Ten years ago, He Shengming, who had just gained super popularity for the TV series "Palace Lock Heart Jade", was still worried about how to take off the label of "Fourth Master". Ten years later, Zhu Biao, the prince in the hit drama "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", let him let go of everything and devote himself to the pleasure brought by the performance.
He said that in order to prove himself, he continued to shoot dramas, hoping to break through the classics he created through different types of roles. Later, he learned to reconcile with himself, and also learned to slow down, "when there is a good role, go to shoot, and enjoy life when you are not working." Occasionally, he will also "willfully" take on some roles with large contrasts, such as the big villain Qiu Ziliang in "With Junge", "Playing a villain is not easy to have an audience, but it is really enjoyable to act." ”
He Shengming said that now is the best version of himself. Courtesy of respondents
Some people say that He Shengming is different from ten years ago, and some people say that he has not changed at all. "I'm still me, just like ten years ago, this is the bottom line that I hold on to in my heart, my state of mind has not changed, but this decade of growth has been injected into it, making my core harder and my dimension wider." He knows that now is the best version of himself.
Speeches
The 9 months of becoming Zhu Biao are like experiencing a crossing
In 2011, a hit "Palace Lock Heart Jade" made One of the leading actors, He Chenming, a household actor. In this Qing Palace drama, He Shengming played the fourth brother Yinchen, and Feng Shaofeng played the eighth brother Yinchen, and the two were brothers and enemies in the play, and jointly staged a battle to seize the wife. Outside the play, He Shengming and Feng Shaofeng also became good friends because of the play. Later, everyone developed in their own circles, and there was rarely a chance to cooperate again. One day in November 2017, He Shengming received an invitation from the team of the TV series "Shan He Yueming", "The other party said to me: Chenming, this project is particularly good, and you and the Shaofeng brothers can be reunited again." ”
After getting the script, He Shengming loved it, he felt that it was a good project worth spending time and energy to do, and he did do it. In the TV series "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", He Shengming played Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is also the eldest brother of Zhu Di (Played by Feng Shaofeng). In the history that most people see, Zhu Biao is almost a stroke, in the face of such a figure, He Shengming spent a lot of time to collect various historical materials, zhengshi, wild history, do not let go.
Playing a historical figure, He Shengming first held a sense of awe, he deliberately went to Lintan County, Gansu, where there are still the main halls of the Yuan Dynasty, "Lintan County also has 18 temples, Zhu Biao's 18 ministers, a temple for each person, and some of them are also enshrined with Zhu Yuanzhang." He Shengming said.
The 9 months of filming "Mountains and Rivers Moonlight" seemed to have experienced a crossing for He Shengming. Courtesy of respondents
This sense of interlacing of time and space and historical space makes him feel that he is approaching the prince Zhu Biao of that year, which is a way for him to find a link with history. "The path he took 700 years ago, I also went through it, which will become my inner support as an actor."
In order to shoot this drama well, He Shengming worked in the crew for 9 months. "I felt like I had been doing Zhu Biao for 9 months, and it was like going through a crossing." The scene was filmed on the grassland, and on the night when he was about to finish the green, he walked out two kilometers alone, looking at the vast grassland and the starry sky, he said to himself, as if to say to Zhu Biao: "I want to go back, I left you (Zhu Biao) in the grassland." ”
Talk about the color of the corner
After 25 years as a prince, he lived a very depressed life
"When faced with a role, instead of thinking about how to play him, it is better to think about how to become him."
He Shengming believes that to become Zhu Biao, we must first understand what kind of person he is. By reading a large number of historical documents and combining the script, He Shengming felt that Zhu Biao was a very kind person, and benevolence was his characteristic, "He received education in Confucianism from an early age, and his way of governing the country was diametrically opposed to Zhu Yuanzhang. "In the play, Zhu Biao has always advocated the reopening of the imperial examination and opposed his father's establishment of the Jinyi Guard, while Zhu Yuanzhang (Chen Baoguo) is bent on removing obstacles for his son, hoping to leave a broad road for his descendants." Zhu Yuanzhang loved this prince very much, but everything he did caused great psychological pressure on the prince. He Shengming analyzed.
Facing his father Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao was afraid. From Li Chu to his death, Zhu Biao was the crown prince for 25 years, and he was concerned about the world, not only to share the government affairs for his father, but contrary to his father's political views, under the long-term suppression, he actually lived a very depressed life, "I even suspect that Zhu Biao finally suffered from depression." He Shengming said. In the performance, he also enlarged these details according to his own analysis and understanding of Zhu Biao.
In terms of performance, He Shengming will also deliberately imitate some of Chen Baoguo's actions and bring them into the performance. The picture comes from the official micro of the play
In addition, He Shengming will also silently record Chen Baoguo's gestures on the side, and then rationally use and assign them to his own performances, including when speaking to the minister, when he is with his own courtiers... "Because he is my father, I am his son, and I am with him every day, I will definitely be subtly influenced by him, which is also a kind of 'son inheriting the father's business'." From another point of view, He Shengming felt that the prince was also a courtier of Zhu Yuanzhang, and when the emperor drank water and when he became angry, as the crown prince Zhu Biao should know best.
There is also a scene that makes He Shengming very impressed, that is, when he and Zhu Di discussed the current suffering of the Daming people in the rice field, he picked a piece of rice with his hand, dipped in tea and wrote a "An" word, that is, he expected the Daming people to be rich and peaceful, and the design of this rice picking was that he was completely immersed in the role at that time, and the "drama" that followed the trend now seems to not only conform to the logic of the plot, but also makes this scene much more vivid.
Talk about partnering
"Chen Baoguo is a cute old man"
Before filming began, Chen Baoguo (who played Zhu Yuanzhang) was a very strict senior in He Shengming's impression, so he was super nervous when filming the opponent scene, "This play was filmed backwards, and the plot developed to the later stages of the prince Zhu Biao was very afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and my state of Teacher Chen Baoguo also happened to be in line with the relationship between the characters, that is, the sense of oppression he brought to me." And slowly contacted, He Shengming found that Chen Baoguo was actually a very cute and interesting elder.
He also remembered that when he first entered the group, as long as he finished filming with Chen Baoguo, he would go to find a place that the other party could not see and hide far away, "Whether it is inside or outside the play, I dare not go near him." On the one hand, he is afraid of affecting him, because he is very serious about preparing plays, and has always been silent lines and grinding plays, on the other hand, he really does not dare. ”
Later, there was a scene of father and son, and when Chen Baoguo and Feng Shaofeng sat together and chatted, Chen Baoguo suddenly shouted: What about the prince? Call the prince over too. The small talk brought the distance closer, "I felt very kind at the time." He Shengming still remembers once changing costumes, stretching out his hand Chen Baoguo just walked by the side, after a flexible dodge, he quipped: "I've been guarding against you for a long time, you stinky boy, I know you've always wanted to beat me." He said that this is still the legendary strict old artist, living off a cute little old man.
"The tacit understanding with Feng Shaofeng needs no more words"
When filming "Palace Lock Heart Jade", He Shengming and Feng Shaofeng formed a deep friendship. Although the two have different developments, private contacts and friendships have never stopped. In "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", Feng Shaofeng plays the adult Zhu Di, cooperating again, and playing a brother, the tacit understanding is needless to say, and the seamless docking inside and outside the play. "This side is still chatting, the other side says to start shooting, we just go into the state." He Shengming felt that although he and Feng Shaofeng had not seen each other for a long time, as long as they met, they were particularly close and harmonious.
As an "old partner", He Shengming and Feng Shaofeng have a high degree of tacit understanding. Courtesy of respondents
"Cheng Yi played very steadily in front of veteran actors"
In the play, the young Zhu Di's actor Cheng Yi is also He Shengming's old partner, and the two have previously cooperated in the TV series "Liu Li" and "With Junge". In "Liu Li", He Shengming plays the lord of the Palace of Li ze and is the master of Si Feng, played by Cheng Yi. This time in "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", the two play brothers. "Cheng Yi put all his energy into the play, I think he acted very well, very accurately, and played very steadily in front of veteran actors like Chen Baoguo and Zhang Fengyi."
Human life
Now, I have met my best self
The success of "Palace Lock Heart Jade" that year made He Shengming taste the taste of overnight popularity, "the mentality also floated by." In fact, it is difficult not to drift, but I think the key is that after the mentality is floating, you can still land on the ground and return to a serious life. At that time, a large number of scripts and jobs flocked to him, because they were labeled as "four masters", and most of the characters they found were similar, which also gave him a headache.
For a while, 360 days a year, he was filming 360 days a year. He Shengming has tried various types of roles, trying to surpass the classic roles he has created in this way, but unfortunately failed. Later, he figured out that the reason why classic works and characters become classics is because it is difficult to surpass, rather than competing with themselves, it is better to relax their mentality and enjoy the performance.
Over the years, He Chenming has produced not many works, he has learned to slow down, and if he has a role that can impress himself, he will shoot, just like he is willing to spend 9 months immersed in the role of "Mountains and Rivers Moon ming". When he didn't impress his script, he stopped to enjoy life. "Frequent filming, excessive consumption, and great harm to the actors. Actors can not be separated from life, art also comes from life, although it is higher than life, but we still want to live a real life. He Shengming said.
The experience of life why Chen Ming opened up the dimension of performance. Courtesy of respondents
He said that the experience of life has opened up the dimension of acting for him, and when he focuses on one thing, he can still return to the starting point, which is his proud ability. "I'm actually the same person I used to be, and it hasn't changed in the past ten years, including my physical condition. Now it's time to meet the best of yourself. ”
Some people sighed that today's He Shengming has almost no change in appearance from ten years ago, and he smiled and said: "When I am not filming, I am in health. "Going to bed on time at 9:30 every night and getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning has become a daily routine when He Chenming is not filming, "because I have to prepare myself at any time, like a vessel, to constantly empty myself, always ready to meet the next role, and then put in." ”
Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu
Chief Editor Wu Dongni
Proofreading Li Lijun