Xiao Zhan said that playing Guo Jing is the biggest challenge. Everyone ...

As of 23:13 on January 24, data from Lighthouse Pro showed that the pre-sale box office of the 2025 Spring Festival slot (January 28-February 4) had exceeded 500 million yuan, creating a record for the fastest pre-sale of the Spring Festival slot to break 500 million yuan in the history of Chinese cinema in only 5 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes. Among them, “Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes: Chivalry” ranked first with a box office of 218 million yuan.

On January 25, @ Sina Film released a video interview with the creative team of “Legend of the Eagle-Shooting Heroes: The Greatest of Heroes”. Director Tsui Hark said the reason he chose Xiao Zhan to play Guo Jing is that after talking to him many times, he realized that Xiao Zhan has many qualities that are suitable for the role of Guo Jing.

For Xiao, the biggest challenge in playing this national character is not the skills of horseback riding or Baji Beng, but how to portray a Guo Jing that is in everyone's heart. He believes that finding the core of the character and convincing the audience is the biggest challenge.

Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes: The Grandeur of Chivalry tells the story of the Mongol army, led by Genghis Khan, who traveled west to destroy Jin and wanted to go south to destroy Song. During this process, the masters of various martial arts schools in the Central Plains are mixed up in the battle. Guo Jing, as the representative of the Great Man of Chivalry, unites the martial arts forces in the Central Plains for the sake of the country and the people, and holds fast to Xiangyang.

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