The movie "Soul Hunting" was released this week, gained a high reputation, and is even expected to become the "dark horse of the opening year" in 2021.
The film revolves around a murder case, the famous group chairman Wang Shicong tragically died at home, the prosecutor in charge of the case Liang Wenchao (Zhang Zhen) and his wife criminal police officer Ah Bang (Zhang Junning) learned during the investigation: the young new wife Li Yan (Sun Anke), the long-time partner Wan Yufan (Li Mingshun), the deceased's son Wang Tianyou (Lin Huimin), and even the dead ex-wife Tang Suzhen (Zhang Baijia), each of them has an intricate connection.
Li Yan, played by the newly promoted actor Sun Anke born in 98, is the most complex role in the film, and the reversal point in the film is mainly pressed on Li Yan, played by Sun Anke, and the back and forth switching between several states is a great test of acting skills. Sun Anke played on the same stage with other senior actors, not only did not shy away from the stage, but grasped the role's sense of proportion just right, and even some netizens said that "'tool man' Li Yan is too hard."
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One person decorates the four corners
"Soul Hunting" is adapted from Jiang Bo's science fiction novel "Soul Transfer", the original is a genre story that tells the soul transfer through scientific arguments, and the setting of using RNA for "human brain replication" in the original work has become the core of the "soul transfer" of this film. Based on this setting, Sun Anke should decorate the four corners of the costume without major changes in the costume and makeup. (Spoilers are included below)
The first is Li Yan himself
Sun Anke's first identity in the film is the wife Li Yan after the death of Wang Shicong, according to Wang Shicong's will, Li Yan is also the first heir after Wang Shicong's death, her weak external image, without the identity background of the motive of killing.
At this time, Li Yan is still a simple, cowardly little girl, but has let the audience see the potential tension of Sun Anke when grasping the role.
The second is Tang Suzhen (high energy in front)
The second identity is That Tang Suzhen, whose soul was transferred to Li Yan's body— but in fact, this Tang Suzhen (Wang Shicong's ex-wife) is actually Wang Shicong, who has already transferred his soul to Li Yan's body, pretending to be Tang Suzhen's soul. This heavy identity Li Yan has deceived prosecutors, policemen, and even her own son Wang Tianyou.
Through the guidance of Li Yan (Wang Shicong), Wang Tianyou was arrested and met with Li Yan (Wang Shicong) at the police station, Li Yan (Wang Shicong) pretended to be Tang Suzhen's ghost upper body, and Wang Tianyou staged a mother-son relationship with Wang Tianyou, Wang Tianyou confessed his guilt, and helped Li Yan (Wang Shicong) to face the crime.
These scenes let people see that Tang Suzhen (Wang Shicong), who moved his soul to Li Yan's body, was angry with her husband, fear of the unknown, and deep maternal love for her son, these several levels of Sun Anke grasped very well, and did not make people feel that it was a drama at all.
The third is Wang Shicong
As the plot gradually becomes clear, we learn that Wang Shicong is not actually dead, and he wants to control the company for a long time. After suffering from cancer, Li Yan was selected from the group's nursery school to become the flesh carrying his brain consciousness.
Through surgery, Wang Shicong successfully came to Li Yan's body, and he felt that he had regained a new life, and his behavior had changed from nervous and shy to bold and outward. Wang Shicong has a part of the girl's subconscious in Li Yan's body, and has greater ambitions.
Here is also an explosive moment of Sun Anke's acting skills, Wang Shicong transferred his soul to Li Yan's body, looking at the smile in the mirror, it was really creepy!
Speaking about this scene, Sun Anke himself said: "There is not much change in limbs and movements, only eye eyes and subtle expression changes. Practice at home in the mirror yourself... The scene in the mirror actually had a drink, and the agent brought a little whiskey and drank two sips of the scene. ”
Among them, Sun Anke (Li Yan, who was possessed by Wang Shicong), said to the prosecutor Liang Wenchao: "It must be very hard for the prosecutor, because you don't know when the real time of death will come", which makes her very different from this weak image.
Because the setting of the film Wang Shicong is left-handed, Sun Anke also carried out more than two months of left-handed writing practice, and designed a one-piece art character for "Wang Shicong" and "Li Yan", which did not let the audience see the slightest flaw.
It is very difficult to imitate another person in the play, not only to give the audience the feeling of deliberate imitation, but also to perform the feeling of being closer to the character that they have imitated.
There is a heavy scene in the film between Li Yan (Wang Shicong) and Wan Yufan's emotional node, Li Yan lies on the hospital bed, and is pinned back by Wan Yufan, the director had intended to borrow a position to shoot before, but Sun Anke felt that since it was a heavy scene, she must personally fight, she thinks that the moment the needle is inserted into the skin, and the state of the character at this time is very important, so it also created a wonderful scene of the confrontation between the two in the movie.
The fourth is procurator Liang Wenchao
In order to make Wang Shicong in Li Yan's body confess guilt, Wan Yufan and Liang Wenchao used tricks to copy Liang Wenchao's RNA and replace Wang Shicong in Li Yan's body, Wang Shicong completely disappeared from the world, and Li Yan's body became Liang Wenchao's consciousness. Li Yan (Liang Wenchao) pleaded guilty and Li Yan (Liang Wenchao) was sentenced to life imprisonment. Liang Wenchao himself died of cancer.
In this part of playing Liang Wenchao, Li Yan, played by Sun Anke, and Wang Tianyou were tried together, and in court, Li Yan (Liang Wenchao) said to Wang Tianyou, Youyou, live well, can't help but make the audience cry and make people's hearts warm.
At the end of the movie, Ah Bang turns himself in to the police station to hide the evidence of the crime, enters the prison, and meets his lover, Li Yan (Liang Wenchao). The expression on the face of the two after the reunion also touched many viewers.
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Challenge the changing characters with your heart
One person challenging the four corners is not a small challenge to a mature actor, not to mention that Sun Anke is still a newcomer to the screen, and she needs to make a crazy exchange between the four identities in a very fast time. In the post-screening event, Sun Anke once revealed that in private, he would always observe the status, movements and subtle expressions of the other three actors, "I want the audience to clearly know who Li Yan is now."
Through these seemingly inconspicuous small details, Sun Anke allows us to clearly distinguish the roles in the movie, which is not to be underestimated for a newcomer.
Born in 1998, the new Xiaohua, although she is still young, for the role, whether it is gentle and elegant, shy and cute, or a ghost horse elf, obedient, the contrast is great, she can hold it.
Since her debut, she has starred in a variety of works, from Yang Bu regret in the martial arts drama "YiTian Slaughtering Dragon", to Ming Hui in the costume drama "Dream Back"... You can see the attempts and challenges she makes when facing the role.
If Sun Anke's performance before relied more on Aura, then now Sun Anke's performance relies more on the understanding of the role, and can really experience the emotions of the character and enter the role.
With the accumulation of performance experience, we can see sun Anke's continuous progress in performance, showing a kind of "ladder" performance, more and more mature. The continuous increase in age also makes the audience look forward to more possibilities for her performance in the future.
Privately, Sun Anke is a standard Aquarius girl, cheerful and outgoing, careful and kind, born optimistic, often sharing the daily life of #breathing fireworks on Weibo, and she likes to travel alone and likes to paint oil paintings after filming.
Cheng Weihao, the director of "Soul Hunting", heard that Sun Anke had been learning to paint for many years, so he told her that "you need a lot of artwork in the play, otherwise you can create one yourself." Sun Anke specially spent a lot of effort to paint a painting for the movie, which later became a prop for the crew and hung in Wan Yufan's underground laboratory.
Sun An can paint the decorations for "Soul Hunting"
She always has a sense of gratitude and awe for the performance, she believes in each of her roles, pays attention to inner exploration and feelings, and goes all out for each role, and interprets each role with heart.
Over the years, she has been using her own efforts to let us see a different face, she is responsible for her own choices, and strives to take every step under her feet.
This year, in addition to "Soul Hunting", Sun Anke also has many works such as "Children of the Qiao Family", "Killing wolves", "Flowers Are Good and Round" and so on, and will meet with everyone and prove with strength that the future can be expected.