Nicholas Tse scratched his hand during the trial shoot.
Nicholas Tse received a heavy slap from Zhang Jingchu.
Last night, the last scenes of "Witness," the latest film starring Nicholas Tse, Zhang Jingchu and Zhang Jiahui, were filmed in a simple shutdown ceremony on Shanghai Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. In these scenes, Nicholas Tse not only has to be slapped by Zhang Jingchu, but also climbs up the five-storey neon sign and breaks into the house to rescue the kidnapped child.
The filming of these scenes was not smooth and difficult. Because they were in a busy city, they attracted many citizens to watch, and the crew did not finish work until 3 am the next day. Before filming these scenes, the stars Nicholas Tse and Zhang Jingchu gave interviews to reporters. It is reported that the film is expected to be released early next year.
Our reporter, Shen Yuan’an/Wen, Shao Quanda/Picture
Actor’s Voice
Nicholas Tse: 5 floors, it’s alright
Before the shutdown ceremony, Nicholas Tse, who plays a plainclothes police officer in "Witness," a common police film in Hong Kong, told reporters about the scene he was going to shoot that night climbing a high building to save lives. "The fifth floor is fine, not too high," he said with a smile. He further described climbing from downstairs to the top. However, he believes that the difficult part of filming action scenes is not in the action, but in the spirit. When asked if he would pay more attention to safety after having a family, Nicholas Tse said that it is because of the family that he has to work harder to find a breakthrough. Tse admitted that this scene is the most tiring of all the scenes he has ever made, but it is not physically tiring, but mentally tiring. As for why it is a mentally exhausting play? He said that the audience will have the answer after watching the movie.
On set reproduction
Nicholas Tse was slapped in the face by Zhang Jingchu
Difficulty: Really hit! Emotions should be in place
The first scene of the night was a rival scene between Nicholas Tse and Zhang Jingchu, in which Zhang Jingchu got out of the car, saw Nicholas Tse’s plainclothes police officer, and went up to slap him a few times because her daughter was kidnapped. The director passed the scene three times. The first two times the director felt that the two were not in the right mood, and also expressed dissatisfaction that Zhang Jingchu’s shot was not heavy enough.
The last time, Zhang Jingchu slapped Nicholas Tse hard, and his angry emotions were rendered in place through some actions and some hysterical language, while Nicholas Tse, who was slapped, used silence to express his understanding of the kidnapped family members.
The reporter found that Zhang Jingchu used all Cantonese during the filming process, which was very fluent. And every time after Tse slapped him, she immediately came forward to touch his face and asked him if he was in pain. After three rounds of filming, Tse’s face had already been blushed, because a loud slap could be heard from a distance.
Zhang Jingchu used a stand-in in a fall scene
Difficulty: Easily injures the knee
After filming "The Disciple," Zhang Jingchu received praise from the industry. This time in "Witness," she played a modern woman. But in the second scene of the night, Zhang Jingchu used a double to avoid hurting her knee.
The scene tells the story of Zhang Jingchu falling while chasing a taxi. At first, the reporter didn’t notice that the double was performing, but when he saw the double’s face, he realized that it was not Zhang Jingchu himself. At that time, Zhang Jingchu played a modern woman wearing a black dress, a trench coat, and high heels, so it was easy to break her feet and hurt her knees when she fell. It is estimated that Zhang Jingchu used a double for this reason. The reporter found that the double was wrapped with protective glue on the calf to avoid injuries such as friction and bleeding on the knee.
Nicholas Tse climbed the five-story sign
Difficulty: Dangerous! Easy to fall
In the final scene, Nicholas Tse climbed up a five-story neon sign and broke into the window to rescue the kidnapped child. For this scene, it took nearly two hours to build "Wei Ye", mainly because he was worried that there would be an accident during the shooting. Unlike Zhang Jingchu’s use of a double, this scene is very dangerous action scene, Nicholas Tse personally went into battle to challenge the difficult action.
Since there was no traffic blockade at the scene, there were several staff members who were responsible for assisting in directing traffic, and many staff members were busy testing safety measures. During the shooting, everyone looked solemn, for fear that Tse, who had always insisted on going into battle personally, would have any accident. Although the staff had taken precautions on the bamboo frame they climbed, Tse was still scratched by something during the trial shooting, but he still insisted on completing the scene.
Editor in charge: Wang Yuxi
