Jason Statham and Wu Jing join forces at the press conference for The Meg 2: Abyss

Yesterday, the deep-sea monster movie "The Meg 2: Abyss" which will be released worldwide on August 4, held a "7000m Deep Sea" press conference at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Starring Jason Statham and Wu Jing, director Ben Wheatley, and starring Cai Shuya, Cliff Curtis, Peggy Kennedy, and Melisande Machiuette also gathered together to promote the new film.

At the press conference, Wu Jing introduced his "brother-in-law" Jason Statham to everyone as soon as he came on stage. It turns out that the two are not only teammates fighting side by side in the movie, but also a family. Wu Jing also revealed the profound meaning behind the character's name "Jiu Ming", "The sky is above, and the candle is Jiu Ming below. Jiu Ming means ocean or abyss", which cleverly echoes the title of the film.

Talking about the cooperation with Wu Jing, Jason Statham said that he was "deeply attracted by his image on the screen before I met Wu Jing". Not only that, the two actually had a long history. Wu Jing revealed that an old predecessor, Director Yuan Kui, who he and Jason Statham both knew, "has always wanted to bring the two of them together to make a movie". Jason Statham talked about their mutual friend Jet Li, and frankly admitted that his favorite actors and sources of inspiration in martial arts are all Chinese actors.

In the film, Jason Statham's Jonas Taylor and Wu Jing's scientist Zhang Jiuming lead a deep-sea team to dive into the 7,000-meter abyss, embarking on a thrilling and exciting deep-sea adventure. On the scene, the two not only reproduced the signature "shark smile", but also supervised each other to see if they followed the "secret of the shark smile" - showing ten teeth.

At the press conference, they talked about a special meal for the crew. It turned out that Wu Jing bought 1,000 packages of dumplings for his birthday, paired with Erguotou, vinegar and garlic, and invited the entire crew to experience "dumplings with wine". They also thoughtfully prepared special "dumplings eating instructions" and dumpling souvenirs. "It's actually a kind of longing," Wu Jing said frankly, "Dumplings represent reunion, and I want everyone to feel a lot of warmth."

At the scene, Jason Statham expressed his gratitude to Wu Jing for "dumplings and wine", and said frankly, "I've eaten the dumplings, and now I'm just waiting for the 'have' on August 4th." Wu Jing invited him to dinner on the spot, "Let's have 'dumplings and wine' again tonight." Jason Statham answered readily, "OK."

"Guo Fan has hidden so many things in his play!" Wu Jing sighed at the scene. It turns out that there are Easter eggs from The Meg 2 hidden in The Wandering Earth 2! The news about deep-sea molluscs in the movie actually refers to the giant octopus in The Meg 2. Director Guo Fan also responded lovingly at the scene, "It's a small tribute."

At the press conference, Director Guo Fan also revealed that when Wu Jing was filming The Meg 2, he often shared with him the little discoveries he saw on the set, "Maybe we will have the opportunity to use them in the future to help us further improve our industrialization." When talking about the diving suit in The Meg 2, Wu Jing also said frankly, "Thank you Director Guo Fan for letting me wear the space suit in two movies." The experience of filming the space suit helped Wu Jing a lot in the diving suit scenes, "How to solve the itch and the pain?" He had the experience to deal with it.