The drama "Sinner", starring Xu Shengnan and adapted from the Danish thriller and suspense film of the same name, was recently performed at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. In the play, Xu Shengnan played the male protagonist Astor, and the tense performance successfully shaped this role, which was well received by the audience. A few days ago, he said in an interview with reporters that a 70-minute play, he spent most of his time performing phone calls, very challenging.
Picture: Xu Shengnan in the drama "Sinner" Official picture
The drama "Sinner" tells the story of a police officer who is under investigation, Astor, who is demoted to an emergency call center to take charge of the desk work, and advances the plot through one phone call after another, and the whole case is gradually presented to the audience through his imagination and psychological activities. In the play, Astor is in the office of the police receiving center throughout the whole process, and this "secret room" performance method allows the audience to get key information from the phone and piece together a complete case.
As an Astor actor, Xu Shengnan laughed and said that the performance in "Sinner" was the most challenging, "Calling is one of the most important components of the stage of "Sinner". I had very few other moves on stage and could only advance the plot by making phone calls. Director Ruisa specially arranged props such as pens, decompression balls and grippers for me to show more mental activities. Xu Shengnan, who has been active on the drama stage for many years, has won the Best Supporting Actor Award of the Zuolin Drama Art Award for two consecutive years, and his superb acting skills and rich stage experience have made him have many ideas about shaping characters. In Xu Shengnan's eyes, Astor is a person who believes in intuition and is very subjective. During the rehearsal process, he did not prematurely confine the role to a stylistic framework, but hoped to naturally form a unique acting style belonging to Astor, amplifying the character's personality characteristics. "I also add emotional expressions, from drinking coffee to breaking the ice inside, which is a stimulating element for both the actors and the audience. I want the audience to be able to receive the emotional changes I convey offstage. The distance between the stage and the stage makes the audience not grasp the subtle expressions or eye changes of the actors as they did when watching the movie, hoping that my performance can make up for the lack of emotions caused by the distance. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wu Xiang)
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