Qin Hailu on "Xiao MinJia": Li Ping is a contemporary female epitome with multiple identities

Actor Qin Hailu.　Courtesy of the interviewee

December 14, 2015 -- The TV series "Xiao Minjia" starring Zhou Xun, Huang Lei, Qin Hailu and others is being broadcast, and the "middle-aged love" shown in the drama has aroused heated discussion among the audience. In the play, Qin Hailu plays Zhou Xun's "Hair Small" and Huang Lei's "ex-wife" Li Ping. "I am very familiar with Huang Lei and Zhou Xun, and good artistic creation comes from the tacit cooperation between actors, characters and the main creative team, which really made me perform a 'cool drama'," Qin Hailu said in an interview with reporters on the 14th.

Li Ping's role of "grounded" is accompanied by a bit of rich pompousness, Qin Hailu believes that "she" has both advantages and disadvantages, which is in line with the epitome of contemporary women with multiple identities, "She has many faces, she can go alone, and she can also break her heart for her family and children." She actually has established a wealth of character relationships, but how to turn these characters into a performance method requires some ideas and designs."

For the hot search topic of "Li Ping's comedy set-up", Qin Hailu bluntly said that there were some small surprises, "I watched a few small clips, it was really funny, but I sincerely said that I was particularly serious when I was acting, and I didn't want to be funny to everyone, but I didn't know why the effect presented was so funny."

However, Qin Hailu laughed and said that this funny "out of the circle" should make his teacher very pleased, "In fact, I myself studied comedy in college, and finally had the opportunity to say that I can act in a cool drama with feelings, which makes everyone very happy, which is also very good."

For the characteristics of the character "pet baby" in the play, Qin Hailu believes that its essence is a process of mutual understanding with children through some ways and methods, "It can be used as a way of reward, of course, it may also be used as a punishment mechanism." I think that between parents and children, it is actually a complex and simple character relationship that understands each other, grows up together, and even sometimes fights wits and courage."

For this cooperation with Huang Lei, Qin Hailu said that it was very "comfortable", "everyone is particularly familiar with it, and they have rehearsed together to tour before, and there is also a tacit understanding between them."

In recent years, the realist theme has returned in full swing, is there a special tendency in choosing a script? Qin Hailu said that the realistic theme is close to reality, and it can indeed better help me find the direction of character shaping faster, "After all, the non-realistic theme is too far from my life, if I want to have a knowledge of the characters, the story and the background inside, or I prefer to say that there is some homework to do, and then choose this kind of work." Qin Hailu said that of course, if there is a chance in the future, I hope to challenge more different role types and let everyone see more different styles of "Qin Hailu". (End)