Pseudoabdominal muscle is a modern synthetic material, which is very soft to wear on the body and looks very close to human tissue. Known as "a man who can become fierce in a second." Many boys' ideal state of figure is thin eyes, squatting and eight neat abdominal muscles. But exercise is not a day or two, and eight-pack abdominal muscles can't be practiced overnight. But when shooting, in order to reflect the strength of the role, you must have abdominal muscles. What should you do? The appearance of fake abdominal muscles has solved the problem that has puzzled many actors and directors for many years.
Pseudo-abdominal muscles were first used in Hollywood and introduced to China in recent years. On the one hand, because many Hollywood movies have superhero characters, on the other hand, it is the abdominal muscle aesthetics mentioned above. For Hollywood movies that advocate individual heroism, abdominal muscles are almost the standard for every tough guy actor. Few leading men appear in front of the camera with an empty stomach.
In Hollywood movies, the characters who appear are not all tough guys with eight abdominal muscles, and occasionally obese characters appear. But in reality, it is not easy to find a muscular macho man, which does not mean that a fat man is easy to find. But the director wants this role, what should he do? At this time, a fake belly will be used, just like a fake abdominal muscle, except that one is thin and the other is fat. For example, Thor in Avengers 4 briefly appeared as a fat man in front of the audience. But in the later period, Raytheon appeared on the screen as a muscular man. It is unrealistic to adjust such a huge contrast between fat and thin only through exercise. So the actor used a fake belly in the film.
In Hollywood movies, actors use fake abdominal muscles or fake stomachs, and there is not much discussion on the Internet. However, the use of these things in domestic film and television works will cause strong discomfort to the audience. On the one hand, this is caused by cultural differences, on the other hand, it is caused by our fair concept of "equal exchange".
When Deng Chao was filming Shadow, he was still an ordinary actor. But the role he wants to play is a tall, muscular man. At that time, there was no such thing as fake abdominal muscles. He had to exercise hard. Finally, during the filming, I suddenly changed from an ordinary person of 73 kilograms to a strong man of 83 kilograms with distinct muscles and eight abdominal muscles.
After filming Qiangqiang scene, Deng Chao began to force himself to go on a diet, and his energy intake in one day was almost reduced to the limit. One day's filming, many times Deng Chao was so hungry that he needed help to get out of the set, but when he almost fainted because of hypoglycemia, he ate some chocolate in a hurry. At the thinnest time, Deng Chao was as thin as 63Kg and looked skinny. Regarding the role, Deng Chao used to be very thin, and his professionalism made people admire him.
Actors like Deng Chao and Zhang Yi of China are also making Zhang Yimou films. When Zhang Yi was filming One Second, he was all skin and bones in order to shape the role in the film. At a dinner party, Zhang Yi only ate a steamed stuffed bun. Facing a table of delicious food, Zhang Yi can resist the temptation of delicious food and starve. Can such a China actor not be respected?
Therefore, some netizens think that it is a lazy behavior to use fake abdominal muscles when shooting. An actor who lacks the spirit of hardship can't act well in a movie. However, some people think that the use of props is only a necessary means and has nothing to do with the actors' own acting skills. Because of time and schedule, it is impossible for everyone to be as fat as Deng Chao and Zhang Yi. I don't know what you think about this. Do you support the traditional performance mode of adjusting body shape or the performance mode of using props to participate in filming? Let's talk about our views in the comments section below.