"Iceman" official criticized Donnie Yen: interfering with creation, self-centered

The movie "Iceman: Time Traveler" starring Donnie Yen and Wang Baoqiang was released yesterday, but the box office was not ideal. Today, the film producer published an article titled "Official Tearing: Behind the Iceman", listing Donnie Yen's various behaviors of "interfering with creation" and "self-centeredness". Donnie Yen then responded on Weibo: "You shameless bunch of people, your despicable propaganda actions, I will not tolerate it, wait for my lawyer's letter!"

The article pointed out that after the release of "Iceman: Time Traveler", negative reviews flooded in, and netizens directed their criticism at director Ye Weimin, screenwriter Wen Jun and others, but the producers believed that the blame should not be borne by them, but was caused by Donnie Yen's interference in the creation.

First, in the scriptwriting stage, the article stated that Wen Jun set the background of the film in the period of Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty after researching a large amount of historical facts of the Ming Dynasty, but Donnie Yen "changed the lines about the historical background on the spot and refused to reshoot, showing no respect for history, and uttered such ignorant lines as 'The Ming Dynasty will perish in ten years' during the Tianqi period."

The article stated that Donnie Yen's control over filming goes far beyond his personal image. He often uses his rich action experience as an excuse to "interfere with the work of action directors, and he is not above giving orders to the crew on the set and acting like a self-centered person."

In addition, "Donnie Yen is particularly worried that the actors who play opposite him will overshadow him and suppress his action expressiveness in the film. He threatens to go on strike and forces the choice of an older foreign actor as his opponent. This will lower the domestic audience's perception of his opponent and magnify his own screen image. Hence the joke of 'Japanese pirates massacring a village' that everyone talks about."

It is said that "Iceman: Time Traveler" was completed under Donnie Yen's overall control, but has since entered a long post-production and editing phase. Donnie Yen "once again intervened in the post-production by threatening not to cooperate with the publicity, and drastically cut out the roles of many actors to highlight his absolute leading role, which resulted in a film that was only 87 minutes long and had no coherent plot. This long editing process continued until the eve of the film's submission for review..."

The producer stated that after the release date of such a "complete Donnie Yen work", Donnie Yen's attitude changed 180 degrees. He delayed his plans and schedules for participating in the promotion with various reasons, denied participating in the production of the film, said in public that "I'm 'dead' when the movie is released", and distanced himself from the film in media interviews... "However, even so, he still did not forget to interfere with the content of the promotion, and demanded that the original action director Yan Hua in the film be changed to his apprentice Yu Kang in the promotional materials."

The article directly criticized "Where is the spirit of the contract, Mr. Donnie Yen? Where is the interest of others? Where is the professional ethics!" and revealed that someone advised that this kind of situation often happens in the "high-end circle", but everyone will still meet each other in the future... But the producer said: Since this is the case, the worst that can happen is that he will no longer make a living in the "high-end circle". The economic loss is inevitable, so it is better to use these years to leave something for the "high-end circle".