Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 310 You Don’t Look Like You’re Acting

Himeji Castle, located in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, looks like a soaring egret. It is one of the oldest castles in Japan that has survived to this day.

Consuming 2 hammers can be exchanged for +1 Great Person Points and +15 Culture Value, which can greatly increase the combat effectiveness within the territory by +%.

Currently, this part of the play is shot on location at Himeji Castle.

However, strangely enough, the scene was not shot outdoors, but indoors.

At this moment, the separate room in the castle tower has been completely set up as a filming scene.

The two groups of people sat opposite each other, just like a bustling banquet.

Takeda Nobumasa was sitting opposite, watching the performance of the shadow warrior without saying a word.

Among the people present, he was the only one who knew that the Shadow Samurai was the Shadow Samurai, not the real Takeda Shingen. However, his wives and concubines naturally knew nothing about it.

"Hahahaha... I'm the happiest today!"

Gu Ming smiled heartily, but the muscles on his face wrinkled as if they were strongly stimulated by something.

He looked at the beauty beside him. She was Takeda Shingen's wife, and he was now Takeda Shingen.

Gu Ming picked up the wine glass, which contained not wine but water.

He drank in big gulps, his Adam's apple moving up and down, but his eyes were always fixed on the beauty beside him.

Several times, Gu Ming wanted to reach out, but he controlled himself and didn't put his hands on the woman beside him. Using the small table as a barrier, his hands restlessly crossed repeatedly, pressing against his knees, ready to move.

There was a moment of hesitation in the eyes of Takeda Nobumasa in front of him.

I say.

There's no such action in the script.

But Gu Ming had already finished his lines, and then, regardless of anything, he picked up the wine glass and drank again.

"This guy……"

Takeda Nobumasa did not move, keeping his upper body level and looking straight ahead.

Since the director didn't call for a stop, it was impossible for him to suddenly say something that he thought was problematic at this time.

According to the script, the shadow warrior had a strong interest in the beauty next to him, but Takeda Nobumasa knew that the shadow warrior was just a shadow warrior, not Takeda Shingen himself. So he used the excuse of being drunk to get the shadow warrior to stand up.

Takeda Nobumasa cleared his throat.

"My lord, you are drunk."

"..."

Gu Ming's extremely restless hand finally stayed at an angle that was neither close nor distant.

The actress next to him looked at Gu Ming's eyes and always felt that those eyes contained some complicated emotions, as if they wanted to swallow him up, containing some long-awaited pain.

"My lord, you are drunk." Takeda Nobumasa repeated, and then raised his hand to call the young man to help the shadow warrior leave.

Gu Ming then turned around, and under the pretext of standing up, he rolled up his sleeves and gave Takeda Nobumasa a fierce look in front of him.

You guy, you actually ruined my good thing!
However, that look soon disappeared, replaced by a look of humility and pity.

Gu Ming lowered his head, let his hands hang down, and walked out of the field step by step.

The camera moved across, and as the light created the image, the shadow cast behind him grew larger and larger, almost as if it was about to swallow up his body.

"Well……"

The actor lowered his head slightly, unable to meet such gaze.

For a moment, Takeda Nobumasa couldn't help but think in his heart.

"If this wasn't a movie, this guy wouldn't really be planning to hug the woman next to him and tease her!"

In short.

It doesn't look like acting.

Following the call to stop, Gu Mingfang turned around and looked at the two respectful actresses.

that's too regretful.

Gu Ming touched his chest.

It doesn’t look like acting, because it’s not acting.

The vicious look in his eyes was because Takeda Nobumasa had ruined his good deeds, and the humility that followed was because he realized that he was just a shadow warrior after all and had no right to get involved in all this.

Therefore, that fierce look only lasted for a moment and quickly disappeared. This was because the shadow warrior realized that he had no qualifications to compete with the person in front of him.

After the play, Gu Ming sat outside and breathed a sigh of relief. This was certainly not enough, because the role was the same from beginning to end, but it was also not the same role. To express the difference, one needed to have different beliefs.

Shadow Warrior.

A shadow warrior who thinks he is playing the role of Takeda Shingen.

Play as Takeda Shingen's shadow warrior.

He completely believes that he is Takeda Shingen's shadow warrior.

A shadow warrior who discovered that he was just a shadow warrior after all.

Even though they are the same person, they have to go through such a change in mentality.

Therefore, whether it is words, actions or temperament, they will go through several different transformations from the initial timidity to the final sadness.

"This is what's called an actor's sense of conviction."

Gu Ming was thinking about this.

Actually, there are still a few outdoor scenes here, and then we will enter the final highlight.

The two armies faced each other, and the shadow warrior watched the battle from the middle. Eventually, he awakened himself, rushed into the battlefield and died bravely.

The tragedy of human nature can be seen from this.

"Oh, Mr. Nakadai."

Gu Ming stood up and looked at Nakadai Tatsuya who had packed up. He was about to leave and there were no more scenes for him. In other words, the filming was finished.

"You did a good job, especially that longing look." Nakadai Tatsuya smiled quite easily, probably wanting to express the mentality of a senior actor, but finally changed his words: "Keep doing it, don't let this role down."

Gu Ming nodded slightly.

Yes.

Already, I have tried my best.

……

……

The final battle was filmed outdoors, requiring mountains and rivers, which are definitely not scenes that can be created in the city.

Food for people and horses is another huge expense.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Gu Ming.

When I woke up in the morning, Gu Ming was already sitting in the dressing room, waiting for the makeup artist to do his makeup.

"Gugu-kun, have you heard?" the chattering makeup artist explained as she wiped off her foundation. "I heard our investor is coming."

Gu Ming raised his eyelids slightly.

"Investors from where?"

"That's it, America's."

Gu Ming responded slightly.

So, it must be George Lucas and Coppola who came to visit the set.

This is understandable, after all, so much money was spent and it will be released overseas.

Gu Ming sat quietly for a long time but the makeup artist didn't move.

He raised his head and looked at his reflection in the mirror.

"You seem very excited."

"It's okay. After all, we invested tens of millions of dollars in this movie. It was not easy."

"But what does that have to do with us? Just do your job."

Gu Ming pointed to the corner of his eye and urged the makeup artist to start.

He fell off his horse, was exposed, and finally left in disgrace in a heavy rain.

This is today's scene.

For this purpose, Kurosawa Akira deliberately chose a rainy day, as it was said that there was a high possibility of rain.

Even though real rainy days and fake rainy days have many similarities, the effects of shooting them are completely different.

(End of this chapter)