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Chen Bailin likes to talk about "following fate", just like many of the decisions he has made before, starring in the new drama "Crocodile and Toothpick Bird" is also a process of following fate. At first, Chen Bailin did not know what kind of animal the "toothpick bird" was, but after checking the information, he learned that it was a bird responsible for cleaning the residue of the crocodile's teeth, and the interdependence between the crocodile and the crocodile was a very delicate relationship. The love story with this name also makes Chen Bailin feel very interesting.
The male protagonist in the play, "Zhou Erwen", is a high-cold school bully, and acting as a bully is Chen Bailin's dream.
Chen Bailin debuted very early, and after the age of 20, he found that he needed knowledge reserves, and since then he has watched a lot of old movies and developed the habit of reading. "To get into this industry, you have to know its causes and consequences, which actors were great in the past, which movies were classics. There are also some theoretical treatises on film or performance, which can be used as references and guidelines. I'm not a professional in acting, and watching these books and movies is like doing some professional training. ”
Character photography / Beijing News reporter Zheng Xinqia
Chen Bailin is a person with a wide range of preferences, he likes movies, books, painting and cooking. As a teenager, he liked music, and even appeared in a band on a record, claiming "No Music No Life", but suffering from asthma and vocal lines, he was only in the category of hobbies. His favorite piano pieces are The XX, Radiohead, Coldplay and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The greatest pleasure in life is eating and traveling, and every time he goes, he will find the best restaurants in the local area. Reading has a great influence on Chen Bailin's character development, he likes Haruki Murakami, Camus, Raymond, and woody Allen. Raymond's Marlowe is the character that Chen Bailin most wants to try, smoking cigars and drinking whiskey, everything is natural and under control. Probably in this somewhat lonely, a little cold, humorous and conceited character, Chen Bailin found an interest and was also exploring his own shadow.
The Crocodile and the Toothpick Bird
He hesitated because of the "age difference"
Chen Bailin said that when he first got the script for "Crocodile and Toothpick Bird", he was hesitant because there was a big gap between the age of the character and his actual age. "Zhou Erwen is 25 years old, can I play that age?" And the average age of the actors who play my brother and friends is only 24 years old. Can't match their sense of age and can't be too young, it's very difficult to achieve balance. ”
Later, he held a meeting with the main creative team and learned that the core message of the story was environmental protection and green buildings, and Chen Bailin was somewhat moved. He was further pushed to take on the show because he would spend half his time shooting in Bordeaux, France, and although he had been to France many times, he had never filmed there, and it was a very interesting journey for him. In the early stages of filming, the actors were practicing French every day, and Chen Bailin, who had "zero foundation", also spent a lot of effort to learn this time.
TV series "Crocodile and Toothpick Bird"
Zhou Erwen in the play has a cold and rational personality, and often uses some physics and chemistry common sense to explain the relationship between people, which also makes Chen Bailin feel very interesting. "He is a very good engineering man in academics, but he has never been in love, does not like to laugh, and speaks with thorns. I will only talk about it through creation, reading, painting, and architecture, which is quite different from myself. ”
When I was a student, I was afraid and shy
In addition to luck, the same effort has been made
Like everyone else, Chen Bailin had many wild dreams when he was a child: to become an astronaut and play in the NBA, but actors were never one of them.
In high school, he was a typical science man, very low-key in life, and very afraid of students. "When I was a child, I was a shy personality, I liked to play basketball, visit art galleries, occasionally watch blockbuster movies, live a very simple life, and I didn't know what it was to be distressed."
At that time, Chen Bailin only felt that youth was very long, the future was too far away, and there was a lot of time. He had also envisioned other possibilities in life. In 2002, a few meters of picture books were on fire, and he picked up a paintbrush. Someone else provides the text, and he comes to paint. Looking back now, he feels that the days of filming during the day and drawing illustrations at night are like a quarter-note vignette in his life, but the more he acts, the more interesting he feels.
Movie "Blue Gate"
"My name is Zhang Shihao, Scorpio, O-type, swimming team, guitar club..." In the shot directed by Yi Zhiyan, the 18-year-old teenager rides a bicycle, the wind blows his blue flower shirt, and when he laughs, his face hangs two deep dimples, and the summer in Taipei is also fascinated by this ignorant feeling. Many people first met Chen Bailin from the movie "Blue Gate". Regarding luck, he does not deny it, but still has to say" I have not failed to work hard. "As for his experiences over the years, he comes down to character." I'm not too purposeful, and I think it's funny and I'll do it. ”
Since his debut, he has been pushed forward by opportunity, but Chen Bailin still made two important decisions, one was to develop in Hong Kong in 2004, and the other was to develop in Japan in 2006. Chen Bailin, who could not speak a word of Japanese, did not hesitate to embark on a journey of walking and walking.
Never set goals for yourself
Enjoy freedom and feel the possibilities
Recalling the experience of filming in a foreign country in the early years, there are memories that impress Chen Bailin deeply, such as Korean props, art, there are many places to learn, limited funds, how to use the space to the maximum. He remembers a fight in South Korea, the crew built a building, the stairs are all soft, no matter how you fight on the stairs will not hurt. And the shooting rhythm of Thai films is really very slow, "maybe because it is a literary film, everyone is 'living in that Moment', they are already in 'Action' before they shout 'Action', and they don't have to 'act'." ”
"Japan... It was quiet and clean and had a zen feel. The staff didn't speak much. Chen Bailin's first film in Japan was "Waiting to Meet in the Dark" with Tanaka Reina, and when he got the script, he inhaled a cool breath on the spot, because there were three pages of Japanese lines, he could only shoot while learning Japanese and marking the tone hard back, while drawing with a stroke, but also successfully communicated. His linguistic talent has helped a lot in the "international journey", fluent in English, and mastered Korean, Japanese, and French.
However, Chen Bailin's original intention in learning languages is always unexpected, just because of the menu. "I couldn't read what I wanted to eat in Korea or Japan, and I didn't have a mobile phone translation at that time, so I had to learn it myself."
No matter where he shoots or what type of role he takes on, he never sets goals for himself or has too much vision for the future, "I hope it is free, and setting goals will lack many possibilities." 」 "In the more than ten years since his debut, Chen Bailin has starred in a wide range of films, and he has portrayed many roles, but none of them are repetitive." I'm not afraid of being stereotyped and can't break through, I just feel that repetition has no meaning. ”
The role was not his criterion for choosing a script. In Chen Bailin's view, the content discussed in a play and the information conveyed account for a greater proportion, and he is not only satisfied with playing the harmless prince of people and animals in love films. Whether it is Li Daren of the intimate and warm man, the simple and kind teacher Jiang He, the young and free Zhang Shihao, the wild and uninhibited dunk player Ding Wei in "The Big Slam Dunk", and the hunchbacked and sloppy technical house Wu Quanshun in "The Big Layout of Chasing Love", they all show a wealth of plasticity and unlimited.
Acting doesn't have to care about returns
Youthfulness is both a gift and a curse
Chen Bailin is a family lover, in the past few years has been working in the field rarely come home, in order to let grandpa "see himself on TV", in 2011, he filmed the fire to the street "I May Not Love You", and personally composed and sang the theme song of the same name, won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor.
"Thousand Years of Cultivation of Li Daren" was born. This is a mutual achievement of actors and classic characters, because it is so deeply rooted in people's hearts, the audience will equate the actor with the role, and so far under his Weibo comments, many people still shout "Big Ren Brother". But in Chen Bailin's view, he is neither "Zhang Shihao" nor "Li Daren".
When Chen Bailin was in his early twenties, he also worked hard to experience different roles, and when he went to shoot movies abroad, he thought that this time he must act differently than before, and he was also anxious because of this matter. But then he found that all he needed to calm down, get ready, and perform well was the purest. "If you care too much about the return, there will be a lot of distractions when shooting, as long as you focus on every step of the way in the moment, regardless of whether its footprints are deep or shallow, there will always be something that will stay."
"Sense of youth" is always added to Chen Bailin's name prefix, which is a mysterious and charming temperament, some people have lost it from adolescence, some people have maintained it since adulthood, Chen Bailin obviously belongs to the latter. "The so-called sense of youth is because I still have curiosity about many things and a desire to learn." In his view, the sense of youth is a gift and a curse, with advantages and disadvantages. "Every man has a boy in his heart, because everyone has gone through the boyhood stage, but the appearance is not what it used to be, and now it is just an older boy." 」
The outside world has a lot of questions and interpretations about Chen Bailin's acting skills and his life, but he always seems to have a "Who care" attitude.
"A misread is a misread, and I never explain. Someone's question is just a 5-minute topic for others, and I think it's weird to explain it to someone you don't know. Chen Bailin said that life is used to live, not to explain, "those who are not happy will pass." ”
study
The motivation at first was childish
When not working, Chen Bailin likes to stay at home, watch movies, read books, play games, and enjoy leisure time. He would watch Woody Allen, he would watch American dramas, he would read manga, he would read Haruki Murakami, and he would read Camus full of philosophy.
Literature is healing for Chen Bailin. Reading books is his homework, because Yi Zhiyan, the director of "Blue Gate", has spurred him to read books since he was looking for Chen Bailin to shoot a scene, and after so many years, he will open a book list for him. "At the beginning, the motivation was very naïve, I wanted to be handsome, I could tell some of what people asked, and there was a feeling of reading poetry books, which could be shown off." But it will be very interesting to read, it is still difficult to understand, but it will also be understood in an instant. ”
delicacies
As long as you want to learn, you will become a master dish
Chen Bailin likes to cook, he will personally cook, invite friends to come to the house to eat. Cook more than a dozen specialties in one go, pasta, ramen, risotto, Spanish seafood risotto, steak, mushroom soup, vegetable soup, grilled chicken, almost can't stop. "Simply stunning!" He boasted about himself.
Chen Bailin usually spends a lot of time studying food. When he was on the plane, everyone else was watching a movie, but he was watching a food show, and he would look very carefully at what ingredients were needed to cook a dish, and how it was done. "As long as it is what I want to learn, it will eventually become a masterpiece." Every time he eats delicious food, he is particularly happy. Usually, the most frequently used on everyone's mobile phone may be a social APP, but the most frequently used in Chen Bailin's mobile phone is a gourmet software.
motion
The best exercise is to eat less
"What kind of exercise do you usually do to stay in shape?" The question was hard for him. "I will... Will I? I can walk! I think the best exercise is not to eat too much. He couldn't stop laughing when he said that. After stressing again that "don't eat too much", he still gave a serious answer: playing basketball, running, swimming, walking, these are all sports he likes, but he just doesn't like to go to the gym.
【Fresh Q&A】
"I'm not that much like Lee Da-jin"
Beijing News: Is "warm man" a label attached to you? Will there be pressure?
Chen Bailin: This is the label that the audience gave me. I myself am quite relaxed, in fact, the role of Li Daren is not so similar to my own. He's just a character, not quite like me.
TV series "I May Not Love You"
Beijing News: Everyone says that you have a "sense of youth", do you think that maintaining a state of love can make people have a sense of youth?
Chen Bailin: No, I think this has something to do with personality, or it depends on the state. For example, a few months ago, my grandmother left, and for a while I felt that I had grown up, but not all 365 days were in a state of "growing up".
Beijing News: Recently, everyone has seen some news about you, is there good news to share with you soon?
Chen Bailin: If there is any, I will share it. They all write exaggerated.
Beijing News: If you were to come face to face with yourself 20 years ago now, what would you say to yourself?
Chen Bailin: Let me tell you a funny thing, when I was a child, I hated my dad the most for smoking and drinking, and when I was in high school, I couldn't help but yell at my dad, "You don't smoke anymore, I will never smoke in the future!" "As a result, I started smoking when I was 21 years old, and my dad started scolding me again. For example, although I don't smoke now, I was still smoking three or four years ago, and I was disappointed in myself at that time, and I felt that I had become the most hated look. But now I'm in good health, I don't have any bad habits, and I don't hate myself anymore. So every stage of my life is jumpy and random, and if I have to say anything, I should say, "Chen Bailin, I hope you can be better." ”
Liu Wei, chief reporter of the Beijing News
Character photography Zheng Xinqia
Edited by Wu Dongni Proofreader Zhao Lin