The behind-the-scenes tidbits of New Cross Street.

1937, China's famous film performance artists Bai Yang and Zhao Dan cooperated on the screen for the first time, and they collided with brilliant sparks in the film Crossroads, which became a classic in the history of China movies with interesting and moving stories, romantic and fresh styles and humorous performances.

More than half a century later, the descendants of the main actors in Cross Street co-produced the light comedy New Cross Street.

Xiaozhen Jiang, the director of this film, is the youngest daughter of Populus alba. 65438-0978 studied at Beijing Film Academy, and then continued to study at San Francisco Academy of Fine Arts. She told Zhao Jin, Zhao Dan's youngest son, the idea of filming New Crossroads, and they hit it off. Xiaozhen Jiang once said: "The new Cross Street is a continuation of the old Cross Street. If my mother and uncle Zhao Dan know about the underground, they will laugh and praise it." Xiaozhen Jiang, the youngest daughter of Poplar, 1978 studied at Beijing Film Academy, and then continued her studies at San Francisco Academy of Fine Arts. Maybe it's the mother's genetic factors, but what Xiaozhen Jiang can't get over is movies. She went to Stanford University and Dezeman University to study film production, during which she also made several short films and worked as a producer for Spielberg.

1997165438+16 October, the San Francisco Film Association held a film screening in memory of the poplars. The film screened was Crossroads. It was raining heavily that day, and the audience still lined up to watch this China film 60 years later. What moved Xiaozhen Jiang was that the mayor of San Francisco presented her with a certificate and designated this day as Poplar Memorial Day. Xiaozhen Jiang was deeply moved by the enthusiasm of foreign audiences, so he had the impulse to make a new cross street.

She told Zhao Jin, Zhao Dan's youngest son, the idea of filming New Crossroads, and they hit it off. So after years of running-in and raising funds for filming, Xiaozhen Jiang's "movie" complex was realized. She said: "The new Cross Street is a continuation of the old Cross Street. If my mother and uncle Zhao Dan know about the underground, they will laugh and praise it." Zhao Jin is the youngest son of the late film performance artists Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying. People who know Zhao Jin feel that his image, personality, expression and temperament are very close to his father Zhao Dan.

After graduating from the director department of Beijing Film Academy, Zhao Jin went to the University of Los Angeles to study for a master's degree in film. Like Xiaozhen Jiang, Zhao Jin also worked as a lighting, photography, producer, screenwriter and director, while acting was only a guest appearance.

Now, I can't help worrying about Zhao, who starred in New Cross Street. He said: "It is a great challenge for me to play Zhao Ming, the son of Lao Zhao. And many flashbacks in the film are from crossroads, which is more stressful for me. But this is a very meaningful and meaningful thing after all. Although the time span is decades, it can be regarded as' father and son performing on the same stage'! " How to find the actor who plays Shaoyang, a descendant of Populus alba, in The New Crossroads has become a difficult problem for director Xiaozhen Jiang for some time, because this actor not only can't be too far from Populus alba in image and temperament, but also has a lot of English dialogues in this role. After many twists and turns, Xiaozhen Jiang finally chose Rene Liu as the heroine of New Crossroads.

Rene Liu heard the names of the older generation of filmmakers in China, such as Bai Yang and Zhao Dan, and especially saw their wonderful performances in Crossroads, which inspired her creative impulse.

Rene Liu likes the life and love story of the new era told in New Cross Street very much. Her sincere performance in the film makes Zhao Jin, who plays opposite her, seem to have found an acting teacher. Although there is little communication after filming, I will be full of passion when I get to the camera. For Rene Liu, what used to annoy her the most was what to do if she couldn't shed tears in the emotional drama the next day. Now she is thinking about how to make the audience emotional without tears. No wonder some people say that Rene Liu has a brilliant smile in New Cross Street. In fact, she is using her true feelings to interpret this cross-century love story.