You may not know Lu Siyu, but mention the lieutenant "Jibu" in "The League of Military Divisions" and the public security policeman Song Yang in "Icebreaker Action", and his righteous and awe-inspiring screen image has impressed many viewers. Recently, Lu Siyu once again played a role in "The Silent Truth" who did not play a role, but played a key role in the whole drama - Hou Guiping, it is precisely because he upholds justice and sacrifices his life that a series of stories of searching for the truth have been triggered.
In "The Silent Truth", Lu Siyu plays the key character Hou Guiping.
In the play, although Lu Siyu, Bai Yu and Liao Fan did not play against each other, people in three different time and space were always "parallel" in the same picture. In Lu Siyu's view, in this contest of justice and darkness, Hou Guiping, Jiang Yang (Bai Yu), and Yan Liang (Liao Fan) all walk on the same road, representing the same kind of strength. "They're all defending justice, defending what they want to defend."
The Silent Truth
Seek "book anger" and lose 15 pounds for Hou Guiping
Before playing Hou Guiping, Lu Siyu had not seen the original book "The Long Night Is Difficult to See". At that time, "Icebreaker Action" had just finished broadcasting, and the producers thought that he was very compatible with Hou Guiping's image - he had a just temperament and was extremely stubborn about what he identified. In Lu Siyu's understanding, Hou Guiping is a very ordinary and ordinary college graduate in real life, only because of his kindness and sense of justice, he has made a series of extraordinary moves.
"According to normal logic, he is a high-achieving law student, and after graduation, he can choose a job that is more suitable for him, such as becoming a lawyer and going to the court, but he is also the most beautiful 'retrograde', going to the remote mountainous areas to support teaching, passing more knowledge and love to children in need; until later, in order to make up for the students who died due to his negligence, he constantly defended the rights of the masses in his own way." I think he's amazing. ”
Before entering the group, Lu Siyu deliberately lost 15 pounds, just to make the original burly figure look thin. During the filming process, he also wore a wig cover throughout the whole process, "because the director hopes that Hou Guiping can present the feeling of Lu Yi in "Never Look Away", and the sense of bookish anger and stubbornness is heavier." ”
Lu Siyu lost 15 pounds to play Hou Guiping.
Beijing News: In your opinion, is the essence of Hou Guiping's kindness the reason why he will stop at nothing to uphold justice?
Lu Siyu: Not only that, but it should also be said that the death of the female student is directly related to Hou Guiping. He was perfectly capable of preventing this from happening that day, but he was also just a college student who had just graduated, and when someone else said something rhetorical, he might not have been defensive, and tragedy happened, so he must have felt guilty and remorseful.
He tried many ways and failed, only to choose to break through this layer of window paper at the first level, which led to the disaster of killing himself. But if the public security organs had the right people to help and guide him in the first place, he might have taken a more secure approach. Hou Guiping is a law-abiding and law-abiding person, so he will not do extreme things. He wants to defend the rights of the masses in his own way, which I think is remarkable.
Beijing News: What is the most difficult place for you to play this role?
Lu Siyu: The biggest difficulty lies in how to find Hou Guiping's mental process and psychological state. He is an ordinary person, without any professional attributes and without the aura of a protagonist. But often such a common is the most difficult to express, because you need to observe in life, to find the so-called empathy.
I lost 15 pounds for the role. I usually work out and have a big body, but Hou Guiping is a fresh college student, belongs to the hairy boy in his early twenties, and he is from the countryside, so the state of the whole person must look clean and thin. When I was shooting, I weighed almost 150 pounds, just to show the feeling of Sven and sunshine big boy.
In the play, Hou Guiping caused a bunch of trouble in order to find the cause of the death of the female student.
Beijing News: What is the most impressive scene?
Lu Siyu: The bed scene with Li Jing. Because although he was lying there at that time, he thought about the death of his student, how to change the reality and make up for this mistake. He felt deep guilt and self-blame. As the line says, even if you arrest these people and sentence them, people will not survive. Therefore, the mental state of Hou Guiping's whole person in this drama is collapsed.
Talking about actors —
Each character is an integral part of the puzzle
In 2005, Lu Siyu was admitted to the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy, starred in the movie "Lemonade" in his sophomore year, and won the Most Popular Actor Award at the 17th University Student Film Festival for his film "Daddy's Secret" in his junior year. However, the frequency of Lu Siyu's drama is not high, one or two works a year are far lower than those of his classmates who graduated at the same time, and the role of low recognition does not open up the situation for his acting path.
Played Kibu in "The League of Soldiers".
It was not until 2016, after Lu Siyu played the school lieutenant Jibu in the TV series "The Alliance of Military Teachers", he successively starred in the movie "Sky Hunting", the TV series "Icebreaker Action" and the movie "Eight Hundred", and he gradually entered the public eye.
Lu Siyu has also been confused and has also wanted to be popular, but after a long time, he has slowly become accustomed to this state of having drama and good role playing. "It's probably all fate." I am still optimistic and can adapt to the current state. Actors are to face their own situation and then adapt to changes in the environment. ”
In today's view, the role is not big or small, even if it is a small role, it is like a piece of the puzzle, has its own unique role, and can also contribute the most wonderful chapter to the whole play, "There are also corners and corners in the puzzle, there are also blank places, but they are an indispensable part of the whole puzzle." ”
Lu Siyu
Beijing News: Song Yang, the policeman you played in "Icebreaker Action", also received a box lunch just after a few episodes, and Hou Guiping is also a clue role. What role do you think such a role will play?
Lu Siyu: Whether it is Song Yang in "Icebreaker Action" or Hou Guiping, they have set the tone for this drama, which is very important. If this type of character fails, all the efforts of everyone in the future are in vain, and the story will not be established. Just like after Hou Guiping's death, everyone suffered a series of tortures and destruction in order to overturn the case for him. Only when this role is established, everyone knows the meaning of their doing these things.
In "Icebreaker Action", Li Fei, played by Huang Jingyu, is to find the truth about the murder of his good friend Song Yang, and only then tracks it down all the way.
Beijing News: In the movie "Eight Hundred", you played the "hardcore battalion commander" Yang Ruifu is also a role that does not play much, what is the opportunity for you to receive this work? What does this work mean to you differently?
Lu Siyu: I worked with the casting director of "Eight Hundred" in another play before, and he told me that I was preparing for "Eight Hundred". I waited for a year, and I never heard from him, and then suddenly asked me to go to Suzhou to meet director Guan Hu. At first, I was asked to play Yang Deyu, but after knowing that I was from Tianjin, I decided to let me play Yang Ruifu, a role that often speaks the Tianjin dialect in the film, and the director still hopes that I can provide a help in the performance and be more comfortable.
Beijing News: What homework has been done for the role of Yang Ruifu?
Lu Siyu: Although this role is not much, we also trained for a long time at the beginning. It was summer in June, and every day we had to be fully armed, carrying guns, helmets, leather boots, and standing in the sun for an hour or two. Basically every day after training, the shirt can be wrung out of the water. But living with many good brothers is still quite happy. Through this work, I also met a lot of good actors, including working with director Guan Hu, which was particularly helpful to me. For me, it has gone beyond the meaning of a work.
And at that time, because of the schedule, I also gave up the starring role of another web drama. What I thought in my heart was that no matter how difficult it was, I would have to make "Eight Hundred". There may not be a second time in such a work, and any difficulties must be overcome.
Played Yang Ruifu in the movie "Eight Hundred".
Beijing News: From "Icebreaker Action" and "Silent Truth" to "Eight Hundred", you seem to have picked scripts and characters with a very heavy temperament. The frequency of acting has not been so high in these years, is it because it will be more stringent in the script?
Lu Siyu: There are such considerations, but more importantly, I am in a more awkward situation now. Age can't be said to be up, it can't be said to be lower. When I first graduated, the public liked the kind of uncle-type actors, when we were young, but now that we are in our 30s, everyone's entertainment aesthetic is younger.
It's probably all fate. I am still relatively optimistic, and the biggest problem of an actor is to face his own situation and then adapt to changes in the environment.
Beijing News: Will you feel confused or confused because you have played so many roles, but the recognition is not very high?
Lu Siyu: These two years are slightly better, the first few years will be more confused, but after a long time, you may get used to it, and you can only find your own direction in confusion. But I think I'm still quite grounded in my own heart. In the current market environment, I can receive plays, can receive works such as "Eight Hundred" and "The Silent Truth", and have good roles to play, I am already very lucky. But in other words, who doesn't want to be red, right? But this still depends on the opportunity, maybe one day a drama is broadcast, I will suddenly catch fire, this is a natural thing, before this thing happened, none of us can say, can only wait.
For example, taking over the drama is also about fate. Some plays find you, you think the script is good, but you may not be able to schedule; some of them are finally filmed, and it is very lucky to be able to broadcast smoothly, and no one says what must be done in this circle. The only constant is change, only always in a random state, adhere to your own value, it is possible to be paid attention to in the future, and there will be success in the future. Every actor is not a natural big name, there is a process of accumulation.
Beijing News reporter Zhang He
Edited by Wu Dongni Proofreader Zhao Lin