Designer, trainee, star, theatrical actor
He is progressive in different roles
The Winter Olympics brought fire to ice and snow sports, and also let many people know the strange style of ice hockey.
Ice hockey is a very confrontational sport, and the biggest charm lies in the spirit of hard work and enterprising.
As Xiao Zhan, an ambassador for the promotion of ice hockey, said: "Fall down and get up, charge and start again." Keep going, don't give up. ”
After becoming popular with "Chen Qing Ling", Xiao Zhan instead precipitated, did not hide in his comfort zone, but sought new breakthroughs towards different identities and roles.
Now, he has taken a new step: standing on the theatrical stage, he will challenge The Classic Drama "Like a Dream" directed by Lai Shengchuan for 8 hours.
Xu Qing, who is in the same crew, praised Xiao Zhan: "I really think Xiao Zhan is a good actor, and he can be on the stage in a down-to-earth manner, rehearse for more than ten days, not ask for leave for a day, every day in the platoon, every day in the experience, this hard work, won the respect of all of us." ”
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Newcomer actors take to the stage
In March last year, "Like a Dream" announced that Xiao Zhan would play the role of "Patient Five".
Since its birth in the early 21st century, "Like a Dream" has been a benchmark for Chinese drama. Director Lai Shengchuan has directed classic works such as "Crush on Peach Blossom Garden" and "Treasure Island One Village". Using newcomer actors seems a bit risky.
In fact, for Xiao Zhan, this is also a very challenging choice.
Compared to the performance mode he was familiar with before, the drama was much more difficult. "Like a Dream" is about 8 hours long, and there can be no mistakes on the stage and no repetition. The rhythm is a little bit out of the pool, and the audience below can see it clearly.
Not only that, but drama belongs to the niche circle after all. Spend a lot of effort to arrange a play, follow the crew to run around, tour everywhere, and finally face only tens of thousands of people, where is the film and television drama audience?
Therefore, when the chief producer Wang Keran first heard that the actor coordinator recommended Xiao Zhan, he was also a little hesitant.
Wang Keran has never seen Xiao Zhan's works, only that he is a highly popular star. I want to touch it first and see if he is suitable for this play.
Therefore, Wang Keran invited Xiao Zhan to participate in the activities he was preparing to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Cao Yu's birth. At the same time as sending out the invitation, Wang Keran also gave Xiao Zhan an additional question: after watching Wanfang's play "Winter Journey" and the new book "You and Me", he listed some questions for him, "Look at the fate" to him.
At first, Wang Keran did not hold out much hope. Unexpectedly, a few days later, he received a long list from Xiao Zhan, which said twenty or thirty questions, "all simple, but with depth of thought."
"It can be seen that he carefully read teacher Wan Fang's works and thought very seriously."
At the scene of the event, Xiao Zhan's performance in the dialogue session was also very natural, which allowed Wang Keran to have a new understanding of him. He felt that Xiao Zhan's temperament was very in line with the young patient no. 5 in "Like a Dream", and Xiao Zhan also liked this role, and the two hit it off.
A few months later, the crew moved into Tangshan and began a closed rehearsal.
After many actors enter the group, they often need a day or two to familiarize themselves with the lines and roles. But on the first day xiao Zhan came, he had already memorized all the lines, "open your mouth and come, almost immediately into the state", which surprised everyone.
At the end of each day's rehearsal, the on-site director would take notes on six or seven pages, gather the actors together, and point out everyone's problems. In his impression, the same problem, Xiao Zhan would hardly appear a second time. "It must be because I went back that night and did my homework again."
For Xiao Zhan's research strength, actor Huang Lu also has a lot of feelings. In the opponent scenes of the two, some of the details of the performance are handled, and many of them are the ideas proposed by Xiao Zhan.
On April 23, "Like a Dream" ushered in the premiere, which was Xiao Zhan's first time on the stage of drama.
It's a complex role. Whether it is stoic restraint or hysteria, Xiao Zhan has shown three points, making people believe that he is "patient number five".
Wang Keran also breathed a sigh of relief: "His overall state is outstanding for this role, allowing the audience to trust and love. ”
Because of this play, many people saw Xiao Zhan's enterprising spirit for the first time.
As a star, he chose to precipitate himself on the theatrical stage, willingly being tempered and polished, and constantly exploring new identities and possibilities.
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From designer to actor
Break through in different roles
In fact, if you want to summarize a key word for Xiao Zhan's life so far, the most appropriate one may be "enterprising".
Before the age of 25, he never wanted to enter the entertainment industry. During his undergraduate studies, he studied design at Chongqing Technology and Business University, and also founded his own photography studio and design studio, taking pictures of people and taking on some small jobs of LOGO design.