Directed by Teng Huatao, the domestic sci-fi film starring Lu Han and Shu Qi received a lot of publicity before the release, but encountered the dilemma of word-of-mouth Waterloo after the release. Creator Teng Huatao and the original author Jiangnan came forward one after another and apologized to the audience on Weibo. Teng Huatao also gave another interview to "Poisonous Tongue Movie" a few days ago, responding to the controversy of negative word-of-mouth and the choice of actors. He explained: "I apologize without anyone coercion, nor any commercial purpose, just personal choice." During the conversation, Teng Huatao also talked about one of the film’s huge controversies, Lu Han, saying that he had no opinion on Lu Han technically, but ignored the difference in the type of actors. "I used the wrong Lu Han, in a type that is not suitable for him."
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Teng Huatao explained why he "misused" Lu Han, saying that he wanted to make a sci-fi war movie, but ignored Lu Han’s actor type when choosing actors. "I used Lu Han wrong, in a genre that is not suitable for him." It also means that Teng Huatao directly admitted that Lu Han is not suitable for playing sci-fi war themes. In addition, when talking about Jiang Yang (Lu Han’s character) bangs hairstyle, Teng Huatao also frankly: "I think it may be a [problem], but this is an irreversible thing. After the filming is settled, do I have any other possibilities to adjust?"
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When asked if he would change actors if there was a possibility of a comeback, Teng Huatao said his intuition was "not that Lu Han is bad, but that we have never made this type of film", and without experience, "can we make Lu Han?"When such an idol went to play, I didn’t judge it well at that time. "
In addition, Teng Huatao also once again refuted the rumor that Lu Han’s sky-high salary, emphasizing that he "received very little money". He said that when he decided to use Lu Han in 2017, he did not take into account some of the opinions that people would have on traffic stars. "Traffic stars are always a double-edged sword." He also denied that he used Lu Han for traffic reasons – the movie tickets that fans can buy are limited in conversion energy.
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In the interview, Mr. Teng also noted that the actors were chosen by themselves and were "innocent" and that "it’s not realistic to expect people to say anything [to apologize] when the film doesn’t perform well."