[This article is the original of Super Cass, author: Jia Xiaochen, unauthorized reprinting is prohibited]
This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a number of dramas that reflect the main theme of the times and have a distinct innovative spirit of the times have emerged on the screen, and "Lantong Blossom", which is being broadcast on CCTV, is one of them.
The story background of this drama takes place in Houniu Village, Lantong County in the 1970s, but it jumps out of the limitations of the mother-in-law and parents in the previous rural dramas, and tells the positive energy story of the villagers working together to get rid of poverty.
And the most special role in this drama is Wang Dacui, played by He Yi. She is not a farmer, but a troupe pillar who can sing and dance, quit her job in order to pursue true love and came to Houniu Village, becoming the only "outsider" in the whole play, and the only woman who struggles with the villagers in the front line of poverty alleviation in addition to Sun Tonghua, the village secretary played by Yan Xuejing.
The role of Wang Dacui embodies the inheritance and development of the industrious and brave spirit of the younger generation to the older generation, and the new knowledge and new ideas she possesses as a young person have also played a key role in the fight against poverty in Houniu Village.
He Fei mentioned in the interview that this time he can have the opportunity to enter and interpret Wang Dacui's life, which is inseparable from Yan Xuejing's recommendation and help. She and Yan Xuejing had previously played tit-for-tat concubines in "Li Niang Tian Xiaocao", and although the relationship between the characters in the play was not harmonious, they established a friendship outside the play.
Therefore, when Wang Dacui could not find a suitable candidate for the role, Yan Xuejing recommended He Fei to the director group at the first time, and He Fei also took over this emergency role because he had a lot of experience in this kind of subject.
"Receiving this role was still very sudden, when I joined the group, the play had been filming for half a month, and Sister Yan had been talking to me about the play to help me enter the role faster." When yan Xuejing was mentioned, He Fei kept folding her hands to express her gratitude, in her original words, "filming the whole drama with excitement and gratitude."
Although the story background of this drama is a little far from real life, it is obvious that this aspect is not a problem for He Fei, in her opinion, "no matter what the genre of the work is played by people, as long as it is from the character of the character and the environmental background in which she is located, it is good to understand."
With her rich experience in filming in the past, He Fei can control the role of Wang Dacui with ease, but the matter of singing Yu opera is outside of He Fei's profession, so she still spent a lot of effort to learn this new skill.
When he first entered the group, the crew had not yet found a professional teacher to come to tutor, so He Yi could only search for Yu opera singing segments on the Internet to imitate it, and Wang Dacui sang the most "Mu Guiying Hanging Commander" in the play was the daily single loop in He Yi's mobile phone at that time.
Because the preparatory work was well prepared, after the professional Yu opera teacher entered the group, He Yi quickly mastered the most basic Yu opera singing voice and gestures with the help of the teacher. After the scene was officially broadcast on television, it was also affirmed and praised by the audience.
From "The Piano of Steel", "Second Uncle", "Blooming", "Mine Warfare", "Li Niangtian Xiaocao", "Xiaocao Qingqing" to this time of "Lantong Blossom", most of the works starring He Fei are period dramas, rural dramas, etc., in response to this phenomenon, I believe many viewers have the same question, as a post-85 actress, He Feiming is still very young, why not try some fashion dramas, costume dramas and other more popular themes?
He Fei admitted that objectively because several works she starred in when she first entered the show business circle were of this kind of theme, most of the people who found her in the later stage were similar themes, and subjectively He Fei also preferred to take on plays with this kind of theme, "Because it is thicker and more profound, I like challenging characters."
In He Fei's view, the attention and audience number of such themes as period dramas and rural dramas are not worse than other themes, but because the audiences who like to watch such themes are middle-aged or older, they are not very good at speaking out online, so they will give people the illusion that no one cares.
But in fact, this kind of theme is still very marketable, and He Fei will often be recognized by the older audience when he goes out. "The TV drama market is full of flowers, both young people like to watch the theme, but also the middle-aged and elderly groups like to watch the theme, now young people like to watch dramas on the Internet, middle-aged and elderly groups are the mainstream audience of TV stations, I am also honored to be able to shoot some of the theme works that they like." 」
But taking over works of this kind of theme will always make great sacrifices in the image, and He Fei said that he did not mind at all, "Maybe in terms of appearance, the role of this genre is not as beautiful as the fashion drama, but it is more grounded and closer to life, which makes me have a strong desire to create."
He Fei said that when she first played the role of the fat sister-in-law in "Blooming", she gained more than 30 pounds in a month, wore patched torn cotton jackets and torn cotton pants every day, and also painted a highland red ugly outfit, but every day when she looked in the mirror, she would feel that such an image was beautiful, it was a kind of beauty close to the character, "As long as it is in line with the shape of the character on the screen, no matter how ugly it is, it is beautiful, and the beauty that does not conform to the role is ugly."
He Fei was originally an introvert and unsociable person, but every time she mentioned performance-related issues, her eyes were glowing, and this love was revealed from her bones, and she was born for performance.
He Fei was born in a family with a strong literary and artistic atmosphere, and several generations of the family are literary and art lovers, especially He Fei's father from blowing and playing singing, to Peking Opera, speeches, can be described as proficient in everything, and He Fei also inherited the family's artistic cells and has a strong interest in performance since childhood.
When she was two or three years old, she would imitate the sketch actors on TV, and sometimes she would innocently ask her parents when she would be able to perform on TV for everyone to see, as He Fei said, "At that time, I didn't know what acting was like, but this little dream sprouted in my heart."
Because of He Fei's innate acting talent and the strong support of her family, she was successfully admitted to the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama, because she performed well in college and often won various awards.
But there will always be stumbling on the way to realizing his dreams, and He Fei, who should have shown his ambitions in the show business circle after graduating from college, encountered a situation where he had no drama to shoot for five years.
During that time, in order to make a living, He Fei went to kindergarten to teach children poetry recitation, went to the art examination tutoring class to teach candidates line performance and broadcast hosting, and occasionally she would perform some small theater dramas, which was one of the few opportunities she could touch the stage, but more often she was idle at home and had nothing to do, alone in a rented bungalow watching TV, He Yi recalled, "At that time, the most watched was the Beijing Film and Television Channel, and I would fantasize about when my own plays could be broadcast on this station."
When the economic conditions are not satisfactory, the dream will be slowly consumed, even if He Fei regards the performance as life, he has to consider the embarrassing situation of not having an income for a long time, and even reaching out to his parents for rent.
Gradually, the idea of giving up her dreams began to grow in He Fei's mind, so she decided to open a hotel in Beijing to make a living. At that time, the spicy mix in her hometown was not yet popular in Beijing, He Fei felt that selling spicy mix in her hometown would be a good business opportunity, and she even once set the location of the hotel in Zhongguancun, because she considered that there were more students in that place, and the business was easier to do, so she also wrote a particularly thick plan book for opening a hotel at home.
Just when everything was ready, a phone call from her family instantly woke up He Fei, her mother warned her on the other end of the phone that opening a restaurant would mean completely breaking away from the actor's profession, and her father also advised her not to give up easily, and comforted her that this little living expense in Beijing was still affordable at home.
The soft and hard persuasion of her parents made He Fei rekindle the heart of pursuing her dreams, she put away her mind to open a restaurant and continued to wait for the opportunity to find her with a script, but the reality was always cruel and harsh, so after a long time, He Fei, who was confused about the future, had the idea of changing careers.
At that time, He Fei found a job in insurance sales through recruitment software, and before she officially took up her job, she returned to her hometown and decided to personally tell her parents the news that she was going to change careers. This time, her parents did not persuade her bitterly, but scolded her with a split face, firmly opposing her decision to give up her acting career.
Five years without a scene may have been He Fei's misfortune at that time, but his dream can be consistently supported by his parents, which is He Fei's greatest luck. Recalling this twist and turn, He Fei was also full of gratitude, "It was the support of my family that gave me the courage to persevere, those five years gave me more than I lost, that kind of accumulation and psychological experience, which will not be in the future, so I am very grateful for that time." 」
Just when He Fei continued to insist under great psychological pressure, suddenly one day Zhang Meng, the director of the TV series "The Piano of Steel", found her and let her audition for the role of the second sister Chen Haifeng, and the two sides met and chatted for less than five minutes, and the director finalized that she would play this role.
And in the process of filming this drama, He Fei was photographed by the producer of the TV series "Second Uncle", played the role of Zheng Baozhu, and gradually emerged in the television circle, so He Fei said that the drama "The Piano of Steel" was a turning point in her acting career and even her entire life, "They took out the humble me like Bo Le and put me out of this film and television circle, so that I found my own position." Even though many years have passed, He Fei is still in tears when he mentions this experience.
Because this acting career is too hard to come by, so over the years He Fei has been creating with gratitude, cherishing every role he encounters, "As long as I can move, I still want to shoot a drama, I like my acting career too much, I am willing to fight for it." 」 He Fei said that she did not expect to be popular, and it was her greatest wish to have drama all the time.
In the world of the characters, He Fei has experienced different lives and experiences, but the real life is much simpler. Although in the flashy showbiz circle, He Fei has always lived a plain and happy life of two points and one line, devotes himself to work, goes to see her husband's drama when she does not work, and takes her children at home.
She is not sociable, Weibo in addition to the new drama promotion period is almost not sent, the circle of friends is not often updated, in her view the actor is just an ordinary job, she is just a member of the ordinary people, and there is nothing special to share and show. Compared with other ways, she hopes that everyone will know herself through her works, and if she can call out her name in the play when she walks on the street, it will make her happier than calling out her real name.
Seeing performance as life is He Fei's lifelong belief. Thanks to her persistence over the years, the show business has another good actor with ingenuity.