The sports-themed TV series "Beyond" focuses on the key project of the Winter Olympics "short track speed skating", and as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the countdown, the popular broadcast of "Beyond" allows the audience to understand the past and present life of China's short track speed skating.
In the play, young actor Gao Zhiting played the captain of the first generation of speed skating team, playing the role of young speed skater Chen Jingye. Recently, Gao Zhiting was interviewed by xiaoxiang morning newspaper reporters to share behind-the-scenes footage, Gao Zhiting bluntly said that by starring in this work, he learned that China's ice and snow athletes have overcome their physical conditions and constantly challenged the limits in training and competition again and again. "Whether it is competitive sports or ordinary people's lives, only a very small number of people can go to the top, but 'surpassing the self' is what every ordinary person can get through hard work, which is probably the spiritual connotation that "Beyond" wants to convey to the audience."
Talk about the role: Start from scratch to train short track speed skating
Young actor Gao Zhiting, who has contributed good performances in popular dramas such as "To Our Simple Little Beauty" and "Humble City", said that taking over "Beyond" is more special and more intense than shooting other scenes. "Because the Winter Olympics are coming, I hope to be able to act well, show the spirit and style of our Olympic athletes, and not shame them."
It's hard to imagine that before filming this show, Gao Zhiting would not be able to skate completely. To this end, short track speed skating training was spent nearly 70 days before shooting. Everything started from scratch and slowly became the state that everyone sees now. "Skating was difficult for me at the beginning, it was not just physical, it was a training for spirit and willpower. Although our training volume is not up to the level of athletes, it has also reached our limit. ”
Gao Zhiting's previous understanding of short track speed skating is similar to that of ordinary people, which is some wonderful replays of world champions such as Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, Wu Dajing, etc., but through this play, the understanding will be more and more profound. "Short track speed skating is a very challenging sport and I feel very lucky to be part of the show. Through continuous training, I gradually became proficient in speed skating and gradually liked this sport. ”
Gao Zhiting said bluntly that standing on the podium during the filming process and seeing the moment the national flag was raised, that kind of national pride really came out of nowhere, "I think everything is worth it, the whole is still more bloody, the feeling of being more burning, I also feel very proud to play such a role." ”
Talk about cooperation: Hu Jun is a role model to learn from, and Ma Li is like a mother
"Beyond" is a two-generation competitive struggle in two generations of double time and space, and then tells the story of China's short-track speed skating to the audience: the whole series focuses on the 1980s when China's short-track speed skating rose, showing the moving feelings of the first generation of short-track speed skaters and coaches struggling under difficult conditions and fighting for the country; the other perspective focuses on the contemporary era, depicting the inspirational spirit of the new generation of athletes represented by Chen Mian bravely chasing their dreams and winning glory for the country, and the two time and space intersect narratives and reflect each other.
"Beyond" gathers a large number of old drama bones, Hu Jun plays Chen Mian's father Chen Jingye, who is also a retired athlete of the older generation. When playing Hu Jun's youth, talking about the similarities with Hu Jun, Gao Zhiting smiled and said, "That may be a similar skin color, haha, but Teacher Hu Jun was taller and more powerful than me when he was young, more mature, more flavorful, and he was a learning example for our young actors." ”
Gao Zhiting said that when he first got the script, he still liked the role. "This person is more complicated, his mind is very heavy, and the sense of fate he carries makes people feel sad and distressed." In life, maybe I have no heart and no lungs, and I don't have as heavy as Chen Jingye's mind. ”
Ma Li plays Wu Qinghong, the first generation of short track speed skating coach in the mainland, wu Qinghong is the coach of Chen Jingye and Zheng Kaixin, and is also a pregnant mother-to-be. Wu Qinghong took great care of the disciples, dragged his clumsy body to the disciples to make malted milk, and lured the wild team members into the right track. In the interview, Gao Zhiting told reporters, "The feelings between the coach and the coach are also teachers and friends, and Teacher Ma Li is like a mother, everyone is really a family." The cooperation with the teacher sister Ma Li was very pleasant and happy, the communication was very smooth, and Teacher Ma Li also helped us a lot. ”
Talk about shooting: Pay tribute to the hard struggle history of Chinese short track speed skaters with characters
Looking back at the shooting tidbits, Gao Zhiting bluntly said that he shot on the banks of the Songhua River, "Cold is a word." "The scene of running in the ice and snow of Harbin makes Gao Zhiting remember vividly," there is a scene where the train drives by, everyone is wearing short-sleeved shorts and wearing down jackets waiting, as soon as the train comes, it starts to run, and the biting chill is really unforgettable. ”
There is also a scene showing brotherhood, which also left a deep impression on Gao Zhiting. In the play, Chen Jingye and Jiang Hong's feelings are very deep, after Jiang Hong was injured, Chen Jingye pushed him to the ice rink, which required very full and rich emotions to perform this play. But I couldn't get out of that emotion, everyone was very anxious, I was also very anxious, sitting there calmly for a long time, Zhu Jiaqi has been by my side. Gao Zhiting remembered, "The ice is very cold, and he is going to lie on that ice waiting for me." Because of me, he lay several times on the ice. One of them saw him lying there, I felt particularly helpless, and then I went over and hugged Zhu Jiaqi and hugged him for a long time, that is, in the process of helping each other, everyone was familiar with each other, and this brotherhood slowly showed. ”
During the filming process, Gao Zhiting was touched by the dedication and love of the Olympic athletes for their dreams several times, he said, "I hope that through the role of young Chen Jingye, more audiences can feel the fighting spirit of the athletes passed down from generation to generation, as well as the unremitting pursuit of dreams." ”
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhou Shihao
Source: Xiaoxiang Morning Post