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directed by ma yuke and starring nick cheung, ethan ruan, rongrong zhang and ma yuke, the cumulative box office of "rebirth" has reached 450 million yuan. this movie, which is still in theaters, is also one of the crime genre films with better box office performance this year.

many movie fans are curious as to why director ma yuke has chosen to collaborate with nick cheung and ethan juan from last year's "rage" to today's "rebirth". the same starring actors bring different stories.

in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the morning post, ma yuke answered that he and these actors had hit it off after working together on "the furious tide" and they all wanted to work together on another film. later, when he approached them with a new script, they hit it off immediately. that's why "rebirth" has a similar cast but a completely different feel.

"rage" is ma yuke's directorial debut. many people have asked him how he could invite these heavyweight actors. in fact, the answer is very simple, that is, whether the script can arouse their interest.

"although brother ka fai and i filmed "anti-drug" together, i was just an actor at that time, and that was 10 years ago. i don't know xiao tian (ethan juan) at all, and i have never worked with him. only wang dalu they are my good friends in life, so the first step is to give them the script and discuss it together to see if everyone agrees with the character.”

when filming "raging tide", ma yuke had a great time working with several actors and agreed with each other's creative concepts. "we are all very serious people who like movies. sometimes our work may be awkward, but our aesthetics are very similar. we also have similar views on many things. my work has been recognized by them, and their performances are also very good. therefore, such a group of people who love creation can resonate on the same frequency and have the same aesthetics. it is very happy to work together. "

therefore, after filming "rage", everyone really hoped that the brothers would reunite and make another movie together. "i said i would make another script and we would play together again. they said yes, and i made the script seriously. the script still has to be sent to them first, because no matter what the emotions are, this is a job that everyone loves, and its quality must be guaranteed first, so when everyone agrees with the script, we naturally get together to film it. "

when writing the script, ma yuke posted the photos of nick cheung and ethan juan on the blackboard, and began to create the story and characters based on the faces of these two good brothers.

in the end, every character in the finished film is very complex. whether it is zhang yao played by nick cheung, andu played by ethan ruan, nancy played by rongrong zhang, or balai played by ma yuke himself, they are not as they appear on the surface. so simple, some are cruel on the surface but actually endure humiliation, and some are sanctimonious but actually have a dark heart.

"brother jiahui is very suitable for zhang yao in terms of his acting skills and his tolerance, including his action scenes and literary dramas. because zhang yao actually has a dual identity, he has to play the bad guy and the victim's family. , his thickness is the most suitable. andu has a crazy and ruthless side in his heart, but he also has a kind side. a relatively kind person has turned into a so-called devil due to reality, but he will not think that he is bad. "

as for his role, ma yuke joked that because he has always played villains in so many movies as an actor, no one believed that he could play a good guy. "everyone knows that i always play bad guys, so when i turned around in the end, people couldn't understand. it’s effective.”

from the first half of "zhou chu's three evils" to today's "rebirth", the character played by ethan ruan finally dies, which makes people sigh. although he is a villain, there are always some emotional points in the character that make people empathize. .

for example, andu's tragic experience of his parents being killed by drug lords when he was a child became an important cause of his distorted personality when he grew up. in the first half of the plot, andu is an upright representative of eliminating evil, but in the second half it is discovered that he actually just wants to replace the evil ones and stand at the top of money and power.

in ma yuke's view, there is actually no good person in "rebirth". "the original intention of the revenge team of zhang jiahui, zhang rongrong and i was to eliminate demons and punish evil, but in the process, we not only had to become a demon ourselves first, but also cultivated a demon. it’s andu played by ethan ruan. because rongrong zhang’s character learned about xiaotian’s past after infiltrating them, which is equivalent to using his childhood experience and using emotions to push him to where he is today. we are actually all thinking about it. , without our promotion, would xiaotian’s character be so crazy? his world view might still collapse, but he might not be so crazy.”