Probably because of his background in art, Tan Kai used to interpret and deal with things from the perspective of painting. Acting, he likes to find the feeling from the appearance first. So this time, in the movie "Railway Hero", which is based on the real anti-war deeds of the "Lunan Railway Team", he put on a pair of beards, put on a wig head cover, and deliberately wore several layers of jackets to make himself look like a lion. In this heroic group drama led by Zhang Hanyu and Fan Wei, the taciturn Tan Kai still has a sense of existence that cannot be ignored.
Next year is about to enter the year of destiny, and Tan Kai has a clearer and more conscious understanding of everything at the moment. In an exclusive interview with the Qilu Evening News Qilu OnePoint reporter, Tan Kai regarded himself as an "outsider", fame, traffic, and position are not within his consideration, and acting skills are the hard standards.
Hide behind the character
In the recently released movie "Railway Hero", Tan Kai's Qi Lu, who is homophonous with "Qilu", is a burly and thick Shandong Hanzi, and Tan Kai is a native of Qingdao, Shandong. His first work was "Bitter Cauliflower", in that TV series he starred in a Shandong Eighth Route Army commander, almost 20 years later, playing shandong anti-Japanese heroes, which seems to be a reincarnation.
Unlike the classic old film "Railway Guerrilla", which was adapted from the novel, "Railway Hero" is based on the real anti-war deeds of the "Lunan Railway Team" belonging to the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The main creative team consulted a large number of materials in the early stage, visited the local party history office and a number of heroic descendants, and integrated the historical facts extracted bit by bit into a blockbuster film of the War of Resistance.
"Because it is a real person and a real thing, so in the process of performing, we can feel the real situation of those heroes and good men in those years." And I'm also a person with a special heroism complex, hoping to make their heroic spirit possessed, not just act. ”
In Tan Kai's view, heroes are not born, but in the choice between a thought at a key node. "If in peacetime, they are ordinary people like us. And when the invaders come, some people choose to endure humiliation and steal their lives, some people choose to defect to the enemy, and those who choose to stand up, they become heroes. ”
Tan Kai and the film's director Yang Feng had a cooperation two years ago, the two are Fellow villagers in Shandong, and they talked for four or five hours at the first meeting. "We are highly consistent in literature, aesthetics and cognition of film, which really belongs to Zhiyin." When "Railway Hero" was still in the early stage of creation, Yang Feng greeted Tan Kai, "Old Tan, you are coming." Tan Kai replied, "No problem, even if it is a scene, I will come." ”
There are many representative roles of Tan Kai, such as Xiang Yu, the king of Chu Ba in "Mythology", Xu Jianzhang, the noble prince who loves and hates in "Too Late to Say I Love You", the King of Hexi in "Splendid Weiyang", the company CEO Ying Hui in "Why Sheng Zhenmo", and Dong Yao, the district chief in the recent "Sweeping Black Storm", he even played the original tribal leader Xuan You, the gang boss and so on. These roles all exude a sense of elitism, and a reckless hero like Qi Lu, Tan Kai is still trying for the first time.
In order to create the image of a rough and tough guy, Tan Kai intends to bury himself in the role. He proposed to make a beard, and the color should be gray and white, with a real transitional texture, not the kind of clean beard in the costume play. The realistic beard was ready, and his dark and hard hair was no longer matched, so he simply made a wig set again. "In this play, it takes me two hours to do modeling, which is equivalent to taking a costume play."
After makeup, Tan Kai looked in the mirror, and Tan Kai immediately found the feeling of the character. "Acting can be from the inside out, but I personally prefer to go from the outside in. When the styling is accurate and appropriate, you will build confidence in the character, and then find the personality of the character from the outside in. ”
After the release of "Railway Hero", many viewers watched the whole film before realizing that Qi Lu was played by Tan Kai, and Tan Kai was very proud of it. "A successful actor is to hide behind the role, and if even my friends don't recognize me after the whole play, I think that's the best." 」
He mentioned his most revered actor, Daniel Day Lewis, "He is really a thousand faces, can play the nobles, can play the butcher, can play the artist, can play the greedy capitalist." 」 You put all the pictures of his characters together and won't believe it's the same person, which is the highest level of actor I pursue. Tan Kai has never had the worry of "playing a red person is not popular", "After the audience remembers the role you play, he will be curious about who this actor is, and once he checks the cast list, he will have more respect and appreciation for this actor." ”
Opponent play is like playing table tennis
In recent years, Tan Kai has a new understanding of performance. "In fact, animals are the most intuitive, we describe some people with wolf nature, some people are docile like sheep, some are well-behaved like rabbits, and some people are old foxes." 」 This time, he injected the characteristics of a lion into Qilu. In group dramas such as "Railway Hero", Tan Kai does not have enough lines to convey the personality information of the characters, and he has to find supplements through his eyes and shape.
"Why do lions feel chills when they lie motionless on their stomachs, because there is an innate murderousness and majesty in their eyes." He cultivated his lion-like eyes, mimicking the breathing of a beast with a large wheezing range, and increasing the amount of oppression by exercising and wearing several more jackets. When fighting the Japanese, he was expressionless, but he defeated the enemy with one move.
Tan Kai is a student of fine arts, his grandfather is a famous handmade carpenter, Tan Kai also showed a talent for painting from an early age. After graduating from Qingdao No. 2 Junior High School, he was admitted to the art class of Qingdao No. 6 Middle School with the first place, and then entered the Stage Art Design Department of the Central Academy of Drama with the first place in his professional results, and after graduation, he worked as an advertising designer for 5 years. "I'm actually very picky about the costumes in film and television works, because I've done it, so the standards are different. And the art of "Railway Hero" this time I think is of a very high standard. ”
The crew built more than 100 meters of trains in 1:1, rented several types of trains from the China Iron Coal Steam Locomotive Museum for restoration, and cloth and labor uniforms were also displayed from the museum. Even the matchbox brand in the film is derived from historical materials. "Maybe the audience may not notice these details, but we have to go through our own first when we make a movie." As Kubrick, a director I admire very much, said, making a film would turn oneself into an expert in that era. No one is all-powerful, just see if you can't work hard, don't understand it, go to research, just ask experts, in short, can't take it for granted, can't fool around, think it's almost over. ”
In the film, Qi Lu is Lao Hong's right and left arm, and Tan Kai also has a lot of opponent scenes with Zhang Hanyu, which makes him feel the good spirit of partnering with a good actor. "I often tell my friends that you are very comfortable seeing a play, and that's because you need to be on the same page." Acting is not a one-man show, a good person is useless, Tan Kai played for example, just like table tennis wants to play a wonderful game, to bully the weak is not good, you come and go is interesting. "Countless times the dangerous ball can be saved by the other side and beaten back, so that the audience can enjoy watching." The same is true of acting, in fact, acting is playing the relationship between the characters. ”
In the hit drama "Sweeping the Black Storm" some time ago, Tan Kai contributed many famous scenes of the scene: Dong Yao's cramped uneasiness that was exposed at the municipal meeting; the humble desire to survive in the face of Gao Mingyuan in the car; the panic and anger of confronting Li Chengyang after discovering the huge poster... Tan Kai still remembers the scene of the confrontation, when there was actually only a green cloth waiting for the post-production and special effects on the opposite side of the building, and he and Sun Honglei were not in the same time and space, which was equivalent to a performance without physical objects. "In that scene, I could only feel the performance that Sun Honglei might have on the other side, which required the actor's sense of faith."
Not affected by industry values
Next year is a special node for Tan Kai, when he will officially enter the year of 50-year-old Destiny, which is exactly 20 years since he entered the industry. After acting for so many years, Tan Kai has participated in many blockbuster works, and his acting skills have also been recognized, but he himself has always been a little bit worse than "hot", or shuttled through various works to play golden supporting roles, which makes many people feel sorry for him, and Tan Kai himself is tireless.
"Since we say that performance is art, then the actor should be an artist, and we have to measure ourselves by the standards of an artist. I never thought I was in so-and-so circles, I had myself, I was acting in this industry, but I wasn't influenced by some of the values of this industry. I only respect actors who act well, and some people who may not be famous for acting, I never envy them. And I feel that my life is very good now, I can support my family, and I am doing what I like, what do I have to regret? As for what others think, it doesn't matter at all, I have a very clear understanding of myself. ”
Since his career, Tan Kai has never taken the initiative to contact the director and producer to ask for the role, only waiting for the "repeat customer" to find him, staying at home without drama. In the past six or seven years, Tan Kai has also moved back to Qingdao to settle down. Although he has more opportunities and friends in Beijing, he feels it is more important to spend time with his family. Tan Kai may be out filming for 10 months all year round, he likes to decorate the hotel room as warm as home, he will bring a tea set, coffee machine, portable microwave oven, small oven, projector, fitness equipment, before he even carried vinyl records and jukeboxes, and later gave up because of fear of bumps. "I'm a person who prefers to be alone, and I can live my little life like at home outside, and you will feel that your heart is particularly stable every day." 」
Good artistic accomplishment also allows Tan Kai to have a good fashion taste, before he was known as the domestic "Ami Kaji" master, which is a Japanese creation of the American retro wearing style, some people also gave Tan Kai a "Chinese version of Takeno Uchiyoshi" title.
And Tan Kai stated that his current style of dressing is no longer "Ami Click", because the size of Japanese clothes is too small, he now mainly wears primary color overalls, and they are all patched and a little dirty. "It turns out that when I was painting, I had some oil paint on my body all day, and I may have gotten used to it. Now clothes are basically bought several years ago, and they have been worn all the time. I like shoes that I wear all year round, and I can't see the original color until I wear them, and I probably naturally like this look. ”
For age, Tan Kai is not concerned. "It's no use caring about age, I care more about my body and physical fitness, because it determines what kind of drama I can take." For example, if you shoot some action scenes now, you will be a little overwhelmed. But he is also looking forward to the catalytic effect of age, "Some actors in Europe and the United States are actually the golden age of creation at the age of forty or fifty, and Eastwood is still self-directing and self-acting at the age of 90, although trembling, you will feel the charm of his performance." So I will pay more attention to my own health, let life be regular, pay attention to exercise, keep in shape and not go out of shape, and try to have a good physical state. ”
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