Explore the stories behind each character and bring deep-rooted work to the audience. As a young actor, Zhang Chenxiao is clear about his goals, and every attempt and breakthrough is in his view the nourishment of his own growth. In his body, we feel the unique vitality of the teenager, positive sunshine, and use all our strength to go to all kinds of possibilities.
HB exclusive conversation with Zhang Chenxiao
Express yourself in your studies
The easy-to-decompression comic short drama "Master Brother Please Follow the Script" ended perfectly, which stood out in a number of traditional dramas with its novel brain hole routines, fast-paced plot directions and novel production modes, bringing healing and joy to the audience. Among them, the Demon Emperor, played by Zhang Chenxiao, is also different from the villain image in other dramas, with a cute and generous personality, and has always wanted to engage in career and complete his KPI.
Through this shooting, Zhang Chenxiao also gained a lot. "I think what I gained the most was to be able to work with director Lin Helong. Because I have heard some deeds about director Lin Helong before, he is very fast in all aspects when directing the play. He knows very well what he wants, whether it is the camera, or the lighting, the performance of the above skills, this time to be able to really cooperate with him once, really can learn a lot, very long insight. ”
All along, Zhang Chenxiao has always faced each role with a learning mentality. In the youth campus short drama "Today is also sunny", Zhang Chenxiao played the sunny and lively boy Xing Jialiang, the closeness of the role and his own personality, let him feel the real sense of the existence of the role, the relaxed and pleasant creative atmosphere between the four leading actors, but also let Zhang Chenxiao stretch his acting skills during the filming process, and fully display the sense of youth on his body.
Leaving a self-imprint in the role, from campus to work, turning the crew to shoot, the change of mentality, so that Zhang Chenxiao has a mature and clear understanding of the road ahead. And he always looked forward to himself being able to take another step forward, talking about the role of Xunfeng in the recently released "Cang lan tips", Zhang Chenxiao was still deeply touched. "Freesia Trick is a costume fairy project, a whole new world. Xun Feng is a bit of a villain role, and I myself are very different, and secondly, Xun Feng in this play, whether it is from the early, middle and late stages, the process of his character change is more obvious, and the whole character has grown. When I really brought myself into it, I found that I would also grow with this role. ”
Grow with the character, take on the challenge, and surprise every attempt. In the face of the huge span from the modern drama to the costume drama era background and creative themes, Zhang Chenxiao not only has a solid performance foundation and carefully ponders the line script, he also learns to use external conditions to enhance his sense of substitution and feeling. The blessing of costume props allows him to enter the worldview of the script with the characters, adjust himself according to the roles, vividly and flexibly display the living habits, speaking methods, and expressions of the characters in the play, and do his best to make the characters more distinct and three-dimensional.
When receiving each role, Zhang Chenxiao will do his homework carefully. Comb through the personalities of the characters, start from the subtleties, and create your own performance style. "The roles I play are very different. For example, when I played a policeman before, I would search for some police enforcement videos on the Internet, including how they usually trained themselves and searched for some relevant knowledge. When I was shooting Freesia, I listened to the director. At that time, the director gave me a few films, and a few plays, and asked me to go and try to find some of the characteristics of these characters, including what kind of impression they left on people, and let me try to adjust to that aspect. ”
Freeze frame beautiful
For "beauty", in Zhang Chenxiao's view, as long as it makes people look comfortable, can produce memory points, and can be remembered, these things are considered beautiful. "What I like is beauty."
Zhang Chenxiao, who likes photography, likes to freeze the beautiful with the lens, the interesting people around him, the beautiful scenery, and the delicious food, at the moment of pressing the shutter, is the moment when Zhang Chenxiao connects with life.
In Zhang Chenxiao's heart, the place that can make him feel safe is still in the crew he loves. His ideal crew or working environment is to be able to let himself throw away the distractions and unnecessary chores in his heart, and put all his energy into the role. Immerse yourself unreservedly, let the characters become their own protective net, and explore the mysteries of performance.
In Zhang Chenxiao's view, "drama throwing face" is the goal that he will strive for in the future. "I think the most important thing about a good actor is what he can play, whether it's a positive character or a negative character, no matter what their personality is, whether the play is a modern play or a costume play. I think when people first see him, they will forget what he played in other roles before, and they can immediately bring the audience into this role. I think this is a very powerful skill, and it is also a criterion for me to judge whether I am a good actor or not. ”
Not bound by a certain role, outside the framework, in the encounter with the role, in the beauty of each freeze frame, free and fearless, Zhang Chenxiao uses time and effort to slowly cast the perfection in his heart.
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HB Q&A
HB: Do you order takeout or cook at home?
Zhang Chenxiao: Ordering takeaway is more, because ordering takeaway is more time-saving. I order takeaway, the first criterion is still not clean, healthy or unhealthy, the taste is still secondary. I prefer to eat Beijing cuisine, like some cold dishes, such as Qianlong cabbage or mixed hair belly.
HB: What is your own specialty?
Zhang Chenxiao: In fact, I myself cook more delicious, this is recognized by my friends around me, as well as my family, I usually when I may come home for the New Year's Festival, at home may be my cooking, my parents are not very good at cooking. My specialty dish is still to make seafood, because I am a Qingdao native, and I will do some of the local home-made practices.
HB: What is your favorite sport?
Zhang Chenxiao: I actually like to play football the most, because I have been very interested in football since I was a child, and I used to play football almost every other day when I was in Beijing, but now I have been running in the group, but I usually do some aerobic exercise occasionally.
HB : When did you start being skincare conscious?
Zhang Chenxiao: After becoming an actor, when I usually put on makeup, the makeup artist told me that my skin was relatively dry, and then I began to slowly try to skin care. However, I am still a relatively basic stage, after removing makeup and washing my face, I may rub some water milk, and then occasionally apply some masks, and skin care will be less than a year.
HB: A popular skincare brand
Zhang Chenxiao: Usually, I still use a little more basic, like Avène, Keyan's. Usually, the mask is mainly based on the medical beauty mask, and I usually use the mask of Therapy.
HB: Favorite perfume flavor?
Zhang Chenxiao: I prefer some of the scents of wood, like sandalwood and cedar wood, which makes people smell very fresh and refreshing.
HB: Do you usually pay attention to health problems?
Zhang Chenxiao: Yes, recently in fact, sleep has not been very good, and then I will eat some vitamins, or calcium tablets and the like to adjust themselves.
Edit the Clip | Yang Yile
Text | Sun Yingxue