Perhaps even Ren Dahua himself could not count how many times he had played a policeman. In the popular Lunar New Year blockbuster "Manslaughter 2", Ren Dahua once again starred as police officer Zhang Zhengyi. Unlike the policeman he played before, this policeman did not fire a bullet, the whole film is a literary drama, he is unremittingly pursuing the truth at the same time, he is touched by the sincerity of a father to protect his son, and also completes the reconciliation between himself and his daughter.
Didn't read the script to take over "Manslaughter 2"
"I watched Manslaughter first, and I thought it was a perfect movie, and after watching it, I wondered if I could play a cop in Manslaughter 2. And they called me and said there's a character, can they come over? I said yes, if it's a police officer I'm OK. I hadn't read the script, I hadn't read it at all, so I agreed to come over. Talking about the origin of starring in "Manslaughter 2", Ren Dahua said that he likes the state of Zhang Zhengyi facing the unknown in the film, because "the unknown things are the best in the movie, you can take the audience away, so not reading the script has the advantage of not reading the script." ”
Ren Dahua, who has been in the film for more than forty years, is definitely qualified to be called an "old drama bone", there are many classic roles, and there are countless awards, when asked how to quickly enter the role of Zhang Zhengyi, he laughed and said, this is very simple, as long as you treat yourself as a blank piece of paper, "Today I am Zhang Zhengyi." ”
Of course, there is a lot to do with the preparation of homework in advance. "For example, where is this person's background? Where is life? In the story, Zhang Zhengyi works in a high temperature of 38 ° C, so he sweats every day and his skin is very rough. He was an untrimmed man, his clothes were dirty, his handkerchiefs were not washed, and that was the style of this man. "Ren Dahua specially grew a beard for Zhang Zhengyi, and also took the initiative to ask the stylist to dye his hair and beard white, and the dirty handkerchief was also what he proposed to use." A beard equals a story. As an old policeman, I have investigated so many cases, a beard is dyed white, which means the end of a case, "Manslaughter 2" is to investigate a new case, and then dye a beard. ”
"Two smiles and three eyes" is the highlight
For Ren Dahua, one of the biggest difficulties in playing Zhang Zhengyi is that the crew filmed the ending of the story at the beginning, and he and the lead actor Xiao Yang had a dialogue across the glass. "It's hard, but it's also good for me, giving me the opportunity to think about the character and give him more life, more fantasy and creation."
Ren Dahua used "two smiles and three eyes" to perform this scene. Watching Lin Rilang, played by Xiao Yang, come out of the darkness, Zhang Zhengyi initially thought about whether what this person said was true or false, so I used this mentality to act. And he is an old policeman who must find the truth, so the first smile is to look at Lin Zhilang with a smile of justice to evil. But when Lin Zhilang asked Zhang Zhengyi if you were a good policeman, I immediately changed into another smile and said lightly, I am a good policeman. The look in his eyes went from disbelief, to a little bit of belief, to finally believing Lin Rilang's words. The scene only had five or six lines of dialogue, but Ren Dahua thought for days how to express the focus of the play in a short period of time.
Although I have acted for so many years and have so much experience, Ren Dahua admits that each role is different, "because the location is different, the atmosphere is different, the opponent is different, it gives me vitality, and I can start again in each play." Every play is sincere and feels with the heart. ”
"Manslaughter 2" crew has a lot of newcomers, even director Dai Mo is the first time to really direct their own feature films, as the big brother on the set, Ren Dahua laughed, each crew is a big family, because the film is the success of collective labor, only with the team spirit, can make a good work. "A piece of eating, a piece of discussion, a piece of filming, together, is the taste of the movie."
For Ren Dahua, the biggest advantage of filming with young people is that it can give him a little different vitality. "Because their ideas are different from our ideas, different for the script, for the characters, but the atmosphere is no different." So I love filming with new directors and talking to young people. ”
Love watching Malone play table tennis
In October last year, Ren Dahua won the Best Actor Award at the 30th China Television Golden Eagle Awards for his TV series "Macau People's Home", becoming the first Hong Kong actor to win this honor. When asked whether he could achieve today's results with a little more talent or a little more diligence, Ren Dahua almost replied in seconds: "A little more diligent." I think I am a very hard-working, constantly learning person, only by constantly learning, can I have a different way of acting. ”
As for what the next role he wants to play, Ren Dahua also blurted out: "There are many more! He said that with so many people in the world, China has 1.4 billion, which means that everyone has a story, and they can't finish filming and learning. However, he laughed and said that he still hoped to play a policeman and be "in the ice and snow". "The police face different things every moment, he has to solve the problem, find the truth, in fact, the crisis they face is unknown, so playing the police in the movie has an advantage is to be able to grab the audience and let them continue to watch the story." I still like to play the police. ”
Ren Dahua said that the word "retirement" is not in his dictionary, he likes acting, and hopes to continue acting. "The film makes me more energetic, every character is fresh and gives him life. A person should hold a mentality of always making progress and always being energetic, making movies and facing life is the same. Time gets too fast and we should sync to learn new things, which is one of the attitudes I love about movies. ”
In addition to filming, Ren Dahua loves sports and likes to sweat. He revealed that he also likes to watch games, such as watching the CBA and watching Malone play. "It is not easy for athletes to grow, just like Zhang Zhengyi's white beard, which grows slowly one by one. Malone plays table tennis, every serve is very important to him, young people should learn this attitude more, must work hard, find a job they like, whether it is sports, writing articles or other things. ”
Painting and photography were also hobbies in Ren's life. He believes that everyone can have different understandings of the same painting, which is equivalent to finding different angles when filming. If you don't shoot, do you want to be an artist? "I still want to be an actor, I like to be an actor, I like to make movies." Ren Dahua answered.