Allen: What is it like to play a high-IQ programmer?

Author/Pai Daxing

A thunder slashed down, and overnight, all members of the Zheng family had superpowers.

Grandpa came back from the dead, dad is invisible, sister Feitian, sister is strong, but our protagonist Zheng Qian (Allen) only plays a role in styling -

Only when he is there, the whole family can have superpowers, and nothing else. In other words, "router in charge".

Therefore, others fly off the wall and have a skill, and Zheng Qian, who was "beaten throughout the whole process", the most extreme operation is to kick people on the rooftop.

"After the filming of the whole scene, I didn't practice anything else, and I practiced the skill of escape." Eren smiled at Taodaodao Kaixiang.

Some people go to heaven and earth with their "superpowers", and some people rely on their "banknote ability" to stir up trouble, such as the villain Beggarly Cove (played by Shen Teng).

In order to launder money, Beggar Kov set his sights on the APP developed by Zheng Qian, and an APP defense war broke out, but he accidentally brought the Zheng family together, which is also the beginning of the entire story of "Super Family".

But if Eren were given the choice between superpowers and banknotes, he would not hesitate to choose "superpowers", "I want to have healing powers, both physically and mentally, and I hope that everyone can no longer be tormented by illness." ”

Hearing this, Nag suddenly understood why Allen chose comedy, in a sense, comedy may also be a superpower, and comedians are also doing healing things in their own way.

Super family affection of a super family

Before Allen started shooting, the most important thing was to thoroughly understand Zheng Qian's emotions for everyone in the family, which required him to analyze the background and psychological state of each character.

The Zheng family, who are fearless on the surface, actually have their own difficulties and regrets. Even Zheng Qian, who ran away from home many years ago, slowly discovered that he didn't seem to know his family so well.

Grandpa (played by Zhang Qi) is a soldier, has experienced war, and is full of a sense of justice, but he can no longer adapt to this era, and he is even more unable to accept his old age.

Dad (played by Han Yanbo) is addicted to alcohol, and although he has some sense of responsibility, he knows that he is not capable of bearing, so he can only choose to escape. In the guilt of the child, he adopted his sister Tian Roar to fill the vacancy in Zheng Qian.

My sister (played by Tao Hui) has a heart to pursue art, but she gave up her dance dream for this family, and was willing to stay in the dance troupe to play a supporting role, and was willing to take on the responsibility of a mother.

After her younger sister Tianyao (Bai Lina) was adopted by her father, she really felt the warmth of home, and her biggest wish was for the family to be harmonious and complete, and to do her best to protect the family in her own way.

Each person's character and wishes correspond to the superpowers they have acquired - the righteous grandfather is immortal, the father who likes to escape is invisible, the bound sister takes off for her dream, and the sister who wants to protect the whole family obtains divine power.

When they all satisfy their desires by acquiring superpowers, will this "home" still be a burden for them?

"Super Family" helps us answer this question in a romantic way. Behind its fantasy, comedy, fairy tale sense and other forms, it uses a warm story with tears in laughter to convey a Chinese expression of family affection.

"The Chinese expression of emotions is indeed not as straightforward as Westerners, it is more subtle and shy, and he will express it through things." As Allen says, Chinese emotional expression sometimes requires some motivation.

"Just like Zheng Qian, he knew that he loved this family very much, but he didn't know how to express it, and finally he really integrated into this family through one thing."

For the Zheng family, how is superpower not a motivation and an excuse to express love?

"Remember each of my characters like I remember Daharu"

Director Song Yang found Allen when the script was still in a concept.

He believes that the "joy" in Allen is most consistent with Zheng Qian's temperament, and even when writing the script, he is "described" to write it.

And for Allen, this comedy contains a variety of elements, fantasy, fairy tale texture, superpower themes, and Shen Tenglai playing the villain Beggarkov, all of which make him excited, "Of course I have no reason to refuse!" ”

But maybe even Allen himself didn't expect that the first hurdle was difficult in the sound of the foreign language!

"I took classes for a long time before I filmed, and this language is not the same as English, a lot of tongue cocking, tongue playing, and practicing for a long time." Speaking of which, he also showed Nag Nag, not to mention, he really had some skills in it.

"After all, Zheng Qian has lived abroad for a period of time, and he can't simply imitate, this language has a bit of rhyme in it, and he can only learn and memorize with the teacher every day."

The name of "Zheng Qian" is a pun, and Zheng Qian's "qian" can be "money" to earn money, or it can be "front" for moving forward.

"Some friends may understand it as making money, but it can also be forward-looking. Just like Zheng Qian, he left home to develop his career and did not let his progress stop, but he later understood that I should look back. ”

In Allen's view, being able to give some resonance and strength to all the audience who are working hard outside and convey the concept of "home" is a functional part that Zheng Qian, as the male protagonist, needs to undertake.

Compared with Allen's previous roles, programmer "Zheng Qian" may be a relatively normal role, as he joked, "Zheng Qian is my first time playing a person with a high IQ".

Speaking of which, Allen thought about it and thought that Addison's ("Iron Fist of Shame") IQ was also online, but Daharu ("Charlotte Troubles") impressed everyone too much.

Each character has its own difficulties, Daharu is difficult to "play Han with intimacy", Addison is difficult to "play a woman naturally", every time Allen tries his best to create a flesh-and-blood character, hoping that everyone "remembers each of my roles like Daharu".

But he also has to admit that it is not an easy task, "It's a bit like a luxury, because I think remembering the character is a very high honor, as long as I believe in the character and empathize with the character, I think it's good." ”

This time the character is in terms of IQ once, and it would be better if he could try a "particularly ruthless" villain next time, "Of course, like Brother Teng, who is ruthless and attractive, I also want to try it!" He told Nagg.

Carry out "fun" to the end

"Song Yang is a director who is willing to put happiness first, and he will never forget one of our happy twist purposes, which is to make everyone happy."

This year is the 20th anniversary of Happy Twist, which is already synonymous with "happy" for the audience, which is indispensable to the efforts of all members of Happy Twist.

Zheng Qian's "nemesis" beggar covid stems from Song Yang's desire to show everyone a different Shen Teng.

Shen Teng, who has never played a villain, subverted everyone's inherent impression of the villain in "Super Power", "This villain is so cute, a self-contradictory body - I am a bad person but I am sincere, born with a sense of joy." ”

Shen Teng also gave this cute villain a lot of his own energy and temperament. Allen told Nagging that "beggar with slippery feet" was the baggage that Shen Teng thought of on the shooting site.

"I think the words 'foot slip' are particularly good, and I expressed to the audience in a pun that I came out with a slippery foot, but you can also think that I have a cunning personality, and I immediately paved the way for the character and the baggage of this scene, which is particularly intelligent."

We have a lot of imagination and expectations about "improvisation" and "hanging" in the comedy scene, but Allen tells us that improv is a method, but not a routine of theatrical performance.

"Impromptu is either a mistake, or it feels there, the actor's performance must be discussed with the team on the basis of respecting the script, we will not improvise easily, and the understanding of comedy has reached the point of Tengge."

In addition to Shen Teng, we also saw many familiar twist faces in the film, and the surprise appearances of Ma Li, Wei Xiang, and Chang Yuan in the film all contributed explosive laughs.

"There's definitely a sense of rapport between the twist team," Allen says.

But the eyes are all about the face, and the deeper thing lies in the "rhythm". "We know each other's rhythm too well, and know where to pick up words, lay baggage, shake baggage, in order to maximize joy."

Of course, the members of the non-twist team are also very silky into this team.

Twist's old friends Zhang Qi, Tao Hui, Han Yanbo have long been acquainted, Bai Lina is acting for the first time, and has not contacted other crews, Kang Xiya and Andre are very mature foreign actors, Chinese and said well, there are no communication barriers at all.

In Allen's view, "Super Power" inherits the previous comedy style of Twist, and "making everyone happy" is still the top priority.

"If the audience likes this setting of the family, they can feel the emotions we want to express in the film, and they may be moved."

"It's okay if you can't be moved, we are honored that the audience can laugh to their heart's content."

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