5 years ago, the movie "Donkey Got Water" made Bu Guanjin officially enter the entertainment circle; 5 years later, the once young and naïve acting student gradually grew into a young actress with strength and ideas. As a post-90s flower, Bu Guanjin is not the most popular one, but she still leaves many impressive works for the audience, and the recent hit fantasy romantic comedy "My Babylonian Lover" is one of them. In the play, Bu Guanjin played the role of the heroine Chen Meiru, partnered with Feng Xiaoyue, Xu Weining and many other outstanding actors, and jointly brought a warm and healing and humorous brain hole drama. In this drama, she not only experienced the joy of falling in love with the prince in the diary, but also had a further understanding of topics such as love, friendship, and growth. "This drama is so absurd and funny, but it is also so tearful." Recently, Bu Guanjin was interviewed by this magazine and shared the growth and joy of the filming process with the reporter with a sincere attitude.
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It resonates strongly with Chen Meiru
"Maybe it's a part of my heart,
That's why I'm so partial."
In the play, Bu Guanjin plays the heroine Chen Meiru, a 24-year-old network information inspector with a lonely and eccentric temperament. Bu Guanjin, who has always been diligent in filming, takes each role 100% seriously, but despite this, Bu Guanjin is also very clear that she has a preference for the role of Chen Meiru. "Maybe it's because it's written about a part of my heart that's why I'm so partial."
In Bu Guanjin's view, labeling the characters he has played is a very cruel thing, but if you really want to use a few words to introduce the role of Chen Meiru, "love is incompetent, social fear, and desire for love" may be a relatively close statement. "I think Chen Meiru is very close to those social terrorists in life, or ordinary people. That is, we all have both a special side and a very ordinary side. To Bu Guanjin's surprise, after the show was broadcast, many people around her who looked very lively or very "social cow" would resonate with Chen Meiru's social fear lines. "They sent me a private message, and I said I didn't expect you to have such confusion and pain." Then they said yes, but maybe this side was hidden, but Meiru expressed the other side of their hearts and another voice in their hearts. ”
In the play, whether it is a handsome and dedicated prince or a sweet and unforgettable love, they actually originate from the diary of a young girl. For the unrealistic dreams of the girlhood, some people laugh at the humiliation, some people dismiss it, but Bu Guanjin believes that this so-called fantasy is the softest place in every girl's heart. "This drama really turns the fantasy of a 12-year-old girl into reality, it is so absurd and funny, but it is also so tearful." 」
Recalling her girlhood, Bu Guanjin confessed that she once had such a beautiful and illusory imagination. In high school, she had a withdrawn personality, inferiority complex, and did not like to make friends. At that time, she had also written on paper about a close friend she had imagined, and named her. She didn't tell the name of the friend, only laughing and saying that the name she took at the time would feel ashamed and funny to say it now, but at that time, such a girl friend was the friend she most wanted to have. She chatted with the "friend" on the paper, wrote down what they wanted to say to each other most, and when she was lonely and helpless, Bu Guanjin would take it out to see, and then she would feel much better. "Now that I have come over and looked back at this kind of girlish fantasy, I think it may be a manifestation of vitality." Because there are too many real problems that you may encounter in one place after adulthood, and then the reality is beaten back to its original form over and over again. What makes you still have beautiful expectations and feelings of love for this world, I think this kind of girlish fantasy should always remain in your heart, otherwise it may be difficult to resist the cruel and bloody reality of this world. ”
Heal yourself through Chen Meiru
"It is necessary for us to see what has been endured
The harm of the moral blade, to accept the true self"
In the play, Chen Meiru's reclusive and inferior personality is inextricably linked to the experience of being read in public in a diary when she was young. For Chen Meiru's experience, Bu Guanjin believes that it is a microcosm and portrayal of reality, "It may reflect the moral judgment that each of us has encountered in real life, especially in our childhood, which will cause some harm to self-consciousness, then this harm may just reflect the moral law of our current civilized society." ”
In Bu Guanjin's view, this so-called moral law is like a golden shackle, which often binds people's nature in a sense and forms a habitual self-judgment. "So maybe when we make a little mistake as an adult, we will suddenly collapse or collapse, and we will feel that we are worthless, or we will suspect that there is something wrong with our personality." The older we get, the more we find that we begin to cower and be less able to accept ourselves as we are. ”
Bu Guanjin was also more or less subjected to such moral judgments in his childhood. But she was fortunate to find an artistic way to reconcile with herself, to reacquaint herself with herself, and to face her truest form. The experience of playing Chen Meiru and following the role to feel some hurt and healing is a process of healing for Bu Guanjin. Therefore, Bu Guanjin also hopes that through this drama, more people will walk out of the moral judgment of life and heal themselves. "It is necessary for us to see the damage we have endured on the moral blade and accept our true selves." "Everyone's wounds need to be seen, healed, and comforted." And being aware of the existence of the wound is the beginning of this healing.
Click on Bu Guanjin's Weibo, you will find that her love and understanding of the role of Chen Meiru is really deep. On Weibo, she shared a lot of lines in the play, one of which was her most impressive and favorite, the degree to which she burst into tears every time she read it - "Because of you, I am no longer afraid of here; because of you, I am willing to love the world deeply..." Some people may feel that this line is a bit chicken soup, but for Chen Meiru and Bu Guanjin, this may be their most sincere and brave confession to themselves, to others, and to the world.
Nandu Entertainment × Bu Guanjin
"Nakedly throw yourself into the role and then face it,
It's actually a very difficult thing."
"Fear of failing the character"
Nandu Entertainment: Do you feel that you and Chen Mei are similar?
Bu Guanjin: I think there is, of course there is, and I think it is a preference for this play, maybe because it is written in the bottom of my heart, so it will be so favored.
Nandu Entertainment: Can you tell us more about which part it is?
Bu Guanjin: I think it is the lonely and irreconcilable side of the heart, and it is very socially fearful, often self-judgment, self-hatred.
Nandu Entertainment: In addition to fantasy, this drama is also a quite funny romantic comedy, did you have some laughs that were more impressive when filming?
Bu Guanjin: I think this laugh point when we read the script, everyone just simply reads this line without emotion, and they already laugh to the point of not being able to do it. Yes, I think this is the comedy of the script itself is very high, very powerful. Coupled with the fact that the actors are very serious and trustworthy, I think this is the expression of comedy in my mind, so it is very funny. Especially the previous scenes and contents, including even the second uncle, the second uncle, and even the people in the Wushan vegetable market are very funny, and their funny point is not the kind of gimmick we had in our previous impression, deliberately shaking the baggage to make fun of you. I think this play is completely different, it is exactly the standard of comedy in my mind, that is, very seriously carrying out its task. But from the audience's point of view, it is very funny. I brushed a clip two days ago that the dragon girl was crazy when she was about to do it, and there was a big mother who said, Oh, this child is so sensible, I want to hang the basket in her hand, which is also a very funny place. There was also Ouyang Wenshan and Murong Jaylen next to the helicopter and said, I accept you as my best friend, similar to this kind of very serious, and the two of them try on clothes, buy clothes so seriously, that is, Ouyang Wenshan and Murong Jaylen's seriousness, let me feel too funny.
Nandu Entertainment: You wrote a reflection on this drama on Weibo, one of which was, "I only want to enjoy the process of conception, and I can't bear to face her birth and leave to face the world alone." "How should we understand your words?"
Bu Guanjin: This is a process that I cut myself apart in the process of creation, and it is actually a very difficult thing to really face the role nakedly, because I will be afraid of failing the role. I finished the finale scene, and then came back crying until 10 o'clock in the morning, when I cried and couldn't say whether it was the feeling in my heart or the love and reluctance for this character and the world created by this script. At the same time, there is a kind of guilt about the role, I don't know if I have done the role well, I understand her pain, but I don't know if I saved her or hurt her because of my inadequacies. This kind of thing will make me unable to face it.
Nandu Entertainment: After filming this drama, do you have any different feelings and understandings about the life issues of love, friendship, and growth?
Bu Guanjin: I think there is. When I first started shooting, I thought it was just a story about how to fall in love with a fantasy prince. Until one time, it was a scene where Chen Meiru took Murong Jaylen back to his hometown. The lines of that scene were written poetically, not lines that could be spoken in everyday colloquialism, so I was a little confused. At this time, Brother Yue suddenly said a word to me, he said have you ever thought about whether Murong Jaylen is not a so-called person who has crossed over at all, and whether he will be just another self in Chen Meiru's imagination. Chen Meiru talked to herself as a Murong Jaylen, but she was only reconciling with herself. When I heard this, I suddenly cried, and when I looked at those lines again, I couldn't extricate myself, and I felt a feeling of epiphany in an instant. Maybe Murong Jaylen is another self in her heart who resists acceptance, and these conversations are a process of reconciliation with herself and self-acceptance. People often reconcile with themselves in this process of being loved and feeling loved, which is something I realized in the process of shooting.
"I think the little brother-in-law is Murong JayLen Benlun"
Nandu Entertainment: How does it feel to play a couple with Feng Xiaoyue?
Bu Guanjin: I think brother-in-law is Murong Jaylen Benlun. I don't know if it's because the character has a filter to look at him, or for whatever reason. But in life, he himself is really a super warm person, a person with a little Taiwanese accent and very affinity. Before I met him, I thought he was the feeling of Gong Huan in "Little Times" or Li Zhilong in "Mengjia", but after meeting me, there was a feeling of a British prince. He always makes you feel very warm, and the most he has said to me is "Xiao Bu, are you okay?" Is it okay today? "At that time, we stayed up late in this play, and his assistant would give him some nuts and vegetables made of nuts and vegetables, and he would often bring me a copy and let me drink some, that is, to save my physical strength."
Nandu Entertainment: Is he very good at taking care of the people around him?
Bu Guanjin: When I first started up, in order to get acquainted with it faster, he would hug everyone politely, but this hug was completely ambiguous, it was the feeling that a big brother wanted to give you strength. When we first embraced, my whole body was stiff and I felt very uncomfortable. But by the time the scene was almost finished, my brother-in-law would often hug you, and I felt like I was really healed by this hug. Then he also said, "Xiao Bu, when I first embraced you, your whole body was stiff. He said that you now seem to be able to accept the hug calmly. I myself will realize with hindsight that, alas, I do seem to have this change. Then every day on the spot, as long as you see your brother-in-law, you will feel very warm, because he will often say something very beautiful to you.
Nandu Entertainment: Is there anything interesting about you getting along?
Bu Guanjin: For example, when it comes to the topic of love, my brother-in-law will say that he is in love all the time, what do I mean? At that time, there was a door next to us, and I was deeply impressed, that is, the wooden door of Chen Meiru's Wushan home. He said that when he saw this door, he would feel that he was in love with a tree, and he would think of how many people passed through the door from the raw material of a tree to a piece of wood, and then processed into this door. He would touch the door and think he was in love with this door, something like that. He felt that he could feel a sense of love with all kinds of things in his life. When he told me this, I felt like he was simply a prince, a little sun full of love. There is a natural charm of human nature, without any embellishment, it is a feeling of connection with nature.
Nandu Entertainment: What is your concept of love in reality? Is there a setting for the ideal, or an imagination?
Bu Guanjin: To be honest, I think there was one in my adolescence. And when I moved two days ago, I also turned to some very childish and inexplicable things that I had written before, including the specific image of the ideal type that I imagined. Because I don't remember where I saw it before, saying that if you really have an ideal type, you have to write out your ideal type very specifically, his characteristics, his profession, his identity, and the circumstances under which you met. He said you really write it down, and one day you're really going to meet someone like that at some point. It seems to be called the Law of Attraction, I really wrote about it.
Nandu Entertainment: When you are not working, what do you like to do yourself?
Bu Guanjin: In fact, I am a very homely person, I like to clean up the room, put things in order, and I love to ride a bicycle, but I don't deliberately go cycling, but sometimes I will go on a bicycle, while riding a bicycle and listening to songs. Sometimes I play the guitar, listen to music, watch movies, and read books.
Nandu Entertainment: How well do you play your guitar?
Bu Guanjin: Just entertain yourself, just some favorite songs can be played by yourself. In the past two years, my heart has suddenly calmed down a lot, and I can do one thing quietly, and playing the piano is a way to calm down.