Hollywood is a desirable place for many actors and directors around the world.

Hollywood is like a magnetic field, attracting many talented and thoughtful people to gather together. They discuss and make progress together. This is a good place for communication and learning.

Previously, those who went out to explore Hollywood from mainland China were all female stars, and only one male was Li Lianjie. Liang Kun became the second male star in the mainland to play the leading role, and the first male star to direct and act, which attracted more attention.

Many fans in China were waiting to hear Liang Kun say their thoughts. On January 18, he accepted an exclusive interview with a female CCTV reporter in a cafe near his residence.

Liang Kun first invited the female reporter to have a cup of coffee, some dessert, and then started the interview.

He was in a good mood today because the female reporter posted an orange task related to the interview. He came from home from all over the country to interview. Of course, the reporter wanted to dig out big news. As long as he was willing to accept exclusive interviews, he could complete the attention in China.

The reporter asked: "Now some people regard you, directors such as Wu Yusen, Ang Lee as a symbol of the internationalization of Chinese directors. How do you think of yourself making movies for Hollywood?"

"I think making movies is an interest. If you shoot the stories you like, you will feel a sense of accomplishment. I also like being an actor, and I should have a lot of self-directed and acted movies in the future. As for the symbol of internationalization, I like this statement. I hope that more and more good movies in China can be sold to other countries in the future and get good results."

Liang Kun is willing to contribute to the development of Chinese film industry, but the current domestic film environment is not good enough. Before a large number of theaters were established, the people were used to watching movies in the theater, and he directed or starred in domestic films, which was a bit useless.

The reporter asked: "Is Yingyi Entertainment launching the Asian Rising Star Director Program for the development of the Chinese film industry?"

"Of course, I have talked to Brother Hua in China, and we all think this is a very meaningful thing." Liang Kun said with a smile.

Almost everyone is not optimistic about their plan and thinks it will lose money. The plan is actually very simple. Yingyi Entertainment selected 6 young directors across Asia and spent 20 million to fund them to shoot movies.

In the parallel world, except for "Crazy Stone", the other five movies were all lost. Stone, which cost 3.5 million, achieved a box office of more than 20 million in 2006, making director Ning Hao awesome.

Qianlima needs to meet Bole. Yingyi Entertainment's move is to give newcomers without backgrounds a chance. No one has ever done such a thing before. In this life, Liang Kun and Liu Dehua have gained a good reputation together. After all, this is 20 million, not 2,000 yuan. If the movie fails, 20 million will be gone.

This incident also shows how important the first person to create fire. Later, Ning Hao supported Wen Muye's filming "I'm Not a God of Medicine" and Guo Fan's filming "The Wandering Earth". The ending subtitles of "The Wandering Earth" were posted, and there was a paragraph behind the list of "Special Thanks to Mr. Liu Dehua".

Lao Liu is a person who truly contributes to the film industry! He is not just for money. He is a filmmaker with ideals, pursuits and a sense of mission!

The reporter asked: "You haven't been to the United States for a long time. You are a young newcomer in Hollywood. Have you encountered any particularly difficult things during the shooting?"

"There is no difficulty, because I have several good partners. The producer has arranged what content to shoot at which venue, and the first deputy director in the crew assists me. He will arrange a lot of things. We found a school to be a base, and the shooting process was very smooth. It was done in less than a month. I also made many friends in the crew."

The reporter asked: "Has cultural differences caused you any trouble?"

Liang Kun shook his head and smiled: "From the perspective of management, it is easier to shoot movies in Hollywood and there is no trouble. The division of labor of the crew is very clear. The director only needs to be a director's job, and I don't need to worry about many things."

"Can you give an example?"

"In the movie, the heroine has to use a gun when she has a scene. The prop gun at the beginning is a model with a lot of recoil in reality. I think it would be a bit fake to shoot with that pistol. Then the assistant director went to communicate with the prop artist. The prop artist immediately found two other prop guns and said to me very sorry because he should have backup options. I don't need to worry about things like this."

Liang Kun gave an example casually. Domestic crew directors have great power and have a lot of things to do, which is really troublesome.

"Is there anything you are not used to?" The reporter still wanted to ask something bad. It's not that he didn't have any difficulty when filming, right? What role model did he set for people in the domestic film industry?

"I'm not used to some food here, so I prefer to go back to my residence to cook Chinese food by myself." Liang Kun said with a smile.

The reporter asked: "Some people in China think that you are too commercial in making movies. Hollywood movies are becoming more and more money-making machines. Americans seem to be talking about money forever until they get bored. What do you think?"

"If others have been talking about money but this money has nothing to do with me, I will probably be bored. If it has something to do with me and I have made a lot of money, it should be a good thing, right? Who would be bored with making money by making movies? Are you super rich? Let's go away, you damn money! Let's go away, don't bother me." Liang Kun also spoke with the action of spreading money.

The female reporter and the videographer were both amused by him.

In fact, the people who say this are not the rich, but a group of domestic directors who pursue art and have no box office. They despise those who regard movies as money making machines. Their movies are money-loss machines, and they have a very artistic sense of compensation.

The reporter asked: "Having this Hollywood experience, have you changed your view of the movie?"

"No change. I have always wanted to make movies that suit the public tastes. My filming process was very pleasant, and many people liked to watch it after it was released, and I think this is success."

The reporter asked: "So will you consider shooting art movies in the future?"

Liang Kun thought for a while and smiled and said, "That depends on what kind of art it is. I will consider the big production. If you involve a lot of nude scenes, just forget it."

"Art film" refers to some movies that focus on art and less commercial. Most of them are independent films, with specific audiences as the targets, rather than the general public. There is a large group of directors who pursue art in Europe. The actors do not take off their clothes and they don't know how to shoot them.

Liang Kun believes that large productions also have art films, and they can be both commercial and artistic. If you ask Michael Bay this question, he would probably say "art is explosion."

The reporter asked about acting again. "You play a couple with white actresses in this movie. I heard that there is a kissing scene. Do you have any special thoughts?"

In 1999, "Anna and the King" co-starring Chow Yun-fat and Judy Foster was considered a major breakthrough for Chinese actors in Hollywood, because it is difficult to see Chinese male stars acting in a romantic scene with white Hollywood actresses, but unfortunately the film's box office failed.

Liang Kun's movie seems to have special significance because he has attracted white beauties.

Liang Kun shook his head. "No special thoughts, the plot requires it, we are all very professional actors."

The reporter asked: "There are only a handful of Chinese actors who can achieve success in Hollywood. Do you think there is discrimination in this?"

This topic has been discussed. Reports show that among the 10,000 characters in Hollywood with lines, names and expressing clear racial characteristics, 71.7% are white, 12.2% are black, 5.8% are Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% are Asian, 5.4% are Middle Eastern and others.

People of color account for 28.3% of the total, nearly 10 percentage points lower than its proportion in the U.S. population of 37.9%. More than half of the film and television works do not have an Asian character with lines, and Asian actors often play nerds, homosexuals, restaurant owners, and kung fu masters.

Liang Kun did not agree with the saying "discrimination". "Hollywood looks global, and its essence is to make movies for Europeans and Americans to see. The image of Asians is okay for them as a adjustment, and it will definitely not be the main course. The audience does not accept it because of personal habits, and Asian actors cannot bring greater benefits to film manufacturers, so they will not use you. This is not discrimination, but considering it to make more money."

The reporter asked: "You did not show your kung fu in the film this time. Will you star in an action movie in the future?"

Liang Kun nodded and smiled and said, "I can make action movies, but I think when mainstream Hollywood movies have a very popular character. Not to mention his Chinese background, he does not require being able to play kung fu. He is played by Chinese actors, that is the real success."

Almost all Chinese stars who were famous in Hollywood started as fighters. Liang Kun did not plan to act in action scenes in the early stage, but he just didn't want to set himself down. After a certain shape, he had to keep making movies of the same type.

Even if he wants to make an action movie, Liang Kun still wants to shoot his own script. He has to wait until it becomes popular and find a reliable martial arts director.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have any room to play, and it would probably be nice to shoot it. Just like if he worked with Nolan, "Batman" was a nominal action movie, but the action movie was shot like a fight with street gangsters.

It is nonsense to say that any action scene is deliberately filmed close to reality. In reality, Liang Kun like Bell is confident to hit ten times, and the tricks must be much more beautiful than Nolan's shot. The muscles trained in Bell's gym look good, but they are useless.

The reporter asked about music.

Liang Kun smiled and said, "Viva La Vida was written last year, which was the inspiration I came from when I was traveling in France. Delier was written later in China. I also wrote a few English songs, which will be released in the future."

At the end of the interview, the reporter asked Liang Kun when he would return to China.

"I won't be back later. I have to promote this movie in the United States, participate in some activities, and prepare for the next movie. Maybe I will sign and sell books with higher sales."

The reporter asked: "I saw the introduction that "The Lost Lover" is a thriller about marriage. How did you think of writing such a subject?"

"I'll just say more about the inspiration I got from chatting with people..."
Chapter completed!