Zhou Junwei. Courtesy of respondents
Open the search engine, enter the name of "Zhou Junwei", everyone can always see the "psychology", "high education", "returnee elite" and other labels at a glance, for many people, Zhou Junwei, who has never experienced systematic performance education, seems to have nothing to do with the word "actor". But what many people don't know is that he has always had expectations for acting: he began his directing course in middle school and took a musical theater major in college, and acting is not a completely unfamiliar field to him.
Awe, exploration, and effort are the labels of actor Zhou Junwei now.
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Zhou Junwei
Birth date: November 16, 1995
Graduated from: Psychology at McGill University, Canada
Masterpieces: "The Long Farewell", "Accidentally Picked Up Love"
The key to "Accidentally Picking Up Love" is a sense of proportion
Because the temperament and the role in the play are very close, Zhou Junwei was recognized by the director as the best choice to play Gu Ansheng very early. After reading the script, Zhou Junwei felt that the role of Gu Ansheng still had no small challenge, "He and Gu Anxin (played by Zhao Lusi) from the feelings of brothers and sisters and family members, and later unilaterally developed into the love of men and women, the growth and sense of proportion of this character is more difficult to grasp." ”
In the play, Gu Ansheng, played by Zhou Junwei, is the older brother of Gu Anxin (played by Zhao Lusi). AnXin is the adopted daughter of the Gu family, and has been particularly dependent on Gu Ansheng since she was a child. Gu Ansheng experienced the process of protecting Gu Anxin from his brother to his little sister, to the appearance of Ling Yue (played by Liu Te), the little sister no longer depended on himself, and gradually developed feelings because of possessiveness, and finally witnessed the process of Ling Yue and Anxin finally becoming dependents, and the emotions returned to the position of brother.
The relationship between brothers and sisters is very close, especially living together since childhood, it is inevitable that there will be some physical contact, but these intimate contacts and the feeling between lovers are different, Zhou Junwei will balance and find something with a sense of proportion. "Ruth and I had a lot of physical interactions, and we occasionally got out of the script and gave each other something improvised." These improvised lines, such as a childish complaint and a ridicule, can show the familiarity and understanding of each other between the two people, making this intimate relationship look more real and natural, "We just hope that everyone can believe that the two of them have had a very good relationship since childhood." ”
Stills from "Accidentally Picked Up Love". Courtesy of respondents
Self-belief that the performance is more "experiential"
Zhou Junwei is a "halfway out of the house" into the show business circle, but he often asks for advice from acting teachers or actor friends, he found that everyone has their own creative methods and a set of ideas to believe, some people feel that they can't prepare in advance, they have to give an immediate response, and some people feel that they must do their homework in advance. "I'm partial to the experiential faction myself, so it will be more difficult for me to play a costume or a fairy."
Some of the fragments of "Accidentally Picking Up Love" stem from his experience and perception of life. For example, in the climax of the play, Ansheng and his mother have a fierce confrontation. The original script of this play was very simple, and Zhou Junwei consulted with the director after trying it several times, hoping to change a more struggling emotional performance: "Because the consequences of this incident in the plot are very serious, I can't just try to pull her, she didn't react I gave up, and it is not consistent with our character relationship and Ansheng's personality." After communicating with the director, the director also felt that Zhou Junwei was very reasonable, and finally agreed to deal with the scene and lines in the way he understood.
This play is the fifth work starring Zhou Junwei, who treats each starring experience as a process of learning and accumulation, "learning from more experienced people, and then verifying his own ideas." Zhou Junwei admitted that although he can read reviews, he does not completely rely on reviews, "I will go to see the intuitive feelings of the audience, but I will also seek the opinions of professional directors, producers or acting teachers." I hope to find a creative way that suits me. For example, he is very grateful to the director of this play, Zhong Qing, "He gave me a good suggestion, he used the painting style to describe the tone of the characters, such as an anime character appearing in an oil painting, the overall painting style is not harmonious, this metaphor gave me a great inspiration, can let me quickly catch the style in a new crew." ”
Still looking for their own creative path
The initial contact with the show business circle stemmed from the coincidence of recording some programs, but what really prompted Zhou Junwei to decide to enter the entertainment circle to become an actor was because he attended an academic dinner party to meet a professor, and after the two communicated and exchanged professional knowledge such as "academic promotion" and "mental health", the professor trusted Zhou Junwei very much and licensed the copyright of his "Self-Care Manual" to him, "I sent a Weibo at that time, and some friends helped me forward it. As a result, the amount of data downloaded in the background is amazing. That moment made Zhou Junwei suddenly find that the attention and influence of the entertainment industry on himself was something he had never thought of before. With this recognition and opportunity, Zhou Junwei decided to concentrate on the development of this industry. In fact, Zhou Junwei has long been interested in the industry of acting, "When I was in middle school, I studied some directing courses, and I also took courses in musical theater in college. ”
Zhou Junwei has always been in awe of acting, he firmly believes that he is an "experiential school", when filming "The Long Farewell", Zhou Junwei experienced two months of life, at the end of which he was very confident and felt that he would definitely be able to handle it, but soon he found that the performance was much more complicated than he thought.
Until now, Zhou Junwei is still groping and looking for a creative path suitable for himself, "What I need to review is that many times I may be dissatisfied with my performance because of the unaccustomed way of creation or the environment, and I am always in such a state." Zhou Junwei hopes that his aesthetic is right, because acting is a deep learning.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu
Edited by Tian Kaini Proofreader Wei Zhuo