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At the end of the year, the drama market is lively again, and in this, the presence of "Wind Rises Luoyang" cannot be ignored.
Adapted from Ma Boyong's novel Luoyang, this drama tells the story of protagonists from different classes from different classes in the Wuzhou Period who joined forces to investigate the unsolved case. Since its launch, it has won the daily crown of the popularity of the network drama cat's eye for 11 consecutive days, and the attention has remained high, and in terms of word of mouth, it has also gained a group of loyal fans because of its well-made and solid plot.
In the process of chasing the drama, the heroine Wu Siyue, played by Song Qian, brought a lot of surprises to everyone.
On the one hand, in such a costume suspense drama, as a female character, Wu Siyue's character is rare, she is one of the armed forces in the play, not only undertakes a large number of wonderful action scenes, but also makes it have a modern consciousness; on the other hand, Song Qian, who has appeared more in urban dramas in the past, has completed difficult action dramas and high-concentration emotional dramas, and is very naturally integrated into the work.
Obviously, "The Wind Rises in Luoyang" will write an important stroke for Song Qian's actor path.
All along, as a typical idol transformation actor, in the past two years, she has gradually consolidated the label of an actor with different works and roles. Now, Wu Siyue has ushered in another "wind rising" moment, releasing a signal to the audience and the market: after the successful transformation, she is growing into a more comprehensive and mature actor.
01 Costumed women often have, Wu Siyue does not often have
It is undeniable that "The Wind Rises Luoyang" is a costume drama with more prominent masculinity. In such film and television dramas, female characters can easily become so-called "tool people", such as the labeling of people and the role of not advancing the plot...
But Wu Siyue, played by Song Qian, jumped out of this category and brought a touch of freshness to the audience.
To put it simply and bluntly, she is a typical example of "not letting the eyebrows be shaved". The story background of "Wind Rises Luoyang" is set in Wu Zhou, Wu Siyue was born into a famous family, but she deliberately concealed this layer of identity, did not want to be attached to the family background, nor did she want to be bound by female identity, but hoped to prove her own value through strength, and at the same time prove that women can not lose to men.
From this, there are two bright spots in this character.
The first is the strength value of Laman, and Wu Siyue, who comes from a martial arts family and serves as an internal guard, is very skilled. In the first episode, protecting the county lord in the bustling and chaotic downtown made her leave a handsome appearance. As the plot develops, she fights Gao Bingcang in the bad well, stages a bamboo chase with the mysterious masked man, and rushes to the rescue when she hunts down and kills Baili Jiro on the sixteenth night...
Each appearance is accompanied by a wonderful fight scene, which is very enjoyable for the audience. For this reason, Wu Siyue was called "the little gyro on earth" by the audience.
The second is pure professionalism. If the protagonists in the play all have an action goal, Gao Bingcang is for revenge, Baili Hongyi is to find out the truth about Grandpa's murder, then Wu Siyue is to realize self-worth, and the guardian spirit is a concrete embodiment. Compared with other colleagues, such as the brother of the same internal guard, Gao Sheng of Dali Temple, and others, her "professionalism" does not mix any factors that satisfy selfishness, nor does she weigh the pros and cons in the secular sense, and the only principle is justice.
As Song Qian said in an interview with the media, the key reason why this role impressed herself was also because of her strong and stoic character, she had a family aura, but she was willing to fight evil on her own.
In addition, as an ancient woman, Wu Siyue's "dedication" shows a certain modern consciousness, and this consciousness is also reflected in her attitude towards feelings, which is also one of the highlights of the character. In the context of the times in the play, the fate of most girls is to follow the arrangements of their elders and marry and have children at a certain age, but Wu Siyue's choice is to focus on his career and wait for the person he likes to appear.
That person is Gao Bingcang, and he and Wu Siyue,the CP of "Candle Fire Under the Moon", made many viewers snort. If you want to summarize the description, unlike Baili Hongyi and Qiniang, who marry first and love + green plum bamboo horse, their characteristics are "strong men and strong women".
From the initial confrontation of positions, and then to the later joint investigation of the case, with the deepening of the understanding of the two, the development of the emotional line contributed to many famous scenes. For example, Gao Bingcang turned back at the closest moment to the clue and saved Wu Siyue, who was caught in the fire; after Gao Bingcang confided in the past, Wu Siyue vowed to help him find out the truth; under the threat of Wang Dengcheng, Gao Bingcang had to choose between his mother and Wu Siyue...
Some viewers analyzed that one of them is a dark night candle fire, one is a bright moonlight, the same with its own light, but also always have a tacit understanding, although on the surface is not in the same camp, and now there is Gao Bingcang to join the lianfang after breaking the gap between the seven passions and six desires, but as early as the bad well to save the little girl, there is a subtle connection between them.
02 Incarnate "Little Gyro in the World", Song Qian's role library has added another member
In the discussion about Wu Siyue, there are keywords such as "small gyro in the world", "too high in martial content", "sealing the heart and locking love", and it is not difficult to imagine that for the actor, Wu Siyue is not an easy role to interpret.
Where is this role difficult to play?
First of all, the most basic point is the difficult action scene brought by the force value. According to the special edition of the fight drama released by the official micro of "Wind Rise Luoyang", based on the background of Wu Siyue's character from a martial arts family, compared to Gao Bingcang's fist to flesh and fatal moves, Baili Erlang's improvised "physical play", its play moves are more martial arts, the biggest feature is clean and sharp, and at the same time to complete a lot of chase and parkour actions.
Whether it is the intensity of the shooting of the scene itself, or the style required to complete the corresponding action moves and play the role, it is a great challenge for the actor. And the action director mentioned in the special edition, just like the wu siyue played, Song Qian's performance when completing the play is also not to let the eyebrows be shaved.
It is also on this basis that many famous scenes in the play were born.
Behind this, it is Song Qian's many years of dance skills that bring certain advantages, such as the coordination ability of the body and the comprehension of the movements, because "one learning will be", and when the early training and learning, she was jokingly called "female martial arts" by the martial arts master. At the same time, thanks to her high requirements for herself, during the filming process, she was injured by an action of getting on the horse, but still completed several fight scenes in the underground garrison with a waist injury.
Secondly, Wu Siyue's personality of being cold on the outside and hot on the inside, as well as being rigid and soft, requires actors to complete layered performances in different situations.
As an internal guard Yue Huajun, Wu Siyue has a serious career side, but also shows more "cold" and "rigid" side. The key word to interpret this characteristic is aura, and in the case of colleagues who are mostly men, they will even face oppression from Dali Temple and other aspects, Wu Siyue's attitude is not humble; when he swears to track down the truth in front of the grave and leads the search for Ruo'an, he is more unswerving.
As for Wu Siyue's "hot" and "soft" side, it is more reserved for Gao Bingcang, and several scenes with relatively large emotional fluctuations are related to it: listening to Gao Bingcang tell the past in front of the grave, Gao Bingcang's death, learning that Gao Bingcang joined Lianfang, and picking up Gao Bingcang's portrait on the side of the road. Song Qian shows the state and change of the relationship between the two through crying scenes in different ways of handling.
In addition, the costume dramas that Song Qian has filmed before, such as "Ancient Love Song" and "Magic City", are all mysterious themes, and "Wind Rises in Luoyang" is the first work with a clear background of the times, so it is more rigorous in details, which also means that higher requirements will be put forward for actors.
In an interview with the media, she mentioned that compared with the difficulties and challenges brought by action scenes, it is the most difficult to enter the state of the ancients. There will be professional teachers on the shooting scene to guide the actors to restore traditional etiquette, but how to freely speak lines and interpret some subconscious reactions according to the grammar and sense of language of the ancients needs to be figured out by the actors. In response to this, she will discuss and communicate with the director before shooting, and add her own ideas and designs.
Judging from the results, Song Qian's interpretation of all aspects of this role has a high degree of completion, which also adds a representative image to her role library.
03 From idol to actor, and then from actor to good actor
Idol transformation actors are a common phenomenon in the film and television circles at home and abroad, and this group has its own aura, but it must also be examined and tested by more audiences. Since the beginning of 2012, Song Qian has undoubtedly been a very unique success story, and has a very clear growth path.
In terms of performance, as an actor from a non-science class, Song Qian initially experienced a stage of unsatisfactory performance and was questioned by the audience. Looking back at her past works and roles, what made her achieve word-of-mouth heating up was 2018's "First Love of Chitose Adults".
In this urban love drama with fantasy elements, Guan Pippi, an intern played by Song Qian, after encountering betrayals by her boyfriend and girlfriend, has a relationship with the four-thousand-year-old alien fox played by Huang Jingyu.
In this performance, she grasped the characteristics of young urban women, performed the state between youth and maturity when she first entered the workplace, and the interaction with the male protagonist in the love scene was natural and moving enough. Her original lines also became a plus, and many viewers said that the narration at the end of each episode was very substitutionary.
If the right role and progressive acting skills in "Make Love" are the keys to her reputation, then the next work takes her to another stage of acting - finding her own area of expertise and having a clear image label.
In the past two years, women's themes have become a popular track for film and television dramas, and middle women aged 30+ are the key performance objects, and their workplaces and emotional lives are the sources of materials for creators. Song Qian presented a variety of middle girls in different works, and received more praise in the process.
For example, in "The Next Stop is Happiness" in early 2020, He Fanxing, a 32-year-old working woman she played, is also an older single woman in the traditional sense, and staged a sister-brother love affair with the male protagonist who is 10 years younger. Under the interpretation of Song Qian, in the face of work and love, He Fanxing's aura and texture as a lightly skilled woman and his state as a novice in love are all presented appropriately.
In "He Actually Doesn't Love You So Much" that shows the female group portrait, Song Qian has become the producer of the Lotte School, Sun Yihe. Different from He Fanxing, who has a strong female temperament, Sun Yihe is closer to the state of ordinary social animals, the front foot suffers blows in the workplace, and the back foot can be resurrected with blood because of a cup of milk tea, playing the role of "little sun" among friends, always full of energy and vitality.
From Guan Pippi to He Fanxing and Sun Yihe, these roles show Song Qian's plasticity as an actor. In the context of the premise of urban drama, she has become a representative actor that the audience can immediately think of when she mentions the keywords of middle daughter and sister by virtue of her portrayal of characters with different personalities and textures.
At the same time, Song Qian did not linger in the more and more familiar areas, but constantly challenged more difficult roles.
Before "The Wind Rises Luoyang", she also starred in the love suspense drama "Strange Lovers" broadcast this year. In the play, the identity of the heroine "twins" is the core setting of the suspense line, so Song Qian tried for the first time to play two roles, the cold and gorgeous Luo Qianyi and the lively and real Song Xiaodong, based on the plot development, she needs to switch back and forth between the four states.
From "Strange Lovers" to "Wind Rises Luoyang", Song Qian's surprise to the audience this year is to further show her comprehensiveness as an actor.
From this point of view, from idols to actors, on this difficult transformation road, Song Qian gave a beautiful report card. In the past 9 years, she has not only broken the barriers between the two, gradually gained the general recognition of the audience, and become an actor with representative works and stable output, but also strived to move closer to the direction of a good actor.
Next, she has two works that will meet the audience, one is the urban medical emotional drama "Dear Life", she plays the obstetrician and gynecologist Du Di, who is in awe of life, has excellent professional ability, but is silent in personality; the other is the modern love drama "Everyone Knows I Love You", in which she plays a radio anchor who will stage a sweet and sadistic love with the crush object who has been reunited for many years.
After Wu Siyue, Song Qian, who became Emperor Du and He Xiaoran, will bring surprises to the audience, which has become an expectation that takes time to verify, but it is certain that they will further expand the role library of actor Song Qian, and Song Qian, who is accustomed to being stable and steady, is also actively exploring on the road of being a good actor after completing the transformation from an idol to an actor.