Cover news reporter Li Yuxin trainee reporter Liu Kexin
"If the entertainment industry holds a Go game, I should be able to take the first place, after all, the master has guided it." At present, if you search for the keyword "who give me up" in the social platform, you can see the lead actor Niu Junfeng laughing and saying this sentence, talking about the bits and pieces of the role of Sheng Jingchu.
Chengdu roadshow scene
Not long ago, the TV series "Who Give Me Others" officially launched to meet the audience, this youth love competition inheritance drama directed by Ju Jueliang and Liu Chang, starring Li Randi and Niu Junfeng, from the title, you can see a major theme implied by the play - Go. In the play, the male protagonist Played by Niu Junfeng, Sheng Jingchu, his life is complementary to the black and white chess pieces, and it is difficult to give up. It is precisely because of this that After more than three months of professional Go training and certificate recognition, Niu Junfeng can jokingly say the words of "take the first". Because he has gone from "not at all" to "playing OK" for Go.
On September 10th, in the clear weather, the creative team of "Who Give Me And Others" came to Chengdu roadshow to talk about interesting things in front of and behind the scenes of the audience. In an interview with the cover news, Niu Junfeng recalled the time spent with "Sheng Jingchu", analyzed the role and slowly explained his understanding and resonance of the role.
Interpreting the "Genius Go Player"
The gestures of holding chess have been specially studied
A pair of delicate gold wire glasses, coupled with a decent ironing suit, the first appearance of the grand scene in the play, always with the aura of "no one is allowed to enter", and a sense of quiet and indifferent alienation. This "colorless" genius Go teenager, with the tragic experience of losing his parents, accidentally hit and met the intern journalist Cheng, allowing him to regain his perception of color. But outside the role, when Niu Junfeng, with a faint smile, faces the camera and recalls the small fragments of the filming time, it seems to be far from the "grand scene".
Debuted as a child actor, with a drama age of nearly 20 years, he has filmed many "blockbuster dramas" such as "Battle Changsha", "A Slight Smile is Falling City", "The Biography of Chu Qiao", etc., but when it comes to the "Who Give Me Up" that was broadcast this time, Niu Junfeng said that many things are "the first time". For example, the first time to shoot such a heavy love scene of the "sweet pet drama", and starred in the role of a professional chess player with a strong professional color. Of course, these are also the main reasons that attract Niu Junfeng to star.
"Every move we make is a famous game, or it is very correct. I believe that professional Go players will know which game this is, or what this move is used for. Including our gestures to play chess, they are specially studied and do not let the audience say 'this is not playing chess'. Speaking of this, Niu Junfeng's expression became serious. Because he not only received three months of professional training, but also learned a lot of experience from Nie Weiping, the "chess saint". It should be known that the crew specially invited Nie Weiping to serve as a Go consultant to guide the chess games of various competitions in the play.
It is worth mentioning that the play also incorporates a lot of refreshing Go elements. For example, in the restored Go tournament, the female protagonist Cheng took it as the perspective of The Little White of Go, allowing the audience to further understand the introductory mystery of Go; there is also the "illusion" game between the characters when they are integrated into the chess game, making the game of Go a black and a white two-son contest more exciting. Of course, such a change will also make some viewers feel strange.
"In fact, at that time, we deliberately went to talk to Nie Lao and other Go teachers about this matter, saying whether the 'illusion' could reflect the state of mind of the Go player." Many people feel that the expression of chess players in the duel is very calm, how can they have so many fight pictures, whether this does not match. But on the contrary, every move of a chess player is very turbulent in his heart, just like going to the battlefield. Niu Junfeng stressed that this is Nie Lao's original words, because when sitting on the chessboard, the chess player seems to have entered the battlefield, how to "fight", how to defend, the heart of the chess player is like a fierce fight film.
Therefore, you can see that in the play, when the calm-faced grand scene is first under the dew of the mountains, every move taken is the shadow of the sword and light in the "illusion", and the waves are turbulent. Speaking of this, Niu Junfeng also said that he could not count how many chess pieces he had memorized. "But it's not painful, it's also a learning process, it's still very happy, and I like this thing (Go)."
Dissecting the "loneliness" of the characters :
At the beginning of the grand scene, I was hidden in my heart
A person who "does not distinguish colors" and only has black and white in his eyes, what is the world in his eyes? And when he begins to perceive colors and discern brilliant brilliance, what kind of emotional ups and downs will he experience? In "Who Give Me Up", the emotional context of Sheng Jingchu and the situation of the characters also seem to be related to color.
"The difficulty of playing the first scene is that his world is black and white. I'm going to fantasize about what his usual state is, after all, we are all colored eyes. I have considered this, when there is no color, I do not know where the brilliance of things is, so the state of the first time of the grand scene is also without brilliance. Niu Junfeng used "bleak and dull" to describe Sheng Jingchu, and also to describe the world he saw. And it wasn't until the debut of the heroine Cheng that his world began to have color.
Such a performance also poses a challenge to Niu Junfeng, because the details of emotional transformation may be the tone of every line and every nerve beating, and such a detailed performance is not easy. "It's not like that kind of big open and closed performance, and there can't be a big expression action. These performances are meant to be very detailed and subtle. But I'm sure if the audience can look carefully, they can feel some beauty. ”
Before the episode was not broadcast, searching for the title of the play on Douban, we can see the voices and expectations of many original fans, it is reported that the drama is based on the popular novel "Who Gives Me "Chess" of Gongzi Thirteen", and the "ShengjingChu" in the book is the "white moonlight" in the heart of the original fans. In the comments section, Sheng Jingchu's "loneliness" has become a frequently mentioned keyword.
"Of course, that's the trait in him." Niu Junfeng said that Sheng Jingchu lost his parents at the beginning of his life, and later was expelled from the division by his master, and his life has always been lonely. Although the life experience is very different, Niu Junfeng can experience this "sense of loneliness".
"I think I actually have a lot in common with Xiaojing, such as learning traditional culture. I grew up studying opera for more than 10 years now. Studying opera is also very lonely at certain moments, and when I was a child, I also practiced alone in the rehearsal room, an infinite movement, including training on the waist and legs. It is said that 'one minute on stage, ten years off stage', in fact, these 10 years have also come this way, which is quite similar to Xiaojing. ”
In this way, because of empathy, it is better to understand the character, get close to the character, and finally become a character. "When I was acting in this play, I felt that it was me at the beginning of the scene, but he was just hiding in my heart. In fact, in a certain way, He was me. ”
Conversation with Niu Junfeng:
"Starring in the beginning of the grand scene is a purification of me"
Cover News: The main actors in the play are all young people, is there anything interesting happening on the set? Is this the first time working with actor Randy Lee?
Niu Junfeng: Yes, this is the first cooperation with Randy. It's fun to have Randy around, she's actually a very lively, cute girl. Every day there will be a lot of wonderful points, very wonderful ideas, including a lot of jokes and so on. So when she's there, the whole atmosphere will be happy.
Cover News: Being able to see that the style of the whole show is very healing and sweet, what is the hope that the audience will gain from the play and the characters?
Niu Junfeng: I hope that the audience can feel the beauty and feel a lot of beauty that cannot be brought about in real life. I also hope that everyone can understand Go, even if we start from Go in the play, we have a very detailed explanation, and I hope that the audience can also learn Go through this play. Of course, I also have to feel the beauty of love, feel the beautiful things that are not very common in life, I think this is a very good thing.
Cover News: Beyond that, do you yourself draw strength from the characters?
Niu Junfeng: At the beginning of the grand scene, my heart was very calm, so it was also very calm to show it. I felt that playing this role was a baptism, and when I decided to take him, the first step was to make him clean. I believe that now that everyone sees him, they will not feel that he has a lot of dirt on his body, and I hope that he is very clean, including the things that come out of his eyes, the whole aura that is displayed. This is also a self-baptism, but also a baptism of the role, but also a purification of me.
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