"What did you do the day you finished eight seasons of performance?"
"Haha, I, I silently packed up my things, I looked affectionately into my fitting room, you know, eight years is really a not short time, I look at the ring I brought for eight years, one by one to say goodbye to other characters, and then to our work team, one by one to say goodbye to them, it was a heavy moment, I really don't want to face it, but you know, I have to face it, I want to say goodbye to this character who has been with me for eight years, so that's it, although the plot is over, But the emotional value of this drama is infinite, and I think he will continue to accompany me forward. ”
Paul Welsley's Philadelphia Star Meetup (June 3), no, it should be said that Stefan Salvatore's meeting began in the midst of such an emotional question, and the audience laughed first and then fell silent.
People know that to suddenly detach from a character who is integrated into their own blood is like a lost love, they can't forget it, but they have to look away from it.
This is the end of Paul Wesley's story with The Vampire Diaries, but it was the beginning of UNIPX MEDIA's meeting with it.
Since the launch of The Vampire Diaries in 2009, it has been nominated and awarded for various sci-fi/fantasy TV series, why it is so great, including Paul Wesley, who has been nominated for Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV Actor for four consecutive years since 2010, and was nominated for the first time in 2010. "But do you suddenly feel empty?" Because you suddenly said goodbye to this character, or even said goodbye to this work, how do you adapt to your new life? The host asked, "This series of TV series has brought me too much, there is nothing else in my life that can be compared with it, this is a part of my life, he has many inspirations for me, it is a very colorful stroke for my career, and it also has a profound impact on my future life." ”
This shows how important "The Vampire Diaries" is to Paul, which is also what he is willing to mention about his feelings with the TV series, "What about your next character?" "Maybe it's the same thing as this character, maybe it's very different, I don't know myself, but who wants to predict it?" If I had a good role, I would have jumped right in and done, and I wouldn't have any pressure because of the success of Stefan Salvatore," Paul says.
A good actor should be like this, you face different roles, and then immediately integrate into it, and then you have a chemical reaction with the role, the audience likes the role, and likes you, and suddenly one day, the last scene is played, you have to quickly withdraw, and then return to your own true life, the past role becomes a memory, you are afraid of going into the play too deeply, and you are afraid of not entering the play too deeply, you start to wait for the next beautiful role, so the cycle begins, the role has made you, and you have also achieved the role.
"You have to do a lot of homework, participating in a role does not mean that you are interested in it, you have to study it repeatedly, do enough homework, not only to be familiar with your own role, but also to understand the other characters in the play, so that you can be handy when acting." 」 Paul said that every actor should be dedicated, these awards are not taken for granted, but behind the continuous effort, conscientious, focused on the role, so that they will not have regrets when they watch the play again, feel that what is not enough.
"I find the most wonderful and appealing thing about it is nothing else, but rather, I think I need this role more than I need this role. It wasn't the director telling me you were going to do this or that, it was, I got into the role, the character gave me direction, I followed that direction and figured out how to interpret it. It's very modest, people know that characters are virtual and characters are real, and Paul uses this to describe his delicate relationship with Stefan, which is mutual achievement, "without him there is no him" relationship.
"What's your favorite season?" Some viewers threw up this interesting question, "Selfishly, I personally like the second season, I like the storyline and structure of the second episode, what about you?" Paul playfully asked the audience, "I like it all, but I like the first season", "The first season is also very good, that's where the dream begins." His answer was so simple and to the point, but it was poignant.
"Do you like a stage play, or a TV series, or a movie?" "It all depends on the character, if the character I really like, I'll try different forms of artistic expression, but the film is a very good form, in the film crew, you experience a different world every day, which is completely different from the TV series." A good actor is a master of a variety of forms of expression, and as a high starting point of the actor, it is even more so, he dares to break through himself, both deeply in love with each role, but also can quickly adapt to different performance stages, which is the film and television industry needs people.
"When you get two roles at the same time, how do you quickly jump from one character in the crew to another?" It's a professional question to think about, "It's like, you're working out of the gym, you've been sandbaging for a while, you feel muscles are tight, you want to start training on other projects, and getting two roles is what it feels like for me, I can handle it easily, it's not that hard, there's no conflict between projects, it's like drama is." "Paul is a person who can quickly adjust his mentality, he doesn't feel that life is full of too many complicated things, he is good at making life very organized, letting the character into his own rhythm, this is his profession, but also his ability.
When the actors go to a height, they will always be concerned about whether they like to be the actors in front of the stage or the directors behind the scenes, and some viewers ask, "In the days to come, will you pay more attention to the work in front of the stage or behind the scenes?" "I'm really not sure what I'm going to do in the future, I'm very focused on the present, I care about the present, I look for things that inspire me every day, he may be a very small thing, but it's very inspiring for me, and that's fine." "The book 'Living in the Present' once said that you can't go back to the past, you can't go back to the future, you can only live in the present, pay attention to the present moment, if you feel happy, then this second you are not in vain. Paul says it well, if the future is unpredictable, then it is better to live in the present, because he is an artist and he has experienced different lives, and that is enough.
The meeting ends in a peaceful atmosphere, it is not like many fans carefully go to meet a big star, but like a group of old friends gathering and chatting, everyone has known and accompanied the "Vampire Diaries" for eight years, these eight years, the audience's expectations have never decreased, but higher and higher, but everything has an end day, so people have to have a lot of ceremonies, to review, to summarize, of course, but also to look forward to the future, they have a lot of questions around Paul's future career and personal development, It seems that there are still people who are obsessed with "The Vampire Diaries" and want to go back to the time when it premiered in 2009, but eight years later, Paul is more mature and has his own plan to direct the movie, and he also humorously said that if he is in Hollywood, he hopes to report to the news and be an anchor, it seems that his plans are many, and they are gradually realizing little by little, and I hope that this meeting will not be for the end of the party, but for the beginning of the next party. UNIPX MEDIA will always pay attention to the news of Paul Wesley and will bring wonderful content to you in a timely manner.
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Written by: Tian Yazhu
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