Jimu news reporter Zhang Cong
More than half a month ago, no one would have thought that the most worth watching TV series at the end of 2021 was "Opponent", which was broadcast on iQiyi and had almost no entry on the hot search at first.
At present, the just-concluded "Opponent" firmly holds the Douban 8.0 score, and this result is inseparable from the actor Guo Jingfei's ironing acting skills. In "Opponent", Li Tang, played by Guo Jingfei, is a Taiwanese spy left in the mainland eighteen years ago, who hides in the city with his wife Ding Meixi (Tan Zhuo), who is also a spy, Li Tang drives a taxi, and Ding Meixi is a middle school teacher.
The two were called "the down-and-out version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith" by netizens, in addition to doing the work of spying for their lives, they also worried about chai rice oil and salt every day, worried about their daughter who was in a rebellious period, and wanted to manage their money and could unfortunately encounter a thunderstorm p2p company... And Li Tang also has no ordinary "spy" na lafeng persona, he is the least talkative and most angry at home, but he deeply loves his wife who always performs "seduction tasks" and his daughter who does not give him any peace of mind.
He does not deny the frustration and helplessness in Li Tang's misplaced life, but he definitely does not think that he is "nesting". In an interview with several media groups before New Year's Day, including Jimu News, Guo Jingfei said that Li Tang was a very responsible man, "He must not be embarrassed, but unfortunately, his choice mistakes have created a tragedy that he cannot be reversed." And he admitted that even after filming "Opponent", he also cried for Li Tang.
Li Tang is "Yu Huan Shui Plus Edition"
Playing a role must find his "little man" side
The audience who was initially attracted to "Opponent" must not have gone for "spy war".
In Douban, some netizens said that people's spy films are conspiracies, assassinations, stimulation, and suspense. The spy films played by Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo always say, "Poor, poor, we are so poor!" Indeed, at the beginning of the story of "Opponent", Guo Jingfei was looking for "on-line" chickens in the city well, for no other reason than that the chickens took away their "activity funds", and this sudden "broken cooking" made Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo, who lived in ordinary residential areas, quarrel in order to refuel the car and be ticketed. As a result, "the spy war fragments are not remembered, but the plight of middle-aged people and the poor temperament resonate with me"!
Cloaked in the skin of espionage, the inside tells the life state of middle-aged people, which is a point that Li Tang and "Opponent" originally attracted Guo Jingfei, "This state of sandwich biscuits will definitely resonate with middle-aged people." Guo Jingfei said in an interview.
After the age of 40, Guo Jingfei is not the first time to play this kind of "nest middle age" - Yu Huanshui in the 2019 short drama "I am Yu Huanshui" is also a miserable middle-aged, but Guo Jingfei said that compared to Yu Huanshui, Li Tang is more like "Yu Huanshui Plus Version", "He is deeper than Yu Huanshui, Yu Huanshui is still a bit funny and humorous, that drama is also a comedic way, but "Opponent" is deeper and more extreme." ”
Guo Jingfei, who is also a middle-aged man, said that it is actually not necessary to deliberately grasp this kind of role now, "All the difficulties experienced by middle-aged people can be squeezed out of the body, so it is also a good performance." ”
He also mentioned that in fact, everyone has a "small person" side, "I create characters like this, maybe even if I play an emperor or other role, I think I also want to find his sad and small character side, so that the character can be full and convince the audience." 」 ”
The couple who symbolize "mutilated beauty"
Tan Zhuo had cried
Eighteen years ago, he came to the mainland to "carry out a mission", but he has never returned to Taiwan. Li Tang and Ding Meixi married each other, but in the face of the fiery eyes of Duan Yingjiu (Yan Bingyan), the female leader of the national security task force, the next "action" of the two was like walking on thin ice, and the inevitable end had been waiting for them.
Guo Jingfei said that the original and screenwriter of "Opponent" Wang Xiaogun wrote a scene that reminded everyone of "anti-espionage" in a very talented way, "If it really did not hit the audience's heart, the audience may be disgusted." And the tragedy of Li Tang and Ding Meixi just created a sense of mutilated beauty - Li Tang must be a kind and responsible man, but his ending must be deserved, his choice is wrong, he must face the tragedy of his life. ”
In order to make the audience have more complex emotions for Li Tang, "Opponent" portrays the character through a large number of family scenes, fireworks atmosphere and "tangled hesitation" when Li Tang performs his mission.
For example, in the play, Li Tang naturally took his daughter's rice bowl and ate the remaining dumpling skin, Guo Jingfei said that at that time, he just remembered his father, "Her personality is not to eat dumpling skin, I naturally remembered that when I was a child, my father would eat my leftovers, and I ate her dumpling skin." ”
Guo Jingfei also said that when playing the couple with Tan Zhuo, there were stories every day in the filming, such as Li Tang and Ding Meixi's scenes at home, which were basically in the bedroom, "Only the bed, there can be no scheduling on the bed, only by us." Another example is the scene where Duan Yingjiu set up a "Hongmen Banquet" for Li Tang and Ding Meixi, "We drank real wine, and after filming, Tan Zhuo collapsed, squatting in the corridor and crying... She was really too pitiful for the couple. ”
After acting in "Opponent", Guo Jingfei said that it was difficult to forget the couple, "Sometimes when fitness comes to mind, I will still have wet eyes." He said that Li Tang in the play did not admit it on his lips, and the whole play did not say a word to Ding Meixi that I love you, "but in fact, everywhere I love you, love deeply, love strongly." ”
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