"I don't sleep well every night, I lie in bed and think about the lines to say this or that, the more I think about it, the more excited I am, and I can't sleep anymore." On December 1st and 2nd, Wang Lin starred in the premiere of the drama "Sheng Wei" in the Shanghai Grand Theatre, which was her second time on the drama stage after 26 years, "to make a play that makes the audience want to watch it again." ”
An actress who loves to fight back
In the TV series "Love Deep and Rainy", Aunt Xue, played by Wang Lin, had a knocking scene, and many years later became popular on the Internet in the form of short videos, making her inadvertently become a "comedy character". In the variety show "Flower Sister", Wang Lin is also an informal, free image. But in the rehearsal hall on the basement floor next to the Film Industry Road, Wang Lin was quiet, facing the sky, slender, wearing sweaters, jeans, and sneakers. She did not bring an assistant, ate a box lunch with her colleagues, did not have her turn to play, and sat in a corner silently watching the field.
Wang Lin's last play was in 1995. The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center launched "Blood Relatives" produced by Zhang Xianheng and directed by Su Leci, in which Wang Lin and Ning Li played the role of a small couple who opened a wonton shop. At that time, Wang Lin became famous with the role of Zhang Yuemei, a rich family in "Love Full of Pearl River", and Ning Li was still far from the dramas that made him famous, such as "Undocumented Crime", "Silent Truth", "Hidden Corner", and "Sweeping Black Storm". 26 years later, "Sheng Wei" completed the second cooperation between Wang Lin and Ning Li, Wang Lin became a writer Yonako, Ning Li starred in the voice of the mysterious Mr. M - Yonako was in trouble for creating the novel "Feast", the novel seems to have an inexplicable self-will, and there will be an unknowable "strange phenomenon" at the end, hindering her from completing the creation... Half-dreaming and half-waking, Yonako meets the four "protagonists" of the novel, who not only know her past, but also predict her future.
After performing dramas for the second time in 26 years, Wang Lin is no stranger to the theater, she is like a family treasure, "I have seen "The Stage" four times, watched the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Center "Handan Chronicle", Yang Lixin's "Woman's Secret", this year also watched the Shanghai Theater Academy Tibetan version of "Hamlet", the musical "Dream of the Lion". The audience who often watch the play sits under the stage, and sometimes has the idea of "how to act if I change to the stage", but as a professional actor, Wang Lin, a "fan" who has the advantage of time and place, has refused many stage drama invitations, "I will retreat, especially drama." ”
When recording a variety show this summer, Wang Lin received the script of "Sheng Wei", and the screenwriter and director Tong Tong impressed her, "Tong Tong is very young, different from the ideas of ordinary traditional directors, there are many sparks between us. On the other hand, I also want to 'do the right thing', and rehearsal dramas will have creative pleasure, pain and happiness. ”
Don't want to do anything labor-saving
Tong Tong spent 7 years polishing "Sheng Di". In 2014, her multimedia drama "Mr. M's Feast", written and directed, was selected for the "Supporting Young Artists Program" at the Shanghai International Arts Festival in China. In the past 7 years, from "Mr. M's Feast" to "The Nightmare", the stage has been expanded into a foggy subjective time and space, a gorgeous and eerie consciousness time and space, and a realistic time and space of truth revealed. "Desire is like a spider's web, which is the meaning of the main visual implication of the stage of "Sheng Nightmare". When the hanging pole in the center of the stage is raised, a cobweb appears behind the cement wall, symbolizing that human desires are constantly implicated and bound. "The Nightmare" calls for truth, goodness, beauty and light, goodness, and goodwill, and that people should not be trapped in materialistic desires or other shackles. ”
Tong Tong, a graduate of New York University and a Ph.D. from the Shanghai Theater Academy, did not do the popular "classic transplant", but chose to do a completely original work, "I don't want to do a labor-saving thing." Drama should not only be taken, in addition to adapting classic novels, film and television drama IP, but also can have original IP, through stage incubation, and then become a movie or network drama. "During the 20-day rehearsal, the actors continued to brainstorm," the scenes of several corners of "Sheng Di" are connected to each other, like dominoes pulling the whole body, pushing all the way down, and the interlocking degree is tighter than other scenes. ”
Wang Lin admitted that at first she didn't understand "Sheng Wei", "but it is new and fun, break it open, and you will find that the surface layer is not what we really want to say, and the meaning at the bottom is what we want to express, which is very poignant." "The Yonako in her eyes is a person who constantly fights with herself." Social activities have bitten the hook, and a series of masks have been fished out" This sentence deeply attracted Wang Lin, "Many people like to dress up beautifully to attend various parties and conferences, just like the characters in "Sheng nightmare", constantly examining who each other is and what they can bring to themselves, in fact, no one knows whether the forest or bubble is behind the person on the other side." "Sheng Wei" tells us to pursue more kindness and light, and not to live so impetuously. ”
Spend 20 days to "solve the problem"
Every time they gathered in the rehearsal hall, everyone warmed up together, which made Wang Lin feel as if she had returned to the era of studying at the Shanghai Theater Academy. Yang Zi, who played Ouyang Peipei, won the "Best Actress Award" of the Czech International Theatre Festival for his drama "Wilderness", and young actors such as Yao Wenxu, Sun Jian, Ji Zhen and other young actors and behind-the-scenes teams are mostly from the opera.
The official rehearsal began on Nov. 10, "At the beginning there were a lot of question marks. We spend a week working on the script, sometimes slowly, sometimes solving it, like doing a math problem, solving it step by step, and finally finding the right answer. Every day we fill the stage with our own content, getting better and better every day, plus sound effects, choreography, more and more plump, close to the work we want. ”
Wang Lin compared the film and television drama to knitting sweaters, "Every stitch is a shot, a stitch and a thread from scratch, woven into a sweater." The drama stage is not so thin, but it pays attention to one breath and the short time, which tests the credibility of each behavior and demeanor of the actors on the stage, why they should do this, how to do it. ”
Wang Lin often reflects on whether she is too harsh, "I will provoke and compare the real form and how to combine language." Once I said it very seriously, the young actor was a bit broken, and shouted why not find another person to play. Recalling this, Wang Lin smiled, and for the first time on her serious face, a sister-like look appeared, "Hit it, you have to feed a piece of candy to eat." I comforted him, and though it was difficult, I was confident he could get it done. Now he's doing really well. ”
At the end of "Sheng Wei" on the 2nd, Wang Lin will return to a more familiar work track, "TV series and variety shows have not been filmed, waiting for me to finish." "Wang Lin postponed all other work and took a month to prepare for the drama," "Sheng Wei" is a challenge that requires me to concentrate on creating, not only in the rehearsal hall, but also thinking when I return home, lying down and sitting up, changing from bed to sofa to continue to want to perform. ”
Many people feel that drama is harder than film and television drama, and for Wang Lin, the two are indistinguishable, "It takes physical strength and energy, it is very tiring." Without paying, there can be no good works. The scheduling and lines of each scene of the film and television drama can be accurately performed like a stage play, and the cut out play must be good-looking; if the performance is stumbling, it needs to be supplemented with the lens. The audience's eyes are bright, and actors who perform well on the stage can get everyone's recognition because his skills have always been there. Why do so many actors go to drama? Because they want to keep that power. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu
Source: Author: Zhuge Yi