What would you say of Mr. Wei and Wei Hongqing in the TV series "Flowers"?
When I first met, he was a "nouveau riche" who was bent on saying goodbye to Hebao, and the 88 large-scale "Farewell My Concubine" was impressive;
In the process of dialogue with the reporter of the Morning News Weekly, Shanghai actor Zheng Kai, who played Wei Hongqing, said frankly that this joyful character has a simple and honest cuteness, and the subsequent direction of the character will not disappoint the audience. At the same time, he thanked "Flowers" for letting more audiences see the flesh and blood of the characters in film and television dramas, "I hope that in the future, screenwriters, directors, and actors in our industry can create more flesh-and-blood characters, so that the characters can come alive and vivid, and I will also take this as my goal and direction." ”
Like most actors, Zheng Kai's relationship with "Flowers" came very suddenly.
It was the summer of three years ago, and he received an audition invitation from director Wong Kar-wai, "It's not as formal as everyone thinks, it's in a small office, holding the script and starting to read the lines, and the director keeps giving opinions and making adjustments." At that time, it was not decided which role to play, it should be that the director was still thinking about it, and it took a while to decide. ”
In Zheng Kai's view, the creative method of "Flowers" is very different from what he has been exposed to in the past. The actors didn't get the full script at first, but were constantly added new possibilities during the filming process. For example, the story line of Mr. Wei and Miss Wang, often the director has new inspiration and creates new scenes, "After writing new scenes, we will shoot again; ”
Therefore, in the three years of creation, Zheng Kai first learned to adjust his state at any time - some scenes were filmed intermittently in the first year, and the second time was filmed, two years later. How to connect the state, how to pick up the understanding of the characters, are all tests. "This situation happens to every actor to a greater or lesser extent, and you will be a little unfamiliar with the previous scene, and we may look at the previous editing to find out how it felt at that time. ”
As for the working method of filming thirty or fifty articles in a scene, Zheng Kai has also been pondering. His most memorable scene is a scene that "emphasizes the atmosphere and neglects the plot", "I later guessed that the director may have wanted that kind of fatigue after thirty or fifty articles." I don't guess accurately, but I think when you first came up, your emotions must be fuller and fuller, and if you shoot too much, the actors will change, and what the director wants may be that kind of changed thing. ”
He described Wong Kar-wai as kind as an elder in the family, "I used to watch Director Wang's plays, and I thought he was a male god in literary films, but on the scene, he had a good personality to communicate, chatted very smoothly, and was very down-to-earth." And the curly hair style of "Mr. Wei", which caused heated discussions at the beginning of the broadcast of "Flowers", Zheng Kai also didn't say a word and gladly accepted: "The director has the director's considerations, and the actor must respect the director's decision and complete the director's task." ”
Among the many characters in "Flowers", the role of "Mr. Wei" has a prominent comedic color, and many of his hilarious scenes are more often related to food - the heroic "Farewell My Concubine", the delicious yellow croaker noodles, and the KFC delivered to the factory, every time it is impressive. Zheng Kai said with a smile that all he really enjoyed on the set was yellow croaker noodles, "'Farewell My Concubine' is that I invite everyone to eat, and there is no plot for me to eat in the play."
In addition to food, there are also many embarrassing and unlucky scenes of "Mr. Wei" in the play, such as the clip where he was splashed with mud by the bus in the rain, which was actually filmed in winter. At that time, the props team not only found a sprinkler truck, but also carefully made "muddy water" from edible materials, "I don't know what is in it, I just remember that the first few times I splashed it was not enough, and then I added a large basin in one go, and the director shouted." I looked at the effect later, and it was funny. ”
And the-for-tat confrontation with Miss Wang, the scene where you choke each other with "you say it again" is the common memory of Zheng Kai and Tang Yan as post-80s. This stalk seems to be known only to the post-80s and post-90s Shanghainese. We acted in Shanghainese on the spot, and from time to time we would bring out some slang words from our memory, which we would add when we were creating. He also lamented that a group of Shanghainese people were quite "noisy" on the set, "Like me, Tang Yan has the most rivalry scenes, and she is also very fast in life - everyone sees Miss Wang's witty words, and the speed of speech is like a high-speed train, this is what Tang Yan looks like in life." ”
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In Zheng Kai's view, Wei Hongqing is a person who has no heart and is generous, and he is a "good partner" in the business field. Especially when he ran all the way from Haining to Shanghai and wanted to work hard for his own career, he has his own cuteness, "I think everyone in the play has their own color, Mr. Wei dares to love and hate, is simple and straightforward, and even has a bit of Ah Q spirit, he will never back down in the face of difficulties and setbacks."
Since the broadcast of "Flowers", there have been a lot of heated discussions in Zheng Kai's family group. For example, some relatives were engaged in foreign trade back then, and they resonated with the scene of No. 27 on the Bund in the play, and a large number of real props in the play also provided full memories for the family, "There are many cars in the play, and even the license plates are made according to the way they were back then." The car I came out with was the Pontiac Firebird, which was a model that was very popular in those days, and it is rare now. I saw the scene where Li Li took out his ID card in the past two days, and he still used the old version of his ID card, and the details were really in place. ”
As an actor, Zheng Kai often thinks about the impact of "Flowers" on the whole industry, "I think it is a shot in the arm." This drama has raised the level of the entire production, and we will use higher standards to demand ourselves when we shoot other scenes in the future." He said that there is such a work that can be preserved, relying on the joint efforts of the whole crew, "I hope it is a good starting point, and then I will create some more interesting characters!"