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In the recent drama market, "Long Moon Ember Ming" is almost an integrated existence of audience entertainment time. In this drama, in addition to the eye-catching Dunhuang aesthetics and dramatic tension, there are also many concerns that fall on the actors. Among them, Luo Yunxi's "Chosen Ancients" trait has once again triggered widespread discussion among netizens.
In fact, many actors have their own good at a certain image or a certain type of theme, and under the blessing of fit, it is easy to be recognized by the audience, and over time, the higher the maturity of holding the handle for this type of role, the deeper the degree of binding to it, as if it has become a "special actor" in another sense in the context of the new era.
They may develop "habitual thinking" in casting because of their own temperament and a sense of destiny between their characters, or because their past images are too classic, but either way gives them more job security than their peers.
However, although the word "Heavenly Chosen" can be regarded as a supreme praise for actors, it sometimes turns into an invisible drama imprisonment, and how to explore more "Heavenly Chosen" possibilities on the basis of a correct understanding of their "special" advantages is a difficult problem.
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Unique temperament, no worries about the role
The so-called "natural choice" means that the fit between the actor and the character has a side that external packaging cannot reach to some extent. For example, Wu Lei's own "feeling of youth in the sports department".
I believe that many netizens will have the same feelings as Xingfan when watching "Love Only", that is, they will really clench and sweat for the heart knot of Song Sanchuan's "18:18" played by Wu Lei, and be moved to tears for his regain of self-confidence. Even if you have not personally experienced sports such as badminton and tennis, you will easily get in Wu Lei's sweat, "Ah~ It turns out that the youth hormones emitted in competitive sports are this taste!" ”
In the play, Song Sanchuan, played by Wu Lei, will be excited by the single bet he casually said, and will unconsciously "sensitive dog eyes" because he can't hide his liking, which is a typical year with both idealization and sense of life. It can only be said that he is keen on cycling, climbing and other sports on weekdays, and he does have some true colors.
The heroine of this drama, Liang Youan, plays Zhou Yutong, who is also a "god person", and she is strong enough to transmit the essence of "exquisite face and mental exhaustion" in the social animal to the audience without fail. Whether it is the daily state of "no light in the eyes" when facing a job that you don't love, or the "subconscious anxiety" and "forced calmness" when dealing with major events and various emergencies, many viewers have seen in this character the shadow left by their years of being beaten by society.
This has a lot to do with Zhou Yutong's own potential temperament of "stable core" and "slightly lost effort". And in the specific performance process, she also observed that "people really don't wear high heels to work, because they are really tired" and other details into practice, making the overall acting more realistic. I have to say that "Love Only" knows casting.
Like Wu Lei and Zhou Yutong, who have a place in specific character types by relying on their innate characteristics, as well as Wang Hedi, who is comfortable in "bking" and "hot-blooded boy", and Zhou Ye, who has become the first choice of "evil girl" in the hearts of netizens by relying on her sharp bone appearance and light temperament.
In contrast, Wang Hedi has fully demonstrated his unique charm in works such as "Meteor Garden" and "Canglan Recipe". But after playing "Young You", Zhou Ye did not continue to adhere to this "evil girl" road. The different characteristics and attributes also affect the image choice of actors to a certain extent. After all, labels like "evil women" that may have a certain negative impact on the drama of rising flowers are far heavier than the temptation brought by a brilliant character.
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Classic image cultivates "habitual thinking"
Some temperaments cannot be born, so they accumulate in the role. For example, Zhang Yi, who played a police officer in "Crazy" and "Who Is He", has created a reliable and resistant "growth" military and police image for himself by relying on his precipitated acting skills in one criminal investigation film and military drama after another, which also allows him to shine in genre films. As netizens sighed, "As soon as I see Zhang Yi playing the police, this suspense flavor comes", which is the embodiment of the "habitual thinking" of classic characters.
In fact, in the process of chatting with many actors, you will find that "when you have a well-created character, you will repeatedly receive similar character and image proposals for a long time afterwards." The impact of this "habitual thinking" on actors' drama and casting work has become a common phenomenon in this current pursuit of actual performance in everything.
In this way, because of the development of acting stability and audience recognition with classic roles, many actors have also "passively" embarked on the road of "special type". For example, Qin Lan, who loops infinitely in the theme of "sister and brother love" one after another, Li Zefeng, who repeatedly falls into the trap of "scumbags" and is struggling to escape, and Luo Yunxi, who is known as the "chosen ancient" by relying on the role of Runyu in "Fragrant Honey Sinks Like Frost".
But for Luo Yunxi, in the years after "Xiangmi", he has also made many attempts to expand the theater path and show more possibilities beyond ancient costumes, but whether it is the overlord role in modern drama or scientific researchers and firefighters, the increase in attention brought to him is not as good as the white moonlight jade in everyone's heart.
At present, the popularity of "Long Moon Ember Ming" confirms the status and appeal of his costume image in the hearts of the audience. Although Luo Yunxi also reserved a modern drama "Love Meets Darwin" in the future, more people still tend to focus their bets on the new costume "Yan Xinji" that he is about to enter the group, and "Hao Yi Xing" that I don't know when I will meet everyone.
In addition, there is Zhang Songwen, who once again confirmed his "villain image" by relying on "Crazy", and continues to output on his own special road. However, while amplifying his wonderful interpretation of the villain, the play "Crazy" also allowed netizens outside the play to start archaeology, creating another contrasting character of "sincerity", "diligence" and "warmth" for him, which will undoubtedly provide more possibilities for his subsequent drama to a certain extent. It can be seen that the classic screen image is not completely difficult to break through, as long as their own experience is rich enough, there is always another "personality" that can be seen by the audience.
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The next wave of "special" fermentation
Of course, in addition to the unique temperament and classic image, there are also examples of another "special type" incarnated because of functional attributes. For example, Chen Duling, Meng Ziyi and the like, their own fan flow is not large, usually can only appear as the second actress of the drama, to a certain extent, undertake the drama in the play to catalyze the plot, beautify the vision, outside the play "glamorous pressure fire" and other multi-function actors.
There are also Changlong, Liu Guanlin, etc., who are responsible for laughter in various works from the perspective of the content of the series, and can also be regarded as representatives of functional characteristics. However, in the two suspense dramas "Who Is He" and "Echo" some time ago, Liu Guanlin, who has always been amused by "King Gigi", also broke through with a relatively serious and suspenseful character image to open up other possibilities for himself besides funny.
In fact, the entertainment industry is not only a circle from a horizontal point of view, but also a continuous chain from a vertical point of view. With the end of the training of the previous Porter-type actor, it was replaced by the rapid rise and rise of the next wave. For example, in the military theme in the early years, actors such as Zhang Yi, Duan Yihong, Gu Zhixin occupied the absolute audience's vision, and now with their different drama transformation or personal planning, this theme has been occupied by a new generation of tough guys such as Huang Jingyu and Ou Hao, and even become a springboard for Xiao Zhan, Yang Yang and other traffic students to transform to the main theme.
In this process, there are still people who rely on the "innateness" of God's reward for food and get the favor of specific character types, such as Yang Chao, who has always played the smart hostess in costume dramas, which is largely due to his lively temperament. A distinctive trait also helps newcomers quickly seize the heights, such as with dramas such as "Dangerous to Me" and "Marriage", Fan Zhixin, who has made his "belly black" characteristics a little hot, created a more typical crazy male protagonist image for himself in two plays and completed the accumulation of roles.
In fact, if you observe the new generation of actors who have emerged, you will find that they want to stand firmly on a track first, which is nothing more than the aforementioned paths, so that it will not take long to embark on their own "special" drama road. This will indeed help them form a fixed audience and find their own good way to perform, but it will also make them face the classic problem of narrowing the drama path. However, predecessors such as Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen have already given ways to break the situation with practical actions, and how to turn it into their own use depends on their own skills.