There are many kinds of ordinary heroes, who have built a solid defense line for the safety of people's lives and won people's respect with their death-defying struggles. Firefighters are such a group of people.
In the recently concluded fire-themed drama "Hello, Flame Blue", a series of thrilling rescue scenes were frequently staged, depicting the living group portraits of the special profession of firefighters. The character of "Ma Qianli" in the play is very interesting, and it is particularly pleasing because it combines two contrasting labels of technical control and young milk dog.
Careful viewers may find that it is Lu Yupeng who played "Ma Qianli" who participated in the music variety show "Sound into People's Hearts" in 2018 and received attention. Another wave of doubt may come to the minds of viewers, how this big boy with a sunny appearance and an ethereal and pure voice suddenly broke into a new field and became an actor.
In fact, anyone who has a good understanding of Lu Yupeng will find that this is just his "routine operation". From a volleyball player to a musical actor to a film and television actor, the change of identity is the only way for him to constantly cross the border to find himself.
Although he is still a new face in the film and television industry, Lu Yupeng has a clear plan and goals, and knows which direction and how to make efforts at the moment. Inner transparency does not seem to be shackled by age, and the gift brought to him by this journey of life will also become a guiding light for his future.
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Playing "Ma Qianli", tired and happy
"Hello, Flame Blue" is Lu Yupeng's first film and television drama work, in which he plays Ma Qianli, a firefighter at Dongshan Fire Station, who is good at various electronic devices and is responsible for communication guidance and auxiliary command in rescue operations. In short, it is the "technical responsibility" in the fire brigade.
In Lu Yupeng's heart, Ma Qianli is a person who is meticulous and serious in his work, simple and direct in life, and believes that hard work will be rewarded. The character's personality traits happen to match the actor himself, so Lu Yupeng got a ticket to enter the world of light and shadow.
How to get the role is only the first step, how to do a good job of desk homework to figure out the role and become a role, to a large extent, will determine the success or failure of the actor's performance. For his first film and television electrocution, Lu Yupeng did not dare to slacken off at all, and took a two-pronged approach in terms of "culture and martial arts". On the one hand, I watched the fire case video and the film and television works on the theme of fire in advance, and drew three lines for "Ma Qianli" with the acting teacher after reading the script.
"Two are about the characters, one is the line with brothers, friends and leaders at the fire station, the second is the line of sister-brother love with Bai Xiaolin; the third is about the case, combing through each case at the scene of each crime in the play. In this way, when playing different lines, I can quickly know which side of the personality traits to present and how to deal with emotions. ”
In addition to establishing the character's behavior logic and accurately switching between different states, Lu Yupeng has also worked hard to fit Ma Qianli's "force value". A week before the start of the fire brigade training, in addition to the daily arrangement of the regular training program, Lu Yupeng also took the initiative to ask the correspondent for advice, observing their work and living conditions from the side. Lu Yupeng found that the fire correspondent in reality did not talk too much, but he was very focused and meticulous and serious about his work.
Because Ma Qianli is familiar with various professional fire fighting equipment, this is a problem for "layman" Lu Yupeng. But he humbly learned to solve the problem. And to this day, he still remembers some of the equipment used in the play, which are the imprints left on the actors after playing the roles in depth.
"In the first episode of tunnel rescue, Ma Qianli held a tripod in his hand, which is a CD ball, which monitors and records the overall situation of the fire, transmits it to the command center in real time, and then the command center can see the scene in time through this ball instrument."
On the front line of rescue, Ma Qianli has a cold appearance of being concerned about the trapped masses and his spirit is highly tense, but when he comes to life, he shows a cute side, especially when he transforms into a "milk dog under the year" straight ball chasing his sister Bai Xiaolin, it is almost like two people.
Ma Qianli and Bai Xiaolin are in love with each other, and the age difference is more than five years, so at first the woman refused, but Ma Qianli was quite persistent in order to pursue love. In order to please Bai Xiaolin, Ma Qianli specially invited Bai Xiaolin to go out to dinner, and when he heard the woman's blind date, he immediately ran to inquire about the situation. Under the man's heart-warming attack again and again, the two finally cultivated the right results.
But in fact, these two people outside the play are "brothers and sisters" in age, so the actor needs to adjust his mentality to collide with the spark of love that is diametrically opposite to age, which is quite a test of the tacit understanding of the actor's cooperation.
Lu Yupeng said that before starting the camera, he and the actress Luo Yi, who plays Bai Xiaolin, would talk about what the other person's role looked like in his heart, and also reached a unified opinion, that is, the two also temporarily got along as brothers and sisters outside the play, so that when performing, it would naturally show the "correct" state of the characters in the play when dealing with their feelings.
As a fire-themed drama, the rescue cases frequently staged in "Hello, Flame Blue" have left a deep impression on Lu Yupeng in order to ensure the authenticity and the high risk factor when filming.
"I think the most dangerous thing to shoot is the tin room explosion scene, there are chemicals in the room, and it will explode when it is caught in the fire. At that time, the crew used real fire, and the explosion was also real. When we actors shoot, in order to express the firefighters' critical state at the moment, they will try to get as close to the source of the fire as possible, so when the explosion sound suddenly sounds, we are all shocked, we feel that the heavens and the earth are shaking, and we all subconsciously fall backwards. ”
The thrill of the explosion scene is far beyond imagination. After filming that scene, Lu Yupeng and other actors took a group photo at the door of the tin room to record a moment that they may never forget in their acting career and even in their lives. This photo is not only a commemorative object, but also a dazzling medal under the cover of Lu Yupeng's screen debut.
The difficulty of the shooting process also makes him remember it vividly. Almost all of the firefighting scenes in the play use smoke cakes to create a smoke-filled effect, and Lu Yupeng wants to rush into it, surrounded by fire, smoke, and water. In the middle and late stages of filming, his body immunity decreased, he suffered bronchitis after inhaling a lot of smoke, and it was difficult to cure in a short time, although he had a long injection, but he still coughed, so he only suppressed coughing during filming, finished the lines, and finished the play.
This experience of interpreting the "most beautiful retrograde" has a pivotal significance in Lu Yupeng's acting career, and he has a lot of feelings. If we say that the fire slogan of loyalty, courage, diligence and pragmatism has laid the cornerstone of Lu Yupeng's faith in interpreting Ma Qianli. Then, wearing a variety of fire uniforms, lu Yupeng's sense of performance belief was consolidated. Moreover, these solemn costumes complement the righteousness in Lu Yupeng's bones.
"I think it's very honorable to be able to play a firefighter and play this kind of drama that wins glory for the country and serves the people." As soon as you put on the clothes of a firefighter, a sense of responsibility and mission will arise spontaneously, and you will think that you must play this role well, and you cannot embarrass the real firefighter. ”
I believe that even if time passes, this special performance experience will still be frozen in Lu Yupeng's heart. "Hello, Flame Blue" is the first film and television drama answer sheet he handed over, the performance path is together, he gave up the shortcut to easy success of the young student convention, but chose another path that can hone his mood and acting skills, thinking that Lu Yupeng is ready to become an excellent actor. In the impetuous environment around him, he did not hurry and moved forward at his own pace, which may be a sharp weapon for him to break through among his peers.
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From athlete to actor, "find yourself" in the crossover
Lu Yupeng once said, "Everyone is a unique individual, different looks, different personalities, different ideas, everyone also has something suitable for themselves; before really finding something suitable for themselves, everything is possible, I want to be a person who insists on running." ”
Insisting on running has become his footnote for more than twenty years. In the middle school era, he was not only a volleyball student, but also a national second-level athlete, and the enthusiasm of his sports career was injected into another track in the year of the college entrance examination. Out of pure love for music, lu Yupeng was admitted to the musical theater department of Zhejiang Media College through the foundation laid by insisting on attending the music specialty class in the three years of high school, opening a new identity other than an athlete.
Subsequently, due to the outstanding performance in the music variety show "Sound into People's Hearts", it broke into the public's field of vision and accumulated passers-by.
Then, for two consecutive years, he starred in the musical "Van Gogh", "The Sound of Music" and "Non-stop Sorrow". He has not only challenged one person to play four corners, the time span from adolescence to old age; but also challenged the performance form of double dance. On the familiar musical theater stage, Lu Yupeng gave full play to his strengths and conquered the hearts of the audience.
However, musicals and film and television dramas are after all two different artistic carriers, although they all participate in the repertoire as actors, they are completely different experiences, and there are similarities and differences in performance methods. The musical practices NG-free performance, testing the actors' ability to play on the spot and adapt to changes. Film and television dramas should be based on the framework given by the script, relying on the role to perform and create, but there can be a chance for NG to start over.
Lu Yupeng admitted that initially switching from a musical to a film and television drama track did feel a little "unsatisfactory". In particular, film and television dramas are usually shot in the mode of sub-scenes, which means that the emotions of each scene shot by the actors on the day are likely to be incoherent, and the jumping scene corresponds to the state of mind of the characters at a specific stage, so how to quickly debug and accurately find the state that the situation should be filmed is a major obstacle to be overcome for novice Lu Yupeng.
Therefore, he would find an acting teacher to sort out the acting ideas and learn from the seniors. In the process of overcoming the difficulties of acting, the experience of early athletes helped him a lot.
Having served as the main attacker on the court, Lu Yupeng has trained a strong ability to smash and rational judgment, and the factors engraved into the genes of courage and courage have condensed into a strong resistance to pressure. So that when he is constantly crossing borders, he can adjust his mentality as soon as possible, and he will not easily compromise on difficulties, let alone be defeated by them.
Look, every step of life will come in handy at some point, on the road ahead. In the face of setbacks, Lu Yupeng defeated it with a "strong heart"; but when entering the role performance, he would lower the threshold of heart pressure, because the actor should delicately portray the role, and sometimes even need to show his own vulnerability, so as to better give the character soul.
The performance experience of musical theater is another kind of bonus for Lu Yupeng to turn to the film and television field. He said, "Musicals and film and television dramas have a certain commonality, and immersing themselves in the theater for many years will be infected by the pure environment around them that pursues art, and enhance their reverence for the performing arts." ”
Although he has only been officially in the film and television circle for one year, Lu Yupeng has already starred in three film and television dramas. In addition to the final "Hello, Flame Blue", there are also "Empress Liu Hei Fat" and "Female Psychologist" to be broadcast.
It is worth mentioning that the former is a costume light comedy theme, the latter is a psychological theme, and his debut fire theme converges into a multi-genre picture.
The characters in the three dramas are also different. "Hello, Flame Blue" plays Ma Qianli, a fire correspondent with a contrasting personality; in "Empress Liu Hei Fat", he plays The First Imperial Guard of Donghao, Who is superior in martial arts and has a tiger's stride, Su Jingtang, loyal to the emperor and protects the people; liu Kui, a righteous and awe-inspiring workplace worker, is played in "Female Psychologist".
Lu Yupeng does not want to set limits for himself on the road of performance, he wants to take advantage of his youth to try more, take advantage of the low cost of trial and error at present to expand his territory, and explore his new side, two sides, and more aspects in the exploration...
Of course, the effort paid off. After filming these three dramas, he felt the growth of the performance more and more freely, and gradually transformed from a "film and television white" who did not have a strong sense of lens to an actor Lu Yupeng who was more relaxed in front of the camera.
Compared with the loud slogan of "be yourself", this hot-blooded young man is always "looking for himself".
Lu Yupeng said, "Although I haven't found myself yet, I have found more possibilities for myself, because few people will say that they have really found themselves." I think people are looking for a process of their own because you don't know where your ceiling is. Through more opportunities, you will show more possibilities for yourself, and then let these possibilities piece together a more complete self. ”
It is hard to imagine that these philosophical words came from the mouth of a boy in his twenties. This self-faithful transparency makes him rarely make decisions that he regrets, because every time he plays a card, it is almost the result of careful consideration.
As Lu Yupeng said, he does not regret giving up volleyball to change his path halfway, on the one-way road of life, he will encounter a lot of scenery, volleyball is a hobby, enriching his life journey. Moreover, there are other ways to pin this emotion, such as the Weibo he sent to cheer for the Chinese women's volleyball team that fought hard at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which projected the love for volleyball between the lines.
For newcomer actors, acting skills and attitudes are the two keys to the dream film and television circle, which is also the direction of Lu Yupeng's efforts at this stage to improve his role control ability and strive for more performance opportunities.
On the one hand, he will improve and improve his acting skills by learning from acting teachers and seniors in the industry, watching excellent film and television works, reading performance books, and watching his own performance replays to find problems and improve his acting skills; on the other hand, he upholds a down-to-earth attitude and gradually establishes word of mouth through each cooperation to form a virtuous circle of continuous acting. This is also the reason why Lu Yupeng, as a film and television newcomer, can almost seamlessly enter the group of three dramas.
He said, "I really hope to become a confident actor, have a masterpiece, so that the audience can think of me when they think of this role or this play." In order to reach the goal, Lu Yupeng said that there is no shortcut, only to shoot every play well, play every role well, and try not to leave regrets.
In the era when most young people in the entertainment industry are yearning for quick success, Lu Yupeng, who is steady and steady, is undoubtedly a clear stream, and he wants to go up against the current and run in the direction of talent and moral matching. I believe that this new generation of male actors who have the original intention and love for performance will eventually usher in the day of spreading their wings and flying high.