Wen Yulei
Actor Hu Xianxu. /Courtesy of the interviewee
Hu Xianxu, from childhood to adulthood, seems to have a skill that can inadvertently amuse people.
One evening in beijing in the spring, when the wind was very strong, Hu Xianxu finished filming the magazine, ran down from the third floor of the small building, showed a dangling ring on his finger, and asked the team if he could buy it: "Isn't such a shining ring a good match for me?" "Everybody was surprised by this, and no one responded to him.
For Hu Xianxu, who has entered the entertainment industry since he was a child, he has become accustomed to the rhythm of work one after another, which may be that the teenager is energetic, or he may be a "talkative" and "hyperactive" boy who never restricts himself. In the gap between the two jobs, Hu Xianxu chatted with the people around him, and the accent was mixed with obvious northeastern flavor, which made people wonder, and more than one person asked him: "Aren't you from Tianjin, how do you speak Northeast Chinese?" ”
Seeing that there was a guitar in the room, Hu Xianxu picked it up and played with the strings, and he could hear it, and he had some skills. After singing a few words with the piano, Hu Xianxu said that he went to the studio last weekend to record songs and contribute to the new movie he starred in, "What to Do When Brother 2 Came". He didn't think much of it when he sang well, but the reporter said that compared to the last time he saw him, he felt that he was thinner. Hu Xianxu raised an eyebrow, and his eyes lit up: "Huh?" ”
Hu Xianxu at the New Weekly awards ceremony. /Courtesy of the interviewee
The first time I met Hu Xianxu was at an awards ceremony at the end of last year, he was dressed in a particularly formal dress, dressed in black, and answered seriously and sincerely in the face of questions from the media. It was shortly after the hit "Chess Soul" that Hu Xianxu first posted a long "farewell essay" on Weibo, and it was obvious that he was nostalgic for his relationship with time (the male protagonist played by Hu Xianxu in "Chess Soul") in the same body. Therefore, when talking to the media about "Little Light", he seemed to be dissecting himself.
At that time, Hu Xianxu acted particularly like an adult, he did not mind showing his anxiety and panic when thinking about the future like an adult, and just 20 years old said such a heavy word as "afraid of unemployment".
At the age of 20, which is similar to the ice water mixture, Hu Xianxu is no different from other boys of this age - the boy's liveliness and impulsiveness, the man's composure and calmness, constantly disappearing and ending, and finally merging in a long struggle.
Share your life and soul with more characters
After filming "What to Do When Brother 2 Comes", Hu Xianxu had introspection, and he felt that his heart was a little scattered at that time.
Just after filming "Chess Soul", Hu Xianxu entered the group. Therefore, listening to the wind (the role played by Hu Xianxu in "What to Do when Brother 2 comes") has some small light things mixed in with it. Before it was time to enter the state, the entire crew had to enter the shutdown period due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and for more than 140 days, Hu Xianxu had been staying at home in Tianjin, "Really numb to me, and then come back to the state is a bit wrong."
Hu Xianxu in the TV series "Chess Soul". / Stills from the TV series "Chess Soul"
"Frankly, I gave for this movie, and if I had to ask what big breakthrough in acting, it might not bring you too many surprises, but I believe I finished it." If you score your acting skills out of 10 points, Hu Xianxu thought for a moment and scored 7 points.
This is also the first time that Hu Xianxu has experienced the difficulty of stripping from the role. All along, he has created a lot of vivid roles as a child actor, and he has long been familiar with acting, including himself, before filming "What to do when 2 brothers came", he also believed that he was an actor who played quickly. When he was a child, Hu Xianxu was always able to leave a role easily, but as he grew up, from the past two years of works, Hu Xianxu felt that this peeling off became less easy.
He spent a long time saying goodbye to Xiaoguang, and even wrote a long letter to Xiaoguang on the plane, which is not so much a prescribed action after the actor's "killing", but more like Hu Xianxu pouring out his heart to an old friend. To this day, this long letter is still at the top of his Weibo.
Seeing this letter, Hu Xianxu will think of Xiao Hu when he was 19 years old, facing the first role of adulthood, he completely opened himself, and Xiao Guang integrated into his body. As a child star, Hu Xianxu could play the role as a child, but as an adult, he had more understanding and empathy for the role, and invested more and more feelings.
"I'm not saying that the more you put in, the better you do, I don't mean that at all. But I'm really investing more and more, and not with any purpose. Hu Xianxu gave himself to Xiao Guang, Listening to the Wind, and Sangui, and at the same time, they also accompanied him.
"This thing is actually quite valuable, I don't know how long I can keep it, maybe by the time I'm 30 years old I'm numb? I was particularly afraid of numbness. Leaving a few characters to accompany him for a lifetime made Hu Xianxu feel particularly beautiful and happy. An actor who goes from play to play will definitely have a process of stripping away from the previous role, but something about the character he has played may be left forever. The common denominator of Xiaoguang, Listening to the Wind, and Sangui is that "they all have myself."
In the movie "What to do when Brother 2 comes", Hu Xianxu played Yang Tingfeng. /Stills from "What to Do When Brother 2 Comes"
It's an indescribable feeling, a tacit understanding between the actor and the character. For example, Xiaoguang left Hu Xianxu with Go, and he would think of Xiaoguang when he saw Go in the future; listening to the wind left him his sister Deng Enxi, and every time he saw his sister, he remembered that he was a brother; when he was quiet alone, he felt that Sangui was watching himself not far away... Hu Xianxu made a "three-headed, six-armed" gesture and said, "I feel like I have my own left arm and right arm, you know?" One person on one side. Right now, I could feel them still around. ”
At least, the current Hu Xianxu is not numb at all, he has not thought about the future to fight numbness, in his words, what to do is to go with the flow and accept to forget.
Each character will accompany Hu Xianxu for a period of time, when their fates are intertwined. The character will grow up, Hu Xianxu will grow up, and now he will think of Xiao Han and Xiao Yu from time to time, but he can no longer find them. "I don't know where they are now, and I don't have them in my body." He believed that they had gone to a better place, and in the same way, Xiao Guang, Listening to the Wind, and Sangui might also go in the future: "Listening to the Wind may be a little more special, because my sister has always been there." Of course, I hope they can stay with me a little longer. ”
Hu Xianxu did not feel sad, as he wrote in his letter to Xiao Guang: "You still have to go farther away, more games, more chess, and more friends." I will also share my life and soul with more characters. I know that none of us will be alone as long as we are still on the road. ”
Hu Xianxu's top Microblog is still a letter left for time. / Weibo @ actor Hu Xianxu
On this road, Hu Xianxu and Sangui met. In the three months of filming "The History of The Three Nobles", Hu Xianxu played a person who was diametrically opposed to himself. When he was a child, Hu Xianxu had a sharp mouth and a strong desire to express himself, and until now, there are still many "archaeological" videos circulating on the Internet - Xiao Hu Xianxu played allegro and said crosstalk. He himself said that there are very few times when you don't like to talk and think about things by yourself. And sangui's character is in an extremely quiet state 95% of the time.
Hu Xianxu completely pulled himself out, and then sent Sangui into his body. It is his personality that is so different from his own that Hu Xianxu fell in love with this role. If it were not for sangui, Hu Xianxu might not have known in 50 years that whenever he sank into a quiet state, it was not another Hu Xianxu, but Sangui.
Hu Xianxu, who loves to laugh and laugh, actually likes the state of Sangui, and even at the movie banquet, he has not returned to God, he suddenly does not know what he should do when the party, just sit there, watching everyone eat. "There's no way I can't not love him, and part of my soul is in him." He did not hide his love for Sangui, nor did he reject his true self, even though he felt that he had not spent enough time in Sangui's soul, he still felt that it was good for someone to drag him.
"Because I'm going to preach and listen to the wind." Hear that? Friends, what a 'terrible' reality. ”
Being a big brother is a responsibility
Hu Xianxu's curiosity about listening to the wind began from the moment he got the script. The advantage of being an actor is that you can experience different lives and reorganize the background of the family, which is a special experience for Hu Xianxu, who is an only child.
The curiosity about listening to the wind began the moment Hu Xianxu got the script. /Courtesy of the interviewee
Because of listening to the wind, in "What to Do When Brother 2 Comes", Hu Xianxu became an older brother for the first time, and the sudden role change made him feel a sense of responsibility as a big brother. Hu Xianxu attaches great importance to feelings, really regards his younger brothers and sisters as relatives, whether it is filming or life, as long as they encounter difficulties, as a big brother, he is willing to help, "This is a responsibility."
Thinking back to the days when "What to Do When Brother 2 Came", "laughing field, laughing field to the point of not being able to take care of yourself", Hu Xianxu was blunt about it. The plot of the film itself is mixed with comedic elements, and three children under the age of 20 get together, and it is easier to form a domino effect of laughter.
The director always shouted at Hu Xianxu, "Listen to the wind, don't make trouble", because he always couldn't stop laughing. Playing with his brother is fine, "the younger brother can control his emotions and hold back if he doesn't laugh", but Hu Xianxu's laughter is too infectious, as long as he laughs, his younger brothers and sisters will definitely laugh wildly.
There is a scene where the younger brother has to come down the stairs and listen to the wind and sit at the dinner table with his sister. Hu Xianxu now remembers that as soon as his brother opened his mouth to speak, "Brother, you see my legs", he and his sister laughed, "Sometimes the corners of my mouth do not move, as long as there is a little laughter, my sister began to laugh, laughing until it was not OK."
Where's the laugh?
"I don't know if it's funny, but I couldn't stop laughing." Laughter? Really have to go to the cinema to find it. ”
After the crew gets along with Deng Enxi, Hu Xianxu discovers that he is a "spoiled sister demon". / Stills from the movie "What to do when Brother 2 is coming"
After Hu Xianxu got along with his sister Deng Enxi in the play, he was very sure that he must be a "spoiled sister demon". In the crew, Deng Enxi is called Brother Hu Xianxu. When he saw his sister who was filming while studying, Hu Xianxu was also very distressed, because he also came all the way. When filming "What to do when 2 brothers came", Deng Enxi faced the middle school entrance examination, and after the work was over, Hu Xianxu pulled her to play table tennis, or go to the gym for 20 minutes, "I have to take her to change her brain."
Even if it's been almost a year, the brothers and sisters will still see each other often. Recently, every time he heard that Deng Enxi did not eat at night because of weight loss, Hu Xianxu would put on a "stinky face". "At my age, I probably have an 'old father' mentality towards my sister, how can I eat like this when I am growing up?" I always feel sorry for her. ”
"Having a sister, it's my long-cherished wish." Before, Hu Xianxu "seriously" talked to his parents about whether he could give him a sister, and as a result, his parents said that this was something he wanted, and what if he was a younger brother? In fact, when Hu Xianxu was a child, his parents once asked him about his wishes, and At that time, Hu Xianxu resolutely disagreed with his parents having a second child.
In Hu Xianxu's upbringing, there were many younger brothers, and he was accustomed to the mischievous appearance of little boys, including himself, "I know how annoying I was when I was a child." Everyone more or less has a childhood "black history" that they want to erase, and for Hu Xianxu, I am afraid that the most difficult thing to face is the childhood videos circulating on the Internet. When he was a 10-year-old boy named "Lele", he had promised his father countless times that he would not be naughty anymore, and wrote "I am no longer naughty" into a small note, pasted it on the wall of the room, and beat himself up from time to time.
A year ago, Hu Xianxu became an uncle, and his cousin gave birth to a little girl. As soon as he returned to Tianjin, Hu Xianxu ran to his cousin's house to hold the child, "You don't know how cute my little niece is, she will smile when she sees me." The last time she came home, the little girl was almost 1 year old, and she was stunned to see Hu Xianxu, because most of the time she looked at her uncle from the photo, and then she began to smile at Hu Xianxu, and her small hand was still raised.
Now as soon as Hu Xianxu saw the children's shoes, he imagined the cute appearance of the little niece after putting them on, and he would buy them, but he was always dissuaded by his cousin, because the children grew fast. In his opinion, the little girl must be a pearl in the palm of her hand and grow up in the palm of her hand.
"Do you see I have idol baggage?" Where do I have it? ”
Hu Xianxu was not raised by being held, but was raised by watching. In the eyes of everyone, Hu Xianxu is a child star, from "Little Farewell", "The Wind of Langya List" to "Hundred Birds and Phoenix", a little boy who can act slowly enter people's sight. In the year of his college entrance examination, whether in media reports or in passers-by videos, people saw his familiar face, and some people exclaimed that Hu Xianxu had grown up in equal proportions.
This is a good thing, there is no "long cripple", nor has it become a strange face, the recognition is still very high; but at the same time it may bring certain limitations, and the audience's impression stays on the label of "child star" and remains unmoved. For the latter, it is the most distressing thing for many actors who come from child stars, and all the motivation for their initial efforts is to get rid of the label of "child stars".
Hu Xianxu, Zhang Zifeng and Zhao Jinmai in "Little Parting" have now grown into outstanding young actors. However, Hu Xianxu always said that he did not have a fire, and if he did not have a fire, he was not a child star. "I'm not too modest, but I feel like I'm dragging everyone behind, and I'm not saying that I'm a back force, it's true that my progress is slower." Hu Xianxu did not consider whether it was the reason why the boy matured late, he did not want to find any reason for himself, "still not hard enough."
Hu Xianxu, who played Zhang Xiaoyu in "Little Parting". / Weibo @ actor Hu Xianxu
Before, Hu Xianxu relied more on his talent for acting, and for this, he was unwilling to hypocritically deny: "If I say that I have no talent, it is hard work, and everyone does not believe it." Until I was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, this hallowed acting academy created an atmosphere in which everyone felt that performance was sacred and not blasphemous, "it made me firmly believe that I chose the right career." Before, Hu Xianxu simply liked to perform, but also cheered for himself, but after going to college, he realized that he must do the performance to the extreme, contribute all of himself, and play chicken blood, This momentum of playing chicken blood, Hu Xianxu felt that he could not find it anywhere else.
Since then, he played the male lead for the first time, Hu Xianxu carried more than 1,000 scenes in "Chess Soul", which is not enough to rely on talent, people have seen his dedication and love for acting.
There were no representative works before, and as soon as he was interviewed, he felt weak: "I don't want to shout every day that I love acting, but there is no masterpiece that can be handed." "For a while, Hu Xianxu often read the comments on the Internet, some people praised him for acting well, and some people said that he did not have a masterpiece. No matter how much Hu Xianxu plays in the play, as long as he does not play the male number one, many people will not recognize that he has a masterpiece.
After seeing too many negative evaluations, anyone will have a brief doubt about themselves, and Hu Xianxu also thought about whether he really couldn't act at that time. Therefore, when he went to college, he held his breath and was admitted to the Chinese opera. When he filmed "Chess Soul", he also held his breath, not comparing with anyone, only comparing with himself, whether today is an improvement over yesterday.
As an actor, Hu Xianxu's requirements for himself are "today is better than yesterday." /Courtesy of the interviewee
Hu Xianxu does not take most of the comments seriously, such as he is fat, saying that he loves to play and is childish, he does not care, he can even ignore, the only thing that cannot be tolerated is that others wantonly criticize his profession. In acting, Hu Xianxu is very harsh on himself, even if everyone praises his good performance in "Chess Soul", but every time he looks back, he feels that it can be better.
After filming "Chess Soul", Hu Xianxu was slightly relieved and had the confidence to speak, but he still liked to constantly compete with himself in acting. From the beginning of "The History of Three Noble Loves" into the group, he was very nervous, and for the first time doubted that he was not a good actor. The director said that it was already very good, but Hu Xianxu felt that something was wrong, how to act was not right, he began to call the teacher, the director he had worked with: "I told them that I couldn't understand this play, and quickly told me what to do." I really don't know what to do, if this play is not performed well, there will be no way to face myself in the future. ”
It was also from "The History of Sangui's Love" that Hu Xianxu began to learn how to act in movies, and the role of Sangui allowed him to achieve a breakthrough. He found himself too "tight" in the film shot, always thinking about some very delicate performances, and focused all his attention on the expression of eyes and emotions, so that in addition to personal close-ups, he was very uncomfortable in front of other shots: "I can't be like a mature actor, in front of the film shot, every action is just right, this is my next step to learn." 」 ”
"Acting without progress is a kind of regression performance, it may be numb, I pay special attention to this, at this time I have to ring the bell for myself, three times a day." 」
In particular, Hu Xianxu looked at the students around him, who were tall and handsome, in good shape, able to sing and dance, and he was always thinking "how can I get a foothold?" Now, he uses this as an incentive mechanism, and feels that this contrast has saved him, making him obsessed with acting. "Hopefully, when I'm fifty or sixty years old, my photos can be hung in the school history museum." Hu Xianxu said that he is the kind of person who "I am proud of the school" and hopes that "the school is proud of me".
"There is no real talent in the world that does not meet," Hu Xianxu thought. /Courtesy of the interviewee
The emergence of this sense of professional crisis began at the moment when Hu Xianxu had an epiphany that there was no real talent in the world. How he suddenly wanted to understand, Hu Xianxu himself could not say clearly, he felt that he was a strange person, and suddenly he understood one thing. One day, he felt that the so-called Huai Cai in the world was a lie, it was a dream, an excuse for people who did not work hard. As long as you have hope and work the right profession, you will definitely shine. He thinks everyone's starting line may be different, but the opportunities are equal.
Hu Xianxu constantly told his friends that he could not leave himself in the same place because he did not have the right opportunity. At the very least, a sense of crisis is particularly important to him. When he was a small actor, Hu Xianxu never worried about no drama, after all, there are only so many small actors who can act. As we get older, it's not that easy. "Everybody loves sports, the metabolism is fast, the old age is slow, I tell you, maybe when I'm 30 years old, I can still compete with 20-year-olds, right?" 」 Therefore, Hu Xianxu did not allow himself to stop. Being a good actor is Hu Xianxu's goal. Thinking that he is acting well, the audience feels good, and the industry insiders think it is good, which is the standard of "three good actors" in his mind, "Now I think I am OK at best."
"Do you see I have idol baggage?" Where do I have it? I think that young fame generally carries the burden of idols, and you see we have gone back to the origin, and the origin is that I did not become famous. Thank you. ”