On April 1, the comedy movie “The Villain” held a “beat up the villain and laugh out loud” premiere in Beijing. The film’s creators Bao Beier, Li Jiaqi, Wei Xiang, Clara, Zhou Dayong, Ma Xudong, Cha Cha, and Kong Zi Rou Everyone came to the show to cheer up and interact closely with the audience after the screening, laughing and chatting about the behind-the-scenes creation stories. In addition, many celebrity friends, directors, screenwriters and well-known film critics were invited to attend and sincerely share their movie-watching experiences. On the occasion of April Fool’s Day, many audience members showed their faces to each other and shared the joy of watching the movie in various ways. The interactive scene was full of tricks and laughter. The movie will be released nationwide on April 4th, and is currently on pre-sale for laughs. Watch the comedians team up to beat up the villains, and have a good time laughing at all your holiday worries!
The film is directed and starred by Bao Beier, starring Li Jiaqi, Zhou Dayong, Ma Xudong, Cha Cha, and Kong Zirou, with special appearances by Clara and Yu Yang, Wei Xiang, Jia Bing, Yang Haoyu, Yin Zheng, Wang Xun, Chang Yuan, Wen Zhang, Wang Chengsi, Zhang Yiming, Wang Tianfang, Lu Yan, Zhang Baiqiao, Cool Teng, Zhang Youwei, and De Bo star in friendship.
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The movie “The Big Villain” focuses on the story of the young actor Bi Chao (played by Bao Beier) who accidentally “changed” the big villain. Ordinary people’s pursuit and understanding of the true meaning of life. At the premiere event, the creators interacted with each other tacitly, “revealed” interesting things behind the scenes, and made each other laugh, making the audience feel the happy atmosphere of the crew. When talking about the original intention of creating the film, director Bao Beier said that he hopes the film can bring happiness to everyone. At the same time, the character of Bi Chao contains his own reflections on life. The world of fame and fortune of the “big villain” is ultimately a fantasy, and the family accompanying him Talent deserves to be cherished.
In addition, at the premiere, Li Jiaqi also said that starring in Bao Beier’s film again after five years has allowed him to regain his original intention for acting; and Wei Xiang, who acted as a friendly star, also said when recalling his many years of friendship with Bao Beier , although she and Bao Beier are rivals in the play, they are supportive partners off-screen; Clara also said that it is very interesting to work with director Bao Beier, and she will work harder to learn Chinese in the future; in this movie, the three kidnapper brothers gather together again, and the boss Zhou Dayong, who plays the role, said that the eldest brother, as an ordinary worker with “a bit of a temper but not much”, is the one who has the overall situation in control of the three brothers; while Ma Xudong, who plays the irritable second brother, believes that the reason why the second brother turns “black” is just like in the movie The classic line “I don’t want to live like a cockroach” in the movie is the ultimate rebellion of the working class; Chicha, who plays the third child, made hilarious remarks, thinking that he and the second child are “mindless and unhappy” existences; and Bi Xiaoai Kong Zirou, who plays the role, was a lovely performer at the premiere, and her “milk-sounding” speech endeared the audience.
Big names in the industry happily praised the live performance and made the audience laugh out loud.
At the premiere, many guests from the industry came to watch the movie, chatted about their movie-watching experience, and praised the movie full of praise. Writer Liu Zhenyun said that this is a “movie with a classic structure”. The double identity of the villain is difficult to predict, and the comedy scenes are very dramatic. It shows real life experience while being funny; actor and director Wang Baoqiang He also said that the film has both laughter and tears, and the emotions are very sincere. It is a work that has experienced the accumulation of life; actor Xu Fan even praised the film for gathering a group of very energetic young people; Zhang Hua, a professor at Beijing Film Academy, also said that the film selection The characters are very outstanding, and the character creation is “non-facial”, vividly and truly restoring the characters in life; in addition, actor Qiao Shan, actor Wu Yue, director and actor Ma Yuke, actor Wang Zhi, director Zhang Luan, director Liu Jiang Jiangdu said that the movie was very joyful and moved people’s hearts with its true feelings; Bao Wenjing and Bao Keyai, as family members of the director, even came to support and sincerely shared their feelings about watching the movie. It is worth mentioning that many members who had participated in the “Annual Comedy Competition” at the scene made hilarious remarks, believing that the movie showed “the obsession of comedians” and explored the multi-faceted plasticity of new comedians. In addition, many professional film critics have also said that the comedy scenes in the movie are not unconventional, and many comedians have contributed their own comedy “baggage” in the movie, making people laugh while also expressing their appreciation for the small characters in the movie. The realistic plight of migrant workers shown by the characters creates empathy.
On the same day, a mother who watched the movie with her children said that the movie moved her beyond comedy. It not only relieved her stress, but was also very heart-warming. It was suitable for watching the movie with a family during the holidays. There were also workers who expressed sympathy on the spot, even if Although he suffered severe beatings from life, he still persisted in his dream of “going against the will of heaven and changing his fate”, unwilling to be ordinary. In addition to sincere sharing, there was also a lot of fun and funny jokes from the audience. Some people sent Bao Beier a “The Unluckiest Villain in History” banner; some people directly cosplayed the Xiao Qing look from Wei Xiang’s early sketches, and confessed their love on the spot and got a group photo with them; Some viewers even brought canned herrings directly to the scene to give to the three kidnapping brothers as a joke to commemorate the passing of the big fish in the movie. At the end, the main creators performed Qigong exercises together and followed the audience to “go crazy” to release stress. The atmosphere on the scene was very happy.
The movie “The Villain” is produced by Guangming Vision (Shenzhen) Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Taomeng Film Co., Ltd., Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Co., Ltd., Haining Hema Film Co., Ltd., and Qijia Holdings (Shenzhen) ) Co., Ltd., Guangming Art Culture Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Guangming Vision (Yunnan) Film Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Establishment Film Co., Ltd., Zhongtian Capital Holdings (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Xiamen Jingqian Culture Media Co., Ltd. , Beijing Huiyu Times Culture Media Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nanying Film Group Co., Ltd., Dongyang Zhonglele Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., and Liaoning Yu Brothers Film Co., Ltd. are jointly produced and will be released nationwide on April 4, 2024. Currently on pre-sale for Hixiao.
