Recently, Zheng Xianghong got the script of the new drama "The World's Thousand Gold 2". She is immersed in the story and is in a state of excitement every day.
At the same time, "PenglaiJian", which is also starring her, is being broadcast, and the number of broadcasts has exceeded 200 million shortly after its launch.
"A few years ago, when someone asked me if I wanted to try acting, I barely thought about it and immediately agreed. I've been fascinated by the acting industry since I was a kid, curious as to why people become other people on TV. I also want to try to experience other people's lives. ”
On and off the set, the life story of Lin Luojing, the housewife who crossed into the game, Lin Xia, a young girl who bravely broke into the world of spiritual objects, and Zheng Xianghong, an actor who is affectionately called "Ah Xiang", are being staged simultaneously.
"Lin Xia should not cry"
The daily announcements are tightly arranged, but Zheng Xianghong will take time out before going to bed to watch "Penglai Room" with the bullet screen open, which is a reward for herself who has worked for a day. For the actor, looking back at her own works is quite a bit of a review, Zheng Xianghong at first often fell into the situation of provoking herself, but as the plot progresses, she will forget that lin xia in front of her is herself, and completely immerse herself in the atmosphere of chasing the drama. This is the charm of "Penglai Room" and the embodiment of the actor's acting skills.
A thousand years ago, Penglai's spaceship accidentally shattered on the earth, and human distractions would become spiritual objects when they met it. At that time, Tianbing Xiaozhou (Played by Zheng Xianghong) fell in love with the spirit creature Bai Qi (Played by Bai Yu) and died for him.
After reincarnation, Zheng Xianghong incarnated as a half-hanging singer and actor Lin Xia met Bai Qi again, and her temperament changed greatly, and she looked like a character in a girl's comic, cheerful and enthusiastic, and contributed a lot of laughs.
Under the setting of the fantasy plot, many people lament the difficulty of Zheng Xianghong playing two roles alone, but she increased the difficulty and chose to decorate the triangle - she saw the other side of the Yuanqi girl Lin Xia hiding in the shadows.
"Lin Xia is a self-healing type of person, she is burdened with debt, lack of parental love, material and spiritual lack makes her disguise herself with cheerfulness and liveliness. Before and after, she was two people. In Zheng Xianghong's view, after learning that Bai Qi was a spiritual creature, Lin Xia's state was closest to the true color of the character.
Accidentally learning the true identity of the trusted person, Lin Xia played games all day in the game hall as a vent. When she returned from the night, she stared at the lights from the white house and stopped for a long time.
A very simple scene, the director is also very satisfied, but Zheng Xianghong took the initiative to ask for a remake.
We filmed the scene as a jump shot, and this scene had been filmed many heavy emotional scenes before, and the superposition of emotions made me look at the light when I first filmed, and the tears flowed down unconsciously. But at that time, Lin Xia's feelings for Bai Qi were not so deep, and her emotions were more angry. Lin Xia is a child who grew up soaked in lies and should not cry for this scam.
Tears are touching, but Zheng Xianghong believes that the unexpected tears belong to the actor, not the role.
Actors with strong understanding can see the complex side of the role, and good actors can show this complexity to the audience in an appropriate way on this basis. Just like people who are good at disguise will not easily show their true heart, Zheng Xianghong is not in a hurry to show Lin Xia's heavy side to avoid giving the audience a sense of division, but to find the right time to let the coldness buried deep in the heart of the character quietly penetrate into the shell of comedy.
Inked rice paper
For Zheng Xianghong, "PenglaiJian" is a very important node since she became an actress, this is the first time she and Bai Yu, as a senior, have already received super high attention; the first time for a role to repeatedly see the group many times, fierce competition with a number of powerful actors - before officially winning the role, she has been Lin Xia for a long time.
A year ago, after zheng xianghong saw the project introduction, she was attracted by Lin Xia, a girl who was very similar to herself, and the text on the character biography was like her self-introduction.
"After consulting with the company, I delivered the materials to the crew and went to the barbershop to pick up my hair — yes, I think Lin Xia should have long hair."
When he received the notice to record the audition clip, Zheng Xianghong happened to be shooting abroad, so he took a day to survey the scene and walk the scene, completed the recording, and the film was edited by Ah Xiang himself, and finally soon received the opportunity to go to Shanghai to meet the director and producer. "The director said that my audition clip was the most serious of the more than three hundred videos."
The third interview was scheduled for Beijing, and it was also the first time she met the mysterious male protagonist that the crew had never announced. "I was nervous about that interview. I competed with a few other girls, and the interview was in a cramped little room with thirty or so teachers sitting across from them. ”
Under the gaze, Zheng Xianghong generously said to his partner Bai Yu: "Hello teacher, I am nervous", and unexpectedly got the same response from the other party. You come and go, just like Lin Xia and Bai Qi who met for the first time, there is not much estrangement between the two strangers.
Different from the dramas in which the male and female protagonists are waiting for the vacancy, the play of the male protagonist not only requires the female protagonist to have exquisite acting skills, but also whether there is a chemical reaction between the male and female protagonists is also the focus of the assessment. In the end, Zheng Xianghong successfully got the role.
"The interview for this play is difficult, but it also made me understand that every preparation is not in vain, and the details are meaningful. I learned a lot. ”
Zheng Xianghong is very concerned about "learning". When participating in the acting reality show "Acting School", she wrote on Weibo: Great, finally there is a teacher!
"When I participated in 'Acting School', I not only learned from the teacher, but the atmosphere of the recording was enough for me to grow. I learned to learn from the people around me when I was performing, and I learned to observe myself. When my mood swings are particularly large, I 'jump' out and tell myself to remember the feeling. ”
The set was her classroom. Her learning ability is very strong, from the expression of emotions to the cooperation with the camera when filming for the first time, the actors who graduated from the class followed the teacher, and she followed the actors in these classes to learn, and digested the skills learned in time and used them in the play. A shot is like a chapter, and it doesn't take a few days to become familiar with the "textbook".
It is often said that actors who are not from the class are like blank paper, and the knowledge of the outside world can easily leave conspicuous traces on them. But Zheng Xianghong is more like rice paper, tough and moist, light and not slippery. She is sensitive, the small town fireworks before her debut, the draft experience before stepping into the film and television circle makes her have textures, and the permeability of rice paper makes her "pen" on her, just live in the environment, and soon be able to "color".
Like water
Last November, Zheng Xianghong took her mother to play on a small island abroad, using the blue sky and clear water as the background, and she held up a camera to record the moment. There was almost no one on the island, and after diving, she exhaled with her wet hair and repeatedly lamented that she did not want to leave.
But in fact, within a few days, she plunged into the crew and started a new role.
"I love to travel, especially by the sea, everything is nice when lying on the soft sand with the sea breeze blowing. But when I made up my mind to leave, I wouldn't be nostalgic at all. I'm pretty content. ”
Zheng Xianghong will make simple holiday plans for herself, often devote herself to the first few days, and on the day of the return trip, she will suddenly close her heart and focus on the next work in advance. Immersion and withdrawal, she can do it to the extreme.
The same goes for filming. For Zheng Xianghong, after entering the group, there is no process of "entering the play and getting out of the play", and once she receives the role, she completely becomes a role. Every day at the end of filming, she fell asleep wrapped in the shell of the character. When filming the first part of "The Best of The World", she was a funny housewife who was addicted to games:
During the filming of My Mowgli Boy, she became a smart exchange student "foodie".
It is not difficult to see from the tidbits of the hit drama "Penglai Jian" that whether there is a "CUT" or not, Zheng Xianghong is no different from Lin Xia.
"Every time I act in a play, I open myself up completely and absorb the role. Every day, my mind revolves around the characters, and my behavior comes from them. So when it came time to shoot, I didn't have much of a chance to get back to myself. ”
After the killing, she will give herself a few months of vacation, fade the role, and let her real self come out to bask in the sun.
"Hong", which means deep and wide lake water, is very close to her state. Zheng Xianghong is like water, and once it flows into the shell of the character, it becomes the agreed shape. And when a play is finished, she will slowly move, not setting a solidified route for herself, flowing all the way until she meets the next character.
"In the years since you stepped into the film and television industry, what time can you call your highlight moment?"
"Highlight moments? I felt like I was still climbing, and the brightest light hadn't come yet. ”
Since she started acting in 2015, Zheng Xianghong has already had many representative works, including many high-quality works with high discussion, but she is not satisfied with this. In her opinion, there are many more that can be improved. What cannot be controlled is the goal and the motivation. Although she has played many seemingly lively roles, and often sweetens the audience with a naïve and rambunctious image in front of the camera, she is sober and independent, knows how to "receive" and how to bloom.
She's still climbing, and the highlight moment may be coming.
This young actor who impresses the audience with "sweetness" will unlock more possibilities in the future, and her life label is not only "sweet".