According to Xinhua News Agency on March 9, on the afternoon of March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation to the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress and mentioned the historical story of "three thousand orphans entering Inner Mongolia". In difficult times, the herdsmen in Inner Mongolia dedicated their love and responsibility to raise children from orphanages in the south, vividly interpreting the warmth of brotherhood and mutual assistance among compatriots of all ethnic groups in the big family of the Chinese nation.
In 2019, the TV series "National Child" adapted from the story of "Three Thousand Orphans Entering Inner Mongolia" was broadcast on CCTV, which was directed by Battle, written by Liu Hua, and Chengdu actress Xiong Ruiling played the grassland mother WulanQige (hereinafter referred to as Wulan) in the play, and the prototype of this character is the old man Du Guima who won the national honor of "People's Model". When the drama was broadcast, it repeatedly landed in the first position of the golden file.
Starting today, the series will be rebroadcast on Oriental TV and CCTV-8. In an interview with a Red Star News reporter, Xiong Ruiling said that although "National Child" has been in full swing for two years, the feelings brought to her by recalling this play are still fresh.
More than 20 days before the start, I finally won the role
"National Child" is written from four Shanghai orphans who took the same train to live in the grasslands, and Wulan was one of the first people trained to pick up the "national children" in Shanghai. She took the children to the prairie, began her career as a nurseryman, and also began a new life for these orphans on the prairie.
The prototype of Ulan is the 79-year-old Duguima who has won the national honorary title of "People's Model". At the age of 19 at the time, she was assigned to the Wangqi Nursery School, the fourth son of the Ulanqab League, and under her careful care, none of the 28 "national children" died prematurely.
Character archetypes are guima old man
More than 20 days before the start-up, this important role fell to Xiong Ruiling. "Director Battle has always wanted to find Mongolian actors, but there has been no suitable candidate." After a friend's recommendation, Xiong Ruiling sent a self-recommendation video of more than 20 minutes to the director, and finally got the role. "A lot of people say I'm a lot like Ms. Szczegova when I was younger. Later, after watching this play, Teacher Schenkova called me and was very excited, saying that it was really like when she was young. Xiong Ruiling said.
Learn Mongolian for yourself in order to get close to the characters
Xiong Ruiling was born and raised in Xinjiang and returned to Sichuan at the age of 13. She believes that the life experience in Xinjiang makes it easier for me to grasp the living conditions of people on the grassland, "Filming on the grassland makes me feel more comfortable than filming in the film and television base." ”
After receiving the role, Xiong Ruiling began to learn Mongolian. "Standing on the steppe in a Mongolian robe, but speaking Mandarin with rounded characters, this is not a good match." Xiong Ruiling puts the commonly used words and phrases on the bedside every day to study, and will practice a few sentences before getting up and going to bed. In addition to filming, he often studied with the Mongolian actors and crew in the crew, not only learning the language, but also observing their living habits. "I also learned Mongolian lullabies, which were taught to me by the music teacher who made a cameo appearance in the crew, and I hummed them when I was fine." During filming, Xiong Ruiling and the actors can blurt out Mongolian when communicating, making the performance more natural and smooth.
In "National Child", Xiong Ruiling wears a large and heavy Mongolian robe, combs long braids, and wraps a coarse cloth turban on her head, and her black and red skin looks weathered and frosted, and the rugged temperament of the steppe is integrated. Xiong Ruiling had been worried that if the character image of Ulan did not match the background of the Mongolian steppe, it would definitely make the audience play, and she was pleased that many insiders later saw her performance and mistakenly thought that she was a Mongolian actor.
"At that moment, the human heart is vast"
There are no traffic actors, no large-scale publicity, but "National Child" has won the first position in the ratings golden file for many consecutive days when it was broadcast, and the ratings have broken two many times.
It is reported that the copyright of this drama was sealed for seven or eight years, and no one invested in filming for a long time, until director Battle and producer Liu Xiaofeng took over the play and presented it in the case of time and funds. "As an actor, I am especially grateful to the producers for their feelings, if you want to make money or go to the trend, you will definitely not shoot this kind of subject." 」 Xiong Ruiling said.
"Being able to play such a character based on Duguima is a very meaningful and proud thing for an actor. It is also a sublimation for my life. "When she thinks back to her life shooting at the Four Sons Wang Banner two years ago, Xiong Ruiling always thinks of a moment: the moment the yurt opens its door, facing the sky full of stars or the endless blue sky, white clouds and grasslands." At that moment, people's hearts were vast, and I could understand why old man Du Guima had such a heart in that environment. She said.
In an interview with the Red Star News reporter, Xiong Ruiling lamented more than once: As a middle-aged actress, it is a very happy thing to receive such a role in her artistic career. The success of such a warm story has also made her more and more convinced of her judgment - "not blindly pursuing and pandering to the market." ”
Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng Editor Qiao Xueyang
Picture according to the interviewee, stills
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