Behind-the-scenes tidbits of the spy incident

1, Gong Li was very nervous when shooting a scene in the film. After she lit the cigarette, she forgot to close the lid of the old lighter and put it on the table, only to see the flames burning all the time. Fortunately, there was no flammable material next to it, and she didn't find it until the director called to stop.

2. During the filming process, Chow Yun Fat will take the initiative to greet the extras, and will also take the initiative to break the embarrassing scene and ask which province the extras are from. Talking about the fun, Chow Yun Fat even whispered, "I've been filming outside for so long and met many foreigners. Although I get along well with them, I still can't get along well. "

3. The film started shooting in early 2008. Originally planned to shoot in Shanghai. It is reported that the film was shot in Hong Kong and other places, not in the mainland, because there were scenes involving prostitutes and opium. At the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai officially announced its name change to Spy Storm.

4. The story of the movie comes from Mike Medawar, 194 1 was born in Shanghai. When he wrote this story, Harvey Weinstein bought it. At that time, Walstam was still in Max, Milla.

This film took 8 years to make.

6. Johnny Depp has expressed interest in participating in this film.

7. During filming, Franka Potente was threatened by a suitor. So throughout the filming and production, she used a pseudonym.

8. The director of this film, Michael Haverstrom, is from Sweden. Like luc besson, he said he would stop directing after making ten films. Spy Storm is his fifth work.

9. During filming in Bangkok, director Michael Haverstrom suffered from food poisoning. In order not to delay filming, john cusack, the protagonist, directed the play "Buy a Phonograph", and Gong Li said that he liked it very much.

10 Gong Li once taught Kusak to sing China folk song "Little White Rabbit" on the set.

1 1. Before filming, Japanese actor Ken Watanabe gave Gong Li two pieces of sushi. Gong Li ate it and found that one of them was for Kusak.

12. The film was shot for more than six months, and 80% of the lines were in English. Only when he is with Chow Yun Fat can Gong Li speak Chinese.

13, Gong Li made a lot of hard preparations for the role of Anna. Besides reading scripts and reciting lines, he also practiced English accent and dancing.

14. This piano solo was created by Lang Lang.