Qilu Evening News • Qilu one-point reporter Liu Yuhan
Speaking of the name of actor Cheng Xiaomeng, many viewers may still be right about many numbers, but when she says the role she has played, many viewers will suddenly realize: it was her! Chen Liangdi, the "long-legged concubine" in "The Promotion of the Crown Princess", Tan Shuangye, who is witty and sensitive in "Blood Chang'an", the eccentric Seventh Princess in "East Palace", the dignified and virtuous Princess Zhang Nianzhi in "Crane And Hua Ting", the mysterious and cold Xia Yuyi in "Rebirth"... Cheng Xiaomeng showed his multi-drama and multi-faceted "drama throwing" strength in these works.
Recently, Cheng Xiaomeng has appeared in "Burn It! In "Waste Firewood", he partnered with Wang Yanlin for the first time in urban comedy. Starting from the "Princess Promotion" mistakenly hit and bumped into the show business circle, Cheng Xiaomeng played all the way from the edge role to the female number two to the heroine, and completed his "actor promotion" in 6 years. Recently, Cheng Xiaomeng accepted an exclusive interview with the reporter of Qilu Evening News • Qilu One Point, she believes that she belongs to the acquired hard-working player, "I feel that I still have a lot of room for improvement, and there are still many places that need to be improved." ”
Show Rap is "disliked"
Used to acting in costume dramas, this time starring in "Burn It!" "Waste Firewood" is an urban comedy that Cheng Xiaomeng feels is not easy. "For me, I think modern drama is more difficult to perform. Costume dramas have a sense of ceremony, and you can perform them. The relaxed state required by modern drama is quite difficult to grasp, you have to go through countless times of practice to achieve, I think it is not easy to grasp the rhythm of the performance. ”
Cheng Xiaomeng in "Burn It! Ye Xiaoxi, played in "Waste Firewood", is an all-round single mother, "young mother", which is not an acceptable role type for many actresses. Cheng Xiaomeng said that he did not resist, but wondered why the director would find himself to play this role. Later, I learned that it was because she played the princess Zhang Nianzhi in "Crane And Hua Ting" before, this role that integrates the excellent qualities of women such as gentle and dignified, virtuous and virtuous, so that the director felt that Cheng Xiaomeng exuded a kind of feminine brilliance with love, so he chose her.
In the play, Ye Xiaoxi can be said to be the "treasure chest" of the Big Fish Inn, with exquisite cooking skills, can do housework, and can show a rap at every turn. In order to play a good role, Cheng Xiaomeng specifically found a teacher to learn Rap, but was "disliked" by the director on the spot. "Once I sang pretty well, and the director said to me, I hope I don't have to sing too well, what they want is a contrasting comedic effect."
What is it like to partner "comedian" Wang Yanlin in urban comedy? Cheng Xiaomeng said that he was quite surprised. "The first time we met, I didn't expect that he was still quite shy, didn't talk much, and was different from what he usually saw in variety shows." Wait for some familiarity to feel like he's like a big boy. "There is a scene where Cheng Xiao is cute in disguise, Wang Yanlin spit water on her face, but he didn't expect that he really sprayed his face full. After coming down, Cheng Xiaomeng looked for Wang Yanlin to "confront", "You are really cruel." As a result, he said that he was actually "pity Xiang Xiyu" and that "I still have half of the water in my mouth that has not been sprayed." Recalling these episodes of getting along on the set, Cheng Xiaomeng felt full of joy.
Do your homework for each scene
As an actor, Cheng Xiaomeng is a halfway monk. She majored in broadcast hosting in college and traveled to the United States to study. These experiences have nothing to do with the actor, and the first time she made a drama by mistake, she received the 2015 blockbuster web drama "The Promotion of the Princess Princess". At that time, Cheng Xiaomeng went to play in a friend's studio, and it happened that the director of "The Promotion of the Princess Princess" was selecting actors, and when he saw Cheng Xiaomeng, who was 170cm tall, he took a look at her and decided to let her play the role of Chen Liangdi, the "long-legged concubine" in the play.
The first time he filmed a blockbuster drama, this is something that many actors can't ask for, but at that time, Cheng Xiaomeng was still ignorant and didn't know what the actor was. "At that time, our four concubines were sniffing melon seeds every day, and they were so thirsty. The prop master is also very sweet, and prepares us melon seeds with different tastes every day. At that time, we were all quite strange, how the performance method of this drama was different from other dramas, maybe the director wanted something more unique. ”
It was not until after acting in "Blood Chang'an" in 2017 that Cheng Xiaomeng was determined to officially become an actor. "That's when I thought it was fun to be an actor." Since then, Cheng Xiaomeng has starred in many popular and well-received works, such as "East Palace", "Crane Huating", "Rebirth", etc., especially the role of the princess in "Crane Huating", making her become the "white moonlight" in the hearts of many audiences.
These characters are either clever, or gentle, or high and cold, multi-drama and multi-faceted, and there is no repetition, Cheng Xiaomeng said that his acting relies on doing his homework. "Any character has a part that is close to themselves, but the part that they don't have needs to do their homework." I would find a teacher to take acting classes, discuss and analyze the characters with the director, write my own character biographies, watch other films of the same type to find feelings, and make a lot of preparations for each scene. Only when the homework is done in advance can the layered sense of the character come out. ”
The exchange and learning with the actors in the same crew is also Cheng Xiaomeng's acting class. For example, in "Rebirth", she and Zhang Yi had a lot of rival plays. Working with such a top-level actor, Cheng Xiaomeng admits that it is indeed a lot of pressure, but it also gains a lot. "Teacher Zhang is really good, and he will give me a lot of suggestions on the performance on the spot. For example, the processing of lines and the connection of the air outlet, saying it in different ways, feels completely different, and finally can be presented in a most comfortable way. ”
Since the beginning of "The Promotion of the Princess Princess", Cheng Xiaomeng has been in the film and television circle for 6 years. She gave herself a 70-point score for her hard work over the years, "in terms of the level of interpretation of the role, the fullness and the handling of the lines, we should continue to improve." ”