Jay Chou’s costume in “Golden Armour” worth $3 million

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周杰倫戲服價值300萬
Jay Chou’s costume in “Golden Armour” worth $3 million

繼張藝谋鞏俐周潤發齊亮相後，黃金宮中的"大將軍”周杰倫今天上午單刀會媒體。記者今晨連線影片製片人張偉 平，他向記者獨家揭秘了周杰倫進駐黃金宮的緣由以及周董進組後的拍攝情況。
Since Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and Chow Run Fatt has came together to work for the movie, the person playing as the Army General of the imperial family, Jay Chou has met up with members of the media this morning. Reporters contacted the producer of the movie Zhang Wei Ping this morning, he revealed to the media through the phone conversation the reason why Jay is being cast in the movie and the latest developments with Pres Chou in the filming.

選角揭秘製片人是周杰倫歌迷
Casting Director is a Jay Chou fan himself

周杰倫進組到今天，已經在劇組拍了一個多星期的戲份。對周杰倫的表現，張偉平可謂讚不絕口.
Jay has been filming for a little over a week since joining the cast. Zhang Wei Ping has nothing but praises to Jay’s performance so far.

原來，最初想到用周杰倫的是張偉平。張偉平說，自己早已不知不覺地成了周杰倫的歌迷。張藝谋的《滿城盡帶黃 金甲》做出第一批人物造型圖後，張偉平怎麼看大將軍的圖怎麼像周杰倫。
As it seems, Zhang Wei Ping was the person that thought of (casting) Jay from the start. Zhang Wei Ping said that he has unknowingly become a Jay fan for quite some time already. Since Zhang Yimou’s “The City of Golden Armour” has rolled out their first sketches of the costumes, how did Zhang Wei Ping picture Jay in the General’s costume?

張偉平說："大將軍的冷傲、不羈，還有那種自我的狀態，正是周杰倫與生俱來的。周杰倫和人物出奇相符。”張 偉平一提議，就得到了張藝谋的回應，當即就把周杰倫的照片做成大將軍造型，全劇組一起拍板決定盛邀周董加盟 。
Zhang Wei Ping said, “The qualities of a general, his coolness, calmness and a confident aura, these are the exact qualities Jay shows. Jay has an uncanny resemblance to the character.” Zhang Yimou immediately agreed (to casting Jay) once Zhang Wei Ping brought up the matter. Since then, they have used Jay’s photos as a base for modeling the General’s costume. The entire production team agreed on casting Pres Chou on the set.

人物揭秘周董角色機谋深重
Pres Chou’s character full of hatred

張偉平概括周董這個角色說："周杰倫飾演的角色是御前侍衛首領，周旋于宮廷內王、後、王子和宮女之間。他與 鞏俐一起策劃宮廷陰谋，要表現大將軍機谋深重的一面。”
On summarizing of Pres Chou’s role in the movie, Zhang Wei Ping, “The role played by Jay Chou is the immediate right hand man of the Imperial family, consisting of the Emperor, Empress, Princes and Princess. He is plotting a dark scheme with Gong Li, showing a very dark side of the General.”

張偉平讚歎，這麼複雜的身份，周杰倫卻表演得十分到位，演技不遜色于鞏俐和周潤發，"由於周杰倫24日就要 回臺灣做其他宣傳工作，因此劇組的戲份十分趕，周杰倫非常敬業，抱病拍攝，狀態一直很投入。”
Zhang Wei Ping being critically acclaimed, with Jay Chou in the cast, Jay must be overshadowed by the performances of Gong Li and Chow Run Fatt, Zhang Wei Ping, “Since Jay has to return to Taiwan on the 24th for promotion purposes, the filming schedule is very tight and always rushing for time. Jay is very professional, filming even though he is sick, he is always very focused.”

服裝揭秘黃金置裝耗資1800萬
Cost to make all the costumes estimated to be $18 million

據悉，在《滿城盡帶黃金甲》的這次發佈會上，周杰倫最新奢華造型也將出爐。張偉平透露，周董的服裝一共是三 套，造價高達300萬元，而所有主要演員置裝費將達1800萬元人民幣，其中鞏俐和周潤發的服飾各500萬 元，其他幾位演員的服飾共500萬元。
As reported at the second press conference of “The City of Golden Armour”, Jay’s latest character appearance was revealed. Zhang Wei Ping has revealed that Pres Chou’s has a total of 3 sets of the costume, worth $3 million Yuan. And the total cost of all the costume on the set is estimated to be $18 million Yuan, inclusive in that figure are Gong Li and Chow Run Fatt’s costume costing half a million each and the cost of all other costumes of the rest of the main cast total up to half a million Yuan.

張偉平介紹說，幾百萬元並不是虛價。鞏俐和周潤發、周杰倫三人的服裝，面料都是從英國和法國邅淼模空執K杭 刺繡名匠手工繪製而成。而刺繡使用的線，全部是純金。周杰倫的黃金盔甲外，也鍍了純金。
Zhang Wei Ping also said that the few million dollars spend wasn’t being spent lightly. The materials used in Gong Li, Chow Run Fatt and Jay Chou’s costumes are specially imported from England and France and are modeled by the English and the French. And the linings of the costumes are made of pure Gold. Jay Chou’s Golden Armour costume was being coated with pure Gold as well.

張偉平向記者解釋了鉅資置裝的原因："這麼貴的置裝費，絕對不是燒錢。我們這是拍電影，就要做得貨真價實。 比如，整個服裝用純金金線縫製，那種純金在燈光下的效果非常耀眼。張藝谋是攝影出身，他自然懂得這有什麼必 要性。”
Zhang Wei Ping explained the reason for such high expenses on the costumes, “We are definitely not wasting money (he used the expression of burning money away) in incurring such high costs for the costumes. We’re making a movie here, and we are trying to make every detail as realistic as possible. For instance, with the costumes being made of or coated in pure gold, when it comes under the stage lighting, the effect is very striking. Zhang Yimou is filming to bring the characters to life, so he naturally knows what is needed to be done.”

由於服裝非比尋常的貴重，《滿城盡帶黃金甲》拍攝過程中，動用了不少保險箱，專門用來保存衣服 。
Since the costumes are very expensive, in the process of filming “The City of Golden Armour”, many security locks and procedures are being put in place.

每一套衣服都有專人監管，拍攝時取出，卸裝後封存。對於影片拍攝後服裝的處置，張偉平透露不排除拍賣的可能 性。
Every costume is being guarded by security personnel. Every time filming was completed and the make up has been removed, and costume taken off, they were taken to be locked up immediately. As to how the costumes will be handled after the entire filming has been completed, Zhang Wei Ping did not rule out the possibility of auctioning the items off as an option.

演唱《黃金甲》片尾曲 - 周杰倫演電影不丟音樂本行
Performs theme song for “Golden Armour” – Jay didn’t forget his musical profession

今晨，製片人張偉平向記者確認，《滿城盡帶黃金甲》片尾曲的創作和演唱工作也將由周杰倫來完成。至此，周杰 倫已經為三部影片量身訂做主題曲。
Zhang Wei Ping has also confirmed with the reporter this morning that the theme song for “The City of Golden Armour” will be composed and performed by Jay Chou. To date, Jay has already done this (singing and composing) for the theme songs of three movies.

1.《一路向北》和《飄移》(電影《頭文字D》片中曲)
1. “Always Head North” and “Drifting” (Theme songs for movie ‘Initial D’)

頭文字D》是周杰倫的電影處女作，這一影片帶給周杰倫電影和音樂的雙豐收。周杰倫拿下電影金馬獎最佳新人獎 後，《一路向北》和《飄移》兩曲還獲得百事音樂風雲榜提名。
“Initial D” was Jay’s first shot in the movie industry; this film has shown Jay’s acting and musical talents together. After Jay has received the award for ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Golden Horse Awards, “Always Head North” and “Drifting” have also received numerous awards for various music charts.

2.《霍元甲》（電影《霍元甲》）
2. “Fearless” (Theme song for movie ‘Fearless’)

周杰倫為李連杰主演的電影《霍元甲》創作主題曲及演唱，他表示能為偶像主演的電影作曲及演唱主題曲，心情很 興奮。
Jay Chou composed and performed the theme song for the movie “Fearless” with Jet Li as the main character of the movie. Jay has said that being able to perform the theme song for his idol’s movie is something that he is very happy and contended with.

3.《滿城盡帶黃金甲》片尾曲
3. Theme song for “The City of Golden Armour”

據張偉平介紹，周杰倫將為電影製作及演唱一首富有中國風味、符合影片背景與精神的片尾曲。
According to Zhang Wei Ping, Jay Chou will be composing and performing one Chinese oriented theme song, this is to go together with the ancient theme of the movie.

Source: www.jay2u.com
Translation: stitchphil (www.jay-chou.com)