Dialogue with Huang Bo and Jia Ling: Use a little humor when you are in a difficult situation to bring everyone more confidence and emotion

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5 Title: Dialogue with Huang Bo and Jia Ling: Using a touch of humor when you are in a difficult situation brings everyone more confidence and emotion

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng

Statistics released by the National Film Administration on the 4th show that the box office of China's New Year's Day movies in 2022 will reach 1.02 billion yuan. Among them, the film "Embracing You Through the Cold Winter" became the box office champion of this year's New Year's Day with a score of 319 million yuan.

"Embracing You Through The Cold Winter" tells the story of ordinary citizens watching out for each other after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Among the many characters, the courier "Ah Yong" played by Huang Bo and the rider "Wu Ge" played by Jia Ling, as the two protagonists of the film, have become the key to promoting the development of the film's story.

A few days ago, the reporter interviewed the film's main actors Huang Bo and Jia Ling. In their view, the film has both comedic color and realistic humanistic care, and uses a hint of humor when in difficult situations to bring more confidence and emotion to the audience.

"'Embracing You Through Winter' tells a story that takes place in Wuhan, and the filming process of the film evokes many memories for me." Huang Bo said, "When the new crown pneumonia outbreak broke out, we were not only touched by the hearts of our compatriots living in Wuhan, but also moved by our mutual support, mutual support and common difficulties. Just like the film presented, every ordinary person has his own shining point, and when they come together, they become a large piece of shining light, and everyone regains confidence and rekindles hope. ”

For Jia Ling, who is a Hubei native, participating in this movie also has more empathy. "It is a great honor for me to be able to show our optimism and perseverance in the face of disaster through such a film."

In recent years, films set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic have not been uncommon, but "Embracing You Through Winter" still has its own characteristics. The film tells the story through the "civilian perspective", chooses the characters as the chapter in the story structure, and portrays the character groups of retired doctors, cooks, couriers, teachers, middle-aged merchants and other professional groups through seemingly independent and interrelated character stories.

"The director did a lot of research during the scriptwriting phase, and many of the characters in the film also had real-life character archetypes." Jia Ling introduced that the "Wu Brother" she played was actually a big grinning girl, who stuck to her ordinary post but made extraordinary contributions. "During the epidemic period, it is the perseverance of thousands of 'Wu Ge' that has accumulated a powerful force to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic."

In Jia Ling's view, this is a film that truly "breathes" with the people of Wuhan. "The film was filmed in Wuhan, and the dialogue between the characters also used the Wuhan dialect."

"We spent a lot of time dubbing in Wuhan dialect in the studio in the later stages, and we hired a language teacher who was familiar with the local dialect to correct the pronunciation." Huang Bo believes that this effort is necessary, "this is not only to add the local color of the film, but also to make the characters and stories more realistic, and to make the reproduction of collective memory more convincing." ”

Looking at the past characters of Huang Bo and Jia Ling on the big screen, many times they are well known to the audience for creating comedic characters. In "Embracing You Through the Cold Winter", "Ah Yong" and "Wu Ge" connect a group of character relationships and use humor to resolve the pain caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

"It's a positive optimism." Huang Bo said, "In the face of disasters, when everyone is extremely flustered, we use humor to convey a kind of composure and warmth, which represents the calmness and confidence to deal with difficulties." ”

"The miracle of fighting the epidemic is created by ordinary people like all of us. We use this film to pay tribute to the 'retrogrades' from all walks of life, and we also hope that the film can bring more warmth to everyone in the cold winter. Jia Ling said. (End)