What is "Myth" about?

Director: Tang Jili

Starring: Jackie Leung Ka Fai, Kim Hee Sun MALLIKA SHERAWAT

Type: Action/Legend

Produced by: Jackie Chan Emperor Pictures Limited Company

Released: September 23, 2005

Plot summary:

An archaeologist played by Jackie Chan and his companions enter an ancient tomb in India and discover an ancient tomb. A portrait of a princess (played by Kim Hee Sun) who looks very similar to the woman who keeps appearing in his dreams. In order to explore the relationship between dreams and reality, Jackie Chan began a dream-chasing journey. In the dream, he miraculously found the location of the legendary Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin... The eldest brother in the dream was General Meng Xin (Meng Tian's younger brother), who was ordered to protect the princess when she arrived in Qin. On the way, the princess and Meng Xin secretly fell in love. Qin Shihuang was critically ill, and the princess was likely to be executed when she entered the palace. In order to keep the princess alive, Meng Xin risked his life to get the elixir of life, and finally died on the battlefield. The princess successfully tested the medicine, but the traitor gave the King of Qin fake medicine. After the death of King Qin, the princess was imprisoned in King Qin's mausoleum. Archaeologists saw the immortal princess who had been waiting for thousands of years in the tomb of the King of Qin. She finally found her reincarnated lover...

Behind the scenes story:

"The Myth" is important to Jackie Chan It is said to be a new attempt. There are many scenes of horseback riding and fighting. Jackie Chan himself even had the idea of ??hiring a stand-in. When talking about why he took on this film, Jackie Chan said that it was a line of dialogue in the script that made him decide to take on this film. He wanted to express his anger towards those who took away other countries' national treasures through the film.

Nearly a thousand stunt shots

The film is magnificent and has grand scenes that are unmatched by ordinary blockbusters. According to director Tang Jili, despite the help of computers, hundreds of thousands of people actually participated in the filming of the war scenes, and more than 100 horses alone were transported from Beijing to Gansu. "Nearly a thousand stunt shots were used in the entire movie, which is the most I have ever used in filming."

The "human-horse battle" frightened Jackie Chan

In the film, Jackie Chan is alone There are two corners, one is General Mengxin who is very capable of fighting, and the other is an archaeologist. Tang Jili introduced: "The audience always expects Jackie Chan to be innovative in his fighting scenes, and this time we came up with a new trick." Jackie Chan said: "He asked me to fight the enemy with my horse. I am not a professional horseman, and the horse is very fierce. , very capable. I had to ride it to fight on a very steep mountain road. I was so scared that I kept telling myself not to fall. 45 jockeys who participated in the filming fell off and broke their legs and arms. "I'm okay, I just fell for the last time and wasn't injured." The thrill of the "human-horse battle" still leaves him frightened.

Rejecting Kiss Kim Hee Sun

Tang Jili said that this movie is different from previous Jackie Chan movies where the love scenes are just embellishments. “The eldest brother is a very romantic person, and the romance in the movie is more romantic than before "More." For this reason, he specially selected South Korea's most beautiful woman Kim Hee Sun and Indian sexy actress Mallika to co-star with him. The reporter asked if there was anything romantic between Jin Xishan and her eldest brother during the filming process. Jackie Chan rushed to say: "The director asked me to kiss her, but I refused!" In the only passionate scene, Tang Jili said that Jin Xishan kept laughing and wasted. It took a lot of time, and Jackie Chan couldn't help but ask: "What's so funny about me looking like this!" Jackie Chan also imitated Kim Hee Sun's look of fainting during filming. Jin Xishan didn't understand English, so he just looked at Jackie Chan and smiled with his eyes open.

Forcing Tony Leung Ka Fai to jump out of a plane

"It was very hard every minute of filming Jackie Chan's film!" Tony Leung Ka Fai said when recalling the filming process. Jackie Chan immediately helped him explain the filming of a thrilling helicopter jumping scene. Because renting a helicopter in Hong Kong is very expensive, about HK$500,000 per day. At that time, we were filming a big scene involving thousands of people fighting, and the last scene required Tony Leung Ka Fai to jump on a helicopter. "I forgot that Tony Leung Ka Fai didn't know kung fu, so I just told him to jump when the helicopter came. After the helicopter flew over, I tried my best to give him gestures. "Jump! Jump! Jump!" He hesitated, and finally jumped up. "After that, Jackie Chan found Liang Jiahui standing there shaking," Jackie Chan said after hearing Liang Jiahui's angry words. I remembered that Ka Fai didn’t know kung fu, but he forced him to jump out of a helicopter!

The igloo scene almost froze to death

The scene where Jackie Chan’s brother died was filmed in an igloo at minus 25 degrees Celsius. It was originally planned to be two days of preparation for the scene, but the igloo It was indeed too cold, so Jackie Chan decided to finish the filming in one go instead of delaying it until the next day.

At that time, Jackie Chan was lying on the ground shirtless, and Kim Hee Sun wanted to hold him and cry. Every 15 minutes of filming, Jackie Chan would rush out, warm up, then come back in and continue filming. "Suddenly the director asked to change the camera. It took about 35 minutes. I kept shouting: Hurry up! Hurry up! Kim Hee Sun kept shaking on me. I asked her if she was okay? She said OK. Later I found out that my My chest felt warm, it turned out that she was crying!" Speaking of the scene at that time, the eldest brother praised Jin Xishan very much, saying that she was not only a beautiful girl, but also a good actress who was very dedicated and able to endure hardships.