＂The Kidnapper＂ Xu Jinglei： ＂You don’t have to advertise how good it is to make a movie＂

Xu Jinglei in front of the monitor

Directed by Xu Jinglei, the action police and bandit movie starring Bai Baihe, Huang Lixing, and Ming Dao is about to be released nationwide on April 1. There is still a month before the release of the movie. Xu Jinglei has entered the state of "occasional workaholic" and stepped into the spotlight. In the face of the intensive publicity itinerary and crazy work mode, the director Xu Jinglei has set off from "playing heart".

Xu Jinglei on-site guidance

Inside and outside the circle: Xu Jinglei, the most playful

"I’m really a bit of a press conference phobia, and I have to wear makeup and a dress, which is really annoying." Xu Jinglei, who has been deeply behind the scenes in recent years, confided her feelings to the media. The most at ease is Xu Jinglei, who makes beads, lives overseas, crosses the two-dimensional, online dramas, and is fascinated by Leonard Cohen. As a "fringe person" in the entertainment industry, Xu Jinglei, who has been less exposed under the spotlight in the past two years, even chose to hold the first press conference of the new film "The Kidnapper" online, and told the media, "If I were on the platform in disguise, I wouldn’t say anything." After all, the last time Xu Jinglei appeared in large numbers in the audience’s field of vision was the promotion stage of the previous film. At the online press conference, she also said that "playing is my life". Now that the release date of "The Kidnapper" is approaching on April 1, Xu Jinglei has also put away this playfulness and entered the crazy work mode.

Director Xu Jinglei

　

Inside the play and outside the play: Crazy busy Xu Jinglei

"Finally the most difficult film promotion period." Director Xu Jinglei wrote this sentence on the high-speed rail to Shanghai to record the announcement. As the film promotion period began, various program announcements, media interviews, magazine studio shoots, landing launches, campus tours, national city roadshows and other activities followed. As a director and producer, Xu Jinglei also had to personally supervise the film post productin, theme song recording and other main content of the film, as well as the control of the film’s promotional rhythm. "The challenge of logic, organization and patience in this kind of film has exceeded my limit, and I often let myself fall into a desperate situation where I want to hit the wall." Xu Jinglei has revealed the challenge of directing action films. However, compared with the pain during the filming period, it was obvious that the promotion period of the movie was more "difficult" than the filming period. And Xu Jinglei seemed to accept the job setting very much, just as she self-evaluated, "A relatively extreme person… Busy to death, idle to death…"

　

Director on-site scheduling

Inside and outside the camera: Xu Jinglei, who takes the lead in "early adopters"

The director is not the only one who is tired. Before the filming of "The Kidnapper", the crew hired a professional action guidance team to conduct a brutal two-month special training for the actors. During the training, Bai Baihe became more and more brave, and Huang Lixing trained up the ante, with a clear mind and concentration, which inspired the ultimate state of their performance. The image of a chick, a handsome man, and a domineering president who was once familiar to the audience was reinvented in "The Kidnapper". In addition to cooperating with the physical fitness and action training, the actors also actively talked to the director about the script. Xu Jinglei is also very grateful for the actors’ efforts. "Thank you for their cooperation. Thank you for having the same heart as me to break through themselves and try new things."

The film "The Kidnapper" is produced by Beijing Flower Blossom Film Company and will be released nationwide on April 1.