Zhang Zhen's new suspense mystery film "The Soul" released new stills, losing 20 pounds for the role

The suspenseful mystery film "The Soul" directed by well-known director Cheng Weihao, who has shot the high-scoring suspense films "Witnesses" and "The Little Girl in Red 1 and 2", has earlier exposed the heroine Zhang Junning's policewoman look in the film. Her subversive short-haired and handsome look has amazed countless netizens.

Recently, the film revealed that another heavyweight actor has joined the cast. The handsome and talented actor Zhang Zhen will play the righteous prosecutor in the film. During the filming process, Zhang Zhen's precise grasp of the role and his professional attitude impressed everyone. Director Cheng Weihao couldn't help but praise him, "Zhang Zhen's professional attitude is impeccable. I really saw the talent and strength of an international superstar!"

"The Soul" is the first time that Zhang Zhen and director Cheng Weihao have collaborated. The director revealed that in this suspenseful mystery film, Zhang Zhen plays the male protagonist, a prosecutor. Under the seemingly cold appearance of this character, he hides the integrity and warmth in his heart, as well as the majesty of a law enforcement officer. This is very consistent with Zhang Zhen's signature eyes and unique temperament, so he had already imagined Zhang Zhen as the character when writing the script.

Chang Chen, who loves suspense films and mystery novels, liked the script of "The Soul" very much after reading it, and immediately decided to participate. As an internationally renowned actor, Chang Chen has worked with many great directors such as Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai, and Hou Hsiao-hsien. When talking about his first collaboration with director Cheng Weihao, Chang Chen thought that Cheng Weihao had a unique "stubborn temperament". He said that because he is a casual person, he especially appreciates Cheng Weihao's "stubbornness" because "only a stubborn director can come up with a story that will make people applaud."

In "The Soul", Zhang Zhen plays a prosecutor for the first time. In order to better interpret this role, he, who is always known for his professionalism, not only met with the director many times before filming to discuss the role, but also visited the local prosecutor's office under the arrangement of the crew, visited the environment of the prosecutor's office on the spot, and deeply understood all the details related to the prosecutor's work in the movie. He learned all the work processes and styles of the prosecutors in detail, and even carefully noted down the details such as the color of the paper used for investigation documents. His serious attitude made director Cheng Weihao very impressed, saying that "Zhang Zhen's professionalism is impeccable, and he really saw the talent and strength of an international superstar!"

It is reported that the suspense mystery film "Hunting Soul" is adapted from "The Art of Soul Transfer" by Jiang Bo, a representative writer of the new generation of Chinese science fiction writers and winner of the Chinese Science Fiction Galaxy Award and Nebula Award. All filming has been completed and post-production is in progress.