Li Bingbing on Challenges of Filming Transformers: Age of Extinction

This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

Getting into more techie territory, the IMAX YouTube channel has uploaded a brief featurette on their new 3D camera, used in the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction - and we see some footage minus robots, but plenty of explosions. Check out the embedded clip below!

Introducing the new IMAX® 3D Digital Camera! Go behind the scenes with IMAX's camera team in this new featurette to see how IMAX is revolutionizing 3D capture and also get a first look at the camera that will be featured in Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Va'al wrote:

Those are some hideous glasses...

Va'al wrote:

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

I don't doubt that, but remembering lines, dealing with script changes and so on is part of any actor's job. If she couldn't cope then she was miscast. However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Tiby wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

I don't doubt that, but remembering lines, dealing with script changes and so on is part of any actor's job. If she couldn't cope then she was miscast.

That she had to overcome these difficulties is kind of a sign that she did cope. It's not like the article says the challenge was as impossible for her to deal with as you're making this out to sound like. It was just tough for her, plain and simple. Lots of actors face hard tasks in their acting that they have to overcome.

Tiby wrote:However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Would you still feel the same if this were about a man instead? Or if she wasn't that attractive?

Sabrblade wrote:

Tiby wrote:However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Would you still feel the same if this were about a man instead? Or if she wasn't that attractive?

Your inference is incorrect. One only has to look at Jackie Chan for an example of an actor who overcame their challenges, and in a lead role as well. The current trend for major films to shoehorn in scenarios and actors to promote the film in certain markets has the potential to hobble the story for the sake of consumption. This is the reason for her casting, otherwise it would have been simple to find someone with the right gender and look who had none of her "challenges".

An actor who views certain acting experiences as challenging is "actually acting." Please look up Li Bing Bing's acting career before commenting. Ignorance is not appreciated. She's a great actress in every way. She's not the biggest Asian star because she can't act in movies. Speaking a foreign language presents difficulties for everyone. But I wonder. Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china. Whatever the situation. She is not "miscast!"

President-prime wrote:Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china.

Yeah, that could have been a good solution, at least for the scenes where it's just her and other Chinese characters. If she spoke in Chinese to the other actors who are supposed to be American (Cade, Tessa, etc.) it wouldn't work.

And is she the "biggest Asian star?" I find that hard to believe, true it may be. I haven't heard of her before, and I do know Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, and a few others, though mostly because they came to Hollywood. But they had successful and accomplished careers in Asia before they did.

In the Asian communities, she's extremely big. She's in resident evil, and a few other American movies. In terms of acting, she's really good. International stars are usually well-known for action movies, and comedies making fun of each other (Rush Hour) . Don't get me wrong, I love Jackie Chan movies. Check out his Chinese movies. He's a great actor. I suggest anyone still on the fence about her to youtube or check out some of her movies. Otherwise, wait a could week and judge for yourself.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

President-prime wrote:Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china.

Yeah, that could have been a good solution, at least for the scenes where it's just her and other Chinese characters. If she spoke in Chinese to the other actors who are supposed to be American (Cade, Tessa, etc.) it wouldn't work.

And is she the "biggest Asian star?" I find that hard to believe, true it may be. I haven't heard of her before, and I do know Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, and a few others, though mostly because they came to Hollywood. But they had successful and accomplished careers in Asia before they did.

She was recently cast as blink in Days of Future Past X-men movie. Hollywood is making a big push for her as the go to Young Asian in a movie.

FYI to other posters, jackie chan would say lines in movies he did not know what it meant. for reference watch any jackie chan movie with bloopers.

President-prime wrote:An actor who views certain acting experiences as challenging is "actually acting." Please look up Li Bing Bing's acting career before commenting. Ignorance is not appreciated. She's a great actress in every way. She's not the biggest Asian star because she can't act in movies. Speaking a foreign language presents difficulties for everyone. But I wonder. Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china. Whatever the situation. She is not "miscast!"

I know very well who she is, and you prove my point. She was cast specifically to sell the movie in Asia, like many other blockbusters are these days. I would have thought a challenge in acting in a Transformers movie would be something along the lines of interacting with giant robots that are not really there, etc.

In the end, are any of us here really going to watch this movie because Li Bingbing, Mark Wahlberg or hot actress of the week is in it? No. This is simply to get the non-fan audience in to watch the movie. I get that - it is a business after all, and there is nothing wrong with promoting a movie. However please do not expect me to care about her complaints about her "challenges" which have nothing to with giant transforming robots and everything to do with the business of film-making.

nullrayz wrote:She was recently cast as blink in Days of Future Past X-men movie. Hollywood is making a big push for her as the go to Young Asian in a movie.

FYI to other posters, jackie chan would say lines in movies he did not know what it meant. for reference watch any jackie chan movie with bloopers.

Wrong asian actress. X-Men DOFP features Fan Binbing who is 32.

Transformers AOE features Li Bingbing who is 41. They are almost 10 years apart and look very different from one another. Li Bingbing is a famous asian actress, but currently Fan Bingbing is faaaaaaaar more popular.

New spot
with Lockdown

Dinobots Transform!



I told you so

Courtesy of the Clevver Movies YouTube channel, we have another, yes, another spot for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction movie - but this time, we get more Lockdown. And thanks to Poormans Michael Bay, we get a glimpse of ..the Dinobots transforming! Check the two clips out below on Seibertron.com's YouTube Channel at http://youtube.seibertron.com.

william-james88 wrote:

nullrayz wrote:She was recently cast as blink in Days of Future Past X-men movie. Hollywood is making a big push for her as the go to Young Asian in a movie.

FYI to other posters, jackie chan would say lines in movies he did not know what it meant. for reference watch any jackie chan movie with bloopers.

Wrong asian actress. X-Men DOFP features Fan Binbing who is 32.

Transformers AOE features Li Bingbing who is 41. They are almost 10 years apart and look very different from one another. Li Bingbing is a famous asian actress, but currently Fan Bingbing is faaaaaaaar more popular.

damn, my bad.

nullrayz wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

nullrayz wrote:She was recently cast as blink in Days of Future Past X-men movie. Hollywood is making a big push for her as the go to Young Asian in a movie.

FYI to other posters, jackie chan would say lines in movies he did not know what it meant. for reference watch any jackie chan movie with bloopers.

Wrong asian actress. X-Men DOFP features Fan Binbing who is 32.

Transformers AOE features Li Bingbing who is 41. They are almost 10 years apart and look very different from one another. Li Bingbing is a famous asian actress, but currently Fan Bingbing is faaaaaaaar more popular.

damn, my bad.

I am asian, and to have me think that is ignorant, but i figured there couldn't possibly be two bingbing actresses as the amount of hollywood asian actors are so minimal.

plus with her glasses on in the picture and the other actress blink in x-men in costume, i didn't know. LOL

Va'al wrote:Courtesy of the Clevver Movies YouTube channel, we have another, yes, another spot for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction movie - but this time, we get more Lockdown. Check it out below!

There is also the other spot i put up it has dinobots transforming


saying in case you missed it.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Dinobots Transform!



I told you so

holy crap

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Those are some hideous glasses...

if your referring to lin bin I see a lot of women wear fly glasses



if you meant guy there bigger from normal pair

New spot Best spot


Lockdowns voice and his minions

Aww, HELLS yeah! This movie is gonna kick SO much ass!

The Age Of Extinction commercial train just keeps on chuggin' along! Just today, we posted this news article containing two new commercials, and now we have one that is quite possibly the most exciting yet!

Finally, we get to hear the voice of the bounty hunter, Lockdown! Seibertron.com messageboard user mirageandjazz1197 found the newest video. We've included the embed below from the Seibertron.com YouTube channel at http://youtube.seibertron.com.



Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

I think that's Slug transforming in the background... Yeah so my thought that the toys were just more cohesive forms of the robots in the movie was correct... This movie may be terrible or may be great... but either way it's gonna be epic

I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

*rolls eyes*


At least Mark Ryan is a good Lockdown.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

*rolls eyes*


At least Mark Ryan is a good Lockdown.

I'm being flippant

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

*rolls eyes*


At least Mark Ryan is a good Lockdown.

I'm being flippant

So?

It's not as stupidly awesome as gun-face, but Lockdown apparently has a binocular-face.

Get out of town-Lockdown is Nasir from 'Robin of Sherwood'?!!? I loved that guy!

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

*rolls eyes*


At least Mark Ryan is a good Lockdown.

I'm being flippant

So?

flippant (adjective) - not showing a serious or respectful attitude.

In other words, he's messing around.

Who are those guys behind Lockdown? they look robotic but have no kibble, maybe it´s a new alien race. They look too smoth to be the robot modes for the wolfs.

Well, those are maddeningly brief.

i wonder what else they will throw at us with this movie? have RID sideways in it? characters from other continuities? the speculation and possibilities could be either limitless or limited

mtma wrote: This movie may be terrible or may be great... but either way it's gonna be epic

I fully agree. At this point if epic is all we get I will be more than happy. And I will GLADLY eat my hat now that we have proof the dinobots transform

william-james88 wrote:And I will GLADLY eat my hat now that we have proof the dinobots transform

Pics or it didn't happen.

Autobot tap out wrote:i wonder what else they will throw at us with this movie? have RID sideways in it? characters from other continuities? the speculation and possibilities could be either limitless or limited

Sideways was already in the movies he was the guy Sideswipe sliced in half in rotf

viruscarnage wrote:

william-james88 wrote: And I will GLADLY eat my hat now that we have proof the dinobots transform

Pics or it didn't happen.

I think this is WJ88? I mean, I could be wrong...



Also, fixed the quote mixup.

Mindmaster wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I prefer Lance Henriksen, thank you very much.

*rolls eyes*


At least Mark Ryan is a good Lockdown.

I'm being flippant

So?

flippant (adjective) - not showing a serious or respectful attitude.

In other words, he's messing around.

Oh OK thank you i did not understand what it meant in the mean time i will be looking for more spots

Mindmaster wrote:

viruscarnage wrote:

william-james88 wrote: And I will GLADLY eat my hat now that we have proof the dinobots transform

Pics or it didn't happen.

I think this is WJ88? I mean, I could be wrong...



Also, fixed the quote mixup.

Ah thanks for the fix, I didn't even realize I screwed up haha.

Janus Prime wrote:Who are those guys behind Lockdown? they look robotic but have no kibble, maybe it´s a new alien race. They look too smoth to be the robot modes for the wolfs.

They look like... more of Lockdown. Like, more of his kind. Mayber other bounty hunters, as though Lockdown were part of a group of them who all look similar.

I hope those aren't the quintessans behind Lockdown. But that TV spot was badass. I can't wait for this movie even more. And it looks like it finally got a rating.

SlyTF1 wrote:I hope those aren't the quintessans behind Lockdown.

Oh no... now that you mention it, Lockdown's ocular helmet does look like that of a scuba diving helmet. And we see him coming out of the water in that one shot. And Quintessa is known for its aquatic inhabitants, so maybe, just maybe, Lockdown and his ilk just might be of or pertaining to Quintessa.

I hope not too, though.

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:I hope those aren't the quintessans behind Lockdown.

Oh no... now that you mention it, Lockdown's ocular helmet does look like that of a scuba diving helmet. and we seem him coming out of the water in that one shot. And Quintessa is known for its aquatic inhabitants, so maybe, just maybe, Lockdown and his ilk just might be of or pertaining to Quintessa.

I hope not too, though.

Could be a diffrent group of non cybertronian Transformers


as in transformers not from Cybertron bu another planet that could be why Lockdown has green eyes

speaking of Green eyes i believe that Devastator was created by Lockdown and supplied to the cons probably not but i head canon that.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Could be a diffrent group of non cybertronian Transformers


as in transformers not from Cybertron bu another planet

As it turns out, it just so happens that the Transformers: Retribution novel that came out back in January had the Quintessons and their ilk as being exactly that, creations of the Original Thirteen member Quintus Prime birthed on the Planet Quintessa.

Separate continuity, yeah, but the movies have borrowed ideas from other TF works before.

So, who knows, at this point.

I'd much rather have Quintessons over Unicron, anyday.

Autobot032 wrote:I'd much rather have Quintessons over Unicron, anyday.

There's still a possibility we might get both, since the Quints were originally conceived for the 1986 movie as servants of Unicron who did away with any survivors of planets Unicron ate (before they were changed into being their own unique faction in the final cut of the 1986 movie). It's possible any Quints we might get in this movie might serve him here as well.

And, once more, I hope not.

Soooooo??? Who's in those ships, is it an army seen in a flashback or an army aiding Lockdown/con army??? This has gotten more and more interesting w each new footage we see

Autobot032 wrote:I'd much rather have Quintessons over Unicron, anyday.

I couldn't disagree more. I personally don't like the characters of Quintessons, thankfully they were mainly in the cartoon. I would much rather have Unicron (though not without proper build-up and back story) than Quintessons.