From the hit "Jade Bone Yao" not long ago to the recently highly discussed "Cloud Feather", to the unique theme of "West Out of the Jade Gate", a familiar face can be seen in many recent drama works - Lu Yuxiao. These different characters let the audience see Lu Yuxiao's plasticity, and many people will exclaim, "This is Lu Yuxiao?" For Lu Yuxiao, this sentence made her happier than any praise, "I hope I can continue to break through, and I can hear everyone say again: This is Lu Yuxiao?" ”
Actor Lu Yuxiao. Photo courtesy of interviewee
Lu Yuxiao
Date of birth: 27 September 1999
Representative works: "Cloud Feather", "The whole world is waiting for you to break up", "Time and him, just right"
Shangguan Asa is a complex and simple person
Being able to get acquainted with "Cloud Feather", Lu Yuxiao felt that it was his luck. When he first came into contact with this play, Lu Yuxiao heard that there was a role that was very challenging, and the director also wanted to see Lu Yuxiao, so he had such a fate. After getting the script and reading it overnight, Lu Yuxiao found that the role of Shangguan Shao was a type that he had never tried and contacted, and after seeing the director, Lu Yuxiao described some views on Shangguan Shao to the director, "The character of Shangguan Shao is very three-dimensional and full, and many details are set up very exquisitely." In the process of reading the script, I felt that Shangguan Asa seemed to have come to me, and I also had a lot of ideas in my mind, such as how a certain part wanted to be acted, and a certain situation wanted to do this. ”
In Lu Yuxiao's view, Shangguan Shao is a very complex but very simple person, "She is very moving, at least she moves me, she has extraordinary charm." "Shangguan Shao's complexity lies in her thousands of masks, and her growing environment nourishes her perverse way of doing things. The simplicity lies in the fact that Shangguan Asa always knows what she wants, her goals are clear and her beliefs are firm: "I have seen people evaluate that she is 'sick and has brains' (editor's note: refers to extreme behavior due to possessiveness', how to say, to a certain extent." In fact, she has always felt that she is not worthy of love, so she will scare the other party away with the cruelest words at the beginning, but her cleverness and her penchant for playing with prey are undeniable, which is also her attraction. ”
After fully understanding and analyzing the characteristics of Shangguan Asa and setting the tone of the role with the director, the next step is to perform according to the role. For Lu Yuxiao, the most difficult thing is to grasp the demeanor: "After all, Shangguan Shao is the eldest lady of the Shangguan family, and she is described as an out-and-out beauty in the original work." I really want to thank the etiquette teachers, directors and staff of the crew, everyone will keep an eye on me on the spot, always pay attention to the points, such as sometimes when I relax a little, there will be a loudspeaker shouting 'Lu Yuxiao stands up straight!' ’”
Lu Yuxiao felt that Shangguan Shao was a very complex but very simple person. Photo courtesy of interviewee
Her tears were real the moment she parted with Miyaji
Shangguan Qian's complexity and simplicity are full of contradictions and tensions, which also stimulates Lu Yuxiao's creative passion for this character. "Her thousand faces, her restrained desires, her repressed emotions, and even her somewhat pathological dark side, all of which inspire me." Lu Yuxiao said. Shangguan's shallow appearance seems simple and soft, but inside there are actually irrepressible hidden emotions, she has both heavy responsibilities and personal feelings, this contradiction and complexity make Lu Yuxiao feel very wonderful. Lu Yuxiao agrees that every role she has played actually comes from her own self, but the role of Shangguan Shao is the most different from her personality: "My imagination and sense of belief give me a lot of support, and the recognition and love of this role will also allow me to give me something that she does not have in the script, but I want to enrich it." In this process, Lu Yuxiao understood Shangguan Shao step by step, and knew Shangguan Shao, "So even if it is the lie in her mouth, I can believe that it is true, and finally become her." ”
Lu Yuxiao's favorite scene is that she and Gong Er are separated at the end. "This scene really poked me." Lu Yuxiao sighed. Shangguan Asao's feelings for Gong Er have always been repressed, and she gives people the feeling that it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the subtle touches are difficult to detect. And in the separate scene, Lu Yuxiao can finally let the tears not hold back, can flow wantonly, this scene is also Shangguan Shao from telling lies to being true and false to completely true feelings: "At that moment, Shangguan Shao's tears are the most real Shangguan Shao's tears." ”
During the filming of "Cloud Feather", Lu Yuxiao and Yu Shuxin had many rival scenes, and many scenes needed to be completed by them together. Lu Yuxiao described Yu Shuxin as like a vibrant little angel, "still like to turn her friends around her into little angels with love." Sometimes she is a little baby who needs to be coaxed, sometimes she is a confidant sister who gives people the crook of her arms, and sometimes she is a parent who clearly points out your shortcomings and hopes that you will be better. She will take pictures of everyone to record the tidbits, and we will also take pictures of each other and share them together, and I can learn a lot and have a lot of fun when filming opposite Shin Shin. ”
"Cloud Feather" crew filmed behind-the-scenes footage. The picture is from the interviewee's Weibo
"Nobody cares who I am, it's amazing"
Lu Yuxiao majored in fashion design, but she has loved acting since she was a child. At the age of 15, because she watched her favorite movie, Lu Yuxiao improvised a small clip in front of her good friends, and later she posted her videos and pictures on social media, and then was seen by today's agents, so she signed a company to enter the entertainment industry.
In 2021, Lu Yuxiao starred in her first film and television drama "Yu Zhaoling", in which she played the simple and immature Qi Muyiluo. Lu Yuxiao still remembers the nervousness of the first filming, "so nervous that I forgot to breathe, I couldn't say a word, and I was afraid of the camera." At that time, although Lu Yuxiao had an acting class on the system, she also felt her own gap: "The actual shooting is very different from the shooting I imagined, and I will have some feelings of indifference and fear of the camera." ”
And when Lu Yuxiao first found the feeling of "I am a character, I am not Lu Yuxiao", it was also when she really began to enjoy filming. The feeling that "no one cares who I am, I'm just the character of the moment" is amazing: "Especially when I live and be recognized as a character." I was affirmed by the director when I played the white snow warbler in "Jade Bone Haruka", and I always remember the feeling of that moment. ”
The recent popular dramas "Jade Bone Yao" and "West Out of the Jade Gate", Lu Yuxiao has participated.
In Lu Yuxiao's view, each play allows itself to improve and grow more or less, and when you meet a serious and thoughtful team, you will progress faster: "At present, I think the biggest stage of growth is the filming period of "Cloud Feather", because the director has been using the standards of the film to require us, giving me a lot of broader space in performance, and I have also been exposed to more subtle expression processing and the knowledge of character mentality. Lu Yuxiao hopes that he can have more breakthroughs in the future, and also hopes to hear the phrase "this is actually Lu Yuxiao" again.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu
Edited by Tian Si Ni
Proofreader Liu Yue