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

As of 23:13 on January 24, data from Lighthouse Pro showed that the total pre-sale box office for the 2025 Spring Festival slot (January 28 to February 4) had exceeded 500 million yuan, setting a record for the fastest pre-sale for a Spring Festival slot to break 500 million yuan in the history of Chinese cinema in just 5 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes. Among them, “Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes: Chivalry” ranked first with a box office score 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 that the reason for choosing Xiao Zhan to play Guo Jing was simple, because during several exchanges with Xiao Zhan during the pre-shooting period, he realized that Xiao Zhan had many qualities that could be incorporated into the role of Guo Jing.

For Xiao, the biggest challenge of playing this role is not learning to ride a horse or eight-pole avalanche, but how to successfully portray a character with a high degree of national recognition. Xiao believes that everyone has their own Guo Jing in their hearts, so he needs to dig deeper into the core of the character so that the audience can be convinced.

Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes: The Greatest of Men” tells the story of the Mongol army under the leadership of Genghis Khan, who is on a westward expedition to exterminate Jin and plans to go southward to exterminate the Song Dynasty. In the midst of this melee, Guo Jing, as the Greatest of Chivalry, represents the spirit of serving the country and the people, rallying the strength of the martial arts in the Central Plains and vowing to defend Xiangyang.

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