In the movie "The Wandering Earth 2", Andy Lau and Wu Jing return to their 20s, young and handsome

Do you still remember what Andy Lau and Wu Jing looked like when they were 20? In the movie "The Wandering Earth 2", the two superstars used AI technology to "rejuvenate".

Recently, the movie "The Wandering Earth 2" released a special "Change! Change! Change!". The timeline of the film spans several years. The crew used facial capture and artificial intelligence technology to "rejuvenate" the characters, and then through manual restoration by artists and the performances of the actors, it finally presented the state of Liu Peiqiang (played by Wu Jing) from immaturity to maturity, and Tu Hengyu (played by Andy Lau) from young to gray-haired.

Wu Jing also reposted the video on his personal Weibo, saying with a smile: " You are not scared by the youth and beauty, right? Hahaha !" It is understood that in the movie "The Wandering Earth 2", Liu Peiqiang played by Wu Jing and Tu Hengyu played by Andy Lau will involve a time span of several decades in the story.

In order to better achieve the "face-changing" effect of the leading actors on the big screen, the behind-the-scenes creative team began technical experiments one year before the official filming of the film. They tried five or six commonly used international methods of rejuvenation and aging, but the results were not ideal. In the end, the creative team trained through an artificial intelligence-based algorithm and completed the presentation that the audience saw on the big screen.

Director Guo Fan said that the difficulty of "face changing" lies not only in whether the face is shaped like the real one, but also in the actor's own movements, attitude and even eyes, which is a big challenge for the actors. In addition to "face changing", "The Wandering Earth 2" spent a lot of effort on the time-sensitive scenes such as the space elevator, the falling of the space station, and the detonation of the moon.

Fu Ruoqing, head of China Film Group, said that this film is a new start for Chinese science fiction film creation and a positive practice to enter the global market. Fu Ruoqing said, "It (The Wandering Earth 2) will be a milestone film in the history of Chinese cinema. We are proud to say that it has reached the international A+ (production level) level."

At present, the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2" has exceeded 2.3 billion yuan.