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A good holiday is always associated with "journey" and "laughter", and the new May 1st film "Life Road Unfamiliar" directed by Yi Xiaoxing just combines these two elements.
Powerful laughers Qiao Shan and Ma Li teamed up with young actors Fan Chengcheng and Zhang Jingyi to form a "family of four", starting a hilarious truck journey where the wronged father-in-law tested the prospective son-in-law.
Four days after the film's release, the box office exceeded 300 million, reversed the decline for two consecutive days, and today beat "The King of the Long Sky" to win the single-day box office championship, full of stamina.
Various famous scenes in the film: Qiao Shan was frozen on pork, Fan Chengcheng turned into a "vomit man" and spit out a rainbow, and Fan Chengcheng and Zhang Jingyi's screen wedding debut also triggered heated discussions on the Internet.
How are these hilarious scenes filmed? What are the behind-the-scenes stories of comedians such as Qiao Shan, Ma Li, Chang Yuan, and Tian Yu? Interview with film director Yi Xiaoxing to reveal the creative path of "Life is Unfamiliar".
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Newbies hit the road and grow at the speed of light
"I hope I can become the person I want to be the most as soon as possible - Shen Teng, the target of always catching up." This is a sentence written by Fan Chengcheng in his Weibo profile, which is enough to show his love for comedy.
And from the first comedy "Great Night" starring Fan Chengcheng to this time "Life is Not Familiar", Yi Xiaoxing, as the main creator, has witnessed his growth and changes all the way.
Talking about why he chose Fan Chengcheng to play Wan Yifan, Yi Xiaoxing bluntly said that the first reason was because of the cooperation in "Great Night", "For that role, he gained 30 pounds, and added a beard to himself to show his belly, so that I could see that he had the determination to become a good actor." ”
This time, Fan Chengcheng also did not care about the image for the role, being covered by seafood and being muddy face, "He has no so-called idol baggage at all, everything starts from the role." ”
On the other hand, Fan Chengcheng has a high fit with the character. In Yi Xiaoxing's words, in private, he is also a little "instigated", but he is very kind and intelligent, and full of a sense of justice, close to the feeling of a well-mannered scholar in case of Fan.
"Cheng Cheng has a talent for acting and fits the character, so why not use him?"
Through two cooperations, Yi Xiaoxing praised Fan Chengcheng's comedy talent many times, "I didn't expect to be a child after 00, because his perception of humor is particularly good, which is very suitable for the comedy track." ”
At the same time, he also saw Fan Chengcheng's obvious progress in comedy performance, and began to learn to use some small creations to make his role fuller, "This time because there are drama bones to take him to play together, he will have a lot more in the details of creation, such as showing half of his arm in the car, that moment the audience laughs particularly fiercely, that is, the small details he designed himself, I think the design is very good." ”
Zhang Jingyi, who plays a couple with Fan Chengcheng, is also a comedy newcomer, and before "The Road of Life is Not Familiar", the audience's impression of Zhang Jingyi was more of "the heroine of youth pain literature" and "the face of national first love", all of which are gentle and weak good girl images.
But this time, her role as Zhou Weiyu showed her super girlfriend power as soon as she appeared, and turned into a hardcore girl with a strong sense of contrast.
Yi Xiaoxing laughed and said that this contrast was intentional, hoping to use this role to show another side of Zhang Jingyi's character, "Although she looks soft and weak on the outside, she has the tenacity of our Hunan people, she has her own persistence, and she is the one who takes the idea at the critical moment, which will be a bit like her mother Homeimei, full of the wisdom and strength of Chinese women." ”
At the premiere, Fan Chengcheng revealed that the first scene he filmed with Zhang Jingyi was a kiss scene, but unfortunately did not appear in the finished film. In response to the reason for the editing, Yi Xiaoxing said with regret: "At that time, someone told me that the audience would be tired of watching it, but now it seems that the audience has not seen enough, and more tidbits will be released later (in response to everyone's voices). ”
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All kinds of laughers, each showing their talents
Qiao Shan, Ma Li, Chang Yuan, Tian Yu, the four senior comedians in "Life is Unfamiliar" have collaborated on many works with each other, but this new character relationship can still make the audience's eyes shine.
Although Qiao Shan and Ma Li are acting as husband and wife for the first time, they have a tacit understanding. Yi Xiaoxing revealed that when Qiao Shan learned that he could play a husband and wife with Ma Li, he was very happy, "I fulfilled his wish, if you have not played a husband and wife with Ma Li, you can't raise your head a little in the comedy circle." ”
"Sister Li originally admired Qiao Shan, and they had a very good relationship in private, so there was no pressure to cooperate without pressure, and they had a very tacit understanding."
Talking about some people saying that Ma Li is the most versatile actress in the comedy industry, Yi Xiaoxing responded with a smile: This is because her acting skills are particularly inclusive, and she is willing to take care of the "little brothers" in the comedy industry, and naturally cultivates this "sister" or "mother" temperament.
On the other hand, Chang Yuan, who once played a husband and wife with Ma Li, automatically descended to become her daughter's "hair Xiao" in the play, and also called Qiao Shan, who was three years younger than herself, uncle, and the scene was once very chaotic, "In reality, you call me brother, and I have to call you uncle in the play."
Yi Xiaoxing revealed that although Ma Li and Qiao Shan were put on special effects makeup, deepening melasma, crow's feet, eye bags, etc., the three of them were still easy to laugh during shooting, and could only rely on a sense of faith to "support".
In the lineup of comedians in "Life is Unfamiliar", there are also two special members - Li Zongheng and Zhang Baiqiao, two comedians who exploded on the short video platform in the film as a pair of dumb oil thief brothers, with an aura of two meters and eight meters, and fighting five scum.
Yi Xiaoxing said that the first time he noticed Li Zongheng was in a variety show, although it was only a small supporting role, but it completely attracted his attention, "At that time, I thought that this kid was very good at acting." Zhang Baiqiao is also a screenwriter and has a professional background, not a "net celebrity" in the conventional sense, but through the short video platform to let more viewers know them.
"I think their jokes are very good aesthetic taste, and they also have the breath of life and the nonsensical energy I like, and this time the performance is also beyond expectations."
In addition to the superficial gags, humorous and funny, Yi Xiaoxing also hopes that "Life is Unfamiliar" will bring the audience deep meaning and thinking in addition to laughter.
In his interpretation, there has always been a fairy tale metaphor running through the whole story: a rabbit faces the law of the jungle, how should it deal with it, how to choose the future path?
It will encounter various animals along the way, such as Director Jia's car painted "fox", then his manager's surname is wolf, the wolf manager represents wolf culture, then Photon is a tiger, his living room has tigers, and then fuel rats needless to say, are all carnivores.
What do you do when you face them as a little white rabbit and they ask you to obey the rules of the jungle?
Finally we see the declaration of the "little white rabbit" at the station, and from that moment on, it was fed up with bullying and decided to start making its own way!
At the premiere of "Life is Unfamiliar", a speech by Liu Xunzimo evoked the feelings of many people, "Brother Beast's first movie "Never Expected", we still stood on the stage together, and now eight years have passed, I have become an audience. ”
When asked about the sequel to "Never Expected" that fans have urged countless times, Yi Xiaoxing continued to respond with "meet at the top": "Maybe three or five years, maybe fifteen years, you must match everyone's aesthetic taste and schedule, or that sentence: gathering is a fire, scattering is full of stars." ”