Chapter 6 get away

In 1986, I suffered the worst injury of my career on the Yugoslav set of Brothers and Dragons.Many people know about this now, but during the filming of this movie, I was almost bitten by a leopard, which is an embarrassing thing that many people don't know. We like to improvise some plots on the spot when making movies. When I was shooting this movie, I suddenly thought of an idea.At that time, I was going to shoot Alan Tam and I went to the earl's big castle, and we needed to express the luxury of the earl's family as much as possible.I thought of expressing it like this: as soon as we walked into the lobby, the two of us were shocked by the animals all over the wall. Looking carefully, they were all specimens made of animals that had been killed.The two of us discussed while walking: "Wow, this lamp is very beautiful!" "Yes, this floor tile is also very beautiful."

Then I walked to a leopard skin rug and said, "Wow, this rug is so beautiful!" At this time, the "carpet" suddenly stood up, which shocked us both.This is my original idea. According to my request, the staff of the crew found a professional to bring a leopard to the scene.When I saw that leopard just now, it was very obedient, and it was trained to obey its master. I could even pull its face from side to side, or ask it to lie down and rub its belly. It was very honest and innocent. look.This made me feel very relieved, and asked the crew to prepare to start shooting. After turning on the machine, the owner of the leopard grabbed the chain and hid beside it, and the leopard lay on the designated position.Then I started to play: "Wow, the lamp is very beautiful, the floor tiles are very beautiful, the carpet is very beautiful..." As a result, when it needed to stand up, the leopard just lay there motionless, and the owner would not get up when he pulled it. .The second is still the same.I went over to discuss with its owner, can you pull it harder to make it stand up?The host said yes.

If it is now, I can find someone to wear a blue dress to hold it up, and then do post-processing in the future. This special effect is too simple for current film production, but we did not have such technology at that time, so we had to In a stupid way. When it still didn't move for the third or fourth time, I was a little anxious. You know, the negatives were very expensive at that time.I went over to discuss with its owner, how do we make it stand up? Just after saying this, the leopard suddenly stood up.As soon as it stood up, I immediately said loudly, that's right!This is what I want!While yelling, I pointed my hand at it.It was too late to say it, and then it was too fast, that leopard rushed towards me with a bang!It was going to bite my finger, luckily I retreated fast enough, it was really scary!

Everyone knows how agile a leopard is, and its movements are instantaneous. As soon as I finished speaking, it almost pounced on me with its mouth wide open, and everyone at the scene was petrified.Fortunately, its owner pulled the chain and hurried forward to appease it and let it lie down slowly.I originally wanted to go over to appease it, but seeing it looking at me with fierce eyes, I decided to forget it. Since that moment, the scene has not been able to be filmed.Then every time I yell Action, it will jump at me from far away and bite me.After doing this once or twice, no one dared to take pictures anymore.This plot cannot be realized, but the wages of the leopard and its owner have been paid, so it is a pity not to use it.Besides, this is my idea, and I don't want to give up easily.How to do it?Decided to change the plot.

I said, let’s shoot in the corridor instead. Alan Tam and I were walking and suddenly this leopard came out, which surprised us. The Earl’s house actually kept a live leopard, which can also express the luxury of his family.Everyone just found a corridor with a hole in it, and the leopard can hide in it. When it needs to appear, let it walk out of the hole and suddenly appear in the camera.I arranged for its owner to hold the chain and hide the leopard in the cave. I remember that corridor was not very wide, but very long.After turning it on, Alan Tam and I walked inside, saying lines while walking, "Wow, this thing looks good, and that thing is amazing".As a result, we encountered danger again this time. As soon as the two of us got there, it suddenly jumped out, and quickly rushed to the wall, scratching a lot of marks on the wall with its paws, which scared the two of us!Originally, Alan Tam and I were supposed to walk straight through the corridor, but every time we took a real shot, it pounced out before we got close to it, trying to catch me fiercely, what should I do?In the end, I had no choice but to ask its owner to hold it tightly. As soon as Alan Tam and I got close, we were too scared to go straight, and suddenly we changed to a curved line, sticking to the opposite wall and going around.This is how it barely passes.

That's when I knew you really couldn't scare a feral animal, it would remember you right away and start hating you.This situation happened again when I was filming "Zodiac". Because I had to show a fierce face to the two big dogs in the castle, I was bitten by them several times. I get a rabies vaccine every day, which is a more painful price for me than being injured during filming. Now you can take out "Dragon Brother Tiger Brother" and find that clip, and you can see how scared we were both at the time!