Singer and actor Han Mubo
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Before becoming the youngest professional nine-dan chess player Fang Xu in the hit comic drama "Chess Soul", Han Mubo had a practice career of more than ten years. From a piano boy to an idol, and now to become an actor, Han Mubo has made many turns in his life plan.
Learning an instrument and playing Go are somewhat consistent, and both require day-to-day boring training to improve their abilities. Piano boys, idols, actors – every direction has cost him effort, time and sweat. If you use the instrument examination and the Go examination to compare life, Han Mubo feels that growth and upgrading have a little in common: this is the path he chooses to sharpen and improve himself.
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Han Mubo was filming in the group, and the background sound of his speech during the interview had the sound of a train roaring past.
The Fang Xu he plays is a character in the current hit comic drama "Chess Soul". For the first time to challenge the comic drama, Han Mubo added a lot of his own understanding to the interpretation of the role. With the broadcast of the series, from being disliked to the audience directly calling "true incense", "Chess Soul" has gained recognition. Judging from the evaluation of fans and ordinary audiences, Han Mubo's interpretation of Fang Xu is remarkable, allowing people to see the possibility that his acting skills can be shaped.
Before becoming an actor, The public perception of Han Mubo was in the 2018 iQiyi talent show "Idol Trainee", when he was a trainee on the stage. At the beginning of a performance stage, the lights fell on him, and he played the cello with grace and calmness – and even to this day, the audience still talks about his classical attributes.
This classical attribute is also applied to the go player. The original book of "Chess Soul" is a juvenile manga by Shueisha in Japan, which tells the story of a "genius chess player" who became a professional chess player under the influence of Chu Ying, and became a lifelong opponent with Yu Liang (both names in the play). Fang Xu, played by Han Mubo, is Yu Liang's brother-in-law, and also a disciple of Yu Liang's father and world Go master Yu Xiaoxuan, who became a Go nine-dan at the age of 21. The relationship between Fang Xu and the Yu family makes his role special, and from the plot level, Han Mubo describes Fang Xu as "acting as a connection between time and Yu Liang's bondage".
It is also an option for interest classes in the Juvenile Palace, but the spread of Go and musical instruments is obviously not a level. Han Mubo, who learned cello since childhood, admitted that he was not familiar with Go before filming "Chess Soul". "When I was a child, I was more exposed to Chinese painting and calligraphy, and Go was very rare. This also highlights the survival status of Go. ”
"Chess Soul" Han Mubo as Fang Xu
In order to play Fang Xujiudan, he found a teacher for himself. "My teacher is an amateur five-dan master, and I told him that I was going to play a professional nine-dan, and he was really frightened. Because although it is an amateur five-dan, it is already a very high chess player for ordinary people. And there seems to be a wall between the professional player and the business player, the professional nine dan, in his eyes is simply unattainable height. ”
Although his understanding of Go after filming was still limited to the basic rules and approximate walking style, Han Mubo was still pleased with the influence of "Chess Soul" after it was broadcast. Two days ago, I saw director Liu Chang's circle of friends and said that their offline chess app increased in users after the episode was broadcast, and the number of people playing Go doubled several times. I think it's very happy. What we want to do is to make people realize again that Go is a fun sport. ”
A hit drama can attract more people to learn about Go, which is a great thing in itself. "Chess Soul" attracted a large wave of Japanese teenagers to learn Go at the beginning of the manga series. Han Mubo did not see the original work at the beginning of filming, and only made up for it after the start of filming. But he admits that this kind of simple inspirational juvenile comic is very attractive to him. "I was actually under pressure when I was taking the scene. Strictly speaking, before entering the "Chess Soul" crew, I had not filmed for a long time, and I would worry that I had not adjusted to the state when I filmed again. And the role of this role is very critical, the drama is a big IP, but fortunately, the main creative team is very professional. ”
There are many factors for the success of an IP adaptation, especially if the overseas copyright is taken to the domestic localization of the adaptation, it is easy to fall into the trap of modeling. But Han Mubo has his own opinion on this: "Chess Soul is a Japanese manga, but Go is Chinese. In the process of shooting, I noticed that in fact, whether it is a comic script or not, the emotions of the characters themselves are connected. Whether it is the shape of the characters, the language is a layer of skin on the outside, the values exported in the bones are consistent. ”
Choosing your own goals and working on them is one of the factors that moves people in shonen comics. "Chess Soul" retains this bloody momentum in the localization adaptation, which is also the reason why many viewers shout "true incense".
When Han Mubo played Fang Xu, he could more or less experience the feeling when he first practiced the piano, which was a sense of contradiction of forward, "musicians and chess players will take the exam, but the musician is to improve their own ability and cultivate their sentiments, and although the Go exam is also to improve themselves, it is more about competing with others - their meaning is different."
In order to play such a rich, angry and talented role, Han Mubo has made a lot of efforts. "I find feelings in my relationship with the actors I play with. Director Liu Chang told me not to act exactly according to anime, but also to perform my own feelings. He loves natural performances and helps us adjust the sense of drama. Plus I'll observe everyone's state and slowly get into the role. ”
As an actor walking in the front line of spontaneous Amway dramas, Han Mubo did not forget to call the audience in the interview: "The drama of "Chess Soul", there is no benchmarking work in China, I think film and television works should be diversified, the appearance of "Chess Soul" is really fresh and unworldly, everyone can go to see it. ”
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After acting in "Chess Soul", Han Mubo had a new understanding of obsession and love.
He began learning cello as a child and practiced day after day for more than a decade. When he was a teenager, he began to be fascinated by BigBang, and he wanted to become an idol, even at the expense of changing his image of being a well-behaved boy in the hearts of his parents, to learn street dance and singing, and then signed a contract with a company and entered the public eye.
Referring to the experience, he said he never felt regret. "Experience at every stage of life is beneficial, and if a person likes to do something, he can be happy." Practicing the piano is like this, playing chess is like this, and the boring trainee career has also brought him a lot of gains.
The identity of the idol carries the dual pressure of being chased and scrutinized in this era. The vague definition of the domestic market makes there always an unclear middle value between idols and actors. An artist can be an idol or an actor: being an idol means having traffic, which is the data that fans really invest in; and traffic means having more choices and opportunities, and in many cases, it is not fair to the actor.
Although the transition from idol to actor will always have a certain advantage in the eyes of outsiders, Han Mubo does not recognize the concept of career. In his view, it is an idol or an actor, and many times it is a human definition. "Whether I'm an actor or not, it's up to the market. I chose to become an actor because I wanted to go deeper. ”
In his eyes, there is no distinction between the two directions of employment, but only to make a choice that suits him at the right time. Actors, as the profession of researchers, are more inclusive in many ways. "I love being an idol and the moments on stage make me unforgettable. But now that I've chosen to be an actor, my past experiences have also enriched my life. ”
Han Mubo once said in a previous interview: "Growing up is a tragedy in itself." Fang Xu, played by him, was the youngest professional jiudan in "Chess Soul", and became famous at a young age, with the pride and ambition characteristic of genius. But in the character's growth context, he doesn't just want to be a great chess player, he has greater ambitions. He wanted to promote the popularity and development of Go in his own way, he founded a website and bought chess teams, but it was all kinds of businesses that had nothing to do with playing chess, and his behavior slowed down his personal development as a chess player. This sense of conflict between focus and dispersion runs through the growth of Fang Xu's character.
Han Mubo was deeply touched by this sense of contradiction. "All of us grow up to be who we want in the eyes of others. Including my transformation into an actor, I also want to see if I can do it, after all, if I am an idol, (because of my age) there is not much time left for me. ”
He admits that the time of being an idol was more stressful, "I was facing a lot of problems, survival problems, whether I could survive in this profession." Idols are a kind of work that needs to be constantly sharpened and repeatedly consumed, and the rise of the East Asian idol trend has made a large number of artists of the same type emerge in the market, in such a huge amount of competition, Han Mubo has been waiting for an opportunity to be seen.
"The opportunity cost and time cost when you are an idol are very large, and being an actor is more about challenging yourself and being able to complete another work."
He also talks about the pain of growing up and choosing. "When you don't enter society, you don't have a very obvious sense of circle, but after that (entering society), you have to really face the competition for resources." I think growing up is a painful process, but things have to be looked at in two ways, torture and pain, is a way to reach a spiritual height. ”
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After transforming into an actor, Han Mubo's challenge shifted from the stage to the camera. He's the kind of person who needs feedback, whether it's in front of the audience or the actors who play against him, and he feels that feedback is an important factor in his progress.
When being an idol, the feedback offstage is the most direct. Whether you sing or dance well can be judged from the cheers of the audience. The actors are different, and the actors' feedback will be slower, and they will have to perform again and again in front of the camera, waiting for the work to be broadcast.
"Every time I go through the scene, I think that it can be different from the previous ones, if the lines are too written, they will be changed to colloquial, a character can not be suspended in the sky, to be adjusted." 」 Acting is a profession with no standards, but to act well, you need to have a response. ”
He thought about it and added: "Improving acting skills is first of all related to your own cognition, more practice, more cooperation with strong people, this process will grow very fast." ”
Although he is still a newcomer actor, Han Mubo has a very clear understanding of himself. "The market and the audience decide what genre is prevalent, and actors can't just be cool themselves, they have to listen to the audience's opinions." He longs for the opportunity to shoot some sincere and touching dramas, whether it is youth dramas, idol dramas or professional dramas. "Because I haven't experienced it. A while ago, I watched the love movie starring Jin Gaoyin, and I liked the atmosphere and texture presented in it. ”
He laughed as he talked about it, and the background of his speech rumbled past a train again. Going forward and not retreating is the intuitive impression that Han Mubo gives us. From idol to actor, he has chosen a tougher path for himself.
When he finally asked him: "Do you think you are a good actor at this stage?" The big boy who would talk to us about pain and growth laughed: "Whether I said this or not, I have to admit it to the audience." ”
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