Sohu Entertainment Special Article (April Day/Wen Li Xin/Video) Recently, the urban suspense sweet drama "He Confesses in Backlight" starring Cao Youning and Yu Yue, based on the novel "Half Yin" by Weak Water Qianliu, is being broadcast on Sohu Video. The play tells the story of the drama actor Ruan Nianchu (Yu Yue) because of an accident, imprisoned, met Li Teng (Cao Youning), who is cold and handsome and heavy,000, and had a good feeling for each other, but in order to protect Ruan Nianchu, Li Teng had to give up this relationship. Unexpectedly, five years later, the two met by chance and fell into emotional entanglement again...
The male protagonist in the play, Li Teng, is a typical hegemonic character, seemingly cold and ruthless, but in fact, he bears the burden of humiliation for the sake of feelings, and the boyfriend is bursting. As soon as this role appeared, it touched the girlish hearts of countless viewers. As the actor of Li Teng, Cao Youning said that when he first read the script, he found that Li Teng was a very attractive character who "erupted with male hormones".
Previously, most of the characters played by Cao Youning were more sunny and cute, and it was difficult for him to challenge the role of such a tough guy for the first time. In order to perform the feeling of a tough guy, he did a lot of homework, such as training two or three times a day, practicing pectoral abs and vest line, in addition, he also practiced eye concentration.
As a sweet pet drama, the play is naturally indispensable to the intimate drama part, when it comes to intimate drama, Cao Youning is a little shy. He revealed that the show is "super invincible sweet" and "very naked, very challenging." The picture is really good to take, and it will make people blush and beat their hearts. "However, it is not an easy task to make the sweet scene look good," maybe there is no kiss when kissing, or the heroine's mouth is twisted, the picture is not good, and the staff on the scene will feel very funny." It's still quite difficult in this regard. ”
Although there were many challenges in filming "He Confessed in the Backlight", Cao Youning said that the harvest was also great, "This drama is very important to me. Because it jumped out of the roles I had received in the past, it was also a transition, a process from boy to man. I really like what this character in this play brings me. ”
Before becoming an actor, Cao Youning was a professional baseball player who embarked on the path of an actor by chance. When asked whether the first work has received such a high affirmation, will it be very stressful, Cao Youning said that he still has a lot of room for efforts, and does not want to win awards and other things, only hope that the future will continue to improve on the road of acting.
Li Teng is a character who erupts male hormones, and it is very difficult for me to shoot intimate scenes
Sohu Entertainment: What kind of character is Li Teng, who you played in "His Confession in the Backlight"?
Cao Youning: Li Teng, who I played in "He Confessed in the Backlight", is a very capable person, very man, erupting male hormones, and a very intimate person. I think this role is too attractive, he is different from the roles I have been exposed to in the past, my previous roles are sunny and cute, and the age is closer to me, but this role has a slightly older sense of age, and I have to change my mood, which is a big challenge for me.
Sohu Entertainment: In order to play this role well, have you made any preparations?
Cao Youning: After some preparation, in the script, Li Teng is very physically strong, very thick, and can protect people. His eyes must be very mature, because he has experienced a lot of things, and his attitude of seeing things is not the same as that of people of the same age, so his eyes must be very determined. Do some homework in this area, like focusing on training, looking at a point, and then staring at it carefully, practicing that the eyes don't drift around.
Sohu Entertainment: I heard that you went to the gym specifically for this play?
Cao Youning: Originally there was a fitness, this role put a lot of pressure on me, he must have a block, chest muscles, abdominal muscles are obvious, even mermaid line. Before booting up in isolation, get up every day after breakfast and start exercising, about two or three times a day to achieve the effect.
Sohu Entertainment: What do you think is the most difficult thing about filming this play?
Cao Youning: I think there are two parts, the first part is playing. I played the boss of the bodyguard in it, the force value must be very high, to be very able to fight, I did not have a martial arts foundation before, the action guidance scene to help us train, review many times. It's a big challenge for me, and it's the type of challenge I really want to challenge.
Then there is the love part, this drama is still a sweet pet drama, so the very intimate action on the screen, to shoot very beautiful, very beautiful, this aspect is very difficult for me. Because in life, you don't do that kind of action. In this regard, the director gave me a lot of suggestions, so that I could adapt more quickly in some of the more intimate scenes later and understand what the director really wanted.
"He Confesses in the Backlight" is super invincible and sweet, and many intimate scenes make people blush and beat
Sohu Entertainment: Can you reveal to you how sweet the play really is?
Cao Youning: Super Invincible Sweet. A lot of more intimate behaviors, the pictures that ordinary people will see in communication, you can see in this play, very naked, very challenging. The picture is really good to take, and it will make people blush and beat their hearts.
Sohu Entertainment: The shooting scale is so large, will you feel embarrassed when shooting, laughter and the like?
Cao Youning: Sometimes there is. Because there may be no kissing when kissing, or the mouth of the heroine is twisted, the picture is not good, and the staff on the scene will find it funny. This aspect is still quite difficult, and the director is constantly helping how to show the best state of intimate scenes.
Sohu Entertainment: Do you feel that your love skills have improved a lot?
Cao Youning: I have some inspiration in the role. Sometimes silently guarding a person is also a manifestation of love, sometimes there is no need to be too demanding of the other party, to maintain a very comfortable relationship, which is very important.
Sohu Entertainment: How does it feel to cooperate with Yu Yue this time?
Cao Youning: It feels very good, a few years ago we met and tried the drama together, and at that time, I felt that this girl was very serious, and her acting status made you feel that she was communicating with you seriously. When I met again many years later, she remained the same and was happy to work with her.
Sohu Entertainment: Is Ruan Nianchu, played by her in the play, your ideal type?
Cao Youning: The personality of the characters in the play is very good, very independent, brave, and has a goal for life, which is quite attractive in this regard. In addition, Yu Yue's own personality is quite similar to the personality in the character, so it is very good.
The first play to be shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award was both pressure and motivation, and Li Teng transformed me from a boy to a man
Sohu Entertainment: Your first debut work was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award, will this put a lot of pressure on you to shoot later?
Cao Youning: Pressure is certain, but for me pressure is also motivation. The first play was the first step for me to understand acting, and after I was shortlisted, people may look at my performance with relatively high standards.
Sohu Entertainment: Will you worry that you can't surpass your previous work, or that your first work starts so high, and you will set yourself a particularly high goal, such as taking the movie emperor or something?
Cao Youning: Not at all, this is too far away for me. I think the actor is constantly going through some things with age, and the roles encountered at each stage are different, and the attitude towards him will be different. For me, there is no prize in my mind.
Sohu Entertainment: Before you played this play, you were a baseball player, and after this play, you transformed into an actor. Did it still have a big impact on you at the time?
Cao Youning: The impact is quite large. I grew up playing ball for more than a decade, and when my special sport was about to reach its peak, I came across the first movie, and my thought was, do I want to play for the rest of my life? Maybe you can change the runway early. Because the life of a player is limited.
Sohu Entertainment: After acting in so many works, which of your favorite works or which roles do you like the most?
Cao Youning: Of course, it is "He Confessed in the Backlight". This play is very important to me. Because it jumped out of the roles I had received in the past, it was also a transition, a process from boy to man. I really like what this character in this play brings me.
Sohu Entertainment: This time the tough guy character was challenged, is there any type of role that you particularly want to challenge in the future?
Cao Youning: I really want to challenge the action actors, and there are some more realistic themes.
Give yourself a 6 out of 6 for your appearance and not be happy with your dark circles and concave face
Sohu Entertainment: If you score 10 points, how many points do you score for your appearance and acting skills?
Cao Youning: Appearance, 10 points should be 6 points. 6 points is at least not ugly, it is OK. Everyone's view of the appearance is different, the look they like is different, even if this person is not what everyone thinks is good-looking, there will still be his special charm, and there are parts that belong to his good-looking. For me, there is no standard for appearance.
Sohu Entertainment: Where is the difference between the 4 points of the difference?
Cao Youning: The other 4 points may be my dark circles, and my face is concave, there is no collagen, collagen is lost. (Sohu Entertainment: Because fitness is too hard? Just can't be too satisfied with yourself.
Sohu Entertainment: How many points do you score for your acting skills?
Cao Youning: It's only one-tenth, and there is a lot of room for effort. I hope that in the future, I can slowly add to 2 points, 3 points, 4 minutes and 5 points, which is not satisfactory. Acting in this part, I believe that many senior actors will not be satisfied with their own plays, which is the biggest charm of actors, and there is still challenge.
Sohu Entertainment: What do you like to do when you are not filming? Do you still play baseball?
Cao Youning: Usually when I am not filming, I rest, sleep, exercise, read, and step on the green.