As we all know, villains are indispensable elements in film and television drama works, and they are the absolute opposites of decent protagonists, and their fierce interaction and collision jointly promote the further development of the storyline. However, today, when the concept of the times has changed and multiple values are widely accepted, the audience's understanding of the characters is no longer black and white, but more and more gray space has emerged. This also makes us find that the "sense of existence" of some villains with more complexity and a heavier sense of story has even surpassed the protagonist, which has promoted the popularity of the series, not to mention the "circle fans".
His Royal Highness Runyu in "Fragrant Honey Sinks Like Frost", as a product of his father's conspiracy, is also the shame of his mother, and his unique identity has made him bullied since childhood. He has a special love for Jinmi but can't love it, so that he wants to grasp a trace of warmth, he becomes stubborn and extreme, and step by step involuntarily walks into the abyss and desperate situation. After the blackening, Runyu instead ushered in a cheering sound, and the audience shouted directly: "It hurts Runyu too much." "Blacken it so no one can bully you."
Coincidentally, in the "Yanxi Raiders" that just ended, the noble concubine who came off the line early was arrogant and arrogant, eager to have rights, and was full of thorns like a hedgehog, but at the end, she used a sentence "The palace would rather be hated by thousands of people, and not one person dislikes it", turning the enmity and hatred in the deep palace for many years into a helpless loneliness, which caused many viewers to sigh for her.
There is no motive for doing good, only a reason for doing evil, and this struggle between good and evil not only makes the villain character more complex and profound, but also makes them appear more real and cute. In the popular "Wudong Qiankun", there is also a big villain who is crazy with strength, that is, the Yin Puppet Sect Young Lord played by Li Xinliang - Teng.
An ingenious "artist" villain
In "Wudong Qiankun", who is Teng yan? He was the Young Patriarch of the Yin Golem Sect of the Great Wilderness County, bent on carrying forward the Yin Golem Sect and revitalizing the lintel, and regarded the Rune Master and Lin Dong as sworn enemies, although several confrontations with Lin Dong ended in failure, but he never gave up, and fell deeper and deeper on the road of the demon. At first glance, this is a stumbling block on the protagonist's path to success, and the standard villain boss is designed to be sinister, vicious, and ambitious.
In fact, for every actor, the villain is a "high-risk operation" of "walking a tightrope", and if you are not careful, you will be dissed by the audience, in many film and television works, many negative characters are bad for bad and bad, and there is nothing behind them to make them more three-dimensional to support. Li Xinliang admitted that he did not agree with everyone's concept of the face of the negative character, and he never regarded Teng Yan as a so-called "villain".
Therefore, Li Xinliang used his own interpretation to give the characters self-awareness and personality charm, shaping Teng Yan into a living and distinct person, completely surpassing the previous villain routine. "In the black and white world, his struggle with decency is defined as a bad guy, but he and Lin Dong are in the same position to fight for their own interests, if you throw away the preconceived positive and negative concepts, Tengyi to grab, to fight for the problem? Opportunities are equal, and everyone has the opportunity to get what they want. ”
In the process of describing Teng, Li Xinliang unexpectedly chose the words "natural" and "clean", he understood Teng yan as an almost pure idealist, and the fierceness and madness that the audience saw him show were also traceable, "The director and I finally reached a consensus on this character, that is, to treat him as an 'artist', his thinking space makes everyone feel inexplicable, and that kind of purity and persistence are difficult to understand by everyone." There is no such thing as destiny and rules in his concept, because he is a person who has not yet been 'formatted', so I say he is 'natural'. Love is love, if you want it, if you don't want it, you don't want it. ”
Compared with the thin portrayal of the role of Teng Yan in the original work, it can be said that Li Xinliang completely immersed himself in the character through his skillful acting skills, and rooted such a different and ingenious villain in the hearts of the audience.
Villains can even be "stupid" and charming
As the story continues to deepen, the audience's recognition of the role of Teng yan has also become higher and higher. In the previous plot, Teng yan snatched the stone rune, but did not know how to use it, and finally was teased by the mink, one moment let him look directly at the sun with his eyes, and the other moment let him kowtow to himself, silly people can't bear to look directly. There is also Teng yan who is driven out by Lin Dong's ears, encounters a demon, and is seduced by her incarnated sister, nervously jumping and giggling at the same time. These small details have made this number one villain also become vivid and cute, and he is serious about being a villain, but he is always arranged by the clear and clear character settings so that the audience has a trace of sympathy for him, and many interesting small expressions and exaggerated body language have also become the source of happiness for everyone to chase the drama.
In fact, these "pleasing" character details are derived from Li Xinliang's careful design, as director Zhang Li said, the key to the drama of "Wudong Qiankun" is a "moving" word, vivid, flexible and rhythmic, the body and mind must be moved, and there must be thinking about the role. Li Xinliang did indeed establish a complex but detailed behavioral context for the characters. For example, behind a simple hair-plucking action and other neurotic performances, there is a deep meaning, "I think he should be an elegant and not messy person in his life, even if things become very manic, he will still pay attention to his hair and play with it from time to time." There is also his kind of small neuroticism, more is to ignore the existence of the opponent, a person in the process of constantly chasing, drilling in the tip of the horn to talk to himself, 'I don't want to understand, I am so angry.' In this kind of dialogue with himself, his concentration will make the audience feel that it looks particularly cute and a little sympathetic to him."
Do not reach the goal and never give up, repeated defeats, never succumb to fate, this is the spiritual core of "Wudong Qiankun", for Lin Dong, in fact, for Teng, the same is true for Teng, the eternal and unremitting pursuit of dreams may also be the reason why teng's role can be so circled, "Nothing will be smooth, but the heart must have a 'brave' word." Li Xinliang said.
Also good and evil, also solemn and harmonious, good actors are more than "a thousand faces"
The play "Wudong Qiankun" can be regarded as of extraordinary significance in Li Xinliang's acting career. He confessed that before shooting, he never thought that he would invest so thoroughly, putting all the details of the character in his body, "Really every inch of skin is working hard, and every day exudes that spirit." This kind of wholehearted devotion also made director Zhang Li very recognized his performance, and even praised Li Xinliang's superb acting skills in the interview, "Li Xinliang's tengyan playing is a very interesting role, and he plays the neuroticism and pathology of the character into three points."
The director who didn't even dare to talk to him in the first three months of joining the group now gave himself praise, and Li Xinliang also had more thinking about the profession of actor in addition to being excited. "In fact, for so long, I have been confused about what kind of actor I want to be. But in the more than a year of studying with Uncle Li, I have understood a truth, to become a good actor must be free of distractions, once there are distractions, the things you consider are often not in the play itself.
Actors have to sink their hearts to continue to feel and practice, these things may not bring you harvest immediately, but I believe that it will be particularly precious on your way to the future. So I'm slowly becoming less impatient now than I used to be. Uncle Li once told me that if you look at some male actors, the three crow's feet around the corners of their eyes are worth it. I used to want to say, ah, I don't want to. But now I hope more and more that my three crow's feet can grow out quickly, that is your years of precipitation, is full of charm and value of things. ”
For actors, the process of entering each role is like a "roller coaster" adventure, even if only a little spark is colliding, it is enough to make them feel happy. Today's Li Xinliang hopes to create some characters with human thinking in the future, and also hopes that the audience will not only watch a "hilarity" in the process of watching the drama, but through the characters, and their own lives to truly have a dialogue. In the "Daming Imperial Princess" that has just been completed, Zhu Qiyu, played by Li Xinliang, knows people and is good at work, silent, forced by external pressure to blacken, although not a complete villain role, the difficulty is not inferior to Teng. It is also good and evil, but also zhuang and harmonious, in fact, how can a good actor be more than a person with "a thousand faces"? I believe that Li Xinliang, who is constantly seeking on the road of acting, will bring us more surprises in the future.