army is thick and heavy Deer Army is flexible, they will be and Taotie close to the body; and sets of flying ropes of the Crane Army, is the Jing Tian Tian led by the all-female generals, they They leap down from the sky with lances in hand, using gravity to attack from all angles. The first time I've ever seen a woman in the world, I've seen her in the world, and I've never seen her in the world.
The Great Wall creators at New York Comic Con
In addition, there are a few highlights to draw: Wang Junkai as the then-teenage emperor, Zheng Kai as the minister who aided him, and Chen Xuedong as the commander of the forbidden army within the city. Lu Han, who has a lot of footage and is grabbed by the monster, is not a member of the Deer Army, although he seems to be in perfect harmony! He is actually a bear army soldier, the beginning of the persona is a coward, and then in Damon's inspiration into a man, the persona is also experienced metamorphosis it.
As for the monster, the first trailer glimpsed it, this time finally have a ...... big vision! Rather, it is a green and dense swath, moving extremely fast, crazily devouring the soldiers on the walls, and the battle force is extremely terrifying. Then, it's old wet lecture time again. The name of this monster is Taotie, and they are not very positive in the legend. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Taotie is described as having the shape of a goat with a human face, eyes under the armpits, tiger's teeth and claws, and a big head with a big mouth. Taotie is characterized by greed and is often used as a metaphor for people who eat well. I guess it used to be a pejorative term in the past, but nowadays, the world has changed and foodies like to use taotie to describe themselves. Taotie is commonly found in bronze statues, 20 yuan bill on the bronze pillar next to Grandpa Mao's totem is it as if it has heard the sound of swish from the wallet to pull out money.
The taotie in the movie follow this setting. They're also set to come to earth every 60 years (one year), not just to wander around mindlessly, but to "prey on humans" in an organized and systematic way. However, although the Shadowless Forbidden Army was trained to resist them, because the average life expectancy of ancient people was less than 60 years, each generation of soldiers could only rely on the history books of their predecessors to fight without ever having seen a Taotie. But the Taotie are always evolving, so every time it's a whole new challenge, a fight to the death, and also the subject of the next sequel.
Zhang Yimou, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal
Well, with all that said, there shouldn't be too much doubt. But how thoughtful is the old wet, there is still material for you. During the interview, Zhang Yimou also sincerely explained the general background of the movie. It's not a story that's been racked up. Current archaeological findings confirm that black powder, one of the Four Great Inventions, was invented during the late Tang Dynasty and spread to the West in the early 10th century. So the story is set in the Northern Song Dynasty, when gunpowder had not yet been spread, which coincided with the beginning of the Crusades, providing a theoretical basis for foreigners to come to China to fight monsters. So the core story of the movie is like this: Dumeng plays a mercenary who is hired by the crusaders to steal black powder, but he encounters Taotie and kills two of them by virtue of his excellent swordsmanship, but he doesn't realize that there are more behind him. After being arrested as a thief, the shadowless forbidden army encountered Taotie's attack, in order to be able to go back alive, he persuaded everyone to cooperate with him *** with the fight against the enemy, and ultimately ...... defeated is surely a la, or else it's not the energy, but spicy stars, who died who did not die? This old wet do not know. Just know that the dorky September to China to make up for the shooting, is for the ending, Zhang Yimou said he made a very important choice in the movie. The rest, take your time to guess!
Finally, it's time to speak the language. Trailer Andy Lau, Jing sweet speak English, some people confused, right, this piece in the end to see what subtitles ah? Setting is actually the sauce: years ago Willem Dafoe played a foreigner, but also had not far to steal black powder, and then was caught and locked up, idly taught the shadowless forbidden army to speak English, so that they can be in the nerdy again to steal when and he said nothing to lock up again but Willem Dafoe has not been given to make up for the past, the opportunity for early release is not known. Therefore Jing Tian this time the challenge, in addition to hanging Wia fly beautiful, but also to speak English beautifully, for which she practiced in Los Angeles for half a year, Zhang Yimou let her try not to come back to stay in the English-speaking environment. But Wang Junkai, who plays the emperor, does not have this trouble, because the leader has an interpreter beside him just fine.
Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal
Jing Tian show English throughout the whole process Wang Junkai dozens of fans to fight thousands of geeks
A trailer that relieved many of the audience's desire for knowledge, but also hi turn Madison Square. But is that enough to deliver? Of course not. This was New York Comic-Con, and while it was drizzling outside the square, the geeks inside, led by DJs and crosstalk hosts, were simply too high to sit still. So the actual picture of The Great Wall's New York meet-and-greet actually looked like the following.
Matt Damon's birthday live and happy
The first high point, Matt Damon being cute.
October 8, is Matt Damon's 48th birthday, with the Chinese calendar to calculate or this year. Happy Birthday, Uncle Dumb and Dumber! The host with the scene of thousands of viewers, but not only with the mouth to say oh, but also sang together. The first time by thousands of people on the spot blessing, the happy dull Meng took out his cell phone a wild shot, the corners of the mouth are about to smile and earlobe butt.
The cell phone out of a wild shot
But after all, this is not his personal birthday party, Dengmeng did not love war, directly switch the topic of conversation, talk about the "Great Wall". Dumeng said, he has been looking forward to working with Zhang Yimou, college age has seen his work, "Hero" (film version, U.S. version) (film version, U.S. version) U.S. release also went to see, has long been a fan. And in fact, "The Golden Hairpin" when there is a strong will to cooperate, and finally due to the schedule can not be stopped. This time also experienced twists and turns, cooperation finally reached, Oye! Then it is all kinds of praise "The Great Wall", said he rarely shoot monster movies, this time a shot on the shoot a rare blockbuster, the point is that even in Hollywood to speak, this time the story is unheard of this is the Great Wall to fight monsters oh! On the publicity, dull Meng is actually not dull at all, every time can be just right to cute, kill a bloody road, in addition to the fanboy like "confession" Zhang Yimou, but also read out the name of the monster with honey accent "Taotie", the Chinese media and the audience's laughing point of all kinds of being poked ah.
Jing Tian Tian showed her English throughout the show
The second point, Jing Tian Tian showed her English.
In fact, at the beginning of the Jingtian on the scene, the interpreter is accompanied, but Jingtian did not give him the opportunity to show, but the entire role of the introduction in English, recommended the Great Wall, but also wished the dorky happy birthday! This paragraph needs to draw emphasis on the part about the favorite role, Jing Tian Tian is very proud to say that this role is a BAD ASS female general, whether in Hollywood or in China are rare, can reflect the strength, wisdom and courage of women, especially cool. Knowing that the flag of women's consciousness is flying everywhere in the US these days, this comment was a bomb that could make the whole audience get high to the point of exploding! Of course, the audience's impassioned response to the Jing Tian Tian himself was shocked, and later interviews kept lamenting that the young people in the United States to express really enthusiastic, he was very inspired.
In addition, the group interview session, was asked how to prepare for the action scene, Jing Tian Tian detailed to everyone to hang the Weiya to do a variety of difficult flips, combined with the trailer in the Crane Army a variety of flying fluttering gestures, is indeed very much looking forward to the combat power of this particular army. But then, speaking of which, Nerdy suddenly came running into the fray, Jing Tian's double is actually me! It took me a lot of effort to put on her clothes! Hahahahahahaha, who do you believe?
Wang Junkai's appearance caused fans to scream
The third high point: Wang Junkai's dozen or so fans crushed thousands of geeks.
When introducing Wang Junkai's appearance, the host deliberately asked Dumeng, although you are a Hollywood superstar, but you seem to be less popular than him in China? The result is that before Dumeng answered, the fans on the floor have already screamed almost toppled the roof. Dumeng shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the stage, you all saw it. Yes, the field of Wang Jun Kai is the most senior, but a dozen or so holding a light sign, sitting in the front row (look is to buy high-priced tickets) of the girls to give the scream, the killing power of the whole field to Nerd Meng. Compared with the boldness of the sister fans, Wang Jun Kai himself is as shy as ever, was asked what he did in New York, and honestly answered that he had been staying in the hotel (working). The old driver host is no help, or talk about the "Great Wall".
Nervous to the stuttering Wang Junkai said, he played the teenage emperor, is a face taotie inner fear, but the appearance of pretending to be strong teenage emperor, debut performance is very watchable. Moreover, during the interview, Zhang Yimou and Jing Tian also praised Wang Junkai, saying that he performed eye-catching in two auditions, and was so scared by the audition teacher that he cried. Wang Junkai into the group to shoot the first scene is to accept the group of ministers worship, the result is very aura, finished also very relaxed, completely unexpected, and thought he lied to everyone, in fact, has acted it. Being praised more nervous Wang Jun Kai more stuttering, confessed that he was actually in the scene with the staff, even the words do not dare to say, go to the scene into the situation, in order to enter the role. Saying this in the process, sitting around the round table next to me he, the whole body is also tense and stiff, so serious child old wet elementary school graduation and then have not seen, too enduring (yes, in fact, I just want to show off how good a position I picked).
Zhang Yimou's appearance is to cause the whole room to cheer
The last high point: Zhang Yimou's appearance.
The first three high points were each high in their own way, but together they were not as high as this one. I didn't expect Zhang Yimou to show up at a U.S. Comic-Con and have the backbone of the audience stand up and applaud, screaming that even Dumeng and Wang Junkai didn't get this treatment. Talking about the "Great Wall", Zhang Yimou explained that this film prepared for three years, the most difficult is not actually special effects, because the responsible for the monsters of the Industrial Light and Magic ("Avatar"), responsible for the weapons of the Vita ("Lord of the Rings") are too professional. The most difficult is actually the communication part, the entire cast and crew of more than 100 interpreters, but also self-hacking are to blame for their own English is not good, and can not use English to say "Happy Birthday" to the dorky (insert dorky reply: it is your words can be used in Chinese Oh!) However, Zhang Yimou assured that this is a monster movie never seen before, the kind that can make people hold their breath, and roused the audience's anticipation is bursting.
Here we need to draw a key point: Zhang Yimou also introduced the film, there are three sections of the Great Wall is built on location, a section of about 10 meters high, a section of about 7 meters high, a section of about 1 meter high, used to show the different kinds of organs close-up shooting. After all this, the host of the unknown suddenly said, how to feel as if this Trump proposed to be built between the United States and Mexico to put an end to the high wall of smuggling oh. The result of the dumb moe came to energy, turn out the cell phone read a paragraph of birthday wishes sent by the dad: Happy Birthday! Because you want to publicize the "Great Wall" today, my best wish for you is that Trump can get out of here in a month! This terrier instantly the whole geeks are said to be high, vigorously clapping all kinds of good.
Back to the main story, the Great Wall has not only reversed the first trailer's ambiguous message, but it has also raised the audience's expectations, making the movie's trip to China even more worth looking forward to.