Liang Chaowei has never taken his talent in acting for granted, nor has he ever dared to lose his diligence, but beyond that, he has more fresh worlds that he wants to learn and experience - he can put aside identity and experience, and he does not care about the outcome and win or lose, but only to experience all kinds of unpredictable fun in the change.
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After taking a few sips of champagne, in the faint crackling sound of the fine bubbles, Liang Chaowei's expression gradually loosened. There was an obvious sense of exhaustion in him—he had just finished the last shot of the movie "Nameless" the day before, and the repressed soul that had lived in his body for more than two months had not yet had time to leave completely. "You keep stretching yourself tight, and all of a sudden you're done shooting, and you're going to feel really tired." Although only one poster was released, the meticulous back, the three-piece suit with a silk scarf, and the desire to say goodbye in the eyebrows are reminiscent of Mr. Yi in "Color Ring".
Liang Chaowei, the poster of the movie "Nameless", felt that this association was not surprising: "When I watched the story, I felt very wonderful, this time the role, his boss should be Mr. Yi." "It was an accident to go back in time, and it was a surprise to have a deep interweaving with the characters of the past." This story also took place in the 1930s and 1940s, but fortunately, when I was filming "Color Ring", I did a lot of material preparation, wrote a lot of notes, and read many records about secret service organizations. ”
But he still felt that it was not enough—he needed a more detailed understanding of the different stages of modern history. He asked the director Cheng Er if the character was born around 1900. "I pushed it backwards based on the age of the character. Around 1900, Chinese history, in fact, we did not cover it when we read books, so I found a modern history written by foreign writers to read, which is very beautiful and interesting. "Reading historical materials is one of the lessons that Liang Chaowei is accustomed to preparing for his role. Before filming "City of Sorrows", Hou Xiaoxian instructed Liang Chaowei to know more about Taiwan's history, and Liang Chaowei really flipped through a book. "I don't think it's boring, that's one of the ways I get into the role. After all, I have not experienced that era, and I cannot imagine the environment, society and people in that time and space out of thin air, and reading books can let me enter that atmosphere to feel. "Whether it is a thick chronicle or an anecdotes that escape from historical facts, they can become a footnote to the character's style." The depth of the character is something you can only have if you are prepared, otherwise it will become vain. ”
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Many years ago, someone asked Liang Chaowei: "What do you rely on for acting?" Liang Chaowei replied, playing genius ball. But he never took his talent for granted, and he never dared to lose his diligence because of it. "God has given you something that doesn't develop, it won't come out (on its own)." You have to keep giving yourself some new stimuli, and realize that there are many things that you don't understand. ”
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"Creation doesn't really need to be so clear purpose"
After Liang Chaowei first read the script of "Nameless", he did not have a specific concept in his mind. "I asked them to show me the last work of director Cheng Er, that is, "The History of the Demise of Romanticism", I liked it very much after watching it, and I thought that photography, lighting, and art were very beautiful, and it was rare to see such exquisite in Chinese movies, and Cheng Er had a very strong personal style, and I thought, well, I also want to have a movie like this."
"No Name" set his intention on this: "I have always been like this, doing the movies I want to make, and working with the people I want to work with." "Before meeting with Cheng Er, they had a phone call first." I trust my instincts and feelings. In fact, after chatting for 20 minutes, I can probably feel what kind of person the other party is, can I trust it, and isn't this what is between people? Liang Chaowei said.
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To this day, the name Liang Chaowei is almost synonymous with "acting" - his achievements in acting, the talent he shows and the accumulated experience that most collaborators can only look up to. Zhang Ziyi once said that among all the actors she has worked with, only Liang Chaowei makes her feel like a mountain that cannot be crossed at all. He knows what others expect of him, and can only put his own requirements higher.
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"I've always wanted to give my best to the director, the crew and the actors. When you have demands on yourself, you will definitely be stressed. "When filming "2046", Liang Chaowei was so nervous that he began to take sleeping pills a week in advance because he wanted to shoot an important opponent scene with Gong Li. He had thought that this time he would not get to that point, but in the later stages, he still needed to use drugs to fall asleep.
"2046" stills He can sympathize with the tension of the people around him. When he met Cheng Er, Liang Chaowei's first impression of this young director was "very Sven, like a scholar", and after filming, Liang Chaowei most often said to Cheng Er, "Don't be so polite". "If you think something is not good, tell me that if you want to start over, you will start again, what is the so-called ah? Don't because I'm Liang Chaowei, I don't dare to say anything, and in the end everyone can't make anything. Liang Chaowei said.
He likes to be a team as soon as everyone starts. "I'm just one of them, not a big star, and I hope everyone feels as comfortable as possible and there won't be any pressure." In fact, after working together for a week, I don't have that ego, I hope that everyone is not high or low, or who thinks who is big and who is small... Anyway, our purpose is to do this well, no need to be polite, and there is no need for any dignity. ”
"No Name" he found that several directors who have recently cooperated with him will not give him a clear direction when shooting. "There is no scope, just give me the role and play it as you please." Perhaps this is partly based on the directors' trust in Liang Chaowei, and partly from the way the director himself works. Liang Chaowei is accustomed to combing the logic of the characters in advance, and on some particularly important occasions, he will turn over and ponder for a long time. Even with such full preparation, even after working with a director like Wong Kar-wai for many years, the "improvisational" directing method still makes Liang Chaowei feel a fresh challenge.
Stills of "Chongqing Forest" "I usually go according to the direction or requirements of the director, and add some of my things on it." And this time there was nothing at all - Cheng Er usually went to the scene and said, 'Let's take a picture first', 'Just go', and then see where to correct. "Sometimes Liang Chaowei feels like he's performing an improvised skit." You'll only be given a pack of cigarettes and a glass of wine before you go on stage, and you'll play the kind for 5 minutes yourself. It's also a very different way of creating, but you will spend a lot of time and it will be painful. ”
Ang Lee's way made him more bottomed. "Basically we rehearsed the whole movie of The Color Rings, just like I did in the (artist) training class. Tang Wei and I have rehearsed every scene, when we need to go to the scene, the preparation has been 97 points, and we add some improvisation (play) on the scene, and it is of course best to add points to 103 points, but at least the first shot has 97 points, which is also very efficient. ”
Stills from "Color, Ring"
In terms of physical strength, Liang Chaowei's current working limit is 8 hours. "Performing consumes not only your physical strength, but also your mental strength. There is no way, at this age I will easily get tired. "Under this restriction, he instead began to experiment with a more relaxed and spontaneous way of performing, following a purer feeling." Not every scene is thought of absolutely clearly. Some of the key points will be repeatedly considered for a week, and some will not want to act at all, go to the scene to perform according to feelings, or regardless of it, just perform randomly. His eyes narrowed into an arc with a smile, and there was a faint sense of happiness, but everyone knew that his so-called "random acting" was just a way to break his habits. "Sometimes I look at some painters, and when I pick up a pen and create, I don't know what I want to paint, so I just draw casually, but that direction will slowly come out. Creation does not actually need such a clear purpose, try it, anyway, there will always be a lot of changes in it, otherwise it will be very stuffy, the actor should not always be just a look. ”
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In the dark, go with the flow
Liang Chaowei played an undercover agent who has long been lurking in Japan and the Wang puppet government, and he thought that he could change something on his own, but in the end, he could only helplessly follow the torrent of history. "In his last shot, the emotion I want to express is also a sense of powerlessness, that is, there is no expression, but there is uncontrollable sadness." The crew stayed up all night before the scheduled shooting and worked until nearly 5 a.m. The director asked Liang Chaowei what time he could start work the next day, and Liang Chaowei calculated that even if he only slept for 5 hours, he would start at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the daytime scenes were so many and dense that he couldn't finish filming. Another suggestion he chose for the director was to simply take a day off and then start work early. "The whole group is tired, how do you shoot?" It is better to get some sleep first. "Unexpectedly, this unexpectedly waited for a more suitable weather." It was rainy in Shanghai for a few days, and even during the day, the light was dim and obscure. On the day of the official shooting, the sun actually appeared, and then it rained again the next day, and Liang Chaowei felt that the sunny day was a kind of luck. "It's also good to set off sadness on rainy days, but it's too logical, and sadness in the sun will bring greater emotional tension."
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He believes that "in the darkness", many things in life may only be explained by "fate". In fact, almost, his cooperation with Cheng Er can only be a thought. "I've finished making Marvel movies, and I've finished filming 'Goldfinger' by Zhuang Wenqiang in Hong Kong, and my next work is a TV series, and I want to rest and prepare."
"Goldfinger" has not returned to the TV series for many years. "TV dramas are another kind of enjoyment. A group of people shoot together for a long time, the feelings will slowly build deeper and deeper, and the writers and producers are all on the scene, ready to change, hey, the second season can write something completely different out. "Originally, he planned to take a vacation before going to a meeting in the UK, and even if he liked the history of the demise of romanticism, he could not participate in the filming of "No Name" in time." However, the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, there is no way to go, can only say that the fate has arrived. ”
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On the other hand, he doesn't want to miss out on projects that he's really interested in. "I think my acting career is also in its final stages, maybe in a few years I will stop filming, I will do some other things, life is not only movies." 」 He has many plans that float in the air temporarily, such as painting, playing music, or photography. "Actually, I play a lot of things, violin, piano, guitar... I am still learning to sail. ”
The last time I interviewed Liang Chaowei, I asked him "what daily necessities I recently bought," and his answer was "bought a boat." Mentioning this past, everyone laughed together, this surprising answer has no pompous component, going to the sea or feeling the wind and clouds in other ways is indeed an indispensable part of his life. He has recently been learning the Class 470 with his coach — a double-racing sailing vessel with two-man steering, steady-facing plates, spherical sails, and is included in the Olympics. "I didn't feel anything about the weather, the wind, the tides, the clouds, but sailing made me sensitive to them." He didn't like boats with motors very much, and felt that they were noisy and not environmentally friendly. "I like to interact with nature."
In the summer of the Hong Kong Spring Regatta in 2018, a sudden gust of wind would affect the direction of the sailing. "I didn't understand it before, but after learning sailing, I felt that people are very small, you can't fight it, but you should live in harmony with it." 」 He likes to live alone with nature and feel its inconceivability, "Usually I don't know how to communicate with people, and I never like team sports." All my favorite projects are one person: mountain biking, mountain climbing, sailing, skiing... I could go to the queue alone at 7 a.m. and paddle home in two hours and feel comfortable. "Competitiveness in sports is also part of his resistance." I have not liked the kind of sports that want to compete for one, two or three since I was a child, and sports should be enjoyed, not to win, what fun is it to win? "He went to Hungary a few years ago to participate in a regatta, and he didn't think about the ranking at all, he just wanted to feel the special sea." The sport is so much fun, and every experience is new: every day the weather is different, the wind direction is different, and the tides are different. ”
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Nature will also surprise him from time to time, such as when the ship reaches the sea, the gust of wind suddenly stops. "We're miserable without the wind, we can't go back without the motor, we have to call for help." While he was excited to upgrade to play a larger sailboat, he was reluctant to let the small sailboat go freely. "There's a problem, there's no restroom on board, and that's a big problem."
"Balance of many things"
Liang Chaowei's favorite sport has a commonality: it needs balance. "Skiing, cycling, sailing, if there is no balance, it will turn over." He had many encounters with "flipping", especially when driving a sailboat. "The airflows are constantly changing, and whether you're on the edge of the mountain or outside the mountain, the wind direction is different, so you need to learn a lot about that." He feels that this is similar to life: "You have to achieve balance, the balance of many things." "When you are on the sea, you can't predict the changes in the gusts, and you have to accept and adapt to the impermanence of life without warning, such as the new crown, a global virus, which has broken the "globalization" we are accustomed to to to some extent, which is somewhat regrettable. "I think the epidemic will have a great impact on people's values, outlook on life, and on your relationship with friends and family." You will feel that many things are not taken for granted, and you will cherish the people you care about and your friends more, and hope to spend more time with your family. So people who don't want to see, now I will never meet, very want to see, just accompany them. "He's also gradually changing the way he works, such as using phone video meetings and giving long-distance interviews." Marvel is going to do a joint interview with eight-person starring actors these days, and we are all connected with zoom in different places, and the hosts are all across the screen. "He sincerely hopes that the epidemic can end as soon as possible and completely." Many people have lost their jobs, the tourism industry, the hotel industry have suffered heavy losses, and many planes still cannot fly... There is really very little that humans can do in the face of nature, but what can we do? It's about doing your best. ”
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All along, Liang Chaowei felt that rest was important. What he defines as "rest" is never about doing nothing, but about giving yourself a little time to learn something new or do something you really want to do. "The process of learning often reminds me that some of the most basic things have been forgotten and ignored. After doing something for too long, you will forget what the original basic skills are. ”
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"I've acted..." He looked up for a few seconds before he found the exact number, "39 years, it seems like I'm doing everything for acting." When learning something new, such as being exposed to some new sports, they remind me that if you want to go further, then there are some basic skills to practice, and now you should go back (revisit). He was more pleased with the revelations given by the process than the results: "It reminds me of how I acted in the first place." A lot of people think they're 'very good at acting' after a while, but I don't think so. He was afraid of a state that was called "old fritters" in Cantonese. "It's just getting into a routine, getting used to it." He has always tried to change the way he is accustomed to embracing the strange and the unknown, and even if he has to constantly face new run-ins and get lost in uncertainty, he can also chisel new pleasures from the struggle. "That's fun, if everyone and everything is the same, what's more fun?"
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Interview, Writer / Li Bingqing
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