#CY is good at sword fight scenes and ZWH is trained in sword dancing

[mlc-melons]

Cheng Yi on wuxia fight scenes.

“my understanding of fight scenes, and i've talked about this with the director, is that a martial artist is a sage. if i fight you, why do i fight? i don't fight for the sake of fighting. it's more of a creative expression, it expresses a character's personality, it's a different state of mind. when the audience watches a fight scene, they (should) get why the character is fighting and what their state of mind is in that moment”

I first fell for Cheng Yi's acting in Love and Redemption. One of my favorite scenes is where Sifeng fights his evil self to escape from the Tower of Oblivion. He really doesn't stop serving face during fight scenes and treats it as another means of creative expression for the character. The desperation from Sifeng contrasting with the malicious glee from his evil self was just *chef's kiss*.

He does this in MLC as well where the brilliant fight choreographer + the actors were able to show the audience so many different flavors of fight scenes.

Winner-take-all (aka foreplay between 2 martial arts masters)

Clinical

Savage

Nonchalant

Self-indulgent

Cathartic

Contemplative