Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 578 Please Don't Kick Me

The French naturally enjoy watching a spectacle; in this respect, watching a spectacle is a universal human trait, and it doesn't matter whether the audience is French or British.

During filming, the crew attracted quite a few onlookers.

It wasn't until several days into the filming that things gradually calmed down.

Ultimately, Nice is a city with a population of less than 300,000. While it is a large city in terms of population density in Europe, it is far less dense than that in Asia.

The crew filmed the scenes a few days ago, which were not very intense. Gu Ming was serving food in a food truck, while Cheng Long transformed into a food delivery dragon, riding a scooter to deliver food around.

After delivering food, during a break in filming, Jackie Chan sat on a high chair, leaning half of his body against the food truck counter to rest.

"A food truck, that's a great idea. After delivering the food, we can eat the leftovers ourselves. Brother Gu, you didn't make this yourself, did you?"

Gu Ming shrugged.

He can't cook! Of course, the crew ordered the food from nearby restaurants, and it can be used as the crew's lunchbox after filming.

Gu Ming casually flipped through the script, his gaze settling on something.

The next scene is a major fight at Bay Square, where Ko Shou-liang and his motorcycle gang, disguised as bikers, cause trouble by racing cars in the square, disrupting the business of tourists and merchants. The two then fight back and defeat the bikers.

There's a classic scene in this movie where two motorcycles fly in, and Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao jump up at the same time, kicking the drivers off the motorcycles.

"How about it? We've planned this out. When the time comes, we'll fight them according to the arrangements of our brothers. We'll each take down one of them, doing it in our own style." Cheng Long gestured with his hands: "And then kick the two drivers away at the end. That'll be a really exciting scene!"

Gu Ming shrugged: "Since you have made arrangements, then we'll do whatever you say."

The team in Hong Kong is reliable enough.

When Mael from the Nice Tourism Office arrived at the scene, the filming almost made him faint.

"You guys are actually racing cars in the overseas square!"

"Still racing motorcycles!"

"Are you guys crazy?! You actually want to fight on a motorcycle?!"

Although the film crew was shooting within the designated area, and even if the motorcycles were driving recklessly, it wouldn't affect passersby, the scene still made Mael feel a chill run down his spine.

No one in France would dare to film like this!
Fortunately, Bay Square is not a historical site, and the film crew paid a considerable amount in rent. Most importantly, Commissioner Mael also received a separate payment.

Otherwise, Mael would have really spoken up to stop him.

Now he can rest assured and watch the filming progress.

Mael often watches movies, but he naturally doesn't understand how they are made.

Now that he has seen the action scenes filmed with his own eyes, Mael can't help but marvel.

Motorcycle stunts and stunt performances: Ko Shou-liang drives his motorcycle and leaps down the steps of the Bay Square.

These scenes are not something you can see all the time, even abroad.

It did attract a lot of passersby to watch and take pictures.

Filming had reached the final scene when two motorcyclists rushed over, and Gu Ming and Cheng Long each blocked one of them.

Gu Ming stretched his arms and legs.

The shot is simple: he just needs to wait for the motorcycle to come on and then kick it away from the side.

However, for Cheng Long's side, in order to fit Ah Long's character setting, he needs to do a standing flying kick.

With the roar of engines, two riders from a Hong Kong stunt team sped towards them on their motorcycles, making Zhen Zidan, who was watching from the side, feel excited and fascinated.

Gu Ming took a deep breath and silently counted the time in his mind, so that the motorcyclist would cooperate with him to jump off the motorcycle in advance.

"Three, two...one! Let's go!"

Gu Ming stared at the motorcycle hurtling towards him, silently counting the time, then suddenly dodged and kicked it hard.

In an instant, a dent appeared on the 300-kilogram motorcycle, and it flew sideways.

On the other side, Jackie Chan also performed a standing flying kick as required for the shoot, sending the driver flying.

The entire shot was completed in one take, and Jackie Chan considers it to be one of the best performances of all his stunt shots in his career. There were no breaks in between, and no filming accidents occurred at all.

"It's so difficult, I don't think anyone but me could have filmed it."

Cheng Long ran his fingers through his hair, first helping the motorcyclist to his feet, calling out "Brother!" to make sure the rider was alright, before turning to his side. "OK, brothers, nothing happened... What's with that look on your faces?"

Jackie Chan's gaze swept over each person, and the expressions of the crew members on set were absolutely priceless.

Commissioner Mael was still sipping his coffee with a straw in his mouth and didn't even notice the cup tipping over.

It wasn't until the hot coffee spilled on him that Mael let out a howl and jumped up from his seat.

"Incredible, absolutely incredible! Is this what action movies are all about?!"

obviously.

This is what action movies are all about.

Gu Ming helped the motorcyclist up from the ground.

"Are you OK?"

"I-I'm fine."

The stunt rider glanced at Gu Ming, then at the steel beast beneath him that had just been roaring, and finally looked into the distance.

He wasn't sure.

There might be some kind of wire hanging there, but he just didn't see it.

But no matter how the knight looked, he couldn't find the wire he had envisioned.

Gu Ming shook his head, somewhat regretful.

This motorcycle was actually quite good, but I didn't expect it to be of such poor quality; it broke with just one kick.

It seems Honda's motorcycles are still not up to par; Japanese products aren't durable! Next time I'll switch to a German bike.

After all, there's an old saying in Japan.

Germany's technology is number one in the world!

Seeing Cheng Long running over, Gu Ming greeted him.

"Brother Long, how's your end going?"

"That's good, that's good... um."

Cheng Long looked down at the motorcycle that had flown off and left a long trail on the ground. Large areas of damage were already on the side of the motorcycle. If anyone who loved motorcycles saw this, they would definitely shout and scream.

However, more than those things, what Jackie Chan wanted to say was...

How the hell did that fly out?!

"Being suspended by wires, Brother Long, you don't know that, do you?"

Gu Ming shrugged: "It was just kicked out by hanging from a wire."

"Special skills, yes, special skills, I definitely know what I'm talking about!"

Jackie Chan chuckled awkwardly and forced a smile.

He knows stunts.

But this doesn't look like a stunt!

Based on Cheng Long's filming experience, he was quite certain that there were no steel wires at all.

"Brother Gu, we probably won't have any fight scenes in the later episodes, right?"

"No, absolutely not, we're teammates! Why are you asking this?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I was just asking. Hopefully, nothing more..."

Cheng Long silently clasped his hands together and offered a prayer in his heart.

Thankfully, there were no fight scenes.

It's best not to have it!
At this moment, Jackie Chan felt a pang of sympathy for the actors who would be involved in the fight scenes later.

Fortunately, it was just filming a movie.

Otherwise, it would be too much of a stunt!
(End of this chapter)