Twitching of hands and feet, bleeding from the body, spitting out blood, rapid death... As soon as the TV series "Ebola Frontline" begins, several figurative shots show the severity of the Ebola virus unreservedly, and the audience can feel the suffocating tension and excitement even across the screen.
As a major reality TV series under the guidance of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and with the joint support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Health Commission, "Ebola Frontline" shows the great love of Chinese medical and health personnel who are not afraid of life and death and difficulties, and resolutely rush to africa to fight the Ebola virus, and is a warm and powerful real look back at the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind advocated by China.
At present, "Ebola Frontline" has been broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV Golden File and Tencent Video for 13 episodes, and Liberation Daily Shangguan News interviewed the male and female protagonists Luo Jin and Mao Xiaotong in the play, listening to their personal feelings about filming "Ebola Frontline".
Luo Jin: Chinese doctors put patients first
In "Ebola Frontline", Zheng Shupeng, played by Luo Jin, is a responsible and professional Chinese infectious disease doctor who has completed his mission and is ready to return to China, but as the medical staff who came into contact with the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in Kabaria fell ill and died, he decided to stay and investigate the cause of the outbreak and broke into Sangyi Village, the source of the "Bed 18" patient. In his heart, the biggest enemy is the virus, and the patient is always in the first place.
Stills from Rojin on Ebola Front.
Coincidentally, Luo Jin's father is a doctor, and he grew up in the hospital, he has different feelings for doctors, and the opportunity to play a doctor once has become his dream.
For Luo Jin, playing the role of a non-doctor in "Ebola Frontline" is a rare opportunity. This drama is based on the 2014 Chinese medical and public health forces going to Africa, international cooperation with African medical and medical assistance forces, and fighting the Ebola epidemic together, which is a difficult area to touch in film and television drama works.
One of the archetypal characters of doctors played by Luo Jin is Cao Guang, a member of China's 23rd batch of medical teams to aid Guinea and chief physician of the Department of General Surgery at Beijing Anzhen Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, who participated in two years of aid to Africa in Guinea, Africa, from 2012 to 2014. Dr. Cao Guang's best friend has the same name as the first locally infected doctor in the play, both named Qasm. In the preparation stage of the series, Cao Guang and Luo Jin talked about their story: "The Ebola virus is very fierce, and once infected, it is very likely to die. I was so hurt when I learned of my friend Gasm's departure that I look back on those days to this day and feel that one has to do more beneficial things in one's short life. ”
Luo Jin said: "It is an honor for me to have access to these great doctors. Although we were faced with a large number of English lines to remember and express during filming, and we had to wear protective clothing to perform in the extremely hot weather, compared with the hard work of real medical staff, our difficulties were really nothing. Dr. Cao Guang told me to do it now when I think of anything and not to leave regrets for myself. I feel that this is the truest feeling of people who have really been on the battlefield, and this sentence has also affected my life. ”
In the play, Zheng Shupeng and Gaism, who died of infection, hugged each other tightly across the plastic film, and as an infectious disease doctor in Sangyi Village, he had to catch ducks on the shelf to deliver babies to the mother, and then relied on the soil method to suck urine with his mouth to save people... Luo Jin said: "These not only let me feel the simple customs and customs of Africa, but also let me experience how backward the local medical conditions are." It makes me feel that our country provides us with a portable life and superior medical conditions, and we should cherish the good life of the moment. ”
Luo Jin sighed that when the Ebola outbreak broke out in Guinea, Africa in 2014, China had already experienced SARS, and at that time, systematic epidemic prevention measures had been established in China, and Chinese medical staff went to Africa with these concepts. In the past two years, the world is experiencing the "new crown" epidemic, but he deeply feels that China's epidemic prevention measures are successful and are still being improved, and people's lives and work are orderly and should be cherished.
Poster of Ebola Frontline.
Mao Xiaotong: Actors can take off masks to breathe doctors can't
In "Ebola Frontline", the heroine He Huan, played by Mao Xiaotong, can be said to be very mysterious. She is a Chinese correspondent for Global Vision, a Canadian pan-African communications group, but as MSF, she has sneaked into Sangyi Village to investigate the truth of diamond smuggling alone. In the episodes that have been broadcast, her identity as a reporter has been revealed, and she is saved by the general's wife at a critical moment...
Stills of Mao Xiaotong in "Ebola Frontline".
Mao Xiaotong said: "He Huan is independent and capable, bold and careful, has his own beliefs, and can disregard his personal safety in his career, so the role setting of Outer Soft and Inner Gang is very attractive to me, and I also admire the character of He Huan, who is not the same as the role I have played before." But I also have similarities with He Huan's personality, of course, I am not as brave as her. This drama is the second time I have worked with director Yang Wenjun, who has some understanding of my personality, so he will let me play a role that is a small person but has a lot of energy. ”
In the play, when Zheng Shupeng first arrived in Sangyi Village, he and He Huan faced the thorny problem of jointly taking over the birth of a woman, while He Huan, who pretended to be a doctor, was at a loss for the mother who was about to give birth. Just as the mother had just given birth to her baby, she was about to relax for a moment, but she was kidnapped by the rebels who raided her. The rebels ordered Zheng Shupeng to stop rescuing people, otherwise He Huan would die under the knife...
"I was so impressed by this scene," Mao Xiaotong said, "I can personally feel the pressure of the character He Huan is very great, and I am also very nervous." In the chaotic environment, even if the knife has been driven to He Huan's neck, the doctor played by Luo Jin still puts the lives of the mother and baby first, which is a very touching story in itself, and I also experienced the greatness of Chinese doctors. ”
He Huan took off the mask several times after the scene full of strangulation marks impressed the audience, Mao Xiaotong explained that this is a very real state, shooting will leave strangulation marks, because the final expression is longer than the shooting time, the later will be deepened by makeup effects.
She sighed: "The shooting time of our scene is two or three hours, wearing protective clothing and masks will feel extremely hot, the body is constantly sweating, and even feel breathing difficulties." We actors can take off their masks to breathe when they encounter moving camera positions and setting up lights in the middle of filming, but the actual medical staff in the working state last half a day or more, and their selfless spirit and rigorous and dedicated attitude are very admirable. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Fan Jianghong Text Editor: Fan Jianghong Caption Source: IC photo Image Editor: Xiang Jianying
Source: Author: Yu Chenyang