The urban light comedy "Love Is Delicious" is a surprise at the end of 2021, and the show will end this Friday. Wang Ju played the excellent and strong vice president of the big factory Xia Meng in the play, and her acting skills were evaluated by netizens as "natural, silky and natural". Wang Ju was very happy to see these affirmations, because she knew in her heart that she and Xia Meng were actually very different. When she was a child, Wang Ju was not a bully like Xia Meng, but when she grew up, Wang Ju had more self-consistency and determination than Xia Meng. Now she is trying to use her works to make everyone accept her long-dreamed new identity - an actor.
Writer_ Reporter Zhu Wenyi
Video production_Reporter Zhong Junhao
It's not "the way it is",
Wang Ju was only half like Xia Meng
In 2018, Chen Zhengdao, who was preparing "Love Is Delicious", noticed a special girl in the popular program "Creation 101" at that time. Her appearance is not like the "white and thin" of the traditional girl group, but also released a bold statement on the stage that "I want to redefine the Chinese girl group".
"At that moment, my heart was touched." Chen Zhengdao wrote in the long comments of Douban that he found the summer dream in Wang Ju.
After the show, Wang Ju met Chen Zhengdao at a party, and for the first time, she got her first impression of the role of Xia Meng from Director Chen's mouth: a girl who has been losing weight and is not confident in her body, but is very successful and excellent in her career.
"I thought that I could cooperate with director Chen Zhengdao and play any role." As a result, Wang Ju became the first actor to be determined in the whole drama of "Love Is Delicious".
Chen Zhengdao, who has always paid attention to the degree of adaptation in casting, has a very accurate vision this time. After the drama was broadcast, it scored a high score of 8.4 on Douban, and many praises affirmed the natural fit between the actor and the person. When it comes to Wang Ju's interpretation of Xia Meng, high-frequency words are inseparable from "natural, silky, and authentic".
"The more people think I'm like Xia Meng, the more I feel like I've succeeded in creating this character." Because Wang Ju said that Xia Meng was only half like her.
Wang Ju and Xia Meng's differences are too many, she blurted out like a number of family treasures: "For example, she has good grades, but I am not a bully; Xia Meng ate a lot when she was a child, fat, but in fact, I was particularly thin when I was a child; and she always had some inferiority to her body, and she didn't feel good enough, but I didn't have any lack of confidence in my figure." ”
Emotionally, Xia Meng is torn apart by two relationships. Ex-boyfriend Wang Jichong is her subordinate, Xia Meng's leadership status, strong style at work makes him under pressure and proposes to break up. Therefore, when Xia Meng met her next favorite object, Lu Bin, she decided to learn her lesson, conceal her identity as vice president, and pretend to be a "hit worker" to approach him.
Wang Ju herself believes that there will be many hidden dangers in "office love", but "strong women and weak men" or secular judgment standards should not become a resistance to love.
"The so-called excellent or not depends on which aspect to interpret, Xia Meng, as the vice president of a video platform, she does a good job in her work, but in terms of fitness, it must be inferior to the coach (Lu Bin), I think each has its own strengths is the most important, the two people should have a point of appreciation and admiration for each other." Wang Ju said.
The first starring episode was well received,
Talent or hard work?
Like Xia Meng's half lies in work, "We are very serious about our work, and we are quite similar in this kind of rigorous and seemingly impersonal places." ”
Chen Zhengdao "complained" in the long text that Wang Ju "had too many opinions" on the set, and Wang Ju said with a smile that it was because he was not experienced enough in acting, and he would always ask the director all kinds of questions, "I am not questioning the director, but I really don't understand." ”
Wang Ju still remembers how "difficult" the first day of filming was: she was going to play a crying scene after breaking up with Wang Jichong. Chen Dao's request to Wang Ju was that "tears should be contained in the eye sockets, but not to fall out." In order to achieve this effect, Wang Ju could only mobilize his feelings first, and when the tears were about to pour out, he calmed down and turned his head to wipe the tears.
As a result, Director Chen looked at the monitor and said, "No, so that the audience can't see your feelings." Wang Ju will express his incomprehension, but after repeatedly discussing the details of the performance and gradually running in, Wang Ju said: "Later I can understand what he wants, even if it is only a second of footage, the emotion must be strong enough." ”
Wang Ju, who loves to ask questions, actually asked Chen Zhengdao privately whether he felt "bumped". The answer was no, "He said you had these thoughts, which means that you went back to do your homework, and he will still appreciate it." ”
In recent years, more and more artists who have come out of the singing and dancing stage have tried film and television performances, such a cross-border is actually not an easy task, and Wang Ju's first starring in the drama has been well received. The reporter asked her whether she had a higher talent in acting, and she modestly said that "talent is not easy to say", and the advantage may lie in strong empathy ability, which will strengthen the sense of faith when performing.
In addition, the three-dimensional vividness of Xia Meng is also inseparable from Wang Ju's reflection and study.
Before "Love Is Delicious", Wang Ju starred in the online movie "The Assistant Queen of the Beijing Women's Illustrated Book", and her role was a simple-dressed, gray-headed migrant girl. At that time, the director hoped that she would not pay too much attention to her beauty and ugliness in the shot, so Wang Ju did not go to see the replay of the monitor, but she did not expect that this had become the most regrettable thing for her now.
Wang Ju was a little disappointed after seeing the finished film, "For example, I feel that the emotions have reached 95%, but the presentation on the camera may only show 40%, or even less." I was confused, my own emotions are obviously so abundant, why is it different from what is shown in front of the camera? ”
Since then, Wang Ju has understood the actor's own feelings, and there is a gap between the presentation in the camera. When filming "Love Is Delicious", she would watch the replay of each of her performances, and sometimes record them on her mobile phone, and go back to watch and adjust the performance method repeatedly. In addition, in terms of photography, lighting, positioning, etc., Wang Ju also continuously learns from the bits and pieces on the set and accumulates experience.
Speaking of future planning,
"I hope you accept my new identity"
The results of the effort were surprising. Whether it is the internal feedback of the creative team, or the high reputation and tap water on the Internet after the broadcast, it is enough to prove that Wang Ju is full of possibilities on the road of performance. Wang Ju said frankly that such an affirmation is not easy to come by for himself, and it is also extremely precious, "I can do well what I have always wanted to do." ”
Wang Ju has been interested in acting since she was a child, and when watching costume dramas, she will learn to look like in TV, walk around the house wearing a blanket, and feel that she is "really that character". Later, I took dance classes and acting classes in the Children's Palace, but my mother still felt that "children should not do what adults do so early, but should focus on completing their studies", so they did not have the opportunity to officially shoot a drama.
The actor's dream has never been abandoned. At the time of the college entrance examination, Wang Ju also applied for the acting major of some colleges and universities, but unfortunately fell off the list, "Once I also doubted that I really had no way to do this." ”
Until she was well known through "Creation 101", until she waited for the summer dream of "Love Is Delicious", Wang Ju finally determined that her persistence over the years was not wrong.
"I'd also like to give some people who have dreams (power), even if everyone around you right now thinks you're whimsical, but as long as you think enough, the 'Law of Attraction' will work, it may take a little time, but it will still come true." No school teacher at the time thought I had the potential to be an actor, but I still had all the roads to Rome, even if it wasn't the fastest road, even if I went around a long circle, I eventually got back to the path I wanted to go. ”
Wang Ju said that singing on stage is like playing a role. The most interesting thing about being an actor is that you can transform into a variety of roles and experience a variety of life. "Singing and dancing is something I want to make my hobby, and I still have a love for the stage, but it's behind the performance."
Since her debut, Wang Ju has dabbled in singing and dancing, stage plays, film and television, and now when it comes to the future, she has a clear plan, that is, to become an actress. Therefore, she has been waiting for the launch of "Love Is Delicious", hoping to make everyone accept her new identity through this work.
Fortunately, "Love Is Delicious" did not live up to her wait. The drama has become another "small and beautiful" dark horse work in 2021, and "Xia Zong" and "Ju Jie", who are not convinced of defeat in their bones and have a lot of hard work, have also achieved mutual achievements.
Nandu Entertainment × Wang Ju complained in the drama that "the girl group is now coming to act", which is temporary
Favorite evaluation is "silky acting",
Talk about the concept of feelings "Love can be very simple"
Nandu Entertainment: Xia Meng in "Love Is Delicious" has received a lot of praise, is there any evaluation that impressed you?
Wang Ju: Some people comment that my acting skills are "very silky", I think this word is particularly wonderful, because indeed, life dramas actually do not have some particularly extreme emotions or plots, it is difficult to reflect the so-called "acting skills explosion", the word is too heavy, but "silky" I think it is very good, I like this evaluation.
Nandu Entertainment: Xia Meng hid her identity in order to get close to Lu Bin, how to understand this "deception" behavior? Because Xia Meng is not so emotionally experienced, it is better to say that she is doing a test and everyone is telling her that it is because you are too strong, you are too good, so you always press others and make men feel that their self-esteem is frustrated, which is the reason why you are not happy. But the audience will find out that this is not the case when they watch it episode by episode. The reason why two people can be together, in the final analysis, in addition to values, there are bits and pieces of running-in in life.
Wang Ju:
Nandu Entertainment: What is your own view of feelings? Do you care about "strong women and weak men"? Now everyone is sometimes too much about the factor of love, I think that love itself is a relatively simple thing, especially when you just need an emotional support, in fact, love can be very simple. You don't have to think so hard, our play is a dramatic display, you can find some real life shadows in it, but not exactly like that.
In fact, when I was filming this play, the biggest feeling was that even if the audience saw the "plain face" is also modified, we also need makeup, but we will paint very lightly, may not base, or do not draw eyelashes, etc., everyone seems to be very real things, in order to be presented on the screen, or after a certain degree of beautification.
But what hairstylist or makeup artist in life will take care of you anytime, anywhere? In fact, there is none, I think (plot) is an innuendo from life, but it is processed, everyone is happy to see it. I think the meaning of many idol dramas and love dramas is not to tell you what love itself looks like, but to tell you what it may look like.
Don't mind the big-scale drama,
Not obsessed with external evaluation
Nandu Entertainment: There are some large-scale scenes in "Love Is Delicious", are you worried about this?
Wang Ju: The more explicit bed scene we saw in the first episode, this part of the script was originally not there, and then the director said to me the next day, Ju, I discussed one thing with you, what did I say, he said that we want to add a scene like this, do you think it is okay? I said yes. He said you wouldn't mind? I said I could shoot, I could broadcast it. Because I think it is very safe to cooperate with Director Chen, he is very capable of shooting women's beauty, and the scale is also measured. I feel for intimate scenes that as long as it is reasonable and can make the character better, all performances should be.
Nandu Entertainment: There are many lines in the play that have a humorous melody, do you have your own improvisation? Some of our broken words are actually added temporarily, for example, "the girl group is now acting", which is temporary. Then there was a meeting I had in Max Video to watch the sample film, the first time I was very angry, said that the little sweet drama is sweet, and then the second time I watched the sample film very happy, said good, I like it, now life is so bitter, eating some sugar is still very good, and then I am very happy to hum the song to go out, halfway to say "this screenwriter, something." I added this sentence myself, because after entering the character, I suddenly thought, and then these broken words were cut in, because it was natural.
Nandu Entertainment: Zhang Hanyun and Li Chunxiang are not like Fang Xin and Liu Jing, who played in the play. For example, the real Li Chun is a person who will be picky eaters, and she does not eat onions, ginger and garlic, but Han Yun actually loves to eat. Although Han Yun is speaking and acting in this kind of role, it seems to be a bit of a princess disease, but she is actually a girl who is still quite determined in her heart, she is more determined to do a lot of things, although she will express her wishes in a playful way, but she will be very persistent about what she wants to do, and she will definitely do it. Pure words, really a person of peace, feel quite desireless.
Nandu Entertainment: Did you mention in our previous interview that artists should make a balance between being themselves and considering the market? How well do you feel you're balanced now? Okay, I think I'm less obsessed with letting people know what kind of person I really am, because I don't think that thing matters, because the artist's existence is not to make the audience accept him completely, but to accept the side he shows in his work.
In the past, if others said what Wang Ju was like, and then as soon as I heard it, it wasn't me, and I wanted to explain and want to refute it, but after you didn't insist on doing it, you found that it wasn't really important. I can't explain it to everyone, everyone has their own interpretation, I think it's okay, as long as I can continue to shoot and do what I like to do, these are not very important.