"The King of Bathing" revolves around the traditional Chinese culture of bathing, telling the unexpected encounter between the bather Qiao Shan and the rich second generation Peng Yuchang, a pair of "bathhouse brothers", the two fight wits and courage, and in the process of getting along day by day, the two have a strong brotherhood and affection.
Qiao Shan played the boss of a bathhouse that was on the verge of closure in "The Bath King", his grandmother's Alzheimer's and his sister's dream of painting, and the high debt that overwhelmed him. The bathhouse carried his dream, but in the face of the pressure of life had to make a transfer. In an unexpected situation, Xiao Xiang appeared in his life, working and living with him, and Zhou Donghai eventually changed his attitude towards life.
In this movie, the most popular audience is the brotherhood between Qiao Shan and Peng Yuchang, these two people originally lived in different worlds, an accident made the lives of the two intersect, Peng Yuchang became Qiao Shan's bather, this character setting and storyline sounds very interesting.
During the promotion of the "King of Bath" film, time network once conducted an exclusive interview with actor Qiao Shan, he talked about his feelings during the filming process, the preparation for starring in this film, and then reviewed what Qiao Shan said.
Time.com: Did you do anything to play the role of the bathhouse owner?
Qiao Shan: At first, I thought it was quite simple, because I am from The Northeast and have been exposed to bathing culture since I was a child, so I am not very unfamiliar with bathing. Later, we also found a master before the film started, to teach us how to wrap the towel, how to exert force, what angle, rhythm, strength, in this process, you found that the original bath is not such a simple thing, it really needs to learn a lot of knowledge.
Time.com: The director is a southerner (Hunan), is it often that he has to ask you for advice?
Qiao Shan: For this play, he really experienced the bathing culture of the south and the north. For friends in the south, the bathhouse in the northeast is a mysterious place, and there are great differences in the bathing culture between the north and the south. So I do think that the audience, if they have a chance in the future, they must try to scrub this thing, it is really comfortable.
Time.com: Is this film a little less appealing to Southerners?
Qiao Shan: Actually, this is not, because although the title is "The King of Bathing", bathing is only a carrier, and the most important thing is to talk about the emotions between us and people, including the emotional expression of friendship and family affection. Therefore, it will not be very abrupt for friends in the south, and many southern viewers said that after watching this film, they must try to scrub the bath.
Time.com: Do you know more about bathing culture now?
Qiao Shan: Indeed, China's bathing culture has a history of thousands of years, and the original intention of this film is to let more people understand China's bathing culture, better carry forward China's ancient civilization, spread the national origin culture and northern Shaanxi folk culture, this is a kind of cultural self-confidence, if our generation can carry forward the bathing culture is also the completion of the historical mission.
Time.com: Peng Yuchang is also a southerner, do you need to take him with you during the shooting process?
Qiao Shan: We will carry out systematic training before shooting, I shoot scenes when he is training, and when his training is over, it is my turn, and the emergence of "King of Bathing" opens a new door for friends to understand the "bath culture", which is worth watching.